blogger survey

1. When was the last time you shaved your legs?
Uhm- like 5-6 days ago? Yep i know this isn't a great thing and nope I don't care.

2. What were you doing this morning at 8?
Making Jasper breakfast.

3. What were you doing 15 minutes ago?
Relaxing- its nap time for the boys!

4. What are you wearing right now?
leggings and long black shirt.

5. Are you mad at anyone right now?
Don't think so?

6. The last two people to say they loved you?
Jasper and Drew

7. Kissed someone in the last 24 hrs?
Again, Jasper and Drew.

8. Are you happy with your living arrangements?
Eh- we will be moving in a few weeks.

9. Last thing received in the mail?
bills?

10. Do you have any famous relatives?
Nope.

11. Have you ever had sex in a public place?


12. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
Had my car And Drew's truck searched, mine because it was after midnight on a gravel road (I was 18 and Past curfew violations) and Drew's because there were 4 18 year olds in the car so ofcourse we Had to have illegal drugs/alcohol in there. Love those Perry cops!

13. How is your hair?
Same as every day- straight, tame, boring.

14. How many different drinks have you had today?
Water, and Mountain Dew- so two. Going for a pepsi now.

15. What have you eaten today?
toast with cheese, and chicken nuggets and fries for lunch. Oh and some valentines candy.

16. Are you any good at math?
Not even close.

17. What did you do Friday night?
Last friday? That was a week ago so definitely can't remember that far.

18. Do you draw your name in the sand when you go to the beach?
Actually, yes

19. Are you taken for granted?
Yep.

20. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
About 48 when we traveled to Sweden.

21. Do you like the ocean?
Love it.

22. Did you stay friends with your ex's?
Definitely.

23. What are you excited about?
Sofie and Henrik's trip here and than Vegas!

24. What did you do two nights ago?
Again, can't remember. This is why I have a blog so I will hopefully remember things.

25. Are any of your great-grandparents still alive?
No, but I have all of my grand parents :)

26. Where do you keep your money?
The bank

27. Do you remember the most naughty night of your life?
Mhmm

28. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
I actually Love sleeping alone- it doesn't happen very often so when it does it's quite pleasant. I'm a bed hog and Drew's a blanket hog.

29. What was the weather like on your birthday?
Hot. End of July.

30. Would you make out with anyone on your friends list?
The only 'friend' list I have is on FB- and I have, but now I'm quite taken.

Feeling the itch (to travel)

I'm perfectly content to be a stay at home mamma. In fact I wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING in the world- but lately have been feeling the need for More. I couldn't figure out what it was until I was reading my old little blog from when we were studying abroad in Karlstad, Sweden from Jan 09 till July. Best 6 months of my Life.

Traveling is in my blood- I'll blame (thank) my parents and here's why

*Born in West Palm Beach Florida

*Six weeks later moved to Virgin Islands

*Less than a yr later moved to South Carolina

*Back to Florida

*Moved to Stockholm, Sweden when I was 3

*Moved again in Stockholm about a year later

*Moved up north in Sweden to Ljusdal

*Moved to Bali, Indonesia for a year

*Back to Sweden

*Moved to a small town in Iowa (a state I had never heard of) when I was in 4th grade

So folks thats more than 10 different moves and 3 continents in about as many years. After highschool came out to CO, than back to Iowa when we found out I was pregnant, than back out here after Jasper was born, over to Sweden for 6 months, and back. And now we are moving next month (long story) but only signing a 3 month lease and than what?? We Have No Clue.

But I'm ready for another move- back to Sweden! That's my dream- I want to live there for a few years and get my masters (after I finish undergrade of course) Sweden is the most amazing place to raise children and I want my son and his future siblings to experience all that I did in my childhood.

Oh and another dream/goal owning a sommarstuga (summer house) in northern Sweden like the one above we rented for a long weekend. Bliss.

I feel like Super mom today!

It's not often that I feel like super mom but today I do! We started off the day by being able to sleep in a little (yay) which is always a great way to start off the day. Than we picked up Riley (the 6 month old I nanny for) and went to Little Gym (Jasper's gymnastics class) after lunch and a long nap for both boys--two hours!!-- we did a lot of playing. But during that time I ALSO managed to do 3 loads of laundry, bake not one but TWO different types of muffins,(blueberry and chocolate) clean the entire playroom while the boys were playing in it, labeled and sent off about a dozen valentine cards from Jasper to his friends and grandparents and made a delicious pasta dinner with feta cheese and sour cream-- SO GOOD!!- and clean the entire kitchen and vaccum the living room. See why I feel like super mom today? Oh and I even got about 25 min. to myself to eat lunch and read from Breaking Dawn (for the 4th time)

I'm sure most moms do all of those things on a regular basis, but I have never been all that domestic. Maybe it's because I became a mom after my sophmore year in college and went from living in a dorm suit with two other girls to an apartment with Drew and than to an apartment in CO with Drew and Jasper. But I feel like I'm starting to get the hang of this domestic goddess thing.

Crazy two weeks.

I started working- watching a little 6 month old boy at the house. He is here from about 8:15-5:30 Mon-Friday so things have gotten crazy! After a few days of adjustment things are going good though and Jasper is learning to share his toys, and most of all his mamma. I'm very proud of how well he is doing!

He is talking even more and more, now he is saying 4-6 word sentences! He knows some of his letters, can count to ten and knows ALL of his colors. Right now he is sitting next to me drinking a juice baba and leaning on Blue Puppy- he just woke up from almost a 2 hr nap and is still a bit tired and cuddly. Time to go play now!

Jasper LOVES his water

Or vatten as he calls it (water in Swedish)

Twice in One Day?!?!

More Pictures of my handsome man since the others worked so well.

Oh and our afternoon was Much better than the morning. We played and even cleaned the whole playroom! That was quite the accomplishment because it had been destroyed over the past few days.

So I think I mentioned (or maybe not) this diet my friends and I and Drew are on. It's been three weeks and we have all lost between 4.5- 10 lbs! Here's an example of what I eat now in a day since it's So fascinating.

Meal 1. Either a fruit smoothie or toast with laughing cow cheese and some fruit.

Meal 2. Usually a salad and a baked potato or a salad and a wrap/sandwhich. Lately I have been cheating with a Mountain Dew as well...this whole no pop thing wasn't working for me.

Meal 3. Crackers, cheese, some cashews and a banana

Meal 4. (Dinner) chicken and brown rice and veggies, or whole wheat pasta with a homemade sauce- delicious!

Meal 5. Crackers and cheese again.

ANd LOTS of water in between! And No excersize- besides chasing a toddler around and the occasional pilates class or DVD. So far seems do be doing a little- at least according to the scale but I can't tell at all. Also we are allowed one full day of cheating- mine was today and I had 4 Mountain Dews, Pizza, Mac and Cheese, Chocolate..and a whole bunch of other non- diet approved snacks, but it was oh so worth it.

Rough morning with J-man

It was one of those mornings. The type of morning that makes me want it to be nap time ASAP. He was just crabbier than usual, lots of whining, saying NOOO to everything, and just generally unhappy. It helped when we went to the store- it usually helps to get him out of the house. When he was able to steer through the isles of Safeway in the police car shopping cart he was completely happy- and even buckled himself in! That's a first- usually he hates being buckled into Anything, and says "No bun" meaning- no buttoning, anything that keeps him strapped in he calls a bun- button. Dont ask why, because I have No clue. And he hates being restricted- ofcourse, what 2 year old doesn't.

What else is new with Jasper...he is starting to talk quite a bit more! He knows most of his colors, calls them

pite (white)

peete (pink)

blap (black)

veene (green)

blue he says perfectly

wed (red)

He can also count to about 6-7, but not always perfectly but he does try!

We are working with him on saying No thank you, or No Tack Tack (swedish for thank you) instead of just saying No to everything. No is his new favorite word- and he will say it to everything, even when I know he really means yes. I decided to work with him on saying No thank you instead of just telling him he can't say no. I thin it is wrong to teach kids they are never allowed to say no to adults, especially in the world we are living. Adults can take advantage of children so easy and I'm always hearing sick stories on the news about it- and maybe if those children weren't afraid to say no to adults they wouldn't have been as easy to take advantage. My son won't grow up thinking that adults are Always right and no matter what they can't be told no. I'm trying to teach him he can say no (thank you) if he wishes to say no, but also that just because he says no thank you doesn't mean things will go way.

Example (happened today) Me: Jasper, it's time to put your toys away because you need to go take a nap.

Jasper :No Tack tack, no night night (what he calls sleep)

Me: I understand that you don't want to sleep, but we are going to pick up and you are going to go lay down with a baba (milk) and blue puppy (stuffed animal he always sleeps with) anyway, you need to lay down and rest but you don't have to go to sleep.

Jasper: starts picking up his toys.

He seems to respect the fact that he has options- he doesnt HAVE to sleep, but he does need to go lay down and rest with his milk and puppy. And of course he is sleeping right now :)

I'm going to try to upload some pictures on here now- so we will see how that works!