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Project 365 {week 7}

February 19, 2012 By katie 24 Comments

Goodness.

Who would’ve thought an innocent weekend filler post of photos could cause such a ruckus.

People were up in arms about pacifiers here last week.

I must thank you all for all the support of Eddie’s beloved “pipey”.

This week Sluiter Nation got it’s first glance into the nesting bug that has bit me.

It was met with mixed reviews.

February 12: Eddie and I make Valentine's for his daycare friends

February 13: Sluiters share Valentine's goodies because we don't want to wait until Tuesday night!

February 14: Happy Valentine's Day

February 15: Wednesday night treat..."green choc-o-yat i-keem" YUM!

February 16: My need to get out the itty bitty clothes takes over all logic that says there is no place to put them yet.

February 17: We buy the big boy bed. It is quite well-received.

Feburary 18: After a day where I was pretty sure my head would explode, Cort brings home Chinese food. I love that man.

There were many battles this week about how Baby Charlie’s things do NOT fit Eddie.

About how Eddie is TOO BIG to sit in the bouncy seat.

And about how no, that onsie will NOT fit on you, Eddie.

There were tears and dysfunctional listening ears.

But at the end of the week, we had a Big Boy who peed and pooed on the toilet…

and then asked to sleep in his big boy bed.

I am so proud.

Even though my heart hurts with these growing pains of his.

How was YOUR week?

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Other places I wrote things this week:

My first post over at Borderless News and Views: Could You Live Without TV?

And a new review on Katie’s Bookcase: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (a must-read, by the way)

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: the week in photos

Project 365 {Week 6}

February 12, 2012 By katie 22 Comments

This week had excitement all over it.

This week was CARPET week!

Carpet for Eddie’s Big Boy Room which means PROGRESS on Eddie’s Room.

We may have been counting down to “Carpet Guy” all week.

February 5: Just a lazy Sunday at home...watching the Super Bowl before bed!

January 6: My view of the fridge as I get my lunch packed for work at 6:30am

February 7: more donated books arrive at my house to be given to my school FREE book shelf!

February 8: Eddie puts Baby to bed...in Charlie's bouncey seat.

February 9: THE CARPET IS HERE! The view in the closet.

February 10: daddy and eddie putting together furniture for the Big Boy room

February 11: Just hamming it up with a Ham-stache for lunch

Cortney has been putting in a TON of his weekend time (and sacrificing his knees and legs) to make Eddie’s room complete.

No other pictures yet…patience, my grasshoppers.

Lots to be done yet.

In the meantime, tell me…how was your week?

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: week 6

Project 365: Week 5

February 5, 2012 By katie 8 Comments

The fifth week of 2012 was a much slower one for us.

Which was so very needed.

Lots of time together.

Productivity in getting Eddie’s Big Boy room further along, having Eddie poo and pee on the potty, and just being together.

I moved slower this week…as I probably will for the next five weeks.

Here was our week…

January 29: Lazy Sunday at home just catching up on the news

January 30: One of our fave "quick meals": pizza sandwiches and fries

January 31: I hit the 33 week mark. Only six more weeks til Charlie!

February 1: Eddie and Mommy night = cupcakes for dessert

February 2: Trains with daddy

February 3: censored to protect the innocent

February 4: Eddie and I made these for our "family playdate" with some pretty awesome friends.

This week definitely had it’s giggle moments.

And it’s yummy moments.

How was your week?

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: week 4, week in pictures

Project 365: January 23-28, 2012

January 29, 2012 By katie 9 Comments

Another busy week in Sluiter Nation.

I had the end of the semester to deal with.

We had coughing and snotty noses.

There were appointments and classes and bowling league.

And there was life.

It looked like this…

January 22: it's the little things like a wind-up humpty dumpty that make us smile.

January 23: Why does my house always look like this?

January 24: Poop and Pee on the toilet. A big deal that is celebrated with M&Ms and dancing.

January 25: Grades are due in the morning. Gulp.

January 26: Got all my grades in and so now I shall enjoy a book and a pick with my #1 son.

January 27: Cort and I have a date to choose carpet for Eddie's Big Boy room...and stuff ourselves at On The Boarder

January 28: Team Banana Muffin

And that was the week that was.

On a side note, I am collecting books (or giftcards to barnes and noble to purchase books) to donate to our school’s FREE BOOK shelf in the media center. It has gotten embarrassingly bare and with the transient nature of our student body and the fact that our kids sometimes need “risk free book trying” the free book shelf is very popular since they don’t have to return them if they don’t want to.

If you are at all interested in donating, contact me at sluiternation (at) gmail.com

I work in a high school and the reading level is all the way from Young Adult Literature up through college level (but still appropriate for high school age). The Hunger Games are HUGE right now, by the way. They have gotten stolen from the library and from our RIF program due to high demand.

Filed Under: Project 365, teaching Tagged With: books for kids, project 365

Project 356: January 15-21, 2012

January 22, 2012 By katie 11 Comments

This was a hard week on all of us.

Cort’s Grandpa died.

Eddie got sick.

No one slept very well.

But we still tried very hard to find something to smile about almost every day.

January 15: Eddie perfects the "Llama Face". If you have read the Llama Llama books, you know this look.

January 16: Thank goodness it's "Ash-ee Day" or as Cort and I call it "let's hope Ashley doesn't judge us too harshly when she cleans Day"

January 17: I realize Eddie has a LOT of books. Can't wait to organized these in his new Big Boy Room.

January 18: Our week gets rough. Funeral for Grandpa Potter and Eddie get sick. This is how he asked to sleep that night.

January 19: On our quest to "back up" the boy. He shows off his "binding" dinner.

January 20: It finally starts to LOOK like a Michigan Winter. And brrrr....14 degrees!

January 21: Eddie "plays" with his baby brother. "yook, mommy! He is moooving them!"

What did you smile about this week?

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: january 16-21, rollercoaster week, week in pictures

Project 365: January 8-14, 2012

January 15, 2012 By katie 7 Comments

This week, the thing I realized I miss most about doing a picture (or 12) a day is getting my camera out for “ordinary” life.

This week, I tried to capture not just an event that summed up our day, but maybe just something that made me smile about the day.

January 8: coloring and stickers and little hands, oh my

January 9: Haircut day. Why is it he looks about 10 years older after a haircut?

January 10: homemade veggie beef soup and homemade cinnamon rolls. Because we can.

January 11: The couch is drying. Because there was puke on it from the boy. And no, that is not puke in the middle; that is velcro with papertowel in it.

January 12: Recovery at home with daddy.

January 13: 30 1/2 weeks pregnant. 60 days until Charlie is here.

January 14: lots of snow means we make lots of cookies, right?

What were the highlights of your week?

Filed Under: Project 365 Tagged With: Week 2

Project 365: January 1-7, 2012

January 8, 2012 By katie 17 Comments

As I mentioned earlier this week, I am doing Project 365. Each Sunday I will post my Week in Pictures. Enjoy.

January 1: PEEP POMB!!!

January 2: Finally enough snow to sled! Of course it only lasted 2 days. Weirdest Michigan winter EVER.

January 3: Back to work after 2 weeks off. And I am a working MACHINE! Got almost all my hardcopies printed for my sub...with 9 weeks to spare!

January 4: Eddie demolishes the last of the chocolate cake. Like mother like son.

January 5: We FINALLY get a wall calendar for 2012 when our MomAgenda Wall Calendar arrives. Who knew we would feel so lost for only five days?

January 6: Apple Lips!

January 7: Eddie takes off his pants and diaper and tells me he wants to poop on the toilet. So here he sits. After 3 minutes he says he's done (no poop), so we get him dressed. Less than minute later he poops in his diaper. I still say this was a good step.

So back to work, dinner time shenanigans, and almost poop in the potty. A good week, I would say!