Day 4 - January 4, 2012

Christmas break has come and gone, back to the grind!

Algebra is not my strong suit so Jeremy helps him on math-homework nights.

Some nights are harder than others but he is pretty studious for a 10-year-old boy. 

Long day = 2 pictures... Still trying to figure out how to use my camera outside at night, without the flash because it scares away our critters. May have started getting it set to where I want...

Not.Quite.There.

Day 3 - January 3, 2012

Love these little hands

Sadly, it is the last day of Christmas break. Cole and I set up a Pandora Radio account for him to use on the laptop in his room. (We turned off the explicit lyric setting, of course!) He loves music as much as I did at his age and can remember lyrics after hearing a song once or twice on the radio.

It really doesn't get much better than combining radio and computer!



Day 2 - January 2, 2012

Today we took a trip to GF to get a few fun things. It was a bittersweet day for me as we had to get Cole new jeans... from the mens department!!



So my picture is sideways... sometimes they just do what they want!

Day 1 - January 1, 2012

366 Day Challenge

I have decided to play a little game of follow the leader this year with a super fun idea from fellow mom-bloggers. My goal is to get to know my little family better through a year of photographs. We spend so much time running each week, this will should me at least a few seconds per day to take my time with something. From work, to school, and the car to activities we just go, go, go.




Day 1 Photo @ 12:01 NYE 2012



I'm going to take one picture  (maybe two) each day. Knowing my weekly schedule and routine I will realistically be posting every few days, a few days worth of pictures at a time. I have a camera on my phone and usually have my Canon sitting out. I think this challenge me a little more to learn how to use my camera better also. We have a lot of fun stuff going on this year and am so excited for NYE 2012 to look back at what is sure to be an amazing year.

Photo 1 - My favorite boys, Jeremy and Cole a minute or so after watching the ball drop on New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year!

I'm hoping to use my original blog (this one) to do two things for 2011. I'm going to share the fun documentations about my funny, spunky, fast growing son and our family.  And share my progress towards a heathier lifestyle and weight loss (to be shared later).

Today we have a blizzrd going on around us outside so we slept in, Cole until 11:00! Going to have a lazy day watching the Travel Channel, HGTV, Food Network, oh and clean, vaccum, put Christmas decorations away.

I'm not making resolutions this year, just going to each day to enjoy my family each day and take the year as it comes!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My Other Blog is a Green Blog

I started a second blog... since I hardly have enough 'free time' to keep up with my regular-life blog. But it's more fun!

I'll have earth friendly ideas, gardening tips, green advice and environmental news.

Check it out!

http://www.greenshannonmarie.blogspot.com/

It's Not Easy Being Green

Herbs Herbs Herbs

One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.

~ W.E. Johns

Today was a 50 degree day in Bemidji. While shopping with Cole I got the gardening itch...

I decided it was still too early to start my seedlings for the summer but convinced myself it is never to early (or late) to start an herb garden! So while Cole was looking at the flower packets and vegetable packets we'll purchase later in the spring I looked over the herbs.

There were many choices but I decided to stick with herbs I knew I would use:

cilantro, sweet basil, garlic chives and and parsley.

Also, in my random love for cooking I have realized that it would be useful to have fresh herbs and that these would be a great addition to the decoration of my house.

I am getting ansty for spring so my new herb garden adventure will also tide over my need for shoveling the snow away from my garden patch and planting while the ground is still frozen...

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My seeds were nestled in matching baby blue planters with a few rocks and dirt. They are covered for the next few weeks with plastic wrap to speed up the growing process. I do not like the looks of them but the mini-greenhouse-effect will do wonders for their progress!

The only problem I ran into this afternoon after planting was remembering which herb was in which container! I didn't have anything small enough to write on and 'plant' in the dirt with the seeds, so like usual I improvised in my own Shannonesque way...

I did some digging in my craft supplies and to my amazement I found tiny colored pencils which have never been used!! So... each herb has its own little pencil to not only help remember who is who but to become part of their little habitat.

PARSLEY

SWEET BASIL

CILANTRO

I hope my little herbs grow big and healthy in the weeks/months to come.

Cole will be my official water-kid and we'll enjoy watching them sprout!

I just hope I picked herbs that kitty isn't going to want to much on...

Asparagus Night!

For 2010 we made a 'resolution' of sorts. Cole is a picky eater so he gets a sticker on the calendar for each new food he tries. Tonight he tried Green Giant asparagus! I told him it would taste siminlar to green beans just to ease his pain... and he actually liked it! He said it was a combination of green beans and celery. He also wouldn't eat the tips, only the stems. So now we have a new food to add to the menu... "hairy green beans"!

2-10-10

I'm going to start blogging the ridiculously funny and some times absolutely crazy things that come out of Cole's mouth. I think since he turned 9 something went off in his little brain and he has been just randomly goofy lately!

Last night after Cole showered he left me a 'secret message' on the mirror. After I showered I saw: "Hi Mom, Love Cole" and "Happy V-Day".

Today, again after the shower, he came out with my towel on! Cole has a very nice blue towel he received from Grandma and Grandpa Enright that has his name COLE stitched right in... so he should know which one is his. I asked him why he had my towel and not his... he said "Well it doesn't have SHANNON written on it does it?!" This alone made me laugh, not at him though, he thought he made a very good point!

5k

My friend Gina and I at the BSU Alumni 5k

27:07
The race was just shy of a full 5k but I ran at a pace of 8:45 per mile!
It's a personal best and I can't wait to run my next 5k!