Sweet Tooth

This is what happens when I'm not around...I sure as heck didn't teach Carson to eat whipped cream off of a spoon. LOL!

Dave opened the fridge to put something away and immediately Carson was saying 'I want, I want' he's really good at expressing when he wants something, we're just working on expressing WHAT he wants. So Dave picked him up and asked him to point to what he wanted. Immediately he pointed to the can of whipped cream. Dave indulged his sweet tooth! :) Pretty cute actually.

How is everyone enjoying the snow? Ugh, I'm so done with winter. I was very glad that Carson and I could just stay inside today. I was not about to drive anywhere. Luckily we have a snow-blow

er now and Dave didn't have to spend hours shoveling the driveway!

I received my new spring product samples from Pampered Chef, I must say my favorite new product has to be the pineapple wedger. Think of an apple correr/slicer but on a much larger scale. It cores and slices the pineapple and it works so fantastic! I think pineapple is yummy anyway and fresh pineapple is even better! I've gone through 2 pineapples this week. Right now my plan is to try and get my Pampered Chef business going strong since the job market does not seem to be going my way at the moment. I am planning to put in 2-3 hours a day on Pampered Chef and hopefully putting the time in will pay off!

Hope everyone has a safe (if slow) commute in the morning!

No News is Good News? Not if Your Job Hunting!

So, I have not heard anything from UHG yet...I called and left a message but no return phone call yet. They were supposed to be making calls last week. I feel that this is not a positive thing. Ugh. I'm beginning to get frustrated. Meanwhile I have applied to about 7 million other jobs in hopes of at least getting a phone call. No such luck.

See some of you at the candle party tomorrow night!

Making Childhood Dreams Come True $25 At a Time

We had a busy day today, busy day but a good day. We started out with lunch with Nan and Chris to celebrate Chris' birthday. We hung there for a few hours and Carson was charming and cute and 2. It was nice to be able to spend some quality time with them.

After lunch we headed to Austin's birthday party. They had the party at the Kelly Inn in Golden Valley. They got a poolside room which was great! I hadn't planned on swimming but  Carson LOVES swimming and I ended up having to go in. The water was SO cold. Carson was shivering and his lips were blue, yet he refused to get out. We were going down the water slide together. Once we finally pulled him out of the water, we had to stay in the hotel room to avoid a further meltdown.

We picked up a 'tent' type thing from Target for Carson. It was $25.00 and Carson just loves it! He can stand up inside it and there is a hole in the top to throw a ball into. I'm curious how going to bed will be tonight. We can't even pull him out of it!

I'm still waiting to hear back from that last interview that I had last week. I'm hoping that they'll call tomorrow or Tuesday. I'm getting anxious. I'll leave you with some pictures of Carson's new tent.

Mamas

Carson has for some reason started adding 's' on the end of weird words. He now calls me Mamas, he says 'uckies' and 'kitties'. He doesn't add a 's' to the end of daddy though, that stays the same. He just started it in the last few days or so. Super goofy but kind of cute also.

I had 2 promising interviews recently with a company that has decided to postpone hiring the position due to the economy. Such a bummer, in the email they sent they said I was a perfect fit which I think sucks even more. I had an interview at United Health Group on Tuesday which also went really well. I should find out about that by the beginning of next week. It's possible that the hours may pose a small problem but we'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Carson and I have been enjoying our time together at home, trying to keep myself busy in other ways so that I'm not finding myself sitting around too much. My days would get too boring if I let myself do that. We try to run at least one errand a day even if it's small and quick and then I'm continuing to work out 5-6 days a week which also helps get me out of the house, plus I feel WAY less lazy that way.

The cute little place I work out in Albertville is going on a cruise in May. The instructors will be teaching on the ship and all clients get great discounted rates on airfare and the actual cruise. I WISH that I could splurge to go. But without the safety net of a job, I really can't give up that kind of money even if it is a really great deal.

I love 2 years old

I'm not going to apologize for being away...I do that a lot and it doesn't seem to help. Haha, but I have been away for a while again. Sometimes after sitting in front of a computer all day long makes you not want to sit in front of it when you get home. But, luckily? for you guys...un-luckily for me I no longer sit in front of a computer all day long. As most of you know I was laid off from my job a few weeks ago so I should have plenty of time not only to take pictures of Carson but to share them with you all...Although, my updates might be slightly boring now that I have nothing to do with my days! :)

Carson told me to 'shut up' last night. He hears us tell the dogs to shut up so I'm sure he's heard it and also knows what it means. It was so hard not to crack up. Not sure how to handle that one yet. Since I wrote last we've been through both strep throat and pink eye. Good times, fun stuff. Strep was way worse I think because he had the fever and the feeling icky. Pink eye was just nasty eyes and no fun drops.

We also have started swimming lessons at the YMCA near us. Carson loves being in the water but I'm not sure how I feel about the lessons yet. They are really a just get your child comfortable in the water type thing. Carson loves the water and doesn't seem to be afraid at all. But, he does not have the tolerance for the instruction. He just wants to play and blow bubbles. I think we might hold off on the next round until he's a bit older and just take him to play in the water instead of actual lessons.

Back at Christmas time, my friend and I went shopping at the Mall of America, because of the amount of money we spent then (too much) we got a certificate for 2 unlimited ride wristbands at the new Nickelodeon Universe (my head still thinks Camp Snoopy by the way) anyway they expire in March so we took the kids there today to ride on the rides and hang out. Carson had a BLAST. There were a few rides that I looked at that I said 50/50 shot of him crying, he didn't even come close once. Every ride he said 'wheeeeeeee' and once it stopped, he said 'AGAIN!'. I'm glad he enjoyed it. But, because he is still too short, every ride required a chaperone and after about 5 rides I had enough of the going in circles. We took a lunch break and went to Build-a-Bear after. We had a great day and despite the fact that Carson is cutting his molars he was in a great mood and behaved the whole day!

Dave is out of town for work until Wednesday night so now I am home all day, home all night by myself. I think these days will probably drag by without a job to keep me occupied. Love you all and talk to you soon! I'll leave you with a few pictures of today's adventures!