January 13. 2010

New photos........

January 13. 2010

Well its a start of a new year but I thought I would update with a few holiday pictures. All of the kids had such a great time during christmas and their b-days. Tomorrow the girls go for their 3 year old check up. I cant believe they are already 3! I have been so blessed with some of the sweetest kids.

Here are the new photos....

Tis the Season!!

It seems like forever since Ive updated my blog.There just isnt enought hours in the day !! Today is Nicolas' 6th b-day. I cant believe that 6 years ago today my little baby boy was born. Wow..just writing that brings tears to my eyes. He has gotten so big and so smart. He is doing fabulouis in Kindergarten, not one problem at all (even in behavior ...LOL) Also he is a fantastic basketball player. He is by far the best player on the team. last week he scored 10 points when teh final score of the game was just 13-6!
Can you tell that I am a proud momma??? We celebrated his birthday part last weekend. He had a pool party . All of the kids relaly enjoyed swimming. This week I am trying to finish up last minute christams shopping and wrapping and also planning the girls 3rd b-day part... Whew...Last but not least I do want to mention that I am so thankful to be doing all of this stuff. I know it may be overwhelming at times but I have been so blessed I try to remember that daily!!

Just thought I’d give a quick November update. Allison has now had three ear infections (each at the beginning of Sept, Oct and Nov). I am thinking that we are heading down the road of a 2nd set of tubes.
My brother Will is heading to Iraq in just two weeks so that had been weighing heavily on my mind. On a positive note however, my little sister Emily will be finding out the sex of her baby this Friday. That is always exciting!
Oh I also wanted to share some new photos of the 3 kids. My friend Kristey at work took these and did a fantastic job!

October

Well its been awhile since I posted so I thought I’d give a quick update . The kids have been doing great. Knock on wood. I almost hate to mention when everyone is doing well because it always seems like someone gets sick as soon as I say that. Nicolas had his first field trip in last September to Evan’s Orchard. I got to go with him and we had a great time touring the orchard and picking a pumpkin.
The girls are learning more and more at daycare. They both can now singing a bunch of songs and also count to 20. Allison still is mother hen to Megan but most of the time Megan is okay with that. They are the best of friends most of the time. Yesterday in the car ride home I heard Allison ask Megan, “Megan, do you want to play with the strollers with me when we get home?” Megan said yes of course. It was so sweet.
Right now Megan says all of the time “I did that YESTERDAY.” Everything is Yesterday. Allison is always saying right before she is getting ready to get in trouble… “Mommy I am a good listener.”. Very cute. The just grow so fast!
I cant believe they will be 3 in just 2 ½ short months!

Sept 3rd? Already?

Well I can’t believe it is already September. Seems like yesterday it was just warming up for summer and now its getting ready to be fall. Why is it that the older you get the faster time passes? I remember as a kid it seeming like years for Christmas to come. Now its like a blink of an eye and another year has passed. I just wanted to update a bit on the kids. Nicolas is now on his 4th week at school and doing great. He has got a green light (great day) every single day. I probably should knock on wood. I am glad he is doing so well.
The girls are completely potty trained! YEAH! I still put pull ups on them at night even though Allison hasn’t had an accident overnight in probably 3 weeks. Megan still is about 50% wet in the mornings so I think I will get her just a little longer before we tackle the panties at night. I am hoping to be able to do it at the same time. Neither are having any accidents during the day now and are even telling me everytime they need to go.That is a relief for me because at 1st I was taking them like every 45 minutes - 1 hour.
They moved to a new room at daycare . The Green Frogs. This class is for 2 ½ year- 4 year olds. They are learning more and more each day.
Allison told me the other morning that her birthday was in January just out of the blue. I guess they were teaching her that at daycare because I can’ recall telling her that. It’s funny how much little ones can pick up.

1st day of Kindergarten

Nicolas’ 1st day of Kindergarten


Well I guess it was inevitable. The first day of kindergarten finally arrived. I think that I was more anxious than Nicolas. I hoped that I wouldn’t get too emotional as we walked in the school and I surprised myself- I didn’t. Nicolas has a great morning. He woke up all smiles and ready for the day. He ate his Cheerios and was ready for the morning. Derek, Allison and Megan and I dropped him off at 7:20 and he just sat right down and started coloring. “Bye, Mom” he said without any hesitation. Derek and I just kinda looked at each other both thinking that he was way too independent. I am so glad he wasn’t scared or nervous. I now have a kindergartener. Crazy!!!