http://electricalmama.com The musings of an engineer-turned-mommy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:54:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had a piece of furniture in my family room that was supposed to go to my Mom's house (for 6 years) well my Dad had his trailer out from racing (he likes to take his corvette racing...that way he can have his fancy racing tires on). So Nick, Grandpa, ... http://electricalmama.com/2009/07/3-men-and-a-truck/ I found this beautiful fabric on sale at Calico Corners and I am going to (or get my Mom to do it once I have a baby) make some small curtains for the family room. I spend so so so much time in that room and it really bothers me ... http://electricalmama.com/2009/07/the-family-room/ Nick loves school! We meet in the classroom, then we go to the gym, then we go to the science room (I am a bit disappointed it is all biology...there is great other science stuff you can do for little kids) , then we go to the library for story ... http://electricalmama.com/2008/09/first-day-of-school/ The games: Here are all of his party guests (this is the best one) Here is another where you can see all of party guests A fun game of musical chairs The guests: Adam (and Grandpa Rick) Daniel Bradley Aaron Dorothy (and Pop Pop) http://electricalmama.com/2008/09/birthday-party-guests/ 24 things about Nick, the Birthday Boy Nick is in the 85th percentile for both height and weight wears size 4T clothes does not take a nap anymore has a winning smile (you do not see it in any of the pictures because he did not want them taken, we were lucky he looked ... http://electricalmama.com/2008/09/someone-turned-two-august-27/ When you were a kid did you ever read the Mr. Messy book? It was one of my favorites...i wondered how could anyone be...well that messy. I was not a neat freak but my stuff was always kept neat enough; I kept my room mostly clean when I lived with ... http://electricalmama.com/2008/09/mr-messy-err-ms-messy-really/ "Bye bye Daddy, I love you too much." http://electricalmama.com/2008/07/off-to-work-daddy-goes/ Update 9/14/2008 Nicks feet have grown, when we bought them the 9XW were nice and roomy, I checked where his feet were because they were getting harder to put on and I realized his toes are at the ends of the shoes...his feet already grew out of half of his shoes, ... http://electricalmama.com/2008/07/big-foot-9xw/ I am plump, somehow this is a surprise to me. Before I got pregnant I weighed 120 pounds (I am almost 5'6”, I am not heavily muscled and I have a small frame) I probably could have lost 5 pounds and looked a bit better (I had a pinch ... http://electricalmama.com/2008/06/little-miss-plump/ Fireworks...I hate them, when my sister and I were kids we would humor my dad and pretend to like them, when we got older we stayed inside and watched out the window as he had fun lighting them off. I think it must just be a boy thing, cause tonight ... http://electricalmama.com/2008/06/fireworks/