January 2011

 {Miss M jamming on my Ipod before her gymnastics meet}

 {super blurry picture of Abby and Uncle Jerry}

 Some of the fun things we have been up to this month include:

*building forts in my closet with the laundry hampers, some old large picture frames and plenty of blankets

*lazy mornings~ seriously not getting out of bed before 8am, which is heaven :)

*Robby getting a seriously bad haircut by my other half....Jesse was trimming up the hair right by R's ear and ended up practically shaving that portion of his hair, which resulted in having to attempt to even up the rest of the hair..

*Miss M hitting her brother and telling me it was an accident.  As I enquired further she proceeded to say that she "accidentally" hit him on the head when he wouldn't stop taking her make-up.  We then had to sit down and have a discussion on doing something "accidentally on purpose"

*Second half of the school year started.....yeahh!

*I started my new schedule one month ago and am LOVING the fact I can sleep in my own bed every night....even if it isn't until 2:30am

*Robby got a pretty fun "Cars Water Station" that we have been loving playing with.  This has also resulted in plenty of time cleaning up the water all over the kitchen floor as well

*celebrated Aunt Abby's birthday at my inlaws; so crazy to think that Jesse's youngest sibling is now NINETEEN years old.  My kids loved the pinata and all especially all the candy. My fave was Abby's adorable new couch she bought for her room :)

*still sharing one vehicle, but hopefully this will change in the next month

*whirlwind of MBA applications for the Mr and a trip to cold Chicago for an interview....hopefully some great news will come our way in this department over the next few months! 

*most disappointing anniversary thus far in our marriage {not the Mr's fault....I had to work that afternoon/evening and he was busy busy busy turning in an application due the next day}.  We basically didn't see each other at all that day.  We are hoping to go somewhere without kids over the next three or four months to make up for this :)

*Several fun birthday parties for my kids: a fave was our next door neighbor Tyler's that he had at Chuck E Cheese.  My kids LOVED all the fun games to play.

*Running "London's Run" this past Saturday.  I did the 10K in 59 minutes and Jesse ran the half-marathon in 2:09 minutes.  We are pretty sore afterwards but it felt good to get out there and run! My parents were nice enough to come to Schnepf Farms and watch the kids for a few hours.  Robby loved the police helicopter on scene and was even able to climb inside and learn all about the helicopter from one of the nice pilots.  Maddie loved the alligator and iguana that they had for the kids to pet.  We had to practically drag her out of there so other kids could have a turn.  Eli sure loved the balloons they got and is still playing with them around the house. {My next goal is to run a little faster.  I was proud of myself for running the entire time though, and not feeling like I was going to die at any point in the race.  I took it slow from the get go and then actually had enough energy to run faster the last mile and a half}

*"Monster Truck Rally" at US Airways: the Mr took Maddie and Robby to this last Saturday while I was at work.  They had so much fun climbing on big trucks and ATV's and stuffing their faces with lots of junk food.  Robby was so excited that the next morning he climbed in bed with me at 6am to tell me all about it.  He now wants a big ATV of his own....

*Yogi Bear in 3D.  I took all the kids to see Yogi Bear in the theater one night when Jesse was busy with MBA stuff.  We had so much fun on a "kid date night" as Maddie called it.  They were all very well behaved and so afterwards we stopped in at the food court and had some dinner as well. {this is one of the things I am loving about my kids getting a little older: it seems like I can take them more places to do fun things}

*Uncle Jerry came into town (Jesse's uncle), and we were privileged to host a dinner at our house for the family.  It was fun to get all the family together and have some yummy dinner followed by smores cooked over the firepit outside. 

 {Maddie had a big scrape on her face at Chuck E Cheese from a certain accident in the bike trailer a few days before.  Jesse was taking the kids the next street over to a friends house, didn't buckle the kids in and hit a curb, flipping the bike trailer on it's side.  Unfortunately Maddie was on the side that flipped and ended up with some pretty bad road rash.}

....and hopefully this will be followed closely with some more fabulous posts:)