Auntie Style

I love that Talli can only go at the maximum of 2 months without seeing the kids.

The best Auntie in the world will jump in her car drive 9 hours one way just to spend a couple days with them.....

There was lots of:

Reading with Jake

Begging and pleading of Brett to do Talli's homework.

Dehydrating of food for Talli to take home.

and Board games with Brylee
Miss you Talli!
Until next time Tal....5222!

Work it Girl!

Real Men Wear Pink

Jake was pleasing his Mama by wearing the pink shirt I layed out for him. I saw him zipping his jacket up all the way and then making sure there was no pink showing. He then told me he would wear the pink shirt if he did not have to take his jacket off at school.

For Jake it goes:

"Real Men Wear Pink if No One Sees"

A quick change of shirts and Jake was able to take his jacket off!

The Boy Who is NOT Crazy About Ties

Alphabop!

Jake's Kindergarten Concert

Spring 2011

Jake was pumped for his concert! Excited to play the drums!

But there was one problem.....

His music teacher asked for the boys to wear ties.

I knew this was not going to go over well with Jake.

Jake does not wear ties, button down shirts or khakis.

It only took him 1 hour to agree to wear the tie and brush his hair. Not bad I reserved 1.5 hours for the battle.

Proof of the Tie Battle:

When it was time for him to shine....He rocked it.....all was good.....tie and all!

My Girl.....

Is growing up way too fast!

What am I going to do when she starts 5 day a week preschool in the fall? How is it posible that my sweet girl is already 4 1/2?

Why does time go by so fast?

How can I freeze time?

Oh how I love this girl!

Preschool? Really? It does not seem possible Brylee starts school in the fall. In WI preschool is part of the public school system and means she will go to school 5 days a week for half days. Maybe because she is my last baby but I am already having a hard time.

Brylee is 100% ready....me not so much!

*Sob* *Sigh*

Out of the Mouth of Jake

I love my Jakey!

My favorite comment out of his mouth this week:

"You know lady bugs don't have to be married to have babies."

And he set the girl straight at recess who told him that "Girls go to college to get knowledge and boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider."

It sounds like he convinced her that both boys and girls can go to college to get knowledge. And they are friends again.

Love my Kindergarten boy!

Fashonista

The days are over that I get to dress my Brylee in her cute clothes that all coordinate.

Check out this particular ensemble she so very carefully put together. It consisted of a fall sweater, summer dress, christmas heels and some lovely striped tights topped off with her barbie sunglasses and matching purse. It took her an hour to pick out just the right pieces. There were many tears over high heels that were not making the right clicking noise and her hair that was not cooperating. Currently My Princess in need of help placing the flower in her hair she has chosen to match her shirt.
Until next time....

32 Years!

A day spent with my 3 favorite kids in the world. Best present ever!

Brylee my Barbie Ballerina

Green Eggs and Ham

After celebrating Dr. Suess's birthday all last week at school.....

Jake fell in love with Dr. Suess books. He was pumped to try some green eggs and ham until the plate was put in front of him. Brett was brave and tryed some green eggs. Jake not so much!

Jacob can now read! I am proud of him! Tonight he read me Green Eggs and Ham.

Go Jake!!!

I Hate Medicine

All three of my kids have gone or are going through a stage that involves refusing to take medicine to the point I would rather they just get a shot. After a long night of rocking Brylee and watching her pull on her ears I knew she had an ear infection. Arghhh.....that meant there would be medicine involved.

The first dose involved me holding Brylee down and her losing a few doses because she was gagging and spitting it all over the kitchen that resulted in a full melt down.

The next morning I may or may not of sat her on the kitchen counter and told her that she could not get down until she took her medicine. I was not going to hold her down 2 times a day for the next 10 days.

30 minutes later Brett came to her rescue and begged and pleaded for another 20 minutes.

So I may or may not of offered him a reward of $5 at the end of the 10 days.

Brett is my hero and Brylee is a lucky girl to have such a patient brother!!

The joys of parenthood.

Inside our Wisconsin Walls

74 days later our house is unpacked! Every box has been opened and sorted. Many, many trips to Goodwill and finally our house is uncluttered! It feels so good to have a clean and unpacked house!!!

Skyping the the Grandparents

Grandma and Grandpa are new to the Skype world. I love seeing their beautiful faces while we talk.

I also love the way they love each other.

Grandpa was telling me that on Valentines day he painted Grandma's toenails.

I told him what a good husband he was and he replied that he saved $30 everytime he does it and he only had one complaint. Grandma must not cut her nails so short because it makes it hard for him to paint.

He even showed me his good work!

I love them!

7 Day Heat Wave

You know you live in Wisconsin when you look out the window and Bryan is enjoying a heat wave of 39 degrees shoveling snow in short sleeves....

I also enjoyed seeing spots grass this last week but that was short lived. Today another 15" will fall.

For now I will dream of the next heat wave and will look forward to watching people wear flip-flops and shorts sleeves the next time it nears 40 degrees.

Brett's New Buddies

I told Brett when all the boxes were unpacked he could have a party with his new buddies. They are all goofy, fun 10 year old boys!
It was nice to put a face to the boys that I hear about!
And even better all the boxes are unpacked!!!

My Dad-e-o

Another visit has come and gone.....

His visits are never long but the kids always know what to expect and so do I....

Lots of laughter and a few tears when Grandpa wins the war! The boys are already planning their attact for the next visit and Brylee is still waiting and wants her Grandpa to come back over tonight.