10 days

have again passed since my last post.  Should I give this up??  

Here's what the kids were up to this morning.  My girl is well for now but the baby boy has a yucky cold & cough.  So pitiful to hear a little one with congestion.  Do you see a pattern here or is it just me?  How can one or the other of my kids be sick constantly?  I try so hard to feed them well.  Maybe I need to bump up the junk and see if that helps!!

She took a tumble down a couple steps at the Grandparents house (under my watch!) a week ago.  She's all healed up now though.

Have had a busy weekend of birthday parties.  Pool parties for 3 & 4 year olds.  I'm the nervous, overprotective one at the pool parties.  Is it just me or is the idea of a bunch of 3 & 4 year olds in the pool for a birthday party a bad idea?  Maybe it's just me, both passed without an incident....

No school this week, hoping to squeeze some fun activities in over the next few days.  Hope you do too!!

Cute stuff

I'm becoming a lame blogger again.  I just log back on and I cannot believe so much time has passed since my last post.  Anyways it's late but I wanted to share a couple things...

He loves pumpkin!!

She can WRITE HER NAME!!!

I love my babies!!

What's new

Well since my last post we've had a few things going on around here.  Most exciting was celebration the little girl's 3rd birthday.  We had 2 very fun parties, one for family and one for little friends!  We are still trying to beat this cold.  The baby boy got it, of course, but only has an infrequent runny nose.  My girl on the other hand has been left with a nasty cough.  Doesn't seem to bother her much, but it bugs me.  Since preschool started we have only been cold-free for one month out of the five so far - November.....   ARGHHHH.

Just tracked the last of the Super Bowl on the internet.  Must've been a pretty exciting game there towards the end.  We are a cable/satteliteless family and have been for over 3.5 years now.  I can't believe it!  I miss it at times, but thus far, not enough to cave.  We have plenty of tv as it is with ITunes (mostly for my girl) and weekend movie rentals.  Still, I must say now that I've thought of it, I don't know a single other family off the top of my head who doesn't have either cable or satellite.  When I do get a chance to watch it, my favorite shows are on the Food Network:  Everyday Italian and Barefoot Contessa.  I think EI may have changed to Giada at Home...

Well I hear that my hubby just arrived from a weekend off-island so I must sign off.  

ttfn

lysol, hand washing, airborne....

Here we go again.  My girl started sneezing in the early hours of today.  She had breakfast before 6am and is now happily watching Dora on her ipod.  Her nose has been running with regularity since she got up.  Just in time for her birthday celebrations we have planned for tomorrow & Saturday.  ARGHHHHH.  Somehow I knew this was coming.

I'm starting to feel the delirium of 4 1/2 hours of sleep.

On a funny note, my girl is talking about guinea pigs all the time and what they do and do not do.  For example, she will ask me for some yogurt and then tell me that guinea pigs don't eat yogurt.  She likes to slip these comments in most when she is doing something she isn't supposed to be doing.  This is actually very effective as it distracts me from the issue at hand and usually makes me giggle.

Well I can see that the delirium is setting in on her now too - she just told me that Ming-Ming is nuts.  A comment that those with young children may understand.

The Ipod is no longer entertaining - so I better sign off.

Praying that I get through today.......

Yep, he can already stand up in the crib!

laundry day

I've got some new pics and videos to get on my computer then I will have some fun things to post.  For now I'm catching up on laundry.  It's a rainy day here which is nice for a change, we need the rain!  Hope you all are having a great week.  Hoping to get the pics posted by the end of the week.

ttfn!

quick one

Well my babies are asleep and my computer has 17% battery left so this one will be quick!

We are getting back into our regular routine.  My girl is enjoying being back at school.  My boy has a new tooth and is really getting around!  One of his many nicknames is Scooter and it suits him perfectly.  

Here's a really cute recent photo of my kids and their cousins.  Guess who didn't want their picture taken??  She IS a girl!

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Happy 2009!

This is so exciting!

The one thing she asked for - a snowglobe!

Whew - well the holidays are over.  Now it's time to pack away all the decorations - anyone want to help?  That's getting to be more of a chore every year.

We had a great Christmas and a very quiet New Year - I was the only one awake at midnight.  

Here are a few holiday photos to share.  

Here's to a great year!!