The Hub: May 2010

Friday, May 28, 2010

Birthday

On May 22, Jeremy turned the big 3-3

(as Anden calls it! We haven't reached the 30s in his counting repertoire)

And for dessert...

I could just gobble him up in one bite!

Bad Day?

I just now received this email at work and had to share it.

There's 3000 employees at my office.

Hello -

I was just asked by Security to notify everyone that there is a blue Chevy Malibu running in the parking lot. AZ plates XXX-XXX. It’s locked and the keys are in it.

Sincerely,
Site Communication Leader

Wow, and you thought you were having a bad day??! lol

Maybe the guilty suspect can keep their identity anonymous?

Oh wait, every stinking employee received this email!

Boxes

Jeremy's been in California for work all week.

So I've been holding down the fort.

Alone.

Needless to say, I've been busy!

Busy filling the day with activities,

to keep two little kids happy and entertained.

Who knew a trip to Costco would result in so much fun afterwards?

And then the fun moved outside.

Where Anden taught Taylee new yoga poses.

Taylee wasn't as happy when she couldn't master them.

Her momentary frustration turned to delight when Anden got stuck in his box!

Little Sister to the Rescue!

And last but not least. When I was flipping through these pictures last night I noticed something random in the background and died laughing.

The Toybox Guillotine

It's a dangerous place here.

Enter at your own risk.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

It's Getting Hot in Here

I sent the kids out to play.

I think Taylee became a tad hot.

I found her like this.

Relaxing in the dog's water dish.

+1 point for creativity

-1 point for sanitary

We really need to build a pool.

Then it dawned on me that the entire patio and rug were wet.

From that little dish?

I found the offending culprit hiding around the house with the hose still in hand.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Tree Fort

So remember last summer when we built the tree fort up at the cabin??

http://harbeckhub.blogspot.com/2009/06/unpaid-vacation-4.html

http://harbeckhub.blogspot.com/2009/06/unpaid-vacation-5-forest-lakes.html

Well appparently the Heavens didn't approve of the shoddy workmanship.

And crushed it.

Literally.

Somehow only the 1980s baby swing survived.
I would have preferred it been crushed too.

Jeremy's Uncle Tony has superior craftsmanship skills and has openly mocked Jeremy's "attempt" at building a tree fort. (However by our standards, it was superb!) So luckily for us, Uncle Tony was the first spring visitor to the cabin this year. He was beyond thrilled to text Jeremy and report that the extreme levels of winter snow/wind had knocked down an entire tree....which happened to fall RIGHT ON TOP of the tree fort. He kindly and lovingly added that is was "smashed to smithereens". I had to admit, I busted up laughing. And while Jer licked his manly wounds, I secretly asked for some pictures to be sent my way for the blog! :-)

The Gigantic Weapon Mother Nature Invoked

RIP Tree Fort.
The kids sure did have fun the ONE time they used you.

Oh and Finders Keepers.
We're making Uncle Tony rebuild you this time!
He just doesn't know it yet.

Well it's been a crazy couple of weeks.

Beyond anything I could have imagined.

I haven't had the time or energy to blog.

But then I realized blogging makes me smile.

And makes me think I'm kind of funny.

It's my therapy.

So I'll start catching up now.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Working Class

YES!! It's OFFICIAL!!

Jeremy has rejoined the working class!

After a 5 month "vacation",

his first day back in the corporate world is today.

A couple weeks ago when we found out he got the job, we celebrated by going out for sushi. I momentarily forgot where we were and asked for a high chair. The half dressed hostess kindly pointed out that upscale sushi bars don't have high chairs. Before I could reopen my mouth, she continued, "or boosters". What?! Normal people don't bring their kids for sushi?!

We chuckled to ourselves knowing they would quickly regret not having tie down contraptions for bouncing toddlers.

And yes, Jeremy had to go back out to the car to grab any random toys that would temporarily entertain Taylee. I'm sure the upper class Scottsdale businessmen sitting next to us thoroughly enjoyed Taylee's "Potty Book" proudly being displayed.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Parties

Saturday was a day of birthday parties! One of Anden's favorite buddies, Will, turned 4. He had two parties. Anden was still camping so Taylee & I went to the morning one. Then we all went to the night party. They had a blast!