The Christensen's: Best Neighbors EVER!!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Best Neighbors EVER!!

When Paul and I moved back from Omaha I was sure I would never find a neighborhood like Village Green. We moved in with his parents and Elaine and I started the hunt for a new home. When I found this place in Saratoga Springs I fell in love IMMEDIATELY. I loved everything about it. I had a list of criteria that had to be met and this home had it all. I was obsessed with buying it. We made an offer and things seemed to be working out, until the deal went bad. Paul had thrown in the towel and basically told me to find another home, but I would not let it go. I finally decided I had to get what I wanted no matter what. So, I made an appointment with the President of DR Horton to discuss our offer. After a few tears and some serious pleading by me, he finally relented and the house was ours. I didn't know at the time why I felt so strongly about moving into this home, I thought it had something to do with the HUGE bathtub. Now I know it had everything to do with my wonderful neighbors. Tate loves all the kids here and they are so great to him. We always get together for BBQ's during the summer and everyday we sit outside and watch the kids play together. I am very lucky to have such wonderful friends and I can't imagine living anywhere else.

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Stephers said...: So cute. I totally agree about having wonderful neighbors! Tate is just so darn cute, love that he plays with all the big kids :); April 26, 2010 at 4:54 PM

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From the Mouth of Tate

To Paul "your my best friend, dad". (Paul got teary)

eating icecream and seeing it was melted said, "look mom chocolate juice."

Fell down on our friends grass, rubbed it and said, "This is great grass."

eyeing Gwen he says to me, "Tate take her head off?" not sure if he has grasped the concept she is real or not.

when I change his diaper he always asks for "feel better" (diaper cream)

He also lets me know when he wants changed by saying, "I wanna nice clean diaper."

Found a rock in the grass and threw it back into the rock landscaping and said, "he wanted to go home to his mommy."

me: "Tate, do you want to try and go potty on the toilet?

Tate: "NO WAY MOM, toilet is all gone."

Struggling and grunting in the backseat he finally says, "mom I can't do it... I can't grow bigger."

Tate: "mom come here."

me: "I have to feed Gwen first."

Tate: "no mom, pump."

We went through the Del Taco drive through, and Tate said, "Mom, is this a new McDonalds?" I think we need to cut back on the McDonalds.

me: "Tate, do you want to go watch the Flash Basketball players tonight?"

Tate: "No mom, we watch the Aggie guys."

Tate looked down at his diaper and then looked up at me and said, "I just pee peed on Elmo." (there are pictures of Sesame Street characters on his diapers)

Tate: "Mom, I'm the man"

me: "Tate we need to whisper"

Tate: (yelling) "No we're not whispering, we're YELLING."

Elaine: "Tate, are you going poop?"

Tate: "Yes"

Elaine: "Can you hold it?"

Tate: "In my hand?"

Tate: "Mom, go down the slide."

Me: "I'm too big."

Tate: "Well, grow down."

I was talking on the phone with my mom while Tate was in the bathtub and he said, "mom, put the phone in the water and grandma will get wet."

sitting on the potty, he went pee pee then said, "3 times!! I can't believe it." We have been potty training, and he was apparently counting how many times he had gone that day, and was pretty impressed with himself.

I went and sat down on the couch and Tate said,"Mom!!! Don't sit on the guys, they are watching me play football." Apparently he had some imaginary fans watching him as he kicked his football.

me: Tate, come eat your oatmeal.

Tate: I can't, I'm being sick right now.

I was walking down the stairs and I head Tate saying, "...and don't come of that stair until you stop crying." as I walked down the stairs he told me not to step on the (imaginary) kid that was in time out. I asked why he was in time out and Tate said, "because he put a coin in baby Gwen's mouth." YIKES

Tate (sitting on the potty): Mom, come look I did a big snake poo.

Tate (4) we had a little earthquake and he asked paul what it was. Paul said it was and earthquake, and Tate replied, "like when another planet runs into earth, that would be an earthquake.