something pretty cool...

I think I stumbled on something pretty cool!  I found this website where you can make a BOOK out of your blog!!  This is right up my alley since this blog started out as a journal!  I just downloaded the software, and am currently uploading my blog, so-we'll see...  :0).

New Stuff-2 for me & 3 for Fisher

THANK YOU Katie for posting about Google Reader!!! I love it so much and it has totally changed the way I read my blogs!! For those of you who read lots of blogs (like me), this a valuable time-saving tool!! Check it out!

I took another page from Katie's blog the other day too. She's so inspirational ;). I don't know about you, but this is what the bottom of my pantry looks like. 

I REFUSE to throw away the bags I come home with from the grocery store, so they get stuffed into one another and shoved in the bottom of the pantry until the next trip where they (presumably) will be recycled.  Problem is, I NEVER remember to put the bags in my car on my next trip.  I have now joined the ranks of "one of those people" though. On my last trip to Schnucks, they were running a "10 for $10" deal on their canvas grocery bags.

I have to tell you-it felt good to make that purchase and have my groceries filled into those bags-rather than the plastic ones I knew would just end up in the bottom of my pantry. The trick now will be to make a new routine for myself--as soon as the groceries are unloaded, put the canvas bags BACK in the car so they are ready for the next trip. I just know that I feel better knowing that I will no longer have to face "Attack of the Killer Plastic Bags!" every time I open my pantry.

And now for some new stuff from Fisher...

*His new favorite snack seems to be tomatoes. He is currently on his 2nd WHOLE tomato for his morning snack. I guess it's better than wanting cookies...



*He has moved on from yellow as his favorite color. Before, everything by default was "wewo", but now most things seem to be "geen". I say "most things" because sometimes he actually gets some colors right! When he plays with his cars, he seems to consistently name the black, blue, silver and green cars correctly.

*Fisher loves animals. I can't wait to take him to the zoo for the first time this year. It will be such a new experience for him. One of the new things we like to do is "talk about animals". We do this in the car mostly, but he has gotten so good at it, we do it all the time now for entertainment :). It all started with this book.



He loves to read it-and believe me, we've read it a LOT. Now we can say the alphabet-sans book-and he can tell us EVERY animal A to Z! In this video clip, he has the book, but I do have other proof that he can do it without the book (I just can't find the dang cable to hook the video camera up to the computer).  I also realize that some of his words are only understandable by his parents-but trust me-he's saying the names.

And now for some pics of the last year/this year variety...


  
He still loves Nemo!  These 2 are also from the same JC Penney photo shoot.

Here are Lucas and Fisher...sitting in Oscar's dog kennel.

And here they are on Luke's Cars couch.

And at Grandma's in a basket.
   
This year...he still loves to play the hiding game...with a view from above.

     

These were taken last Sunday when we had the weather in the high 7os-before the 10 inches of snow.  He had fun playing in the backyard.

   

LONG post-another Fisher First, Big Snow, and FF

Fisher had another first on Wednesday of last week-one that I hope we don't see very much.  He threw up (or as Luke calls it-the spits).  It all started when I got him up that morning.  The "other end" was a yucky surprise-which happened one more time before we even left.  Fisher seemed in fine spirits though-he ate all of his oatmeal-so I thought it was just all the fruit and juice he had had lately.  When we got to my Mom's, I asked her if she had noticed a fever the day before.  No sooner were those words out of my mouth, that the poor little guy threw up all over the place!  Then he started crying.  I asked him if that scared him-yeah-does your tummy hurt-yeah.  Then I started to cry for him too.  I went up to school, got a sub, made some plans, and went to pick him up.  We went to the grocery store to get some Pedialite and other good stuff.  He did just fine...until we pulled into the driveway.  I heard a little cough and when I looked back Fisher had thrown up again!  I ended up staying home with him Thursday too because he was running a 102 fever all day.  After a trip to the doctor, we were reassured that it wasn't and ear infection or strep-just the virus running its course.  Whatever it was, it took about 6 days for him to be back to normal.  Whew!  Glad that's over.be

How 'bout St. Louis weather-Sunday it was in the high 70's and Fisher was playing in the backyard in shorts and a t-shirt.  Then 2 days later-SNOW-SNOW-SNOW!!  We just got dumped on!!  About 10 inches here in St. Ann.  I had a snow day on Tuesday-and WEDNESDAY!  When I got the call on Tuesday at 5:30 am, there was NOTHING going on.  And nothing happened here until around 8:30.  So up until that time, I thought the district jumped the gun on calling off school.  Well, as anyone in St. Louis knows, the weather people were right.  When it finally started coming down, it certainly made an impression.  

   





At this point in the school year, I really don't want anymore snow days.  It's time to get the year over with, and snow days just means we go longer.  So I was not expecting a phone call THIS morning saying NO SCHOOL again.  Roads are clear, so the only thing I can come up with is that they were not able to get the schools' parking lots cleared.  Oh well-it was a fun day at home with my boys anyway!  

  

Fisher went out in the snow for a bit-and cried when it was time to come in.  

There seems to be issues uploading pics to blogger...these are the only ones I've been able to get up for now.
They are the next JC Penney installment.

The look in this one kills me!

The Blues Fam

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