Did you bring my swimsuit ?

Today me and the kids had a date with Auntie Sarah! We went to the waterfront for a walk and a little play time on the beach and then to lunch at the Ram. Before we left I had told Norah we were going to see the big water and play on the beach. She had a hard time on the way there separating the water and the beach from swimming, and she must have asked me at least a dozen times "did you bring my swimsuit?" Turns out she didn't need her swimsuit to go swimming, she just went in rain boots, socks, pants and all. She only got in to the top of her boots before Sarah rescued her. Norah didn't even mind being wet and cold she had fun anyway. And Nolan had lots of fun too. His favorite part eating rocks and sand, what a boy!

Me and the kids
(who cares if I'm the only one looking at the camera)

Auntie Sarah and Nolan

Norah, takin a walk

I think this was just before she went for her little dip :)

Nolan, watching the waves

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The lesson I learned today, bring extra clothes for the 3 year old too, not just the baby. You would think I would know this by now!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

From the Suetta Family

We hope that everyone had as good of a Thanksgiving as we had yesterday! We Had a relaxing morning. Spent some time getting ready and cooking in the early afternoon, and then went over to my Dad's for dinner and dessert. Dinner was delicious! We had so many yummy holiday dishes. My Dad barbecued a Turkey and it was great, we also had some really good ham and too many other things to name. There were equally as many good desserts to end the night with. I am so thankful for all of my family and friends and the good times we get to spend together!

Preschool Artwork !

A sample of the artwork for the last few weeks!

Abstract

I think this one is paint from a dropper onto a coffee filter, they get creative.

Painting wood shapes, always fun!

Stars?

Real nails, nailed with a real hammer into Styrofoam.

My little Picasso :)

It amazes me how much artwork one little 3 year old can do at preschool, 2 times a week for only 2 hours at a time. I cannot possibly save all of her precious paintings, drawings, doodles and creations, so I have decided to only keep a select few and periodically take pictures of all of it so She and I will always remember it. The artwork in this post is only from the last few weeks and is missing the 5 to 6 pieces hanging on the refrigerator and the ones that may have not made it out of my car yet! Her creativity is really blossoming and she is starting to draw some representational things, like bears(this is what she calls them). About 2 weeks ago she started drawing bears. She draws a big circle 4 extremities (lines coming out of the circle) and eyes and a mouth, they are so cute! Anyway enjoy the imagination of a 3 year old.

Strep throat and a totaled car?

Is what sums up my really crappy weekend. Friday night I started getting a little bit of a scratchy sore throat, which happens from time to time when I am overly tired. So I went to bed and by the next morning I new it was not my usual sore throat. As the morning went on it got progressively worse quickly and by 1 that afternoon I was leaving the doctor with a diagnosis of strep throat and a prescription for some antibiotics and an anesthetic mouth rinse, good times:( I then called in sick to work for the next two nights and went home to rest and recover.

Later that night after the kids went to bed Casey left to go to a dinner for his bosses 40th birthday. Here's where the totaled car comes in. On his way home he got into an accident on the dark foggy roads of black diamond and he's pretty sure his car is totaled. The insurance adjuster will be looking at it later in the week. Casey is fine, thank God! Just a little sore. So, looks like we'll be car shopping.

Back to my awful strep throat. I have not been this sick in a long long time and it has been rough. I didn't really manage to make it off of the couch much of Saturday or Sunday and by this morning when I still wasn't any better and actually a little worse I drug myself back to the doctor and got a prescription for a steroid and some vicodin. And now as I am writing this post I am finally starting to feel a little bit better. The only good thing about this weekend was that my kids and husband didn't catch this awful bug from me. I hope to not have another weekend like this for a long time.

A walk in the park!

This is a park near our house where we go a lot to walk, Norah rides her bike and there is a playground.

My little speed walker :)

On the path playing with one of the many fallen leaves

The same leaf, I think it made it home with us

Nolan made it out of the stroller for a little while on the walk

At the end of the walk is the playground, Norah swinging. She can finally do it a little without being pushed

Here's Nolan happy just watchin sister swing.

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I feel so lucky to be able to work and have lots of days off to spend with my kids while they are still so young. I treasure every single moment that I get to spend with them, even if it is just a trip to the local park!

A busy afternoon !

Yesterday after Nolan's morning nap I packed up the kids and we went to get Nolan his very first haircut. For the most part he did really well, there were only a few tears and a little squirming. They gave us this cute little certificate and put some of his hair in a little plastic bag and taped it to the back. Next we went to the mall for a shopping and lunch date with one of my best friends Jenny and her son Dylan who is 6 months older than Nolan. They recently opened a new play are in the mall and the kids had fun trying it out. After playing for a while it was off to find a shirt for me to wear out later that night. My sister got me a really cute necklace so I wanted to find something to match it. I ended up finding a great shirt at Macy's and it was on sale, Yay! Next we went and got some food. Norah and Dylan were sharing fries and mini corndogs and Nolan felt left out so when I wasn't looking he decided to sneak a couple handfuls of fries and he really liked them and wasn't so happy when I took them away! After lunch we were all exhausted even the mommies so it was off to home with hopes of late naps for the kids. It was a fun really busy afternoon. And Nolan's haircut makes him look about 6 months older that he really is.

The Certificate!

Before the haircut

And after the haircut

Dylan and Nolan playing

Norah being "eaten" by the hippo!

Norah with Dylan, she really likes him :)

Nolan after playing, looking so serious, and he looks exactly like my dad did when he was a baby in this picture.

Happy Birthday ....

.... to ME !

Make a wish, my babies helping me blow out my candles.

Me, my brother Joe and sister Sarah
Thanks for helping me celebrate my birthday and for the great gifts!

Only a Papa could still be this happy after getting puked on, yuk!

Thanks for the scarf and hat Dad, sorry you got puked on.

And thank you so much to my wonderful husband and kids for my new camera!My old one got broke on our trip to Whistler this year and I've really been missing it.

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I turned 28 yesterday! I slept most of the day because I worked the night before, got up and then Casey got home with the kids and my family came over. We had a pizza dinner and some yummy cake that my sister baked. Thanks for the happy birthday and for a fun night! Love you all.

Nolan is sick :(

So I after debating on it for a while I decided to take Nolan to the doctor today, and found out that he has his first ear infection, I'm bummed and feel totally bad for him. He has been really fussy all day and unless I'm holding him, he's crying, this is not at all like him. It started last night when I picked him up from the nursery at the gym and he felt warm, I took his temp when we got home and it was almost 102, I was really surprised because other than being a little crabby he had no symptoms. I gave him some Tylenol and some extra love before bed and thought I'm sure he'll feel better in the morning. Well around 11:30 last night just when I was about to go to bed he woke up crying. He hasn't woken up in the middle of the night in a couple months. I went to him and took his temp again, this time 103! He's never had a fever like this, I was worried but he seemed okay. After about an hour of rocking and a little bottle he was back asleep. He woke up a couple more times throughout the night but only briefly. This morning he woke up and his fever was almost gone. Except now he was really crabby. My brother came over and watched him for me so I could take Norah to gymnastics, while I was on my way there my friend Holly called me and told me she wasn't bringing Alissa her daughter to gymnastics because her son Carson was sick. I called her to inquire about his sickness and she said he had a double ear infection! That was what made me make the decision to take him in. So after his 2nd nap I packed up him and Norah and we went to the doctor. She confirmed an ear infection, and prescribed some antibiotics for him. So I'm hopeful that by this time tomorrow my little man will be feeling better, it breaks my heart to see him in pain and I feel a little guilty for not taking him to the doctor first thing this morning. Above are some pictures of him and Norah from tonight, he's showing off his new standing skills and Norah is playing hide and seek and obstacle course out of the furniture in his room.

I love these 2 !

My favortie trick-or-treat interaction of the night:

Norah: Trick or treat
Man at door: What are you?
Norah: A mouse
Man at door: have a piece of candy
Norah: reaches into bowl
Man at door: Take a piece for your brother
Norah: No, He will CHOKE on it!
Man at door: I'm sure your mom and dad can work it out :)
Norah: takes another piece and tells him Happy Halloween!

(I must say this to Norah too much, ya think?)

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Trick-or-treating is SO much fun with a 3 year old!