Preschool

Here is K's preschool classmates....


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BUSY....BUSY.....BUSY

It seems like these last few weeks have been super busy....between D's schedule and my schedule...it feels like we are just passing each other by....one of us walks in the door and the other walks out....crazy. D is finally done with Middle School Track and has started to do projects around the house....He went out this past weekend to buy 5 rather large trees to plant...we are looking forward in having some bigger trees in our backyard. K has been having fun with the little boy next door to us. The two of them LOVE to play outdoors! Between all of his backyard stuff and our backyard stuff (including the trampoline), they have been having a blast! We went to a Memorial Day parade this year and K came home with lots of candy and junk! E had her first lollipop ever...during the parade someone walking in the parade had given E a dum dum and before we knew it, she had the wrapper off and it was in her mouth...needless to say..she was a sticky mess. E also somehow got her hands on some smarties as well...came walking out of K's bedroom with them in her hand...try taking those away from an almost 2 year old...I let her have the 2 that were in her hand but boy can she throw a fit....some other things that we have been up to is trying to get rid of things that are just sitting in our garage and basement. With my brother-in-law moved out (we miss you uncle T), we have taken over the basement. D and I moved our bed downstairs with the kiddos upstairs, and have been trying to purge our collection of stuff....or as D would say..my collection of stuff....it is not fun to look at all your stuff that you have accumulated and realize...what was I thinking when I saved that...D is almost done with school...just about 1 1/2 weeks left and then we will be in full mode of spring cleaning...

Running a 5K

Ok...so last year I ran in this huge 5K race. I decided to do it again this year. I ran really well for not really training. My time was 27:07....over a minute faster than last year! I was 24th out of 384 in my age group bracket....It was fun...but next year if they have the 10K again, I think that I will run that one...so back to running again....My neighbors have been running as well so it has been fun chatting with them about times and such...I will admit that I am fairly slow but getting out to run has been my favorite form of exercise so far....

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there. I had a nice and relaxing time with my girls....we haven't been up to too much...K has her Ballet program next week...pictures to come....and we have been busy with her practices. E has been a happy girl despite her cutting more teeth...she dances hilariously...I'll have to get it on video and post it.....D has been doing middle school track as well...it's almost done....

Mom's Tea

K had a little mom's tea at her preschool with a program and here she is "acting" out the story of "Are you my mother?"...she was so cute! we had a great time.

Backyardigan's LIVE

K and I had a chance to go and see the Backyardigan's LIVE near us. We had a great time...she went with her friend S and her mom.









Here is K and her friend S as they pose for pictures with their treasures.....










Here they are in their seats....





....and here are the Backyardigan's...oh they had a fabulous time...K and S were given a star wand that lights up from S's grandma....and K had to sleep with it that night. She loved to go and see them and promptly asked on the way home from the show if we were going to go the next night....well...she was a little disappointed to find out that she wasn't going to go but was satisfied that she could watch them on tv......

Fun with Grandpa

It was Grandpa's Birthday and we decided to surprise him....here are a few pictures from that wonderful weekend.



Here is K hiding in a box pretending to be a delivery.....shhhh.....









SURPRISE!!!!









The whole family minus Uncle R...we missed you....








Birthday Kisses for Grandpa from E....









All laying with Grandpa enjoying the sun! well almost everyone enjoying it...E doesn't look to happy...she hates to touch the grass...weird...

E's first real words

When we were on our trip to  TX...Dora was playing on the dvd player and you hear dora say "Verde" (green)..then a pause and dora says it again...and during the next pause you hear E say "Verde"...she said it not once but 3 times...oh my bilingual daughter....the other word that she said was when she was with her dad and K at the pizza place...Dave said to K, "say yes, sir daddy sir"...when K didn't say it...E chimed in with "yes sir..dada..sir"  with a big 'ole smile...how crazy is that.....she has said apple, sissy, but mama seems to elude her...with coaching she will say it but not with out...

Life seems hectic at times or do we make it hectic

I think that the term "stay at home" mom doesn't really mean stay at home.  It seems like I am on the run these days.  E is getting more and more expressive...it's crazy how much she loves to laugh at her sister.  K is loving preschool and only has about 4 1/2 weeks left!  Oh what a sad day that will be when she can't go to her school....I am still running and training for a big 5K race that I did last year.  I was training today and went for a run and thought I had measured my loop at 1.1 miles...well...when I ran it..my times was slow...and it felt like I was running my normal pace...I hope I am not getting slower in my "old age"...K likes to tell me how far I should run...usually the answer is 3 miles but recently she said..."7 miles mom....then you can be as fast as dad"...who knows what she meant by that...she loves to tell stories and then at the end..you have no idea what she was talking about....well enough of my rambling...I will add more pictures later.

Spring Break!!!!

We had a lot of fun with Dad being off from school because of spring break! We decided to drive south to Texas to visit a friend of mine as well as D's brother, sister in law and new nephew.....isn't he adorable! We had fun at the Texas relays where D got to see some fantastic runner's as well as elite runner's. I think K's favorite part about the track meet was the pole vaulter's..E seemed to think that it was great to watch the pole vaulter's as well. We had some great hanging out time with B, M and Little H...it was sad to leave them. We really weren't looking forward to the drive home but a few well placed stops helped out. We also had fun on the way to Texas seeing a friend of mine along with her family that had moved to TX this past August. It was really great to catch up with her. Here are some more pictures of our trip.






Go Longhorns!!!!!











Little H and K....isn't he just sooo cute!









D with his girls and his nephew....








I guess the trip wore them out.....they look so much alike here it is unreal....aren't they cute....I just love them when they sleep....so quiet.... :)

Sisters!

Most recent picture of my two favorite girls!

Crazy Wild hair

I don't know if you can see E's hair...she was crawling under the tent made of blankets and came out with her hair sticking up EVERYWHERE! It was quite funny...the more you laughed the more she would move back and forth and make it worse...how silly

Look at Me...I am Walking!!!!!

E has been walking for about a month now and she still walks sometimes with her hands up in the air....that's how we would walk with her when she was first learning....we would hold her hands and she would use us to support her....










...and she is off......

seeing butterflies with some friends

Some friends of ours took K and E to see some butterflies at a local Garden...they had sooo much fun...thank you to the B Family!




Miss P and K and E at FMG looking at the butterflies.....










Grandpa B and K being butterflies!!!!












How cute are we?!

In Memory of Little Grandpa

You will be truly missed...you lived a wonderful life...Your life is celebrated and remembered with all that you did...you accomplished many great things in 95 years! We love you and will miss you greatly.....

Little K-isms

We were in the van coming home and we were listening to our ipod, when the song the littlest bird by the Be Good Tanya's started to play...we heard from K...." My feet are so happy, they need to bounce..." Aunt M, you would be so proud....she also wants to play the violin, so you might get your band yet Aunt M.....

With so much snow that has been here with the cold...we were in the van and K said..." I am so cold my bones are shivering..."

Sparkly Princess Shoes

K has wanted a pair of sparkly princess shoes for the last year...every time we would go and buy shoes, she would run over to the sparkly shoes and say..."mom..these are the best shoes, I think that I need these ones"..so she finally has her sparkly princess shoes.  She wears them all around the house and has even taken them to school for show and tell.

Snow Fort in the front yard

We have had a ton of snow lately and our pile at the end of the driveway got to be really big. So D decided to make a snow fort for katy and this is what the first one looked like....












With a window to look at the mailman when he comes to give us mail.......









...then D got an idea in his head and redid the whole fort...so the door was smaller, there were stairs going up the outside to the top.....








....with a second floor!!!! K just loved her snow fort...needless to say the weather got warmer and it isn't safe to be in or climb on but she had fun while it lasted....Dad had several snow days and she had fun with him at home...

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY to K

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I can't believe that she is 4 already....my how time flies. She is so much fun to be around...the stories that she tells...she definitely knows what she wants...she loves to play games and "be the boss" to her baby dolls. It is fun to hear here read a book to E....oh the joys of K....

Today has been such a special day for her....it started out with a play date with her friend B....then opening presents from Grandpa and Grandma, where she everytime she opened a present she exclaimed "oh...this is what I wanted, Grandpa and Grandma like me"...She also wanted to go out to dinner at her favorite restaurant....O'Charley's....why that is her favorite we aren't quite sure...D thinks it's because when they do daddy/daughter time out, that's where they go.....we had dinner with some family friends...."grandma B" and her daughters P and M....we missed having "grandpa B" there....Thanks to everyone who made this 4 year feel special and loved today...She had an absolute blast....

Daddy/Daughter time at Preschool

Last week K had Father appreciation night at preschool...She was so excited to go...D took her out to dinner first with just the two of them...then went to school where he received a tie that K made..then unknown to me until later, he took her out for ice cream after...she loved spending all that time with her dad by herself...I didn't realize how little time we have with just her alone...she proceed to ask me the next day..."is it mom and me time? Can we go out to eat and then have ice cream?" I don't think she quite understood that this was a one time special thing...oh well...at least she had fun!