New Year, New Goals!

Out with old, in with the new.

My goals for 2011

Do a Triathlon! I am signed up for one in June. I ran my 1st half marathon last June. I am not ready for a full marathon (Although friends tried to get me to do the Boston Marathon, maybe next year!)

Learn to ride a motorcycle! My husband gave me a gift certificate to a motorcycle safety class last year. I just never got there to do it. You take the safety class and at the end you take you test for your motorcycle license. I am hoping this spring I will get it done!

I don't want to many goals, I would feel to pressured! So I am going with 2 for now! When I accomplish these, maybe I will add a new one.

What are yours?

Christmas x3!

Christmas in our house is a lot! We have Christmas with my dad, Christmas with the in laws and Christmas at my moms.
Oh and Christmas morning with us (and my in laws who come for breakfast)

I hosted 2 get togethers for Christmas Eve. Noon was with my Dad and siblings
5:30 was with the in laws. I was toast by the end!

Katie's favorite gift was her Pillow Pet from Auntie. She was even here this morning dropping my nephew off and Katie said "Auntie, thank you for my favorite present!"



Christmas morning. Was so fun! This year was so exciting. Katie just LOVED it and really understood what was going on!


She made pictures for us and put them under the tree.
Sami was special and got hers in a box!

She was also excited to give Daddy his.

When all the gifts were opened, she went under the tree to look for more!


Trying to get a family picture of all 6 of us is tough. So we tried just the kids first.


Then us!

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

He Loves Me....He Loves Me Not!

Tommy(7) is still into expressing himself through signs.

Yesterday Sami and I were the recipients or 2.

The first one is to Sam. She was home with him and he wanted to go outside in the snow. Problem was, Sami didn't know where all his snow stuff was. She found this:


"Meen sister hoo dus not let cids outside"

I loved the P.S "I love you Mom"

He didn't feel that way for long!
Later that night he got in trouble for being fresh. He lost his dessert. I found this:


"Meen parints hoo dus not let there sun eat!"

Earlier in the month, Tommy (1st grade) was to write about when someone was bossy to them He chose Sami.

"Ones my sister sam told me to get owt of har room!"

I love how he expresses himself!

Just a Few More Days!

I just realized that Christmas is in a few days and I need to finish a few things. I have no idea when I will do it!

Today we have dentist appointments, a lunch at our Realtor's office, dance class, just to name a few.

I think I will play Bad Mom and not let Katie know she has dance today. It is the only time I can see heading to the dreaded mall to get my MIL's gift. There is no way I am going to try to go a night this week. I am sure it will be packed.

I am hoping I can get Katie to sit with Santa while there too. However, she is afraid.
I asked her "How will Santa know what you want for Christmas?"
Her response was a typical sassy one....
"I will just wait in line and then yell it to him from there!"
I have a feeling seeing Santa won't go over to well.

OK, OK.......I Really Will Be Back!

I have decided I really would like to get back into blogging. There are so many things I want to share or even things I want to post about my kids so I will remember! Plus, my oldest, Sami, told me last week I need to start doing it again! I took it as a sign!

So........it will begin here!

We, like everyone else, are getting ready for the holidays! It is such a busy time.

Katie, 4, is soooooo excited this year! She truly can't contain herself! She is now going to a Christian Montessori preschool. She is learning the true meaning of Christmas. We are not "church goers" but this is making me want to be. They excitement and love in her eyes when she talks about Baby Jesus is amazing.

Last week her school went to a local place called the "Fatima Shrine". Every year they have tons of lights and you learn about Jesus and Christmas when you walk around. The families walked around on our own then went into the the Hall and had a little skit, sang songs and had birthday cake for Baby Jesus. Katie just loved it.


Kate and her best friend Kate.


Tommy took the camera and took pictures.



He then tried to copy his big sisters by holding the camera up to take a picture if he and Katie.



Part of the family....we are missing the big kids!

Fenway Park, Red Sox and Yankees.....nothing beats it!

I have some pretty cool friends! The one that topped the list last week was T. She scored 4 tickets to a Red Sox vs Yankees game on the warmest night in April weather history in Boston, 90 degrees!

If you live under a rock, you may not know that the Red Sox and Yankees have the biggest rivalry. Me, I love my Red Sox. (although Yankees have some cuties) I am a Bostonian so the Red Sox is my fav.

We sat in the Bleachers out in Right Field.


I have been to many games, but never sat in the bleachers. Let me tell you, this is a different world than anywhere else in Fenway Park. The beer is flowing, the hot dogs are going and so is the language and "friendly" people.
2 examples:

Girl is my friend. Man she is sitting next to....is not. He was very nice, but talked her ear off most of the night. Since we were sitting next to each other it was my duty to save her often.



Example 2:

See Man in green shirt? Again....not with us.......

He really liked my friend Julie. He flirted and joked with all her all night. After we scared the family away in front of us, he seemed to creep down in front of her.



We did put him to good use and made him take a group shot of us.
However, his first try he "somehow" turned my self timer on, was confused and handed the camera back to me....it went off and this is what we got.....maybe he wanted Jule to have it as a souvenir.



He did manage to get one though!

It could not have been a better night! It was probably one of the funniest games I have been to. THANKS T!!!

SHE DID IT!

My Sami girl got her license a few days ago!

I feel so old. How can I be old enough to have a 16 year old who drives?

I am so proud of her. She is already asking to use the car. It is nice though to have her run errands for me.

Tommy is excited and wants her to drive him to the park. I am sure she will do anything if she can drive!

Easter 2010

It was Easter Week in our house! Three egg hunts..........

#1 for the Moms Club

#2 at a friends. She had 20 kids and 500 eggs!


Lastly, Ours on Easter Day!

I had family at my house and my best friend and her family. What a day! 75 degrees! Living in New England you never know what the weather will be like. Last year it was cold and we had a fire going in the wood stove! This year it was shorts and sandals!

I finally was able to get a family picture. It isn't very often that we are all together!

My big girls wanted a picture with me. They are never to big to sit on my lap!


The little kids needed in on the picture too!

Katie Goes to Kindergarten

Tommy had a Gingerbread party at school. The parents went in to help. I brought Katie with me.
When I had to help with the volunteers (my job of being Room Mom) the teacher offered to let Katie stay in the class. She was THRILLED!!!

Of course Tommy loved showing off his little sister in class.

When it was time to make the houses the kids had a blast. Katie made one too!



What an easy way to make the houses! They had small milk cartons and used frosting to "glue" graham crackers to. They used upside down ice cream cones for trees. They all loved decorating them.

When it was time to go back to class, Katie was allowed to go with them so I could clean up. She was even the line leader for the girls!

She loved telling everyone the rest of the dy how she went to Kindergarten!

I Got Picked Up...By a Girl!

Yes I did!

I went out with my good friend Friday night to see a local band at a bar in my hometown. While she was in the ladies room a woman came over and started chatting it up with me. She was very friendly and nice. She was asking me if I was from the area. I had said I grew up in the town but have not lived here in years. She says "REALLY! I am looking for a girlfriend for my husband and me and you are adorable!"

Umm...what???

Yup.......

She went on to say her and her husband were married 26 years and that was the secret to their happy marriage.

Thanks, but no thanks.

I took it as a compliment that she was trying to pick me up.....in a weird sorta way of taking a compliment.

They sat next to us the rest of the night. It turns out that their best friends are my mom's neighbors!

Hey, it isn't often that I get picked up by the same sex! It isn't my style, but I was honored that a chick thought that I was cute enough for her lifestyle!

Oye!

Our Thanksgiving!

We had a great day!

We started the day with Hubby and I running a 5K. The Wobble Gobble they called it. It was a great family event. They had babysitting for the kids and then a kids race after.
My goal was to do it in under 30 minutes. Which I had never done. I DID IT! 26:27!
Chris was gracious and crossed the finish line with me. He totally would have smoked me. Although, the race results said I beat him by 1 second! GO TEAM MOM!



Tommy took our picture after it!

They loved the kids race. Here is Katie walking to the start line.



Then Tommy getting ready!

They got little plastic medals!


They have learned the importance of stretching after a big race!

We got home and got ready for company. We just had one family over and our single friend Roland. Tommy made place cards for everyone that included their name and an Indian symbol. His was lightening.

The kids couldn't wait for dessert. Tommy was so excited he forgot to take his bike helmet off!


And here we are at the end of the day!


Good run, good food and good friends!

Who Needs Dolls?

When you can just push your pumpkin in the stroller!


Yes, that is what Katie is doing!

She wouldn't let us carve it.

She named it Aidan.

She is pushing it around in her baby stroller!

Why........

Things I ponder......

Why can't people admit when they are wrong?

Why can't people who are adults, act like one?

Why can't people who have children love their children for who they are? The good, the bad and the ugly. Life is to short to shove them aside.

Why can't people hit spell check when they email you? It really makes you look that much less of a person when you are trying to make a point, but can't spell a simple word, or many for that matter.

Why do kids decide they need you the very second you are on the phone or in the bathroom?

Why when you have no kids around and are excited to sleep in the next morning you can't? You wake up the same time your kids usually wake up?

Why when your house is a mess someone decides to stop by unannounced?

Anyone else want to add to my list??????

Tommy

My poor Tommy has not been feeling well lately. He has just not been himself. I just had the mommy intuition. He has been chronic tired and just not right.

I took him to the DR and they ran a whole blood work up. They noticed a canker on his tongue. He had been complaining about it. 2 days later (and terrible night sleep) he waked up and his tongue is covered in white spots. I knew right away it was Thrush. Which is a side effect from his asthma meds he takes daily. The poor kid.

I ended up taking him right in to see the DR again Friday morning. She did tell us all his blood work was fine too. One thing was slightly elevated. She is treating him for a sinus infection.

It is amazing after just several doses how kids bounce back. I feel like I got my Buddy back!

Teenagers.....grrrrrr

I was giving Sam a ride to work this morning. It was early so I just grabbed my coffee and was still in my PJ's. No one was going to see me.

Right ?

Wrong.

She wanted to drive. She says to me...."you are wearing that?!?!"

Umm....ya.......

"Well, what happens when you get out of the car to change spots with me?"

I drove......she wasn't risking it!