Winter Fun

One of the favorite past times this winter was sledding. Rick took the kiddos sledding down the big hill that is across the street. They had so much fun. Needless to say that when they finally made it back home, hot coco was a necessity.

Holiday Season

Christmas was AWESOME. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents with all of us present and accounted for. It was a great evening.

I finally got my Christmas wish that has been a couple of years in the making. My babies got to wake up Christmas morning with my mom, dad and my sister at our house. I could not have asked for a better gift.

Funny thing is that every gift that Ty opened, he would carry it over to my dad and make papa unwrap the gift entirely before he would even consider opening the next. So having said that, we opened gifts for what seemed like hours. We all made out like bandits.

Fall Festivities

Halloween was an absolute blast this year. Ty really got into the whole thing. We spent a Saturday afternoon with my mom and Becca and some neighborhood friends making Halloweeen Treats. Basically it was one big sugar fest.


















The kids always love carving the pumpkins. The decorations were Ty's favorite part up until the actual Trick or Treating. Em was a Vampire Girl and Ty was Spiderman (no surprise there, since he has been stuck on Spider Bug for a year now).

Ty's Off to Day Care

When Emily started 1st grade I decided that Ty needed to have interaction with kiddos his own age. So I enrolled him in daycare two days a week. He loved every minute of it. But I can honestly say I don't know who loved it more, him or I. I AM so excited to have 2 days a week to myself. I will find tons of things to keep me busy and then there will be days that I do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. And guess what, I'm ok with that. YIPPEE!!!

6 Years Old

It's funny that this time of the year is all about Emily.She started school and turned 6 all within a couple of weeks each other.

Rick and I keep explaining that she is a big kid now. So she needs to start making her own bed, learn to tie her shoes. She's not happy about these new challenges, but she's getting there.

We had a small celebratory dinner for her birthday. She got to have a couple of friends over for cake and ice cream. She had a great day.

First Grade

My peanut has started 1st grade. We had been talking during the weeks leading up to school starting. I was explaining to her that she would have to get up earlier and that she would get to eat lunch at school with her friends. I thought she would be totally excited at this new adventure.

I can remember her saying, "What, I don't get to sleep in anymore?" This coming from my child who is the laziest 6 year old you will ever come across. Needless to say, she has handled these first few weeks of school like a champ. On the other side of that, Ty misses Emily. He's always asking where she is. Some days he seems so lost without her. It's so sad. I'm keeping him busy learning new things and figuring out a new routine.

We have gone shopping for school clothes. I actually put this off this year because last year Emily had a huge growth spurt and so there I was a month later buying everything again, this time only one size bigger.

Back to the shopping for school clothes...Against my better judgement, Emily went shopping with me. We were shopping along just merrily when I hear her screech, "mommy, I have to have these jeans. They're just too cute." I think we now have a shopping maniac on our hands. There were just a few more things she just "had to have" before I could drag her out of the store.

Dance Recital

In August, Emily had her first dance recital. After 3 months of rehearsals and lots of frustration, recital day came and was a HUGE success. I was so worried that my daughter would get up on that stage and be completely frightened. Not to worry. She was fabulous. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard.



















This fall she will begin her 2nd round of jazz dance lessons. She's so excited. I have a little performer on my hands. YIKES!!!