C, D, and a Silly Bree

I mentioned previously that I have been working with Bree on some letter crafts. We try to do a different letter each week. Now that the weather is getting nice we've slacked quite a bit, but have still managed to do some projects. Recently we did the letters C & D. For C we made chocolate chip cookies, caterpillers, crazy critters, a cherry tree, cotton candy, and a fake cookie.



For D week we did ducks made out of footprints, a dog bag puppet that we made to look like our Moo, daffodils, daisies made from a pop bottle, and a I love Daddy picture. Bree also picked a bunch of dandelions...which she does whether it's D week or not lol.



Bree has been silly yesterday & today, when she is not being super cranky. Last night she told me to open my mouth, so I did. She looked in there and said, "Hmmm Just what I thought, you have a frog in your throat!" What a goof. Today she did that again, so I got out the video camera. She again talked about a frog in my throat, and a donkey in my throat! LOL must be a big throat! The donkey she talks about is the one we told her that took the boobie milk when I was weaning (story is located here) and its also the same one that we told her took our cuddle chair (where we sat to nurse, and cuddle to get to sleep and back to sleep during the night) when we went to Springfield a few weeks ago. LOL don't laugh! Whatever works right? It has helped with the chair gone. Anyways, here are a few videos I took today of Bree being silly. Excuse the mess in the background.

Dr. Aubrey from Renee Kofoid on Vimeo.

Dr. Aubrey part 2 from Renee Kofoid on Vimeo.

In other news, I have a great friend named Kami :) She custom made a purse for me! Kelsey wants one now too. Kami totally made this purse by herself, it is awesome. She made a keychain to match too. It came today and I was soooo very excited. Thanks Kami! You should check out the stuff Kami makes on Etsy, cool stuff, she is very talented!

That's all I have for tonight, thanks for stopping by, have a great night/day, whatever it is when you read this :) Toodles!

Today's QOTD (Question of the Day) for you to answer in the comments area is: Do you have painted toenails right now? If so, what color? (mine are alternating bright pink & green, because I'm cool like that LOL)

5 Question Friday, and some GOOD news

Its that time again. Time for me to participate in Mama M.'s 5 Question Friday blog hop. So, relax, put your feet up, grab a drink and a snack, and read on my friends...

1. Do you sing karaoke? If so, what is your go to song?


2. What is your favorite coffee drink?


3. If you could choose your own name, what would it be?


4. Were you ever bullied?


5. How often do you eat fast food?

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My answers to these lovely questions are as followed...

1. NO. Never have. Never will. Be thankful :)

2. I'm not a huge coffee drink fan. Mainly because I'm a wuss and I like SWEET stuff, not strong bitter stuff...which is what you usually get from coffee places.

I do have 1-2 cups of Joe in the mornings when I first get up, but they are loaded..(don't laugh, don't gag LOL)...with 3 tsp of sugar, and 2 tsp of powdered flavored creamer...usually hazelnut or french vanilla.

Occasionally, I'll get a caramel latte with cream & sugar from the Dunkin' Donuts at Walmart. There is one girl there that makes them nice and sweet, if I see her working I ask for her to make my drink :)

3. I have no idea. Renee is OK with me. Its not overly popular, nor is it to off the wall...its just right.

When I was young I hated my middle name though. Everyone pronounced it DANIEL instead of DANIELLE, and that made me so mad, because by golly was was a girl, not a dude!! When I graduated high school, the VP (Ms. Jandris) called me up to get my diploma as Renee DANIEL...I was pissed and embarrassed.

I have become friends with my middle name now, and I even like it. I like it so much now, that I passed it on to Aubrey, it is her middle name too.

4. Yes I was bullied a few times (and had a stalker, does that count too? Maybe the stalker issue could be addressed in a different 5QF). I don't remember all the details of my bully issues, because I'm old and my memory sucks...plus I try to block out yucky stuff. I do remember the one, a dude at my bus stop. I think I was a freshman at the time. This dickhead dude used to harass me daily. I got so bothered by it that I even walked to a far away bus stop most of the time just to avoid him. One day, my older brother (who had graduated already) went to the bus stop with me and told this dink in a not so nice way to leave me alone, OR ELSE. Problem solved :)

5. Hahaha! I think you can tell by my fat ass photos that I'm a fast food lover. I would eat it at every meal if I could afford it. I'd also weigh a gazillion and 500 lbs, instead of just the gazillion I weigh presently. So yeah, I get fast food, way to often. Bad me. Why does everything bad have to taste so good? Evil. EVIL I TELL YOU!

I hope you enjoyed 5 Question Friday. Please join in, leave your answers in the comments, or blog it and link it over at Mama M.'s.
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Now, the GOOD NEWS. Aubrey did something today that she has NEVER done before. AND, she did it twice! She went to her room, laid in her Dora bed, and fell asleep!! TWICE! This has never happened before. She normally wants to be held, rocked and or cuddled till she falls asleep. Occasionally she'll lay on the couch or floor and fall asleep watching her shows, but she has never in her life went to her bed and fallen asleep. EVER. I was over joyed. I praised her big time, and told her how awesome it was that she did that. I asked her if she'd do it tonight at bedtime, she says she will...I'll believe it when I see it. :) Please cross your fingers. Night times would be much more enjoyable if she'd learn to do this every night.

Today for breakfast we had colored pancakes. Bree picked the colors yellow, green and pink. I made Bisquick's pancakes, and jazzed it up by adding some sugar, vanilla, butter flavoring, cinnamon and banana mashed up. They are yummy. See how pretty...




Today has been a day of going here and there. Took the girls to school, came home, went to Fashion Bug, then to Walmart, then home. Then to get the girls at school, then home. Then to drop the girls off at their dads/Bria's, then home. Now I'm home to stay for the night and in my comfy clothes, whew!

Tomorrow we are going to visit Gram. Bree will play, and I'll help mom with stuff she needs done. Then it will be home for Bree to play play doh with daddy :) Sunday is Kelsey's 16Th birthday. Scary. God help me. LOL.

Here is a picture, hopefully it will make you smile. Bree told me to "Clap Mommy, I'm getting married!"...


That's all for now. Toodles!

Sparky I miss you

I didn't get to post yesterday. Things got crazy once school got out and there was no time, when there was time, I was to tired!

Yesterday after school and after Bill got off work, we went out to Yorkville to pick up my van that was done being repaired. I had to say good-bye to the 2010 Silver van that I nicknamed Sparky, and I picked up Moana....Good OLD Moana...she still moans, to bad they couldn't fix that...Unfortunately she moans for other reasons, things not caused by the accident. Moana looks good after her little repair surgery...she's no Sparky, but she'll do, she gets me here and there, although very vocally.

After picking up the van, we went to Petsmart, so Jilly & Kelsey could see where Zach works. Bree loves going there and seeing the animals. While there, there was a cat getting shaved in the grooming area, poor cat! He/she is going to be cold!

Next stop was dinner. We decided to do Kelsey's birthday dinner out early since the weekend is going to be busy. We have a tradition of a birthday dinner out at a restaurant (my fave tradition lol). We took her to Santa Fe, one of her favorite places. Unfortunatly serviced sucked. The old lady that was going to seat us wanted to put us right by the front door. Umm no thanks lady. To cold! I asked to sit in a different location. Then she sat us without menus... It just wasn't their best service...we used to go there often and it was never that bad. Bree enjoyed eating out, although she didn't eat a whole lot. She mostly looked around and talked talked talked.

Finally, next stop was home. It was nearly 8:00 I think by the time we got here. Bree was wound for sound, and didn't go to bed till 10:00. By then I said screw posting, I'm going to bed.

So far today has been spent playing with Bree, hanging out in her bed that she has named her "Dora bed", having a picnic lunch out in the living room on a blanket, and cuddling. Bill got home early again and he has taken a turn in the Dora bed too, and playing playdoh and other things. Bree is napping, a late nap, not a good thing, I should go wake her up soon...and pray she isn't the exorcist when I do. She can be in quite the mood when woken up before she's ready.

Bree has said some funny things lately. Today she was singing me a song from the show Little Bear. She told me to "wiggle my NIPS" HAHAHA. Sorry Bree, I don't know how to do that! I think she really meant to say HIPS. I hope so anyways... Last week I was eating leftover meatloaf for lunch. When I was done, my plate had ketchup smeared all over it. She asked me, "Mom, did you eat a bloody nose?" LOL. Also, Bree seems to love to be the star of the show. She had daddy in her room the other night laying on her Dora bed, watching her dance. She had put on a tutu and was playing music from a book and from one of her ride on toys, then she'd dance around for him. She would also demand that he clap his hands, and say "Bravo" such a silly girl. I'll include the video of that for you, well one of them anyways...Excuse her messy room. It was clean, before she & daddy started playing in there.

Aubrey dancing for Daddy from Renee Kofoid on Vimeo.

Thats all for now. Toodles!