Wednesday

By far my most fav day of the work week.  It's our only down day.  Our only day we don't have to keep to a schedule.  The only day C does not have school.  So we take full advantage of lounging in our PJ's and then we get out and do something fun.  Last week was the zoo.  This week was rainy so we went to All About Kids.  Since I don't have to take the littles to school I can drive Av to school (I can't get them all to school on time if I take them all).  She thinks of it as a treat and I love being able to give her small treats like that.  We don't have to leave the house until 845 which gives us an extra 20 minutes so she can sleep in longer.  I can drop her in my PJs and I don't have to get the others dressed so I can sleep longer too.  It's also the only week night was have nothing too so that is just bonus!!!  Some people do the happy dance for Fri.  I do it for Wed!!!  It's super sad when it is over though bc Thursday is BY FAR the worst day of the week.  Bus at 830, then drop E and C at 9, then head to Wilder.  I spend all AM there only to rush to get C by noon and then get her to dance by 1215.  By the time we get home we have about 1.5 hours until we have to leave to get Av for hbr.  I pick her up early from school each Thursday.  Only by 10 min but it's an ordeal.  I have to get C and E out of the car and into the school and wait for Av to come down the hall and then rush and get all 3 in the car so we can "beat the buses" out of there.  We leave hbr at 5 (which is 30 min away from our house) to get a quick  dinner and get C to soccer practice by 630 fitting homework in there somewhere.   Makes me just want to pull my hair out.  Glad it is only once a week!!!

Sleep pics

It's been awhile since I have taken sleep pics.  Here are some that are very entertaining.

C in a crown, in the most rainbow PJ and non-PJ combo she can find (those are shorts she is wearing) sleeping in a T position.  Face down with both arms out to either side.  Who sleeps like this??

On a different night in same position.

And then there is Av.  Sleeping with her knees up in the air and arms over her head.  Who sleeps like this???  Well her dad does too.  Sooooooo weird.

"mom you gotta get a picture of this"

Was said by C.

This was what she wanted a pic of!  She knows me.

"We are being nice and not fighting and sitting in my chair together!" Said by my Camille.

all wet

C and E were outside playing while I was doing something inside.  All of the sudden they came in and this is what they looked like.

They were soaked from head to toe including their clothes.  If you know C you know what a big deal this is.  Being wet is not her fav thing.  They were so cute and happy!

A beautiful family Sunday!!

Avery had Caroline over on Sat.  She stayed the WHOLE day and the 4 of them played so well together.  So well in fact that J and I got a ton done around the house.  It was super nice but as we were putting the kids to bed that night it was sad.  Felt like I had not seen them or spent any time with them that day.  So on Sunday after boot camp spur of the moment we decided a family trip to Hubers was in order.  It was a beautiful day!!!  We picked out pumpkins, had yummy doughnuts for lunch, had wine while we listened to the band and then picked apples.  Perfect day.  One note next time we will get WAY more doughnuts than we did.  The kids saw these suckers they wanted instead of the doughnuts so we got them for them.  Well when the apple cider doughnuts came out (cake doughnuts w/real sugar and cinnomion on them) the suckers became chop liver.  I very grudgingly shared with them.  I could have eaten like 6 more to the 1 I had.

Wilder's Walk-a-thon

It is Avery's school biggest fund raiser.  Happens every fall.  The get pledges and then walk laps the day of.   Music, balloons, treats and lots of parents make it very fun!  Each lap the walk a parent marks the number off on the back of their shirt.  I had been at the school every Tues and Thur for weeks help set this up.  Each grade wears a different color shirt.  Hers was red this year.

Her class getting ready to walk.  She is 4th from the left.

Avery and her bff Noelle

The principal (middle) and the AP (far left) getting down!!!

katy perry

On the way to school this am I was driving along flipping through the radio stations looking for something good.  Out of no where I hear a little voice say, "I want Katy Perry."  hehehheh it was E.  I laughed sooooo hard.  Where does he get this stuff????

chalk outlines

C loves sidewalk chalk.  She uses it all the time.  She was drawing big bugs with lots and lots of legs but lately she has been very into tracing us and then coloring us in rainbow.  So a few nights ago Av, C and I were all traced and colored in.  Not sure what E was up to.  Last night J was out cleaning the deck and he saw E laying on the driveway not moving.  His heart stopped as he leaped over things to get to E.  He saw C standing over him which was more cause for concern.  He said, "Camille what did you do?"  C just looked up at him like WHAT???  E still had not moved.  J said, "Everett are you ok?" E didn't know what was going on and was surprised all the sudden lifted his head up and looked up like "what dad?"  C had been tracing him.  Soooo cute.  Few minutes later J called me out there again.  E was tracing C.

katy perry

On the way to school this am I was driving along flipping through the radio stations looking for something good.  Out of no where I hear a little voice say, "I want Katy Perry."  hehehheh it was E.  I laughed sooooo hard.  Where does he get this stuff????

I think her dots are cute!!!

This has been cracking me up since she got off the bus!!!


Yes they are slightly big.  heheh but so cute.  How could you not fall in love with her over these???  Told you she had a very strict teacher.  J said, "I like her attention to detail."  He would!!!

I guess if that is all the criticism she has for my child that has an abnormal chromosome I will take it and do my happy dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (for today at least.....one day at a time and enjoy each days win!)

rainbows

This necklace, it seems simple.  But to C it is everything.  She wears it EVERY day.  EVERY where!?!?  She is crazy.  So there are a few stories about this necklace.

1) I asked her the other day, "did you make this or did Av?"  (Because I remember one of them made it while the other was sick and gave it to the sick one.)  C said, "I made it at Abby's house."  (oh yea that's right.  C made it when she spent the day with Abby after Av had her tonsils out.  She then came home and gave it to Av. so sweet)  I asked her how she remembered that.  She said, "I put it in my brain."  Brain was not said clearly at all though and it's not a word we say much so it took me prob 2 full minutes and her saying it a number of times to figure out what she was saying.  I asked her who taught her about her brain and where it was.  She said, "you did mom."  I asked when?  She said, " you say it all the time to Avery."  heheheh  I DO!!!!!!!!!!!  I didn't realize it though.  But while going over schoolwork or whatever I say, "put that in your brain and remember it." hehehhe guess she is listening even when I am not talking directly to her.

2) the second thing about this necklace is that it is "rainbow."  She is OBSESSED with rainbows.  Like beyond obsessed.  When you ask her, her fav color she says, "rainbow."  Her upcoming bday party will be a rainbow theme.  So this necklace has a red barrette on it.  It's been there forever and I never even noticed it or thought anything about it until the other day.  She came down in a dress and said, "this dress has every color of the rainbow on it except green so I am wearing green socks."  It hit me like a freight train.  That's why the barrette is on the necklace.  It completes the rainbow in her eyes.  She really is something special.  I try to remember that on days like today when she was so crazy nasty all day I wanted to leave her at school.  Although she "hit a friend" so they prob would not have kept her.  heheheh And yes it is VERY unusual for her to misbehave at school. They said it was a side of her they have never seen.  hehehh well I see a lot of if.  Not a surprise to me.  It was a friend that prob deserved it though. hheheheh but NO I didn't tell her that.

Monkeys in a tree

Wait....what is in the tree?  3 Monkeys!?!?! Wow, how did they get there????

Oh, this is how.  Their dad is teaching them to climb a tree!!!

We had a picnic in the park last night.  Got huge pieces of pizza and headed to the park.  It was a blast.

First Grade

So far is going really well.  She loves it and she is very happy.  Her work is coming home well.  Here is her very first spelling test ever and her first art project of the year.  Pretty cool!!!

of, man, to, a, had, and, hand, hat, lamp, the

And a pic of the 100% and smily face!!!

Here is something fun they made for open house!!  This was on the board outside her classroom.

Open house went great.  I like the teacher more and more every time.  She had put together a presentation for us. It was about the classroom, had a pic of each kid and a little bit about them, a pic of the whole class outside in front of the school (it was super cute, still trying to get my hands on it) and a video of the class in action.  She was so proud the class had one the lunch room award the week before and showed all the parents the award.  She just really seems to have those kids under control and Av is really learning. So far we could not be happier.

9 years

My wonderful husband took me to Wicked last night.  It was the most amazing show I have ever seen (which hasn't been too many but still sooooooo good).  We went out to dinner and then to the show.  He totally surprised me!!!  Love him so much!!!

hockey

J and E are outside playing hockey.  It's sooooo cute!!!  It was about time to stop though so I asked E if he wanted to go with daddy on an errand or help me put the girls to bed.  He thought about it for a minute then said, "play hockey with daddy!!!"  Not one of the choices but too cute to resist.

my cute kids

Cute things they say.

Everyone is amazed at E's talking.  No one really believes he's not yet 2 and talks in full sentences.  He came up to me the other day and said, "I am bleeding, I need a band-aide."  What almost 2 year old knows that and can say it?

He is BAD though.  He wants to do what he wants and when he can't he is very strong willed about letting you know he is MAD.  I battle him a 100 times a day.  And he laughs when you are trying to disapline him.  It's so hard.  Hard not to laugh when your kid does.  I put him in time out and he gets up and I put him back in and he gets up and I put him back in and he gets up.  Goes on and on.  Not sure what to do with him.  He for sure is my most strong willed kid and for sure starting the terrible 2s earliest.  He went from being my most perfect child to being my worst in the matter of 3 months.

E calls me "mommy mom."  hehe so cute.

I was getting E dressed for school and talking it up.  I said, "are you going to see Ms. Martha today?"  He said, "and Ms. April."  Then he went on to say, "I will miss you mommy at school." Just made my heart melt.  He can voice and realize his sadness.

C and Stella were playing the other day at the pool with these seeds they found.  She brought hers home and wanted to plant them.  She asked for a cup of water.  Few minutes later needed another.  I thought for sure by then they were all planted.  Nope.  She had planted 3.  She was saving the rest "to plant with Stella."  Then she asked me if, "they would die before Stella came over again?"

Yesterday at the game during tailgate C found my change in my car.  She had a handful of it.  Then she found a few pom pom pieces.  Then a balloon at the game.  She held onto all 3 of these items the entire game and all the way back to the car.  Would not let them go.  Ugh a true hoarder.

Av and I got to go to her school on Friday night just the two of us.  None of her close friends were there so it was just us two hanging out.  It was so nice. She held my hand most of the time.  We worked one of the games, ate ice cream, played some games, danced and sung to Call me Maybe and watched some of the movie.  It was an awesome night!!!

Soccer girl

Her soccer jersey is maroon.  We have a very hard time getting her to wear it.  She is good with everything else until we pull the jersey out.   It goes on over this "rainbow" shirt right at game time and comes off the minute the game is over.  This is the only shirt (non-dress) I can get her to wear.  So far she has worn it for every practice and every game.

Don't you love the monster in the background????

Camille at dance

 Look at that cute tush!!  Baby got back.

Avery at Dance

Picture taken though a window that had a blind on it.  Ugh.  She is on the far left.

C's soccer team

Coach John, Jake, Davis Maggie, Sophie, Max, Coach Brent
Levi, Camille, Hadly, Ava, Grant, Stella
not pictured: Sabine

Football game

We took the kids to a football game this weekend.  The kids did really well.  First we tailgated and then headed to the game.  We got cheap tickets ($12 you have too when you have this crew) but of course they were very high up.  The kids did great walking.  They walked to the stadium, up the 10 ramps and then all the steps to get to our seats.  I was very proud of them.  They made it for 3 quarters and then we  all had had it.  It was fun to do with our kids though.  I am so glad we can and we do do things like that with them!!!

U of L vs UK

The game was last weekend. VERY big game around here.  My parents came to watch the kids for us (LOVE you all so much could not raise this crazy crew wo you!!!).  John and I took off about 11 to tailgate for the game.  The only problem was that it was raining.  Ugh but rain or shine we were going to do it.  So we stood in the rain for 3 hours. heheheh It was a blast though.  It stopped raining for the game so that was nice.

Trying to rig up the tent and tarp to keep us somewhat dry.