TV Night

Not much happened today and have had a bit of a headache so didn't do much. Now watching Biggest Loser and other shows in the peace and quiet while the kids are in bed!

A Little Lighter Up Top

Taylor was in need of a haircut to make both our lives easier in the brushing department. She got a long layered cut that probably took off a good 4-6 inches. Its super cute!

Pro Bowl

How I'm spending my evening at the moment!

Cute Wittle Butt

Using the potty like a big boy makes this little butt a whole lot cuter!

I have to say he's also got pretty good aim.

Just wish I would have gotten the pic of the night before when he had his left hand on his hip while standing on the stool. That was too cute!

100 Days!

Today Taylor's class celebrated the 100th day of school. They did lots of fun activities in the afternoon. She missed the first part of the day due to a dentist appointment. She was a trooper and did awesome. I got her to school in time to get a book at the library with the rest of her class and still made it for lunch. I Love This Kid!

My Drink of Choice

It's My Coffee!

Homework

Answering her question about "The Three Bears"

Totally LOVE listening to her read me books

Its What's For Dinner

Quick and Easy ... Is what dinner was all about tonight!

From This to This

I finally broke out the cake pop maker I got for Christmas. I baked them early this afternoon so that they would be done for when Taylor got home from school. I think she ate 5. Next time I will be trying muffins.

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Before

After

Bubbles

Another day down.

Tomorrow starts a new chapter for us. Matt begins his job as a Machinist, so today we went to get him a couple things he needed and then went grocery shopping.

While dinner cooked the kids got a bath.

I'd call it a productive day.

I think 2012 is going to be a good year.

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Nothing Better than a clean kid

Ready to be all soaped up

Saturday Breakfast

We took the kids to Dunkin' Donuts this morning for breakfast to pick their own donut.

Taylor picked one with pink icing and one with rainbow sprinkles

Tyson had one with rainbow sprinkles and a star shaped filled with green icing and sprinkles

I chose a Cheddar Cheese Bagel Twist and a French Crueller

Matt got a toasted sandwich and an Apple Fritter

Kids also tried the sausage filled pancake bites

They really enjoyed picking what they wanted and already asked to go again. It was a nice family Saturday. Pizza and game night at Matt's parents house.

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Gum and Hat Day

Today was another Gum and Hat day at Taylor's school. She chose to wear a crazy hat this time. I only hope its not too much of a distraction for the kids at school. I wonder what she will want to do next time.

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Nothing New

Nothing New to report today. We had family obligations and I didn't do anything exciting with the rest of the day. Hoping to do more tomorrow.

Phone Blog

So it didn't work. I tried to post from my phone, but all it would let me do was post a title. So we shall call this "Blog FAIL"

Starfall

Today Taylor asked to play on the starfall website that they get to use at school. She even agreed to do her homework immediately so that I would let her. It is just amazing how much they learn so young. I'm pretty sure she will be one tech saavy kid. I don't trust Tyson to click freely on my computer so he watched Taylor. Then when she was done he stood next to my computer and said "See Mom I'm Big." He nearly broke my heart, but he requires the supervision I couldn't provide today to allow him to play too. Next time I will have her on her reading website reading books first and then games!

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Pre-Bedtime Nap

One week from today this guy will be starting his new position at work. I guess he's working on his sleep for when he's working overtime.

So proud of him.

I Love You Matt

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Wing Night

My sissy came over with Jillian and Abbi today so the kids could play and we could make wings. After wings we sat on our butts to play on our computers. We lead such exciting lives.

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Brandi on the Left ... Me on the Right

Game Night

Tonight was game night at Matt's parents. The games of choice were Farkle, TriBond and Trivial Pursuit-Bet You Know It. Its always a fun time. I won Farkle, Eddie won Tri-Bond and Matt's Mom won Trivial Pursuit. Tomorrow my sister is coming over and we may play some games with her too.

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So what's your favorite board game?

Here's a few of my favorites...

-Monopoly

-Scattergories

-Scrabble

-Yahtzee

Finally....

I finally got the Christmas pics I took uploaded. The kids had a great Christmas and enjoyed every minute of it.

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Before the Madness begins. Santa didn't push anything back up under the tree so it looked nice. They were so good at waiting.

Taylor and her barbie. Oh my goodness my baby girl looks so old to me here. Can she stop growing up for just a little bit.

Tyson working hard to get his prize!

It snowed

So today was the 2nd time I think that we got some snow, but it was not as nice as it could have been. It was Bitter COLD. There was minimal snow, but lots of wind. I think Taylor would have much rather been able to play in it than stand in it waiting for the bus.

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It SUCKED standing at the bus stop. She was Freezing!

"Mom It Snowed!"

Looking out the window to see the snow

So then Tonight I asked the kids what they wanted for dinner and Tyson chimed in with his normal response "Pizza" so this is how the conversation went.

Me: What do you want for dinner?

Tyson: Pizza

Me: We don't have any pizza.

Tyson: Well go get some then.

He says the most clever little things and is absolutely fun to listen to.

Moneyball

We just watched Moneyball tonight and it was a great movie. It was nice to watch a baseball movie with REAL players. Such a crazy process and so many numbers involved, but I can see why it was nominated for awards. I recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.

In other news, Matt and I are working on being healthier and had our first weigh-in yesterday. Both of us lost 5 + pounds each. I am hoping to keep on this path and be much healthier this year.

Its supposed to snow tonight so we shall see if we wake up to white stuff on the ground or not. It will be interesting to see if we end up with our first snow day of the year or not. Taylor is excited for it to snow, but weather they have a snow day or not really doesn't matter much to me. I mean its a Thursday, so there will still be school Friday. Now say tomorrow was Friday I'd be all for having a snow day because that would mean a long weekend beings as there is no school Monday.

One more thing...Today was Report Card day for Taylor and I am proud to say she did awesome. She knew 70/70 word wall words and The only things we need to work on are math sentences and reading. Everything else she's doing great. I am very proud of my big girl.

Doggy Human

Huggly thinks he is a Human.

He thinks he needs to sit and sleep on the couch or on any blanket you may be using.

I will have to catch a pic of him sitting on his BUTT with his legs out in front of him sometime. Its absolutely hilarious.

In any case this doggy fits in with our family pretty darn good. Stinky-ness and all.

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Lazy Monday

Not much to post today. Lazy Monday after our busy weekend.

Taylor had school today, so it was just me and the boy. We played with his new toys and watched T.V.

Hoping to have something interesting to post tomorrow.

Goodnight!

The End of a Fun Weekend

Sunday marks the end of the weekend. Today was a little more low key than the rest of the weekend.

The guys went to the fishing show to plan their annual Fishing Trip and we hung out with MomMom and Katie while they went.

Tyson was still worn out from his fun birthday weekend that he took a pretty long nap today.

Taylor camped out with MomMom last night.

Then we came home to watch playoff football and the kids played with toys and put Tyson's new Woody and Buzz puzzles together.

Now, almost 7pm its time for baths and bedtime to get ready for the school week. After I repaint Taylor's fingernails for her of course.

Its been a fun weekend and now i'm ready to relax....My photo uploader isn't working at the moment so I can't upload my snaps from today. I'll have to add them later, but needed to get today's post in to keep my streak going.

Birthday Party Day

Today was Tyson's Birthday Party. We had a Shrimp boil and Chicken Tacos (for those that don't like seafood--Me Included in That). It was a good time and Tyson loves all his new toys!

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Big Cupcake Cake -- MomMom made it for him and it was yummy!

Can I open it now?

Ready Yet?

Clapping after everyone sang Happy Birthday to him!

Woah....Big Fire Truck....Thanks Uncle Mike and Aunt Katie

One of his 2 Toy Story Puzzles. He is going to love how big they are when they are done. He also got Woody. Along with Toy Story Plate, Bowl and Cup Set and some Chuck cars From MomMom and PawPaw!

He had such a good party he passed out HARD on me when he finally sat still. I Love This Kid!

His Other gifts Not Pictured: Iron man Superhero Ship with Missing wolverine (Someone must have stolen it at store), Spiderman Superhero with Helocopter, Batman with a Car and a New Buzz Lightyear that he didn't have yet.

Happy Birthday Tyson

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY TYSON

My Favorite Little Boy has come such a long way since the day he was born. He surprised us all coming 3 weeks early. He was a good baby and is growing into such a Big Boy! Here's to the next year being awesome for him. Some things he will get to do now that he's 4 are getting screened for pre-k, possibly playing t-ball if we sign him up (might wait till next year) and getting to play soccer like sissy this fall. He's such a little goofball and talks our ears off. I look forward to watching him grow.

I LOVE YOU BUDDY!!!

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Tyson Under His Oxygen Hood the Day he was Born!

Tyson in the hospital the day after he was born!
Tyson having a birthday breakfast at IHOP with Mommy and MomMom. Eating his pancakes, Eggs and Sausage and Drinking Chocolate Milk.
Blurry Tyson, but such a cute lil smile. Taylor was thinking of him and his birthday Yesterday when she was at the dentist. She picked out this sticker for him to wear today and left it on the table before she got on the bus so that he would see it when He got up. It says

"On My Birthday a Star was Born.....ME"
Cheesin'
Mouth Full of Chocolate Milk

Dentist

Today was Taylor's day for a dentist appointment. She was due for her exam and cleaning. Its really nice being able to take her to a pediatric dentist. They have all kinds of kid friendly setup and the waiting room provides them entertainment while they wait. I was at the dentist yesterday for two crown fittings and to have a wisdom tooth pulled and I must say it was no where near this fun. I think I should pretend I'm a kid.

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Back To School

Today was the first day back to school for Taylor after her long winter break. She was excited and I am happy that we will get back to normal routine. Now she just wants it to snow.

Last Day of Winter Break

So today was Taylor's last day of her winter break. It's back to school in the morning, so today when I had to watch my nieces for my sister so she could go to her dentist appointment Taylor was excited. This meant she had people to play with. They all had their heads in their DS's and laughed and played games for awhile before running wild in circles around the living room.

Then we had dinner and they left so I could give kids bath and get them to bed.

I think I'm looking forward to being back to our normal routine, but sad that break is over already. Matt also went back to work today.

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Jillian, Shelbie and Taylor playing games. Shianne fell asleep to the right of Taylor and Abbi, well you can see she is up to no good about to hit Tyson over the head with her little computer. Its no wonder he doesn't want to play with her. He always says "NOT ABBI"

I don't think anyone but Shelbie knew I was taking a pic. They have a deer in headlights kinda look on their faces.

Gameroom

Today, we organized our gameroom to a more kid friendly area. Long ago this was a garage, but somewhere along the line before we bought this house it was converted. We have always had all of our sports memorabilia in there on the walls and bobbleheads fill the shelves, but I finally decided it was time to quit using it for storage and make it to where the kids could actually play in there. I figure as they grow we can change it to be a place they can hang out with their friends.

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This first picture shows from the far end of the room and through that door goes into our dining room.

Shelving has a tote of Taylor's school work from last year and so far this year. My scrapbooking supplies and books, Their coloring books and containers for stickers, construction paper and finished pictures. Top shelf would be wooden puzzles, my scrabble game and a bucket of wooden blocks (basically things with little pieces that they would scatter everywhere without picking up IF they were to get their hands on them). The deck box we use as a toy box. Its full of Tyson's bigger trucks and stuffed animals.

Floor Hockey and Basketball

Toybox full of Kid games and a stack of adult board games (that I need another shelving unit for) and a tote of books.

Finally a useful place for our futon. Then in the corner is the deep freezer (excuse the boxes stacked on top of it. They are all things I still have to go through and most of it is more scrapbooking things....pictures, paper, etc.) Oh and if you were wondering YES those are fishing poles mounted to the ceiling (Keeps them away from kids and like I said before we used it for sports equipment storage)

Tomorrow I tackle the Dining Room. I have some new things I'd like to find a home for.

Happy New Year 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR

These are the First Pictures of 2012.

Taylor managed to stay awake till midnight to watch the ball drop, but she was fading quickly so it was straight to bed after midnight came.

This is how Tyson chose to ring in the New Year.

He didn't quite make it. I think he passed out sometime around 11pm.