Crying big wet Tears....

So last nite I cried big tears..... We went over to middle school to (sob) sign Katie up for soccer in the fall. Why would that make me cry you ask? Well its two- fold. On one hand my baby is growing up and I can't believe she is old enough for soccer! On the other hand I am crying because I am now officially what I detested for so long- a mini van driving soccer mom! Hahaha! However there will be no mom jeans for me!

Birthday Fun!

So I am going to take a break this week from my 10 on Thursday to talk about my birthday. I am at an age where I really don't care to have a big to do any more but having kids changes alot of things and Birthdays are one of them. The girls were beyond excited to celebrate my birthday and Tuesday nite they along with Jim baked me a cake. I got to pick what kind of cake I wanted but Katie was very insistant that we have rainbow sprinkles for it. Luckily Pilsbury had funfetti frosting with rainbow sprinkles. When Jim picked up Katie from pre-school yesterday they came home and frosted the cake... The girls were a tad bit excited and had a hard time not taste testing the cake... Here is what the cake looked like when they were done with it- LOL!

As you can see they could not resist the lure of yellow cake with pink vanilla frosting.... All in all it was delish! I throughly enjoyed it and all they and Jim and Bear did to make the day special for me. Here is a picture of the girls and I after we blew the candles out on the cake. Enjoy!!!!

Well that backfired!

So Katie has been on a kick lately about getting a dog. For some reason she thinks if we have cats we cant have a dog....Not sure where she got this idea from but last nite at dinner she starts in with - its not fair Sarah always gets what she loves best. Jim and I looked at her and I was like what are talking about? She then proceeded to say - Sarah loves kitty cats and I love doggies and we have kitties for Sarah and no doggie for me (insert pouty face here). So Jim and I quickly reminded her that she was the one who wanted Daisy and then Fifi and that she picked them out and named them etc..... So then she tells me we should just give them to another family. So I then attempted to explain that when you take in a pet you make a commitment to that pet and you don't just give them away. I then said to her- what if I decided I didn't like you anymore and I decided to give you away- how would you feel? She thought for a minute and then answered - Just make sure its a nice family!

Lol- I guess my point was lost on her so we went with a different tactic and explained how much more work a dog is.......

10 on Thursday

1. Wow- I have done this 3 weeks in a row- yay me! Now if I could just blog more in-between...

2. Katie has a pretty rotten cold right now. I feel so bad for her- her nose just runs and runs... We have all been suffering from sinus congestion but that poor girl has the worst of it.

3. On a mommy board today- someone asked where you would see yourself in 5 years and thats when I realized in 5 years I will have a 9 and a 7 year old! OMG! Where has the time gone - 5 years seems like nothing and yet 5 years ago I was finding out I was pregnant with Katie.

4. Katie had a tea party with Jim the other nite. In order for him to attend he had to put his pretty pants on- per Katie. I think he had been in shorts and had beeen mowing so he went and changed to chinos and that was acceptable.

5. Sarah is really coming into her own personality. Jim and I sit there and listen to her play and just giggle. Jim told me he could just sit and listen to both Katie and Sarah play all day....

6. I forgot to put this in last weeks blog- last Thurday I put a t-shirt on and ran Katie to school and then Sarah and I ran errands and went to the grocery store etc. I got home and looked down at my chest and realized it looked a little weird - lumpy like. I reached into my t-shirt and pulled out one of Sarah's socks. Yup I went all around town with Sarahs sock on my chest inside my t-shirt. Good times!

7. The weather has been so yucky this past week- I want the sun to come back and stay!

8. We are gettting ready for our neighborhoods annual yard sale and I have been going through stuff. We were so proud of Katie- she went through her stuffed animals and decided to get rid of a few of them...

9. I cant wait for the weather to get a little nicer so I can work outside with my garden a little more and the girls can play more.

10. I took Sarah for a haircut today- she was long long overdue! Here is a picture of the after! I had about an inch taken off since we have been fighting over doing her hair in the morning....

10 on Thursday...

1. Haha- I bet some of you were betting I would forget and would not do this today :)

2. Goodbye Binkies! On Monday the binkie fairy came and took Sarah's binkies for all the new babies. In its place she left a stuffed boots doll (the monkey from Dora). Sarah wanted nothing to do with it and screamed bloody murder at bedtime for the fairy to GIVE IT BACK!!! I GET THEM ALL BY MYSELF! Its getting better but its taking some time...

3. While Sarah wanted nothing to do with Boots, Katie cried that she did not have a stuffed boots doll. Not the reaction I was expecting to say the least. She keeps trying to get Sarah to give it to her and Jim and I keep interfering....

4. Since the binkie was gone I have been running the girls hard during the day to ensure that Sarah goes to bed and sleeps better at nite. Its been working between the hot weather and playing outside in the sprinkler and with all our outdoor toys. Sarah has after crying for her binkie been going to bed and sleeping really sound through the nite. On Tuesday I apparently played with them really hard because both kids were sound asleep and in their bed by 745 pm. Jim and I were in a state of shock that we actually got to watch NCIS in real time instead of off the DVR.
5. The only down side of being able to watch TV in real time- not being able to forward the commercials.....

6. Yesterday while Katie was at pre-school, Sarah and I ran to the store and I bought a few things. Among them more apples and bananas for my fruitaholics and I saw slices of watermelon and bought that too. Katie was beyond thrilled and got so excited for watermelon- its her favorite! I really love that she gets that excited for watermelon- more then for candy!

7. Last weekend we had Courtney down to watch the girls while Jim and I worked down at the old house- clearing it out and doing some touch ups for sale.... Courtney and Bear took both kids to Super Jump- a local place here that has the inflatable obstacle courses and slides.... Both kids had a blast! And God love Courtney. Sarah is still kinda small and a little afraid. So Courtney carried her through the obstacle course and the up the slide - Sarah went down by herself but Courtney did all the hard work! And apparently they once again wore those girls out because both of them took good naps (Its rare for Katie to nap and Sarah has been on a nap strike for about a month now.

8. I have started walking with my next door neighbor around the neighborhood. WE do the lap around 3x. Let me tell you that ends up to be about 2 miles all together.... Plus I push a double stroller with 60lbs of kids in there on some days!!!

9. When we went to get Courtney last weekend the girls had been busy playing with their dress up clothes and tea set so I told them they could ride in the car in their dress up clothes. On the way home, Katie had to go potty. Luckily there was a gas station near by and I pulled in and took her into the gas station in full princess dress and her cars shoes... Lol- we definitely earned lots of smiles that day.

10. Tomorrow the girls and I are going over to the Penn College Earth Science Center for the annual garden sale. Kids grow stuff for classes through the semester and then they sell it at the end of the semester.... Should be a fun "field trip".

Have a great weekend!

10 on Thursday

So I am borrowing this from a few on my online friends who in an effort to blog more do a 10 on tuesday. Since I missed Tuesday I will do a 10 on Thursday....

1. The binkie fairy is coming in a few days and I am extremely nervous on how Sarah is going to do but its time and if anything I think she is more attached then Katie was. The fairy is bringing her a stuffed Boots to use to comfort herself instead of the bink.

2. I cant beleive what a personality Sarah is beginning to have. Her newest phrase is No Tank you to everything you say- even when you are not offering something. Like Sarah its time to go get dressed- No Tank you Mommy....

3. I love listening in when the girls play with their baby dolls or little people. Their imaginations are so amazing!

4. I am struggling with Sarah right now to get her to eat more veggies. I can get her to eat raw carrots or celery at lunch with dip and she will eat corn and salad at dinner but that is it. Even the bribe of dessert does not work. When we tell her the only way to get ice cream is to eat a grean bean she says- you guessed it- No Tank you and walks away....

5. Katie is growing up on us again. She likes to be my helper and she will help me fold laundry, get the mail, set the table you name it... It makes me sad because she is soon moving beyond the pre-schooler stage and into the the little girl stage.

6. That said- we are starting to have some big girl issues with Katie where she does not listen when we tell her something... She ignores us and does what she wants which usually leads to trouble. Needless to say she has been doing some time outs in her room lately.

7. I took the girls to Indian park last week. I brought their buckets and shovels and they played for almost an hour in the sand box there. I was really proud of them too because they shared their extra shovel and bucket with the little boys that were there....

8. When I say something to Sarah that she likes she tells me HMMM thats a good idea Mommy... Cracks me up every time.

9. 10 things is harder then I thought...

10. ITs going to be in the mid 80s here this weekend and Monday and even though we have a busy weekend I am hoping I can get my hands in the dirt and do some planting in the next few days....

Whew! To quote Dora - I did it!!! LOL

Take care and hope you have a great weekend.

Splash Lagoon

So we left Monday morning to go to Splash Lagoon in Erie with the Harmon clan and Bear. After a grueling car trip- gotta love rt 80 in the spring (all construction), we arrived at our destination. The girls had a blast and really loved the place. The loved going down the slides in the toddler area and playing with the water pipes there too.... Sarah also loved getting in the float and going with Momma in the lazy river and going under the water tunnel.... We had a blast singing "I want my River Back" from the Backyardigans and then every time we went through the water tunnel we would sing "we did it" from Dora.

So where are the Pictures you might ask... Ummm yeah- its a water park - filled with pre-teen boys who love to climb this tower in the center where you can shoot water from water guns and dump water from buckets.... Yeah and they are NOT disconcerting on who they shoot. So there was no way I was taking my camera down there and getting pics....

Here is the link if you want to see what the place is like:
http://www.splashlagoon.com/waterpark.html

I was really proud of how well my girls did. They loved the slides and kept going down them.. Jim and I felt like factory workers by the end because one of us each took a girl and would catch them take to them to the side and they would run up and go down again. I was especially proud of Katie who by the end of our stay was going down the slides all by herself and was not upset if she went under a little bit( the deepest part of the toddler area was 18 inches deep).

I also have to give a big shout out to Courtney and Christopher who spent a lot of time catching the girls as well and helping out. They did not have to stay with us but were happy to stay there and play with the girls.... I have such a great niece and nephew!!!

We loved the place so much we are thinking of going back in the fall.....