Quick! Go here!

You don’t have long, and I need to give it to somebody!

Every Saturday, Primo and I head off to the university in the morning for his Kindermusik class.

(Side note: Totally not worth the money. Have I told you that before? We paid $220 for pretty much exactly the same thing that we get for free at Rhyme Time every week…)

After his class, we check out the huge climbing wall (“fish tank”) to see if we can see anyone climbing, and head to Tim Hortons for a snack. We call it our weekly “coffee date,” though neither of us has coffee.

Because Tim Hortons coffee tastes like something that used to be real coffee but then someone peed in it.

Primo gets a 12 grain bagel, toasted with nothing on it, EVERY week. And EVERY week they put something on it and have to make it again. They can’t seem to grasp the concept of a 2 year old wanting something plain. They do the same thing almost every time at the Tim Hortons in our neighbourhood too. And when I bitched told one of my friends about it this morning, she told me that the one across town did the same thing to her last weekend.

All I can surmise is that, in order to be employed at a Tim Hortons, you must pass a Moron Test to a certain low standard.

I’m going to start driving to Starbucks, where at least I can have a damn coffee.

I believe I mentioned that Bella took her first steps on Christmas day at my Mom’s place. Since then, she hasn’t stopped moving! She’s gone from tentative walking and falling over and then crawling to a stationary object to get back up to walking at a pace that is approaching a run and now if she happens to take a tumble she’s up before we figure out how she fell. It’s insane how fast they learn! She still enjoys crawling occasionally, but it’s getting less and less and is primarily when I’m chasing her or she’s chasing a ball or toy.

She got so many new toys for Christmas (and at the post-Christmas sales – ahem) and then for her birthday that our living room is positively busting at the seams. We chose not to have a playroom and allow the kids to play through the entire house so it’s easy for things to get carried away. If we’re not careful it looks like Toys R Us puked in our living room. For that reason, I purge toys frequently and either donate or sell them. We got a few things that will never be purges because of their lasting potential through the ages. Most of those toys are either of the building or musical type, but there are exceptions like the Parents Busy Zoo that she got from my Mom for her birthday. Every kid that walks in the house goes straight for it, from 6 months to 6 years.

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We love to have parties, though they’ve certainly tamed a lot in the last few years. When my husband has friends over for sporting events, I love making a ton of food – always more than they can eat – and it gives me a good reason to clean the house too!

Super Bowl XLIII is coming and, as with it comes Super Bowl parties! They’re one of the biggest events of the year in many homes and they’re more than just the gathering of football lovers that they were in the past. Now they’re a time to critique & enjoy the (American, when possible) ads, eat party snacks and hang with good friends.

If you’re planning a Super Bowl party this year, have I got a treat for you! I’ve got an Ultimate Super Bowl Party Pack from Pepsi to give away to one MMTaM reader!

The party pack the winner will receive includes:
• 1 football
• 1 beverage pail
• 1 snack helmet
• 2 key chains
• 2 hats
• 2 t-shirts
• 5 Pepsi 24 pack coupons
• 5 Frito Lay coupons

and it’s valued at valued at $250!

To enter, email muchmorethanamom at gmail dot com (email entries are way easier for me to manage and remember to draw at this site, for some reason) with SUPER BOWL in the subject line before noon mst on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The winner will be notified later that afternoon and the prize pack mailed out to arrive in time for the big day!