I am so grateful for my friends that I have made here in Charlotte (Rock Hill). I will miss you all, and I will be back to visit, but I really want you all to come down and visit me! I mean that!!! :)
Party pics:
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
First ever surprise party
This Saturday, my friends threw me my first ever surprise party. Too bad it was a going away party, but that's life. My bestie, Jacqui, said that we were going out to celebrate her birthday (which was earlier in the week). Since we didn't have a sitter, Bobby was home with the boys. I texted our other bestie, Maggie, and asked if she was coming out. She said that she didn't feel good, so no. After eating dinner at Jacqui's house, we left to meet her SIL at Hickory Tavern. As we walked into the bar, I saw Maggie and a bunch of our friends there. I still thought this was a surprise for Jacqui's birthday! I walked over to Maggie and told her that she "got me." Then I looked at the cake. I thought "oh, that's a pretty purple cake." Then I read it....It said "We'll miss you Shaunda and Bobby." I was so shocked, I think I just said "what?" Then I looked around and just broke into tears. It was the sweetest thing, and I never imagined that this party was for me. I dried my tears and went around and hugged everyone who came. I was disappointed that Bobby couldn't come (he knew that the party was for us and tried really hard to get a sitter, but couldn't.) I had such a great time chatting and drinking with everyone. It was so fun! A few of us ventured downtown after the party and went to the dueling piano bar. Fun, fun!
I am so grateful for my friends that I have made here in Charlotte (Rock Hill). I will miss you all, and I will be back to visit, but I really want you all to come down and visit me! I mean that!!! :)
Party pics:
I am so grateful for my friends that I have made here in Charlotte (Rock Hill). I will miss you all, and I will be back to visit, but I really want you all to come down and visit me! I mean that!!! :)
Party pics:
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Playroom project-ABC wall
The teacher in me wanted to do an ABC wall in the playroom of our new house. I googled ABC walls to get some ideas, pinned them, and decided that I wanted to do a little something more than just letters. I decided to create letters using objects that begin with that letter (B is for buttons, P is for puzzles, etc)
So here's how I made the letters. Pictures to follow. (I am not a person that usually goes around showing off their work, but I am really proud of this, and I thought that some others may like the idea and want to know how it's done).
I painted an 8 x 10 canvas, printed and cut out full page letters from http://printerprojects.com/alphabet/ (I recommend doing this unless you are excellent at free handing letters-I ruined 2 canvas's before coming up with this idea), then traced the letter using a pencil onto the canvas, and used glue or hot glue to glue on the objects. So, after hot gluing some of the objects, they fell off. My friend told me to use E-6000 (sold at craft stores) instead, and all have stayed on! My son helped me with a few of the buttons, but lost interest after that. :)
That is all that I have done so far. I will post/pin pics of the finished product when we move and get it on the wall in our new house!
I have finished!! This project took a while and bit of trial and error, but I am proud of the way it turned out! Here is the finished project!
So here's how I made the letters. Pictures to follow. (I am not a person that usually goes around showing off their work, but I am really proud of this, and I thought that some others may like the idea and want to know how it's done).
I painted an 8 x 10 canvas, printed and cut out full page letters from http://printerprojects.com/alphabet/ (I recommend doing this unless you are excellent at free handing letters-I ruined 2 canvas's before coming up with this idea), then traced the letter using a pencil onto the canvas, and used glue or hot glue to glue on the objects. So, after hot gluing some of the objects, they fell off. My friend told me to use E-6000 (sold at craft stores) instead, and all have stayed on! My son helped me with a few of the buttons, but lost interest after that. :)
I have finished!! This project took a while and bit of trial and error, but I am proud of the way it turned out! Here is the finished project!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Before I forget these moments....
I want to do a quick blog about what the boys are up to before I forget, so here it is!
Tanner: He loves to talk about the days of the week. He will say "Today is Friday, not Monday and Tuesday." He likes to says what things are followed by what they are not. Ex: "Nanner wants to watch Loin King, not Shrek or Cars anymore." He recognizes some letters and numbers. On the way home from school the other day, he said "There's a 2." He read it from the road sign! I was amazed, I remember teaching my Kindergarten students number recognition. He now likes to "read" to me instead of me reading to him. He does well with books that we have read a lot (Brown Bear) but just makes up things for unfamiliar books. His new saying is "Member we.......got Dunkin Donuts yesterday," etc. He also likes to say "already" as in "Tanner need to eat muffins already." His speech is coming along, and I am not longer "Nonny" and Uncle Tony is no longer "Auntie Nony." I am kind of sad about that! He still stumbles over hard names like "Obi Wan Kenobi" and says "Obi dobi dobi." His name is "Nanner Roney!" Too cute!
Brennan: My baby is almost a year old!!!! He is army/inchworm crawling all over the place now. He only likes to eat food that he can feed himself. He makes this pig face when he's eating, it is sooooo cute! Pics included! :) So far, I have not found anything that he won't eat! I took him for his first professional haircut the other day, and he HATED it! The stylist started by using the buzzer thing on him, so of course, he cried the whole time! But he does look so cute. Brennan has also started dancing! It is the cutest thing!!! He will sway back and forth if I am signing or playing music! Then, he cracks up! Hehe!! He is a babbling machine. He says "uh oh" when he drops something, and imitates us singing and talking. He is now only taking one nap of about 3 hours and I can stretch him to get him to take it when Tanner naps (or does quiet time in his room).
That's all for now!
Tanner: He loves to talk about the days of the week. He will say "Today is Friday, not Monday and Tuesday." He likes to says what things are followed by what they are not. Ex: "Nanner wants to watch Loin King, not Shrek or Cars anymore." He recognizes some letters and numbers. On the way home from school the other day, he said "There's a 2." He read it from the road sign! I was amazed, I remember teaching my Kindergarten students number recognition. He now likes to "read" to me instead of me reading to him. He does well with books that we have read a lot (Brown Bear) but just makes up things for unfamiliar books. His new saying is "Member we.......got Dunkin Donuts yesterday," etc. He also likes to say "already" as in "Tanner need to eat muffins already." His speech is coming along, and I am not longer "Nonny" and Uncle Tony is no longer "Auntie Nony." I am kind of sad about that! He still stumbles over hard names like "Obi Wan Kenobi" and says "Obi dobi dobi." His name is "Nanner Roney!" Too cute!
Brennan: My baby is almost a year old!!!! He is army/inchworm crawling all over the place now. He only likes to eat food that he can feed himself. He makes this pig face when he's eating, it is sooooo cute! Pics included! :) So far, I have not found anything that he won't eat! I took him for his first professional haircut the other day, and he HATED it! The stylist started by using the buzzer thing on him, so of course, he cried the whole time! But he does look so cute. Brennan has also started dancing! It is the cutest thing!!! He will sway back and forth if I am signing or playing music! Then, he cracks up! Hehe!! He is a babbling machine. He says "uh oh" when he drops something, and imitates us singing and talking. He is now only taking one nap of about 3 hours and I can stretch him to get him to take it when Tanner naps (or does quiet time in his room).
That's all for now!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Christmas and BIG changes for the New Year
Our first Christmas as a family of four was really great! We ended up having 3 Christmas's-2 with my mom and Jon, one which included Curtie B and one with Bobby's family. The boys got way too many presents, but I guess that's to be expected. Since the weather has been "spring like," the boys and I have taken walks almost every night to see the lights in our neighborhood. My in-laws were brave and requested a weekend with Tanner, Brady, and Carrigan. They made ornaments, gingerbread houses, and went to the Science Center. Tanner had a blast with Cousin Brady! He told me that Brady is funny. Since I grew up around my cousins and am very close with them, I love that Tanner got to have some time with his! :) I think that Grammie and Papa had fun, but were glad when the weekend was over! Bobby and I enjoyed spending some alone time with Brennan. We shopped, ate out, and talked about how quiet it was in the house!!! We spent Christmas Eve at "Hotel Meroney" and ate tasty food, opened gifts, and watched the kiddies play-fun times! Bobby and I rang in the new year with our besties, the Montini's, Magsie, and Shannon!
OK, now for the BIG news......We are starting a new chapter in our lives, we are moving to Atlanta!!! Bobby got a promotion with PJ's and is now over the Atlanta market. He officially started this week and said that it's going well so far! With the move means, selling our first house. I am having mixed emotions about moving. I am glad that Bobby will no longer be traveling, but I will miss all of my friends here. Plus, we will be farther from family. This is not going over well with our moms, but hopefully they will see that it is not thaaaaaat far! I would probably be sadder if I had time to think about the move, but with getting the house ready to be put on the market, I do not have time for anything, even being sad. We have been painting, decluttering (and those of you who know us, know that we have tons of clutter), packing and organizing toys, etc, etc, etc!!!
OK, just wanted to give everyone a quick update. More to come!
Here's some pics!!
OK, now for the BIG news......We are starting a new chapter in our lives, we are moving to Atlanta!!! Bobby got a promotion with PJ's and is now over the Atlanta market. He officially started this week and said that it's going well so far! With the move means, selling our first house. I am having mixed emotions about moving. I am glad that Bobby will no longer be traveling, but I will miss all of my friends here. Plus, we will be farther from family. This is not going over well with our moms, but hopefully they will see that it is not thaaaaaat far! I would probably be sadder if I had time to think about the move, but with getting the house ready to be put on the market, I do not have time for anything, even being sad. We have been painting, decluttering (and those of you who know us, know that we have tons of clutter), packing and organizing toys, etc, etc, etc!!!
OK, just wanted to give everyone a quick update. More to come!
Saturday, December 17, 2011
You would think that I would be able to keep up with this better....
Wow, again it's been over a month since I've posted! Where does the time go? Here's what's been up....
Tanner: My two and a half year old is a singing, dancing, running machine! He is never still!! (Boys!) He loves to sing "Jingle Bells" and "Mr. Turkey" that he learned in school. We went to his school's Thanksgiving program, where he did not sing, but did point to to me and say "Nonny's here." At the dinner afterwards, his teacher handed out his turkey place mat that he made that says "I am thankful for my daddy." Needless to say, Bobby is so proud of that one!!! He is obsessed with all things Christmas. We have seen Santa 3 times and he has sat on his lap twice. His favorite Christmas movie is Frosty, followed closely by Elf. Elf is my fave, but after watching the first part about 20 times, I'm getting sick of it! Tanner has many cute sayings that I should have written down after he said them, but a few are "yuuuuun more" (one more), "moniecycle bin" (recycle bin), "I'm gonna need this....," "Ninkle Little Star" (Twinkle little star) for any star that he sees, "yatch dis" for watch this, followed by some sort of jump, "Bodice" for Thomas the train, and he still calls Brennan "Dede" or "Deedle" but calls other babies, "baby." We are still working on using the potty. He now likes to sit on the big potty, but is still telling us when he needs to use it every time. He had his first big fall at school last week. He was playing on the playground and fell and bit his tongue. It bled quite a bit before I got there, but was done by the time I came to get him. No stitch needed, in fact, we didn't even take him to the doctor because there is usually nothing they can do for the tongue and it heals quickly.
Brennan: My baby is now 10 months old and just as spoiled as can be!! He is starting to army crawl (just like Tanner did), but would rather be held. Daddy has been the main spoiler, but it's hard to resist that "Bundle"-Bobby's nickname for him. He continues to be the happiest boy around. He loves almost everything we do-walks, the park, shopping, etc. He LOVES to eat!! I haven't found anything that he won't eat yet. After he takes a bite of something he really likes, like mashed potatoes and Vovo's gravy, he says "mmmmm." He still does his happy squeals and babbles non-stop. He loves his big brother and gets so excited when Tanner comes into the room! He now has three teeth and is working on the fourth.
Halloween: Tanner was a monkey for Halloween and Brennan was a tiger. Bobby was supposed to be a monkey too, but never ended up dressing up, and I was a leopard. We had a few friends and neighbors over for a party here. It was fun! :) The boys and I went trick-or-treating with Emma and Leslie. I was hoping that Tanner would be a good listener since Emma was there, but it was a tough one! I didn't take the double stroller-big mistake!! So Tanner walked, and well, he liked when we rang the doorbells, but didn't really want to walk and hold Mommy's hand. Oh, well. Live and learn...double stroller next year!!
Thanksgiving: For Thanksgiving this year, Bobby wanted to stay here. Our first time having Thanksgiving here!! My mom came and stayed for about 4 days. I loved it! She had just bought a wii, so we played bowling and it was so fun!!! Bobby fried the turkey for us, mom, Jon, and Kas. We ate delicious food and had some drinks. :) We decorated the tree with my mom while listening to Johnny Cash's Christmas album, and Tanner really liked putting on the decorations (over and over). My Uncle Steve, Auntie Lynn, cousin Stephanie and her fiance came to visit. My cousin had never met Brennan, and she wanted too! Brennan was a bit fussy and teething, but it was fun none the less. Jacqui, her mom, Tony, and Curtie B came over too. Such a fun night with friends and family!! :)
OK, gotta make dinner, so that's all for now! Stay tuned for Christmas updates and some exciting news!!!!! :)
Tanner: My two and a half year old is a singing, dancing, running machine! He is never still!! (Boys!) He loves to sing "Jingle Bells" and "Mr. Turkey" that he learned in school. We went to his school's Thanksgiving program, where he did not sing, but did point to to me and say "Nonny's here." At the dinner afterwards, his teacher handed out his turkey place mat that he made that says "I am thankful for my daddy." Needless to say, Bobby is so proud of that one!!! He is obsessed with all things Christmas. We have seen Santa 3 times and he has sat on his lap twice. His favorite Christmas movie is Frosty, followed closely by Elf. Elf is my fave, but after watching the first part about 20 times, I'm getting sick of it! Tanner has many cute sayings that I should have written down after he said them, but a few are "yuuuuun more" (one more), "moniecycle bin" (recycle bin), "I'm gonna need this....," "Ninkle Little Star" (Twinkle little star) for any star that he sees, "yatch dis" for watch this, followed by some sort of jump, "Bodice" for Thomas the train, and he still calls Brennan "Dede" or "Deedle" but calls other babies, "baby." We are still working on using the potty. He now likes to sit on the big potty, but is still telling us when he needs to use it every time. He had his first big fall at school last week. He was playing on the playground and fell and bit his tongue. It bled quite a bit before I got there, but was done by the time I came to get him. No stitch needed, in fact, we didn't even take him to the doctor because there is usually nothing they can do for the tongue and it heals quickly.
Brennan: My baby is now 10 months old and just as spoiled as can be!! He is starting to army crawl (just like Tanner did), but would rather be held. Daddy has been the main spoiler, but it's hard to resist that "Bundle"-Bobby's nickname for him. He continues to be the happiest boy around. He loves almost everything we do-walks, the park, shopping, etc. He LOVES to eat!! I haven't found anything that he won't eat yet. After he takes a bite of something he really likes, like mashed potatoes and Vovo's gravy, he says "mmmmm." He still does his happy squeals and babbles non-stop. He loves his big brother and gets so excited when Tanner comes into the room! He now has three teeth and is working on the fourth.
Halloween: Tanner was a monkey for Halloween and Brennan was a tiger. Bobby was supposed to be a monkey too, but never ended up dressing up, and I was a leopard. We had a few friends and neighbors over for a party here. It was fun! :) The boys and I went trick-or-treating with Emma and Leslie. I was hoping that Tanner would be a good listener since Emma was there, but it was a tough one! I didn't take the double stroller-big mistake!! So Tanner walked, and well, he liked when we rang the doorbells, but didn't really want to walk and hold Mommy's hand. Oh, well. Live and learn...double stroller next year!!
Thanksgiving: For Thanksgiving this year, Bobby wanted to stay here. Our first time having Thanksgiving here!! My mom came and stayed for about 4 days. I loved it! She had just bought a wii, so we played bowling and it was so fun!!! Bobby fried the turkey for us, mom, Jon, and Kas. We ate delicious food and had some drinks. :) We decorated the tree with my mom while listening to Johnny Cash's Christmas album, and Tanner really liked putting on the decorations (over and over). My Uncle Steve, Auntie Lynn, cousin Stephanie and her fiance came to visit. My cousin had never met Brennan, and she wanted too! Brennan was a bit fussy and teething, but it was fun none the less. Jacqui, her mom, Tony, and Curtie B came over too. Such a fun night with friends and family!! :)
Friday, September 23, 2011
Busy, busy September
As you can tell, things have been busy, busy around here! Here's what's been going on!
School: Tanner started back to school on Sept. 1st. He has 11 children in his room and only one of them was from his class last year. Luckily for her (?), Tanner has decided that she is his girlfriend! He kisses and hugs her throughout the day. He teacher said that he was "really loving, I mean, REALLY!" I started to get concerned that he was turning into the creepy kid. I asked the little girl's mother about it and she said that she didn't mind a bit. So I guess it's fine! :) Tanner had a few days of crying when I dropped him off, but now he is over it and loves school, like I knew he would!! Tanner is not the only one who started school.....I did too! I am going to school online and getting my master's in Early Childhood Development. I am hoping that this degree with insure my K position when I go back to teaching (in a few years). I could even be a director of a daycare or preschool with this degree, so who knows!! So far, the program is good. There is a lot of reading and a lot of reflecting on my teaching practices. (No wonder I haven't posted in almost a month) :)
Brennan: Mr. Brennan is 7 months old now! He now likes to sleep on his belly, which worries Bobby a lot. But "they" say that once a baby can roll there, they are fine sleeping like that. He loves to eat baby food and I haven't found anything that he won't eat! That explains how chunky he is!! Hehe!! He is always interested in what his big brother is doing and he lights up when Tanner comes into the room! Tanner is still very sweet with him. I love seeing my boys interact!! His best friend is his paci, but we will worry about breaking that habit later! He LOOOOOOOVES to be carried around in the carrier facing the front. He squeals and squeaks the whole time! Such a happy baby!
Tanner: Tanner likes to be Mommy's little helper. He likes to carry the reusable bags into the grocery store for me. He even plays pretend while at home by filling up his bag with toys and saying "Bye bye, going to the grocery store!" When I ask him what he's going to get, he says "Dede Oatneal" (Baby oatmeal for Brennan). I created a chore/behavior chart for Tanner. He puts foam pieces into the chart when he cleans up, wears his seat belt, brushes his teeth, or refrains from hitting and scratching. He loves to do the chart, and is really proud when he gets to put a piece in! (I have pics of the chart, and will try to upload them later) He also helps me put away the laundry and burp the baby! Such a good helper!!
Beach: Bobby's parents bought a beach house in Carolina Beach and we went there for a few days this week. The house is still pretty bare, but it was fun nonetheless. We went down to the beach twice. Tanner loved getting in the water and building sandcastles with Daddy. Brennan had a better time this time at the beach. He liked watching the big waves! It rained a couple of the days that we were there, so my in-laws and I took the boys to the Fort Fisher aquarium. Tanner really liked seeing the fish and Brennan babbled to the fish as well! Bobby and I got to have a romantic dinner just the tow of us one night, which we followed up by having some drinks on the pier. :) I am looking forward to many more stays at the "Hotel Meroney Beach House"
School: Tanner started back to school on Sept. 1st. He has 11 children in his room and only one of them was from his class last year. Luckily for her (?), Tanner has decided that she is his girlfriend! He kisses and hugs her throughout the day. He teacher said that he was "really loving, I mean, REALLY!" I started to get concerned that he was turning into the creepy kid. I asked the little girl's mother about it and she said that she didn't mind a bit. So I guess it's fine! :) Tanner had a few days of crying when I dropped him off, but now he is over it and loves school, like I knew he would!! Tanner is not the only one who started school.....I did too! I am going to school online and getting my master's in Early Childhood Development. I am hoping that this degree with insure my K position when I go back to teaching (in a few years). I could even be a director of a daycare or preschool with this degree, so who knows!! So far, the program is good. There is a lot of reading and a lot of reflecting on my teaching practices. (No wonder I haven't posted in almost a month) :)
Brennan: Mr. Brennan is 7 months old now! He now likes to sleep on his belly, which worries Bobby a lot. But "they" say that once a baby can roll there, they are fine sleeping like that. He loves to eat baby food and I haven't found anything that he won't eat! That explains how chunky he is!! Hehe!! He is always interested in what his big brother is doing and he lights up when Tanner comes into the room! Tanner is still very sweet with him. I love seeing my boys interact!! His best friend is his paci, but we will worry about breaking that habit later! He LOOOOOOOVES to be carried around in the carrier facing the front. He squeals and squeaks the whole time! Such a happy baby!
Tanner: Tanner likes to be Mommy's little helper. He likes to carry the reusable bags into the grocery store for me. He even plays pretend while at home by filling up his bag with toys and saying "Bye bye, going to the grocery store!" When I ask him what he's going to get, he says "Dede Oatneal" (Baby oatmeal for Brennan). I created a chore/behavior chart for Tanner. He puts foam pieces into the chart when he cleans up, wears his seat belt, brushes his teeth, or refrains from hitting and scratching. He loves to do the chart, and is really proud when he gets to put a piece in! (I have pics of the chart, and will try to upload them later) He also helps me put away the laundry and burp the baby! Such a good helper!!
Beach: Bobby's parents bought a beach house in Carolina Beach and we went there for a few days this week. The house is still pretty bare, but it was fun nonetheless. We went down to the beach twice. Tanner loved getting in the water and building sandcastles with Daddy. Brennan had a better time this time at the beach. He liked watching the big waves! It rained a couple of the days that we were there, so my in-laws and I took the boys to the Fort Fisher aquarium. Tanner really liked seeing the fish and Brennan babbled to the fish as well! Bobby and I got to have a romantic dinner just the tow of us one night, which we followed up by having some drinks on the pier. :) I am looking forward to many more stays at the "Hotel Meroney Beach House"
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