Easter has come and gone, just like that.
Someone at work told me this is the earliest Easter has come in 90 years. That's just plain crazy. I thought it was early this year. Usually I'm more prepared for Easter, one of my favorite holidays. This year, it was bare minimum at our house. I did manage to get the Easter decorations up, but not much beyond that. I'm feeling a little guilty for not making my frosted Easter Sugar cookies, or the coconut grass cupcakes (Chloe, I know you won't miss those). I just plain old ran out of time. I suppose I should stop beating myself up over it and just be thankful I was able to get the kids baskets done and snap a couple of pictures along the way.
Easter just happened to fall on my Dad's birthday this year. Happy 62nd Dad. We had a nice celebration at my parents house...Everyone was there and it was so great to spend the day with my family. My newest nephew Ethan (he's now 4 months old) was there, and it was so fun to play with him, and so fun to hold a little baby. You forget how small they once were...how thankful I am that there are no more midnight feedings or diapers to be changed...altho-my brother and his wife often comment that they don't know how to keep up with Tyler. I suppose every age has its own advantages.
Totally switching subjects, have you noticed how cold it is outside. Oh my gosh, it has been cold. It was even snowing in West Salem today. No thank you, I'm ready for the warm weather. Can it PLEASE come now? My capri pants are in the closet, ironed, and waiting to be put on...they are of course, on standby...
What else can I update you on? We are the same, just running a million miles an hour, trying to keep up with the kids, the house, work and family. Chloe has decided that she wants to take hip hop dance lessons. How fun. I think I'd like to do that with her. She is on Spring break and has some fun play dates set up with her friends. Last weekend I took her shopping - she's now "big enough" to wear xs teenage clothes, a very big step. So we went to the Streets of Tanasbourne over the weekend and hit Abercrombie & Fitch. She was more than excited. She is growing like crazy. I'm guessing she will be as tall, if not taller than I am within 2 years. Once again, I'm 90% sure I will be the shortest person in my family. Doh!
Tyler is just Tyler...energetic and full of fun. He is really enjoying "reading" books to us now. He also likes to sing songs to us. What a little man. He is still enjoying playing with his toys and his train that Santa bought him. He is riding his bike more and we are hoping that this summer he will fully know how to ride a bike. Time to get moving on that one :P
Ok, it is past my bedtime, so I'd better sign off...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Easter, really?
Tyler Easter 2008
Tyler enjoying an Easter treat...
A Big Easter smile...
Tyler and his cousin Ethan...(I think Ethan was a bit surprised by the kiss)
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Say what?
This is what I found in our refrigerator, about an hour after Tyler opened his Easter Basket.Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Happy Bday e=mc2, lets have 3.14
Happy Birthday Albert Einstein. It cannot go without mention that our world is better because of you. Thank you for all you did :) Seems only fitting we celebrate with pie!
Speaking of pie, it's national pie day. No no, not the cherry, pumpkin, or chocolate kind, but the math kind, 3.14129.........(for those of you who don't know, the symbol looks something kind of like this TT, but it's hard to do it on the computer).
So many math foundations and concepts have been based on pie, that it seems only fitting that we celebrate it. What time of the day to celebrate pie you ask? Well, it's 3.14 (date) and the time would be 1:29!
Math people around the world are enjoying this day, as am I. I know, I'm a bit of a math geek, but c'mon people, LOVE THE MATH!!!!!!!! Everyone is good at math...whether you are counting 2 blocks, using measurements for baking, figuring out how much wood you need to build a deck, or just trying to figure out the perimeter of a triangle (P= a+b+c, by the way) you have it in you!!!
Oh, and I just have to throw this other one out...in my wedding ring, my sweet husband had something engraved. He gave it to me on our wedding day. My ring is engraved with QT3.14. You can do the math on that one!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
H. Street
Chloe got into Howard Street Charter School, yahoooooooooooooooooooooooo! There were 44 slots open, and she was the 44th name drawn...the very last one. We are so excited for her :) Time to celebrate!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Coming soon
Tylers weekly picture is coming soon. We have a new computer and have to get our camera software all set up. It should be up this coming weekend for all who are waiting to catch a peek!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Kiwi
Today I am writing on our new computer, horray! Our new Dell computer arrived today and I couldn't be more happy :) Our old laptop (may it rip) was having some problems turning itself off. We took it in to be repaired and found out that it could not. So, it was time for a new computer. We decided to add a little funk to our lives, we picked out a kiwi green one :) Love it so far.
This past week has been status quo at our house, which is always a good thing. The kids remain busy little beavers.
Chloe is applying to Howard Street Charter school, for middle school next year. There is a lottery drawing this Thursday and we are SO keeping our fingers crossed that she gets in. She really wants to attend there. So, send all your positive energy her way!!!
Tyler also has school sign up this week - only his is for Ready For Kindergarten (preschool). The same teachers who teach his class this year, are going to be teaching next year. Seems like Mr. T was just born. Next year at this time we will be registering him for Kindergarten. It barely seems possible.
Today when I picked Tyler up from school, his teacher said she wanted to talk to me about something Tyler did today. I was immediately thinking the worst-which is often the case when you are a parent - she told me that Tyler was super sweet to another child today. Apparently one of the little girls was having a hard day...and Tyler saw she was upset. He went over to her and put his arm around her and gave her a hug and said, "you can be with me today." He picked this little girl to buddy up with for story time, bathroom time and snack time. I guess he even put his arm around her when they had story time. Now that is the kind of report I like to hear from the Teacher :) Maybe he does listen to what we tell him after all?
On to other subjects...
Our house remodel-redecorating is coming along-I'm convinced as soon as we finish up inside, it will be past time to start on the outside. I look outside and realize it's time to get out there and start planting. Do you ever feel like you need a month off from work just to do odds and ends on your house? I sure do.
I hear Tyler playing in his room when he should be napping-so time to sign off.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Reconnecting
I think I am better. I say that liberally though. I'm still coughing and still taking medicine, but I'm up and moving around, almost back to my oldself :) This krud has really taken a toll on our little family. It seems like one of us has been sick since January. Lets hope Spring brings us some warm weather :)
This past weekend I had the opportunity to reconnect with some old friends. How great it was. I realized that it's good to be friends with people who have known you your entire life-and from younger days. They are a good reminder of life past-back when life was much more simple and I was much more young.
I also realized that our parents are getting older. They never seemed old when we were young-you just sort of expect that they will stay the same age and nothing will change. Sadly, some of my friends parents have passed, some are battling illness, and some are just as vibrant and active as ever. I guess that's just how life is - it's a lottery sometimes.
We are still finishing up the house remodel-it's actually starting to come along, which is a great feeling. I'm looking forward to having the house back to normal - whatever that may be. Eric has been working so hard to get it all done - he's amazing.
Tyler is ready for his nightly game of memory - he is so good at that game it's unreal. He has a sharp mind and with my old brain, he easily wins every night. Off to go sharpen my brain tonight.
