What a weekend!

We've been so busy! I've been too exhausted to post but no since in putting it off any longer.



Where to begin...how about Thursday? Well, Thursday the kids were released from school early so we went for a picnic lunch at Turner Lake park. I believe Staci said there were 12 kids and 5 adults. What were we thinking?? The kids had fun and I'm so glad Brendan and Aubrey are making new friends! I thankful for my new friends, too!


Friday, the kids were out of school so we decided to meet up and go to Daucet Trails. It's a FREE animal reserve and the kids got see all sorts of animals! Penny and her family, Emily, Dawson and Ava, Staci and Mason and Mallory, and Brendan, Aubrey and myself had a wonderful day. I told Brendan we were going to a park to see animals. He asked if we would see farm animals and when I told him we would, he asked me if we were going to eat any of them! Silly boy!

THEN...Friday night was ANOTHER ladies night! Emily, Staci, Sandy and I went out to see "Twilight" on the big screen, dinner, and ended the evening at Borders for a "Twilight" DVD release party. It was a hoot.

Russell had "poker night" on Saturday and won...again!! WOO HOO! I don't know what kind of conversations those boys had that night, but now he wants to buy another vehicle. THANK GOODNESS!! We REALLY need another 4 seater vehicle! I've been begging for years and he always turned me down. I don't know what made him change his mind, but I'm glad he did.

I've put some random pictures of the kids at the bottom.

Until next post...


Aubrey looking at the alligators


Brendan, Mason, and Reese looking at a snake!

Classic Aubrey!

Happy boy.

This picture is cool with the sun beams streaming over him.

Aubrey with the goats.

Ava, Ayden, Dawson, Mallory, Brendan, Mason, and Reese. Aubrey didn't participate in a SINGLE group picture!

"Look Mommy! It's raining in the kitchen!"

AUBREY FUNNY:

Tonight, Russell and Brendan left for soccer tots. Aubrey is fascinated with her umbrella. She wants to play with it all of the time. I have told her we don't open umbrellas in the house. We only use them in the rain. So, I was at the kitchen table and I heard her say, "Look, Mommy! It's raining in the kitchen!" Only it wasn't raining from the sky! It was raining from her UNDERPANTS!!! She had her umbrella open peeing all over the kitchen floor! Man, Aubrey, if you wanted Mommy to mop the floor you just had to say so! You didn't have to PEE on it!!



What a great weekend we had. As many of you may know, I have turned into a complete "Twilight" addict. SO...needless to say, I was elated when a friend of mine called and said that she had a "copy" of the movie. Russell isn't allowed, yes I said ALLOWED, to watch horror movies in our house. Fear is my least favorite emotion and even the music on those things scare me, so NOT IN OUR HOUSE. He rented a horror flick Friday and went to watch with at our friends' house. In return, they sent down their "copy" of "Twilight." I LOVED IT! Of course the book was much better, but I was more than eager to watch it a second time when Russell got home. Normally, I hate it when he isn't home, but I enjoyed the movie alone. The kids were watching a movie in my room. They did cause several interruptions...thank goodness for the pause button! I didn't miss anything! :)

Saturday, Brendan had a birthday party to attend at Rockdale Gymnastics. It was a good time. He really enjoyed himself. He kept telling everyone there, "My Thomas birthday is coming up at the jumpy place!" (We went to the Jump!Zone 2 times over winter break and he loved it!) Bless his heart, his birthday isn't until May, but I guess we will have it at the "jumpy place" and it will probably be a Thomas the Tank Engine theme. Back to the gymnastics place. Brendan is always a little timid and not always an active participant in group settings, so I was surprised to say the least when he decided he wanted to do the zip line. So, I sat on the bleachers next to Staci and talked and laughed as they hoisted Brendan up. I was so excited for him! Finally, he was going to be so brave!! My little man is growing up! And then this happened...



Brendan had a grip on that poor boy's hair like his life depended on it! Emily took this picture and was looking at me, still on the bleachers, saying, "Melinda, he's crying!" I'm sure she thought I was mother of the year:) I thought he'd get over it, but no. Then the HUGE snot bubble came out of his nose which about made me pee my pants because the boy holding him heard a few of us yell "SNOT" and he freaked out. I wish we had a picture of that! Needless to say, no zip line for my boy. At least he tried!

Saturday night was ladies night. Penny, Emily, Jennifer, Rebekah, Staci and I all went to Amici's on the square and on to Scoops for dessert. We had SO MUCH FUN! Lots of laughs! We didn't get home until midnight. I was so happy to see Russell waiting up on me...well he was on YouTube watching guitar videos. He loves playing the guitar. I wish he could do it more often.

Sunday was such a wasted day. I finished reading "Midnight Sun" on the internet and now I'm bummed. What now? Please, Please, Stephenie Meyers, finish the book!! A group of us "Twilight" lovers are going to a midnight DVD release party Friday night. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!! I am counting down the days!!!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day! Bring on the green!!!!!!!!

Until next post...

What a day!!!!

So yesterday I had scheduled Aubrey for a dr's appointment this morning. When she got up she was all smiles and in a great mood. In fact, she walked up to my bed this morning and said, "Mommy! Get up!! I'm soaking wet!" Oh what a sweet good morning that was! Anyway, we got ready to take Brendan to school and since she was feeling better I decided to cancel her appointment. Here is where the fun begins...

We decided to come home. I didn't stop and get a diet coke this morning as I usually do. I came straight home and made a big tall glass of decaff iced tea. I enjoyed my day with Aubrey, folding and washing clothes and watching countless episodes of Dora. (At least it's not Wubbzy.) Finally, I decided to go ahead and take Aubrey to eat somewhere before we picked up Brendan from school. We use to go eat breakfast on Tuesdays, but since we are no longer doing mommy and me gymnastics we do lunch together sometime during the week. When I got in my car I noticed a message was left on my cell phone. It was Emily, calling to tell me that Brendan has scratched his eye with his folder when he was packing up. Evidently, they were going to have a picnic lunch outside and decided to pack up early today. That being said, bless his little heart, he had been crying for me for a good while before I got the message. NOW, in Emily's defense, she didn't call me at home because she had read my blog and thought I'd be at the Dr. with Aubrey. She feels so badly about what happened to Brendan but it is so not her fault. So, Aubs and I go up to the school and he had stopped crying but his eye was red. I took him straight to the doctor's office. Russell had a scratched cornea two years ago and it was terribly painful so I wanted to make sure Brendan's cornea wasn't scratched. HOWEVER, it was but only slightly. He cannot stand the eye drops. It's going to be a long 3 days! Before we left, I asked the doc to look in Aubrey's ears and low and behold...ear infections. For safe measure, I asked her to check out Brendan's and he had "a good bit of fluid in both ears." Translation: Ear infection any day! So now they are both on antibiotics.

I had told the kids if they were good at the Dr's office, we would go get a treat, thinking candy, ice cream, dollar store toy, something along those lines. We were walking out and I said, "Let's go get some ice cream because you were such a big boy in there." He replies, "No, MOMMY!! Ice cream is not a treat! Diet Coke is a treat!" What have I done?? I have ruined my child. My little 3 year old Diet Coke addict. Yes, I did get them kiddie Diet Cokes, and I got a small one for myself. That's the only one I've had in 2 days so I don't want to hear any crap about my caving in!! :)

Until next post...

Diet Coke blues

OMG!!! I didn't have a SINGLE Diet Coke today and now I am SUFFERING!!! OMG!!! Could I be going through Diet Coke detox? Seriously, my head is killing me. I can't open my eyes all of the way, my head is pounding, and the bones in my face actually hurt. Holy Crap!! I'm going to try not to drink one tomorrow. I hope it doesn't kill me:)

My sweet sweet boy was waiting up for me in his bed tonight when I got home from work. As soon as he saw me, he reached his arms up and gave me the best hug. He rubbed my back like I do his. It was so sweet. I love that boy. Then I went to give Aubrey a kiss, and she was out like a light. I think she might be getting sick. Her teacher told me that she was holding her ear and crying a lot today, and when we got home she was screaming! I gave her Tylenol and a few minutes she said, "Hey Mommy! My ear is all gone." Translation: her ear wasn't hurting anymore. I went ahead and made her a dr.'s appt tomorrow morning. Better safe than sorry.


Today I filled in for Brendan's teacher, and my friend, Emily. That class keeps me laughing all day long. They are so funny. On the down side, Brendan always acts up when I'm there. He doesn't do things to get in trouble, he just whines and wants me all to himself. It gets exhausting.

Well, I absolutely have to go to bed. I know my blog is boring, but I'll try to get more creative with my posts.

Until next post...

Wow Wow Wubbzy

Brendan with his frog umbrella.


Aubrey with her flower umbrella on the playground.

So my kids are addicted to a cartoon on Noggin called Wow Wow Wubbzy. It's a cute show and each episode does teach a good lesson. The funny thing is that Aubrey incorporates everything she sees on that show to real life. She can't separate the two. For instance: On one episode, the characters pretend to be spies. They were "super spy glasses." Now, any type of sunglasses are super spy glasses. I have a pair on my head right now because I had to be a spy with her all day. And she always puts on her glasses upside down. It's so cute.

This morning we were going to school and she was carring a new "sparkley" pencil. She said, "Look, Mommy! It's a magic wand!" Brendan said, "Moo Moo has one of those." I said, "Who is Moo Moo?" Brendan replies, "He's blue." I said, "Oh, is he on Kai Lan (the chinese version of Dora.)?" Brendan: "NO MOMMY! He's on Wubbzy! You REALLY need to get to know Wubbzy!"

Wubbzy always wants to play "kickity kick ball." So now, Aubrey asks me every day, "Mommy, will you play kickity kick ball with me?" It's so sweet.

Aubrey is a TOMBOY. She only wants to play with Brendan's cars, trains, and balls. The Easter dress I ordered for her came in the mail this weekend. It's a beautiful pick silk dress. I had her try it on and she said, "Look, Mommy! I'm a princess!!" That's the first girly thing she has ever said. So later on, she was playing in her Rose Petal cottage. I went in her closet and pulled out her two princess dresses Santa brought her. I said, "Look, Aubs! Isn't this pretty?" Aubs: "Yes!" Me: "Do you like it?" Aubs: "Yes!" Me: "Do you want to wear it?" Aubs: "NOOOOO!" I'm hoping that next year when the girls play dress up in the center room that she will start to dress up. I'll probably find her in the construction area with all of the other boys:)

I've posted some pictures of the kids at school today. Enjoy

Until next post....

Loving it!

This weather has been wonderful. My kids have never enjoyed playing outside, but this "spring" they love it. Thank goodness! We went to the park Friday with friends from preschool and Penny's girls and they were tuckered out. Brendan slept until 10:00 Saturday morning. Saturday and Sunday they were asleep by 7:30! How nice!! Russell and I were able to watch 2 movies this weekend after the kids went to bed. A very rare occasion at our house.

Today was the umbrella parade at the preschool. It was cute. Who know kids could get so excited over umbrellas? After school, we went back to the park with our preschool friends. The kids played and played. I'm so thankful for the after school play dates. It makes my day go by so much faster. We have another play date tomorrow! Woo Hoo!