Ever Have One of those Days?

Well, it's been a while since my last post. Christmas was great, ate way too much, got so many gifts and everything was loads of fun. Had a great New Years spent with my friends at my house with lots of food and lots of "Catch Phrase" . I love that game. Let's see, Valentines was nice, also my husbands birthday, so he got a Blue Ray Player and I got a dozen red roses. Took pictures of the beautiful flowers, but hence my camera is at home with all my pictures.

That takes me down to today. Well, I live 30 minutes away from work and when I got to work I discoverd that I left my purse at home. That's a terrible feeling, no credit cards, no license and not a bit of money to my name. It was such a disturbing feeling. I admit I could have drove back home, but I thought of the gas it takes to go 30 miles in my big SUV and decided to suffer. I did however find a blank check in my desk drawer, I was saved. I took it over to my local bank and they gave me cash (like when you needed cash before we had ATMs I suppose)!! Yeah!! I thought I was going to have to face the Lean Cuisine meal that has been in the work freezer for a month..... So, please don't be caught in this situation I'm in. Really it's no big deal, but not a great feeling.

So, ever have one of those days?

Birthday Festivities

Happy Birthday!!

Dalton turned 7 on December 13th (actually born on Friday, 13th--one of the luckiest days of my life). When I first heard his heartbeat on the ultrasound machine, I was so overjoyed. I had two miscarriages before I got pregnant with him, so he was my miracle baby. Every year he celebrates his birthday opening presents by the Christmas tree. Must be like having a double Christmas for him. I'm so proud of the little guy he has turned out to be.

Just as I said, here's Dalton and Olivia by the Christmas tree before opening gifts.

It was so great to hear Dalton read all his birthday cards. He can read anything, it's amazing. Thank you Mrs. Lesley for seeing his potential and pushing him to read. He loves it.

On a side note, Dalton took a trip to the orthodontist on Monday. He has to have braces/expanders put on the top of his mouth to correct a crossbite. He has to wear it about six months. He will be a trooper, he always is. Olivia has the same problem, so in a couple of years, I'm sure I will be going through the same thing!!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!

Thanksgiving Weekend

I know it's past Thanksgiving weekend, but thought I would post anyway. We went to Indianapolis the weekend of Thanksgiving to visit Brian's cousin and some of his other relatives. While we were up there, we took the kids to two different places that kids definitely have fun. The first one was called "BouncerTown". It was like a huge Chuck E. Cheese plus inflatables. They had a great time. The second place was called "Incredible Pizza". Incredible Pizza was incredible just like it's name. They had indoor mini golf, indoor bumper cars, indoor go carts, indoor (kid sized) bowling and a huge area that had nothing but games and a huge (you guessed it) pizza buffet. When you came in the door, they asked how much you wanted to spend and they loaded a card, which you used to swipe all the machine and after you swiped it, it told you the total remaining on the card. So, no messing with tokens. I thought it was very high tech. Check it out if you are ever in Indianapolis. www.incrediblepizza.com. They also had face painting. Olivia got a big butterfly painted on the side of her face for a mere $2. All in all, a good time.

Deck the Halls

It's been such a busy weekend. Olivia and I went shopping on Saturday for holiday outfits for her and Dalton, it crazy trying to match a girl and boy. I decided to dabble in the brown family instead of the traditional black and red or burgandy. I found Dalton a pant/shirt/vest/tie in browns and creams and I found Olivia a dress that is brown velvet at the top, a turquoise bow in the middle and big dots at the bottom in turquoise and hot pink. It looks adorable. It's not the traditional Christmas colors, but Olivia picked out the dress, so we went with it as inspiration. We'll see how it works. Bonus, they can wear the outfits after Christmas, too.

After church on Sunday, Olivia kept asking me when we were going to put up the Christmas tree. I told her after Thanksgiving... Well, Brian forgot to tell me that he promised Olivia that we would put up all the Christmas decorations this weekend. I'm a softy, I had to help Brian make good on his promise, so we flew in decorating the whole house. It was fun and I'm sure glad it's done, but wow, what a shock to find out it's was already time. I feel like I'm so ahead of the game this year, I'm motivated to finish my Christmas shopping and get everything done. Good to know some people had the same idea this weekend.

Well, there is one added bonus, I have to squeeze in a birthday party before Christmas, Dalton will be 7 on December 13th. More busy weekends to come!!

H1N1 Flu Vaccine

I'm so torn on the H1N1 vaccine. Has anyone's child had the vaccine? What has your pediatrician recommended? Mine says that we should, but I'm still torn on whether to do it or not.

Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet...

Surprise, where's the candy???

Wasn't Snake Eyes scary?

Ninjas and Pretty Little Bats! I guess one would stab me with the sword and the other would suck out all my blood or come to my rescue, not sure.

Isn't this the cutest batgirl you've ever seen? Check out the bows, I made those an hour before we left. A little girl still needs some frills, even if she is going to fight crime.

Ninja/Batgirl

Ninja and Darth Vadar, very scary!

Yum, look at all the treats!

Much more serious batgirl in class. I don't think she wanted her picture taken.

Pizza and Halloween Treats!

I'm so sad Halloween is over, it's my favorite holiday. You get to act silly, there's really no cooking involved, everyone is so nice and they give you candy just for saying trick or treat.

Peace Out Halloween, fly away until next year!!

Another Year Older

Well, I am officially 35 today (October 8th). I can't believe it. Five more years and I'll be in my forties. That's just too much to think about right now. I'm just going to be content to be in my thirties....

Birthdays sure are hard on a diet. I went back to Weight Watchers last week. I weighed in this week and lost 3.2 lbs. This morning I got to work and now I have brownies and a huge cupcake on my desk. Luckily someone had already been through with macadamia nut cookies this morning. They are killing me!