Okay, okay, okay.

I know it's been awhile, but I have truly, completely, utterly, and all-consumingly (is that a word?) been BUSY. Remember when I thought last semester was busy? I spoke too soon. I truly believe from here until the bloody, bitter end each semester will be harder, busier, and crazier then the last. Due to my insane school schedule, my kids have suffered a bit from "doing nothing" on the weekends. I don't have many pictures, because we haven't DONE anything. Good news, however. We have birthdays, recitals, end-of-the-year programs, and gymnastics Olympics coming up, and well as the end of the semester, so pictures and videos will soon be flooding your screen. For now, be happy with these:

No, don't rush off to your eye doctor, your eyes are fine. Amelia. Cut. Her. Hair. She's been trying to grow it out since, well, birth. I scheduled a trim, and she decided that she wanted to go shorter. 6 and 1/2 inches shorter. She really likes it, and I do too. It suits her sassy, fun, energetic personality.

As for Cooper-news? Ummm......uh........geez......OH! He is about two sessions away from doing a running vault front sommersault. Whew. Almost had some mommy-guilt there for a bit.

Stay tuned, I promise more postings will come!

Parties and Valentines

Last weekend Amelia had an 80's style party. I had a surreal moment as I was doing her hair---just like I did mine so many years ago. Although I don't see how my 80-s-style-hairdo-skills will ever get me a Nobel Prize, I have to admit I was proud that I still had it:

While Amelia was partying, Cooper and I spent some quality time together discussing his hopes, dreams, and desires. Foremost was a hot fudge sundae:

Even though Valentine's Day isn't until tomorrow, the kids had their parties today because tomoorrow is a teacher inservice day.  After we were done filling out valentine's last night, Amelia brought me this one:

She told me, "Jon didn't think his handwriting was very good, so he told me to write this for you."

                                              Best. Daughter. Ever.

Sledding and McTeacher Night

January was pretty calm for us. We went sledding again, and I've decided its much more cold watching kids sled than sledding yourself. So, with that knowledge, the next time we go sledding.......I'll sit in the car. :-)

It was a little sunny.

Amelia was a madwoman. She went over jumps, forged new trails, and kept everyone in line.


We also had Amelia and Cooper's "McTeacher Night" last week. It is a night that the teachers from their school work at McDonalds, and a percentage of the proceeds for the hours they are there are given to the school. It is fun, it is exciting, it is C.H.A.O.T.I.C. So I only have one picture:

This is the picture Cooper colored and was hanging in the store. Notice the signs? They were everywhere......instead of "Caution: Wet floor", they should have said, "Caution: Sanity May Be Lost".

A close up of his picture.


In unrelated news, this is what happens when you leave Conagher with us for more than ten minutes:

Despite his expression, he did enjoy it, especially when Amelia and Cooper started pulling him around!



That is it for now. I promise to try and post more, but it all depends on if we spend our weekends doing something fun, or trying to figure out how to play the recorder and how many phonemes are in a word. Sigh. At least I don't have math this semester! Happy February!