Tulsa Home and Garden Show

It's that time of year again! Oklahoma weather is gettin crazy and the annual Tulsa Home and Garden Show is upon us!! Despite the 90% chance of strong thunderstorms and hail, I dragged a not so willing Husby and two strollers full of sleepy kiddos to the Expo Center.

Scary skies!

So excited!

Every aisle looked like this! CRAZY!

Parking was a nightmare. It was a sea of cars, I felt like a midget at a car dealership trying to navigate thru it.

Getting frustrated...

Once inside, the highlight was listening to Bee yell at people from her stroller. Thinking back, I should have taught her to Moo so she would get people out of our way...



Husby did see an OU pool table but there is no way that little purchase is going to happen... He will need a bigger man cave!



It was neat to see all of the vendors and their displays. (Someone pouted because he didn't get any free stuff...It wasn't the children either...). The garden displays were also pretty. All in all it was ok. Not ah-mazing.

Not so amused Turtle

Do I dare tell you about how I almost peed my pants? Twice? Thank you big inflatable man from a cable company jumping out in front of me. Pretty sure my not so quiet reaction embarrassed my husband...for the year... And also, thank you darling, unattended kid who popped their balloon right next to me. That was even more pleasant. Did I mention the Expo Center echoes??

A great big thank you to our amazing friend, Krista for the tickets!!! We love you!

xoxo Summer

Bye, Golden Driller!  See ya next year!

Chaos in a box

Packing.  I've learned to hate it.  What's worse than packing?  Packing with a diva toddler, rolly polly 7 month old, and my husband who gets distracted by anything sparkle-y.  (I do to...you can see how well this is going already can't you?)

We started packing our living room earlier this week.  What started as cleaning out the coat closet has turned into 1/2 the bathroom, 1/2 kitchen, 1/2 living room and 1/2 of Bee's room packed.  I would have to stop what I was doing to re-direct toddler traffic or cook dinner.  Then I turn around to find Husby.  He is in the bedroom, baffled by his new found discoveries he made in the closet/bathroom/wherever.  "I've been looking for this for ages!"  And he plays  tinkers becomes a lost cause.

Giving up on his brute strength to help me, I try to organize the already packed boxes.  Much to my dismay I see every box he has labeled says "crap"; "random"; "stuff".  WHAT ON EARTH AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS?!  I ask him what it means.  "I don't know, how am I supposed to remember?"  Great.  I am so glad I married a genius.

Five days later I take complete advantage of his leaving to golf and both kiddos napping.  I pack up almost everything in the kitchen except plastic ware and one casserole dish.  Bless Husby's heart, he goes to heat up a burrito but can't find a thing to microwave it in.  Apparently a plastic plate or Rubbermaid container isn't good enough.  Since when did he get fancy?  He ate Doritos crumbs off his STOMACH not three days earlier.  Whatever.

Tomorrow I plan on finishing up the kid's rooms.  Wish this Mama luck!

If I had a billion dollars, I would hire someone to do this 'mess' they call moving,
Summer

Perfect Pyrex

Everyone needs this. 
If I was Santa Claus, I would give one to everyone that left me cookies...The good kind, with colored sugar sprinkles....  Oh man! 

I'm just sayin...  This "Pyrex Portable" is so amazing because you can heat up or freeze the temperature baggie thing to keep your food at the optimal temperature.  And to keep your tasty treats safe (and to help regulate temperature...) the super awesome insulated carrying case is alsohandy! 

I have used mine for family holiday dinners, pot lucks at work, and tail gates with friends.  Get one!  (Sears.com; Amazon.com; Walmart.com).

Thinking of Santa...
Summer

Ladylike is for the birds...or Bee...

When my OB told us we were having a girl, I was indescribably excited!  I wanted one so so so much (I sound like I'm pining for a new purse or car or something don't I?!) because I knew my husband was the only son out of like 10 girls (ok, maybe 5 but still, my odds were SLIM).  We were convinced we were having a boy at first.  We even designed an Eric Carle nursery before that ah-mazing ultra sound!  So when Dr. Ross forever changed our lives with those three beautiful words, "It's a girl!", I could not wait to buy pretty pink things, play tea party, and paint her nails when we had 'spa days'.

Ladies and gentleman, I'm here to tell you today that all though my blonde haired, doe eyed Bee is in fact a girl, she is 100% boy at heart...

Her favorite thing to do is eat dirt with the dogs. (Summer 2012)

Another favorite way to pass the time...You can tell Sidder is none too excited about this one... 

(Thanksgiving 2012)

And now this.  So much for raising a lady!  

(February 2013)

Oh well, my Mom always said "I hope your kids are as well behaved as you were growing up."  As a kid I smacked all my food down, I burped so loud the neighbors could hear me, and constantly wiped my mouth on the inside of my shirt.  Great.  Hey Bee, your hand is in your pants...

Wondering if Zacharia will be interested in graceful ballet...

Summer

Hey, he's half way there with the leg extension and toe pointe!

Working on my fitness!

Namaste.  What does that even mean?  What language is that in?  Who cares?  I'm good.  But I will tell you this.  I have sort of a hoarding problem with exercise DVD's and I love to collect them, look at them, but rarely use them.  I popped in my Yoga DVD last night and it.  was.  amazing.  All of my stress from work, kids, and myself just melted away!  Crazy, isn't it?  Ironically, I could hear Bee pounding on her door (attempted nap time on my part) and singing at the top of her lungs.  And Husby's rap music blaring from the 'man cave work out room'.

Yet I still managed to relax and have 'me time'.  It was nice.  I'll have to do it again soon.  Unfortunately, I completely overestimated my 'fitness level' Sunday and tried to do a workout my ex-cheerleader sister probably couldn't have completed.  What was I thinking?  I could barely walk yesterday (trust me, I got some weird looks from colleagues and students alike!) and breathing is beginning to be a struggle...fail :(  Today is even worse.  I cried getting dressed! 
Perhaps the enigma of being fit and 'cute' is for the birds.  I don't mind being curvy.  Sadly, I am still left with the appetite of a large, free range hippo.  Le sigh.  Maybe one day I weigh less than my husband...

Dreaming of a world full of marshmallows, chocolate anything, and spandex pants,
Summer

Sinking Feeling

So let's talk about something scary.  Something that never occurred to me until I heard about it on the news.  Something that seems like it spawned from some sort of terrifying sci-fi movie.  Sink holes.  Are you kidding me?!  I feel so bad for the poor guy that got sucked into the ground.  And to think, they won't be able to 'dig him out'.  Eeesh!  Then I googled sink holes.  HOLY CRAP.  They are everywhere!!!!!!!

Here's a few real, petrifying snap shots:

China

Guatemala City-This is in someone's kitchen!  OH MY WORD!

Los Angeles- Ya'll know it's hit the fan if the fire department rescue squad is 'sucked in'.

And lastly, in Okla-freaking-homa!

Picher, OKLAHOMA!

Calming, right?

I'm thinking of permanently attaching a rope around my waist so if I fall in one, ya'll can just pull me out.  Sound good?

Summer

Bass-a-saurus

Dinosaurs are the theme this week in Pre-K! Here's a peek at what we did:

Dino stories! 

The Goldilocks one is hysterical!  And such big words, excellent choice for a vocabulary lesson!

Another fav., there are no words so the kids 'write the story' as we read it!

Stegosaurus!

Awesome, easy math station puzzles!

Dramatic Play dinosaur hats!  I got them at Dollar Tree last year.  I also let kids wear them while at Playdough Center...They make dinosaur fossils using playdough and rubber dinosaurs.

Don't know how ya'll's Friday has been today, but I hope it has been less chaotic than mine.  These kiddos are so LOUD.  They have reached that unfortunate part of the year where telling on people has become a sport and you can literally see the directions you give them BOUNCE off their sweet little foreheads. 

Husby and I have big exciting plans this weekend.  Ha!  Oklahoma weathermen predict rainstorms all day tomorrow so we are going to the Tulsa Home and Garden Show (brilliant one that I am, I suggested we bring our kids with us...Zach may divorce me by noon...) and pick out our slab'o granite.  Maybe pack a few more boxes...or maybe lay on the couch and do nothing.  I'm exceptionally good at that these days.

Happy Friday Everyone!

xoxo Summer

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Dinosaurs is our topic of discussion this week and so far, I've been pretty obsessed with listening to the Little's conversations!

"Dinosaurs are un-stinct"

"Dinosaurs smell like dog food"

Then a little girl was telling me about her hurt leg...
 "Mrs. Bass, tomorrow I hurt my leg." 
"Tomorrow?  Did this happen Sunday?" 
"Yes, tomorrow!"  Nice.

Oh man, how I love my job.  :)
xoxo  Summer

A little slide of paradise!

Pizza Hut has won my heart. They have created something so delicious and so adorable, perhaps words cannot describe how perfect they are. Pizza sliders. And yes, you can get bacon as a topping!

Seuss-tacular Day!

TGIF, ya'll!  I've never prayed harder for a Friday!  Kiddos are BONKERS, I'm exhausted, and it's only March.  First.  Fifteen more days til Spring Break.  Feels like eternity.

On a happy note, we celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday early since it's tomorrow.  I'll take you through a picture walk of our day!


Justin Bieber reading "The Cat in the Hat".  They loved it!

Yes, the 'cat' is inverted but YAY for them sounding out words!

Getting their fill of Green Eggs and Ham!

Making Green Eggs (Banana pudding-- science/cooking lesson!)

Delish!

 This friend said that the green eggs and ham are green because they grew on green trees! And she sounded out tree!  LOVE!

A Cat with Different Hats!

We hid our faces being sneaky snakes!  (Privacy issues...)  These are our Horton ears!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!  We sure had fun celebrating with your books! 

xoxo Summer