A new year

Its been a bumpy year but we made it. Here is what the Bolin's have been doing the past year.

• Sold house


• Bought house
  
• moved


• survived bronchitis


• had knee surgery


• twisted ankle


• learned to swim underwater


• Broke up with kindergarten boyfriend, got a new first grade boyfriend


• lost weight, found it


• fell down steps twice


• left pullups behind and became acquainted with underoos (Hulk)


• learned to count to 20


• learned to count to 100


• survived hurricane storms, tornadoes watches and gas prices


• learned to ride a bike


• made new friends


• realized the joy of playing Wii


• celebrated birthdays, anniversary and holidays
  

I cant wait to see what 2009 has in store for us. Happy New Year!

payback

My mother always warned me that when I had children that I would get paid back for all the crap that I put her through. That time has come upon us. I spanked my son the other day after repeatedly telling him to stop saying NO to me and he looked at me straight in the face and said "didn't hurt". I used to say the exact same thing to my mother and now I know how hard it is not to laugh and beat him all at the same time.

Christmas 08

From our house to yours may you have a Blessed Christmas!!!

BRRRRR!!!

Today we are going to hit a high of 15 degrees with a low of 1 degree. Not the coldest that we have hit in the north but I never look forward to the winter weather here. Im going to put on my bathing suit and sit in front of the fire, close my eyes and imagine that the fire is actually the sun.

like momma

I love to watch my son slide down the steps on his butt, growing up that's how I always made my way down the steps as well.

I love to decorate all things however Im not a decorator by trade. Good thing my sister and mom are. Whenever they come to visit they always give me great ideas on what I should do to the house. This is great for me because its like hiring a HGTV designer to come into your home and help you remake it.....this is not so good news for my husband who reminds me that each time my mom or sister come to visit that something always gets changed, painted, or moved around at his expense. He informs me that I spend more money the week after they have visited than any other time. For instance my sister just left on Sunday and already I have painted 2 things one of which was the guest bathroom cabinets. I begged my sister to stay for a few more weeks because I have a lot more projects to do in my house but she said something about getting back to her husband, her job and oh yeah her life in TN....she can be so selfish at some times. HAHA! This Christmas Id like to win all of the Home Depot surveys from my receipts that I keep entering that are worth $50o. I could do a lot of decorating with that.

A letter to my 3 1/2 year old son

Dear Preston,
Trust me when I say that I enjoy spending time with you and the fact that you make me laugh throughout the day is a hoot however upon saying those nice things to you let me tell you that having you trick your way into our bed is getting out of control. Yes it is our fault that we fell for your blue eyes of deceit but don't you think that enough is enough. Clearly you run the household and you know how to play us. The fact that you get up to pee during the night even if you have nothing to drink after 6pm and you go to the bathroom before bed is a feat in itself. The shear genius after you pee is that you stand outside the bathroom door in the hallway between our bedroom and yours and asks us with puppy eyes "which way I go" is comical and heart warming in itself and we usually fall for it. However now that we are onto your trick and after the first time that you get up to pee and we send you back to your room afterwards does not give you permission to try and pursued us even more to get into our bed. Your dad and I can hear you scheme and plot in the baby monitor. I'm amazed that even after peeing twice during the night that somehow you are able to manage to squeeze out another pee in hopes of giving it one more try. What are you doing storing water in your bed somewhere? Even I cant possibly pee 3 times in the middle of the night and I'm a girl that has had a child. I will give you a high five for being persistant and I will say that you are smarter than your parents at times but enough of the bathroom trips. Its one thing to get up and pee on your own and sneak into our room but do we really need to also be up and be a part of your game. I give you permission to start being sneaky, if you can sneak your way into our bed without us waking up then you deserve to be able to lay in our bed for the night. Good luck son!

The things we do.....

Today I went to have my eyebrows waxed because they desperately needed it and I can not do it myself. Whenever I tweeze I sneeze. I have had this done for a couple of years its my only vice other than chocolate. I don't do my nails, I don't really even have nails and what nails I do have usually have paint underneath them. Today however had I known what was about to take place I would of stubbed my toe, given birth, or even passed a kidney stone instead. The place that I go to is right down the road and is convenient and cheap and of course no one there speaks English. Preston went with me and sat in a chair beside me and I'm pretty sure that he is permanently scarred now. First off the wax was way to hot and if you have ever spilled candle wax on you then that is nothing because this wax was way hotter and I could smell singed hair. Second of all she ripped the strips off extremely slow and very painfully. So painful that I believe half of my skin is left on those strips. Fast is best when it comes to removing something painful. Not slow and agonizing. Third, because she was doing it so slow and lifting my eyelid a good 3 inches up with each slow yank my eyes were watering so bad that I couldn't see. Water was running down my eyes so much that even my son asked mommy are you OK. I didn't have the heart to tell him no this woman is slowly punishing your mommy and you should run for your life before she decides to torture you as well. During this procedure I put my hand in front of my face twice and told her that hurts just give me a minute and because she doesn't speak English or could care less about what I said all I heard coming from her was OK and she kept going. I had to sit in the chair for a few minutes before my sight would come back to me and of course Preston just kept looking at me as if he was saying why in the world would anyone do that dumbass. We finally make a run to the car and as we are driving back and I'm putting tissues to my eyes to catch the water flowing out Preston says to me "mommy your eyes have boo boo's." Yes son the mean Chinese woman afflicted her anger upon my innocent eyebrows and you should be thankful that you are not a girl.

Christmas lights

Outdoor Christmas lights at the Bolin house.

Ice Castles and Wine...I'll take some of that

I have a ton of things to do in preparation for the weekend and my sister is coming in to visit but I cant help but sit down and watch Ice Castles that I recorded on the DVR. Its an all time old favorite of mine circa 1978. Come on who didnt think Robby Benson was a cutie. I h ave a good excuse for doing nothing but watch TV I have to rest for tonight's activities because its going to be a doozy. Just kidding unless you count several women sitting around and sipping wine a doozy. Tonight Im going to a friends wine party while my husband, kid and her husband and kid are going to eat and wander around Sams club for a while. Wine..not a big fan but tonight Im going to be!!! Who couldn't use a good glass of wine everynow and then.

Spike

This is what Preston wants Santa to bring him this year because he loves dinosaurs and he must ,must ,please, please have it according to him. The child wants it so bad that anytime I'm about to get onto him about his behavior he immediately says to me "I will behave now mommy". Oh if only I could believe that. But since I don't I'm going to tell him everyday up until Christmas that if he isn't good that Santa will not bring him his spike the dinosaur that he desperately wants. The only drawback to this is what am I going to do after Christmas when I cant hold this over his head.

Santa Clause came into town tonight on the local fire trucks through our subdivision.

Reflections

Preston likes to look at his reflection in this one ornament several times throughout the day.

Because a lot of my family wont be able to see us during the Christmas holidays I thought that I would share with them my decorating obsession.

Cute sign my sister got me!!
More pics to come, oh yeah there is more, the outside is still to come!!

Before there was Wii....there was Mer

This is what happens to your kids when Aunt Jen Jen gives them a bath with shaving cream!!!!

After playing Wii Mario Karts at my dads house we just had to purchase one even before leaving TN because it was that fun. My dad makes the funniest noises to just about anything your doing, playing Wii, walking, cooking, reading, it doesn't really matter to him as long as he gets to make silly noises.

Pictures of the kids at the indoor waterpark the weekend before Thanksgiving.