*Snow Day* Part ll

Well I figured Aiden's daycare might be closed again today and when I called this morning I was in fact right. I was a little bummed just because I was super stir crazy by the end of the day yesterday but I woke not feeling very well and after taking a look outside I didn't care too much.

The plows must have been in a hurry {understandable} because they didnt plow our whole neighborhood. Kind of hard to explain where we live but the road comes to a T and you have to go right or left. Well they kept going left and we live to the right so our street was still completely covered in snow and then where the plow came through it made a huge 3 ft pile of snow on top of it.

okay so these are the pics I took this morning... you can kindof see what im talking about with the road. So when I opened the blinds to take pics, our poor sweet neighbor's car was stuck. I felt so horrible snapping pics but he got out before too long. {Mike shoveled their drive way the last time it snowed and helped his sister get her car out when she was stuck so we're not completely horrible people for not running out to help him!} Its hard to see but in the 3rd pic you can see his shovel he left in the snow once he got out and the 4th pic shows him coming back for it. Ha! I thought he was being nice leaving it for the next person that was sure to get stuck but maybe he realized he might need it if he gets stuck again! ;)

Mike HAD to get to Topeka to work... so he shoveled the drive way a bit then got ready. When it was time to go he took my car that was in the garage and I went out to move his in the garage for me to use if I had to. Well that ended in disaster because I "took my time" backing up and got the vehicle stuck!!! Mike was completely dressed in dress pants, button down and his nice shoes and was less than thrilled when he had to help  me get the car out of the 3 ft drift. oops. I felt horrible having him get all wet so he got in the drivers seat and I PUSHED and FINALLY he gunned it and got it up the drive way! Great way to start the morning. sheesh.

I decided since we had a super lazy day yesterday I needed to be productive today. I set Aiden up in the kitchen with his play dough and I got started on the mountain of laundry we had.

It was sooo hard to get stuff done because I felt horrible!! I just wanted to curl up on the couch and sleep ALL day. It took all the energy I had to do anything especially take care of my crazy toddler. I was drinking OJ and Emer-gen-C like it was my job! ha

Instead of napping when Aiden napped I went through old tubs of his clothes and surfed the internet. When I was just about to fall asleep I heard his bedroom door open and he was UP. Such my luck!!

So we had a snack and since the snow plows had finally came back through and did our street we had a huge pile of snow at the end of our drive way. I KNOW the jeep wont make it through that so I needed to get outside and do something about it! {someone please explain why they would make an SUV that isn't 4 wheel drive... seriously....} We bundled up and headed outside!

 

We didn't last too long. Shoveling is HARD work and I just couldnt get the groove of it. HA. It felt so awkward... and it was just hard with a constant flo coming out of my nose, Aiden kept taking off his gloves and touching the snow and my feet were FROZEN. Hey, atleast I tried. 

 I had put some hot cocoa on the stove before we went out so I decided it was time to go in and have a treat :)

he made quite the mess trying to get those marshmallows out.

he liked it a lot after it cooled down a bit!

We pretty much relaxed the rest of the day...I did get ALL the laundry done and the kitchen completely cleaned. But to whine a little more... I not only finished off our last box of kleenex, Im now on my second roll of toilet paper. THANK GOD I got the soft charmin last time at the store. :) My nose is bright red and completely raw. ouch!! This was the first time in 2 years I didnt get a flu shot and I know everyone is different but I have constantly been sick this winter and was hardly ever the past two. Not sure if the shot has anything to do with it or not but I am just SOOOO sick of being sick!!

In other EXCITING news mr. aiden went POOP on the potty today! {sorry, but if you read my blog your asking for it! ha! It is All About Aiden..Always!} So this has been a potty training issue for us so Im thrilled he went for me! He went for auntie Sarah on Saturday and for his teacher on Monday so I think we're making progress!! He was SO excited!

 He kept looking in the toilet and saying

 "mommy yook! (look) a pickle!!"

{when he says pickle it could be the food or a freckle. he says both the same}

I said "a freckle??"

he said "No! a pickle!"

"a pickle??"

"yea!!"

I guess he thought his poop looked like a pickle. (gross)

He also says

"good job Aiden Michael Schuessler"

when he's done going to the bathroom. It cracks me up!

the necessities for potty training. :)

{sorry I was sitting in the bathroom for an hour waiting for him to go... i got bored.}

I never thought I'd say this but Im pretty excited to go back to work. Put my heels on, do my hair and make up, get OUT of this house and Aiden back to school and in his normal routine. Praying I feel better too!

So we can now say we survived the Blizzard of Oz...  and now its back to reality tomorrow!!

Muah!! :)

*Snow Day*

Due to KC's blizzard warning we are home sweet home today!! Thank goodness because I was absolutely DREADING driving in this disaster!!

We made a quick trip to starbucks then Wal-mart this morning to get a few things before the weather got too bad. Right after we got home and I was unloading the groceries Mike arrived home as well. He was in Burlington, KS working yesterday and was suppose to today but they decided to come home so they didn't get stuck there. Thank goodness for technology... he can do a lot of his work from home!!

So while he is up in the bed room Aiden and I are just hanging out! I got him a new Thomas the Train dvd, we cleaned up his room and have been slaving away in the kitchen :)

I just have.to.have. homemade chicken noodle soup on days like today. Nothing better!! It is my absolute favorite home cooked, hearty, comfort meal by far! And its sooo easy to make thanks to the delicious...

Reames Egg Noodles. omg yum-o!! My dad still makes his own egg noodles which is fun for him and he enjoys it but really why bother when these are just as good!

 So thats what we had for lunch (and dinner im sure!) and it tasted amazing!! Aiden tears it up!

Then I had a bit of a craving and totally splurged for it at the store... :)

strawberry cupcakes and rainbow chip frosting. Rainbow chip is absolutely to.die.for and I could probably eat the whole tub. For not being a huge frosting lover... I LOVE this stuff. ha

I had a little bit of help :)

I hope Aiden wasn't eating the batter when I wasn't looking... we came up a little short. ha!

I seriously could not love snow days more. I had all this ambition this morning to be super productive but besides one load of laundry and unloading and loading the dishwasher... Im calling it a day! We are all snuggled up, still in our jammies and just hanging out and its amazing.

Im BEGGING mike to go get fire wood... a fire in the never been used fireplace would complete this perfect day!!

I just want to put this thing to use!!!

I just talked to my mom though and she was on the verge of tears because her drive home was so scary! yikes!! Im so happy she is home safe... wish everyone would just close up shop and get home!! Guess Mike shouldn't get out in it to get wood...

 Anxious to see what else this winter storm has in store and if we'll be able to make it to work tomorrow. Hopefully this is the last bit of snow (highly doubtful) and we can just fast forward to Spring. Here's hoping!!

Can't wait for day time television (Oprah!!!) and more snuggling the rest of the afternoon!! Hope everyone is safely getting where they need to be today!

Wednesday: Back in Business!!

So for the past couple days my lap top has been out of commission :( While blogging Sunday night I was using google images to find pics for my post and when I clicked on a picture of this cup I've been wanting to get Aiden, the computer went CrAzY. All these virus alerts came up and I had no clue WHAT to do. Apparently our anti virus software had expired so a screen for me to renew it KEPT popping up when I tried to do anything. I decided it would be best to wake Mike up and let him know what was going on instead of waiting til the morning. It was useless because he just mumbled that he'd look at it in the morning but I still think it was a good idea letting him know then instead of waiting.

Sometimes I get nervous and tend to not tell him things for fear he might be angry with me (which he never does he just lectures me like a dad. ha)  so I'll  just try to fix things myself and more times then not I end up telling him what i've done because I cant fix it. ha. but NOT this issue... if it were my way I would have run straight to the geek squad! {Glad I didn't do that though... Mike said they wont even look at it without charging minimum $100. No thank you. }

So the next night after getting home at almost 8pm (the usual these days)  he ran and got new antivirus software.  {god bless him} After attempting to install it a few times and no luck he gave up that night. Then last night he gave it another go because he had researched a few things to do while at work yesterday. I went to bed at 10 thinking he'd be up right behind me but I woke up at 3am to a bed all to myself. So when Aiden and I came downstairs this morning he was on the couch and rolled over and said "the computer is fixed" followed by... "will you make some coffee" The poor thing was up til midnight fixing MY mistake! But like I said he DID fix it and its back to normal and running great!! He swears its my blog and blogs I follow that have the viruses and I completely disagree... really not sure what happened but it was not good and Im so scared to do anything anymore! Im just so happy to be back in business, although I finally have internet on my phone... I just LOVE my lap top and its huge screen. :0)

When I opened it up this morning I found this on the background....

Mike is Amazing... you are welcome.

Terd.
He cracks me up though :) Must not have been TOO tired...

So of course Im back to blogging today but being very catious about what Im doing.

Today is my half day!! I LOVE my half days. Its completely worth working 3 hrs every other saturday to get a half day during the week. I can usually get a lot accomplished... cleaning, errands, hair appointments which is really nice. I have yet to spend a half day relaxing or taking a nap... maybe one day.

I took Aiden to daycare at the usual time today... I hate taking him when im in sweats and no make up like Im just a mom slugging it out, but I like to keep him on a schedule and we pay WAY too much to not take him everyday so he goes the full day even on my half days. Occasionally Ill keep him home if I schedule a play date and sporadically he will stay home if my sister or Mike's brother has off, they like to spend time with him and do fun things when they can.

So I took him at 8 and hit up Wally World. How do I got there with a list of 4 things and spend $72??? grrrr
But I stumbled onto their clearance aisle which I usually avoid because its so overwhelming and cluttered and too many people rumaging through it... gives me anxiety just thinking about it... so I usually just stroll on by. But today there were only like 10 people in all of wal mart (praise jesus!!) and I took my time going up and down alot of the aisles. I was so glad I went down the clearance aisle because I found a steal of a deal!
We are officially DONE buying diapers so while strolling along I found a 40pack of Easy Ups (pull ups) for $13! I thought that was amazing because pull ups are SO expensive... more than diapers and you get WAY less! I was so pumped to be done buying diapers just to find out that pull ups and toddler underwear are MORE expensive. ahhh!

 So it looks like I might be hitting up the clearance aisle more these days if I can find deals like that!

Aiden is doing great with the potty training... just having a few set backs here and there but Im really impressed with how he is doing. We've run into an issue with going #2.. he is terrified of doing it in his pants (have had a couple accidents that scarred him for life i guess)  so he has been refusing to do it!! He will hold it for a couple days which is horrible. I have had him sit on the pot and he just cries and cries and cries so we end up putting a diaper on and he'll go in that. He immediately tells me when he is done by laying down and saying CHANGE. Ummmm do you think he is ready to be potty trained?!! I think so! So we're still working on it and his teacher suggested giving him a LITTLE amount of a laxative, so he HAS to go but I think im going to avoid that unless we get desperate... I just for see that going REALLY bad. ha. So instead I bought him a pack of thomas the train undies and Im going to wrap it and tell him he gets this present if he poops... I guess thats bribery huh? Whatever works! :)

We drove through Manhattan this weekend just to get Aiden a hair cut and grab a quick lunch at Rock a Belly.  I get so excited and giddy as soon as we turn off I-70 and onto 77 highway. Nothing better than that drive down into Manhattan, I love it.

I was telling him to say YAY MANHATTAN!! Mom was a LITTLE excited to be there :) I decided that day Aiden WILL go to k-state. ha

Roger is the BEST. He is so fast and just amazing with kids. Plus he always has fun toys for them to hold and play with while getting their hair cut... he had thomas and friends this time so aiden was in heaven!! We got a couple gift certificates to Campus Hairstyling for Aidens birthday... Carol gave them to us which was a great gift...very thoughtful AND useful!!

We proceeded to Hanover and had a playdate with the Sedlacek's!! It was so great seeing Krista and Coby, meeting baby Ryder and letting Aiden and Brody duke it out  play! Aiden had SO MUCH FUN with all Brody's toys and in his amazing bedroom. They had a few issues with sharing but of course when it was time to leave they were having a bawl!! Aiden even asked "where brody??" when we left sunday :(

We went to church with his parents then enjoyed pizza at the bar afterwards. ALL our friends had already made plans to go to an event in Marysville so we didn't have anyone to hit up Snappers with so  I went back to his parents house and went to bed (9pm... so embarrassing) and Mike had a guys night with his buddy Nathan.

Mike's mom and I went to my friend Brooke's baby shower  on Sunday and the boys "rested" HA!

It was a LONG 3 hr ride home with chatty kathy in the back and his little piggies in my face while i was trying to nap :)

silly boy.

Not a whole lot else going on. My sister Amy is coming this weekend {she is running a 5k in the caves} and I can't wait to see the kiddos!! And sunday is my 27th Birthday!! No plans set in stone yet... just wishing for a Wildcat Victory against KU!!! They always end up playing eachother my birthday weekend... and they HAVE won in the past so lets do it again boys!!

** Happy Hump Day to All**