A package has come.....

Today Sidney and I walked down to Windwardside to pick up a package that Ben's parents sent. It is amazing how excited we get over a little cardboard box! It is a really big ordeal for us to get a package. Ben is usually at school when we get them, so we have to promise not to even peek in the box until he gets home. Finally, as soon as he walks in the door we meet him with package in hand!
Sidney and Ben sit on the couch to open it and I have the camera in hand. First out of the box, a beautiful dress. Sidney quickly moves on the the Elmo books while continually yelling "ELMO ELMO ELMO". Then she spots a ducky costume from her Nana. After convincing her to keep looking in the box and to not put the ducky on at that moment, she sees her! Abby Cadabby, which is only Sidney's favorite Sesame Street character.
The whole time she is going through the box I was napping pictures. The excitement on her fact was priceless!
After we finally got the ducky costume off of her, we convinced her to go to bed. She is now fast asleep with her Abby in her arms!
Like I said, getting a package is a really big deal....

Mommy's little helper

Have you met Mommy's little helper? She is about 2 1/2 feet tall and 26 pounds. This little help has the biggest brown eyes you ever did see and the most beautiful brown ringlets that she got from her Daddy.

This little helper is always there to hand me thing regardless if I want them or not! She will go in the bathroom and dig way back in the cabinet until she finds something she knows Mommy must have!! Then here she comes running yelling "Mommy, Mommy" the whole way to bring the thing that she has found... a wash rag! As to not break Mommy's helper's little heart, I take it with a smile and thank her. When she is not looking, I sneak to the bathroom and put it back. So this continues all day, with toys, shoes, spoons, clothes (clean and dirty), and any thing else she thinks Mommy might need. I would not trade my little helper for the world.

Just tonight this little helper helped me make crescents rolls. She was covered from head to toe in flour. I would not trade the cleanest child in the world for this little helper who likes the way her arms look with flour on them! She had so much fun rolling and smashing the dough. What a wonderful little helper Mommy has!

The Simple things

Some times it is the simplest things in life that mean the most.
A smile, a kiss, a thank you, chocolate, a sweet note, long showers, and grocery stores that are open on Sundays and have milk and vegetables every day of the week.

Here on Saba, our stores close at 7PM and don't open till 8AM. Milk and vegetables only come once a week, on Wednesdays. Sidney ran out of milk last night, and we will not be able to get any until Wednesday,(at $5.50 for a HALF gallon, I might add...) that is a day and a half away. So in the mean time we will be using powdered milk, which is not her favorite.

Oh well, it's the simple things in life that you miss the most when you don't have them. I really am missing Wal-Mart right now. I miss being able to stand in a line for 30 minutes and complain about there only being 2 cashiers and 30 people checking out!! I will never complain about standing in line at Wal-mart again! I would love to be standing in that long line at this very minute, with my milk in cart! Oh for a store that says open 24 HOURS!!


Like I said.... it's the simple things....

Every one's sleeping but Mommy

What a nice Sunday we have had today. We stayed home all day. Why you may ask, not because we wanted to, but because it was our only choice. This week makes week 5 of no breaks in our car! Oh well, it is a Saba car, and this too shall pass.
We made the best of our day! Sidney and I made biscuits for Daddy this morning. They did not turn out very well, but boy we had fun making them though....




Sidney is in love with her Mr. Potato head that I ordered off of Ebay. She plays with it every waking moment, when she is not watching Elmo that is! This child L-O-V-E-S Elmo. Well pretty much just Sesame street in general. Ben has her saying all of the character names. My absolute favorite would have to be when she says Grover. It comes out "Gober". But Elmo and Abby Cadabby are by for her favorites!!
Ben is still hanging in there. This semester is a tough one, on many leaves. We are so thankful for the extra time with have with him. I must say, it helps having him around when the terrible 2's kick in. Sidney loves for her Daddy to read to her and he has been able to do a lot more of that this semester. Blessing come in many forms and we are just trying to remember to see it as just that, a blessing.
Ben is napping and Sidney is down for the night. I am working on home work and trying to finish off the rest of this semester!