Here I Am

I've been thinking about what we have been up to recently, while we have been busy I'm not sure that there has been anything worth mentioning. I did flip though the pictures I've taken lately and oddly they were mostly of eating. :) I don't know about your family but it seems like my kids are eating 24/7. Here for example... The Swedish Fish. I bought these for my Sunday school class and Owen got his hands and a pair of scissors on them and ate 10 packs before I caught him. That's about 80 Swedish Fish. Aren't kids supposed to get tummy aches for things like that so we can teach them lessons about eating junk? Not my kid, he has a stomach of steel.

Owen loves the cheese dip at the Mexican restaurants. Personally, I love La Parilla! The food is great, the atmosphere is nice and the service is usually wonderful.

I have to stop making the mistake of changing diapers upstairs because Owen goes straight for the freezer and devours Popsicles like they are going out of style. That would be his third and his fourth lined up ready to eat. Of course I trashed the rest of #3 and took away #4 and he was grounded from sweets for the rest of the day.

The special dunking technique that only pros use.

Oh my heavens! All this eating is making me want a snack. :)

On to something else... Charly's boo boo. She climbed a flimsy chair on the back porch and fell over and hit her face on the door frame. :( I took her to the Scottish Rite Urgent Care and they told me that it was fine, probably fractured but fine. There is no treatment for a fracture so no point in doing the x-ray. I couldn't agree more. (Notice, there is food on her mouth, I'm telling ya they are always eating.)

One of Owen's latest discoveries. A cool way to wear your shirt. It brings out the inner Super Hero in him; as you can see I barely caught him in action.

And Cha-Cha being cute. I had to capture a picture with her hair up since I knew it wouldn't stay up for long. I'm lucky if her hair stays done for 5 minutes. It's not worth the hassel.

It's never too late!

I've been on the computer for hours paying bills, catching up on emails and applying to college! That's right I applied to college! :) I've been thinking of going back for a while and now sounds like a good time. If I get accepted then I plan on attending part time and seeing how that goes. I figure that it's going to take me a while to finish if I can manage to keep going in consecutive semesters. If that is the case then maybe I will be ready for a job by the time the kids are in school full time. I will stay at home as long as they are not in school and then I hope to go part time or contract. I still want to be a stay-at-home-mom as much as possible while we have them.

I know I shouldn't laugh

I know I shouldn't laugh at the things that come from my 3-year-old's speech problems. But sometimes they are too funny. I asked "Do you want to go bye-bye with Mommy and Daddy?" He replies, "And my whore?" :) "Yes your HORSE can come too." :)

A Must Read

My friend Shanna is an amazing Blogger and has been rewarded for her creativity. Since she is also generous she is giving away a night's stay at Great Wolf Lodge in Concord NC!!!! I know!!!

This includes 2 days worth of water park entrance, and overnight accommodations! Awesome Right!?!? So to enter you need to go to her blog to enter!

I hope to win it would be sooo much fun and a great opportunity to show off my ever so modest bikini (swim dress). :)

Happy Birthday Garett!

We love youDaddy!

Today is special because we are celebrating a wonderful man who means the world to us. Happy Birthday Garett! This weekend we took Garett to Callaway Gardens for a birthday get-a-way. We had a great time relaxing and being together.

I interviewed the kids and asked them what they liked most about Dad. Charly said "Daddy!". I'll interpret that as she loves Daddy because he is who he is, her hero, her fun time, and her cuddles. Owen said "a super heeoh, games, a come home later in da car" Daddy really is Owen's Super Hero. He calls him Super Daddy! Owen loves to rough house with Garett and play Superman with Garett acting as the super power that holds Owen in the air. And last, he said he wants Daddy to come home from work. He looks forward to that everyday, he opens the door and says "Welcome home! Come in Dad!" it's the same everyday but Owen means it everytime.

As for me, I know how blessed I am to have Garett as my companion. He is my friend, my balance in life, he is my calm, the love of my life. I wouldn't be the same without him. I love you Garett!

A Little of This A Little of That

Owen and Logan
This is the last day of swim lessons! I'm happy to have a one less thing on my schedule. Also it marks the end of a mistake I made; swim lessons at 5pm. It doesn't work for us. He does better each session but still mostly splashes the water at his teachers and class mates. Still, in the end I'm sure he will learn to swim.

Banana nut bread.
I love making this stuff. It is so good.

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
I'm selling this kitchen play set because they are constantly knocking it over so they can sit in it. One ding in the wall and they keep getting stuck too.

We know how to stretch the quarter. :)
Last, a bit of summer fun at Chuck E Cheese's house. We love to visit.

Owen's Last Day of School

He was a Knox Knight for 3 solid weeks!

Charly and I attended the awards ceremony and party for Owen's last day of school. He wasn't thrilled about me sitting across the room from him so he pouted until he cried. :(

Then to my lap for the rest of the ceremonies. Oh well.

At least he participated from my lap.

Owen was happy to get his "papers" from school. He recieved an award for attending the first and last year that the program ran at Knox Elementary, one for Eagerness and one for perfect attendance. Hurray! He made it to school every day for 3 weeks. :) That will be much harder to accomplish next year.

Even though he wasn't in school for long he did make some progress. He is already speaking more and signing more. He has said new phrases like, "Ya, I am", "Mom you messed up", "Guess what", and "I be good boy". Music to my ears. I think I will be a little sad when he quits saying cute things like cake-cakes for cupcakes. School starts again August 3rd!