My Monday

It is a lovely start to the week to have a 70 degree day. However, I think it is suppose to rain the rest of this week. I worked in Justin's kindergarten class today. We used white paint and painted the bottoms of all the kids feet and put their footprints on a large piece of construction paper. Eventually, the footprints will become the ears of a bunny they are making. It was quite a job painting 21 pairs of kid feet, they were all quite ticklish and wiggly, somehow I made it out of there relatively clean and paintfree. I wish I had taken my camera with me :) I was reading a scrapbooking magazine at the table while the kids had lunch. It hadn't been very long and I noticed Kyle was really quiet. Poor kid feel asleep while eatting his cup of pudding. Rather than just clean him up, I just had to stop and grab a few pictures. I must be driving Megan crazy with all my picture taking (even though I really haven't been taking many more than normal) She covers her face, turns away and keeps telling me to leave her alone. This just isn't working for me at all....we finally made a deal that she would hold still, give me a good smile and once I got a picture I would leave her alone for awhile. Funny thing is she is the one who likes to sit down with me and look at all the pictures and scrap pages :) I am looking forward to this evening, I am joining 4 friends for an informal baby shower and dinner out at PF Chang's. I am sure we will have good food and lots of great conversation!! Justin's kindergarten round up is coming up soon and I got his paperwork filled out and turned in. Considering we did round up last year and the same paperwork I am tempted to skip, but don't want to miss anything important should there have been any changes. I am so glad we put Justin in the young five kindergaren this year. He has had the opportunity to be intellectually challenged but it has allowed him extra time to mature. Gary and I noticed recently that he has made a lot of progress in that department. Justin has become pretty cooperative and resonable but he is quite the negotiator. The past two nights he has gone to bed with his tennis racket and fallen asleep with it in his hands. I have to try to remember to catch a photo of it. Until next time, take care!!

Hi All!!!

Hello to all who read my blog!! Hope all is well with you! Things are good here. Kyle is getting over the mild sniffles and we are looking forward to a pleasant weekend. My new "toy" arrived yesterday and I am so excited to have it in hand and start playing with it. We just bought a new digital SLR camera. I have been dreaming about owning one for awhile now and so excited to finally have a Nikon D80. I have been practicing a bit and trying to read all the manuals that came with all the various pieces so I can try to learn to use it properly. So far when I have the camera set on auto I am getting great regular pictures. I hope eventually, I can learn to get some creative, awesome shots. I am sure my new camera will increase my photo taking and least for awhile (not that I have a problem with too few pictures!!!) and give me lots of material to scrapbook with. I wish I had the new camera while Justin was still playing indoor floor hockey. I was so limited with my old camera and had trouble getting any close up action shots (without a flash) in a gymnasium. Oh well, I will get all practiced up for next year. Justin is begging us to buy him or let him use his own money to buy a tennis racket and to take lessons. We don't know any other kids who play or take lessons, so where this idea came from, I am not sure. We will see how long the idea stays active in his mind and then decide whether or not to pursue this phase.

Feels like spring is getting closer

It is kind of sad when you realize winter has been going on for long enough that a sunny day with temps in the mid 30's feels like spring. The kids and I are anxious for warmer weather to arrive and stay with us. Not much newsworthy happening around here.

Over the past couple of days I am noticing that all the kids clothes seem too small. They all fit last fall, so it seems they have grown (again) overnight. Megan is getting excited for her upcoming 4th birthday in a week. Her new favorite movie is "Candyland". Megan spends her days dress in her Cinderella costume pretending to be Princess Lolly from the movie. It is necessary for Princess Lolly to carry her royal septor with her everywhere she goes. The phase is still pretty cute. Justin remains busy with computer games and drawing, that boy uses a lot of paper!!! And Kyle, well he is just very busy and into any and everything. He is very clever and can find ways to accomplish most anything he sets his mind to. While those can be great characteristics, they sometimes get him into trouble. I posted a scrapbook page I just finished of Kyle trying out some new things.