I know, I know long time no post

I havent blogged for over a month. So I guess its time for an update. We will start with 'My Mini", she is finally walking, she had been able to walk since she was one but has refused to use it as her main source of travel. I think its because she can crawl much faster. She still kind of walks like a penguin, but its awfully cute. She is such a joy. It is very obvious that she is the baby of a larger family because she is extremely spoiled. All she has to do is whine and Big Brother and Big Sister (or me) are right there to please her every need and want. She still would prefer to be carried rather than get somewhere on her own which as the baby I rather enjoy. At her last doctor appt in early March she weighed in at exactly 20 lbs so she is still pretty petite. She has been sick alot lately and spent the night last night in the ER, the poor pumkin has a full blown sinus infection and is on lots of medicine, but she is catching up on sleep today so hopefully that combined with the medicine will kick the infection. Carter is really enjoying Preschool and absolutely adores his teachers. He is constantly talking about them andrepeating what they say. He has lots of friends at school, but his best friend moved to Grand Island so he was pretty upset about that. He is learning alot, he knows all his alphabet, can write his name and is learning ot spell his last name, poor kid. Know all his colors and shapes, his numbers he has difficulty with. He will be going ot Preschool one more year, he is old enough to go to Kindergarten but I dont think he is ready. soccer will start in a few weeks so he has his cleats and everything he needs to play radily accessible. Jason has coached his team, they both enjoy it. He also is old enough to play T-Ball this summer. He is incredibly coordinated and is gonna be a major athlete, I dont think there is gonna be a sport that he is not good at. Hailee is in 1st grade and is being challenged on a daily basis. She is very smart but is a tad bit lazy. They have a spelling test every Thursday and Friday and she was doing awful on the tests and I knew she knew how ot spell them because we would have a little test of our own the night before and she would rattle them off without any trouble. One day I got a thought in my head; bribery; For every five tests that she got 100% on she would get a reward of her choice. It worked, next parent teacher conference her spelling average had gone from a 71% to 100%. Like I said a little lazy. Math she is an absolute genious she is so much like Jason it is unreal. She is still in dance at the same place but we added another class. She does Ballet, Tap, and clogging, her recital is at the end of April. She is pretty excited to wear her costume and get a little makeup on. Jason has a birthday coming up on Tuesday. He has been veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery busy at work, which is a sign of good things. It makes for really long days for both of us.

Random Brooklyn

We had the suitcase sitting on my parents living room floor so she just came and sat in the suitcase, she honestly will pop a squat anywhere.

Hailee and her Papa

My dad gave Hailee a rose for Valentine's day and she was really proud of it.

How's about a ride pretty lady

Brooklyn not really knowing what to think

kind of blurry, but Carter was giving Brook a ride on his motorcycle

I love this picture

Hailee and Carter's sleepover

Hailee has a really cool loft bad and I had some cots and they made a little fort for themselves. THey looked forward and talked about it for a whole week.

Random Carter

My mom got Carter a Teddy Ruxspin a long time ago and Carter wanted to see how it worked; in Carter's world that means tearing it apart piece by piece. This is him showing me the glasses Teddy was wearing.

Carter jammin'

Vaseline

I was putting laundry away in my room and it got really quiet so I went and checked on Brooklyn and this is what I found. I keep vaseline on her changing table to put on her dry skin and she found it. upset about me trying ot clean her off, the problem is that stuff is water proof so giving her a bath doesn't get it off so you have to get a dry washcloth and scrub, she was obviously not too pleased.
end result of vaseline rub

tasting it; at least the works shouldn't be gummed up

diggin' in

noticed I was in there watching her and thinking she was pretty funny

diggin' for treasure

and some more diggin'

the site that greeted me when I entered Miss Brooklyn's room

coat drive

During the month of January, I decided as a community service project with my Girl Scout Troop to conduct a coat drive. I passed out 1200 fliers throughout York, in the schools,preschools, and stores. I had drop boxes at five different locations where people could drop their new and gently used coats. the turnout was amazing.another table one table; we had them seperated into sizes

all the coats we collected

Happy Birthday Mom

My mom's birthday was January 14th so the girls and I decided to surprise her. The kids and I made her a birthday cake ( Jason frosted it) then the girls and I headed to GI to surprise her. Jason and Carter stayed here and put Hailee's new bedroom set together. We got it for her for Christmas but we had it stored in the garage and thesnow was packed so tight around the garage that we just now were able to access it because some of the snow melted. She (my mom) wasn't surprised because my dad told her we were coming. We had a nice time. I made dinner last night (kind of) my parents bought some chicken strips but I made mashed potatoes and corn to go along with it and then we had cake and ice cream for dessert. Today we went to Sams Club and Hy Vee, Hailee loves going to Sam's on Sunday because it is sample day (the girl is very passionate about her food). We headed home around 3.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM

I LOVE YOU VERY MUCH

YOU ARE THE BEST MOM IN THE WORLD.

Hailees newspaper debut

My Girl Scout troop and I are conducting a coat drive for the city of York. We are collectine new and gently used coats from the community and the on the 31st families will be able to come to our church and pick out a coat at no cost. It is a really good cause but holy cow I am busier than I can remember being. I sent out like 1,000 fliers and have drop boxes at five different locations. As well as the York News Times did a story on it and wanted a cute picture to go along with the article. She had me take a picture of Hailee in her Daisy Uniform and wear Jason's coat. Here are the pictures I took and let the editor decide which photo to use. I don't remember which one she used for the article.