Happy Birthday Erin!

I thought I would share some pictures from today! We bought the cake at walmart! I was about to settle for the transformer cake to make my kiddos happy and when we lifted it up there was my perfect cake. For those of you who don't know Todd calls me Bug as my pet name as in the Love Bug! And this was the perfect cake for me! Jonathon asked for the sprinkles! And the red Roses are from Jonathon. He thought that mommy should have flowers for her birthday! Isn't he the sweetest! More to come...

Updates

Jonathon has had the past 2 days off of school for fall break and has spent every minute, I'll let him, playing with Avelyn. Avelyn is doing really well adjusting to the kids and the dogs. She's still fairly nervous around all 4 of them but she's getting a bit more brave every day. :) I'm so enjoying this little kitten she is one little ball of energy and full of surprises. She did very well last night and actually slept with me instead of playing! Every time I woke up I had to be careful to find her first then move accordingly. She's so light and little I can't always feel where she is.
I woke up with a very angry tummy this morning and have been dealing with it ever since. I added a few new pictures, I thought you all might like. The one of Mikayla was taken by Jonathon, he was on the floor and she was standing over him. :) But I thought it was pretty cute! (I thought that one needed explaining since the angle is a little weird.)
Last night we had a new friend come over her name is Kara. She's another spouse who's husband is deployed with Todd. We had a wonderful time hanging out and cooking dinner! She has even agreed to watching the animals when we make a trip home for Thanksgiving! :) Oh and you'll have to try the recipe we used last night! Oh my goodness the veggies were amazing! So yummy! It was celery, carrots, onion and sweet potatoes all chopped up in to bite size bites and coated in Zesty Italian Dressing and baked till tender! Oh my goodness I will be making those veggies again! Soooo good!
Tomorrow the kids and I will be going to dinner and a movie with some of the other spouses that have hubbies deployed. Kara is going to meet us here at the house and ride down with us. It should be a really good time! I can't wait! I hope everyone is having a wonderful night and I'll talk to you tomorrow. :) Well that's the plan at least!

New Arrival

Today has been such an exciting day! A few days ago my husband blessed me, and told me for my birthday I could get a kitten. Yesterday after Jonathon got out of school we went to the shelter. Just to see! I promise I went only to look! And I kept my promise till this morning! At 1230pm this after noon this little kitty found her forever home here with me! She's a spunky little kitten and loves to play! She purrs so loud it vibrates her whole body. She weighs a whole whooping 2 pounds! They estimate her to be about 10 weeks old. She a Purrfectly happy and healthy kitten. She's not very found of the dogs but I'm sure once she learns they aren't going to hurt her she'll settle right in! The kids love her and bought some toys for her to play with today. I can't wait to give you an update on all the joy and laughs she will bring in to our lives! I'm so blessed to have a husband that loves me so much! This truly was the best gift I could have gotten!

A Bundle of Days :)

A bit of time has past since the last time I wrote to you all and said hello. So let me catch you up on what has been going on. Let's see we'll start with Friday night. Friday was pay day and I went to Wal-Mart to get the groceries and I also picked up the movie How to Train Your Dragon. Friday night we made dinner and while we ate we watched the movie. Now I'm sure you're asking What did the kids think? Did they like it? My answer to those questions is "The movie hasn't come out of the DVD player SINCE!!!!!!!! So I think they liked it! ;) Saturday was a fairly normal day, I was really tired so at 3 I told them to go to their rooms till I came for them and I got up right around 6! Boy do I miss taking naps! The kids didn't sleep that long maybe just for the last hour or so. But I sure needed the rest. So last night Todd finally told me what to expect for my birthday! I can go pick out a kitty! I'm so excited! I've wanted one for so long and finally I can have one. Well sort of. I have to wait for a few things first. I have to see if we are going to move here soon. If we are a kitty wouldn't be a very good idea because I've already told Todd I don't want to buy another house. And in most cases 2 pets is the limit in rentals and well Bruce and Gypsy are still here. Also I'm planning a trip home in Nov and I'm having a hard enough time finding a dog sitter I don't need to add to that list. So maybe in Dec when we get home if we aren't going to be moving I will be able to go pick out a new little kitty. :) So today on our way to church we stopped to get donuts and while the kids were munching down in the back Jonathon asked me if we could go to the pet store. Now I have to tell you I hadn't said a word to the kids about what Todd had told me on the phone. So when he asked he had no idea that we had permission to get a kitty. So I asked him why he wanted to go to the pet store and he said " I'm getting kinda tired of Gypsy we can take her there and trade her for a new pet!" I told him that we weren't going to be getting rid of the dogs but that we might get a kitty soon. At this he got very excited. "Ok Mommy! We can get a black one cause black ones are nice to dogs and we can name her Jasime! Cause I want 2 Jasmines!" I asked him if we could get a gray cat and he told me he didn't want a gray cat but if I wanted one that that would be ok but we would still have to name her Jasmine. :) The whole way to church we talked about cats and when I picked him up from church he picked up the conversation where we left off! He's been begging to go down to the pet store all day! And it's so hard to resist him! He's so excited and sweet and well, begging usually works on this mom! But I'm staying firm on my decision not to get a cat till Dec. But it's going to be so hard! Any way now he's asking if we can go to McD's cause he wants chicken nuggets and french fries for dinner and I'm thinking why not?! I truly have no desire to go cook. Though it won't be McD's it would be chik-fil-a! at least there I can get something rather close to healthy. :) So that's all I have today! I hope everyone has a great day! Later all!

I got PUNKED!!!!

Ok so here's the story of the drama that happened last night. I got home and was casually looking through my Facebook pages when I saw a friend of mine was suddenly in a relationship. Ok no big deal till she posted with who! Keith Harkin of Celtic Thunder! So figuring that this Keith was a poser trying to get her to believe a huge lie. I try to warn her that I really don't think it's who she thinks it is. And the reason I got so mixed up in this whole thing is because she is very naive about people. And so I continued to tell her to be extremely careful and not to get this guy any info. After about 15 minutes of this craziness, she jumps off line and I call my friend Jamie to tell her what's going on. She also knows this other girl and we got on to facebook together and started examining "Keith's" so called FB page. And here's where I got punked! THE PAGE WAS CREATED BY THE GIRL CLAIMING TO BE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM!!!!!!! Here I was concerned for a girl's safety when the whole time it was her talking to herself! GROAN!!!!! So anyway, that's the story as to how I got punked last night and didn't write a blog. I was so mad when I found out what was going on! It's scary what people can do on these social networks! So word to the wise RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!!! And stay off of them!!!!

Sorry folks had some drama come up last mintue. I'll say that I got punked and leave it at that. Everything is fine. And I'll make a formal post in the morning.

Shake Rattle and Roll Wednesday

Today went like any other day when all of the sudden I heard what sounded like a plane about to fly over. Then the whole house shook! The blinds were rocking on the windows and my water in my cup was vibrating! That's right folks we had an earthquake today! It was a 4 something on the Richter Scale! It was centered in the middle of Lake Thunderbird not too far away from here. And they say we could be in for another one here in a day or so because this one was only 3 miles down and it could very well trigger one from the fault line not too far away. After all the excitement we ate breakfast and I tried my best to get Jonathon's "bad guy game" to download on his computer. But alas there isn't enough space for it. Oh darn! He was pretty upset about it but needless to say I wasn't. :) Anyhoooo, we took a nice walk to school this afternoon to drop Jonathon off. On the way back though the dogs were struggling to keep up. Hahaha they aren't used to these daily walks at all! But the weather is holding up very nicely to walk and I want to take advantage of it! So I decided we would give the dogs a break this afternoon and we would drive the car. It was a nice break from walking. I took the kids to Wal-mart after school and we picked up some new weights for me to workout with and a new pair of jeans. My old pair is now holey and I don't like that look. And while we were there we picked up some pumpkins to decorate. We didn't carve them though. I spray painted them all black and we stuck googlie eyes on them! They look fantastic! I was very pleased with how they turned out I'll get a picture posted tomorrow in the daylight so you all can see! We didn't go to church tonight cause I felt like taking a day off from always being on the go. I haven't driven this much since Todd and I got married! :) I hope you all have a great night! Sorry there wasn't a post yesterday. I wasn't thinking about posting and just went to bed. I'll try not to let that happen any more. Hahaha! I have the rest of my day programed in my phone to set of reminders to myself I guess I'll have to add blogging to it! :) Later taters!

On the Move Monday!

My morning started at 730, I got up early and got a 15 minute ab workout in before I got ready for my Mom's group. The morning ran pretty smoothly I remembered to get the kids their medicine and also remembered to bring their juice cups. On our way to church we stopped and got donuts. Since we missed church yesterday I felt it was fair to stop today. It was a nice quiet drive in to church, with the kids munching happily! I had a great time with my Mom's group and afterward the kids and I went to the library to play for a bit. At 1130 it was time for us to go eat some lunch. The kids had chicken strips and potato wedges and I had a hot ham and cheese. It was so yummy! I also picked up a salad and soup to go and brought it home for dinner. Also very yummy! After lunch we took Jonathon to school. When Mikayla and I got home I did a 40 minute workout and she joined in! After my workout I got to talk to Todd on the computer for a bit and then got right back to my 3rd and final workout for the day. Since I was in workout mode I decided that I would give walking the dogs to school to pick up Jonathon a chance. It turns out with the new gadget on Bruce that the hardest thing about walking the dogs is actually walking a 2yr old! :) Mikayla would lag behind then try to run and catch up and trip and fall. And if she wasn't lagging behind she was walking at a snails pace in front of the dogs. Dogs only have 2 speeds walk or run, they don't understand dragging their paws. But we made it to school just as Jonathon's class was coming out and lining up. And then we started our walk back. If I thought walking a 2yr old was hard a 4yr old who's tired from a day of school is just as slow! We made if home FINALLY! And we all enjoy a rest for about 30 minutes. Then I talked to my mom on the phone while I sat out of the front porch letting the kids play. While we were talking Mom asked me why I was making the kids walk? Why not take the stroller? My answer was logical because the kids don't get a lot of exercise and walking a mile on a beautiful day would do them good. And besides I can't walk the dogs with the stroller. We got off the phone and I started to ponder about walking the dogs with the stroller. With my new little gadget for Bruce and the fact that he can't pull I began to think it may be possible. Well just pondering about an idea doesn't prove it right or wrong, so I decided we would test it out. Getting out the door was the hardest part. But once we were out and going it went so smoothly! I was so proud of my little family! The kids were told that they had to stay in the stroller and they did. I didn't have to yell at anyone to get out of the street or off someone's yard! It was so peaceful! The dogs didn't pull and I rather enjoyed going for the second walk! After our walk we came home made some noodles for the kids for dinner and watched a little tv. Now it's 730 and bed time is just around the corner! I can't wait! :) I hope you all have a great night! Talk to you tomorrow!

I'm sorry no blog tonight. I'm trying to get to bed early so I can get up and workout before Mom's group in the morning. I'll catch you up when I get home. Nite

Run Around Saturday

My day started at 230am this morning. Mikayla woke up fussing a little and came in to my room and said in the sweetest little voice, "Mommy boo boo, hurt." And was pointing to her right ear. I went to the medicine cabinet and got out the ear drops and got a warm wash cloth. And 2hrs later we were able to go back to bed. I woke up right at 8 am without an alarm and called the doctors office. They are only open till noon on Saturdays and appointments fill up very quickly. We got in at 10 and at 11 we were out the door with our new prescription for Mikayla's ear infection. So now both my little one's are on antibiotics to be taken twice daily for the next 10 days! Lord, give me strength! :) After that my friend Kim came over and I taught her the first steps in knitting. We had a very nice afternoon together knitting. After she left I took the kids to get Mikayla's medicine and then also stopped for gas and McDonald's for the kids. When we got home it was such a beautiful evening and I had really wanted to go for a walk with the dogs. But after being pulled across the street and having my hands torn to shreds I wasn't in the mood to endure that again. But I wanted to know if there was any product out on the market that might be better at helping with Bruce's pulling other than the harness. And would you know it there is! It's called a Halti! It's made like a horse halter and controls them by turning their head! It's amazing! And when I found out I could get it at the local Petsmart for the low price of only 12 bucks! I packed the kids and Bruce in the car and off we raced! We got there and they let me try the product on Bruce in the store. And I'm glad they did cause the first one we tried on was too big and he slipped right out of it. The second was the perfect fit! So we bought it and came home. Being eager to truly give it a good test I got Gypsy on a leash and off on a walk we went! Bruce walked right beside me! Not ahead of me not pulling me over but right beside me! Gypsy who only pulls when there is something of interest was given the harness Bruce had, and she did very well with it. I actually walked my dogs around the block and didn't have to fight with them! It was actually an enjoyable experience which is the first time I have ever been able to say that! I can't wait to walk Jonathon to school next! We'll be able to take the dogs and I know that we won't have any problems! So after or walk I promised the kids they could watch a movie and the chose Lady and the Tramp! They made it to the last 15 minutes then they started fighting so I sent them to bed! And they went right out! And now that my story is finished so am I! hahaha! Good night Everyone! Till tomorrow!

The Start of our 3 day Weekend

After Jonathon woke up at 4 this morning I decided he should probably have the day off from school. He wasn't to happy with my decision but hey tough cookies! We loafed around the house taking it easy today and making sure that everyone got all there medication today. I did my workout and the kids helped me pick up the house. I made a fairly good dinner tonight. The kids of course didn't appreciate it at all but I enjoyed it. (http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/sweet-potato-gnocchi-citrus-119274.aspx this is a link to what I mad.) Maybe not the almost 3hrs it took me to make it but the end result was nice. I'm going to try a different recipe next week and we'll see if it's a winner with the kids. ( My recipe for next week http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/italiano-ravioli-tomato-bacon-115945.aspx?cm_re=1-_-1-_-RecipeAlsoEnjoy ) I'll let you know how it turns out. I got a great gift today from my wonderful neighbors Chris and George. They bought me flowers for my porch! I nice big pot of Mums. They are the perfect flowers for fall! Other than that no really news here. I hope everyone has a great night and a wonderful weekend. :)

Good news is that his medicine for his ear infection should also take care of his eyes as well. Poor baby. He woke up so scared. Please pray for him.

When it rains it pours for my poor baby boy. He just woke up with his eyelashes glued shut. His sinuses are so congested they are now in his tears ducts.

Loopy Thursday!

The first order of business today was to take Jonathon to the doctor. I called promptly at 8am and the earliest appointment the doctor had was at 1020. At 11am we were out the door with a prescription in hand for an ear infection. On the way home we dropped off the prescription to be filled and came home to eat lunch. While we ate lunch I took the doctor's advice and gave Jonathon a little benedryl to see if it might help his cough since the doc said that his lungs sounded fine. I should have left it at just letting Jonathon take it but no I thought I would try it on myself as well! So today was Jonathon's day to bring the class snack! I have reminded myself and about a million other people of this fact over the past week. So I get him to school and let him walk in the building alone cause he's a big boy and doesn't need his Mama. (His words not mine) And as I'm pulling away I hear this very distinct DING go off in my head! SNACKS!!!!! I forgot to bring the snacks! So I rush home grab the snacks and dash back to school. (Good thing we live so close) And while I'm there I also take the time to remember to inform his teacher that I had just given him Benedryl so he may be tired and that he has an ear infection! Ok so Mikayla and I made it home and I sat down on the couch and started to knit. And during this time Todd calls. I try my best to talk with him but after about 15 minutes I tell him I have to give in and just crash. So I took a short little nap on the couch while Mikayla watched some cartoons. I woke up just before my alarm was to go off. I grabbed juice cups for both the kids and decided that I would take a cup of juice for me as well. My intentions were to go pick Jonathon up and then go to Walgreens to get his medicine. Well I remember the to pick him up and that was it! When we got home I grabbed my purse and my cup which still had a little juice in it ( a good sip and a half to be exact) and got out of the car. Mikayla needed a bit of help so I put my cup under my elbow to hold it so I could lift her out of the car. When I set her down I noticed for some reason her pants were around her knees so I bent over to help her pull them up! And SPLASH! Yep that's right folks I forgot about the juice and spilled it all over the garage floor! (3 moppings later floor is still sticky) And to top it off after the garage door had shut that's when I realized I hadn't gone to pick up the medicine! I started texting my friend Jamie and told her about my day and she gave me some wise advice. She simply said "If you have taken Benedryl you shouldn't be driving!" And boy was she right! So I've learned my lesson no Benedryl during the day for me! Who cares if my voice came back and my cough went away! I was completely LOOPY for about 7hrs. This afternoon I only took 1 pill! Imagine if I had taken 2! YIKES! So now that the Loopy pill is out of my system I took the kids to Walgreens and got Joanthon's medicine so he could take it before bed. With the house finally quiet and everyone in bed I think I'll take this time to catch up on the things I forgot today! Like bible study and some very light cleaning! :) I hope you all have a great night!

Whirlwind Wednesday

What a busy day we had today. First order of business today was fixing breakfast. I made cinnamon rolls and Jonathon ate them up! Mikayla didn't care for them much but what she didn't eat Jonathon ate for her! hahaha! Then it was off to school! He had a great day at school today. He got to play with bells and they went outside for recess. And he got a SMILEY face! :) Happy day happy day! After school we went to the bookstore. I had to buy a book to put in the raffle basket for the school. Then it was on to Vito's for dinner. Dinner was amazing and very relaxing for me. I got to enjoy a very good meal and the kids were behaving. Jonathon had plain noodles with Parmesan and he cleaned his plate! Mikayla had a cheese pizza which she thought was very yummy till she found out about the candy bowl behind Jonathon and then all she wanted was a piece of candy. Once she got the cinnamon mint in her mouth she quickly decided that it wasn't good and spit it out. But she didn't want her pizza any more either. :( So we brought it home! hahaha! Gotta love leftovers! As we were about to leave our tiny little restaurant in which we were the only table another family walked in. And it was one of the sweet ladies from my mom's group! Of all the places in town to run in to someone! We chatted for a bit then I had to run out cause I realized my kids had left without me. Grrrrrr! They were fine just outside the door but Mama wasn't happy! We headed straight to church and ran everyone to their class. I got to have some wonderful adult time and talk to my very good friend Kristina and then it was over before I knew it and time to pick the munchkins up. We made it home safe and sound and then got everyone under 4ft tall a bath and off to bed. But about an hour ago Jonathon woke up in a fit. He was crying so hard he almost made himself throw up. (He does that a lot too.) Finally I got him to calm down enough to tell me what was wrong. He said that his ear was hurting. So I have some ear drops from a previous ear infection he had and put those in his ear. And also gave him some advil. I guess a trip to the doctor's office is now on our to do list for tomorrow morning. God please give me strength and some good rest tonight, I have a feeling I'm gonna need it. :) With that good night!

Just another day

It was a rather uneventful day as we loafed around the house all morning. When it was almost time to go to school Jonathon asked me if we could walk. It was a perfect day for a walk to school too. Jonathon ran up ahead and Mikayla dragged behind. But we made it to school on time. While Jonathon was at school Mikayla and I got to talk to Todd on the computer and I did my workout. I almost lost track of time, but still made it to pick Jonathon up. Jonathon didn't get a smiley face on his report today. And again he asked when we got in the car with tears in his eyes "Will you take me out of school now? I don't want to go to school." He had colored on his friend's paper all the pictures that weren't supposed to be colored. And of course his teacher wasn't very happy about it. I told him he was going to have to go to school any way and he would have to learn to listen and to keep his hands to himself so he didn't continue to get in trouble. Dinner was a bit different cause Jonathon asked for a cheese sandwich with ranch dressing on it. I say different cause he's never asked for it before. But he ate the whole sandwich! I was pretty impressed. It was such a beautiful evening we went outside and played on the back patio. I let the dogs in the backyard so they could just go lay in the grass and enjoy the weather too. And I'm proud to say I let Bruce out with out his leash and he was happy as a puppy! He loved running in the yard and laying in the grass. He came when he was called and never once went close to the fence. I think he knows he's getting old! :) When we came inside my parents were calling us on Skype and we talked with them until it was time for bed. Both of my babies were ready for bed at 730 and I was not going to complain, though the morning may be a different story. :) Tomorrow is our busy week day as Jonathon will have school and we will leave straight from school to go to church. And with that another day bites the dust. Good night everyone. :)

A couple of quick updates! Fishy's tank is now clean! And coffee after 7pm keeps one awake! Oh and Kayla pooped in the potty! Yay! What a great night!

Just Another Manic Monday!

The alarm went off this morning that the usual time of 7 am. Of course I hit the snooze and didn't move from my bed till 7:45. Then it was time to quit putting off and to get up. I had Mom's group this morning. And it was wonderful to be around women who are all facing the challenges of raising young ones. Lunch is severed after Mom's at the church which is so wonderful, I hate having to rush home to feed the kids and then scoot back out the door to get Jonathon to school. Right now we all have the fall cough. Nothing serious just a nice throaty cough that is only an annoyance and might cause some sleep loss for little ones. I need to stock up on cough meds here in the next few days just in case. I got my workout done this afternoon after taking 3 days off. I was so proud to finish my full 40 minutes! Skinny jeans here I come! ;) After school we went out and took care of the flower beds in the front and I swept off the porch. I got rid of all the cobwebs and spiders and it looks really nice now. I'm hoping here in a few days to go out to walmart and pick out some pumpkins for the kids and I to decorate. I would love to put some out on the porch and in the flower beds. Not much else happened today. So I'll leave it at that and call it a night. Sleep tight everyone. :)

Mountains and Valleys

Today was a great day! We got up on time and stopped to get donuts on our way to church. It's such a nice little treat that I can give the kids. Church was great. Being surrounded by my friends and knowing that they are keeping me in their prayers so helps! After church we went to Kohl's. Mikayla was in need of some new pants and Jonathon could use a few more long sleeve t-shirts. I got exactly what we for too! Jonathon came home with dragon and dino t-shirts and Mikayla got 2 new pairs of pants and a sweater jacket. Then it was on to the grocery store to pick up the few things that I had forgotten to get on Friday. Our day was going pretty good. But then we got home. And I went from Good mommy to mean mommy. I just got in a funk and wanted to be left alone. But my precious little ones turned it in to a game. If I said go play in our rooms they would run out of the room only to return a few seconds later saying "Mommy mommy mommy..." till I would yell for them to leave again. I just needed a few moments I was loosing it. I wanted to break down and cry but I never got the chance. Now the house is quiet just what I thought I wanted and yet I haven't found peace in it. There will be ups and downs. I know if I want to be on the mountain top I have to walk through the valleys first. It's just been a hard night. And hopefully a good nights rest will see us off to a good day tomorrow. Tomorrow morning is Mom's group and then lunch at the church. Have a great night.

Festival Fun

Today was a blast! We met some friends at the festival around 1pm. First we walked through the booths to see what was for sell. I bought a few things and let the kids jump on some of the inflatables that were over in that area. They both wanted to go down the slide and for 2 dollars each they got to go down 3 times. Well that was the rule but Jonathon went down about 7 times cause that's how long it took Mikayla to go down 3! Hahaha! I got my money's worth! :) After that we headed over to the carnival rides. First the kids went on an alligator roller coaster! It was one just for kids, it had a few small hills and went around in a circle. The next ride was the carousel, which is always a good fun ride. The 3rd ride was the Dizzy Dragons. Just like the tea cups at Disney World but we sat in a Dragon's tummy, as Jonathon described it! Our 4th ride was on GI Joe. And the best way I can describe this ride is to image a platform with power wheels jeeps and motorcycles on it that go it a small circle. That's all it was but they had a blast on it! Our last ride was on the ferris wheel. It was your standard small ferris wheel and all 3 of us sat in one bucket in a row. Jonathon would raise his hands at the top and scream as it went down! He was having a blast and so was Mikayla. After the festival we went over to our friend's house and played on their trampoline and ate dinner. Then it was time to come home and get cleaned up for bed and church in the morning. It was a wonderful day out with some great friends and a great festival for entertainment! I came home 45 bucks poorer but for all the fun we had I would say it was well worth every penny! Good night all! I'll write again tomorrow. :)

Hurried Friday

Today is all a blur in my mind. I woke up at 9am to my mom calling. :) We had a good conversation then Jonathon asked to call Big Guy and another good conversation was had. By the time I was up and moving it was 10am and I still needed to write out a grocery list and get to the store before Jonathon had to be at school. I got to the store knowing I only had 1 hr to shop and still be able to get home and put the groceries away and get Jonathon to school on time. So I rushed through Walmart like a mad woman and when I got home I realized I didn't get half the things I needed! Yet somehow I spent 200 bucks! I got Jonathon to school in time and I stayed to help out because today was picture day. Before anyone asks no I didn't spend money and buy his school pictures. I'm sorry I have a camera and photo paper already and well let's face it school pictures in general suck. Ok so with that being said I will get a good picture of him and send it out. Today Jonathon's teacher walked him to the car and told me that he had gotten in trouble for not lining up after recess and just running in to the building. So on his progress report for the day he had a sad face. His first sad face in a month! He was so upset that as we were driving home he told me he wanted me to take him out of school cause he didn't want to be bad any more! He was in tears! I told him he would just have to work harder to have good behavior and that his teacher is looking out for his well being and not being mean to him. When we got home he as still pretty upset but us moms know how to fix sad little faces! For mine it's a cup of chocolate milk! ;) Makes'em smile every time! With cheers of milk milk milk! Yay! He perked up a bit after that and started to play with his sister. Our neighbors brought us over some pizza for dinner, which of course was a huge hit! And after dinner Jonathon decided to put on his halloween costume and run around in it for the rest of the night! He was having so much fun. But at last it was bed time! Thank goodness for bed time! After a long day of hurry hurry hurry it feels so good to just stop and fall! Hopefully on my super soft pillow! Good night!