Are you serious?!

Ok...Uncle T was outside working on a project and K wanted to watch him but the saw was too loud for her. She wanted ear things like Uncle T had but I didn't have any to give her so I had given her one of my hats. Well that wasn't good enough for her so she went and found her hat and once she had the hat on she had to have a scarf to go with it because she said that she was cold.......well it was 90 Degrees out but she was sitting there with her hat and scarf on. She sat there for probably about a half hour...what a silly girl.

My girls hanging out

Isn't she cute?!

K at the zoo looking a little goat. The goats just loved to jump on you.

Our life as it is.

It has been a little bit since I have written and updated you....We seem to be busy but yet I don't know how. D gives me a hard time that when I say that I am a stay at home mom, that it doesn't mean stay at home. I think that I will give you an idea of how we fill our week.

Mondays --- this is the day that we typically go to play group. There are about 10 moms that come on a regular basis. We rotate houses each week. D calls this moms group and it isn't really for the kids to play together. He happened to be home one time when it was at our house and he says...never again...too many kids and chaos. He asked me after it was over...."you do this every week?"...I responded by saying "Yes! isn't it great?!"

Tuesdays --- I have been watching a boy for one of my friends so that she can get some things done that she needs to do for their business as well as for an organization that she has going on. K and C play well together. He just adores her and does everything that she does.

Wednesdays --- I have a Bible study with a group of women from my church. We usually have it during the school year but this years group bonded so much that we have continued through out the summer.

Thursdays --- time to grocery shop or visit some other friends or go to the park or errands

Fridays --- just hang out around the house, do laundry, jump on the trampoline, ride bikes, or draw on the driveway with chalk, or errands that didn't get done.

The weekends seem to fill up with various things..and evenings seem to fill up with track, small group, different other things that seem to occupy our lives. I was just looking at our calendar for the summer and it filled up fast with stuff on the weekends. D is going to be home for the summer and K is looking forward to that. We have a Zoo membership and will be going a lot. We just went for the opening exhibits of the sharks and sting rays. Well...for those of you that wondered what we have been up to that gives you and idea.

I still have been running but not as much but I need to since I will be running another 5K on June 16th. I need to get back in the swing of things but with kids being sick and just being plain tired but I guess I am just making excuses.

5K run pics

I think that this is when I have about a quarter of a mile to go and I am rounding the corner.

I got boxed in at the end...I wanted to go faster but no such luck.

fun pic of some of the ladies that cheered me on my 5 K race

My 5K race!

Well...I had my 5 K race this past weekend...It was a great day to be running...It was in the 50's when we first started...I must say running with over 4,000 people in a race is overwhelming. I had 3 goals.

1. to finish the race
2. to not finish last
3. to finish under 30 minutes

They lined you up according to how fast you think that you can run per mile...I started in the 9-10 minute mile (which would coincide with my 3rd goal). I must say that there were a lot of people that must have thought that they could run that fast. I was trapped during th first mile...when I ran by the mile marker it said 12 minutes...yikes...I tried to run faster but it was hard because you were always dodging people who stopped and started, those that had started out closer to the start and just didn't make it...I must say that I learned a lot from running this...I plan to run this race again next year...I had lots of fun...Yes I made my three goals..My time was 28 minutes and 16 seconds...I think that I could have run faster if I hadn't been boxed in..but I am happy with my time..It has been a long time since I ran a road race...I must say that I will start towards the beginning of the race next year regardless of whether or not I can run that time..then I won't be boxed in...Dave was there to cheer me on..as well as my bible study group...and a few of my other firends that were there watching other people...it was great to hear them cheer me on! I am going to sign up for a few more races this summer...hopefully my time will improve.

On the Move...

What a cutie pie

First Haircut Ever....

Before....

During.....

After......3 inches cut off...she had a blast...she wants to get it cut again.

here's a fun little video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aMlCeSUzg

Go MI

K just loves U of M.....who knew...she just runs around the house saying "Go MI"

pictures

E in bunny ears...the same ones that K had when she was this age...oh the things we do to our children.

The Easter picture of the girls....

what a dancing girl!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAEZbNicViQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LTdjMkkWQM

If you want to check out K showing off check out these web links.

5K run

Well...I ran my first 5K of the season today....It was a windy 26 degree and snowy day....I made it....I came in 3rd place!!!! ok..ok...there were only 3 people that ran. There were some college students that were doing this for a project for their class...they had expected 40-60 people but when the snowy weather hit...well...let's just say the other two people that ran were doing the project for their class..it was a fundraiser for the Lance Armstrong cancer foundation...it's too bad that they didn't get more people...running this race showed me that I am not quite ready for my next 5K in May....better run some more....

Some fun Pictures

Mom and E....hanging out.









Dog Pile Dad

E...trying her best to get away..

E...trying to crawl...almost there.

E is up on her hands and knees just rocking back and forth...she is so close to crawling...my girl is growing up...she loves to roll around on the floor...I am going to have to put the baby gate back up...she does have some chunky thighs...she is looking more and more like Dave.

E...first popsicle

E just loves the popsicles..they are 100% fruit and she has no teeth but she manages to get some good bites in...

Our first boo boo of the summer

Oh so sad looking...It has been in the 70's this week and K has been loving being outside. We set up the trampoline already.

More pictures

K..just loves this hat.....thanks to T from NC
Grandpa and K computering....as K says
Grandma and Grandpa with K, E, and TJ the Bear
what a happy baby...she is so content with everything...such a blessing
K...got a "computer" for her birthday...she just loves 'putering...

Happy Birthday to K

K...turned three the end of Feb...can you believe it? I can't....she had a grand ole time...Grandma and Grandpa came out to celebrate...she had a blast seeing them...she definitely had fun opening gifts...her latest thing is TJ the Bear as well as Dora the Explorer.

Children's Museum

K...getting her teeth "checked" out with a toothbrush camera

K and her friend S...went to the Children's museum...they were having a special exhibit on Dentists and Teeth...K and S had sooo much fun. They also had an exhibit on arthur....enjoy the pictures...

Valentine's Day

K and E had a great time opening a couple of things from Grandma and Grandpa...E..especially wanted to eat it....

Fun Pics of the girls

K just loves chocolate chip cookies.....well actually she loves anything chocolate!!!












K just loves to hold her sister

E...such a joy

K is a big girl

We have had success in getting K to go on the potty....one of her friends (who is potty trained) told K that she was a baby because she was still wearing diapers...needless to say..K decided that she wasn't going to be a baby and started to go on the potty...she is very independent about going except for when dad is home and she wants him to wipe her butt...she is learning so much...we have started to try and teach her how to write her letters. I have a couple of friends who want to do a preschool one day a week with some of the kids...I am also looking into preschools since the promise to K when she became potty trained was that she could go to school.

E...is much more interactive and is such a smiley girl...she is so laid back...she only fusses when she is hungry, tired or needs her diaper changed...she has been sleeping well...

more pics

E...one of our friends daughter














Mr. B (k friend) and K....










E, D, and K.....











what a happy baby!












"peace dude" uncle T taught K that phrase....

Not much going on

We have had a pretty tame January...we've been having fun playing with all of K's new toys. She is having a great time with her Dora the Explorer Talking Doll house. E...is blabbing away right now..it is hilarious. E just loves K....every time that K comes near E gets the biggest smile on her face. Not a whole lot going on in our house....we found out that K and E's uncle T is moving out of our house and to Texas when he is done with school...thanks uncle B and aunt M for "stealing" him away....K is going to be sad when he leaves...guess we will just have to take a trip and visit him.

Christmas morning

E...opening her stocking







K...getting Veggie Tales book sitting on Grandma's quilt that she made.






We had a great Christmas with just D, D, K and E in the morning....then we headed over to A, J, D, and C's house to celebrate Christmas with D's brother's family....K..was excited that "Santa" had visited the house...she left a chocolate chip cookie..when asked if she wanted to leave milk or water for Santa, she promptly told me that Santa only wanted 1 cookie....she had to sing Santa songs for 3 weeks before Christmas...I must say...I am not very good at singing Santa songs...I only knew one and singing that one over and over got tiring. We did go shopping before Christmas and it was fun....K was convinced that her uncle J had to have a jar of pickles...after 2 minutes and a few tears in the grocery aisle...She was ok with not getting the jar of pickles. We also were going to buy her dad his gift and since D didn't need anything we decide to get him underwear....K was so proud to pick them out and she carried them to the check out...upon checking out, we discovered that the underwear was being recalled!!!!! (for what I don't know) K wasn't paying too much attention to checking out until she noticed that the underwear didn't get put in the bag. She told the check out lady that those were her daddy's underwear and that her daddy needed them...when told that we couldn't buy them at the time...she burst into tears and said, "but my daddy needs them"...I told her we could go and buy them somewhere else.....we eventually went to target to a couple of other things with D....so K decided she still needed to get daddy his underwear....we found some and went to check out, so we told dad to not look....we stuck them on the belt and K said REALLY LOUD..."Dad, we got your underwear"...the check out lady tried really hard not to laugh but it was really funny...so much for her keeping it a secret.

1st attempt to make Christmas Cookies

C...wanted to eat them more than he wanted to make them












K....is excited to lick her fingers while she decorates the cookie...bet you would love to eat that one....










S and C making cookies.

A year in review

So...most of you must have received our Christmas picture...that took way too much of my time than I wanted it to. I thought I could save money by printing the addresses on the envelope instead of printing labels....well after I entered in ALL of the addresses (and there were a lot..I know way too many people :))and merged them to print...well...let's just say I went out and bought labels.

We have had a pretty good year....K...has turned 2 and seems to think that the world revolves around her. She does really well with E. K has said some funny stuff...some of which I can't remember. She wants to be such a big girl except for going on the potty...then she says " I'm a baby and I need to go in my diaper"...it will come soon we hope. K...so badly wants to go to school...everyone around her seems to be going to school...so her big incentive to go on the big girl potty is that she will be able to go to preschool. K is such a big helper to me when I am taking care of E...she loves to get stuff for me and help me change E's diaper...the other day...I was trying to get E to roll over but to no avail...I walked out of the room for about 5 seconds and I hear K saying..."mom, mom....I helped E roll over...I helped E roll over!" Sure enough, I walked back into the room and E was on her tummy..K proceeded to show me how she did it...I told her that was a big help but not to do it again without mom or dad around. :)

E...was born in July and has grown like a weed. She came a week and a half early...4 1/2 hours of labor and 3 pushes and she was out....E is such a joy to have around. She is loving her sister. It is great fun to watch them interact together. K...talks to her and E..giggles and smiles.

D...has had a pretty interesting year. After being done with coaching girls XC for the last 4 years...he decided to coach middle school track at the middle school he is teaching at. He also applied to coach boys varsity XC at a neighboring school district. He was hired and had started to coach them during the summer...running with them 2 times a week. K...just loves to watch the boys run...during their summer training we decided to go with D to the park while he had practice. There was a kids play area there and we thought K would love to play on the jungle gym there....well...she wanted to watch the boys run instead of playing...the loop that the boys were running was a mile around....K stood there by the path waiting for the boys to come...she just loves to run. D...may coach girls varsity XC at the same school he is coaching at now....so he would be the coach of boys and girls varsity...that is still in the works...D..did a lot of work around the house. The biggest thing he did was help my brother in law build a swing set/climbing wall/slide for K and E.

I have been keeping busy...I was watching a couple of kids at the beginning of the year and then when I had E they went to daycare. I was sad to see them go. I still go to play group, bible study, small group, and visit with other friends that have kids K and E's age in our neighborhood.

D's brother is still living in our basement/apartment at least until April when he finishes his degree. It will be a sad day when he moves out..K hopes that he will stay a little bit longer but we know he would love to be in an area where he can go hiking and just be outdoors.

Please keep checking out the blog...I keep adding to it over the weeks...some weeks more than others.
Have a blessed holiday.

What fun pics

E...with her friends E and S.











E...just loves her big sister









E...holding her hands

An early Thanksgiving at my parents

K...at G'amma's in the dress up stuff.




We just got back from being at my parents house....K had lots of fun hanging out with G'amma and G'ampa. She did all kinds of things. She went to mom's preschool and church...we also took her to the Children's museum and to see "ittle G'ampa". (my dad's dad). She told me she liked teasing uncle R when we were at the restaurant. E...did really well and actually slept thru the night 4 nights in row and hasn't done that since...guess she liked being at Grandma and Grandpa's. It was nice to see my sister and her son. G slept a lot but K loved to be around G and would tell A when he was crying or when he "needed" something. She just loves babies.

My new nephew

D says that I scared G by taking the picture.










So peaceful

Halloween!

Here are K as a butterfly and E as a giraffe! K had so much fun trick or treating. She would say trick or treat (although dad taught her...trick or treat, smell my feet..give me something good to eat.) and then say thank you....as we would walk away fromt he door she would say...let's go get more candy. She was running from house to house at the beginning and by the end...she was riding in the stroller. The candy is hidden away and hopefully she will forget.

Play Group with Halloween costumes on

Ok...this is my play group....we are missing four of the kids...talk about a big play group!