If I had a Million Dollars....

Logan's class assignment was to write a diary entry of what a typical day would be like if he was the richest person in the world. So... his started that he would wake up to the smell of pancakes since he would have someone that cooks for him. In a nutshell, he would spend his day playing video games, watching tv, eating oreos and milk, playing legos and beating the chef at bakugan. My favorite part of the whole diary entry was the last line - 'Being rich will be wonderful because I can have everything that I want but the worst part about it would be that you would have to sign alot of autographs.'

Luck 'o the Irish

He totally cracks me up!! He loves this shirt and totally wants to change it to 'ALL' instead of 'Irish' after today. Wow...

Did I tell you how a couple weeks ago he was telling me how a little boy in his class was asking him why he was offering to do something for one of the girls in the class and I said why? It's nice to do things for other people! And Logan said "Yeh - and how else do you think you get girl friends?!" He is in 2nd grade!!!!!!!!!

Happy St Patricks Day!

Oh My Goodness! I have a 5 year old!!

Where did the time go?? My baby is five years old??!!! Can that even qualify as a toddler? People aren't kidding when they say that time flies by quickly!











Little Miss Lu Lu had a great birthday again this year! She decided she wanted to go to Applebees for her dinner and Grandma and Poppy joined us there. Afterwards we sat out at the car and opened presents, sang Happy Birthday and ate the cupcakes that Lexi helped make. Quite entertaining doing this in the restaurant parking lot... but everyone really had fun! And to top it off.. Lexi got her Zhu Zhu pets for her birthday!! For anyone who doesn't know - these are little toy hamsters that are the hottest toy this year and are next to impossible to find - Todd and I had actually waited in line at Toys R Us that weekend and actually got the ones for her birthday!



Then for her friends party she had a party at a local laser place in the inflatibles area so the kids could jump around and slide. They had an absolute blast!! And of course she ended up with even more fun toys to play with from all of her friends!

Lego Master & another toothless?

Check out this amazing creation that Logan has made with his Legos!!





And yes - my 4 year old actually lost a tooth today!! Absolutely crazy! But she did get xrays 2 weeks ago and her adult teeth are right there... so she did loose it for a good reason!! Except that she is growing up WAY too fast!!!

Dance Recital - Dress Rehearsal

Oh my goodness - I am so in love with my little dancer!! She is so beautiful!! I love watching how focused she is at dancing! Here are a couple cute shots of her offstage. I will add some more later - my fabulous friend Karrie took some action shots that I will post soon! Tonight is the actual recital and I can not wait!!! (except that it will be over for the year)

She is growing up..

Look at this beautiful little girl! Lexi wanted to get her hair cut - and she wanted it cute like her cute little friend Emmy. The stylist kept it a little longer for us to begin with so "no one ended up in tears" - and yes she was referring to Mommy!

The lisping has now begun...

So guess what finally fell out today.....


Wow what a gap there is now! And no end in sight - only one of the adult teeth is barely even pressing on the skin so they are a long time coming! So this is the cute little (big) gap grin we will be treated with everyday! It was so funny today when shortly after he lost the tooth- he tried to say the word 'pennies' and the lisp has appeared. Cute!


A look back, for Valentine's day - I decided to make a full fondue meal for the family and our friend Karrie. This was the kids first time trying fondue. They were such good sports about trying new things especially when it took us 5 hours to complete our meal!! Logan's favorites were apples in the cheese, chicken in the bouillion and just eating the rice krispee treats. Lexi's favorites were the celery in the cheese, chicken in the bouillion and just eating the pound cake. No these silly children have STILL not completely decided to embrace the magic of chocolate! Who's are they anyway???

Mr. Hole in his face

FINALLY lost his 3rd tooth! Now this tooth has been loose for literally 4 months!! About time it finally came out! To add to it - it was so completely loose for the past 10 days that Logan has been twisting it and shoving it outside his lips - pretty nasty looking. His gums were so red from all of the playing he did with it but he just wouldn't yank the thing out (or let us near it). Finally Saturday night he spent the night with our friend Karrie and when Karrie was tickling him and saying she was going to yank it - she touched it with a kleenex and it came out! Complete accident (or so she tells us!) That thing was barely holding on by anything!

Now this is Logan's 3rd lost tooth but the first two were loose long enough also that the tooth behind had grown in so much that you really did not see a hole in his mouth when they came out. So this hole in his face is brand new to us!! I am actually having a hard time getting used to it. I look at this kid with the big 'ole gap and realize how much he is growing up!

Not ready yet....

I told them they better be good...

Guess who just came to our house!!




The kids were absolutely shocked but had a blast showing him what they wanted for Christmas! He even knew that Logan is a good reader and that he reads AR books and he knew that Lexi is really using her words well these days!! He also told him to be sure we leave him cookies... Chocolate Chip!!!!








So remember
He sees you when your sleeping
He knows when your awake
He knows if you've been bad or good




SO BE GOOD FOR GOODNESS SAKES!!! (this last picture was from Breakfast with Santa yesterday)

My hubby doesn't think that I deserve to be a mom...

(yes he was kidding)

there are just some times when the kids do and say something that I really should not laugh at and encourage but darn it I just can't help it!!!!!!!!!!!

So at dinner today - the kids had spaghetti in a bowl and a salad in a bowl and everyone was eating and chatting. Lexi was eating a piece of bread that was crumbling all over herself since she was not eating over the table.

Daddy - 'Lexi eat over the plate so you don't get the crumbs all over you"
Lexi - (she looks around...) 'I don't have a plate'
Me - thankful I didn't have a drink in my mouth since I burst out laughing!!!
Daddy - (his favorite saying when I fail at restraint) 'you don't deserve to be a mom'

I love kids! Too funny!

k

ps - still can't upload pics yet....

Maybe not the most graceful

but she loves it!!! And we love watching her! One good thing coming from my surgery is the fact that Todd and my mom have gotten to take Lexi to her dance class and watch her do her best! She may not be the smoothest dancer but BOY does she try to do everything and she LOVES it! I know Todd for one had a blast getting to see her!

Today mom even took her camera and captured this amazing picture of Lexi enjoying the chance to wear the big 'Cinderella' tutu. Wow how cute is that!!

She also got this fun pic of Lexi and Emmy dancing away. I am so SO happy she enjoys this so much because WE have all decided that watching her is the highlight of our week!

She wants Glamorous...

Since Lexi was about to start preschool - last Friday I decided to take her to the Mall and Libby Lu for a fun girlie day out! Libby Lu is an all girl store where you can purchase all different kids of 'makeovers' for your little girls to gte all glamified! This was Lexi's first time there since she only let me start painting her fingernails about 2 months ago - the same time she started wearing ponytails in her hair. Her best friend Emmy And her mommy Michelle and baby sis Gracyn) decided to come with us.



It was so stinking cute!!!!!!!!!! !

Emmy got her hair done first like a pro - she has an older sister so has been there several times before - and she is very much a little girlie girl. Then came Lexi. She had the most intense and unsure face - but she was willing to sit and let the lady do whatever to her hair she wanted - braids, hair spray, knots and twists, bobby pins, glitter, headband - you name it!!! We loved it all but decided the headband was the greatest



After the hair came the nail polish - alternating pink and purple with glkitter just like Emmy. Then the make up and stick on jewels! She was so proud of herself! Especially the jewels!
I don't know if we could ever get Logan or Daddy to step foot in the store - but I will say it was a wonderful day spent for mommy and especially since we got to spend it with her best friend Emmy (and Michelle and Gracyn)! Hopefully she won't decide that this is the way she should always be dressed! Mommy is so not a glam chick - I would need help from someone else to keep her in style!!!


Just one last pic of Lexi and Emmy - they are so cute together and truly love each other!! We are a little sad right now - our dear friends are moving out of town in only a couple weeks! Makes us even happier that we got to do these fun little outings with them! We are going to really miss them but look forward to some fun road trips! What complete sweetness!

Ballerina Girl...

You are so beautiful...

Here is Lexi right before her first day of dance! And she was excited! There were 6 little girls including her best friend Emmy and they were so adorable to watch. Lexi was so good and tried everything they showed her. But I have to say - as of right now - she is not the most graceful girl on the planet!But as we were climbing into the car she told me "Mommy, I want to go in there again!!!" So yay!!! I can not wait to watch each lesson and I am sure I will go ballistic at her end of the year recital! I'll keep you posted...

Our Big First Grader!!!!!

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He is really in first grade!!! And he is going to school all day! Wow! Seems really strange to have him gone all day. We set his alarm this morning thinking he might have trouble getting up especially since he had trouble going to bed last night. But by 7am he was awake and playing Legos. Maybe it is only Mommy who needs the alarmWhat was really strange was the fact him leaving was just so casual. He was chatting with his friend Tristin who lives next door and just ran to the bus without even saying bye to us!! At least he turned and waved to us from the bus. .
(he is behind the only window with writing on it of course.) And sadly I only got about 4 pictures!! Now what am I going to scrapbook....

And here is also a gratuitous photo of the adorable Ms Lexi waiting for the bus with Logan. She also had a big day and got to meet her two new teachers at the new preschool that she is starting this year. Two more weeks before she gets to go to school for a couple days to be like her big brother.
Best wishes to all of yours on their first day of school.

What is going on now..

First and foremost - I think after alot of hassle - the bathroom is done! For such a little room - it actually caused us alot of problems!! And I still have a pair of shorts with a big spot of paint on the back to show where I fell into the wall!! So here is a picture of the paint and a better picture of the shower curtain we based the room on. The room is so small I couldn't get a very wide angle pic - sorry. I think our final step is to get a wall shelving unit and for the kids and I to do a cute little craft based off of the curtain that I can frame for art! One room down 5 + to go!!!! ha-ha!


Lexi is becoming a very inquistive almost 4 year old. Caily I get to answer at least half a dozen - "Mommy why we have cars?" "Why we have houses?" "Why we have forks?" "why we have clothes?" "why we have bathrooms?" and on and on!!! It is actually really cute right now but I am sure soon I will go crazy! Here is a quick picture taken last week while she was posing for me. She is still the sweetest little thing with the funniest personality! My girlfriend Karrie calls her 'a little pocketfull of sunshine'. But I must admit... she has all of a sudden taken on the attitude of 'if I can't have my way I am going to scream and cry!' - I SO wish this will be a short lived thing...... Pray for me.

Logan is really picking up in his reading. We are having so much fun watching him get excited about reading and helping to read a book to Lexi every night at bedtime. When we went to the library last week - I came home with 14 books that Logan had picked out!!! Wow!! And since Logan needs money to spend when we go to DisneyWorld - Daddy is being extremely generous and paying him a dollar a day if he reads a book!!! Better than just giving him the money! hee-hee And school starts in only 3 weeks! He is so excited to be in the first grade and to eat lunch at school!! I hope it last for more than just the first week!!!


This week is Vacation Bible School at church so we have been very busy during the day and since I am co-craft chair - we have had to get there early each morning so I can safely say that we are all tired and in need of a day at the pool!!!!!!!! Next week here we come!!!

On the 17th I had a surgery with the plans to remove my right ovary and a mass formed there (cancer marker tests look great so that is not a concern Thank God) but with what they found - they decided to stop the surgery and just schedule me for a complete hysterectomy. Since we aren't in a rush - the Dr has no problem waiting until after our Disney trip in September. So October 7th is the scheduled day of surgery and what a great birthday gift for me!!!! Oh well - what a great excuse to actually get some sleep and to sit around and do nothing and not feel guilty!

I have actually gotten a couple scrapbook pages done! Not much and most of them are very plain and to the point but at least I am finally getting back to it! Let's hope this is finally the start of my reinvestment into creativity!!!!!


And last but definately not least.... I am impatiently waiting for the release of Breaking Dawn the final book in the Twilight Series. My friend and I are going at midnight tomorrow night for the release party and to get our copy. SO... I will not be sleeping much Friday night/Saturday!! So don't call me - I won't answer the phone!!! ;)

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll work on getting some more pictures of the kids!

Love you all!

PS. Please keep in your prayers my Mother in law Mrs. Perry, My Sister in Law Kay and my friends Mom, Mrs. Hogg - they are all battling forms of cancer and are in need of all the healing prayers they can recieve. Thank you much!

Why did I want her to talk??

SO this week on both Tuesday and Wednesday we had Tornado Warnings with really bad thunderstorms. On Wednesday, I had both kids down stairs and Todd calling form work wanting me to keep him posted of the news so he could keep his people in safe spots as long as needed. SO I am desperately trying to listen to the tv. Lexi keeps talking and so the conversation began...

"Lexi please keep quiet a minute, mommy has to hear this"
"no, I can't"
"yes you can - please let me hear"
"I can't"
'Lexi, please"
"I can't not talk"
"Lexi, mommy needs to know what is going on"
"I can't not talk" louder this time
"Lexi"
"I can't not talk!!!!" even louder
"Then Lexi please go to the other side of the room"
"FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

My friend Michelle loves to keep telling me... You asked for it - and she has 3 years of not talking to make up for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just little tidbits..

The World According to Lexi

* Lexi refers to Logan as "MY BOY - My silly boy"

* How do you spell your name? "Letters X-I-L-E"

* When we drove into the bank to go to the ATM - she yells "Mommy! The Money Store!"

* Gave her some Propel to drink and she goes "Propel - Oh Yeah! - Propel - Oh Yeah!!" in a chant complete with the Cabbage Patch Doll dance

* While at church she noticed on the large cross over the alter the white fabric draped over it that hangs kind of like a w with tails at each end - she turns her head so she can look at it upside down and says "that's Mc Donalds upside down and it should be yellow not white!"

* asked to clean her room "I'm not doing that! You do it!"


I can't wait until she actually starts having an opinion! ;)

The Big Cheese!

They grow up too fast!! My little boy lost his first tooth yesterday!

It has actually been loose for 4 weeks but he was not willing to wiggle it much so it lasted in a long time! The tooth behind is already almost halfway up!!! So you don't see as much of a gap as you would expect. (Bottom left side tooth if you can't tell)

He lost it yesterday while at school so his teacher took him to the office to get a little 'tooth keeper' treasure chest (she told me he was so excited he skipped all the way) and as soon as he got back in the hallway to go back to class - he looked at his teacher and said 'We are going back to class and calling my mom right!?' His teacher being as sweet as she is said "Well I guess so" so thus the reason I got a phone call from an excited little boy at 2:40pm yesterday! So cute!!!!




Also last night Logan's Kindergarten class performed at the PTA meeting. So much fun! As soon as I can figure out how to load a video I will let you all see.

Of Course She Did!!!

I just wanted to share with everyone my precious little girls Easter outfit that she wore.

And this after I went to 5 stores and 3 dresses bought and brought home before she found one she was willing to wear. I'm glad I never found the perfect pair of shoes....










Also wanted to share a picture of my beautiful blue eyed boy... He seems so angelic...

But they go with everything!

So what exactly do you wear leopard print and pink rain boots with? If you ask Lexi - the answer is EVRYTHING!!!

This has been by far her favorite Christmas present - she wears them 6 days a week. She might give into us on one occasion. (Thanks Unc Kev, Aunt Mare, Joseph, Jack, Erin & Emma!)

She even wore them with a floral skirt to preschool for her class picture last week... I think they stuck her in the back row to hide them.... ;)

This picture is just for Aunt Marianne since she thinks Lexi's only clothes are Leopard Print. Talk about stylin'!!!!