Park day..yesterday

Finally I have this thing up to date!
Yesterday me and Isabella spent some time with Ryan and Jenny. It was such a beautiful day we decided to take a walk to the park 3 blocks away..okay Jenny maybe the park was more like 4 or 5..lol. Anyways they play so cute together, I am so happy that I remembered the camera!

 

 

 

 

Haircut..chop chop

It has always been important to me to let the kids have their own individuality. As long as they are respecful and keep their grades up, I could care less about how their hair is styled. Elijah's hair however, has been driving me crazy. It is hard enough getting Chloe ready for school than to have to brush and detangle Elijah's hair too. I can't tell you how many times I have been at the bus stop with a hair brush in hand. It was such a relief when he came home from school one day and said him and Jacob wanted to cut off their hair and get mohawks. My mom and I wasted no time and had them at the hair salon as soon as they finished their homework. The kids at school are completely shocked and I think Elijah enjoyed the attention. A lot of people keep telling him he looks taller..to him that makes it all worth it! It's so nice to be able to see his face again. :)

 

 

 

 

May..Graduation

Finally graduated magna cum laude with my Associates in Science! I have been at that school so long it's almost hard to say good-bye to it. TCC chesapeake is so small it has always been more like 13th grade rather than a college. I have to admit that I haven't been always working towards graduating. More like just trying to figure out what I want to do. Taking creative writing classes, photography, gardening, etc. It's time to move on. So I'm off to either Regent or ODU in the fall pursuing a degree in Early Education. The reward for all of this education is a J-O-B..whats up with that?

 

 

April..Field Trip to Jamestown

Even though I wasn't chosen to be the chaperone for Elijah's 4th grade field trip to Jamestown..I went anyway. There really wasn't a choice in the matter. Elijah kept looking at me with his big blue eyes pleading for me to follow the charter buses, saying that everyones mom is going. I could not believe that "everyones" mom is going to tag along after their kids. What happened to giving your kids some independence? As I dropped him off I realized he was right. EVERYONES mom was following the buses! They had formed a mommy train of SUV's and mini-vans behind the buses. As I walked Elijah to his class there was a sea of mom jeans as far as you could see standing around waiting for the cue that the kids were heading to the buses. Geez.. So I did what any other mom would do in that situation..I raced home, got Isabella up and dressed, grabbed my camera, threw a lunch together, and made it back up to school in time to get in line just as the buses were leaving..the only thing I forgot was some comfortable walking shoes..Jamestown and heels don't mix. ;)

 

 

 

 

April..Spring Break

The Anderson's graciously let us stay in the beach house for spring break. Unfortunately, it rained the entire week. So we stayed home working in at the condo until the weather cleared. Which worked out because we really needed to get the condo ready to put it for sale. So, most of Spring Break we worked at the condo stripping wallpaper and painting. Finally on Saturday it stopped raining and warmed up. Even though we didn't get to stay at the beach house for as long as we would have liked, we still had a great time walking on the beach collecting shells and starfish. Thanks Linda and Charlie :)

 

 

 

 

snowboarding

Chris took Elijah for a day trip to Wintergreen. Elijah had a blast and can't wait to go again. He did really well for his first time. They took some great pictures and videos (I can't find where Chris uploaded them, I'll youtube it when I do) I am so happy Chris has finally found a "snowboarding buddy"! :)

 

 

 

 

couple of the snakes

 

 

March..hike at Back Bay

We decided to take a hike in Back Bay one pretty weekend in March. We didn't know that because it had been raining so much that it made the snakes move up to high ground to get out of the water. As we are hiking on the trails there were snakes everywhere. By the time we noticed them it was too late to turn back..which was exciting to Chris and Elijah but TERRIFYING to me and Isabella. As we walked on the boardwalk path there were snakes to the left and right perched on reeds and branches warming in the sun.

 

 

 

 

February Elijah's Birthday!!!

This year Elijah turned 10! He wanted to learn to snowboard so Chris hooked him up with a new Morrow board, bindings, boots, and gloves. Since part of his gift was a snowboarding trip, we decided to do his party low key...bowling and birthday cake. :)

 

 

 

 

January "snow" ball fight

"When you are putting together a piece of furniture in one room..do not leave kids unattended with the packing contents in another room, or this will happen."

 

 

 

 

Their 20 minutes of fun cost me and Chris hours and hours of cleaning. Ten years from now we will still be finding little remnants of this "snow" ball fight!

Blog update..What we've been up to for the past 5 months..haha

The semester is finally over so I am trying to catch up on everything that I have been neglecting these past few months. Next on my list is this blog. I didn't realize that I hadn't posted since Isabella's birthday..oops. Needless to say so far it has been a really busy year.