Catching up

So it hasn't escaped anyone's attention that I haven't blogged in about 3 weeks. Ok, it's been a little busy around here. I had a mini breakdown a couple of weeks ago about prioritizing life, family, the business, etc. Which means everything has to be scheduled these days (at least for the next month or two until the work load lightens). Which also means, the blog kind of got left off the schedule. I'm barely keeping up with the work editing as is, so the personal editing for the blog is way on the back burner. I hate that. I'll admit it. I want to be able to edit the personal pictures, because let's face it, if I don't do it soon it's probably never going to get done. Case in point, I had to make a New Year's resolution this year to finish their baby books. Yes, my kids are 4 and 3 and I still don't have their baby books completed. I don't ever want to get that behind again because it's so difficult to catch up. But for the next month or so, I'm just going to have to accept that I'm going to be behind. And it doesn't help that the weather has been nice. All I want to do is spend time with the kids outdoors.

*editors note* I'm trying to upload pictures and it's taking for hours. Now I remember why the blog takes a back burner! I'm already frustrated and I may have to resurrect my quest to find a new blog (plus I hate how small the pictures are on this). I started this post an hour ago and I still don't have any pictures uploaded. I'm working on getting three up, and once those finally upload, I may have to call it a post. J went upstairs to get ready for work which = my free time is over. The kids are starting to circle like sharks and want my attention and I have a feeling they aren't going to let me pass them off much longer.

So here they are. A random really warm day this April. I love that you get a week or two early April for some much needed pool time!

Happy Easter!

Even thought it's not until tomorrow, I thought I would wish you all a Happy Easter (because chances are I'll forget between now and then). I took the kids out about 2 weeks ago and did our "official" easter pictures. Mind you, this was a last minute idea, J was out of town, and I decided to do all this at about 7 p.m. (bedtime). We had to move quick and we lost light fast, but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

So Happy Easter from our family to yours!

like mother, like daughter

I got my camera out this morning to take a few pictures of the kids since I'm leaving for the weekend and I'm going to miss them....

A couple of hours later, I saw Miss C setting up her own "photo shoot" with baby. That's my girl!

Then she saw me taking pictures of her and gave me this look

But doesn't skip a beat and goes right back to work :). I love that she holds it up to her face to look through the viewer

besties

All the fighting and sibling rivalry doesn't fool me. Deep down, I know these guys are best friends. They even started calling each other that. And when one ticks the other off, they love to declare, "well, I'm not going to be your best friend anymore." Kind of cute. The other day I was upstairs and the kids were downstairs watching Super Why. When I came down to check on them, this is how I found them.

frisbee

Last weekend we headed over to Mee Maw and Goompa's house so that I could clean out the mom van. The quote of the day had to go to Mee Maw when she said, when you give them a snack, "what do they actually get in their mouth?" Bwhhhhhaaa! It was that bad. Our lease is ending this month and we were cleaning it out getting it ready to be hauled away. Bye, bye mini van. Can't say that I'll miss you too much. It was a great car when the kids were really little, but it wasn't "me" and I'm definitely ready to move on. But of course, it wasn't going to go without a fight. After we spent all afternoon cleaning it out, the sucker wouldn't start. Kind of a final F you to us I guess. Fortunately all it needed was a jump, but I have a feeling a bill for a new battery is going to be coming my way from the leasing company. Hopefully that's all I'll be charged for! At least we were able to remove the thick layer of half eaten snacks that was all over the floor.

While taking a break from cleaning (I really mean while the ladies were cleaning this is what the men were doing), the fam started a game of frisbee. Little J is a natural. I'm shocked at how well this kid can throw a frisbee. Basketball and frisbee, those will be his games.

On the other hand, Miss C needed a few lessons. So Goompa was happy to step in and teach her. Mind you, these lessons went on for about 20 minutes and included a discussion about triangles and various other geometrical shapes. Who knows what was going on. But Miss C sat there and listened to every single word. She's just that type of kid.

Whatever he said, it worked. Her throwing capabilities improved dramatically.

Double thumbs up to Goompa for the great lesson

And a thumbs up to her adoring fans

for halloween I want to be....

So, we're already talking about Halloween around here. For the longest time, Miss C wanted to be Princess Leia and Little J wanted to be either Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader. Then a couple of weeks ago, Miss C decided she wanted to be Super Why. It's a new show (well, new to us) that we've been watching on PBS. Good old public television. It came highly recommended from some friends, and now they are addicted. I've noticed that they are already repeating episodes, and we've only been watching for about 2 weeks or so. I guess that's public television for you. They kids don't seem to mind and beg for it daily.

They are so addicted that Miss C now wants to be called "Wyatt". I'm not sure how that relates to Super Why, but in her mind the two are connected. I think she thinks it's his last name or something like that. Kind of funny. Better than "Pam" (sorry for any Pam's out there) which was the name of choice about a month ago.

Anyway, back to halloween. So we had our semi-annual dentist visit this morning. We've been prepped Miss C like crazy since the last two visits have been disasters. This is our third dentist and I was pretty hopeful. She seem really excited to go and did great while she was there. She even let them take x-rays.

Huge for us. Usually we get to the point where they lean the chair back to start and she melts down. Not this time. I'm so proud. While Little J was in the chair for his turn, they gave Miss C "dentist gear" and let her "help". When we were all finished and leaving in the car, I turn around and see this (they let her take the gear home and she had put it back on by herself)

She then told me she wanted to be a dentist for halloween. You would never have thought this was the same kid that practically hyperventilated at the dentist 6 months ago.

Now back to Little J's experience. While we were waiting for Miss C to finish up, Little J kept asking when it was going to be his turn. He seemed totally into it and even was "brushing" his teeth while waiting

Now, that's the last picture I got. When it was finally his turn, it did not go so well. Imagine me practically sitting on top of him holding his arms and legs down while he flailed about in a screaming protest. Niiiiiiiice. I thought it was going to go better than that since Miss C did so well. Nope. But they explained that is how most first timers act. So, I guess it was to be expected. I will admit that he did do better than Miss C did during her first time. So maybe next time will be better.

When we left and got home, he talked about it like it was a totally different experience. In fact, they were back to role playing dentist like it was no big deal. I guess he wasn't too scarred and they both have been carrying around the goody bag all afternoon. His favorite thing? The dentist floss

He says it tastes spicy. I don't think he's used it properly yet. He just opens the case and likes to lick it. Funny guy.

quite possibly

my two most favorite images. ever.

Doesn't that look like an add for jcrew?!