Random Blogging…

January 15, 2012 By 2 Comments

Well, blogging in 2012 is non-existant so far! And it’s already the 15th day in – yikes! My first few days of January have been filled with strep throat and trying to get back to work. I had been off for over a month, so getting back into the swing of things has been challenging to say the least! In order to get a blogpost up, I’m going for random. When am I not random? I’m not so sure, but here we go…

* I’m blogging from my ipad for the first time. We will see if I’m capable of such a thing! :)

* We started off our year with Daniel getting strep throat and then I was next in line. It’s the total pits and I wish adults could recover as fast a kids!

*Daniel earned his purple belt in karate in December. He’s super proud and really enjoying karate.

* I might should not own up to the fact that I’m a soap fan, but I am and I’m sad that One Life to Live had their last episode Friday! I’ve watched that show my entire life {ratting you out there too, Momma :) } and it’s been my one that I’ve DVR’d since Daniel was born. It’s always been my kid naptime show. No more…

* Daniel got a few gift cards for his birthday and Christmas and was dying to spend them after Christmas. He had $65 and managed to buy $100 worth of Legos and a new game for his DS. That’s my bargain shopper! He was so excited to get 2 huge Lego sets for half off.
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*Luke was also excited to use his gift cards… for what else? Batman, of course. They now make Batman legos. After Christmas. Guess who wants them all?

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* We went to Golden Corral last night {we haven’t been in ages} and they now have a chocolate fountain that my kiddos thought was the best thing ever. There was ridiculous amounts of chocolate on our children and their plates!
Chocolate covered strawberries for my strawberry lover

*I need a lot more practice on this ipad blogging thing. I’m too used to my computer.

* Have I mentioned my love of teacher blogs? Since I got my new job they are saving me with there awesome activities! That and teacherspayteachers.com.

* Luke is really into The Magic Treehouse books right now. I thought he might want to read a chapter book and I was right. He is loving them. I had book 1 at school, so he wrote me a note the other day to put with my school things, so that I would bring the book home for him.

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*That’s all for now!

Filed Under: Daniel, Family, Luke, Randomness, School, The kiddos, This blogging thang, Updates

The four blog posts that never were…

December 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It’s pretty obvious that I’ve had a hard time blogging since I got my new job. There have been dozens upon dozens of times that I’ve sat down to blog and just haven’t been able to focus on it. So, here are four blog posts in rapid form.

#1 Post: Luke and the Cowboy Birthday Party…

Luke had a ball at one of his best buddy’s birthday parties.  He wanted no part of riding the horse, but he rode the little wagon.  And was much too busy for a picture!

#2 Post: Wordless Wednesday: Hatman…

#3 Post: Our Awesome Thanksgiving…

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving Break at Dan’s brother’s house. I didn’t take very many pictures there, but we all had a wonderful time! There was lots of playing, children, food, shopping and movie watching.

The day before Thanksgiving we headed down to Legoland for the day. It was a surprise for the kiddos and they were so excited!

We had such a great time. The boys sweetly held hands and walked around. I had to take a picture to document such a momentous occasion. J

#4 Post: Wordless Wednesday: Back from the Library…

Filed Under: Daniel, Family, Holidays, Look Back, Luke, Thanksgiving, The kiddos, Updates, Vacation, Wordless Wednesday

Wrapping Up October…

November 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment

I really can’t believe October has come and gone. It just flew for us.

We finished out our October with lots of fun Halloweeny things.

We carved our pumpkin…

We did all sorts of fun things up at the lake, including campsite Trick or Treating.

The boys always have a ball up at the lake for Halloween. They have games and hayrides and fried food that is too good. And they always rack up on the best candy during the Trick or Treat time. They are so generous to the boys there.

As much as I would have loved to have skipped Trick or Treating on actual Halloween (they had SO much candy from the lake!) we, of course, went. One of Daniel’s good buddies always has a Halloween party and then the kids TOT as a group. The boys had a ball.

Daniel was a ninja this entire Halloween season. Isn’t it beautiful? J It’s for sure an 8 year old boy thing!

Luke had to retire Scooby Doo and dressed as a pirate.

And just for fun, here is Daniel as a pirate when he was four:

As much as I love Halloween, I am ready to put it behind us. I’m hoping to replace it it with lots of talk about thankfulness!

Filed Under: Daniel, Fall, Family, Halloween, Holidays, Luke, The kiddos, The Lake, Updates

Festivals and Fall Breaks and Soccer, Oh My…

October 22, 2011 By 2 Comments

My computer has been giving me problems since my last blog post. That is really not helping lack of blogging! It finally let me log onto my screen today, so I’m determined to do a quick post.

We had fall break earlier this week and really enjoyed our time off! We had a Fall Festival at church and the boys had a ball.

This is a terrible picture of Daniel, but it’s all I have. He was running around all over the place.

So here he is with the sun in his face, his ninja face stuff all askew, in between rock climbing adventures:


Luke was insistent that he wanted to be Scooby Doo with a mask. So, after some searching, I found him Scooby Doo with a mask… and he ripped the costume all up playing at the Festival. So….. he will be a pirate from here on out, because we have that costume from when Daniel was 4. J .

He refused to stop for a picture {there was way too much going on~ who would stop playing for pictures?!?}, but here he is running by:


He also found some cotton candy and ended up with a nice pink beard. J


We had fun Monday of Fall Break by going to the zoo. Or the “animal park” as Luke called it.


The day was gorgeous and we really enjoyed ourselves.

The zoo was all decorated for Zoo Boo, so there was lots of creepy Halloween stuff all around and… Batman.


Our resident Batman lover was all excited about this find. We had a picnic lunch and walked all over the place. It was really nice. The boys were asking to leave in the afternoon, because they were so tired!


Luke had double header soccer games today. He did surprisingly well playing for so long. He scored two goals!


It was such a pretty day to be out and about. His soccer season ends this coming up Thursday, so Luke asked me if he could play football next. Uhm…. No. I’m sure I only have a couple years left to say no to that request from him. Yikes!

Filed Under: Daniel, Fall, Family, Luke, soccer, The kiddos, Updates

And the Worst Blogger award of 2011 goes to….

October 8, 2011 By 2 Comments

Me!

I’ve never let my blog sit so long without an update!

It has been so crazy~busy around here! I want to keep up my blog, because I love looking back and seeing what we were doing at certain points in our lives.

The major reason that I have not been around this {pretty, fall~ thanks to Dan} blog is that my hours at my new job were doubled! Awesome for me, but not the ole’ bloggy. I now have a full morning of reading groups and 3 afternoon math groups.

Daniel’s karate, Luke’s soccer, and my poor hubby’s ankle have also kept things busy around these parts.

I’m definitely having to adjust to this working mom thing. I’m not full-time, but pretty close and then there is so much planning, since this is my first year doing this!

My poor printer and google search bar are exhausted. And can I give another shout out to teacher blogs. Love you! They have been so helpful.

Number 9 AKA Luke is LOVING soccer. He can’t wait until his soccer games and plays really hard and cheers on his teammates when he is taking a break. He’s scored several goals including 2 for the other team Thursday. J How dare they switch which goal is ours with a bunch of 4 year olds! ;)

Dan is hanging in there and still coaching on crutches.

You can see him in the background of the picture above.

He’s scheduled for another Dr. appointment Monday for his ankle. He’s made some progress, but not a lot. Still no weight on it yet and we’re almost at one month since he hurt it. Poor guy is SO tired of the crutches and being unable to walk on his foot.

Daniel had a program last week. It was called Educations Rocks and it was cute. He had a speaking part. The picture quality is awful, I just had my cell phone and was a mile away from him.

He also started riding the bus last week. He thinks it’s the greatest thing (thank goodness). I was having to do so much rushing around to get the kids after work, that this has worked out just great! They let him off right in front of the house, since we live on a busy road. We swore we would try not to do the bus with the kids, but this bus driver runs a tight ship, so I feel better about it! He has a couple of really good buddies on the bus, so that really helps.

I’m going to really try to blog just little bits through the week, that way it’s not such a daunting task! I want to be able to remember this crazy time in our lives. This time where Simply Cindy’s life is a little less simple!

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