We Miss You Daddy!

Tom is out off town and the boys made this sign for him and wanted me to put it on the blog so he can see it in Costa Rica!

We miss you!!! Hugs and Kisses!

Exhibition night at the boys school!

Tonight the boys had an exhibition night for all the parents. It was quite an event! The parents went into the classroom with their child and they showed us some of the things that they work on throughout the day. Well, the school asked that you give your child your undivided attention during this time and to make sure we were prompt with coming and going as other classes still had to come. Well that is great if you only have one kid! How am I suppose to do this with 2 kids while Tom is out of town? Jake's class was scheduled to go at 6pm and Ryans at 6:30. So, to be fair to both the boys (and for me to be guilt free) this is what I had to do: Asked a friend to meet me in the parking lot of the school at 5:45pm - she climbed in our van and sat with Ryan watching a DVD while I took Jake in - after we were done and I chased him down and took him out to the van and exchanged him with Ryan! Whew! I give the single parents out there a shout out - cuz man - it ain't easy! Well, here are the boys showing me their work in the classroom as well as what is on display in the gym.


Jake was so cute - he got his mat out and unrolled it - went to the shelves and pulled out his favorites - animals!



Here is Jake (wearing one of his hats!) showing off his artwork.



Here is Ryan - showing me how the binomial cube works! The what? Binomial cube? How old are you? Time was up and we had to move to the gym and Ryan went running - so I tried to finish it and could not figure it out! I had to leave it out because I could not do it and then had to tell the teacher - how embarrassing! (She told me that normally Ryan puts it together in 2 min!) I am in TROUBLE!


And here Ryan is showing off his color bead chart. The color beads in Montessori teach you how to add!

Hats!

So lately, Jake has had an infatuation with winter hats (like the one he is wearing at the park a few posts ago). This is obviously something that he has inherited from his Great Grandma Helen - her passion for hats! He carries them all over! Around the house, in the car, to the dinner table and now he has to have them to go to bed! He chants over and over - hat, hat, hat! He has one in each hand - snuggles them up to his face and tells me nite nite! I have to say it is the cutest thing! Ryan has his blue blanket and now Jake has his hats!

Puzzle Playdate!!

Well, today was MLK day so the boys were out of school ~ so we hosted a puzzle playdate with the Moms group I belong to! We had a blast! Puzzles were being made all over the house and well kids were running all over too! It was great to be able to host again - I love having all the kids over (the moms too!).


Ryan and his buds - and sweet Hannah - the only girl at the playdate - but don't let her size fool you - she can hold her own with these boys.


Okay so we have how many tv's in the house? They HAD to watch Toy Story on the little DVD player of course!


The little ones takin a break!


I just love Jake's laugh here. He felt so cool being with the older boys!

Let's try this again....

GRANDMA!!!!


JAKE!!!


BIG BROTHER RYAN!!!


TOO CUTE!!!

Beautiful weekend in Texas!

We all had such a nice weekend - the weather was beautiful - 60's in January! My mom and I went out for lunches, dinners, movies and shopping! The kids had a great time playing with Grandma and showing her where they went to school and especially their classrooms and teachers.

I will post pics later as blogspot is not able to upload right now! :( AND, I am off to have margaritas with the girls! :) C ya!

My mom is coming! My mom is coming!

That's right! My mom is coming down to Texas for a visit (and to see a specialist) this weekend! I can not wait to see her - the kids are soooo excited too! I will post some pics of our weekend.......

Over 4 months since my last post

Well, it has been awhile, hasn't it? So much has been happening that I have not had a chance to stop and take a breath. I have wanted to start posting so many times, but I just did not know how to jump back in after what has been happening. I have wondered whether to post about it or not - what is the right thing to do? I read through all my posts and remember how much I enjoyed sharing stories and pictures of us. So tonight is the night. I have this to say....

My dad is gone and my mom is facing breast cancer - all in 2 months time. Not fair. Not fair at all. It continues to be a tough time in my life, but I will keep moving forward.

This is all I am going to say about this - I will keep this blog for precious and happy moments in my life. It brings me joy to share our life with our family and friends that live so far away. So, forgive me if this is slow going, but I would like to start sharing with you all again.

I would be remiss if I did not thank everyone for their love and support. Thank you.