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I am a slacker!!

SO I haven't posted in ages....no good excuse.....just day to day craziness I guess.  Well I coud use the kids as an excuse....if I am not rescuing Lego men or Imaginex men from terrible tragedy I am rescuing Katee from thetop of our dining room table, the shelves of our hutch, the top of the couch, my desk, you get the idea..... 

Katee is growing by leaps and bounds.  She has all of her teeth!! She runs everywhere and wears her emotions on her sleeve!!  Nathaniel is finishing Kindergarten, finished his first roud of Karate, is playing T-Ball, and taking swimming lessons. He continues to test his boundries around here, which is a work in progress.

Kevin and I keep busy as always. Hard to believe we will be married 9 years this summer!!  Time flies when you are having fun :-)

Well here are some recent pics!!! 

Easter

 

 

 

 

A very cold Egg Hunt

with Ben Franklin at the Franklin Institute

 

 

 

Snow Much Fun!!!!!

Wow I have to get better at updating this blog!!!  Well Mother Nature dumped plenty of snow on us last night.  Kevin, Nathaniel, and I were outside by 7:30am cleaning and playing.  Katee joined us when she woke up.  I have to say this was a little too much snow for her, but she still had fun watching everyone else. 

About an hour ago I went outside to let Molly in and found her up to her chin stuck in snow.  I was able to rescue (lol) her and bring her in.  We DO shovel a very large area for her in the yard, but she can't seem to stay there.

 
This is not going to end well for me!!

 
Kevin clearly frustrated with the snow

 
me and my sweet little muffin

 
Nathaniel's snowman....he made it all by himself.

Holiday Cards

So how many people that read my blog order Holiday cards??  Well I think most of you, especially because I receive them!!  After the craziness of actually getting "the " picture, I really need the actual card making experience to be easy.  Also with 2 kids who are super busy I love the comfort of creating from my home computer.  That is where Shutterfly (www.shutterfly.com) comes in for me.  The choices are amazing...whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or New Years they have the prefect cards. 

You can choose to show one great picture or a few.  (I suggest one great picture and a few funny out takes!!)  My favorite thing to do is create my favorite cards and save them.  The my husband and I look through them and decide on our favorite one!!  Have horizontal pics...no problem....vertical pics..no problem. They have styles to suit everyone's needs.  And now for the best part.  I choose my perfect card, submit my order, and they are shipped right to my front door.  One less thing to have to worry about...yay!!!

I am attaching links to my favorite 3 things.  Also I always order the grandparents calendars from Shutterfly...easy to create and a hit every year!!

• holiday cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards
• Christmas ornaments to http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-gifts/pewter-ornament

                     (personalized ornaments are fabulous..think teachers, grandparents, babysitters, etc)

• wall calendars to http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars
• One more thing.....Bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly, follow the arrow à  http://bit.ly/sfly2010 

You'll get to see my card when it arrives in your mailbox in a few weeks!!!!

 

 

 

 

Photos!!!

Birthdays and Back to School

We have had a whirlwind of activities over the last few weeks.  First we celebrated Katee's 1st Birthday and my mom's 60th Birthday.  I took the kids to Carlos Bakery from the show The Cake Boss to pick up some treats and a special cake for Katee.  She really enjoyed her first slice of cake.  Then we went to the Apollo Grille to celebrate my mom's birthday.  My dad had flowers sent to the restaurant for both Birthday Girls!! 

Katee's party was kept indoors thanks to some nasty weather, but it was just as fun inside.  The theme was ice cream, Katee's favorite treat.  We had an ice cream craft, some lunch, and a "make your own sundae" bar.  I would say the ice cream was a sweet success.

The following week we took the kids to the Statue of Liberty and prepared for Nathaniel's 1st day of Kindergarten....I am thrilled to report that he LOVES school!!!  His teacher is wonderful and he loves going to his specials (music, gym, art, and the library).

This weekend we are celebrating Nathaniel's Birthday.  He had a family party last night which ended in a nice warm fire in the fire ring out back.  Tonight he is taking some friends to the Iron Pigs for a party!!  Hopefully after all the celebrating life will settle down a bit, but I doubt it!!

pictures to follow

Katee's Party

Due to the threat of rain today we will be having Katee's Party at the Hecktown Firehouse.  From Route 22 take 191 N for about 2 miles.  Hecktown will be on your right hand side.  We are going to be in the new building in the back.  Thanks

Crazy Summer Fun!!

Wow this summer has been a crazy whirlwind...it seems like last week we were at Nathaniel's Pre-K graduation and in less then 3 weeks he starts Kindergarten.  We have done a ton of things this summer.  We went on a 2 week road trip in May.  We went to Disney, saw the space shuttle launch, went to Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Savannah, GA.  The kids were awesome in the car...as a matter of a fact I would do it again in a heartbeat.  In June we did some camping, went to Knoebels, went to the Philadelphia Zoo, a concert for Kevin and I (Sugarland) and Vacation Bible School (which I ran this year).  July brought a lot of picnics, a trip to the Beach, a trip to Baltimore, the Tatamy Parade, fireworks, the spray park, a Phillies games, and lots of swimming.  So far August has been a little more relaxed..school shopping, fun in the yard, a girls trip to the Scrapbook Convention and King of Prussia, Crystal Cave and a hike at Bushkill Falls!!  Whew!!  We have lots more fun to cram in to the next few weeks including a 1st Birthday Party and the First Day of School.  Here are some pictures of our summer!!!

bedtime snacks

The Philadelphia Zoo

Knoebels

water baby

July 4th

The Beach

Tailgating and Club Level at the Phillies Game

 
 
Baltimore

Bushkill Falls

A Week in the Life

I am participating on an online project documenting a week in your life.  This means everything from the exciting to the mundane.  The good, bad, and ugly.  The idea is to have this to lookmback on through the years.  So I am blogging it to hold myself accountable...

Monday April 19

Good Morning..breakfast..dry cereal from a cup

dr. appt for an ear re-check - all healthy

playing with Nana and Pappy

one of many diaper changes

Dinner's cooking (at 1pm)

Yogurt with Sweet Potatoes and Apples

playing Guess Who after dinner

ice cream before bed..chocolate with blue sprinkles

Playing with toys before bed

Winter Activities

We had quite the snowstorn here last week.  I think we had near 20 inches.  Kevin was home from work and we spent as much time as we could outside playing.  Katee was out for a few minutes, but no sledding for her yet!!  Molly struggled in this snow.  It came up to her back so we had to dig "snow trenches" for her in the yard.  She looked like a mouse in a maze.  She was happy once the snow got hard that she could climb on it.  Kevin and I managed to get out for a Valentines Dinner for just the two of us last night which was very nice.  We decorated Nathaniel's room with latex balloons after he went to sleep...he enjoyed it!!  We went to Perkins for Valentines breakfast..another rare treat :-) and Kevin made heart shaped grilled cheese for lunch.  We are making a homemade heart shaped pizza for dinner!!  Love is in the air!!

Kevin and Nathaniel sledding on our street

Snow Fort

 

 The kids with their Valentines gifts from us.

Snow Much Fun

Nathaniel, Kevin, and I got outside for a bit to enjoy the snow (Katee happily napped indoors).  Molly was less then thrilled since the snow pretty much buried her, but she was happy when Kevin shoveled the lawn for her.  Nathaniel asked Kevin to help him build a snow fort/igloo....I of course didn't think the powdery snow would work, but leave it to Kevin to find a way.....one rubbermaid container, lots of snow, and a little more than an hour and we have a very cool fort in the front yard.