Tuesday, February 17, 2009


I needed to make cookies to take to some friends so I decided to let Jack help me. When we do things like this I am quickly reminded how big he is getting and what a great helper he is. We started by getting all of the ingredients out, he carefully would climb up and down from his stool and put them on the counter. I would scoop and he would pour and count. After we got all of the ingredients measured he put everything back in the cabinet for me and then I let him turn the blender on and off as we mixed the ingredients. While the cookies were baking I unloaded the dishwasher and he put a way the spoons and the Tupperware. Finally, as I was getting ready to put him down for his nap I stopped by the coffee table to put away some of the laundry that went in his room and noticed that he had already come and put away all of it except for one small pile. When I got to his rooms I checked the drawers and it was all in the right place, not perfectly folded, but what can I expect from a 2 ½ year old.

Wow, daily I am reminded how fast he is growing up and how I need to cherish each moment as they swiftly go by.

Friday, February 13, 2009

There's a Giraffe in the Shower!


Most mornings in the Kreusch household start the same way my sleepy little Jackman wonders into my room, he throws Louie on the bed, and then he crawls into bed. Depending what time this is we lay there and snuggle for a while, then we might sing songs, say bible verses, or go exploring (I keep a little flashlight next to the bed and Jack likes to take it and crawl under all of the covers and see what is in the deep recess of mommy’s bed.) This is might be my favorite time of the day. We get to spend such quality time together without worrying about chores, discipline, or the fact that we need to be somewhere and are once again are running late. I could stay in bed all day with the fun we have. Well today was no exception, Jack came in around 8:15 I was awake (but not out of bed) and talking to Jay on the phone. When I saw Jack come in I was sad for a second because I thought surely he is going to want me to quickly get up and get him breakfast and we are going to miss our playtime. Not only was I wrong but it was our best playtime ever. Jack talked to Jay on the phone a little bit and then we laid down and talked about what we were going to do today. Jack starts throwing Louie out of the bed and saying “poor Louie” and then promptly rescuing him. Well after one of Louie's rescues Jack crawls back into bed and says “mommy see the snake on the ground!” I thought that was odd and figured there must be a string or something so I looked over the side of the bed and Jack says “mommy look at the snake sssssssssssssssss.” I thought this is fun so we laid there and hissed at the snake together for a while. Jack proceeded to tell me all the places in the room the snake was going and then he said “mommy do you see the giraffe?” I was so excited we were absolutely playing make believe. I helped out by saying how tall the giraffe was and asked if Jack thought he might eat our curtains. Then Jack said “he’s eating the curtains, o no he’s eating the clock and the house” (we have large bird house in our bedroom).” After talking about all the things the giraffe was going to eat I asked Jack “where is the giraffe now?” His reply “he’s in the shower…silly giraffe”. We played like this for almost a whole hour. It was so much fun. What an amazing little boy I have who has the imagination to see a giraffe in the shower.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Snarfblack


Snarfblack is Jack's new word. I have determined it is a noun he uses it when he doesn't know what something is or just to be fun. Snarfblack can be silly, sad, and it can even be eaten “I have a snarfblack in my tummy”.

Snarfblack: I feel sure it will make the next edition of Websters dictionary.

Family Update


Ok, here I go, I am going to try to be one of the cool kids and start keeping a blog. The perfectionist in me wants to go back and retro blog Jack's life so I can have a journal of all the fun things that have happened in the last 2 ½ years. However, that is just so overwhelming that I will never get started so I am just going to give a quick update to catch people up if they don't know about my life and then start from today. One final business note is to let everyone know that I am not going to write the next great American novel anytime soon so I am sure that the thought process and the grammar of my blogs will be off from time to time but I figure if your reading this you probably love me or at least care for me and won't judge my thoughts nor my grammar. Ready, Set, Blog...........

My name is Caren Kreusch, formally Council, I have been married to my wonderful husband Jay for 6 ½ years. We met in New Orleans, had our first date on December 30, 1999, and haven't gone a day without talking since that date. We nurtured a long distance relationship for two years and on July 6, 2002 we got married. I still think we had the best wedding that I have ever been too (but I may be biased.) After we were married we moved to Dallas where I discovered that I should have been living in a big city my entire life. In 2003 we bought a house in Frisco which is a northern suburb of Dallas and settled into our lives. In 2006 we were blessed with our first son John Steven Kreusch (in his words “I'm just Jack”). When Jack was born I quit my job as a junior high history teacher and became a stay at home mom. I would have to say with confidence that I couldn't imaging doing anything else. I love hanging out all day with my little Jackman. In May 2008 Jay graduated from SMU with his MBA and we sold our house in the outer most darkness aka Frisco and moved back to Dallas. I love our house, our neighborhood, and the fact that we are only five minutes from Jay's work. It was a great move. In September we found out that we would be having another baby. This was a long awaited blessing and we cannot wait until May when we get to welcome James Bradley into our world.

So now you have been updated on the Kreusch family. See you next time.

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