The Johnson Journal

Thursday, September 12, 2013

WITL--Wednesday

This was a pretty normal day for us. I read on another blog post about this project how good it is to capture the "normal" and what fun it will be to look back on that. I couldn't agree more. That's why even though I haven't been excited about starting this adventure the last few years I still do it. We took 102 pictures today.

LJ had school today and after we dropped him off Hannah and I went to walk. I decided to try a different park for a change and it was a bit of a challenge in that the trails don't exactly make sense because they are so windy. We ended up walking more than I wanted to in the heat but we made it. We came home and played for a while and I blogged. Hannah was fairly fussy so she ate lunch a bit early and went down for her nap a bit early too. I had my lunch, did some chores, took a shower, messed around on the computer and then got her up so we could pick up LJ. We played on the playground for a bit again before coming home. The kids had snacks and watched Word World and Daniel Tiger. I got dinner prepped because we had a meeting with a guy about getting an estimate for our pool. He was here much longer than I thought he would be and I didn't get to talk the whole time because the kids needed to eat. After dinner, Troy played with the kids on the floor (my favorite moment). The kids love squishing him and climbing all over him. Troy and Luke played some Wii and we had a very short Skype call with Grammy and PawPaw before H went to bed. Troy put her down and I played some Wii with LJ before putting him in bed. Troy and I again hung out on the couch and watched a show about the new tower at groundzero (we don't normally watch TV every night after the kids go to bed; I'm not sure why we've been doing that this week). I fixed lunches and the got ready for bed. T was snoring before I turned my light out around 11:15.

May we never forget

Troy's start

My start

Yum!

Going into school

Answering the question of the day

A new path

Love all those cute curls!

Momma!

Peek-a-boo

Lunch

Happy nappy time

I love her new shoes!

Blog site meter--so cool

Only two today

Home sweet home

Such a good big brother

Tower with lots of patterns

Sigh (I wish this could be more organized)

So fun

Poor Dad

The fam

Weeeee

Hello

Night, night kisses for mom :)

He always sticks his tongue out when he's concentrating

Crazy kitty

I was brave and let the flash go off--she didn't stir

He stirred a bit but didn't really wake up

One more side note: I commented on a blog I found yesterday through Ali's website because the family lived in Edmond just like us. She commented back on mine last night. So cool how this project connects people from your own town and all over the world. Hey Abbey!

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

WITL--Tuesday

Before I get to yesterday, I would just like to say that September 11 will forever be etched in my memory. I was at work in KC when the first plane hit and I can recall every detail of my day from then on. May we never forget and God bless all those who were lost or who lost. Thank you to all people in uniform who protect our country and allow us to have the lives we do.

Yesterday was still somewhat of a new experience for me. Both kids were at school from 9-2:45. I have been looking forward to these days alone but man it's quiet when they are gone. Because the kiddos were gone most of the day I didn't take as many pictures, just 94. I enjoyed the quiet house after calming down after dropping Hannah off (as it's only her 2nd day of MDO she still isn't happy about me leaving her and it was really hard yesterday although she did have a better day than last week). I did a few chores before grabbing Subway for lunch before I got my hair cut and colored. After picking up the kids, we played on the school playground for a bit before running to Target (yes, I know I was there on Monday). We came home and the kids played (my favorite moment of the day listening to them laugh together) and watched some PBS while I got dinner together. I was amazed that Hannah didn't really bother me during that time; she is usually all over me. Troy got home and we had dinner. He then went outside to mow and when the kids and I were done we all joined him outside for a bit. Hannah was none to pleased when she had to come inside with me but the bugs were bad. She started requesting night, night at 6:30 (normal bedtime is 7:30ish). I pushed her until about 10 til and then her lights were out by 7; I think school wore her out! Luke and Troy came in from mowing and both cleaned up before some chill time on the couch. LJ was in bed by 8 and Troy and I enjoyed the quiet on the couch together watching TV and messing around on our computers until 10ish when we went to bed.