Question of the Day

Notice anything new??


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This and That

Somehow, by the Grace of God, I survived the first day of school! Just barely!!! The girls in my class are sweet angels - quiet, respectful, eager to learn. I will leave it at that!! Only the positive!!

I have to show ya'll more pictures of Jillian at dance. Actually, it is for Daon!

Look at her form!!!!

She was doing a "shuffle."



And look at her perfect form of first position!!! A Star in the making!!!


Also, we have some new neighbors.......a group of 8 frogs are living under our patio!!!

Pray for me!! I need to survive the rest of the year!!!!

Back to School 2010

It's that time of year again and Jillian was very ready to return to "school." We visited last week and met their new teachers and Rocco was less than thrilled. He could smell a change in the air and has been uneasy ever since.

This year I am not paying the extra money for breakfast so that means I have to get their breakfasts ready in the morning (like I don't have enough to do). But both Jillian and Rocco love packing their backpacks in the morning with food and sippy cups full of milk.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Again Jillian was so happy and practically sprinting through the parking lot to get to the door. However Rocco was a whole 'nother story. His goes along the line of hysterical screaming as soon as we drove into the parking lot and continued screaming and kicking until I get him into his room and into the teacher's waiting arms. I am told that he cries for about 5-10 minutes and then he perks up. I have yet to get a picture of the screaming/crying fit because carrying 28 lbs and kicking/squirming toddler is hard enough by itself.

Otherwise, Jillian has been trying the dance class at the Little Gym. She loves the tapping and will about tap us crazy before the class is over.

Mr. Roc was interested in the ballet shoes. Maybe we have a Billy Elliott on our hands???

As for me, I am back to work and it is kicking my tail. The kiddos come on Monday!

New Pics

This one was a doozy! This was by far the hardest picture session yet. Jillian did not approve of the outfits. She did not want to wear a bow. Rocco was not "in the mood" for pics and Jillian was trying to be a little "too helpful." BUT somehow we managed a couple of good shots.....

Jillian 3 1/2 years

Rocco 18 months (Will he ever stop drooling??)

The poser...

The ham..

Port A 2010

Soooooooo, I have totally been MIA. I really have several excuses but really the main one is that I have had no motivation to blog. There I said it. However, with work just 3 days away, I promise to get back into it!!!

This summer, we had a great time at the beach. Jillian loves everything about the beach. Rocco is fine as long as he has his shoes on. Even though this is his 4th trip to the beach in his short 18 months, he still does NOT like the feel of the sand.

We really had a ball. Grammie, Poppy and Aunt Masure joined us for a few days. We saw tons of fish, crabs, turtles, porpi, and several kinds of jellyfish.

The kids are no longer watching the Thomas the Train video I used to distract them so I will have to finish this post later!!!!!!