New Shoes

Another typical weekend at the Gonzales household - actually not really. I was sick all week with Bronchitis and have been put on the bench for any activity to let my lungs rest. I'm done with my medicine as of today - but I still randomly cough now and then. I felt better Saturday - but whenever I tried to do something - oh like lean over and pick up toys - I was reminded that I was sick and should actually be lazy and sit on the couch. I finally felt normal on Sunday and decided to go on a shopping trip with Heidi - we will get to that in a moment.

First - woke up to Heidi Saturday morning - just playing Trivial Pursuit by herself - you know - something typical for a 3 year old. I'm not sure if she won or not - but at least she is getting a head start...



Heidi busy coloring with my office highlighters - no wonder I can never find one when I need it.

On to the shopping trip. We needed to run to Target and then the grocery store - for people who shop at Target - you will understand - I went in there for 5 things - FIVE things and an hour later spent over $130. Target is the black hole for shopping - yes - everything I bought was needed - well - maybe an asterisk on that - I did buy Heidi 3 new pairs of shoes and two new videos - was that really needed...hmmm.... So Heidi and I were wandering through the store and we passed by the shoes for her. I have been on the hunt for some boots or something for her that she can wear with her Husker dress this fall. Heidi lit up when she saw the shoes and the trying every pair on started...

First - we saw her pink cowboy boots from last year - but they didn't have her size - but she decided she like these purple suede ones instead. Then she saw the sparkle red Dorthy from Wizard of OZ shoes - which Heidi herself said would be perfect for her Husker dress and then we happen to fall upon discounted flip flops - which she doesn't have any that fit and need some for the neighborhood pool. There you go - 3 pairs of shoes.

I told Heidi to pose next to her new shoes - this is what I got...I don't get it...

She was more than willing to try on each pair of new shoes and pose for the camera. First - her new boots.

Side note - I got a little fancy with her braid on Sunday - we call this her princess tangled hair...

Now to the flip flops... she did all the posing...

Is Heidi Planking?

And lastly - her new Husker shoes...

Heidi is a goofball to say the least. Heidi playing on the couch and maybe Daddy was tickling too. :)

So - Heidi is happy-go-lucky - overall a very good child about 99.9% of the time - give or take a few points... Wanna see her mad? This was this morning (she dressed herself by the way) after I told her no - she can't have M&Ms for breakfast... Teenage years should be fun.

What happens when a 3 year old has free-for-all Sunday afternoon and two parents are too tired to pick anything up? Well - you get a family room that looks like this... yikes. Looks like we will be playing the pick up game tonight.

The 5 Second Photo Shoot

Sunday night - 8pm and oh poo - I haven't taken a single picture this weekend. It's not like we didn't do anything - Friday was out with Chris' coworkers which was a blast, Saturday running around and being home, Sunday the zoo and yet - here we are - almost bedtime and no pictures... So - I introduce the 5 second photo shoot.

First - you will notice the ever creepy painting of a clown in the background of this next picture. This painting was given to my mom as a baby gift for Matt, my brother - I think. So my mom proceeded to decorate his room with clowns and circus type items - up through high school - I can't make this stuff up. I think this has to explain a lot why Matt is the way he is. Could you imagine going to sleep every night with this picture starring at you? yikes. Why do I have it - well you don't just get rid of a gem like that - I found out my boss doesn't quite care for clowns - so I add fuel to the fire and make sure its in the background if we need to video chat. :)



Next - have I mentioned Heidi doesn't like pants? She is like an 50 year old man coming home from work and immediately taking off their pants and sitting on the couch. It doesn't matter if Chris or I ask her - "Heidi - where are your pants?" Her answer: "Are we going somewhere?" Us: "No" Heidi: "Then, I'm okay."

We were waiting to Skype - so I continued with my 5 second photo shoot. Chris has taught Heidi to say: "Stop Paparazzi" when ever I try to take too many pictures of her as well as she knows how the camera works - so this time - I let her take some pictures of me. I know - I know - you have never seen a more beautiful person - but keep in mind - it's after spending a hot and humid day at the zoo - no makeup and grease - you get this super model!

Heidi self portrait.

Onto Skype! Best invention ever - the kids love it - even though a majority of the time is spent making funny faces. Please excuse the messy desk - It was a busy work at week and didn't have time to clean up. Oh and you can't tell too much in the pictures - but I'm pretty sure my dad is channeling Grizzly Adams as a style mentor...Bev is away with her sisters - so it's bachelor time at Grandpa's house...

Also congrats to my dad for winning the Member - Member this year! (That's golf for those who don't know what the hell I'm talking about) Maybe the beard was the secret weapon!

Yet another random post - enjoy!

Stuff

There is no theme to this blog - just random pictures I took and trying to make them fit together... so here we go...

We FINALLY used our neighborhood pool - I know - took until July - but its VERY nice - has a zero entry side - great for young kids - no steps or ladders to mess with. At first Heidi wasn't so sure - she wanted to sit on the pool's edge instead of be in the pool. Second hour - I convinced her to sit in the water towards the end and she eventually kept going deeper and deeper and then was walking around and then LOVED it. She asks to go every day and it helps that it is a block away. Prior to her pool experience - I asked her if she wanted swim lessons in the big pool and she goes "Oh, no thank you mommy, I like little pools". ha. Maybe I should ask her again...

This is Heidi modeling her swimsuit - well if you call this modeling - its more asking her to sit still for two seconds so I can get a shot. BTW - I just love the ruffle butt! Ha!

Moving onto beer - LBC 3 that is - Chris was disappointed that I didn't post an update on his beer. So here I go. LBC 3 - moved into the next step - no idea what it is - I call it that "siphon the beer into another container and leave all the vomit looking crap behind so you don't have chunky beer" stage. I think it has to cook for another 4 weeks before bottling and then who knows. I think his goal is to be able to bring it back when we go to Omaha in August. Lucky people in Omaha - I guess...

Heidi had a sick day last week - just a minor fever - it was gone in less than 24 hours and she was back. Chris stayed home to help wrangle and Heidi thought it was super cool to be home with us. I guess Heidi found her new favorite spot to watch TV.

OCD is back - Heidi has always liked lining things up - or placing things on something and in a row. She was busy playing and we realized she was at it again...this time with my office stationary. Funny.

Heidi was just being Heidi... (she looks tan - huh? Her Mexican is coming out! ) :)

Just when I think Chris is occupied with LBC 3 - he decided - why not start LBC 4 - yep another batch. He said he wanted to make a summer ale or some crap like that. I don't care what it is - it smells awful.

Tool. j/k

Chris taking in the aroma of the beer - I'm serious - it smells like old rotten vomit to me... that must appeal to Chris :)
Brewski watching Chris brew beer. Notice the new collar - for those of you who don't know - yes we got an invisible fence. I'm cruel and mean - but we had to do it. No one has fences around this place and everyone has an invisible fence. So far - I'm not a huge fan - but each day it is getting better. Poor Brew just likes to poop in the neighbor's yard and in the middle of him trying to find a perfect pooping spot - he gets shocked... We had a couple days of him not pooping - but he seemed to figure it out this weekend... I'm hoping it continues to get better and my dogs stop hating me :)

This weekend was a big weekend to us - it was time for the last Harry Potter movie. Since we do not have a babysitter and Chris didn't want to ask a co worker to watch Heidi so he could go see Harry Potter - we each went to the movie separate. Don't worry - I'm not going to spoil anything if you haven't seen it - I just suggest - go see it. It's amazing. Anyways - Heidi and I went shopping to pass the time while Chris was taking his turn at the movies. Went into H&M - which is turning out to be one of my favorite stores - stylish and inexpensive AND they have kids clothes now. What did I come across - why not a jersey knit sparkly Minnie Mouse dress - why yes - and how about fun Minnie Mouse leggings - why not? I think I just found Heidi's outfit to travel to Disney World. I'm usually not one to buy clothes with huge characters on them - but I thought this one was done nicely. Let's see - I think the count down is 87 days until Disney World??? We're getting excited!!!

I told you if would be a random post... :)