Updated Knox

laundry laundry laundry!

I am swamped. But secretly, I kinda don't mind laundry. I don't know why I let it get this ridiculous, though. Really. And now its to the point where I have to finish all of it today and tomorrow because I have to pack all day Wednesday for our trip to Florida early Thursday morning. I kinda like packing, too; I just am so concerned that I'm going to forget something. I make lists of what I need, lists for what I need to get, lists for what I have in each bag, and lists for how many bags we have.
Kuyper is laying on the couch beside me and giggling. His little sounds are so sweet. And Knox is enjoying seeing Kuyper more alert these days. He gets excited whenever Kuyper is looking at him. Yesterday Kuyper was crying in the car and Knox told him, "Its ok, Little Buddy. Don't cry." How sweet.

Here's some updated pictures of Kuyper :)

silly, i know, but...

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real. . .nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

1. What is your name? Claire
2. A four-letter word: cold
3. A boy's name: Colin
4. A girl's name: Catherine
5. An occupation: chef
6. A color: crayola
7. Something you wear: clothes
8. A food: cookie
9. Something found in the bathroom: Comet
10. A place: Constantinople
11. A reason for being late: crash
12. Something you shout: crap
13. A movie title: Coraline
14. Something you drink: Coke
15. A musical group: choir
16. An animal: cat
17. A street name: Circle
18. A type of car: Camry
19. A song title: Can you feel the love tonight
20. A verb: create

It says tag ten people, I will tag Kierstin, Heather, and Ashley Crisp.

the laundry is quietly murmuring a sweet song in the distance, and i am thankful for the peaceful break from the day. both boys are temporarily asleep and the sun is begining to go down, causing a big red portrait to glow against the living room wall.
dinner is already planned (grilled salmon on a bed of spinach and mixed greens with fresh louisiana strawberries and goat cheese). at the begining of the month i planned all of february's menus, instead of just a week at a time. tonight's festivities include a trip to snap to run and lift weights, and hopefully, finally getting around to watching fred claus, though a new movie did come in from netflix, so wesley may prefer to watch it instead. today has included suprizing wesley with breakfast, a trip to the grocery store - where i got groceries plus the last of my valentine's day gifts, assorted errands run, and one of several valentine's day cards made. i hear knox asking politely to get out of bed, so i will go and help him to encourage his polite-ness.

"Free" time...?

here i sit on my pretty comfy, but not so attractive sofa, barefoot on my cold hardwood floors typing again. i have wet spots on both of my shoulders because i forgot (again) to get a burp cloth out before burping kuyper, who is currently (and finally) asleep in his little vibrating bouncy chair. knox is in his room sleeping, also. laundry is running, dinner is already cooked, and i know there are a million other things to do, but here i sit. this is the time of day that i never quite know what to do with. i have a tiny window of opportunity that i could use in a thousand different ways, but i never can decide how. i think, 'i could pull out the dusty scrapbooking stuff, but then i'd just get into it and have to put it all up before the boys get up. besides, i need to print off pictures, anyway.' then i think, 'well, i guess i could keep cleaning up, but i'm tired. (though, this suggestion usually wins.)' then i think, 'well, i could take a little nap while they are sleeping, but man, i have a lot of laundry to catch up on...not to mention dishes or dinner or work or ...(etc.)' so, here i sit, on the computer, linguistically contemplating what to do with the rest of my "free" time.

Hello world. I feel like its been a long time since I've blogged, though I know it hasn't been that long. I guess its just been a while since I have blogged regularly.
This week's dinner menu (you can tell how behind I am...making the dinner menu on Wednesday...):
Wednesday: Church night
Thursday: Steak, squash & onions, spinach salad
Friday: Crawfish stuffed chicken breasts, green beans, spinach salad, brownies for dessert
Saturday: homemade whole wheat 4 cheese pizza, spinach salad
Sunday: leftovers/grilled cheese & vegetable beef soup