I love playing with my baby

Today I don't have to go into work until 1. So what to do what to do. Well this morning there was cookie bookie at a local school where you can take your toddler and have story time then do crafts and decorate a cookie so I decided to keep the little rugrat out of daycare in the morning and go to that. We had such a good time! We read "I am a Little Lovebug," decorated a cookie, played with some playdough, made a Valentines day card for dad and then put together our own Little Lovebug book so he can work on his colors. It was awesome! I had such a good time with him! Then we went to McDOnalds for a little breakfast and then he got to daycare about 10. It is so nice that they have a few activities available a month that we are able to participate in.

Being a working mom I always find it difficult to find exciting things to do with the man especially after I have worked a full day. So being able to do the activities once in awhile is fantastic! We went to a super bowl party a few weeks ago and he got to meet some real-life high school football players and he was pretty excited about that! Ok, now I have to get ready for work, hope everyone has a great day!

Fun times and crazy people

Last night I went to a bar in the ICT for a friends birthday. We had a great time and it was karaoke and I had never even been to a karaoke night anywhere! So we promptly got our name on the list to sing a little Journey's "Don't Stop Believing." Anyways...as we were there some of my friends other friends showed up. And in an earlier post I had put that I am not a very good friend. Well it almost seemed like these friends were worse. Who knew that was possible right?!? Anyways...her best friend showed up with her boyfriend in tow and they sat in the booth across from us all night making out. And not just a little PDA here and there, hard-core sucking face. I told the hubby that they were like eating each others faces and he promptly told me that was cannibalism. I agreed but he wasn't far from the truth. It was pretty disgusting! Another one of her friends came out but didn't stay very long and all she did was sit in the booth and stare at all of us. It was really weird!

I had also invited my friend who had left the bank (who I also spoke about in a previous post!) and we chatted about her upcoming nuptials and we bought drinks for the birthday girl. It was very nice to see her again and not discuss work even once! I guess I just figured that these people are closer to the birthday girl than I am (and we have become a lot closer over the last few months, but more work friends then going out friends) but I was acting like the better friend. I even drove her home. I didn't even drink because I knew I had to drive home. So I sat there from 9-alomst 1 without drinking anything and watching everyone else drink. It was a good time. Now comes the part about the karaoke!

My main reason for going other than the birthday was for karaoke! I had never karaoked and I really wanted to. But the thing is, no matter how much I am looking forward to something I still get really nervous about being in front of people and the bar was PACKED! So when we were "on deck" I started to get sweaty palms syndrome. Then we were next I got the butterflies in the stomach and my body was shaking. We totally pulled it off though and we rocked the house! I don't think we sang exceptionally well, but we were having fun and putting on a good show. Someone even took a picture of us (which was kinda weird, but whatever!!!).

The funniest thing about karaoke though were the people that took it ridiculously serious. There were guys there singing show tunes. Now I don't mind show tunes but not when I am in a bar! I want good music! Dancing music. And the guy leading the karaoke sang the most crass song I have ever heard. I don't even know who it was by, but the title was F*&# her gently. And he walked around the bar and was grinding on people. And let me tell you, this dude was not good looking. He had long scraggly hair and a creepy hat. Seriously dude, don't be creepy!

So that was my weekend! I got home about 1:30 and hopped in the shower to wash off the stink of smoke (unfortunately the bar was not smoke free) and got to bed. Woke up this morning ready for the super bowl. We aren't doing anything exciting, just gonna make some enchiladas and cheese dip and hunker down for the night! I hope all of your weekends were excellent and the team you favor wins the Super Bowl!

Christmas Craziness

Every year I go shopping with my mom and grandma to help my grandma get her Christmas shopping done. Today was that day and it was great! We started at the mall and went to Target and a little shop called Nifty Nut House. And we made a lunch stop at Red Lobster. Amazing day all the way around! My best deals were at Childrens Place where I got 2 pairs of jeans, a sweater for my niece and a 3 in 1 winter coat for little man all for $46. That may not sound amazing, but the coat was originally $50 so there! Also, at Target I had $50 in gift cards from cashing in points from my debit card and I got my brother's present, his gf's present, another present for my niece, a glove/hat/scarf package for moi and a couple of little things for the little man for $30 after my gift cards. I am a bargain machine! So to all of you non-bargain shoppers...ha ha! I rock!

another weekend gone

So another weekend has come and gone. This weekend was a little different in that we went to Dodge City to visit family and enjoy a nice wedding. Well of course with an almost 2-year-old things don't always go as planned. We got to the wedding and probably 15 minutes into it Leo started to act up. And then came the reception. A time that I figured he would enjoy with the food and dancing. Obviously I didn't have a clue. He was ready to go right then. I don't know if it was the amount of people or just the fact that he was ready to go but he got mean. I have a scratch on my arm to prove it and he bit Leonard. Tis life!

So we decided to go back to Leonard's parents house and we took his almost 4-year-old niece with us because she was ready also. We go home, eat and then sit down to watch some TV. Well apparently Leo is a bully and Jocelynn is his favorite target. All night and then today he picked on her. I don't know what it is about her but he really enjoyed beating her up. And then we feel bad because our kid is the mean kid.

Then today we watched a little football (I watched my eye lids because I was tired!) and then we left for home about 4. And ridiculously enough it took us 3 hours to get home. So stupid. And we don't really know why. It sure didn't take us that long to get there. I think God threw in a few extra miles to give us some more quality time together! :)

I'll post a picture of the girls and little man for you to see the cousins. They are all so cute! Hope you all had a great weekend!