Saturday, May 15, 2010
GA Kite Festival 2010
So the Kite Festival wasn't all that I thought it was going to be. But we made the best of it. Millie had a great time on the playground, danced, watched the kites, and loved the bubbles.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
We have a star in the family...
On May 13, Fran Willner (GG) was awarded an Essex County Legend Award! Click here for the entire article. Here is the bit about GG...
Frances Charin Willner, a resident of Maplewood, was nominated by the Community Health Law Project. Known to both family and friends as "Aunt Fran," Ms. Willner is 92 years old and is still a working artist and teacher who exhibits her artwork in several shows each year.
She teaches papermaking, book arts, jewelry making and other crafts at several venues in the area, including the Baird Center in South Orange, the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts in Madison, the Newark Museum and the Union County Teen Festival in Cranford and opens her home and studio for the South Orange and Maplewood Artists Studio Tour. Ms. Willner continues to participate in local art shows and exhibits, including "The Glove Project" that raised money for medical research and "Brava!" that raised money for breast cancer research and treatment. "Every day is a holiday for me," Willner said. "I still walk up stairs to my third floor studio every day to work on my art," she added.
Frances Charin Willner, a resident of Maplewood, was nominated by the Community Health Law Project. Known to both family and friends as "Aunt Fran," Ms. Willner is 92 years old and is still a working artist and teacher who exhibits her artwork in several shows each year.
She teaches papermaking, book arts, jewelry making and other crafts at several venues in the area, including the Baird Center in South Orange, the Museum of Early Trades and Crafts in Madison, the Newark Museum and the Union County Teen Festival in Cranford and opens her home and studio for the South Orange and Maplewood Artists Studio Tour. Ms. Willner continues to participate in local art shows and exhibits, including "The Glove Project" that raised money for medical research and "Brava!" that raised money for breast cancer research and treatment. "Every day is a holiday for me," Willner said. "I still walk up stairs to my third floor studio every day to work on my art," she added.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Food to go with the kitchen
We got back from Ohio and found some food from the Davis'! Here are some pictures of her playing with the kitchen/food this morning. She has figured out a way to utilize the microwave! I heard her in there moving furniture. I came in and she was up on her Millie stool. Smart little girl!
Monday, May 10, 2010
Airplane (2 videos)
Here are a couple videos from the plane ride. Miss "No Nap Millie" actually did have a good flight home on Sunday. For just a small minute, we thought she was going to sleep on the plane. She was just fooling us. Sorry for the shaky video. Millie stole the camera and attempted to take some video herself.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Mother's Day
I couldn't think of a better way to spend Mother's Day than with my own Momma! We had a great lunch and some fun picture time. My mom made me a pot to put my cooking salt in. She made my sister a pot for her kitchen. I got some giant strawberry's from Millie. Kari got an orange ipod from Courtney and Chloe. We got my mom got a gift card for flowers for her beautiful backyard. She also got a "little" for gift for Mom/Dad's trip to Europe in 2011!
It is strange and sometimes I have to remind myself that I too am a mom! Of not one but almost two! Should we say 1.5? Terry got Millie and I some great matching pajamas. 
I am very grateful and honored to have so many fabulous mothers and women in my life. They are a great inspiration to me. If you all only knew how much I talked to my mom, you would be surprise and probably annoyed! I wouldn't be the same person without her in my life!
To see the rest of the mother's day photos, click here. The pictures are under my parents account so you have to be their Flickr "friend" to see them.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Heading to A Ha! (1 video)
AHA! stands for "A Hands-On Adventure", it's a children's museum in Lancaster. Here is Courtney leading Millie into the museum. Millie had a great time! Pictures are coming soon!
Farmers Market Baskets
Here is the program that I have started at CNN. It has been a great sucess so far!
A Kennesaw couple is saving their community money on fresh produce with a unique system that is similar to Community Supported Agriculture but less expensive and with more options.
Kristina and Tom Plauche started Farmer's Market Baskets in their garage but moved into a Cobb County warehouse as their businessbegan to grow.
The Plauche's buy large shipments of produce twice a week at the State Farmer's Market in Forest Park and fill baskets for pickup and delivery to hundreds of area consumers. "We have suppliers down there and we talk to the suppliers the day before to find out what's available, what's fresh, what's good," said Tom Plauche.
Members can pick up a fresh market basket on Thursday at the company's Kennesaw warehouse, and even volunteer to fill baskets to get a discount. The company also delivers to drop-off points around metro Atlanta with a minimum of 10 orders.
Crystal Collins, who authors the Thethriftymama.com blog, recommends the service. "Compared to the store I'm saving $25 to $30 each week,' she said.
Kristina Plauche said most customers will save about 50 percent compared to grocery store prices. "We are a co-op so we are not committed to a specific farm. We can buy from all sorts of different farmers to get the quality and variety for everything to be consistent," she explained. Typical Community Supported Agriculture groups make weekly purchases from just one farm and members receive whatever is available and in season.
The Farmer's Market Basket will feature more goods from local farms later this spring and even from backyard growers. The owners also plan to offer canning classes.
For information on joining, call (404) 433-4056 or go www.farmersmarketbaskets.com
A Kennesaw couple is saving their community money on fresh produce with a unique system that is similar to Community Supported Agriculture but less expensive and with more options.
Kristina and Tom Plauche started Farmer's Market Baskets in their garage but moved into a Cobb County warehouse as their businessbegan to grow.
The Plauche's buy large shipments of produce twice a week at the State Farmer's Market in Forest Park and fill baskets for pickup and delivery to hundreds of area consumers. "We have suppliers down there and we talk to the suppliers the day before to find out what's available, what's fresh, what's good," said Tom Plauche.
Members can pick up a fresh market basket on Thursday at the company's Kennesaw warehouse, and even volunteer to fill baskets to get a discount. The company also delivers to drop-off points around metro Atlanta with a minimum of 10 orders.
Crystal Collins, who authors the Thethriftymama.com blog, recommends the service. "Compared to the store I'm saving $25 to $30 each week,' she said.
Kristina Plauche said most customers will save about 50 percent compared to grocery store prices. "We are a co-op so we are not committed to a specific farm. We can buy from all sorts of different farmers to get the quality and variety for everything to be consistent," she explained. Typical Community Supported Agriculture groups make weekly purchases from just one farm and members receive whatever is available and in season.
The Farmer's Market Basket will feature more goods from local farms later this spring and even from backyard growers. The owners also plan to offer canning classes.
For information on joining, call (404) 433-4056 or go www.farmersmarketbaskets.com
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Ohio bound
How do you keep Millie busy on the airplane? Pizza Crust! Thank goodness we all all three seats for both plane rides to and from Ohio. We left Atlanta around 8:30pm (30 mins past Millie's bedtime). The flight is only an 1:12 so we thought we might get away with it. We knew we were playing with fire. She did okay until right around 9pm when there was a big ole meltdown. We got lots of looks (stares) from other passengers and stewardesses but there wasn't much we could do. Alot of people giving us suggestions and pity looks as everyone deboarded the plane. Had they all forgotten the other 60 mins that she was an angel? 
Despite the meltdown, we knew it was going to be a good trip to Ohio when we left from gate "T2"!!!
Teacher Appreciation Week
Did you appreciate a teacher last week? May 3-7 was National Teacher Appreciation Week. As a daughter of two teachers, I know how much teachers need to be thanked every once in awhile for what they do! Millie's teachers were no exception.
On Monday it was "Bring Your Teacher an Apple Day". We got all three ladies different apple-y candles.
On Tuesday they had "Sheltering Arms Café" where the Break Room was set-up with coffee, tea, and pastries.
On Wednesday it was "Stress Free Day" with Atlanta Spine Center. The teachers got free massages and consultation.
On Thursday it was "Thank You Thursday". Millie made each teacher a card (see picture).
On Friday there was a Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. We got each teacher a gift card to Cold Stone Creamery for an ice cream treat!
On Monday it was "Bring Your Teacher an Apple Day". We got all three ladies different apple-y candles.
On Tuesday they had "Sheltering Arms Café" where the Break Room was set-up with coffee, tea, and pastries.
On Wednesday it was "Stress Free Day" with Atlanta Spine Center. The teachers got free massages and consultation.
On Thursday it was "Thank You Thursday". Millie made each teacher a card (see picture).
On Friday there was a Teacher Appreciation Luncheon. We got each teacher a gift card to Cold Stone Creamery for an ice cream treat!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Pee Pee on the Potty!
Last Thursday we learned that Millie peed on the potty once at school. It was a quick pee but everyone celebrated and it was a very exciting day.
I picked Millie up on Tuesday and she had peed on the potty TWICE at school! Very very exciting! Everyone made a big deal about it and we all cheered and talked about it all night. So, thanks to my friend Katie, we are going with the pantless potty training when at home. It didn't work over the weekend but that was the first time we had given it a try. So last night, after we came home from school, it was pants off time! She told me she had to peed like 4 times but never actually went. But at least she is trying! So that explains why she is pantless in this video. That and the fact that she is Mat's daughter. I think we all know that Mat is pantless (boxers on) as SOON as he walks in the door.
I picked Millie up on Tuesday and she had peed on the potty TWICE at school! Very very exciting! Everyone made a big deal about it and we all cheered and talked about it all night. So, thanks to my friend Katie, we are going with the pantless potty training when at home. It didn't work over the weekend but that was the first time we had given it a try. So last night, after we came home from school, it was pants off time! She told me she had to peed like 4 times but never actually went. But at least she is trying! So that explains why she is pantless in this video. That and the fact that she is Mat's daughter. I think we all know that Mat is pantless (boxers on) as SOON as he walks in the door.
It's a Chloe thing...
Chloe started a tradition with my folks and it kinda spread like wildfire. Pancakes of varying colors. So before we left for Ohio, I was trying not to buy many groceries so we had an empty fridge. I decided to have Breakfast for Dinner which is a Dave Davis specialty. Mat was working so it was a girls dinner. Pink chocolate pancakes were on the menu! She enjoyed them! To see the rest of the pictures, click here.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Watching TV
Up until now, Millie hasn't watch much TV. Initially we didn't want her to watch TV but after awhile we learned that she actually wasn't to into watching at all. Sometimes we would flip the TV on during the weekends but honestly, during the week, there is no time to even turn the TV on. Recently (within the past 2 weeks), she has been grabbing the remote and saying "Play!". We ask her what she wants to watch and she says "Sesame!". It's the only thing she has ever watched so we are not surprised.
So after work on Monday, we came home. I was exhausted (maybe cause I am 32 weeks pregnant) and Millie was tired too. So we colored and watched Sesame.
The coloring video is really interesting. Look at how she grabs a certain crayon and just makes a little doodle and puts the crayon back down. Grabs another and does the same thing. This is much different than she has done in the past with just scribbling long lines. Also very funny that she thought the white crayon was broken!
So after work on Monday, we came home. I was exhausted (maybe cause I am 32 weeks pregnant) and Millie was tired too. So we colored and watched Sesame.
The coloring video is really interesting. Look at how she grabs a certain crayon and just makes a little doodle and puts the crayon back down. Grabs another and does the same thing. This is much different than she has done in the past with just scribbling long lines. Also very funny that she thought the white crayon was broken!
School Videos (3 video)
More school videos. Millie takes my camera at some point...hopefully you don't get seasick!
School Videos (1 video)
They do themes that span a 2 week period at school. Last week was birds and they did all kinds of bird & nest things. It was alot of fun and Millie is "tweet tweet"-ing all the birds she sees. For these next two weeks, the theme is Flowers & Mother Day. I came to pick Millie up yesterday and the teachers were wearing these flower hats and the kids were having a great time. I took some fun videos as we were leaving yesterday. You can tell that all the kids (Millie included) call her "Mia". Christina (or the kids call her "Tina") is in the green shirt. And Bailey (Millie's BFF) is in the white shirt and blue rain boots.
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