Chorus Concert

We had a busy weekend with the Fine Arts Festival and Chorus Concert. Emma sang with the Dolphin Chorus this weekend at a local high school. We have a very talented music teacher who does amazing things with the kids. They did a wonderful job...it is always a lot of fun to watch. Emma went to a birthday party Saturday night, so the rest of us went out for dinner and did a little shopping. Today we took the kids to see Monsters Vs. Aliens in IMAX. The movie was very good and we all had fun. Two more weeks of school until Spring Break! Can't wait! This should be a busy week - Owen starts baseball on Thursday and we go on our family camping trip with the Scouts this coming weekend. Here are a few pictures from this past weekend.

Owen posing in front of the beautiful blooming plum tree.

Logan decked out in his Ben 10 gear - his new favorite show!
Emma cuddling with Max.

Emma and her friends at the Fine Arts Festival.

Emma and her talented Music teacher... Mr. Collett.

Emma and her friend Amanda - the birthday girl.

Extra Birthday Guests

We have had a couple of busy days. This past weekend I went away with a couple of friends for a scrapbooking weekend. It was in Newport News, VA and we had a blast! I got a lot of pages finished and we had so much fun. Jonathan and the kids had a nice visit with Uncle Brett and Connor. They never get to just visit...so this weekend they met for a playdate. They all went to the neighborhood school to ride bikes and play on the playground. Everyone seemed to have a good time.

Emma, being the social butterfly that she is has had several sleepovers the past few weekends. Well....somewhere along the line, she picked up a few critters....if you know what I mean. I came back from a nice relaxing weekend, only to find out on Monday morning that one of her friends had head lice!!!! I checked her and thought she was fine...but when I inspected her head a little bit closer, I realized that a few "friends" had moved in!!!!!!! Long story short...Emma and all three of her friends who were are the same sleepover all had headlice. So I spent my last day of year 34 picking nits, vacuuming everything, and doing loads of laundry. Luckily nobody else has gotten it and Emma was cleared to go back to school today. It has been an interesting 24 hours! I have never been so grossed out in my life...but I now know it can happen to anyone. The school nurse - trying to be helpful- told me that lice only liked clean heads - so that was a compliment to us! It didn't really make me feel better! :(

Today was my 35th birthday - I really can't believe it- but it is true. I had a great day. My wonderful friends at school decorated my classroom door and threw a nice little party. They all wore shower caps with bug stickers! They also gave me a bug catcher - aren't they so funny?! When I got home from work, Jonathan was home and the kids gave me their presents. Emma picked out a beautiful Spring flag and some scrapbooking stickers. Logan gave me a Fish Windchime and some stickers. Owen gave me a Kohl's gift card - but I have to take him with me to pick out something to wear! He is so sweet sometimes - I can't wait to go shopping with him. Jonathan gave me a Vera Bradley bag and wallet that I wanted. After gifts, we went out to eat at Logan's Roadhouse and then had dessert at Carl's. It was a fabulous day - despite the bug infestation! It was certainly a day I won't forget. Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful family and terrific friends - even if they have a warped sense of humor! I love you all!

Pictures from the weekend visit with Connor and Uncle Brett

Me with my sweet boy, Owen-check out his tooth...it is still loose, but it doesn't seem to want to come out. He has a huge gap where it has moved over.

Owen knows how much I love Kohl's!

I am such a lucky MOM!

Logan picked out this nice Hamster card...hmmm, was he trying to be funny?!
Logan took this picture at Carl's - the best ice cream stand around!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Those pesky leprechauns made their mischief again this year! It seems that it is tradition for them to come to our house and make a mess every year on St. Patrick's Day. They use our toilet and turn our milk green! This year they built a shamrock out of green legos, lined up all of Logan's green trains, and spread sparkles all over the house! They misplaced toys and managed to make the kids crazy this morning! We finally got to school after a wild morning, only to be met by more mischief from those pesky leprechauns. Owen's homework was to build a leprechaun trap - he did a great job - the leprechaun tripped his trap, but he managed to escape! Oh well... maybe next year we'll catch one! I hope so - I could use the gold and I'm tired of them making a mess in my house and classroom! Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Owen was very proud of his trap!

This is a picture of my colleague Jen and Emma's best friend Amanda - we all wore the same shirt - unplanned! We have Earth Day covered too!
Logan posing with his "figgers" as he calls them. That rotten leprechaun spilled them all over and lined them up in the toy room!

Logan showing off his green!

The kids after checking out the mischief!

Ewww...he even used our toilet! How rude!

Emma - looking half asleep and quite a bit skeptical! She's getting too old for this!

The boys getting ready to have some Lucky Charms and green milk.

Spring has Sprung

What a difference a week makes! Last Monday we were posting snow day pictures...now one week later, I am posting Spring pictures from an 80 degree day! Crazy March! The kids have been enjoying getting outside and riding their bikes, and playing on their swingset. I'm glad we had that last blast of winter weather...now I'm ready for Spring!!!

Owen hanging around!

Logan...showing some belly! Too cute!
He still loves his Indy hat!

Here's looking at you kid!

The crocuses have popped up-beautiful!

A tree bud - bursting with life...just a week ago it was a speck covered in snow!

Snow Day Part 2

Here are a few more pictures from today! We had a great time playing in the snow! Now...if only we can have one more snow day!!!!

Snow Day!!!!

We were all so excited to have a snow day. These are the days that I live for in the winter! The days when Jonathan has to stay home with us and we get to enjoy the day. The kids had a blast sledding and throwing snowballs. It was so cold and windy this morning, that we had to come in after a while...but we plan on heading out later to build a snowman. Hope you were all as lucky to have a beautiful day as well! Enjoy the photos!