More Please!

It's 7:35 and I have both kids in bed. I really hope this doesn't bite me in the morning with early rising, but they were tired (at least Ed was). I'm going to try and beat the clock by waking at 6 and hope I can get a shower in before either wakes up. They are so all over the map. Sometimes J will wake at 5 am and then yesterday (or was it today?), not until nearly 8am. Eddie is usually by 6:30 and when we are lucky, it's 7ish. Wish I could discerne a pattern/things to do/not do the evening before. On the nights they are up late, they still wake at the same time, only cranky and tired from not enough sleep.

So Den and I celebrated 8 years of wedded bliss on Tuesday -- and I worked that night. So Thurs. we went out to a local resturant. Nice, low key and relaxing.

This first picture is the gift that keeps giving. I had no idea how much Eddie would take to this little planner (Josie too). EVERY morning, he asks to fill it out, which entails picking the day of the week, talking about the season, the month, getting the correct date, the weather, the day's activities and how you are feeling that day. Couple changes I'd make would include a couple options to add your own activities and more 'moods'. Eddie always wants everyone to pick a mood and when you run out of the 'happy' moods, you have four red colored not as happy moods.

For the longest time, he kept picking a red colored 'scared' and when probed, he said he was afraid of a car crashing into the house! Huh? Where oh where did he pick this up? He is starting to have things come out of his mouth that we wonder their origin.

This container in the next photo was a stocking stuffer--and we need more! It's ketchup and mayo combined (one of my personal favorites) and the kids can't get enough--I have yet to try it and yet it's half gone. That is a 4 inch plate, not a 9 inch plate of fries, for the record in the last photo showing what the paste looks like.