Guess who's feeling a little blue today....

Yes...Jake is feeling a little blue! This is what happens when you leave Jake upstairs in the kitchen while you go downstairs to start some laundry. The girls were coloring and I think they gave him a marker and a coloring sheet. I guess Jake wanted to see how the marker would taste. BOYS!!!!

A Smile!!

Rachel brought home her pictures from school today. The first thing she said was that she HAD smiled this year. Last year, she had this very pensive/serious look on her face. When I asked her why she did not smile, she said that the photographer had taken her picture to fast. I made sure I wrote on the order envelope to please wait for her to smile! I think they they turned out quite nicely this year!

What a crazy day...

and its only 10 am! Today started off with a quick start. Something told me to put on my glasses and see what time it was. I looked and it was 6:56. We normally get up at 6:45. The alarm clock got bumped off the nightstand, so it must have gotten turned off. So we had 14 minutes to get Rachel up, dressed and fed before she had to be at the bus stop. It was a little rushed, but all was well. Scott told her she could have a rice krispie treat for breakfast...after all it was cereal!

Then we had Madison's 4 year check up today...the shot visit. The doctor said she was great.She said she usually tries to find something to tell her patients so they can feel like they can take something away from the appt but she said Madison was Aokay! She did ,however, give us something else to take away from the appt...a flu shot for Jake. She said they had just gotten them in yesterday and since he was here....yadda yadda yadda... so he got a shot too! He was so happy till that point!

I figured since he already got poked for the day, I would go and get his 1 yr old blood work taken ( I have been putting it off since June!) We walked into LabCorp and saw how busy it was and walked right back out! Oh well, what's a little more procrastination!

So now we are home, dressed, and ready to go, and its only 10...this hasn't happend in a long time!

Fashionable even at 7:10 AM!

I think I have the next Stacey London (Host of What Not to Wear) on my hands. This is the outfit she wore to the bus stop this morning. It consisted of her Tweety bird pj's. Her dusty rose colored jacket Stacey bought her yesterday...and the piece de resistance...the blue scarf we found in the closet last night. She had to wear something around her neck...it was very cold this morning! Oh and don't forget the hot pink flip flops that she loves and wears everywhere! We all could use some fashion tips from Madison I think!

Gangsta Lean

Jake loves to dance to any kind of beat! At the ocean this weekend his dance moves were coined "gangsta lean." He plants his feet, leans to the side, wiggles his bum and bops to the beat. It cracks us up everytime he does it. Here he is doing the gangsta lean to the Doodlebops. If its got any kind of beat...he can dance to it!

It all begins...

Rachel officially started her homework routine for the first grade. I hope that you can see her first homework assignment. (I am not sure of the quality.)

It was so cute because she had to group the words into 3 catagories. She was trying to sort them by rhyming words and then by ending sounds. I felt bad telling her "not to think so hard" because they wanted them to be sorted according to the first letter/sound. I know I am biased, but she is as smart as a whip! I can't believe she is growing up so fast.

Ocean City

This weekend we were lucky enough to get to go to Ocean City. Mom Mom rented a condo on the ocean and we ALL to spend some quality time as a family. Everyone came...there were 10 of us there on Friday night.

On Saturday, we went to the boardwalk. In between dodging raindrops, the kiddies had fun riding rides and playing games. The girls ended up getting to pick prizes for 1100 tickets. We have never gotten that many tickets before. I think Mom Mom hit the jackpot with one of those push the quarters over games. They had lots of fun.

We went to the ocean, when it finally cleared on Saturday afternoon. The surf was very rough because of the storm further out. Scott and Kyle decided that they wanted to play in the waves, but found out after a short while that they a little to strong and came in. I was scared there for a while, because the surf kept taking them farther out from and down the beach.

Although, Jake found his way out of our condo and into another one and we almost had a heart attack, it was a lot of fun.

Just FYI, never ever got to Ocean City during bike week unless you are a motorcycler yourself. Those who stayed in the bedrooms close to the street said they dragged the main strip until 3 am and started up again about 7:30 am. LOUD!!!!

I think Mom Mom had the most fun at the ocean out of all of us...she found a new beau!

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BNL.....it's been a long time!

I love BNL! It seems like forever since Stacey and I have been to a concert. (I think it has been about a year, but I could be wrong.) But....since they released a new album on Tuesday....there's a new tour!!!! It's about time!

Stacey and I got front row for the D.C. show and 2nd row for the Philly show! YEAH ME!

WHAT !?!?!?

I feel like such a domestic goddess! I actually hemmed these pants for Rachel. Christy and Laura, you have inspired me. I actually doubled over the the fabric, so my hem wouldnt fray when it was washed. There were a few imperfections....but for the most part....I am feeling like a domestic goddess! Okay, moment over!

It's Soccer Time....Again!

I didn't get the greatest pictures this weekend, but here are a few I will share with you. Rachel had her first game on Friday, and her second on Saturday. The coach is really good this year about rotating the kids. Last year, we barely had enough to play the games, so Rachel would play 80 % of the time, if not more. This year they play 4 times for 5 minutes each. She got to play goalie in both games for 5 minutes each . On Friday, she made some great saves. On Saturday, however, the ball never came near the goal. She likes it. They are really teaching them this year about positions and spreading out, so it's not chaos like last year. She has fun!

Jake has a hard time staying off the field. During the game on Saturday, he kept wanting to take Rachel the ball. He loves his sister.

Madi wants to play next year. She could have made it this year, but her birthday was the cut off day so we decided to wait till next year! Should be fun....everyday will be Soccer day!

Madi's wish....

Today, while I was at church, Scott took the kids to Rachel's soccer practice. Scott noticed that Madison had an eyelash under her eye, so he told her to make a wish and blow the eyelash. She started to wish out loud and Scott told her to say it in her head so it would come true. She did and then blew the eyelash away. After a couple"Do you want to know what I wished for?" Scott said okay and Madi told him a GIANT ZAC EFRON ( Zac Efron is Troy in High School Musical and also "Madi's boyfriend"). Scott said he got a kick out of it, but then Madi kept coming up to him and asking if she had anymore eyelashes that she could wish on. At one point, Scott said it looked like she was trying to pull out her eyelashes. Crazy girl...I can't imagine what she would wish for if she had another eyelash....

Madison's 1st Day

Madison's first day started out with a bang... We got into the car at 11:50 (Madi has to be to school at 12) and the car wouldn't start. I then realize that I had left ALL the interior lights on last night and drained the battery! GREAT! I saw that our neighbor's dog walker was there so I ran over to her house and she said she could help, but she didn't have cables. Then I went to 3 more houses and finally found some cables. (Our cables were in Scott's truck!) Of course, all this time it was raining.

Madi got to school at 12:10 and then I had to rush to Jakes 15 month Dr's appt. Everything was fine after that. Madi had a great time at preschool. She said she really liked it and wanted to go back....much different then when she first went in January. She cried the first couple of weeks when I left. It ripped my heart out. She said that she got to hold the flag for her job that day! She can't wait till Friday!