Birthday X 2 and our Little Picasso

Eric and I had good Birthdays again this year! Thank you to all who sent cards, emails, fb posts, gifts and money! We both felt very loved on our special days! I actually had a few good things happen to me for my Birthday. First off, I got to go out to a Wine Bar that I've been really wanting to go to. I actually drank an $80 bottle of wine!!! I'm glad I actually did it, but I must say I couldn't tell much difference between that and my $10 Kroger wine! Then...the next day (my actual bday) I got to take a nap...and that NEVER happens!! And, that night I had a dream that the Ellen show came to town and they chose me to model bikinis on their show. I said, "I can't do that, I've got 3 kids and have things that can't be seen in a bikini!" and they said, "Don't worry, we'll fix them!" Perfect Bday dream!
I'm pretty sure Eric had a Great day, too! I actually got him a very cool present, BUT it won't be ready for 10 - 14 days! So stay tuned and I'll post it soon...





Also, this week and definitely more important!! We have a little artist in the family! Jack's art work got selected to be displayed at a district wide art show. We got to go tonight and see his art work. He got a certificate from his art teacher and she said only 65 kids' art pieces out of 750 got selected! He was more than thrilled and we are so proud of him! Believe it or not he gets that artistic ability from his Daddy, Eric is actually a good artist...and so is Papa Larry. Here's Jack at the art show and his masterpiece...

A Tooty-Ta

Look what our little booger learned at Catholic Preschool...

NECKLACE!!!

I got the necklace! I had a feeling I'd get it early...neither E or I can keep secrets so as soon as he got home I had to tell him I found the receipt right after he asked if I wanted to open my Vday gift! I love love love it. It's totally not what I was thinking he'd pick out (or what I picked out the million times I was in the Jewelry store), but I really really like it! Here's some pictures of it. It's all 3 kids birthstones and the charm is a little nest with 3 eggs (so cute!). The pictures are not that great, but you can kinda see it...




Also, we had a GREAT Valentines Day! Thanks for all the cards and money for the kids. They bought a new Wii game they were saving for. Here's pictures of all my valentines...

Eric, My Main Squeeze, the one who got me the necklace I really wanted! (like he had a choice! ha!) I totally love him more today than I did yesterday!!!




And...my 3 little love bugs!! So cute and so special...I love them all very much!!

Confessions of a stay at home Mom

Ok so I've got 2 confessions to make. Here goes...

So you all know how I mentioned previously that it's super busy crazy time in Hartford America. Well, Eric's been out of town...ALOT lately. And you know kids don't ever say, "good dinner!" or "the house looks clean!" or "you look nice!", so I've been feeling really overworked and under appreciated.

So here's my first confession...I bought myself some really sassy boots today! I know I shouldn't have with my birthday so close, but I've been eyeing these for awhile and today when I got up I thought...today's the day! So, Cade and Lila and I went to the Mall today and got them. I'm so excited and can't wait to wear them out. Here they are..LOVE THEM!!!!!



Second confession...

I've mentioned I really want this necklace from Eric. Well, I totally found the receipt!!!! And no, I wasn't snooping, I just came across it. Honestly, he didn't put in a good hiding spot. But, you can bet once I found the receipt, I went hunting for that necklace. I am way to excited to wait for my birthday!!!! However I could not find it! I'm wondering now if he planted the receipt to brighten my very lonely week?! If so, smart move, buddy...it totally worked! So maybe I'll get it for Valentines Day instead... I hope so, I've got exactly 9 more days till my B-day...I don't know if I can wait that long!

ps. If you read this in the next few days don't mention to E...it usually take him awhile to check the blog!

Lover Boys

I guess boys will always be boys...

Jack's 1st crush!
The other night Jack was watching TV and all of a sudden I hear him singing along to a song on Nick...it's a Demi Lovato song (very teeny bopperish). I guess it took me by surprise b/c I was like, "how do you know that song?!", in my mind he should still be singing I'm a little teapot or something like that. Anyway, he gets all red in the face and Cade chimes in and says, "Jack likes her, he wants to kiss her!" Eric and I look at each other fondly and realize our baby has his first crush!

Cade's girlfriend
On the way to preschool the other day Cade says, "Mom, I've got something to tell you." I'm like Oh, what's that? He says he has a girlfriend. I say oh, that's nice, thinking about the fact that he has several girlfriends at preschool...all the girls LOVE him. He says, It's JoAnna...his cousin! I just laugh and say ok. He then says, "well, Mema says you can't marry your cousin or your blood will turn purple, but I really wanna marry Jo." I just tell him, trust me, by the time you can get married, it won't be an issue, so for now if you want to marry Jo...go for it!!