It has been a really long time since I've posted. This month has been SO BUSY!!! We made it safely home after a WONDERFUL extended weekend at Marco Island, FL. We went to visit my dad and step mom and had a blast! It was the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. We also got to go into Naples one day to visit with Russell's aunt and uncle. It was a nice trip. The kids had a great time swimming the pool, digging for shells on the beach and building sand castles with their dad. We got to see a manatee up close. It swam up the canal that runs behind the house. That was a neat sight! We ate at a cool restaurant and had a pelican land right at the end of our table. We also went to a seafood festive in the Everglades, but the kids didn't enjoy that. The music was really loud and the crowd was huge!! Lots of bikers were there and Aubrey couldn't stand the noises from the motorcycles. It was a long hot day! The coolest thing was that we had to go down this road called "alligator alley" and we saw DOZENS of alligator alongside of the road. It was creepy seeing them in the wild like that so close to the car. YUCK!!
While on this trip, I got hooked on the book "Twilight," and I have been reading the entire series ever since. I finished up the last book last night and now I look around me and see how terribly I have neglected things during my book obsession, and yes I do mean OBSESSION! I can't believe how swept up I got in those books, but I sure enjoyed them. I haven't picked up a book since "The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy." I'm embarrassed to admit that I feel a loneliness without my little vampire romance to read every night. HO-HUM.
When we got home, I was bombarded with Valentine's Day activities at the preschool. The kids came home with so much candy! Oh boy were they sugared up!!! And then....The KIDSIGNMENTS sale. That sale drains the life out of me, but I love it. I think I did really well this year. I got so many AWESOME deals for the kids and I sold everything I put in the sale except for 11 items. That's HUGE! I can't wait to get that check...to pay off what I spent at the sale:)
We had so much fun last week. My friend Emily introduced us to the Jump!Zone in Loganville. The kids loved it! Emily's two kids Ava and Dawson were there, along with Staci and her kids Mason and Mallory, Sandy with Adam and Amanda and their friend DeLynne with her kids (I hope I get this right) Madelynn, Bridger, and Emmaleigh. DeLynn also brought a friend with her kids as well. We packed the place out! But it was a blast. It was so neat watching all of the kids experience the fun from different ages. Dawson, Emily's son was too little to jump, but that little fella had the most fun of anyone I'd bet. He was so cute! Aubrey was the tiniest jumper but she was the most determined. I swear it took her a good 5 minutes to get to the top of the slide, but watching her smile during her 5 second slide to the bottom was worth watching her struggle. By the end of the day, she needed no help at all. She was just as fast as the big kids. We had so much fun, we met some more friends up there on Friday.
Brendan finished up his second season of Soccer Tots last night. He came home with a new trophy and was beaming with pride! He'll play outdoor soccer in the spring. I'm not sure if he likes it or not, but it gives him something that is all his own.
Until next post....
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