New Year's weekend randoms

[carolyngrace]

Jan 2, 2016 16:16:17 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

T is my chill baby. No crawling, just rolling. And not a reliable sitter yet, rather tipsy. But as of today we have a tooth! Just 3 days shy of 7 months!

We have baby twins

[mrsmonogrammed]

Jan 2, 2016 17:55:13 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

I have to AW my work on making a safe play area for DB today. I moved non baby stuff up and back where he can't reach it, and put out new toys. He loved scaling the shelves and checking it out!

My inner OCD loves how the contents of your bookshelves are so even!! ::heart eyes:: looks awesome!

[wegrowsheep]

Jan 2, 2016 16:36:35 GMT -5 @poppyc8 said:

Jan 2, 2016 16:34:59 GMT -5 michyme123 said:

@poppyc8 jinx basically haha

Yes. Life twins today huh?

I decided we were done having babies after my second and got rid of everything.

Guess what happened? I ov'd 5 days late, lol. Hello, baby T! In fact, that's how I told my mom we were pregnant. "I found out what happens when you get rid of all the baby stuff..." (she had warned me!)

[txngrl31]

Its been a long day with DD and DH sick. I've got a runny nose, but they have full on colds and cough. Today, I made veggie soup, did a Target run, whipped up some baby food, organized new toys and started taking down the Christmas decorations. Hopefully these two feel better tomorrow because I need some help! I can't stand the clutter of Christmas decorations. And after being gone for two weeks, my house is in need of organization and deep cleaning.

I can't believe we have crawlers on here! DD is not crawling, but she certainly knows how to play airplane and move her knees up/ butt out.

I could certainly use a big glass of wine right now! Not sure if it's a good idea with a runny nose.

Crock pot wings and football tomorrow! Go Texans!

[jessila]

carolyngrace and michyme123 DH got the star wars game for Christmas too. In fact he has had his friends over TWICE to play it for long hours. Usually no big deal but Christmas was last week so he's had lots of friends time. To be fair, our BFFs are a couple so she comes over too but it means I'm on constant baby duty.

My friend came over today and we went to target. I got stuff to organize baby paraphernalia in the living room. I think I'll start taking Christmas down tonight. This is the first time I haven't put up a fight about taking down decorations. The tree takes up so much play space.
Tomorrow DH and I are going to see Star Wars at noon. Maybe I'll wait to take Christmas down until after that. Then it's getting myself mentally prepared for break to be over. Boooooo, work.

[jessila]

Update on my life because you obviously care - I'm in my pjs in bed, watching Making A Murderer while coloring in my Harry Potter coloring book.
I know, you're jealous.

[mrsmonogrammed]

Jan 2, 2016 19:50:36 GMT -5 @bubbs119 said:

Jan 2, 2016 13:13:17 GMT -5 mrsmonogrammed said:

Making the shredded beef tacos @bubbs119 posted in the WFD thread..can't wait to try them! H and I are out and about in some errands now, hoping to be back home to take down the tree later this afternoon!

how did they turn out?!

My H goes, and I quote; "babe, where did you find this recipe?"
Me: " you know that mom board I'm on, we had a WFD thread and a girl posted it"
H: "that woman is awesome and we should be friends with her. These are amazing!"

TL;DR- they turned out phenomenal! If you haven't made them yet; do it!

[gilder40]

Jan 2, 2016 20:11:33 GMT -5 jessila said:

Update on my life because you obviously care - I'm in my pjs in bed, watching Making A Murderer while coloring in my Harry Potter coloring book.
I know, you're jealous.

How do you like hour Harry Potter coloring book? I've been eyeballing it on Amazon for a few days now, and can't decide if I want it or not. The reviews are so mixed!! I just splurged and bought some super fancy Prismacolor coloring pencils with my gift cards I got for Christmas.

[gilder40]

Jan 2, 2016 19:27:19 GMT -5 txngrl31 said:

Crock pot wings and football tomorrow! Go Texans!

I had no idea you were a Texans fan. My family lives in the Houston area. And I have a major crush on JJ Watt....like 90% of the women in the city lol

[jessila]

Jan 2, 2016 21:04:36 GMT -5 gilder40 said:

Jan 2, 2016 20:11:33 GMT -5 jessila said:

Update on my life because you obviously care - I'm in my pjs in bed, watching Making A Murderer while coloring in my Harry Potter coloring book.
I know, you're jealous.

How do you like hour Harry Potter coloring book? I've been eyeballing it on Amazon for a few days now, and can't decide if I want it or not. The reviews are so mixed!! I just splurged and bought some super fancy Prismacolor coloring pencils with my gift cards I got for Christmas.

It's amazing and overwhelming. My BFF got it for me for Christmas. I couldn't decide where to start so I started with dirigible plums. I colored for 45 minutes and might have done 5% of the page. Then I realized I colored the plums the wrong color and I made sure to go through and color all of them first. Whoops.
I highly recommend it :thumbup:

[gilder40]

jessila I'll probably order it next month after payday. Christmas wipes our accounts clean!! There's a couple of highly reviewed adult coloring books by Angie Grace. They look lovely and very zen. I got one (not an Angie Grace) for Christmas that's Mandalas. It's pretty, but super detailed and has lots of tiny areas. Not sure where to start yet.

[veggiemo]

Anybody out there know of any good toddler thermal swim shirts? Or something like that? We are going to an indoor water park in a few weeks and last year DS was FREEZING so I want to go prepared this time. I googled "toddler swim shirts" but nothing shows up as an obvious best choice. One of you must know something!

[gilder40]

carolyngrace stcyct we are big board gamers too. We LOVE to get together and play games, dominoes, outside tailgating games, etc

[gilder40]

carolyngrace Where'd you get the shelves? I really like them! Also, I noticed the little, blue, hedgehog ball on the bottom shelf! T has the same one. I LOVE HEDGEHOGS!!! She got all sorts of hedgehog toys, blankets, etc for Christmas.

[veggiemo]

gilder40 pretty sure those are IKEA, we have the same ones! Love them!

[gilder40]

Thanks! We don't have an Ikea in my part of the south, but there's one in Houston we can get to fairly easily. I'll have to go next time I visit my parents.

[billyhorrible]

tiffbot, any mom who's been through potty training wouldn't give you a pat on the head, we know to celebrate each small victory! (Plus I'm another mom who had a kid just decide to use the potty and never look back without any training)

I do photo books every 6 months, makes it a little less intimidating than yearly.

[carolyngrace]

Jan 2, 2016 21:15:32 GMT -5 gilder40 said:

carolyngrace Where'd you get the shelves? I really like them! Also, I noticed the little, blue, hedgehog ball on the bottom shelf! T has the same one. I LOVE HEDGEHOGS!!! She got all sorts of hedgehog toys, blankets, etc for Christmas.

Ikea! And YES that little hedgehog is adorable! 

[carolyngrace]

stcyct, DH and I plan to play pandemic legacy just the two of us. Board games are one of the few shared interests we have! We heard about another couple who each played two characters and just kept it going little by little over time.. I'm excited to do that with him. Did you like the game? I'm curious, had it already been "completed" and was it hard to jump into?

[carolyngrace]

stcyct, I'm sure when your LO starts to get mobile you'll move those games ASAP. DNW them yanked on the ground! That would be an annoying mess to clean up lol.

My DH has friends with similar game collections and he's super jealous. But one of his friends has a room with all 4 walls lined with games, and we can borrow them whenever, so I told him to cool it on buying them

[Bluedaisy]

My little one also got the hedgehog ball. He also got a hedgehog accordian from the same set...so cute at the moment but I foresee it beoing a bit annoying down the road lol.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that there are so many fellow board game geeks here! DH and love boardgames, we have tons and are always looking for new ones.

[gigi3126]

JFC...I just climbed out of a parenting hole. Those blind reveal threads are intense.

[baytosa2013]

Jan 2, 2016 22:54:42 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

JFC...I just climbed out of a parenting hole. Those blind reveal threads are intense.

I started reading that but I had no idea what a blind reveal was.

I also joined the parenting diet bet tonight

We are board game geeks too. We play Yahtzee the most!

[carolyngrace]

Jan 2, 2016 23:05:54 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

Jan 2, 2016 22:54:42 GMT -5 gigi3126 said:

JFC...I just climbed out of a parenting hole. Those blind reveal threads are intense.

I started reading that but I had no idea what a blind reveal was.

I also joined the parenting diet bet tonight

We are board game geeks too. We play Yahtzee the most!

Ditto with the blind reveal thread. And also why does that person supposedly know all that information about celebrities? Don't get it.

I'm not sure you can call yourself a board game geek and list Yahtzee as your fave You're going to need something nerdier than that! Though I suppose there are many different types of games.

Oh, and the diet bet.. I really should do it.. but then in the next breath I just want to eat ice cream and stay chubby. IDK.

[baytosa2013]

Jan 2, 2016 23:28:25 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Jan 2, 2016 23:05:54 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

I started reading that but I had no idea what a blind reveal was.

I also joined the parenting diet bet tonight

We are board game geeks too. We play Yahtzee the most!

Ditto with the blind reveal thread. And also why does that person supposedly know all that information about celebrities? Don't get it.

I'm not sure you can call yourself a board game geek and list Yahtzee as your fave You're going to need something nerdier than that! Though I suppose there are many different types of games.

Oh, and the diet bet.. I really should do it.. but then in the next breath I just want to eat ice cream and stay chubby. IDK.

Well we have a lot of the standards (monopoly, life, sorry, clue, etc) but usually it's just me and DH so they aren't as fun without more people. Game nights with friends lately have been CAH which I totally love more than Yahtzee.

[gigi3126]

Jan 2, 2016 23:28:25 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Jan 2, 2016 23:05:54 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

I started reading that but I had no idea what a blind reveal was.

I also joined the parenting diet bet tonight

We are board game geeks too. We play Yahtzee the most!

Ditto with the blind reveal thread. And also why does that person supposedly know all that information about celebrities? Don't get it.

I'm not sure you can call yourself a board game geek and list Yahtzee as your fave You're going to need something nerdier than that! Though I suppose there are many different types of games.

Oh, and the diet bet.. I really should do it.. but then in the next breath I just want to eat ice cream and stay chubby. IDK.

The poster said it was coming from a blog that's supposedly run by an entertainment lawyer.
I have no idea if this is true, and I'm not sure I understand everything that they're talking about. It's not like a completely different language over there, but it's like they speak English with a heavy regional accent. You get most of it and can laugh at the jokes, but some of what the say just make you go "huh? ?"

[billyhorrible]

Jan 2, 2016 22:43:08 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

My little one also got the hedgehog ball. He also got a hedgehog accordian from the same set...so cute at the moment but I foresee it beoing a bit annoying down the road lol.

Yeah.  Not nearly as cute when my 4 year old takes it over.

When I went in to kiss LBB goodnight, I legitimately could not find him in his bed.  I would have been more nervous, but really, where would he have gone?  I finally found him, sleeping horizontally in the middle of his bed, under his covers.

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Jan 2, 2016 21:12:13 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

Anybody out there know of any good toddler thermal swim shirts? Or something like that? We are going to an indoor water park in a few weeks and last year DS was FREEZING so I want to go prepared this time. I googled "toddler swim shirts" but nothing shows up as an obvious best choice. One of you must know something!

We use rash guards in colder water. It's basically a nylon long sleeve swim shirt. Ours are by Carters. Other then that you can also do a wetsuit? I've never heard of a thermal swim shirt. It might be too heavy and soak up water.

[erbear]

There's another blind items thread? Crap.

[mirage86]

I've been coloring and watching Netflix instead of sleeping. Tonight at least, it's been worth it.