All Good

We had such a fantastic weekend! On Saturday the kids spent the day at my parent's house while Burger and I had lunch at HuHot and then saw The Hunger Games. We shopped at Lowes for some garage organization.

Emrick got a gift car from Aunt Pam for her birthday. We decided to use her gift card to pay for part of a new bike! We got the bike while the kids were at my parent's and surprised her with it Sunday morning. She loved it! I took her to the store last week to see which one she liked and fit on. The one she picked came with a little purse that attaches to the front of the handle bars and holds a little stuffed kitten. She hopped right on when we showed it to her, and pedaled away!

Sunday, we spent the day outside! Burger was organizing the garage, hanging his pegboard and putting shelves together. Then he built our little garden area, and we planted our broccoli! Not sure if it will grow or not since Peter has already been digging around in there. Keep your fingers crossed then come visit in July to have some home grown broccoli! :)

Lets Go Fly A Kite!

Me and Emrick flying her princess kite!

Jacob, with Burger in the background.

Emrick was a quick pro!

Burger helping the kids get set up! We flew our kites last Sunday and the weather was lovely. Both of the kids caught on immediately and were able to fly their kites solo! When we were done flying our kites, we went to the park!

Happy Birthday Emrick!

Catching Up

We celebrated Jacob's half birthday on the fifth, he got to play at his Great Aunt Lisa's house with his best friend while Burger and I went to a Super Bowl party. Fun was had by all. :)

On Saturday night, Emrick woke up at about 1 in the morning and could barely breath. I quickly took her to the emergency room. She was diagnosed with croup, given a steroid shot and breathing treatment. She was breathing normal again in less than five minutes. They took x-rays of her throat to make sure everything was ok and sent us home. We were at the hospital for about 2.5 hours. She has been perfectly fine and healthy since.

On Friday night, Burger came home from work with an ipad. He got it as a surprise for me, and boy was I surprised! Then on Tuesday, Valentine's Day, he surprised me with chocolates and a candy bouquet! I really am such a lucky girl.

We are planning Emrick's third birthday party. She is having it at Chuck E.Cheese on her birthday and is super excited! Every day she wakes up asking if it's her birthday yet. Silly girl! It is a Diego themed birthday and she is specifically asking for balloons.

Ground Hogs Day!

I made these yummy treats for my Mops Steering team meeting on Ground hogs Day! The cupcakes are Nilla Wafers and gel frosting for the faces. The other is a cinnamon muffin with a cut out ground hog on a Popsicle stick. I didn't actually get to go to the meeting because a chunk of my tooth chipped off Tuesday night and I had a dentist appointment at the time of the meeting. I was really disappointed. But, life goes on! So I went to the dentist yesterday for the chipped tooth and they are going to fix it on the 13th, probably with a root canal. So, keep painless dental visits in your thoughts for me, please!

We don't forget

With all this posting about Jacob and his new school, you may think that I have forgotten about dear, sweet Emrick. I promise, I have done no such thing. Trust me, she wouldn't allow it! But, before I get started on what Emrick's been up to lately, I want to tell you about Jacob's award assembly at school this morning. They had math awards, reading awards, leadership awards, and one award each for music, library, and gym. Jacob didn't get any of the academic awards because he's new and they haven't had a chance to see him show off his amazing academic skills just yet. But, Ms. Hess did make a point to tell the audience that he was new and that's the reason he wasn't getting any academic awards. I thought that was nice. He got a leadership award and is very pleased with himself. I forgot my camera, but took a few snaps with my phone. I have misplaced the cord to hook my phone to my computer but when I find it, I will try to post a picture of him at his award assembly.

Now, what has Emrick been up to? Well, yesterday morning she climbed up and got my camera and removed the batteries. Then placed the batteries in the microwave. For 7 seconds, then Jacob noticed and shut the microwave off. Thank goodness! They didn't have time to explode or melt or anything, we threw them away and bought new ones. Yesterday she also emptied out the art bins completely. Papers, pens, crayons, etc... The scissors, glue, and markers are put up high where she shouldn't be able to reach them. But about a week or so ago she got the glue and glued several pieces of black construction paper to the wall in the dining room. When I came up from the laundry the glue was still wet so we just took the papers down and scrubbed the glue off the wall! We have been teaching Jacob his coins, the names and how much they're worth. So we have had their piggy banks out a lot. Emrick decided she didn't want money in hers so she dumped it all out (like, nearly $20 worth of coins) and spread them all around the house. So she could fill her piggy bank up with dominoes. I suspect we will be finding change in random places for a long while. But, I am happy to report, she still has her pleasant demeanor about her. Emrick really is such a lovely person to be around. I'm not even exaggerating or saying this with sarcasm. She does some really naughty things sometimes but she is an amazingly calm person to hang out with.

School days!

I picked Jacob up at school yesterday and he wasn't wearing his hat. I asked him where was his hat at and he told me that he had accidentally left it on the bus. Bus?! Well, he doesn't ride a bus, so naturally I had a few questions. He told me without hesitation that they had taken a bus on a field trip to the children's art museum! I was immediately annoyed that I had not been informed of any such trip from the school but thought that maybe since it was only his second day, I had missed the note home. As the night went on, he was telling me more and more about their field trip. How the teachers brought cereal bars for all the kids and how they made pictures in the art room and the ladies at the museum were going to hang all the student's pictures on the wall! It was a really fun day! When I dropped him off at school this morning I questioned his teacher about the trip to the museum. She stared at me blankly, telling me that they always ALWAYS send home permission slips. And that no such trip had taken place. Not even kind of. Jacob had accidentally left his hat in his locker, the imaginary bus.