2008 Is Here

I haven't posted in awhile so here is some of what we've been up to. Since my camera is broken, I've been taking pictures with my camcorder (explains photo quality) but a new camera is coming soon.

Music...
Silliness...
Santa...

(While waiting I asked Lauren what she was going to say when Santa asks if she's been good. She got quiet for awhile...

Parade through the neighborhood...
and I quote, "How cute do I look in this?"...

Fishing in puddle...

Marched in a parade...

Met Ron Paul at the airport.

Not to mention a fire three houses down on New Years Day (4 fire trucks, 2 police cars, 1 ambulance and 2 other fire department vehicles.).

Christmas Recital

Lauren's first recital! She did a great job!

Goodbye Mr. Chew

We were going to lose it when he turned two, but I didn't mean for it to be the actual day. We were heading home (exhausted) and a feeling of dread came over me. WE LEFT IT! THE LAST ONE! I was not prepared for the first night without the pacifier but we stuck it out and we are free!

Duh Mom!

Jacob came home from preschool with a Christmas card he made. Now, I'm pretty confident at my abilty to interpret artwork. So I open the card, look at the picture and....

Me: "Jacob, is this a Christmas tree?"

Jacob: "No, it's a card."

Whaddya Want?

The doorknob to the backyard broke. So what am I to do until it is fixed? Let the kids go out the window of course (it's floor to ceiling, extremely safe). Going out is neccesary and we will not be stopped! Next thing I know, Lauren leans in the window and says, "We'd like to order three popcicles please" and then I got "We need three drinks out here please". Nice.

A Child Scorned

This is a good one.

We had only one popcicle, so we might as well had none.

Later...Jacob was asleep and Lauren said "Get Jeremy to leave me alone!". So I pulled out that one popcicle and lured Jeremy outside. Everyone wins...or so I thought.

The never fail "Fairness Radar" went crazy and Lauren was outside in a flash. So I explained that if Jeremy is outside eating a popcicle, he is not inside bothering her. We sit in silence and I'm looking at them; I said to Lauren, "You and Jeremy really look alike".

She looked at me, "Except I don't have a popcicle".

They got me again!

Keys

So, I did some grocery shopping and headed home.

1st trip in the house: Drop bag, mail and KEYS!
2nd: Get kids and their stuff in
3rd-6th: Bring in groceries

Then I go about putting everything away, finally getting down to my bag. Where are my keys! Now, losing keys is a BIG NO NO and since I can't find them by the time I have to go somewhere the next day I have to admit it. Three days pass, I've searched everywhere with no luck. Then, I do some vacuuming. When I start to use the attachment hose I hear some clanking in the vacuum. Open it up...KEYS! They had been shoved into the vacuum hose. Joe said "Good thing you clean every once in a while".

Anyone surprised?