Yesterday was a very interesting day. As you know the snow storm came hard and fast, we ended up with around 4inches of snow. Shelby and Mason got released 2hrs early from school (12:10), and thankfully mom was able to pick them up from school. I had little Jacob T. and Josh T for the day, so with 3 carseats in the back seat of the car which only sits 5 legally there was no way I could pick them up early. Josh's mom went and picked up his sister early, so I didn't have to do that either.
Having 5 children in a 1200sq. ft apartment was interesting. Normally it's not been a problem in the past, but we are on the 2nd floor and could not go outside, since the 2 little boys didn't have winter gear. And 4 boys (9.5, 2 - 3.5yr, & 2.5yr) in a 2nd floor apartment is not a good thing at times either. I felt so bad for our neighbors below with the boys horsing around. They were either, running from the boys' room to the living room, jumping on the floor, jumping from the couch to the floor...you get the idea. I ended up having the oven catch on fire, while i was making tater tots, and fish sticks. Leave it to me for that to happen! The mainteance guy believes it was either the oven element or the aluminum foil that I have at the bottom of the oven. He'll hopefully get a chance to fix it today, but I'm not holding my breathe. It stinks not having a working stove or oven. Thank goodness for microwaves! Naptime around here, was nice and quiet believe or not.
Mason and Josh played on the Wii for a little bit, and Shelby was able to get her biography book report done. She had to pick someone that had a contribution on the world, so in the end she choose Princess Diana. I think and hope Shelby found it interesting. She didn't like writing up the book report, but she liked some of the facts about Princess Diana.
Mason is still having off days lately (it was very apparent last night), not sure what that is all about. Lots of tantrums, and tears when things don't go his way, or we don't understand what he's trying to say. It's gets really hard and frustrating on my part, and I'm sure on his part. He's also had a really terrible cough all week, following the head cold he had this past weekend. I'm not sure it's anything to be too worried about, but with his asthma, and the fact he gets croup...I don't want to take any chances. Especially if we go up to the in-laws this weekend for little Blake's 1yr birthday party, so off to the doctor's we go.
The exciting news today so far, is the knowledge that Jessie by this time tomorrow will be home from Kansas, well at least for the weekend. I'm so excited, the kids have had a hard time with him gone this week, and to be honest so have I. It's hard the first couple of weeks, when you know the new rail year has started. You'd think I'd be used to this stuff, by now.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Pretty snow
Today we are supposedly going to get anywhere from 5-12 inches of snow, it's a really fast moving snowstorm, so you never know. I like to say: "The weatherman has the only job around where you are right 50% of the time and can still keep your job." (Even though I know they have a tough job in predicting the weather and etc.)
This morning was MOPS morning, and I'm supposed to be in the childcare room assisting. That got scratched as a result of the snow. In the time it took me to take Dawn & Spencer to school, come back home, we had about 1/2 of the pretty fluffy snow, the parking lot was covered.(On a good day, that's only 45 minutes). I'm watching two extra little boys today, and I couldn't run the risk of getting in an accident with other people's precious cargo. I feel really bad for letting the group down, but I couldn't risk that. Watch, now that I'm not going though the snow will stop, and we will only end up with that 1/2 an inch. Just can't win lately it seems.
It will be nice though to get enough snow to cover the grass back up. This part of the year is not my favorite part of the year. When the snow is melting, it's dirty, everything is muddy, nothing is growing, and even though you see grass, it's not green it's brown. YUCK! I would love if it could magically melt over night, and be spring right away the next morning. Not going to happen though. lol.
This morning was MOPS morning, and I'm supposed to be in the childcare room assisting. That got scratched as a result of the snow. In the time it took me to take Dawn & Spencer to school, come back home, we had about 1/2 of the pretty fluffy snow, the parking lot was covered.(On a good day, that's only 45 minutes). I'm watching two extra little boys today, and I couldn't run the risk of getting in an accident with other people's precious cargo. I feel really bad for letting the group down, but I couldn't risk that. Watch, now that I'm not going though the snow will stop, and we will only end up with that 1/2 an inch. Just can't win lately it seems.
It will be nice though to get enough snow to cover the grass back up. This part of the year is not my favorite part of the year. When the snow is melting, it's dirty, everything is muddy, nothing is growing, and even though you see grass, it's not green it's brown. YUCK! I would love if it could magically melt over night, and be spring right away the next morning. Not going to happen though. lol.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Musical praise
Dawn started back up with her piano lessons a couple of weeks ago. I was really nervous how this long break (since the car accident) would affect things. Granted she hadn't been taking lessons for very long, but you never know.
I had always hoped that I had inherited my grandfather's musical talent. Nope, I have his appreciation for music and what not, but not very musically talented. lol. Dawn on the other hand it seems, has inherited his talent. So it skipped a few generations, no biggie. Dawn has always wanted to play the piano since she was 2-3yrs old. I pushed it off for the longest time thinking it was a passing fancy, an expensive one, but it wasn't.
Over a year ago, I finally came to the conclusion it wasn't going anywhere, so I started looking for a piano teacher. Do you know how hard it is to find one in this area? Jeez! So I just prayed about it, and knew that if she was meant to take lessons, I would eventually find the right teacher. And we did.
So yesterday was her weekly lesson, and I talked to her teacher Miss J about how it seemed Dawn was doing. She is on her 3rd book, and keep in mind she's been on consistent lessons since January. She said that Dawn is doing amazingly well, she can't get over how quickly Dawn is progressing through her lessons. It will be interesting to see those results at the recital in April.
Dawnfinally picked her song for the recital and will start working on it in the next couple of weeks. Now if I can get her to practice on a more consistent basis....then she would be even better. But I know that's a problem for every parent who is the same spot as me. It felt very good though to hear how well she is doing, since I only hear the practice side of things.
I had always hoped that I had inherited my grandfather's musical talent. Nope, I have his appreciation for music and what not, but not very musically talented. lol. Dawn on the other hand it seems, has inherited his talent. So it skipped a few generations, no biggie. Dawn has always wanted to play the piano since she was 2-3yrs old. I pushed it off for the longest time thinking it was a passing fancy, an expensive one, but it wasn't.
Over a year ago, I finally came to the conclusion it wasn't going anywhere, so I started looking for a piano teacher. Do you know how hard it is to find one in this area? Jeez! So I just prayed about it, and knew that if she was meant to take lessons, I would eventually find the right teacher. And we did.
So yesterday was her weekly lesson, and I talked to her teacher Miss J about how it seemed Dawn was doing. She is on her 3rd book, and keep in mind she's been on consistent lessons since January. She said that Dawn is doing amazingly well, she can't get over how quickly Dawn is progressing through her lessons. It will be interesting to see those results at the recital in April.
Dawnfinally picked her song for the recital and will start working on it in the next couple of weeks. Now if I can get her to practice on a more consistent basis....then she would be even better. But I know that's a problem for every parent who is the same spot as me. It felt very good though to hear how well she is doing, since I only hear the practice side of things.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Weekend in Rochester
This past weekend was a great weekend. Not only did the state hit a little heat weave yesterday. ( It was 46 degrees) But I got to see my cousin Lynn's twins: Dylan & Aubrey. Let me tell you they are adorable! It's amazing how little Aubrey is compared to her big brother, she's like a little doll. I had so much fun helping Jessica & Reed out with the twins. It's a lot of hard work, parents of multiples, I salute you. We stayed at their house, the kids and I did, while mom stayed at aunt Nancy's.
It was also the 1st time that I saw Lynn's new place. I liked it, it's perfect for their blended family too. It was perfect timing for us to come down this weekend, because Taylor & Alicia were there visiting for their weekend visit. All four of the kids have such a great time together, and they all play so well together too. Reed took at four of the other kids sledding. Spencer reported that they went to 3 hills to go sledding on. Which I found very interesting considering he didn't want to go, and whined about it while we were at lunch. hehehe. I knew he'd change his tune.
We had lunch at OCB (Old Country Buffet) which didn't help mom or my journey on weight watchers. But it was worth it, because we got to visit with Grandma S. For those of you who don't know, Grandma S is my "adopted" grandma. She is uncle Steve's mother, but has allowed me to call her grandma for as long as I can remember. She is one of the neatest ladies you will ever ever meet. She has lead interesting but tough life. It's hard though watching the people you love so much get older as you get older. It's tough seeing them get older and know that they aren't that far from death's door. Each time I see her, it becomes a reality that I really don't want to accept yet. She's my grandma, grandparents are suppose to live forever!!! ;) But if her time with us is almost up, I'm so glad that I got to see her, give her hugs, and show her that I love her.
It was a very late nite at the S house. lol. The older 4 were up till around midnight, while Jessica, Reed and I watched the movie called "dutchess", it wasn't too bad of a movie. It's been a while sit I sat down and watched a movie. Cyril passed out on the family room floor while the older 4 were playing. It never ceases to amaze me how little ones can sleep so deeply.
And then today, aunt Nancy gave both of my boys hair cuts. I was quite surprised how upset Spencer was in getting his haircut. I wasn't expecting that, but he was very out of sorts too. Cyril just cried and cried. It broke my heart, but it's amazing how with this hair cut he doesn't look like my toddler boy, he looks like a little boy. He looks so much older. :(
It was also the 1st time that I saw Lynn's new place. I liked it, it's perfect for their blended family too. It was perfect timing for us to come down this weekend, because Taylor & Alicia were there visiting for their weekend visit. All four of the kids have such a great time together, and they all play so well together too. Reed took at four of the other kids sledding. Spencer reported that they went to 3 hills to go sledding on. Which I found very interesting considering he didn't want to go, and whined about it while we were at lunch. hehehe. I knew he'd change his tune.
We had lunch at OCB (Old Country Buffet) which didn't help mom or my journey on weight watchers. But it was worth it, because we got to visit with Grandma S. For those of you who don't know, Grandma S is my "adopted" grandma. She is uncle Steve's mother, but has allowed me to call her grandma for as long as I can remember. She is one of the neatest ladies you will ever ever meet. She has lead interesting but tough life. It's hard though watching the people you love so much get older as you get older. It's tough seeing them get older and know that they aren't that far from death's door. Each time I see her, it becomes a reality that I really don't want to accept yet. She's my grandma, grandparents are suppose to live forever!!! ;) But if her time with us is almost up, I'm so glad that I got to see her, give her hugs, and show her that I love her.
It was a very late nite at the S house. lol. The older 4 were up till around midnight, while Jessica, Reed and I watched the movie called "dutchess", it wasn't too bad of a movie. It's been a while sit I sat down and watched a movie. Cyril passed out on the family room floor while the older 4 were playing. It never ceases to amaze me how little ones can sleep so deeply.
And then today, aunt Nancy gave both of my boys hair cuts. I was quite surprised how upset Spencer was in getting his haircut. I wasn't expecting that, but he was very out of sorts too. Cyril just cried and cried. It broke my heart, but it's amazing how with this hair cut he doesn't look like my toddler boy, he looks like a little boy. He looks so much older. :(
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