Four names people call me other than my real name:
1. Mommy
2. Rach
3. RaeLynn (only my mom can call me that)
4. Bud (my dad is the one who calls me that)
Four places I've lived:
1. Cedar Rapids, Iowa --Eastview Ave
2. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-- 16th Ave
3. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-- 32nd St
4. Taylorville, IL
Four jobs I've had:
1. Cashier at HyVee
2. Cashier at True Value
3. Infant room caregiver/assistant director (in Iowa)
4. Stay at Home Mom
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Anything chocolate
2. fajitas
3. ice cream
4. pizza
Four things I prefer not to eat:
1. Broccoli (or really most any veggie)
2. Seafood (if it came out of the water, I don't want it in my belly)
3. Bananas (gag!)
4. Mushrooms (no fungus for me, thanks)
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Remember the Titans
2. Sweet Home Alabama
3. Bridesmaids
4. Steel Magnolias
Four books I'd recommend:
1. Literally any Karen Kingsbury book
2. The Help
3. Sophie's Heart
4. The Hunger Games trilogy.
Four places I've visited:
1. Cocoa Beach, FL
2. Los Angeles, CA
3. North Carolina
4. St. Louis, MO
Four TV shows I watch:
(Not a lot current so I'll go Netflix too)
1. Stranger Things (okay...I finished it, but it's SO good!)
2. Gilmore Girls (because there's can never be enough Stars Hollow in your life)
3. Any of the House Hunter shows (or lots of other HGTV shows for that matter)
4. Hoarders (because...well, I'm obsessed)
Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
1. FALL!!! (who didn't see that coming?)
2. Going to pumpkin patches with the boys.
3. Celebrating the boys' birthdays
4. Christmas!
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Favorite Pictures From Each Month (so far)
January
This picture makes me smile. Daniel was still sleeping in his toddler bed at the time and James had learned how to climb into it. I was doing bedtime alone that night because Jacob was at a Scholastic Bowl meet, so I had both boys. Instead of getting tucked in right away after stories, James climbed into the bed too. They started to giggle and play, so even though it was past bedtime, I let them be silly and grabbed the camera! Such goofballs!
February
While Daniel was at preschool, Mimi and Pa T. came and helped me transform Daniel's Winnie the Pooh room into he and James' Paw Patrol room! He was so happy to have a big boy bed!
March
You can just see the orneriness in James' face. He was so proud that he got the ball, and was so excited to play outside on an unseasonably warm evening. His little outfit with the socks and shoes cracks me up too!
April
Just another picture that melts my heart. What you can't see is the effort it takes to get any pictures of them together. I do have a great one of them both looking and smiling, but I love this one more because you can see the adoration in James' eyes. I loves his Bubby.
May
This was a rare evening that James and I got some one on one time outside together. I took him down the alley like I used to do with Daniel, and let him explore this mud puddle. At first he just touched the water. Then he walked through it. Next thing I knew he was jumping and splashing. I love that you can see that he sat in the puddle at one point too. A little dirt never hurt. I just stripped him on the front porch and took him in for a bath. More splashing!
June
Launching rockets with Pa! It's really just a simple picture, and nothing fancy. I just love that it captures not only the rocket going up, but my dad and Daniel watching it blast off together. It doesn't matter how old you are or how young you are...rocket launches are always fun!
July
The Thatcher clan together again! This was a fun year because I got to see Erica twice! This day was so much fun. When mom started planning a trip to a dairy farm I wasn't overly thrilled, because who goes on a trip to a dairy farm? Except it turned out to be this awesome day. We fed baby calves, milk a cow, pet and fed kangaroos (because that seems normal for a dairy farm!), and ate ice cream.
August
One of those rare moments when Daniel decides to pause long enough for a picture and it turns out perfect! I love this one of us.
4 more months left to fill up with memories. This was not an easy task because some months I have many favorite pictures, so I just had to pick one and roll with it!
This picture makes me smile. Daniel was still sleeping in his toddler bed at the time and James had learned how to climb into it. I was doing bedtime alone that night because Jacob was at a Scholastic Bowl meet, so I had both boys. Instead of getting tucked in right away after stories, James climbed into the bed too. They started to giggle and play, so even though it was past bedtime, I let them be silly and grabbed the camera! Such goofballs!
February
While Daniel was at preschool, Mimi and Pa T. came and helped me transform Daniel's Winnie the Pooh room into he and James' Paw Patrol room! He was so happy to have a big boy bed!
March
You can just see the orneriness in James' face. He was so proud that he got the ball, and was so excited to play outside on an unseasonably warm evening. His little outfit with the socks and shoes cracks me up too!
April
Just another picture that melts my heart. What you can't see is the effort it takes to get any pictures of them together. I do have a great one of them both looking and smiling, but I love this one more because you can see the adoration in James' eyes. I loves his Bubby.
May
This was a rare evening that James and I got some one on one time outside together. I took him down the alley like I used to do with Daniel, and let him explore this mud puddle. At first he just touched the water. Then he walked through it. Next thing I knew he was jumping and splashing. I love that you can see that he sat in the puddle at one point too. A little dirt never hurt. I just stripped him on the front porch and took him in for a bath. More splashing!
June
Launching rockets with Pa! It's really just a simple picture, and nothing fancy. I just love that it captures not only the rocket going up, but my dad and Daniel watching it blast off together. It doesn't matter how old you are or how young you are...rocket launches are always fun!
July
The Thatcher clan together again! This was a fun year because I got to see Erica twice! This day was so much fun. When mom started planning a trip to a dairy farm I wasn't overly thrilled, because who goes on a trip to a dairy farm? Except it turned out to be this awesome day. We fed baby calves, milk a cow, pet and fed kangaroos (because that seems normal for a dairy farm!), and ate ice cream.
August
One of those rare moments when Daniel decides to pause long enough for a picture and it turns out perfect! I love this one of us.
4 more months left to fill up with memories. This was not an easy task because some months I have many favorite pictures, so I just had to pick one and roll with it!
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
I'm Baaaaack!
I've been missing my blog. I sit down to write and nothing comes to me. Or I just don't feel like writing. So, in order to try to get myself back into it, I looked up some blog challenges, so I have ideas for each day.
I figured I'd kick it off with more All About Me facts, just because I always think they're fun to do. Especially when I think of really random quirky things,
1. Laundry rules don't apply to me. I don't sort. I just dump a bunch of crap in and hope for the best. I've only had a couple of mishaps over the years. Worth it to not sort.
2. Dumping everything in, does have a downside if you don't notice a diaper has made its way into the basket. Those suckers can hold A LOT of water though, which leaves me to question why my kids still managed to pee through at night sometimes?
3. I am really bad at finishing projects that I start.
4. I just finished watching Stranger Things on Netflix last night and I'm going through withdrawals.
5. People always warn me about all of the fart and poop jokes that come with having boys...but I'm just as bad. I always giggle and joke right along. I grew up with 2 sisters and we always laughed about that stuff.
6. I have officially decided that I actually hate summer more than winter. Never thought that day would come.
7. I always prefer to be the passenger to being the driver when I'm with other people. And riding through big city traffic will always make my anxiety skyrocket. I pretend brake with my foot.
8. I've come to the conclusion that I have really tasty blood. I can be outside for 10 minutes and end up covered from head to toe in bites. Jacob can be outside with me and won't get one. I currently have about 20 mosquito bites from playing outside with the boys the other day.
9. I love bonfires in the fall, but immediately regret them because then I smell like smoke.
10. Speaking of bonfires. One year in October my mom, Kendra and I decided to have a fire outside and make s'mores. Dad was annoyed with us wanting him to get the fire pit out and start a fire, but did it anyway. Turned out even with the fire, it was still really cold, but we decided we couldn't go in until we were sure dad was asleep so he wouldn't know that we were not enjoying ourselves. Ha!
11. I detest cutting my fingernails and toenails. I really detest cutting the boys' nails.
12. One of my guilty pleasures is tossing out random crappy McDonalds or other junky "prize" toys that I know will never be missed.
13. My dream house would be a custom built brand new house made to look like an old house. Lots of woodwork and built-in. Claw foot tub.
14. I love hugs (from people I know). So, if you know me (and I know you) then hug me! If you're some random person, I'll be pretty weirded out if you give me a hug.
15. I am one of the most awkward people ever, but the older I get the easier it is to just embrace it and try not to get embarrassed by all of the stupid stuff I do.
Stay tune to see if I stick with the whole blog thang. :)
I figured I'd kick it off with more All About Me facts, just because I always think they're fun to do. Especially when I think of really random quirky things,
1. Laundry rules don't apply to me. I don't sort. I just dump a bunch of crap in and hope for the best. I've only had a couple of mishaps over the years. Worth it to not sort.
2. Dumping everything in, does have a downside if you don't notice a diaper has made its way into the basket. Those suckers can hold A LOT of water though, which leaves me to question why my kids still managed to pee through at night sometimes?
3. I am really bad at finishing projects that I start.
4. I just finished watching Stranger Things on Netflix last night and I'm going through withdrawals.
5. People always warn me about all of the fart and poop jokes that come with having boys...but I'm just as bad. I always giggle and joke right along. I grew up with 2 sisters and we always laughed about that stuff.
6. I have officially decided that I actually hate summer more than winter. Never thought that day would come.
7. I always prefer to be the passenger to being the driver when I'm with other people. And riding through big city traffic will always make my anxiety skyrocket. I pretend brake with my foot.
8. I've come to the conclusion that I have really tasty blood. I can be outside for 10 minutes and end up covered from head to toe in bites. Jacob can be outside with me and won't get one. I currently have about 20 mosquito bites from playing outside with the boys the other day.
9. I love bonfires in the fall, but immediately regret them because then I smell like smoke.
10. Speaking of bonfires. One year in October my mom, Kendra and I decided to have a fire outside and make s'mores. Dad was annoyed with us wanting him to get the fire pit out and start a fire, but did it anyway. Turned out even with the fire, it was still really cold, but we decided we couldn't go in until we were sure dad was asleep so he wouldn't know that we were not enjoying ourselves. Ha!
11. I detest cutting my fingernails and toenails. I really detest cutting the boys' nails.
12. One of my guilty pleasures is tossing out random crappy McDonalds or other junky "prize" toys that I know will never be missed.
13. My dream house would be a custom built brand new house made to look like an old house. Lots of woodwork and built-in. Claw foot tub.
14. I love hugs (from people I know). So, if you know me (and I know you) then hug me! If you're some random person, I'll be pretty weirded out if you give me a hug.
15. I am one of the most awkward people ever, but the older I get the easier it is to just embrace it and try not to get embarrassed by all of the stupid stuff I do.
Stay tune to see if I stick with the whole blog thang. :)
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