Happy Easter and more!

First let me tell you a very funny story that only I could do. Friday I was boiling eggs for us to color and I burnt a dozen. You ask how do you do that? Well, let me tell you. I put them in to boil and walked away to straighten house, write a paper, and take care of the kids. I started smelling something and walked into the kitchen to find no water in pan and eggs with brown spots. Yes you can laugh. I still can't believe I did it. After burning the eggs we went to eat at our friday night spot (O'charleys) then to Helen and Dave's.

Saturday morning we colored eggs with Baby Katherine. She is now 6months old. Nick is her favorite and when he walks into the room she stops whatever she is doing to watch him. She is starting to coo alot too. CAroline spent much time reading to her which she loved.

This sums up the egg coloring. I forgot to take pics of the kids baskets, but they got swimsuits, goggles, sunglasses, flip flops, chalk, and a ring toss game. We went to Helen and Dave's on Sunday and I turned on the battery and it died. So I have no pics of Easter day! I can't believe it.

Saturday night we had family movie night which I also didn't get any pics of. We watched the Bee movie and it is great. We had these treats which were very good. I haven't decided what to watch for the next movie night, but I'll let you know. I will tell you the kids love it. They have a lot of fun with the treats and props.

I was in Dee's on Saturday and they have these that I'm dying for and I want these for Nick and these for Caroline. Then I found these when I went to the website for the above link. Lots to save for.

On to classes. All of them are hard, but for different reasons. In photography it is hard to enlarge the pictures and get them to look right. It is also difficult to take 3 or 4 rolls of film each week. I can tell you that I would never develope my own film. It is too much work and takes too long. Last night was so frustrating. I was trying to enlarge a pic of legos and I couldn't get it right. Tonight I have ethics and what about that isn't hard. This week I had to read 6 stories and write 1page summaries of each. That is not including the other projects we have to do before the end of the 6weeks. It is a good thing I'm not working at school right now. I took me all day yesterday and today to get the papers done. Oh well only 4 more classes. I can do anything 6 times.

Nick has recovered from his surgery and is doing great. He really enjoyed his time at home with me by himself. We really enjoyed each other. He went back to school Monday and was glad to see all of his friends. They all missed him.

Caroline got her dance recital costume yesterday. Are you ready? Sorry I will have to show it to you tomorrow. I don't have time to take the pics before I leave for school. I will tell you it is red. and very cute.

That is all for today.

PS if someone doesn't start leaving me some messages I'm going to quit blogging!!!!!!!!!

Success!

Nick had his surgery yesterday and did awesome. He was a great patient, did well with the anesthesia, and was very brave. He has already regained some hearing. We are so excited. Nick is out of school until next Monday recovering. We are enjoying being home spending time together. He is still having some pain in his ears and throat. The nurse said this is normal and will last a couple more days. He is taking pain meds and ibuprofen.

On to the weekend. We had a great weekend. Friday night the kids had a sleepover with a tent made by the best tent maker ever....mom. They watched Ratatoiulle (or however you spell it) On Saturday morning we ran around town taking pictures for my photography class that started monday. It was a family affair. Caroline had my digital camera, I had my film camera, and John and Nick were along for the ride. Caroline is so into taking pictures. It is kind of funny to listen to her give directions. We got some good pictures and made our first trip to the skate park. Here are the kids at the skate park they skated like they were sledding.

this is Caroline's favorite pic she took. She is kissing the camera. Hillarious.

AFter taking our pictures we headed to Helen and Dave's to spend some quality time. The kids had been wanting to go to their house so they really enjoyed it.

Sunday the girls kept the kids and John and me went to finish my pictures by ourselves. We had a lot of fun walking around downtown looking for great pictures to take. Then we went home to hang out as a family. It was a great weekend.

My classes started on Monday. This 6 weeks I'm going mon, tues, and wed. It is going to be a very busy session. I was very happy to discover the pictures I took turned out. I'm anxious to see them printed, which I will get to do next Monday.

That is all for now I'm going to pick Caroline up from Art club then heading to school tonight. Hope you are all doing well.

*coolDO*

Ok I have no idea what is going on with my 6yo little man, but yesterday we went to get haircuts and he looked at me and said, " Mom I want a cool haircut." This from the boy that hates to get his haircut and always complains and cries about it. He sat down on the bench and looked through a hairstyles book and picked one out.

This is how he came home. A snip and some gel. He loves it and I think it is hillarious. Last night before he would let me wash it he made sure he was going to be able to "fix it " again today bf school.

Caroline also got a new do that she picked out. I love it. It was her decision to go this short. It is so bouncy and curly in the back.

This isn't a great picture but she was busy playing frisbee with Grandma so it's all I got. She looked very cute before school today.

Today, I'm heading down to campus to pick up my financial aid check, then to Chuck Rubins to get a 35mm camera, then to SME for Mrs. Armstrong's class play at 2:00. Then when John gets home we're going to get a treadmill. Then I'm going to chain myself to it until I loose the weight I want. Ha Ha We all know that isn't going to happen. I'm going to try real hard though. Alright I gotta get going. Have a good day!

An *AWESOME* Foot!

Can you believe it???? We have a foot of snow. It has been awesome and my kids love it. We have had so much fun. We played in the yard this morning then went across the street and went sledding down the embankment. Sledding makes you feel so much like a kid. We went to the hill across the street last night after dark and had a blast. There weren't alot of other sledders there. Here are a few pics from our adventures.

I have started this post many times bc it wouldn't let me post pictures. So here is the 14in of snow we got and believe it or not it was gone by Tuesday. It was fun while it was here and nice now that it is gone.

Today I took Nick to the ENT to have his hearing checked. He has 30% hearing loss in both ears. To correct this loss he has to have another set of tubes and his adnoids taken out. We are having this done next Tuesday. Please pray that he has full recovery of the lost hearing. The dr told me today that he hears like he is under water and his brain couldn't process what he was hearing to learn to read. This is hopefully going to fix all the problems he's been having.

Caroline started art club at school today. They learned how to draw several flowers and she was very excited when she got home. After dinner we played outside for awhile. It is so nice out today. Enjoy the pictures of our snow. I will check in again soon.

60 and beautiful!

I hope everyone had as wonderful a day as we did. It is warm and beautiful. There was a blue sky and we were outside all day. The kids loved it.

Of course Nick had to get in some sliding practice today. Check out the knees.

And play in the sand. Which is now good and wet from the bad weather. Caroline played on the swing set and climbed a couple of trees. All of us enjoyed being out.

I am finally feeling much better and hope to stay this way. The kids both have croup but they can go to school with it. CAroline started feeling bad this morning, but after a breathing treatment, and some aspirin she had a good day!

Finally, this is a pic from our last family movie night. Betcha can't guess what we watched???? Spy kids. Get it???? disguises!

That is about all from here. I have finals this week. I have an A in Lit and a B in Algebra. Looking forward to my next set of classes.

Have a good week!

"icky"ness

The ick has invaded again. This time we all got some form of it even John. Caroline another double ear infec, NIck croup, and John and I have the same stuff. Yuck, Yuck, Yuck. I hope it leaves soon!

I'm sitting hear at 2:13am Feb. 28! I'm now 34. I can't get comfortable to get to sleep. But since I can't I thought I would update the blog. My classes are going very good. Next week is the last week. Then I start ethics and photography. JOhn is being very supportive and the kids are more than supportive. They are so cute when I go and come home.

The kids are 6 now (I know you know that) and enjoying every moment. Not a lot changed with this birthday like in the past. Usually there was a sudden change with the turn of another birthday. The new thing are birthday parties. They have been invited to 3 right now. They have lots of friends at school. They get very excited about their friends parties. It is cute.

Ok I'm rambling I'm heading back to bed to try again after more medicine. I hope everyone is doing good. I'll update soon with pictures.

Icy madness

Well we are iced in here in the 'ville. We got out of school today at 11:15. John was home by 1:00 and we all took a nap. How funny is that???? The kids think it was so cool that we got out of school early.

We were off yesterday because the kids were sick again. Nick Pink eye and Caroline another ear infection. Both are on meds and seem to be feeling better.

I had school last night and got my second paper back with an A!!!!! Whoo Hoo! I found out yesterday that I can take photography 1 and 2 and it will count for the 2 art classes I have to take. I'm very pumped about that. If you know me you know I love pics and to take pics. Next 6 weeks I will be going to school mon, tues and wed nights. I have an extra night bc I have to take a university studies class that is only 1 hour so it only meets 3 times. That is my wednesday night class. I think this will beat sunday mornings 8-12.

I'm really enjoying school. It is going fast so far and I can't wait to finish and have a classroom of my own. The kids are being very supportive. Nick asks every time I get home if I got my name moved(disciplined) or if I made new friends. He is so cute and loving.

That is about it from here for now. Here are a couple pics.

Busy*ness!

Well after a week of the flu and a cancelled birthday party....I am better, but both kids are running fevers and very grumpy. Just my luck. We had big plans to visit the Uhls' today, but couldn't take the chance on making them sick again!

Here is the run down of the past week.

I had class on Wednesday night, where I got a B on my first essay! Whoo Hoo! I went back to "school" work on Thursday. I am back to work full time in a kindergarten class next door to the kids. It is very interesting and much different from 1st grade. But I'm enjoying it. It is good to be back to work and with the kids all day.

This weekend was busy with lots of homework (for me) and playing for the kids. We had a small family gathering at our house for the kids birthday. We had to cancel the party we had scheduled last weekend so The Potts' family came over this weekend. Here are the cakes they picked out this year. I made these cakes the weekend before and John wrapped them so I wouldn't have to make them again. Needless to say I wouldn't let anyone eat the cake. The kids had fun blowing the candles out several times and cutting the cake (that no one ate).

With our fevers and grumpyness we headed out today to Build a Bear. Caroline's favorite place in the world. Caroline made the new pink rainbow bunny and Nick made a puppy that barks and wags its tail. They are so cute when they get in that store.

Here they are dressing their new animals. Nick chose a Lville shirt, jeans and a leather jacket. Caroline chose a blue striped shirt, denim skirt and shoes.

I took these pictures to try and show how tall the kids have gotten. I can't believe my babies are 6.
I'm hoping everyone will be well enough to go to school tomorrow. I'm heading off to write another essay on Irish drama and the kids are getting ready for bed. My sickness saved you from my emotional*ness of the kids birthday. They had a great birthday despite me having the flu and are very happy to be 6 now. Caroline told me Friday morning on the way to school that she wasn't going to cry anymore bc she is 6 now. How long do you think that lasted??? Not long.

Alright off to do homework. Hope you are all well!

We're 6!

Ok I'm a little late with this post, but I have been very sick. Saturday was the twins 6th birthday. Happy BIrthday to NIck and CAroline and also a very Happy BIrthday wish to Riley whose birthday is also on the 9th.

The kids were very excited about their birthday this year. They wanted to invite the whole class to a party. So we invited the whole class to a pool party at a local indoor pool. It was a hit! Very successful. Most of these pictures are self explainitory.

Here is the Smartcycle. John and I gave the kids this for their birthday. They love it and have played with it nonstop. It has about 6 games that go with it and it plugs into the tv and they pedal to make it go. So they get a little education, a little exercise, and a little fun all in one.

Ok today we are snowed in. School is closed, Humana is closed and we are chillin' out. The kids are outside playing in the snow while it is raining, John is doing some work , and I am updating the blog and doing some school work. They are loving sledding down the front yard today bc we got ice on top of our 4 in of snow. I got it on video I will post later. Right now I'm Getting ready to go lay down for a while. I got sick saturday night and have been in the bed since sunday morning after school. We had to cancel the kids family bday party bc of the sickness and still haven't rescheduled. I haven't been this sick for a very very long time. I think Melanie gave me the flu through the phone. Ha Ha I'm kidding. But I still haven't made it to the dr. Every time I go to Kroger there is a line a mile long and my dr hasn't had any apts for days. I have been up since about 9:00 and it is 11:00 which is the most in 2 days. I do feel a tinsy bit better today. I have been up for two hours and that is a major accomplishment, but I've run down so I'm headed back to bed.

Today I have to write a 600word essay and read another play. Plus work on my algebra. So I'm hoping for another couple of up hours after laying down.

Can you believe my kids are 6???? Me either. It was fun watching them be so excited this year. They were so funny with all their friends. We had 24 show up for the party. So all their friends were there and they had a blast. It was definitely worth all the work to see their faces and how much they enjoyed themselves. Ok I'm rambling. Have a good day!

The NEW DO

If you know anything about me, you know I have horrible luck getting my haircut. That is why I have held on to Ashleigh the babysitter for so many years. Now she is going to school, working, and has a very very serious boyfriend. Needless to say she doesn't have much time to cut and color my hair. Sooooooo I took the kids up to Supercuts last week to get their haircut and scoped out the girls while I was in there. Wow! The one I picked is good!

Here is the new me!

What do you think? I was a nervous wreck. The funny thing is John can't stand to have to deal with me after a bad haircut so he was a nervous wreck too. He was glad to see how excited I was when I got home. Yes I miss Ashleigh, but she is very busy. So I took a chance. Thank goodness it worked out.

The rest of the weekend was good. We had a small party for the superbowl (yeah Giants). The rest of the weekend the kids played outside. The weather has been wonderful, but today it is raining.

So it is raining, I have a 600word essay due tomorrow and I woke up with a horrible headache. I'm hoping the day gets a little better. Ok I'm off to write about Irish Literature. What fun.

*Survival*

Yes I survived 4 hours of Algebra. It was non-stop and intense, but I made it and held my own. She only gave us 5min breaks per hour. It took 4 hours to go over 5 chapters. Whew this one is going to crazy hard. I will survive!!!!

The rest of the weekend has been great. A fairly quiet weekend at home. Got lots of stuff done on Saturday. Even got a haircut, color and my eyebrows waxed. It was great. Valentine's are almost finished and family birthday invites will go out Monday. Whoo hoo!

Caroline seems to be feeling some better. She did ask if she could stay home from school tomorrow. What do you think the answer was?? Nick has had a very busy weekend building trains, playing army man sand box, and baseball. Nothing is going to slow that boy down.

On the agenda for tomorrow is a nice long walk, a 600 word essay, and 3 more chapters in math. Caroline has dance and I'm keeping Amelia for Lesley in the morning. Should be fun.

My goal for the week is to have a better at home week than I did last week. I've got to get this staying home by myself thing down. I know some of you are sitting out there reading this thinking she is crazy. I would love to have the house all to myself for a day. I bet I can guess who is thinking that. I just don't enjoy it. Too quiet, too slow, too by myself. But after much prayer I'm giving this week another chance and I'm going to make the best of it and learn to like it. You're probably asking why don't you get another job? Well, it is possible that there will be a job available at St. Matthews Elem. in the very near future. So John and I are holding out to see if it is in the plan. Plus, I'm getting into this whole school thing again and thought it would be a good time for an adjustment period.

Ok enough about me. Here are some pics of the kids from last week. I haven't downloaded the ones from this weekend. The first one is of their new haircuts. The kids and Sallie all got cuts in the same day.

This is from a few weeks back, but Caroline is trying to make a snow angel. I think she forgot how to. This pic makes me laugh so hard. She is hillarious.

That is all from here. Hope you have a good week.

The Long (getting used to ) week!

You all know my full time sub job at school ended on Monday when Jordan left. Everyone keeps telling me it will be fine, but I don't like being home alone. I know I should love the quiet and use the time to get tons of stuff done. I wasted the whole week. I didn't even clean the house. I'm getting my act together this weekend though and not going to do that this coming week.

The good stuff. The kids at school had a party for me Tuesday afternoon. They all made me cards and got me this Thank you Angel. I had such a good time visiting with the kids and getting to talk to them. I miss them all like crazy. I get to wave to them and talk to them occasionally in the halls, but nothing like being with them all day in the room. Oh well, I will get used to it. Here is a pic of the cards and angel.

The kids had a good week at school. The big excitement of the week was "Lunch Bunch" on Friday. This is where they get to eat in the room with Ms. Hunt. If you have to move your name for behavior issues you don't get to participate in lunch bunch. Nick and Caroline got to and they were sooooo excited.

I started school on Wednesday night with my Modern Irish Drama class. It was interesting, but will be a lot of work. I will have a 600 word essay due each week. I can handle it though. I have my first algebra class Sunday morning. I'm a little nervous about the math.

Today Caroline had to go back to the dr. She has another ear infection and is having trouble breathing. I couldn't believe it. She woke up at 4:00am wheezing horribly. So she is doing breathing treatments until she gets better.

We are also looking forward to the Superbowl tomorrow. The kids want to decorate for it and make football cookies. So we are making construction paper footballs and sugar cookies with icing. WE also have a family night movie to watch this weekend too. Busy, busy!

I think that is all for now. Have a good weekend. I will post more pics after our decorating.