Cherubic

Recent pictures of the kiddos!

2012-01-20T14:46:00.000-05:00

The first all year!! If you are on my facebook, you have probably seen most of these already..

Sweet baby boy!

First haircut

Lillian got a trim, too.

No room for me and g - our mini me's are taking over the world

Chalking in the FL sun

Having fun at Grag's condo

NUTELLA

CHEESE!!

New trike from a generous momma


Relaxing.. giving momma a hint, I think!

2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2012-01-20T09:01:00.000-05:00

First off.. I don't think my coffee tastes as good with the actual serving amount "1 tablespoon" haha but I will share this..
I looked on my phone for a calorie counter from the market, downloaded it and signed up. When I got the activation email, the website is http://www.fatsecret.com/ .. I also just did my bmi http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ and I am O (having a hard time typing this) B E S E ! UGH.. so last year (haha), I WAS doing great, people were noticing my efforts and then the holidays hit.. some deep sadness, lots of stress, and much good times in between (and lots of yummy foods)..Well, I am starting again. I started keeping track of my meals and let me just tell you about breakfast these past three days
WED 1/18 Cals (calories) 647
THU 1/19 415
FRI 1/20 251
That is just breakfast!

Wish me luck!! Time to get fit!!

Here are my motivation shots:

Around 10 years ago!

This past week! ACK!

Now on to some GOODNESS..

I am very excited to particpate with this.. I try to do this anyway, everyday. But these are some neat ideas to try that we may not have thought of like Kindness Challenge #1: Saying Thank-You

This is directly from the Toddler Approved blog (there is also a link to another favorite of ours, Teach Preschool)

This week's challenge: Make 5 "Thank You" cards and give them to people you've never thought to thank before . . .

. . . like your mail carrier, the men and women at your local fire/police station, a soldier, your favorite story time librarian, the teller at the bank who always gives your child a lollipop, etc..

I created this simple stippling template to make our "Thanks" notes (as seen above), and the kids had fun filling in the dots using an eraser tip/q-tip dipped in paint.

Deborah from Teach Preschool also has a great post on making Thank You cards using your child's artwork (pictured below).

Image from Teach Preschool

Who will you thank? Do you have any fun ideas for making and writing thank you notes?

Pretzels and cheese..

2011-12-10T10:00:00.001-05:00

When the kids are giving me a chance to clean, they can have whatever they want - even pretzels and cheese. For breakfast. Tomorrow will be SPAM. Not even kidding. Enjoy your weekend and remember, ''the more we get together.."

Magazine puzzle pictures!

2011-12-05T18:46:00.000-05:00

This is a super fun idea from Teach Preschool and is part of the Creative Christmas Countdown. Cut out pictures from a magazine, paste to construction paper and laminate (if possible) .. what a genius idea!! I love it! I will post pictures after we complete this one for sure!! Thanks for a super fun idea!!!

Day three or 21?

2011-12-04T21:29:00.000-05:00

We actually did day two today! We made Christmas cards and it was a lot of fun. We will probably do this a lot over the next couple weeks. I just want to get some more stuff!!! Super fun. Super messy. But worth it!!

For more information: http://creativewithkids.com/creative-christmas-countdown/

Day one or twenty-four rather..

2011-12-01T07:20:00.002-05:00

It's Playtime! : Christmas Countdown

We are gonna participate with this creative countdown.

First "assignment" is to Let Kids Create: Treasure hunt and wrap 24 books to read. Each day, kid(s) will unwrap one present to read. How sweet is that?! We are going to have to go on a little treasure hunt ourselves .. first we will go to the library, then maybe dollar store, and kid's consignment to stock up on some Christmas books. Oh and probably the thrift store too since I have stuff to donate (that did not fly out when I drove with the tailgate down yesterday).

By the way, this post was done on my phone (but edited and will add photos later at the computer!)!!!

Happy December 1st!!! :-D

San Diego!

2011-11-13T12:33:00.001-05:00

It rained all day yesterday but we went sightseeing anyway! We had intentions of going to the Hotel del Coronado but little man fell asleep so we kept driving and ended up at Imperial Beach - a super cute surf town. We had second breakfast and enjoyed the sights. The rain had stopped long enough for us to walk around and get a few pictures.

We met our West Coast family and they are absolutely fabulous!!!! Geoffrey got to taste some local brew with his Aunt, her hubby and his cousin's hubby-- we all had a great time and delicious burgers. We went to a place called the Station and they had a play area for the kids - it was really neat.

We are having a blast. Look for more pictures and updates after we get home! And GO BUCS.. Beat those Texans today!!!!!

Sunset at La Jolla Cove

Moon rising on the other side

The barking seals at the cove

The trees at the cove (and all over CA) are so cool!

Parking lot at Birch Aquarium

Scenic view at Scripps

Some of our awesome west coast family!

Ryder WAS sitting in the little stroller

Harbor is so cool!

Lilli "surfing" at Imperial Beach

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

LOTS of fun!

Leaving on a jet plane!

2011-11-07T16:20:00.001-05:00

Super duper excited for our upcoming family trip to San Diego! I talked to my daddy and he said that we went ate aboard Queen Mary and visited the Spruce Goose, oh about thirty years ago when he took my brother and I to San Diego. I believe this may have to be added to our agenda! We are definitely going to the San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park. Apparently, it is Beer town, Brew town, or something like that because San Diego is filled with microbreweries and hubby is super excited. We have been told that we have to eat at In and Out Burger(?) but we really like Five Guys.. so we shall see!! It will be the kiddos first time on a plane (not counting the many times we flew with Lillian in my belly) so I bought a bunch of stickers, activity books, molding clay etc. from the Dollar Tree -- wish us luck and safe travels!!!

Here are some photos from Fire Safety Month at school.

And a video that Lilli and I just found on youtube

We are looking forward to some family time at Thanksgiving!! Happy November!!

Happy Fall!

2011-10-03T15:50:00.000-04:00

The weather has been very nice the last couple of days! I just saw that my last post was titled, "Where did August go?" and now it is already October (OOPS!). School is going great for Lillli and teething is not so great for the little man - but we will get through it. Gotta clean up while he is napping but wanted to get a quick post in. Happy fall and GO BUCS!!!! (and TB RAYS!!!)

Where did August go?!

2011-08-31T21:15:00.000-04:00

my little material girl

Mommy's 80's look (it was a dare)

Ready for his party

The weather before his party!

At least it cooled it down!

Lilli kissing Grandpa

Happy at Disney Junior

Be Happy

Cocoa Beach Pool

More fun at the pool

Teamwork

Splashes, fountains, fun!

Kiddie pool

First day of school

SomeONE is excited!

My little star

New water bottle

Checking out Hurricane Irene's waves

Broken (rounded) nail.. back to square one(s)

I have mowed the lawn 3, yes three times this month!

Disney!

2011-08-10T13:22:00.002-04:00

Part of the gang..

Picking up our pins

Child's bathroom!

Children's care center (WITH nursing rooms!)

What a big hat you have..

Peanut butter and jelly - yummy

Watching the ducks while it rained

Little Mermaid (mommy's favorite!)

Let's go to Neverland

She is ready to go back NOW

She loved Disney Jr.

Nate enjoyed it, too

I caught this sweet moment

JAKE!

Chain game

VIPs

Just US!

SO FUN!

Don't worry, the big guys are faking it!

Some funny green guy!

Not the same kind of Aunt

Toy Story

Handy Manny!

Birthday boy

Wanting to stay.. we will go back!

Wordless Wednesday - Asleep

2011-07-20T11:52:00.000-04:00

while driving,,

after traveling..

during story time..

Bottom bunk

car seat..

through the looking glass

In Daddy's arms

In a box!

First big girl bed


That about wraps it up!

(Hi Kahn! We miss you and all the beautiful ladies in your family!!!)

We are in trouble now!

2011-07-19T10:51:00.000-04:00

We miss you Gabe!

Ice cream creations

He is not even walking, yet! He is climbing ladders..

It has been a while..

2011-05-23T10:54:00.000-04:00

I have been slacking with my updates. We are excited that summer is here and the love bugs MAY be gone. They definitely were a nuisance while they were here and I still have to clean out our kids' snap pool since I cannot seem to get hubby to do it for me.. HA! Maybe he will after reading this??? ;)

We celebrated Lilli's birthday at Chuck E. Cheese. It was our first time for our family to go there.. We went to the brand new location in Melbourne, which is directly behind the Rooms to Go. We had a blast and have since gone back.. yesterday as a matter of fact. We also picked up a new bunk bed set for the Lilli's room. We were tempted to get a new living room set but decided to shop around a bit more.. we are thinking dark leather.

We finished up lab school last week. And the week before, Karen Oftelie, of Cocoa Beach, did our class photo and individual photos. Can you believe I had to choose Lillian's first school photo already?!?!? Well, I cannot say enough how much I loved the photos that Karen had taken - she did a wonderful job and I had a really hard time choosing!!

Photo by K. Oftelie

It seems like we have been sick off and on for the last couple months.and it has been driving me batty but enough of that and on to some photos...

Getting ready for birthday party #1 of the day

Party was set and ready for the birthday girl

She LOVES shooting hoops

Birthday crown

Birthday cake.. don't eat the black icing (trust me!)

Family shot

Slumber party after Addi's party

He loves vacuums.. and helping momma

Lilli jump, jumping at the mall "too high"

Fun at the zoo

Lots of splashing

Swinging with Bubba at the park

CHEESE

Shaving cream art at Lab School

Cool ride!

Hugs!

New room!

Bunk bed fort set

Have a super fabulous week!

Baby girl's Big girl day!

2011-05-06T15:53:00.000-04:00

Today is Lillian's birthday.. We wanted to do a couple things that we did not get to this morning but we did get to go and get her very first haircut!! She did surprisingly well!

Wordless Wednesday - Family's visit

2011-04-27T22:13:00.000-04:00

Miss you all already!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-04-13T15:41:00.001-04:00

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Easter Bunny visit 2011

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