Tid Bits

 1. Miss M is quite proud of the fact that she can now climb to the top of the rope at gymnastics.  She learned how to do it without feet and instead grips the rope between her legs in an L position.  We now owe her a trip Ice Skating for this feat.

2. Maddie has made Christmas lists for herself and both brothers.  The top picks for her include "Princess Ipod" (yeah right), Horse Pillow Pal, Makeup and Nailpolish. Robby's top picks are "Action Canyon Thomas Train Set", Skateboard, Diesel 10 train, and a new Mack tow truck. 

3. I just spend one of the best days at the park today with my boys, listening to "Winter Serenade" piano songs on my Ipod, while my boys played in the sand, threw around a beach ball, and Robby rode his bike on the sidewalk surrouding the park = HEAVEN.

4. We are all so happy to officially be done with the yucky Flu bugs at our house :)

5. On Thanksgiving day we all went and saw the new movie "Tangled".  It was super cute and such a fun family experience.  Jesse and I also went and saw the new "Harry Potter" movie last Saturday for date night.  I have to admit, I love the Harry Potter series and have read all the books so it was a fun night, not to mention WONDERFUL to go on a date with my Honey.

6.  I am super excited to be switching to a new shift at work come January.  For the past 20 months I have been working nights as a nurse three days a week from 7pm to 7:30am.  I am beyond excited to be changing and working 1pm to 1:30am instead!!!!

7.  Robby learned how to ride his bike without training wheels.  Unfortunately the training wheels are once again back on his bike.  He has an 18 inch wheeled bike that he just isn't quite tall enough for.  When the training wheels are off he cannot climb on and pedal by himself and he pretty much always crashes when he wants to stop. 

8. I have been working on sight words with Maddie almost every night for school.  When we get to a word she doesn't know I will tell it to her and then use it in a sentence. Such as, "Mean; mommy doesn't like it when the kids are mean". Today for the sight word "follow", Maddie excitedly told me that it was like "I'll follow you until you love me, Pa Pa Paparazzi".  {ie: Lady Gaga}  She literally is in LOVE with several Lady Gaga songs and knows almost all the words.  And yes, her Daddy isn't jumping on the cuteness wagon with this one and thinks it is wrong that our child knows so much about Lady Gaga.  In my defense, the only reason I have any of her songs in my Ipod is for when I run.  Somehow Maddie must have gotten her hands on my Ipod and now has a love affair with her.

Luvs to all!!!