Not me! Monday

To start off with... I AM NOT up way too early on this first morning of my Christmas break watching "Cars" with Reese. I AM NOT enjoying him playing with his blocks and hitting any and everything off of his baseball tee. I DO NOT and AM NOT enjoying these moments with my son, even though theycut my sleep short.

I AM NOT excited about having my mom here for 3 days. I NEVER enjoy her time here and I ALWAYS wish she would head home!

I DID NOT let Reese have juice after dinner last night only to have him NOT tee-tee through his diaper and onto his sheets because he was on juice overload.

I AM NOT excited about being off of school for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! I mean, I AM NOT excited about not grading papers, not getting to shove my lunch down my throat in 15 minutes, not getting to see the darlings who don't stop talking when the announcements are on. In fact, I LOVE to remind them over and over that the six weeks is drawing to a close and they have to stay for tutorials to get caught up. I AM NOT excited that two weeks of no school means TWO WHOLE WEEKS with my sweet Reesey!

There you have it....all the things I am HATING to think about and the things I AM NOT looking forward to...

There are 4 days to Christmas!!!

Christmas takes on a whole new meaning with a child....while Reese isn't old enough to understand Santa and the story of Jesus, it is so fun watching him take in "Shesus" and "Claus" and beginning to see the wonder and amazement in his eyes.

We started off December with Christmas Lane at the State School. We let Reese get out of his car seat and sit in my lap as we drive through. It's so fun to hear him point out the figures he knows and to hear him say "Aweshome" in excitement at the really great displays. About 3/4 the way through, you can park and get out and go inside to an inside display and to see Santa. Reese of course produced a screaming picture - and my mom sat with him to try to get him to stop screaming. Our picture this year is comical! Here are two pictures of Reese looking at the insde display of Disney figures and the Santa scene...

Garrett and I are starting traditions with Reese, ones that we want for our family from here on out. We started with Christmas cookies. Reese helped me cut out some sugar cookies. He really enjoyed using the cookie cutters and "poosh"ing the cutters in the dough.

I iced the cookies and then we decorated them. We made snowmen, trees, candy canes, and gingerbread men. We decided to decorate snowmen as a family.

Our Rasor family of snowpeople.

I have a serious child. He is very inquisitive and uses every moment he is awake to study something. He is always looking, always studying everything around him. Therefore, he makes serious faces almost always. Now, don't get me wrong, he laughs those deep belly laughs all the time, but he is very much a serious child. We've been working with him on saying "Cheese" when someone wants to take his picture. Sometimes he does it, and sometimes he won't. This night, he was all about the "cheese"!

And with having an inquisitive child, I have a child who tends to get into things he shouldn't. So, while I'm cooking or cleaning up the kitchen, it's nice to have his magnetic alphabet and numbers out so he can stay in my sight. He LOVES his "nas" and loves for me to write equations for him.... he must know I like solving equations (come on guys, I AM a math teacher!). This night, he again is working on "cheese"!

We had our Rasor Christmas this weekend. We headed to Midland to see his Nana and Bobo/JBo/Reese hasn't decided on a name yet". I thought I left my camera at home, so I didn't get any pictures of Reese opening his presents, or him playing with Noble, or "Coco" (Lola). Then, we decided to head to Starbright Village and Garrett found my camera in Reese's backpack. So, I got pictures of our last 2 hours in Midland.

One thing I always get sentimental about is my dad not ever getting to be a grandfather. I know in my heart Reese would've adored my dad, would've loved every moment they were together and I get emotional thinking of the times Reese will miss having his PawPaw there. Of all his grandparents, PawPaw was the first one Reese said. With all that being said, if I had to handpick another grandfather for Reese, I couldn't pick a better one than Garrett's dad. He is so excited to see Reese, ALWAYS! He is a big kid himself, and so they are perfect friends! When Reese and Jimmy are together, there is always giggling, and so I think these pictures of Reese with Bobo are so fitting because in all of them, Bobo is grinngin from ear to ear (and most have his eyes closed)! Thanks Bobo and Nana for being so great to us!

Reese got some Clippo blocks from his Bobo and Nana yesterday. From the moment he got up today until we put him to bed, he played with those blocks! WHAT A GREAT GIFT!!!

Not Me Monday

I found this, and decided I wanted to participate. Here is my Not Me Monday list...

I DID NOT spank my son for peeing in the middle of the living room floor. Never mind that we ran to the "pawwey" after he said "rurry! rurry! rurry!" and he sat and then got up and ran away.

I DID NOT yell out his full name as I swatted his bare little behind so he wouldn't do it again, even though he didn't know better since he would normally have a diaper on!

I DID NOT cook a delish new recipe tonight that my husband fell in love with!

I DID NOT give my son some extra Cheez Its because I wasn't ready to fix his supper

I DID NOT continuously feed my son snacks so he would stop crying on the trip home yesterday.

I DID NOT hug and kiss that little boy a few extra times this morning because he slept late for me!

I DID NOT do any of these things.....what DID you NOT do?

Fab K....

is giving away blog makeover on her Creative K site. Head on over and enter to win a free blog makeover!

I just love.....

Saturday mornings when I get to lay in bed with my boys, enjoying dinosaur cinnamon toast and homemade chocolate milk....

It's just good for the soul.

Telling the truth never hurt anyone...

I got this idea from my friend Kelly and I really liked it, so I am following her lead...

Things I'm not crazy about....

I tend to gripe at Garrett when he doesn't do things my way. Even though his way might be perfectly fine, I don't like it if it's not my way.

I'm obsessive about the bed being made. So much so that we have to make hotel beds. Yeah, I know.

I don't always answer my phone when I see you call. Sometimes, you just don't feel like talking.

I'm not easy to please. I'm picky about everything - EVERYTHING.

I'm not open to new things. I'm not open to change.

I don't let people in so easily. And I'm sad about this because I missed out on a great friendship possibility (from near) by keeping my heart to myself.

I don't like to vaccuum or sweep, but I sure like to gripe at Garrett for the way he does them.

I gripe still when I think my sister gets more.

I get tend to blow up. Sometimes over very silly things. I let things "fester" inside me and then boil over at very inopportune times.

I am a planner. I want to know what, where and when several days in advance and if I don't and you just happen to "pop" in, I'm NOT happy about it - not one bit.

And as for "popping" in, I need about two weeks notice. Seriously, what if we have plans?

I'm a jealous person. Well, I am.

And selfish too.

Garrett is 100 times more patient and nice than I am.

However, there are somethings I'm proud of:

I spend quality time with my son daily. Even if it's just a craft we do together, or stopping at Starbucks for "Cay" on the way home, I cherish those times with him.

I go to church. It feeds me spiritually and emotionally and I pray it is doing the same for my son.

I make my husband dinner 5 nights a week.

I try very hard to be the best wife and mother I can be.

I'm a planner. (Hey, it can be a good thing too)!

That felt good - try it yourself!