here we go!

18 months next week & I already see what "terrible 2's" is going to look like! She has decided the stairs are lots of fun & empties everything she can get a hold of. She hides the remotes & pushes every button she can so the TV won't work. She doesn't pay much attention to Speck, they get along pretty well. But little man is another story. All he has to do is get close to her and she screams & pinches him. Her daddy said she is going to be a drama queen. This is a whole new adventure for me...the boys were (are) rotten but not quite like this!

Great first day of swim lessons. Took off like a fish. I think he even told Mr. Ian about "new ways to swim" & just as I thought, by the time I picked him up from VBS he was fine. He actually even liked it! mom might know what she is talking about after all ;)

busy week

This pretty much sums up our weekend. Speck took a hard fall first thing Saturday morning so he was all but through for the rest of the day. He did get back out for a bit Sunday afternoon.

Little man got to "surf" with dad and that made his day (especially since Speck never could get up!) Had to "repair" an injury & I know the water made it seem like there was more blood than there probably was but there is a reason I was never a trauma nurse. A friend was climbing from our boat to theirs and slipped & a metal tie off went into the side of her foot. She needed stitches NO DOUBT but opted for steri strips & gauze instead. Yuck! Kiddos are at bible school this week. Speck was excited but little man not so much. Hopefully it will be better when I pick him up. He also has swimming lessons @ 1 everyday...busy week!

Date night

Thanks to TH for watching the kiddos Tue night so we could go to dinner & Staples. I really needed to go to Wal Mart but sometimes taking 3 kids is easier than taking 1 husband! I didn't worry about sis, but I worried about the poor babysitters. and I was right. I left her screaming and I returned to her screaming. SO SORRY!

Can't believe baseball is already almost over. We are finished with Friday night games, although I can't say I'm sad about that, and only two more next week (per kid of course). Then on to the post season tournament. Then football & fall baseball. Speck is really on the fence. depends on the day & who he is talking to. Little man is all about fall ball. He misses the cut off by 4 months but one of the guys who helps out said to sign him up anyway. I hope he gets by..if not we will have one heartbroken little boy.

WOW summer is nearly 1/2 over. I don't feel like we have done much fun stuff. Last year I tried to do several things a week. I haven't been too successful this year. This morning they got sweep & mop, make beds, unload & reload the dishes & put up laundry. That seems to be the only time they aren't fighting & I get a somewhat cleaned house with little effort on my part. Great vacation ;)

Hubby said he was making the school decision for me. Sis was up from 12:30 - 5 am & he says he isn't doing that so I can't go back to work. HA!

catch up...& its all out of order!

We went to my grandparents last night to visit and ended up taking them out to dinner. Papa isn't doing too great so it was a special treat to get out of the house. Hubby is getting lots of practice being a "grease monkey". Friday they were helping me...she sat in my car with 2 sleepy kids while I ran into Walmart & he sat in theirs with the dog. When I came out he had the hood up and a belt was broken. I loaded them up and brought them home with us and hubby came to the rescue. Home from work and to the WM parking lot to replace a belt. Thank goodness one of his buddies showed up to help or it might have been a long night. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful father for my kids & husband.

Sister was thrilled to be at tennis camp at 8:30 this morning. We all were ;) Next week its swimming lessons!

He was mad because he wanted Speck off the wakeboard so he could swim. It stinks to be the little brother!

Getting better (& braver) with each outing.

Last week we did a big "no-no" around our house...went swimming on a game day. A friend called and asked if we wanted to go to the water park so mom kept sis and I took the boys.
(but they both won so maybe we should keep it up)

I even went down the slides with them! They were so excited I got in the water & just don't understand why I won't do it at the lake. I did sit on the back board and put my feet in this weekend, but I would just be a hazard if I went any further!

& a great big THANK YOU to SW for my wonderful new pics!!!

And I need opinions please. I was accepted to 2 different nursing programs to finish my MSN.

Program A: must have 1,000 clinical work hours within last 12 months. This means I would have to go back to work 3 nights a week when school starts and work at least until Christmas then start the program in January. But if I quit after 4 months that doesn't look too good on a resume so I should really stay.

Program B: no clinical work hours required. But, I have started this process before & have 44 hours toward the degree. This program won't accept any of them so I lose the time & $ I have already put in to it. And it would add about 1 1/2 years by the time I re-did it.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am at a total loss.

once again...

dead bird.
ziploc bag.
kitchen cabinet.
enough said.

Fun in the sun

A very happy little boy since he could get in the water this time!

She was ready to go ( we weren't on the water yet...no lifejacket:) When we pulled down on the ramp she was making all kinds of noises & was so excited about the water and other boats

For those of you that know him... She was stomping her foot and instead of correcting her he said "OK brown eyes, come here" & he gave in and let her help. WHAT?!

Driving was way too much work. She slept like this for about an hour

He wanted to do it so bad, but just couldn't get brave enough to get that far from the boat. At least I know he is afraid of something!

What its all about...those cute smiles

This was his first time up this year. He did it ALL day long and is so sore. Actually got a little air a few times and only "busted" once.

Thursday already?

Where has this week gone? Oh yea, baseball camp, dr appt,& for now no more cast! dentist appt,& I have a cavity:( pool party, & baseball games. I think we were less busy before summer!
We have been "lucky" enough to get the 5:30 games this week. The time is nice but the heat, Ugh!

Almost forgot to touch home plate!

Trying to stay cool. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to shed all your clothes whenever you needed to? & be able to get away with that figure?!

Bikini Body!!
Thanks HG for a great time. & as usual everything looked beautiful! I'm thinking you need to go shopping with me one day soon;)

Poor baby was worn out. She slept from 2:30 -6:15...& I had to wake her up.

Little man is MAD. He just isn't big enough to drive yet...at least thats what we tell him. I just don't trust him :)

This was my grandpa's truck. A few months ago he realized he wasn't going to be able to drive anymore. So he gave it to Speck. Hubby has worked & worked (& still lots to go) He wants to get it "done" before something happens to Papa.

He says he is turning into a grease monkey. I think he's a pretty cute one though!