T-Day Luncheon

The girls' daycare had a family Thanksgiving lunch today. Jonah's elementary school, Clays Mill, used to also. The food was so much better at the girls' school. Luckily today was David's day off and he was able to go, so I sat with Kate and her class and David sat with Caroline and her class. Kate's teacher told me that they have to seat Kate so that she can see Caroline or she gets really upset, since they have lunch at the same time. Awwwwwww!

Kate and her friend Madison.

Daddy and Caroline.

Caroline and her friends Jordan, Beatrice, and Ava.
We had a wonderful lunch with the girls, even though they got upset when we had to leave.

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Two for One

The girls had a good time trick or treating Sunday. Here's our annual photo of kids in costumes on the front porch with jack o lanterns.I swear Caroline needs an agent.

Jonah passed out candy with his buddies. Too big to trick or treat. I think he may have regretted his decision after he realized he has no candy stash to last him until Christmas.
Earlier that day we had a good-bye pookie ceremony. Caroline has always loved her pacifier, which David nicknamed pookie when she was still a newborn. With Jonah I was a "good" mommy and got rid of the pacifier when he was 18 months. But when Caroline was 18 months, I was expecting Kate and said forget it. Let her have it. So she has. We tried to get rid of it when she turned three but it didn't work out. So we decided to try again on Halloween. I figured she'd be too worn out from the day's activities to miss it much at bed time. It's been three days now and I think this time is for good. Good-bye pookie! And good job Caroline! She's growing up. (Ouch! Small pain in heart of mommy.)

World Famous Equestrian Games

Has anyone heard any word on the success of the Equestrian Games? It seemed like a bunch of overrated hoopla to me. We did see people, or tourists, taking pictures of things like the castle on Versailles Road. But nothing else really. I love Lexington and think it's a great city, so I hope it faired well with the visitors.

Jonah's class was lucky enough to be able to attend the games, like many of the local schools I think. He borrowed my camera for the occasion. I found the pictures he took rather interesting.

An SUV in the middle of a lake. Neat!

A cool car. I guess.

A helicopter!

Oh okay. Here's a horse. Jonah really did go to the Equestrian Games.

Happy Halloween!

This is the first year we didn't make it to an orchard to pick out our pumpkins. It just never worked out. We've had other fun holiday happenings to attend though.

We went trick or treating at the Louisville Zoo with the girls' cuzin' Henry. Caroline decided to be Snow White this year. Kate didn't have her "official" costume yet.The girls pose with Henry in a yellow submarine. I don't know what a submarine has to do with Halloween.

Caroline got to pose with a few of the princesses. Who needs Disney World?!

Move it Supergirl!
On Friday the girls' school had a costume parade and trick or treating. Thankfully I was able to leave clinicals to make it just in the nick of time.

Caroline and her class.
Kate. She loves to wear her big brother's old cowboy boots so she's a cowgirl this year.
The girls together. Jonah's getting too "old" to participate in the Halloween activities this year. I did take him and his best friend to see Devil at the movies. This year he's going to pass out candy instead of trick or treating.

Lemonade Out of Lemons

One of my big concerns about going to nursing school and the girls starting daycare full time has been that they will be sick a lot and I'll have to miss class. My clinical time I really can't miss I have to make it up, and I have no idea when I could make it up with my already crazy schedule. Well Caroline has promised to deliver. Our good friend Jennifer has already come to my rescue twice and has sit with a sick Caroline so I could attend class, including this past Tuesday. Caroline was fine by Wednesday morning so I got her and Kate ready and shuttled them to school. But the daycare informed me that Caroline was not able to attend until she was fever free for at least 24 hrs. Grrrrrrrrrr! So Kate stayed and Caroline and I left.

At first I was going to take Caroline with me to class. But then I just imagined Caroline trying to sit still for 75 minutes. Not going to happen. Luckily I only have one class on Wednesdays, so I decided to skip it. I haven't missed a single class yet, and I can get the notes from one of my nursing friends. We were going to spend some bonding time together. Mommy and Caroline Day! Where should we go? Hmmmmm. Well to the mall of course!

We had lunch and sat at the high lunch counter.

Caroline loved these mannequins with purple hair and insisted I take her picture with them.
We had to hit the Disney store and picked up new shirts for Caroline and Kate.
After the mall we stopped by Barnes and Noble where they were having a scarecrow display. Caroline wasn't crying. I think the sun was in here eyes.
I hated missing class but I really enjoyed my day with Caroline. I tried to talk her into getting her ears pierced and came really close. Maybe next Mommy and Caroline Day.

Groovin'

Sometimes I think Caroline steals the show around here. Well Kate's personality is really starting to come out more and more, as you can see in the following video. Please ignore my annoying laugh. I just think it's so hilarious that she takes it all the way to the floor. Where did she learn that?! I don't remember that episode of Dora.

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Timone

Caroline's preschool class has a pet monkey named Timone. Every weekend one of the students get's a turn to take Timone home. The student and his/her parents fill out a page of Timone's journal sharing with the class of how Timone spent his weekend. They can also include pictures. Here are some snapshots of Timone and our weekend together.

Shopping for shoes at Target.

Reading books with Daddy.

Bedtime snuggles with Caroline.
We can't wait to see you again Timone!

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Last Week

David's birthday was this past Monday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!!!! Can you believe next year he'll be celebrating the big 4-0?


Our five year anniversary was yesterday. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US!!! Wow time flies!

I can't even begin to put into words how much I love and appreciate my amazing husband. I know, I know. I complain about little things like how much sports he watches or leaving little hairs in the sink or leaving his dirty socks in the middle of the floor but I am very aware that these are LITTLE things. David is a wonderful father and an amazing husband. I am extremely fortunate to have him in my life.

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Boo Boo

This past spring I told David that I had a strong feeling that one of the kids would end up in the ER before the end of the summer. Caroline and Kate in particular are constantly getting hurt. Well I was right. Isn't it still officially summer? Caroline's preschool called today because she had gotten hurt. She tripped and fell into a door while running in the gym and wouldn't stop bleeding. So off to the ER we went.

Before


After six stitches
It was a pretty awful experience but lots of stickers and a popsicle from the nice ER tech helped make everything better.

Are You Ready for Some Football?!

Well of course David sure is. Time for our annual tradition.....



Next year we won't hold the ceremony during Kate's naptime. Live and learn.

Dedicated to Amber Scott Thomas.

Dentist

We all had our check ups at the dentist recently. Caroline had her very first check up and behaved wonderfully. The dentist had good news and bad news for us. The good news is that not one of us had a cavity and she verified that Jonah does not need braces. Yay! The bad news is that Caroline has an extra long piece of skin from her upper lip to her gums that extends all the way down between her front teeth which will have to be clipped at some point or she'll always have a gap. And she'll need braces. Not really that big of a deal. You win some you lose some.

Computer Geeks

Can you believe Kate's already playing computer games? Fisher Price.com has games for babies. They basically just have to hit the keyboard to make something happen. I hope my kids are computer whizzes. So they can figure stuff out for me!

Her Majesties

Just the other day Jonah complained that Caroline is way too girly. And boy is she ever! She likes me to give her a mani/pedi a couple of times a week. She LOVES jewlry. She wants me to fix her hair a certain way with a certain picked out accessory. She only wants to wear dresses and takes forever to make up her mind on which one. Oh and deciding which pair of shoes to wear with the dress that she finally picked out is just as excruciating. Plus she has to pick out Kate's outfit too, a dress of course. I don't know how long Kate will go for that. Sometimes it can be frustrating, especially in the morning when we have somewhere to go. But for the most part I really love it. I keep trying to talk Caroline into getting her ears pierced. I just wish I had a fortune to spend on little girl clothes and shoes.

Princess Caroline and Princess Kate
The castle prince daddy (that's what Caroline calls him) built for his princesses.

New Schools

My baby started middle school today. Here he is with his best friend Michael before walking to the bus stop. Jonah is very excited to get to ride the bus now. Jesse Clark has a dress code so that the boys have to wear shirts with collars, shirts tucked in, and belts. And no hoodies. They were not happy that I made them pose for a photo.

They were also not happy that the girls and I followed them to the bus stop. And taking more pictures. Here Jonah is telling me to stop. Once I saw that there weren't any other parents at the bus stop. I hung back. A little.
But I did take more pictures. Here they are getting on the bus.The girls also started a new daycare/preschool this summer on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Crestwood Christian Church. Next week they start full time M-F. I've been working more at the hospital and hopefully next week I'll be accepted into the nursing program at the local community college. Right now I'm alternate #21. Keep your fingers crossed for me or say a little prayer. Here are the girls in their school shirts. Caroline is such a ham!

First Portrait

Vacation 2010

We headed to Jacksonville Beach, FL again this year for vacation and to spend time with family. Despite falling ill to colds, pink eye, sinus infections, and an ear infection, we managed to have a good time.

Of course we went to the beach. No signs of oil thank goodness. This year Caroline decided she hated the beach so we only went a couple of times. She didn't like the sand on her or the taste of salt in the water. Little diva.Kate enjoyed it though. As did Jonah. He's always loved the beach. A true beach baby.We spent a lot of time at the pool. Once everyone's pink eye cleared up. Just like Jonah, the girls are totally unafraid of the water and leap right in. Even if they sink to the bottom. They come up, cough up pool water, and jump right in again. We spent one day at an alligator farm. They had every type of alligator and crocodile in the world on exhibit. They also had a feeding demonstration where they fed the alligators dead rats. The kids loved it. Yuck.As you can tell from poor Kate's flushed cheeks it was super hot!
And of course good food and sweets are always necessary to make any vacation complete. Mmmmmmm!

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