2009 Gymnastics Meet

Her finishing pose for the judges!

Chloe and Karlee during the awards ceremony!

Chloe's gym meet was today!  We had so much fun!  It was much shorter than last year, which was great, because Chloe was very tired!  Grandma and Grandpa came to watch Chloe perform!  She did a great job...3 blue ribbons and 1 red one!

Swimming, Nemo's, Fire Station and Mustangs!!

It was a fun Friday!  

We started the day with Kamie and Karlee coming over to swim!  The girls had a great time diving for rings and looking at each other under water with their goggles on. Kyle uses his arms and legs much better in the water now, but we still use the floaties with him, because he loves to travel all around the pool chasing boats and balls.

We then met Rachel, Tony and Lorenzo at Captain Nemo's in Irving (city we all grew up in).

Rachel's brother is a driver/paramedic with the Irving Fire Dept, so he offered to give us a tour.  The kids had a great time sitting in the firetruck and ambulance and watching all the lights flash on and off.  Jason was trying on all his gear for us when they got a real call, so we had to head on out. It was fun while we were there, though!

It was still light out, so we decided to go visit the Mustangs at Williams Square!  The kids loved the mustangs and water.  Kyle loved the water a little too much!

We were all exhausted by the end of the day!

  

Indoor Soccer!

I took Chloe to watch Everett's indoor game last Tuesday.  She had a good time watching and cheering him on!

I could tell that he as so glad we came!  He even scored the first goal!  Way to go!

End of the Year Party!

Chloe and Karlee being pushed on the swings by Ryan and Brooke.

Chloe and Andrew

Mrs. Sigler and the class

Chloe was so proud when she broke the pinata off the tree!

Chloe signing Erin's cast.  Erin broke her arm this past Monday when the class went to play at another park. :(

Chloe's End of the Year preschool party was today at our community park.  The kids had a fun time decorating visors, eating Starfish cookies and playing on the playground.  Chloe's last day of her preschool is this Friday.  I know she will miss going, but we have many summer playdates already in the works with her classmates!!

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Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

We spent the day visiting both sides of the family. We then ordered out dinner and had the kids in bed asleep by 7:45.

It was a great day!

Here are some past Mother's Days pictures with Chloe and Kyle!

Mother's Day 2005 with my grandma

Mother's Day 2006

Mother's Day 2007

Mother's Day 2008

Mother's Day 2009

Lorenzo's 2nd Birthday Party!

Lorenzo and Kyle sharing a piece of cake.

2 cuties....They are 2 months and 23 days apart in age!

1st attempt at a picture! Boys wanted to play...not pose for a picture!

Next attempt at a picture...very tired and full of cake...not as wiggly!

We had fun at Lorenzo's GOLF party! He is 2 years old today!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Lorenzo (Ro-Ro to Kyle)!

SKATING!

Kyle, Charlie, Karlee and Chloe

Chloe and Karlee

Kamie and Karlee

Keira and Charlie

I took the kids skating today with a couple of Chloe's little school friends.

It was toddler time, and we were the only ones there most of the time! :)

This was the first time for all of them to go skating!  Kyle was not too crazy about the skates, so he just ran around the rink in his socks!  Chloe, Charlie and Karlee had fun!  After falling a few times, they all finally got the hang of it!

8 Things!

OK....Here goes! I was tagged by a blog friend who is also the mom of Chloe's little friend, Lily. Chloe and Lily were in the same class last year. Check out their blog! Kerry is a great blogger, and I often times find myself laughing out loud at her posts! Our kids are all close to the same age, and it is fun to read what similar things we go through with our kiddos.

8 things I'm looking forward to...

1. SUMMER! :)

2. Having all my evaluations finished for the year. I have 3 little students to test in the next couple of weeks. When May is over, I will have tested 56 students this year and had over 120 meetings with parents and teachers.

3. Teaching Kyle to swim this summer. We hope he catches on as quickly as Chloe did.

4. Chloe’s gymnastics meet at the end of May!

5. Catching up on some reading this summer. I have a few books I have reserved for whenever I find some free time, and hopefully, I will be able to spend my evenings this summer reading instead of writing reports!

6. Working out! We just reactivated our memberships this past week after not exercising for a year! I am very motivated to get in some kind of shape (good shape, that is!). After 2 kids, things just seem to shift around! :(

7. Eating cheesecake for the next few nights! We have some leftover after our get-together last night. I guess I’ll have to workout an extra hour each day this week!

8. Taking a nap after I finish writing this!

8 things I did yesterday:

1. I got up early and had 2 cups of coffee before the kids even woke up! Great start to the day!

2. 3 LOADS of Laundry! Cleaned, folded and put away! Woo-Hoo! I still have 2 more to do, and I am sure after those, then I’ll have 2 more to do. The dirty clothes never give me a break!

3. We went to look at Granite samples for the new countertops we hope to get installed soon! :)

4. I got my hair trimmed. I love that hour away to just myself!

5. Watched as the rain turned our pool into a swamp! We will be spending a lot of time cleaning it during the next few days, but it will be blue again soon!
6. Chloe and I made some brownies!

7. Prepared myself for Chloe’s sleepover...I didn’t know how it would go with 2 little girls who are both hard to sleep with and kick and move around in bed all night, but somehow they made it through the night together without moving much. They both slept all night!

8. We had 3 other couples over for drinks and dessert! There were 5 kids here, so it was kind of crazy until they all finally got situated and asleep. We (the adults) had fun until 12:30 am!

8 shows I enjoy...

1. The View

2. Dancing with the Stars
3. Oprah
4. The Apprentice
5. Desperate Housewives
6. Nancy Grace
7. 20/20
8. Saturday Night Live

These are the shows I TiVo, but I hardly ever get around to watching any of them! The one I always watch is Oprah. TiVo is great! We really never watch anything live anymore!

I tag everyone who reads this ! No pressure, though!

RAIN!

Wow...what a rain!  Since we live down a hill, we get  lots of water around here!

We had a little teaching moment with Chloe.  She heard us talking about lightning, and I thought she knew about lightning.  I showed her some lightning videos on the internet, and she got scared.  So, I turned that off, and as we walked up front, she got to see some real lightning for herself!  I don't think she will forget what it is now!

Here is some video of outside our front door.  We have a pond across the street, but you cannot tell where the pond is since it is so flooded outside!

There is also some video of our backyard.   There is so much dirt in the pool right now, but this has happened 3 or 4 other times in the past 6 years, and it always seems to be clean a few days later!

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