No Means No, Little Man

January 11, 2008 / Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

So, Minnow is a ladies man. He loves ladies. Especially older ones (you know 4-7 years old). Today and this certainly isn’t the first time…a little lady caught his eye. She was all of 6 years old. He kept hugging her–against her will mind you–and followed her and hugged her. Each time I pried him off of her, he would turn on his “where is that strange girl who is just playing hard to get” and find her again. He would then look at me and then here with those eyes saying with that smile of his “you know no means yes. I mean come on how could any girl not want some of this?”

Oh boy, I am going to have my hands full….Watch out ladies.

Holiday Recap

January 2, 2008 / Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

Well, the holidays are finally over. I am certainly happy for things to return to some semblance of normacy. Travelling is done and now we can just hang out and enjoy life again. Minnow was spoiled with 4 days of Christmas fun and now I am ready for him to settle back into our family routine. This year Christmas was much more fun with the little guy, but I know that it will only get better.

Minnow cleaned up at this first Christmas celebration with my bonus mom’s family. He got this really great chair and books, and ornaments, etc. It was really really great.

He was exhausted by the end of the evening.

The following day Minnow got to go ice skating with his uncles for the first time. My mom run’s an outdoor ice rink so we felt it was time to get Minnow out on the ice. He wasn’t really a big fan of the whole ice skating idea.

Christmas eve brought 2 celebrations and a lot of gifts and merriment.

Christmas day brought with it more fun. Minnow loved many of his presents but on Christmas morning the clear winner was the wagon…

We went to visit family the day after Christmas and Minnow had a lot of fun with his second cousins.

We spent our New Year’s up in Indiana at my brother’s house in Beverly Shores (on lake Michigan). We had a great and relaxing time. We played with our new Wii, Minnow played with his uncles and we even got some New Year’s Snow.

Now we are home and tired and ready to relax.

Well maybe not all of us are ready to relax.

We Love DJ Lance

December 7, 2007 / Dawn Kasal-Finley / 2 Comments

from Yo Gabba Gabba. Minnow has danced and watched the same Yo Gabba Gabba for the past hour. Let me just say he has all of his wiggles out and I am exhausted. I had no idea how many wiggles I had to get out. Yeah I know, I should be doing something more creative with him. like arts and crafts, or something, but this kid loves and I mean LOVES music and dancing. So we listen to DJ Lance and his crazy low budget character and dance our booties silly. What could possibly be more fun???

Sleepless Night or Day 5

November 5, 2007 / Dawn Kasal-Finley / 3 Comments

Good morning loyal readers and newbie readers. I have been up since 3am. Minnow is teething. He is cutting teeth left and right. He has a top molar and eye tooth coming in on the top and another molar trying to push through on the bottom of the opposite side. Top it off with a bit of a runny nose and you have the makings for a disastrous evening. Oh and don’t forget to add in the “I’m not feeling well” hubby and a 6 am spin class and you have the makings for a shitty ass day.

Minnow woke up at 3. Hubby was up getting a bicarbonate of soda and came in to tell me–who was sleeping–that the baby was awake as he crawled back in bed. Seriously…I kid you not. So, I went to see the little man who was screaming as though he was being eaten alive. He asked to watch Spongebob and I am not one to give in to toddle requests hours upon hours before the sun even begins to consider rising. Hubby insisted since said screaming baby was disrupting his attempts at sleep, lest we forget that Hubby is not feeling well.

Minnow and I watched tv until it was time for me to leave at 5:35 for my spin class. I go in to tell hubby that I have to leave…”Just put him back in bed.” Okay but he is wide awake. I carry Minnow upstairs and put him in bed. The minute he is down he starts throwing everything out of his crib and screaming and crying. I gather him up to bring him downstairs to sleep in our bed with hubby. Hubby yells up to me “you have to leave.” Like I don’t know this. I hand off the baby…”I thought I said to put him in bed.” I say good-bye and leave.

I love my hubby as he really is a great guy, but this morning…ugh. Thank goodness for spinning. I was able to pound the pedals and work out my frustration. Now what? Maybe a few minutes of sleep before my babies wake up.

Goldfish For Breakfast or Day 4

November 4, 2007 / Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

Minnow loves to cook. He watches hubby and I cook and now whenever one of us is in the kitchen cooking he has to get out his own pan and needs a spoon, a spatula and a wisk. Today he desperately wanted something inside of his pan to stir as daddy was making his sunshine potatoes (that’s what we call them in our house–don’t ask).

We went out today, taking advantage of this amazing fall weather we have been having. I know that very soon the weather will turn cruel and going outside to even get the newspaper will suck. I have also been wanting to get out and take some photos of the beautiful fall foliage that we have. It is a bad year for the colors but there are some bright spots. This is my favorite time of year and the one I missed most when I lived in Santa Barbara. That and the fact there concrete is everywhere and the number of parks was minimal. I love living in the midwest where there are lots of green spaces and lots of parks that are more than a patch of grass and a playground.