The Berg Blog ~ Way - To

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

A Day In The Life of The Berg's

A summary of my evening:

7:45 pm enter driveway - oops - wait........ stop short of driveway, realize that the drift is a high as my door, backup, give er' all you got......made it.

7:50 pm park in garage - shovel snow away from doorway so the door shuts completely

8:00 pm finally got the kids to put their jackets back on - make the trek to the house

8:10 pm get all outdoor clothing off of kids

8:15 pm go to bedroom to change my pants which are soaking wet from walking through the deep snow

8:17 pm walk into kitchen to find the 2 "To Go" boxes of Mexican spread out all over the table, chairs and kitchen floor. Dog's eatin' good now. Rice...Beans...Enchilada's and Chicken Strips.

8:20 pm Whew! Got that mess cleaned up, even off the brand new clothes I just bought as Christmas gifts for Cam

8:21 pm Walk to freezer to pull out pork chops for Cam's supper

8:22 pm walk into kitchen to find the huge glass of chocolate milk spilled all over the counter, stove, down the cupboards and on the floor.....ooh it is seeping under the stove

8:25 pm got the milk cleaned up, take the towels to the wash machine

8:26 pm walk back into the kitchen to find the tub of oatmeal (about 20 cups worth) pulled from the cupboard and all over the newly cleaned kitchen floor

8:30 pm got the oatmeal cleaned up, got the pork chops started on the stove

8:32 pm - DJ is crying - he crapped his pants!

8:35 pm - okay kids, come get in the bath - Peyton says she will take a bath later

8:36 pm - start the bath water, DJ is taking his clothes off

8:37 pm - shut the TV off so Peyton will come take a bath

8:38 pm - notice that DJ has thrown about 20 wash clothes in the tub of water

8:39 pm - put DJ in the bath and then start the process with Peyton

8:50 pm - take kids out of the bath - Peyton won't stopping running naked in circles until I push the red button - okay I pushed the button - No, Mom, that was the green one, push the red one - okay Peyton - I pushed the button - No, Mom that was the yellow one - Sidenote - Dear God help me to read my child's imagination, I can't find the red button. She stops and says "I'm chilly". Well - put some clothes on!

9:00 pm - finish up the pork chops and potatoes, open up some green beans.

9:05 pm - kids are fighting over the bowl of green beans

9:10 pm - Call Cam to see if he is done plowing snow yet - yep - whew he will be home in 10 minutes

I will spare you the next hour and a half.

5:00 am - wake up to go to the bathroom - step in puddle of water, rugs are soaked - Here goes another day in the life of the Berg's.

FYI: These pictures aren't from last night, these are about a week old. They were swimming in the oatmeal that day.

Also - I gave Cam the Mexican scented clothes last night rather than wrapping them for Christmas - gotta find something else for Cam for Christmas.

And people wonder why my house is messy or why I can't get anything done!

Monday, November 29, 2010

November Fun

November Fun Times

Cam and I took Peyton to the Monster Trucks at the Metrodome

Here is what Peyton thought of the show

Plugging her ears for some of the loud ones during freestyle

Dennis Anderson was there, whew, I love Dennis Anderson

Cam's fave truck, since Bigfoot doesn't run this circuit

We went to cut down our tree the Sunday after Thanksgiving

Peyton pulled the cart for the tree until we found the perfect tree

Ooh, here it is. Peyton got down on the ground and looked at the trunk, yep, it is straight.

Give her all you got Cam!

Presto! We have a tree!

We put the tree up and within minutes DJ was pulling the bulbs off of the tree and saying "Ball!" and throwing it. So the decorations were all moved to the 2 foot and above level. Then about 30 minutes later, Peyton was on the couch and just dove into the tree, literally, dove into the tree. She was getting away from the monsters on the couch!

So, my perfect tree now has decorations only on the top half and a big open area where Peyton dove into it.

DJ's first time wearing his snow boots.

Peyton got a little mad at Cam on the way home the other night. She picked up her pretend phone and told Cam he was going to jail.

Peyton: Hello - Police - My Daddy was Naughty - You need to take him to jail

She hung up and told Cam - that's it, your going to jail!

Blue Thunder getting some nice air time.

Nice Save for Avenger!

Nice Save for Dennis Anderson in Grave Digger!

Wow, in two days, it will be December.

I have all my shopping done for the two families we are sponsoring in Wanamingo this year.

I have most of my shopping done for the family too.

What is wrong with me?

Looking forward to enjoying the Christmas Season.

Fa La La La La!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Happy Halloween

Halloween Week

Peyton dug right in this year.

Her comment: Ooooohh Gooey, pick out the seeds so we can hatch them.

Yes, she sat on them and tried to hatch them.

DJ didn't think much of the mess.

His comment: NO and pointed with the intent of "You do it"

Peyton offered some assistance to DJ. She told him he has to practice.

Okay, he tried it.

He was much happier riding Peyton's tractor around while she was busy with the pumpkins.

She carved, she painted, we cleaned them off and she re-painted.

DJ had more fun playing, no interest in painting, unless I was going to let him taste it.

The trick or treaters at the MN Zoo.

The HallZOOWeen members event was fun for the kids.

We all dressed up, the kids got lots of toys and treats.

There is a Cameron, In Wisconsin, Driving a Ford, Expedition

Yes, this was going down the road, those people had no clue we were taking pictures.

A stop at Peyton's fave park.

"The Red Park"

DJ wasn't too sure about the slides, he'd rather climb.

Cam and the squirrel became friends at The Red Park

Kind of a cool picture.

A day of relaxation and site seeing wouldn't be complete without checking out some form of Ford to make his next project.

The Farmer

The Chicken

The Cowboy Girl

The Cow

Happy Halloween

Sidebar:

Grandma Lois wore a crown and had a magic wand on Halloween.

The wand made Peyton and DJ's treat magically appear behind the pilgrims.

Peyton is so lucky! She got to bring the magic wand home!

~ Two days later ~

Standing at the stove, making supper

Peyton, almost in tears

Crown on

Wand in hand

"Ma Ma, it doesn't work.....it's not bringing me new toys!"

Me: What?

Peyton: See, watch (she closes her eyes and points the wand at a pile of old toys that were intended to be traded for new toys) she says "Abba Cadabba Ra"

"See Ma Ma, it doesn't work"

Now she is in tears.

Me: Here, call your Grandma, handing her the phone.

Grandma laughed, so hard I think she cried too.

~ A week later~

Grandma stops at the house.

Peyton hands Grandma the wand and says:
"It doesn't work"

(FYI: Christmas is 6 weeks away)