If You Give A Cat A Cupcake…

Have you heard of the book  “If You Give a Cat a Cupcake?”  It is a very cute book!  I read it to some children at All Saints of St. John Vianney School last week in Wickliffe.  It was  family reading night at the school and they asked me to be part of it.   

I’ve been reading to Camille since I was pregnant.  I think it is important that kids be exposed to books early and often so I was very happy to take part in the family reading night.  Because if was a family night, I brought along Camille and my husband. Camille had a great time.  The school had a very nice program. After the story each child decorated a cupcake and of course ate it.  The night was very cute. Thanks for including us

I’m always looking for cute books to read to Camille, what is your favorite?

xoxo,

Tracy

A Common Problem

I’ve blogged about this before.. the problem of what’s for dinner?   I’m not the cook in our house, my husband is the head chef , but I have been using the crock pot a little more often.  Now, I need ideas.. Do any of you seasoned cooks have any crock pot recipes that are kid tested, mother approved? I would love to hear them!

xoxo,

Tracy

How Stupid

My little Camille has turned into a little mocking-bird!  And the more we laugh, the more she does it.

Here’s an example… picture this.  Last week, when we had all of that snow, we were walking into a store.  I’m carrying her, walking in slush, and trying to keep the wet snow from hitting us in the face. The parking lot was not very crowded, when all of a sudden a guy in a  pick up truck, in need of a new muffler,  decided to do “donuts” ! He was doing this  right near us, I under my breath, mumbled ” how stupid”. Well, she heard me.  Today, we had to tell her everything is not stupid!  We all learned a lesson, including me, but it could have been soooo much worse

xoxo,

Tracy

4 Wheels

I’m sure that I am not the only mother who feels like I spend way too much time in my car!  Sometimes, I feel like I live in it and it is beginning to look that way too.  Between work, running errands, and everything else that comes along with daily life… the inside of my car is a mess!!

I have clothes, boots, and hats for work.  I have kids stuff to keep Camille amused on long trips.  It’s too cold to spend any time cleaning it out, so it just keeps piling up! I was looking for something today, I never did find it, but I found smashed cheerios, one of Camille’s missing socks, and broken  crayons! 

The weather department says there will be a  warm up this week.. I know what I’ll be doing ! I can’t take it anymore

xoxo,

Tracy

2010

Happy New Year!  I can’t believe it’s a new decade already.  Weren’t we just celebrating 2000? I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season

Now that the holidays are over, our decorations are  packed away for another year.  However, our house is not yet back to normal.  I decided that I would organize Camille’s room.  She decided she would help me.  I folded her clothes, she unfolded them. I hung the clothes  in the closet, she took them out.  You get the picture   What should have taken just a couple of hours ended up taking the better part of the day.  But, do you know what? I didn’t mind 

xoxo,

Tracy

Merry Christmas

 (Copyright 2009  Photography by Poses A Studio)

Merry Christmas from my family to yours! 

xoxo,

Tracy

The Unexpected

Last year, Camille was not happy to be sitting on Santa’s lap.  In fact, she screamed at the top of her lungs.  So, I wasn’t really sure what to expect this year!

We saw Santa and Mrs. Claus a couple of weeks ago.  Camille would only sit on Santa’s lap with me.  So we did, both of us on Santa’s lap, you can imagine that picture    Since then, we ‘ve  been asking her if she wants to visit him.  The answer has been “no, not today, maybe tomorrow.”  Well, the last time we asked, she said she wanted to see him.   So off we went.  As we stood in line, she watched one kid after another crawl up into the Jolly Old Elf’s lap.  It was soon our turn.  She tightened the grip around my neck, but she let me put her on his lap. 

As you can see from the picture, she didn’t cry, but she wasn’t completely happy  to be perched on Santa’s lap.   I got a half-smile, but hey, I’ll take what I can get.  I got my picture

xoxo,

Tracy

Checking The List

How is your list of things to do coming this holiday season? Did you make the most of the weekend? It seems like December is just flying,  we’re just 11 days away from Christmas.  I am slowly but surely checking off my list of things to do.  Every year, I make chocolate covered oreos and pretzels.  The first batch is done.  The problem is, when I get them done too early they seem to disappear!  This year, Camille helped me put the sprinkles on the cookies and pretzels.  She loved it and didn’t do a bad job for a 2 year old.  Although, I think there were more sprinkles on the kitchen floor than on  the treats!   Oh, well … Oliver got a treat too

xoxo,

Tracy

Festive

Decorating, wrapping, shopping, baking.  There are so many things to do this time of year.  Many of the things on my “holiday to do” list I actually enjoy, I imagine  like many of you.  We all probably have one thing or another that we are not crazy about.  Mine is  Christmas cards,  I know, it’s a way to keep in touch with people we don’t see very often.  

With that said, it wasn’t until Camille was born that we started doing picture cards.  The photo cards have eased the pain, and it is actually fun putting them together.  However,  finding the right picture can be difficult. I thought the photographer earned his money last year, that was nothing compared to this year!  Camille and Oliver tagged teamed Tom.  I don’t know how he does it, when one was paying attention, the other wasn’t, I’m sure you get the picture.

 (Copyright 2009  Photography by Poses A Studio)

He eventually did get a couple of pictures that we will use.  This is one of them.  I can just see the magic in her eyes and that afterall that’s what makes it all worthwhile

xoxo,

Tracy

All Girls

My mother and I have shopped on “Black Friday” for years.  This year she was not up to it.  Since I had the weekend off,  Saturday was all about the girls.  Newschannel 5’s Paul Kiska’s wife and daughter along with Camille and me had a “girls day”.  It was such a beautiful day, we strolled around Crocker Park.  

The decorations were up, Santa was there, and lots of people were out and about.  We tried to do a little shopping, although we didn’t get much done with 2 toddlers Crocker Park did a nice job decorating the path that leads to Santa.  Plenty of lights and lots of decorations for the little ones to take in and for us to enjoy watching them

xoxo,

Tracy