Christmas Time

The week before Christmas and all through the house there was action and excitement and little voices singing.

The time before Christmas is a busy time of the season. It was time to finish wrapping and purchasing Christmas presents and time to attend the childrens Christmas Parties at school. We started the week with Addison's Dance Christmas Party.

Next was Addison's Christmas Party at Preschool. The had a performance and then snack and crafts.

Addison saying the blessing before eating. It was so cute. After a few Addison days it was Ethan's turn to have his party. I was so busy helping out in the classroom that I forgot to take pictures. I did however video tape his concert which was really cute. For Sydney once you hit Intermediate school the parties are for the children only plus poor Sydney was sick Friday with her breathing issues She and I spent the morning in the doctors office before heading to Grandma and Grandpa's. We spent the weekend in Augusta with them and Hudson and had a blast.

We enjoyed some hiking and Ethan learned to shot a BB gun. O' what fun it is to be on lot of land to play.

Thanksgiving Break

We had a nice Thanksgiving Break. The children get a whole week off of school so we get to catch up on rest. We spent on of our days off at Lenox. We rode the Pink Pig visited with Santa and had lunch.

We spent Thanksgiving day with Granny. Then Saturday the girls and I went down to Grandma and Grandpa's house for a visit. We had a great time playing in the woods and we built a big fire. The boys stayed home and had a football weekend.

Halloween

Halloween was rough this year. It was raining and cold but the kids still had a great time trick or treating. Mom was wishing for a warm fire and a good movie.

Disney- 2009

We spent our fall break in September at Disney world. We just love going and the kids have so much fun. This year we stayed at the Grand Floridian which was very nice. This was Addison's first trip were she really enjoyed the rides and seeing the characters. She loves princesses and her favorite ride was Peter Pan and a close second was Buzz LightYear. This year we decided to to the Not So Scary Halloween Party and it was a blast. Ethan did the Pirate dress up and the girls did the princess dress up.

The Halloween Party was a blast and I am trying to talk Jay into a Christmas Disney next. We also spent time with a couple of our friends that were at Disney also. The kids enjoyed seeing there friends and us parents enjoyed adult company. Now it is time to start planning next years vacation.

Long Long Time

It has been such a long time since I posted I don't even know where to begin. Summer came and went and now we are heading into fall. Summer was a whirl wind and fall is getting busy also. Ethan is playing football and loves it. He practices three times a week and has games on Saturday. He is actually pretty good.

Sydney started intermediate school this year. (5th grade) She really loves it and is doing well. She is doing swim and practices three times a week. This Saturday is her first meet. Addison started preschool this year and has really been enjoying it. She also does dance on Mondays.

So with all the kids activities and events we are staying really busy. I am going to try to stay updated on the post this fall.

Six unimportant things

I was tagged by a friend to list 6 unimportant things that make me happy.

1. clean house
2. time to read
3. going to the gym
4. the smell of candles in my house
5. happy children
6. being social

That is my list nothing to exciting.

Summer

Summer is here and very busy. The kids have swim team every morning and love to swim afterwards. They have meets on Thursdays. Sydney is really loving it and it going to sign up for year round. Ethan on the other hand tolerates it and can't wait for football to start. Addison is doing great swimming in the pool with her floaties this year.

Addison

Addison singing for her friends.

pizza night

We had pizza night last night. I bought dough from publix and the kids and I rolled out individual pizza's. Then they got to pick there toppings and we baked the pizzas. They turned out really good and the kids had a great time making them. We might have to make it a monthly tradition.


Addison's pizza


Ethan's pizza


Sydney's pizza

Things are crazy

I have been saying I am going to sit down and update the blog but I haven't taken the time to do so. So now I need to back track. I am going to post some pictures that I have taken over the last few weeks. We have been spending a lot of time outside enjoying the beautiful weather. I have outside kids.

Addison at Lulu's in Gulf Shores

Ethan and Sydney on the US Alabama in Mobile

Easter Morning going to Church

my pantry

I painted the trim in the den the other day since we are getting new carpet. Then I noticed how bad the kitchen looked and painted the trim in there. Then I noticed how bad the trim in the pantry looked and how bad the walls looked. So in the end I took everything out and repainted the walls, threw away old packages, and put stuff in tupperware. Now it looks really nice. Now I am back to the trim in the other rooms of the house.

My little gardener

Addison is already to go out an garden. Of course we don't have a garden so she just played in the mulch around the swing set.

Shopping again

We love the new Target in Canton. The whole shopping center is wonderful. You can park in the center and go to Kohls, Target, and TJ Maxx with out having to move the car and buckle and unbuckle a toddler. They also have a Lowes and Dick's sporting goods store. There are several others that haven't opened yet. As you can tell from the picture Addison really likes the new carts target has. They are big enough for her to ride underneath and she thinks that is so cool.

It has been a while

It has been a while since I have updated the blog. I sit down and mean to do it and then get side tracked with other things. Plus I have been spending too much time on facebook. I think it is an addiction and I guess I am addicted.

We have been having some really fun times around here. A couple of weeks ago we took the kids to the Bascomb family fun night. Theyhad a great time rock climbing, doing art, and playing on the jumpies. Addison really loved the train. Her and I have been spending a lot of time going to the gym. She loves the new gym because several of her friends go also.

Shopping

I am such a shopper and I love to find a deal. The girls and I went to the outlets on Thursday and shopped all day. We had a blast and a car full of bags. Today I took the kids to the mall to get a birthday present for a friend of Sydney's. Areopostal was having a sale and we found flip flop slippers on sale. They are so cute. I bought a pair for Sydney also. We barely made it in the door and she was putting them on. They look really comfortable and I wish I would have bought myself a pair. Maybe next time.

Ironing

If you know me at all you know I am always ironing. These days with three kids I can't seem to stay on top of it. Well it seems I have hit an all time low. I ironed my hand towels the other day. We just finished remodeling our masterbath and I purchased these great hand towels that have a design along the bottom. When they came out of the dryer they were wrinkled so I had to iron them so they look good in the bathroom.

All nice and pretty.

Winter Break

This week was our winter break. We decided not to go anywhere and just hung around the house. We didn't really to do much we slept late, watched some movies, and ate out. Sydney and I watched the Devil Wears Prada. It was a good movie just two spots I had to fastforward and I had DVR'd it from tv. We all watched Madagascar 2 and Prince Caspian both were also good.

We enjoyed lunch at Moe's, Stevie B's, and Five Guys. At Stevie B's I let the kids pig out on dessert which is not the norm for us. They enjoyed the ice cream but their favorite was the Smore's pizza. I have to get the recipe.

Addison loves Parmesan cheese even on ice cream.

Friday was our big day out. We took the two older kids to see Kooza at Atlantic Station. They both really enjoyed it. Granny stayed and played with Addison which was a big help. Plus Addison had a blast with her.

Do what I say

Sydney took this picture of Addison today and I thought it was so funny. She looks like a gangster. Which goes perfect with how much time I have been spending playing Mob Wars on Facebook.

What can I say

Art

My kids love doing art. I admit I am not a lover of it. It is messing and I don't like to have thing hangning on my refrigerator. At this moment I have three pictures Addison has colored and two of Sydney's. Everytime I walk by the refrigerator my hand comes up to take them off and then I realize that would break their hearts so I keep walking. Walking, walking, walking.....

Blog confession

I love to read other peoples blogs. It is fascinating to me to see how other people raise there kids and spend their time. I also love to read what interesting things are happening in their lives. Some blogs are written so well that I go back and look at mine and think ugh!!! and some sound like mine. I have a friend who has a beautiful blog, it is written elegantly, has great topics, cute pictures, and captions. She also has a beautiful heart. I love reading her blog of course mine just don't compare. For some reason I was left with out rhythm and creativity and my poor oldest child is walking in my footsteps. Maybe I am putting to much thought into blogging and maybe I just have to much time on my hands. I really should be ironing.

Fun

We enjoyed a fun Saturday with Grandma and Grandpa in Augusta. The kids always have a great time and Grandma always comes up with something fun to do. The following are pictures of the entertainment.

The kids came out all nice and clean.

New Years-2009

What an exciting time. A new year and new adventures. We started the year off my celebrating with friends; what a great start. We all stayed awake until 1am to welcome the new year then it was off to bed. Boy were we tired the next day.
I didn't make any resolutions as they never seem to stick. I think I am going to just continue on the same path this year as last year. Things change constantly so my ideas and plans are always changing. I am learning to go with the flow and will continue this in the new year.
The kids are constantly growing and learning and I resolve to help them in the best way I know how so stay tuned for more of our adventures.