100th Day of School

This morning did not get off to a good start. Alan's bird crib soother finally bit the dust after 5 1/2 years of hard work. He woke up crying because his birds wouldn't come on and I just knew he was going to be upset all day. I waited for the bad report as I pulled up to get him and found out the he had a WONDERFUL day. He looked absolutely adorable in his 100 hat that he made and Fruit loop necklace. The class had decorated tshirts and made a bag of trail mix. Alan was so excited to tell Rowan all about his day. Honestly, it's the happiest I have seen him at school pickup in ages. So YAY for a good day!

Check out his outfit!

and the cute grin

Ashley has been really working hard at selling Girl Scout cookies. She is trying to sell over 1000 boxes, so she has been going door to door almost daily. I was contacted by Girl Scouts of Central Texas eNews last week and they want to do a story about her! She is so excited and so am I frankly. I will keep you posted when that comes out.

Miss Rowan is just trucking along. We will go to Temple on Thursday to check on her eyes and see if she is ready for bifocals. What a cutie!

David's Birthday Fun Times!

Last Saturday was David's birthday. We celebrated by making him green eggs and ham to eat in bed then having some of his oldest friends come to visit with their families for the day.

Nothing like waking up to a plate of your favorites!

The kids had a picnic breakfast at the foot of the bed. Its amazing how they can manage to destroy a tablecloth when its on the table, but don't drop a thing on it when it is used as a blanket.

His favorite gift was the ShopVac. The next day he started working on new projects like fixing the entry way tiles.NOthing like a gidt that gives back to me!!

We finished off the birthday celebration with some awesome cupcakes from Allycakes bakery! YUM!!!

Green Eggs and Ham

The other night Alan decided that he needed to make green eggs and ham. He had a great time cooking with his daddy and really enjoyed them. It was very cute. Rowan wanted to make some too, but then she refused to eat them. I guess she needs to hear the story a few more times before she catches on!

Alan's First Lost Tooth!

Last day of Winter Break

Today is the last day of Winter Break and I have to say that I am not as excited as I thought I would be. By now I am usually ready to pull out my hair and scream, but the break has gone reasonably well. I am not sure if it is because we haven't really had any family here over the break or because we have just been relaxing, but I am not in a big hurry to get up early and send them off in the morning.

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Holy Cow! I still have a blog!

Yes I know it has been a year since I updated this. Alot has happened in that year.


Rowan got glasses, Alan started kindergarten, Ashley grew a foot and started intermediate school. Oh and I started a business. I will fill in the details later, but until then here are some pictures.

Puppies, Parties and Puke

Well this was a truly stressful week. Monday started off with school then an ENT appointment for Ashley, quick dinner and then a Girl Scout meeting. We placed our pre-order for cookies and just got ready for the semester of scouts in general. Tuesday was school, in-home trainer visit for Alan and getting ready for David's birthday. Wednesday night a good friend and her 2 boys came over for dinner. The kids had a great time and Alan was sad to see her oldest little boy go. We ended up convincing him that it would be ok because they were going to go to get their haircuts together on Saturday. That's right, I said HAIRCUT... my boy was going to get his first haircut. Thursday we had more friends over at lunch and finished preparing for David's birthday the next day.

Unfortunately, Thursday evening took an unexpectedly bad turn for us. Kodi had been outside for about 20 minutes when David went to go bring him in. He found Kodi cowering under one of the patio chairs and unwilling to come out. When David reached under to pull him out, Kodi started yelping and yowling like crazy so David had to carry him inside. He laid Kodi down on the floor and we realized that he was holding his back left leg up close to his body and would yowl in pain if we tried to straighten it. After getting the kids to bed, David decided to take Kodi in for an emergency vet visit. Turns out, our sweet dog has somehow managed to be just as much of a klutz as the rest of this family. Kodi has a broken leg. The vet says it looks like it is from a low fall like from a chair, so we are guessing he was trying to get on our patio table and took a tumble.

Friday morning David got to take him in first thing to get sedated and have a splint put on. It was not the best start to his birthday. Kodi has to stay confined to his crate for 3-4 weeks. This should be fun!

Friday night we celebrated David's birthday with some friends at a local hibachi restaurant. The food was great, the company was wonderful, the smell....awful. I am not sure what was going on, but each tell they would clean a hibachi table, this horrible stench of sewage or old fish would just come wafting out of the drains. It was HORRIBLE. Bad enough that Alan requested repeatedly to go to the bathroom for fresh air. He would act like he was sick and then be fine in the bathroom. Of course me being the mean mom that I am, I made him stay at the table while we sang to David and ate cake. This was more then his little tummy could handle. Thankfully, we were outside. I guess the saying " The party ain't over 'till somebody pukes" still applies at 41st birthdays when youngsters with sensitive gag reflexes are involved. So Happy Birthday to my sweet husband! The day starting with a yowl and ended with a puke. At least the cake was good.

Saturday morning, after feeding a ravenous Alan, the kids and I set off to Tejas Cuts for haircuts. They have a cute little racecar for the kids to sit in and movies playing for them to watch while getting their cuts. Alan's hair was really getting unruly and he was starting to actually have Gene Wilder hair so it was time. We convinced him that it would be fun to go and get his haircut with his buddy Matthew. Big thanks to my wonderful Jennifer for coming on this crazy haircut adventure with us and pimping out her son as a haircut model. Alan watched Matthew brave the scissors treatment before he climbed into the car himself. He did a great job! There were some near tears when she was cutting around his ears, but he held it together once he was convinced that she wouldn't cut his ears off. He had told me that she couldn't cut his ears because he needs them to hear.

I actually held up pretty well myself. I was afraid that his beautiful curls would be gone, but he still has them. The large curly q in the front is gone, but all in all he looks great.

Before

Handsome boy after

Rowan decided that it looked like so much fun that she got her first haircut as well. Her hair has gotten so long and curly that it really didn't need much more than a trim. The hairdresser asked if she would like bangs, but those are no good for those of us with curly hair, so the cut isn't very dramatic. Rowan did a good job with sitting still, other than constantly trying to talk to me. Sweet girl ended up with with a cute little cut that looks about the same as it started, but she was brave and she enjoyed it. It was a big day for my babies!

Before

After

The entire crew

After the big haircuts we went to a first birthday party. The kids had a great time and loaded up on cupcakes. You can tell Alan had more than his fill.

When that party was over, we went back home for another party for David. His parents and brother's family came in for the day. Everyone enjoyed catching up and the kids loved playing with their cousins. We tried a new cake out this year. It was Chocolate Tuxedo Cake and wonderful! Props to HEB for making me look good!!