We had a nice Valentines weekend. My thought was we could do something as we didn't have any kids but I left it up to Joel. On Saturday afternoon he sent me a text that said, "Dinner reservations are for 8" but no matter how much I asked, he wouldn't tell me where we were going. Of course, I just got excited. We don't really ever get the chance to do anything!
So, I didn't know what to wear as he hadn't said anything about where we were going. After a while I finally got it out of him. We were going to the Chef's table. It is a really nice place that neither of us had been to before. I changed into a nice sweater as I have very little in my wardrobe that fits right now...and off we went.
We had a lovely five course meal accompanied by a grand piano. It was so wonderful! It was nice to be able to spend the time together. We felt a little out of place in such a fancy establishment, but it was great! We've decided that we'll make it a tradition the weekend before Valentines day. We went home, changed into Jammie's and cuddled up watching Kate and Leopold. The day was absolutely perfect!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The Tale of Rosie Rabbit
Last Monday, as I was going to get my niece, I stumbled upon a rabbit (Yes, a rabbit!) in my driveway. I thought this was odd as we live in the middle of city. I tried to get close to determine if it belonged to someone and take a picture. Alas, it was 0700 in the morning and too dark to get a good picture. It stood up and looked at me and hopped away. Oh well. I left to go get Eva. Anyway, I got back and told Joel about the rabbit. He did the "sure Sarah....a rabbit" and I was beginning to feel like I was going a little crazy!
Fast forward a few days and we find ourselves at Thursday afternoon. JJ is sitting at the table and I am working on stuff in the Kitchen. He looks up from his homework and says, "There's a rabbit outside" (See! I KNEW I wasn't crazy!!) He went outside and with the help of the neighbor kids, was able to catch the rabbit. The kids named her Rosie. It so happens that she is very friendly, clean, and will let you hold her. She plays around with the cats with no problem! Sounds too good to be true. But now, we have eight "pets" ( 3 cats, 3 chickens, a rat and the rabbit) She hopped around the house throughout the weekend and we had no problems with her. She's been staying in my cat carrier as I don't have a hutch for her.....
Monday night, as I'm heading to bed, Joel he's going to let Rosie out to hop around as she hasn't been out all day. Later, he comes to bed and I asked if he'd remembered to put Rosie away. He said, "I thought you did" ...uhhh....obviously not. So, he gets up and starts looking around the house for her. NO RABBIT!!! Oh well. I woke up multiple times through the night with dreams of her jumping on the bed (I blame the pregnancy). When I got up in the morning, still no rabbit. Joel sent me a text at 1230 in the afternoon telling me that he'd found her, outside and chilling under the boat. Sounds good to me. He took the cat carrier out so she would have food, water and a place to sleep. She's perfectly content being outside. Apparently she figured out how to work the cat door. Smart bunny! So, now, Rosie is our outside rabbit.
Fast forward a few days and we find ourselves at Thursday afternoon. JJ is sitting at the table and I am working on stuff in the Kitchen. He looks up from his homework and says, "There's a rabbit outside" (See! I KNEW I wasn't crazy!!) He went outside and with the help of the neighbor kids, was able to catch the rabbit. The kids named her Rosie. It so happens that she is very friendly, clean, and will let you hold her. She plays around with the cats with no problem! Sounds too good to be true. But now, we have eight "pets" ( 3 cats, 3 chickens, a rat and the rabbit) She hopped around the house throughout the weekend and we had no problems with her. She's been staying in my cat carrier as I don't have a hutch for her.....
Monday night, as I'm heading to bed, Joel he's going to let Rosie out to hop around as she hasn't been out all day. Later, he comes to bed and I asked if he'd remembered to put Rosie away. He said, "I thought you did" ...uhhh....obviously not. So, he gets up and starts looking around the house for her. NO RABBIT!!! Oh well. I woke up multiple times through the night with dreams of her jumping on the bed (I blame the pregnancy). When I got up in the morning, still no rabbit. Joel sent me a text at 1230 in the afternoon telling me that he'd found her, outside and chilling under the boat. Sounds good to me. He took the cat carrier out so she would have food, water and a place to sleep. She's perfectly content being outside. Apparently she figured out how to work the cat door. Smart bunny! So, now, Rosie is our outside rabbit.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The laugh of the day
So, on Mondays I have the privilege of watching my new little niece so my sister can work. Ana loves having her come over and I think it's going to help with the new baby adjustment we'll be making in a few months. As JJ, Ana and I were driving Eva back home, JJ and I had a little conversation that still kind of has me chuckling.
JJ- "They moved our P.E. groups around today."
Sarah- "oh yeah, how do you feel about that?"
JJ- "It's great. Jo (his little girlfriend) is on my team now and Dalton (his buddy) is on the other team."
Sarah- "Awesome. Now Jo gets to see how good at sports you are."
JJ-"Yeah. Dalton likes her too now."
Sarah-" So, what are you going to do?"
JJ-".......I"m gonna do the best I can"
I'm beginning to see that we watch too much Nightmare Before Christmas as the last two lines of the conversation happen in the movie. JJ said it with his best oogie boogie impression and Ana and I were both in stitches!
JJ- "They moved our P.E. groups around today."
Sarah- "oh yeah, how do you feel about that?"
JJ- "It's great. Jo (his little girlfriend) is on my team now and Dalton (his buddy) is on the other team."
Sarah- "Awesome. Now Jo gets to see how good at sports you are."
JJ-"Yeah. Dalton likes her too now."
Sarah-" So, what are you going to do?"
JJ-".......I"m gonna do the best I can"
I'm beginning to see that we watch too much Nightmare Before Christmas as the last two lines of the conversation happen in the movie. JJ said it with his best oogie boogie impression and Ana and I were both in stitches!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Grandpa's Funeral
Friday, January 13, 2012
A new goal for a new year
When I started this little blog, I made the goal to make a post once a month. To my surprise, I met that goal, if just barely. I thought that this year I'd shoot for at least two posts per month. We'll see.
So, the past two weeks have been kind of fun for our little family. We had the kiddos guess that flavor of baby we would be adding in June. They had a week to make up their mind and solidify their guess. They both guessed girl. Ana eventually changed her answer to "healthy." I'm pretty sure that it's because that was the answer Joel and I both gave. We told the kids that we would go get icecream when we found out. I made a deal with the kids that if they guessed correctly, they could get the chocolate and sprinkle dipped waffle cones.
Wednesday (the 11th) Joel and I tottled off to the doctor and sure enough, they're pretty sure its a girl (she's a bit squirmy) We decided that we would "break" the news to the kids by doing a pinata. Joel bought a cow pinata, purchased confetti that said 'it's a girl' and tons of treats for the kiddos. We broke it open in Ana's room and I tell you what! That cow did not want to open up!! It took them beating it for almost five minutes to even get a leg off. But alas, they succeeded and are very excited to be getting a new sister! Ana is extatic that she gets to share a room with the baby and JJ is glad he gets to repaint his room in a "scary" way cause he doesn't have to share!
JJ lost another tooth this week. He's been wiggling it for a while now.
Also new this week, we are babysitting my sister Emily's rat. Her name is Honey and she is very sweet. Ana loves to hold her and JJ likes to carry her in his sweatshirt hood. Honey prefers to hang out down Joel's and my shirt. Whatever works, I guess.
Joel has been invited to co-design the next set for the theater. It's a childrens play (his favorite to design for) about Tall Tales. They have some pretty great ideas.
So, the past two weeks have been kind of fun for our little family. We had the kiddos guess that flavor of baby we would be adding in June. They had a week to make up their mind and solidify their guess. They both guessed girl. Ana eventually changed her answer to "healthy." I'm pretty sure that it's because that was the answer Joel and I both gave. We told the kids that we would go get icecream when we found out. I made a deal with the kids that if they guessed correctly, they could get the chocolate and sprinkle dipped waffle cones.
Wednesday (the 11th) Joel and I tottled off to the doctor and sure enough, they're pretty sure its a girl (she's a bit squirmy) We decided that we would "break" the news to the kids by doing a pinata. Joel bought a cow pinata, purchased confetti that said 'it's a girl' and tons of treats for the kiddos. We broke it open in Ana's room and I tell you what! That cow did not want to open up!! It took them beating it for almost five minutes to even get a leg off. But alas, they succeeded and are very excited to be getting a new sister! Ana is extatic that she gets to share a room with the baby and JJ is glad he gets to repaint his room in a "scary" way cause he doesn't have to share!
JJ lost another tooth this week. He's been wiggling it for a while now.
Also new this week, we are babysitting my sister Emily's rat. Her name is Honey and she is very sweet. Ana loves to hold her and JJ likes to carry her in his sweatshirt hood. Honey prefers to hang out down Joel's and my shirt. Whatever works, I guess.
Joel has been invited to co-design the next set for the theater. It's a childrens play (his favorite to design for) about Tall Tales. They have some pretty great ideas.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Lately....
The past few months have been very busy at the Farnsworth house. We kicked off November with the kiddos doing dance and basketball (fun for me!). I continued to work on school and helping Joel with his classes while he worked on building a massive crazy set! Fun times.
Thanksgiving was eventful for us. Joel prepared the usual marinated mushrooms and mashed potatoes for his family dinner. This year, however he added pink food coloring to the potatoes with jalapenos and blue food coloring to the ones without. It was our little way of announcing the new addition coming to our family in June. The family is almost as excited as we are! We'll find out what we are having soon and will let you know when we do!!
Ana had a dance recital the first week of December. There were many who joined us in supporting her. She was so excited and did a fantastic job. Joel's dad, brother, grandparents, grandma Kathy, sister and her awesome kids and my mother came to watch her little dances. Joel's sister Katie is an amazing photographer and was there to take pictures. Ana did very well and we're so proud of her.
We upheld the tradition with Joel's family and decorated gingerbread houses at the grandma's house. The kids had fun with their cousins making a mess and having fun.
JJ finished off this part of the school year by performing a piece from the Nutcracker with the entire second grade. He was in the tambourine section and did fantastic. I was able to leave work early and go with Joel to watch him. I am pretty sure my favorite part was when the curtain closed and you could see his converse poking out from under the curtain.
Ana had a little dance and singing performance with her class this last Friday. They worked hard and did a good job. Joel and I agree that our favorite part of this was the little boy with the country twang singing feliz navidad dead center stage. It was quite hilarious.
Joel and I went to the SCERA on Saturday for the employee work party. They had a lovely catered breakfast, my dear friend Debbie Bowman sang a beautiful song all topped off with a white elephant gift exchange. Joel won a gift certificate for an hour long massage at the local spa which he so selflessly gave to me. : ) I'm not complaining.
The kids are quite anxious for Christmas and are enjoying the time off of school. Joel is able to stay home with them (lucky him) while I work my regular work schedule through the holidays. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and we are looking forward to the exciting year to come.
Thanksgiving was eventful for us. Joel prepared the usual marinated mushrooms and mashed potatoes for his family dinner. This year, however he added pink food coloring to the potatoes with jalapenos and blue food coloring to the ones without. It was our little way of announcing the new addition coming to our family in June. The family is almost as excited as we are! We'll find out what we are having soon and will let you know when we do!!
Ana had a dance recital the first week of December. There were many who joined us in supporting her. She was so excited and did a fantastic job. Joel's dad, brother, grandparents, grandma Kathy, sister and her awesome kids and my mother came to watch her little dances. Joel's sister Katie is an amazing photographer and was there to take pictures. Ana did very well and we're so proud of her.
We upheld the tradition with Joel's family and decorated gingerbread houses at the grandma's house. The kids had fun with their cousins making a mess and having fun.
JJ finished off this part of the school year by performing a piece from the Nutcracker with the entire second grade. He was in the tambourine section and did fantastic. I was able to leave work early and go with Joel to watch him. I am pretty sure my favorite part was when the curtain closed and you could see his converse poking out from under the curtain.
Ana had a little dance and singing performance with her class this last Friday. They worked hard and did a good job. Joel and I agree that our favorite part of this was the little boy with the country twang singing feliz navidad dead center stage. It was quite hilarious.
Joel and I went to the SCERA on Saturday for the employee work party. They had a lovely catered breakfast, my dear friend Debbie Bowman sang a beautiful song all topped off with a white elephant gift exchange. Joel won a gift certificate for an hour long massage at the local spa which he so selflessly gave to me. : ) I'm not complaining.
The kids are quite anxious for Christmas and are enjoying the time off of school. Joel is able to stay home with them (lucky him) while I work my regular work schedule through the holidays. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and we are looking forward to the exciting year to come.
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