Tough As Nails

Just wanted to share a few pictures of my baby with her 1st black eye. She was at soccer practice last night and there was a collision and she got hit in the face with someone else's head. I was so proud of her she cried for a few minutes, it was starting to swell real fast and i figured we were done for the night so I was packing up her stuff but then she ran right back out on the field to finish practice. She is only 1 of 2 girls on the team and all the other mom's were surprised she went back out there too and starting clapping for her (I think she loved that). A few of them told me their sons would probably still be crying about it. That made me smile a little :)

Can't wait to see her in her dance outfit this afternoon, my beautful ballerina with a black eye, that'll make a good picture :)

last night after we got home:


this morning:

And They're Off...

Well, today was the 1st day of school for the kids. Ryan was very excited, he was up and dressed before the alarm went off. I let him walk by himself to school today, It is only 4 blocks away, but his mamma is very overprotective so it was huge for me to allow this. I am assuming he made it there fine.

I drove Ashlyn today, she was excited this morning but when we got there she didn't want me to leave the classroom. I think she was nervous about being there alone. All weekend she kept complaining that Ryan won't be in her school this year. No call from the teacher yet so she must be fine.

Other than that, both kids ahve soccer practice tonight Ashlyn is excited about that since this is her 1st one. I am just glad that it is on the same night as Ryan's practice :)

So the chaos is in full swing, my school, kids school, soccer, dance, homework, my job plus all the regular housework that needs to get done, oh yeah I'm suppossed to sleep once in a while too. Hopefully I can find time to do it all.

(Tracy, if you're reading this you may need to give me some tips on how you manage it. I am always in awe of how you handle 3 kids plus all their activities and the kids you babysit :) )

And the Countdown Begins..

Last night we went to Open House for the kids schools. They are both pretty excited, Ashlyn has a couple of friends in her class so she is feeling better about going back although she did seem a little upset that Ryan is not going to be at her school anymore. But I really like her teacher and her Asst teacher was Ryan's in Kindergarten and I really liked her, so I am happy.

Ryan couldn't be more excited to be going to the junior high. He was so happy to see all his friends, although his best friend Will, is not in his class this year. This is the 1st year they have ever been seperated, they have been in the same class since kindergarten. Although, Will is a nice boy, I am kind of glad they will be split up, they tend to get each other in trouble alot. Two elementary schools combine at the middle school so there are a whole lot of new kids and the funniest part to me was Ryan noticing all the new girls. He mentioned on the way home that he hoped he could get one of the "pretty new girls" to be his girlfriend. I had to laugh, but I am not ready for any of that. I guess my little boy really is growing up.

So now the countdown begins... 3 days left till the we start the new school year :)

Ryan's Very Lucky Day

So if you recall,several weeks ago Ryan lost his wallet, His Nintendo DS and I washed his ipod all in one week. Well, after the ipod dried out it did work again, but after cleaning the everything I could think of no luck with the wallet or the Nintendo.

Well, this morning was recycle day. Apparently it was lucky I forgot last week and instead of dumping out the newspapers myself into the bucket like I usually do I made Ryan do it. He put the papers in the bucket one by one instead of just dumping the pile, and much to our surprise in between the newspapers was his wallet full of cash, I could not believe it. I cringe at the thought of how close it was to being thrown away. This stroke of luck caused me to search again for the ninentdo a little but still nothing.

Then this evening, Ryan in his excitement for open house at school tomorrow starts playing with his new bookbag for school, and yes there in one of the pockets was his Nintendo. I never thought to look there at all and apparently he completely forgot he ever put it in there.

I can't believe after looking for these things for weeks and I pretty much had assumed they were long gone, they both show up in the same day. What are the odds?Too bad he's not old enough to play the lottery :)

Day 2

Well today is day 2 of school and i am exhausted. Classes are going well, but the running around is another story. I am hoping that when the kids start school on Monday it won't be so bad since I won't have to drive them anywhere. The real test though will be the next few days since I have to work tonight - thursday night and have classes every day but friday. At least I know I will have at least 6hrs uninterrupted homework time while I'm there :)

Nothing else is going on here. Ryan started soccer yesterday and unfortunately he will have practice twice a week. I haven't heard from Ashlyn's coach yet but hopefully she will have practice on at least one of the same days he does.

Let the Chaos Begin!

Well today was the offical start of our fall schedule. Ashlyn started dance today, Ryan starts soccer and I start school on Monday, then 1 more week till the kids go back to school, and I am sure I will hear from Ashlyn's soccer coach any day now.

Dance was great today, Ashlyn was so excited. I was a little nervous since this is her 1st year in Company and I didn't really know what to expect, but I think I'm going to love it. 1st there are only 4 girls in her class so she will get lots of one on one time and my favorite part, if I understood Tammy correctly, is that even though she takes 3 classes they will only have a costume for tap, the other 2 classes are strictly for learning the basics and they do not do routines for thoses. It was neat though to see that they started learning their tap routine on the very 1st day since they will do that in competition.

So here's to a good start and hopefully I will be able to do all this and stay sane at the same time.

Had a Blast!

Well, I left last Friday to go to my sister's houose in Delaware for 2 of my neices birthdays. Ally turned 6 and Amanda turned 16. We had such an awesome time. Ally had a sleepover with her friends Friday night and Amanda had a campout at the beach with her friends on Monday night. The beach was awesome, they have wild ponies that roam the beach there and that was pretty cool, a little scary since the signs say they will kick and bite, but it was cool to watch them. Then we made a fire on the beach and just hung out it was very cool, I had never camped on the beach before and I loved it. Now, how do I talk Duane into trying it :)

well, here's some photos from my weekend, I don't seem to have managed a picture of Ryan at all but he wasn't around much, kept wandering off :)

Amanda & Ally



the ponies



Ashlyn & Ally


My sister Brenda & my brother Jay

I've Been Tagged!

Last week Tracy tagged me and I never got the chance to post so here goes:

7 things most people don't know about me

1. I am #5 of 7 children - 5 boys, 2 girls
2. I am the godmother to all 4 of my sister's girls
3. One of my bestest friends died when I was 15
4. I miss my sister every day and wished she lived closer
5. I talk on the phone alot
6. My husband never asked me to marry him
7. I hate having birthdays and getting older (Yes, I am having a mini mid-life crisis at 32)

I'm Gonna Kill Him!!

Ughhh, I am so angry right now and quite frankly Ryan is very lucky that he is not home at the moment.

1) Last week Ryan comes up and asks me if I have seen his wallet and tells me he lost it, I ask him if it had all his money in it because several days earlier I told him to take some out. He had around $30 and I don't think an 11 yr old needs to have that much money on him, well he didn't take the money out so now it is all missing.

2) On Sunday I washed some of his baseball cards and he got upset and we had a huge conversation about how it is his job to empty his pockets not mine (this will be important when I get to #4)

3) yesterday he comes to me and lets me know that he has now misplaced his brand new Nintendo DS that we bought him for graduation. When I tell him to go look for it he says, "well I would have found it when I looked for my wallet if it was here." Quite frankly I didn't think he looked all too hard for his wallet anyway. Ashlyn keeps lending him all her money so he doesn't care.

4) the topper is today, i am doing laundry and when I take the clothes out of the wash I find his Ipod. I called him at my mother's and he really doesn't seem to care at all. He asked if it still worked and when i said no he was like oh well.

This boy has literally lost everything of any value that he owns in 1 week and he doesn't care even one little bit. I have no idea how to even handle this or know where to begin. His father knows about the wallet but I know when I tell him about the DS & the Ipod he is gonna flip a shit. He really needs to learn a lesson from this but I am at a complete loss, I really just want to strat screaming and yelling. HELP!!


Now that I'm done ranting, I want to wish my niece Amanda a Happy 16th Birthday!! It is so hard for me to believe she is 16 already, I was only 16 when she was born, my how time flies :)

I'm Back!

Okay, I didn't really go anywhere. The hard drive on my computer crashed last week and I was too lazy all weekend to open the laptop so I had a computer free weekend. It was actually quite enjoyable and I think the kids enjoyed having more of my attention (when I wasn't yelling at them ;) ) I even got to read 2 whole books. Nothing really exciting has been going on over here. It is hot and nasty out so we are just trying to keep cool.

Tomorrow my mom is going to take my kids for a couple of days, they are pretty excited, she only lives in the next town but they don't get alot of one on one time with her, all the other cousins are usually there when we are, so this will be nice for them.

We are also leaving on Friday to go to Maryland, my niece Amanda is turning 16 tomorrow and she is having a campout at the beach on Monday with her friends. I promised her I wouldn't miss it so I will be there until Tues or Wed. of next week.

Choices

I had a discussion with Ashlyn yesterday about making choices and the difference between a good choice and a bad choice and while sometimes the bad choice is alot more fun you should not pick that if you KNOW that it is bad even if you really want to do it anyway. And then if you choose the bad choice you must own up to it and be prepared to accept the consequences of your choice. Well, she's 6 so I don't know if she completely understood me but it just got me thinking, i know how she feels, it's so hard to make the good choice when the bad choice is so appealing.

anyway, here's today's horoscope, I think I may take the day to hide & keep to myself :)

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Libra (Sep 23 - Oct 22)

Pay attention to what you say today, for your words carry more emotional weight than you intend, even if you try to couch your feelings in vague meanderings. Deeply rooted issues can come dangerously close to the surface and interrupt your life. Although the resulting disruption could turn into a bothersome problem, it can be an important step to resolving the underlying issue.

I also want to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful niece Ally, she's 6 today!! I love you sweetie!!

Ally & Ashlyn