We enjoyed a quiet (as quite as a 26 and 17 month olds can be!), small New Year's Eve. Tricia, Chris, Storri, and Levi were over as well as Shana and Weston. (When you tell Weston you love him, he cocks his head and says, "I do." So darn precious...his tone is totally different from his usual voice.) Then Brian and Kristi stopped by for a few.
New Year's Day we had Stephen and his family over. The kids enjoyed hanging out with Nick and Nicole and playing on the Wii Fit. Even Stephen and Michelle got some Wii Fit time in. Fun afternoon.
Saturday (the 2nd) we got together with my family for our Christmas! Tricia's living room was filled with Christmas gifts! Not sure how when it was mostly $$$ being exchanged. Rich ended up with $ from Aunt Reda and Uncle Billy, 2 hoodies from Weston, and more $$$ from Ma and Pa. Oh, and a nerf dart gun from great Aunt Peggy. Kiley got $ from Aunt Reda and Uncle Billy, more $$ from Ma and Pa, and the cutest 'K' necklace from great Aunt Peggy. But from Storri she got a fun (we shall see about that!) paper recycling factory, some make-up (joy!), Topple, and text message things. Mike got some much needed tools (wrenches, I think....not sure) from Chris and $$ from my parents. I got $$ from my parents, and 2 new sets of jammies from Shana! Can't wait to sleep in them. We all pitched in $$$ for my parents a new flat screen tv.
We had yummy Mexican food to eat (and a few Amaretto Sours to drink). But my favorite was my mom's chocolate pie!!!!! Couldn't get enough of it. Then I tried her lemon pie........yum! Wish I hadn't even tried it.
Levi took a tumble off the bed and badly bruised his cheek and inside of his mouth. He and Weston looked like they had been in a battle. Weston had fallen on New Year's Eve and got a bruise by his eye. They are comedic to watch together!
So, our New Year has started off with lots of hanging out with family...so we hope it continues through the entire year!
04 January 2010
25 December 2009
Now on to the family gifts to each other. Kiley openned a vest from Rich. She was with me when I purchased it. While she wasn't surprised, she was glad she can finally wear it! Dad opened a notepad from Kiley that says #1 Dad on it and I got a #1 Mom one that matches. She said to make sure I kept it in my purse in case WE need to write on it. I know that means HER. WOW! Rich went shopping! Not really. He had NO INTEREST in going shopping for his mom and dad (mom covered sister for him). I even tried giving him $30 to go pick out something for Mike and me. NOPE! Wouldn't do it. So I bought Mike some windpants and wrapped them up. And I got me some slippers and wrapped them up. Even Christmas morning when we were passing out gifts I mentioned how PROUD I was of Rich to go shopping and get something for each of us. So Mike opens his pants first. I inquire to Rich about where he shops. He so nonchalantly says, "Dicks." (Uh....Wal-Mart was were I snagged them.) Then I made a big deal about my slippers. He never gave in. Just took total credit for it all. THAT BOY!!!! But on a bright side, he put batteries in something and declared himself the family mechanic!! Just what we need. Good thing Kiley got him an awesome lanyard with flames on it. Not sure he'll ever use it, but it sure looks cool!
Christmas morn....(I'm doing this live...then going back to edit it)
We made them open one at a time. Kiley opened her perfume and Rich his cologne. Impressed!! Next was a shirt for Kiley that she loves. Next she opened jeans. She said ,"I love getting jeans!". Rich opened slippers. Whew, he liked them. Kiley thinks it is "awkward" that Santa used so many boxes. And Kiley gets "oh my gosh'. Slipper flip flops!". Ohh ahhh Rich opens his basketball shoes!! Kiley's turn. "A box again! Who uses so many boxes. Oh my gosh a jacket.". And Rich opens an Aeropastle jacket!! Kiley freezes while opening Twister Hopscotch. She can't wait to play it with Emma. Now back to Rich. A pair of Levis. Kiley..."My turn! This ones heavy. No way! Ok. I'm buying. Who is it from? Love 'em". The black boots she wanted. She thinks the insides are cute. Mike asks her if she will need help zippering it. "Apparently!" was her response. Rich opens a shirt. Not so impressed. He had an Aeropastle Christmas (hoodie, cologne, and shirt)!!! Now on to her guitar. She looks just like Taylor Swift. Uh oh....Rich just said 'lucky'. Guess he isn't impressed she got a guitar and he didn't. Rich opens the Wii Fit! Pretty much success. They still don't know about the bikes in the garage!! :) the plan is to let them stumble on them!! OH and stockings...well Santa and her helper have temporarily misplaced the stocking fillers besides the fruit. So Kiley was a bit sad that she had no chocolate! Fortunately they were found mid afternoon in the garage. He must have left them there when leaving the bikes! ;)
We made them open one at a time. Kiley opened her perfume and Rich his cologne. Impressed!! Next was a shirt for Kiley that she loves. Next she opened jeans. She said ,"I love getting jeans!". Rich opened slippers. Whew, he liked them. Kiley thinks it is "awkward" that Santa used so many boxes. And Kiley gets "oh my gosh'. Slipper flip flops!". Ohh ahhh Rich opens his basketball shoes!! Kiley's turn. "A box again! Who uses so many boxes. Oh my gosh a jacket.". And Rich opens an Aeropastle jacket!! Kiley freezes while opening Twister Hopscotch. She can't wait to play it with Emma. Now back to Rich. A pair of Levis. Kiley..."My turn! This ones heavy. No way! Ok. I'm buying. Who is it from? Love 'em". The black boots she wanted. She thinks the insides are cute. Mike asks her if she will need help zippering it. "Apparently!" was her response. Rich opens a shirt. Not so impressed. He had an Aeropastle Christmas (hoodie, cologne, and shirt)!!! Now on to her guitar. She looks just like Taylor Swift. Uh oh....Rich just said 'lucky'. Guess he isn't impressed she got a guitar and he didn't. Rich opens the Wii Fit! Pretty much success. They still don't know about the bikes in the garage!! :) the plan is to let them stumble on them!! OH and stockings...well Santa and her helper have temporarily misplaced the stocking fillers besides the fruit. So Kiley was a bit sad that she had no chocolate! Fortunately they were found mid afternoon in the garage. He must have left them there when leaving the bikes! ;)
19 November 2009
Today was Kiley's 2nd grade program. It was a Fitness Sock Hop theme. She had a speaking part and did very well..."Yea. Especially since you have to work so hard at soccer practice.". Then she was a ribbon dancer. Well she twirled some ribbons anyway!
She was back to the ENT. Her hearing has slightly worsened and she had Been referred to a pediatric dr. She will be evaluated to see if she is ready to have her eardrum patched.
So after her program and appointment we headed off to the mall and did some frugal jewelry shopping! We followed it up with lunch at Chili's!
She was back to the ENT. Her hearing has slightly worsened and she had Been referred to a pediatric dr. She will be evaluated to see if she is ready to have her eardrum patched.
So after her program and appointment we headed off to the mall and did some frugal jewelry shopping! We followed it up with lunch at Chili's!
13 November 2009
Not good about keeping up!
Been a long time since I've updated!! But here is what's been going on lately. Kiley started basketball practice this week. YEAH!!! They were able to have all girl teams rather than co-ed like last year. I think she will like it much better. She did a really great job at practice last night dribbling the ball. Much improved over last year where she would forget to dribble! Her grades are still exceptional! Even her conduct grades are 100. That is simply a miracle in itself. She is still loving going to cheer practice. They are learning a routine to Party In the USA by her favorite Miley Cyrus. As for Richard, I'm not sure which to share first. He has finally gotten back to As and Bs at school AND he has a girlfriend. Her twin brothers have basketball practice just before Kiley in the same gym. So last night as she was leaving she and Rich gave the oh-so-affectionate knuckles!! Good thing her Daddy didn't see it! She is a nice girl that seems to come from a nice, large family. Her parents are both from Midlothian and they live in our neighborhood. Ok enough about that. We are most excited about the effort he is giving in school and his positive attitude
19 September 2009
Ticket for dance - $4; Spending money for dance - $10; Going to his first dance - PRICELE$$
Today was a in important day for Rich. He has waited for this day since elementary school when he first heard they had dances at middle school! He wasn't sure about how to go about buying a ticket this week during lunch. So we convinced him to just ASK his friends! DUH! How hard can that be??? So he finally came home with a ticket mid-week. It was 80s themed, so what does a boy wear? He ended up wearing just denim shorts and a polo style shirt. He couldn't decide to 'pop' the collar or not, so he decided to wait til he got there to 'pop' it or leave it down.
NO! I was NOT the mom that honked the entire time her son got out until he reached the door. But Rich did walk in with that boy and they laughed about it. Now, we WERE those parents that got there 15 minutes early to pick him up to sit in the parking lot and watch all the kids coming out. Some girls were dressed way up, some were dressed 80s looking, and some were in plain school clothes. All the boys I saw were just in regular clothes...but hello...boys wore jeans and thsirts in the 80s just as they do today.
His reaction when he got to the car was that it was AWESOME and he can't wait until the next one. I remember in the 80s going to middle school dances and having the same thoughts. I even wearing my 1st mini skirt to a school dance!!! I think it may have been my LAST mini skirt, too!
I'm glad he was able to go even if his good friend was home sick and didn't go. No pictures because afterall...he just wore his regular clothes. "It is no big deal, mom!"
NO! I was NOT the mom that honked the entire time her son got out until he reached the door. But Rich did walk in with that boy and they laughed about it. Now, we WERE those parents that got there 15 minutes early to pick him up to sit in the parking lot and watch all the kids coming out. Some girls were dressed way up, some were dressed 80s looking, and some were in plain school clothes. All the boys I saw were just in regular clothes...but hello...boys wore jeans and thsirts in the 80s just as they do today.
His reaction when he got to the car was that it was AWESOME and he can't wait until the next one. I remember in the 80s going to middle school dances and having the same thoughts. I even wearing my 1st mini skirt to a school dance!!! I think it may have been my LAST mini skirt, too!
I'm glad he was able to go even if his good friend was home sick and didn't go. No pictures because afterall...he just wore his regular clothes. "It is no big deal, mom!"
10 September 2009
Trying To Catch Up?!?!?!
I keep telling myself to upate this before I forget what I want to add. But...never get around to it. So, I'll try to update now going back to the last update.
((((NOT FINISHED UPDATING!!!! STILL WORKING ON IT!!!!))))
Thursday, 10-Sept
Today Rich had a BIG day....Math test, Science test, and Social Studies test!!! We studied our hineys off last night. Unfortunately, the math score was 53. Math is such a struggle for him...and me trying to teach him. He so keeps his head held high. Before we discussed the math results I asked him how he did and he seemed so confident. When I told him 53, it was like I totally knocked him down. I try not to cry, but I so feel like we (or I) am letting him down by not getting it through to him. Today was Basilio Rocha Day at his school. Last Friday Basilio was in the bathroom and another kid was chocking. He safely and effectively performed the Heimlich manuever on him and cleared his airway. It has drawn the attention of the local news media. Richard says it is 'gay', but I have assured him he needs to stick close to this kid when he can in case RICH starts choking.
Kiley had a great day at school. Tomorrow she FINALLY takes her 100 clothespins that she would not take today because it isn't DUE til Friday.
Wednesday, 9-Sept (09-09-09, cool, huh?)
Uneventful day at the office and school...thankfully. Just lotsa studying for Rich's tests tomorrow.
Tuesday, 8-Sept
Kiley had cheer tonight and she worked on 'stunts'. She loved the climbing on other people and having them climb on her. I hit the resale shop next door for some bargains!
Monday, 7-Sept
Today Kiley and I went for our mani pedis! She loved every minute of it. We got fancy acrylic on our toenails...mine are white and hers are hot pink with flowers and sparkles. She just kept mouthing to me, "This is SO cool!!!". We did some shopping at her favorite store Justice. Got to use our spend $50 and save $25 coupons...both of them. Spent $58 and saved $76!!! Amost paid for the mani pedis...almost!
Mike started some training today to last thorugh Saturday. At least he gets to start early and get off at 3:30. We could all get used to that schedule!
Rich just hung around.
Weekend 5 & 6-Sept
Not much of anything. Mike worked the yard and we hung out in the house. Kiley and Rich stayed overnight with the Miller kids last night and Kiley came home sick. So we put off our mani pedis. By day's end she was feeling much better and went swimming at Aunt Reda and Uncle Billy's then we hit Chili's for dinner and stopped over at Aunt Tricia's for some Storri and Levi loving!
Friday, 4-Sept
Mike and Rich are headed to PA for the weekend to work on Mom's house. Unfortunately 1/2 of the DFW metroplex wanted to go as well and left no seats available for them. So no girly weekend for me and Kiley! Oh well!
Thursday, 3-Sept
Today was Kiley's day she got written up for talking at school. We have made it this far!
Wednesday, 2-Sept
Tuesday, 1-Sept
Monday, 31-Aug
Sunday, 30-Aug
Saturday, 29-Aug
GARAGE SALE!!! $75 cha-chings! Had mom, dad, the Williams family, and Andy and kids over for some grilling afterwards. Great family 'hang' time. Missed Bill and his sweet family and Keith.
Friday, 28-Aug
Thursday, 27-Aug
Wednesday, 26-Aug
Tuesday, 25-Aug
Monday, 24-Aug
First day of school!!! Rich goes to 6th grade at Walnut Grove Middle School! MIDDLE SCHOOL I TELL YA! He rode the bus to and from. LOVES IT!!! Bus picks him up at 7:45 and drops him off at 4:15 about the time I'm coming and going. Should work out great!
Kiley is in 2nd grade at Longbranch. Instead of YMCA afterschool, Emma's Mammy will be picking her up and sitting with her until Rich or I get home. Hope it works out.
((((NOT FINISHED UPDATING!!!! STILL WORKING ON IT!!!!))))
Thursday, 10-Sept
Today Rich had a BIG day....Math test, Science test, and Social Studies test!!! We studied our hineys off last night. Unfortunately, the math score was 53. Math is such a struggle for him...and me trying to teach him. He so keeps his head held high. Before we discussed the math results I asked him how he did and he seemed so confident. When I told him 53, it was like I totally knocked him down. I try not to cry, but I so feel like we (or I) am letting him down by not getting it through to him. Today was Basilio Rocha Day at his school. Last Friday Basilio was in the bathroom and another kid was chocking. He safely and effectively performed the Heimlich manuever on him and cleared his airway. It has drawn the attention of the local news media. Richard says it is 'gay', but I have assured him he needs to stick close to this kid when he can in case RICH starts choking.
Kiley had a great day at school. Tomorrow she FINALLY takes her 100 clothespins that she would not take today because it isn't DUE til Friday.
Wednesday, 9-Sept (09-09-09, cool, huh?)
Uneventful day at the office and school...thankfully. Just lotsa studying for Rich's tests tomorrow.
Tuesday, 8-Sept
Kiley had cheer tonight and she worked on 'stunts'. She loved the climbing on other people and having them climb on her. I hit the resale shop next door for some bargains!
Monday, 7-Sept
Today Kiley and I went for our mani pedis! She loved every minute of it. We got fancy acrylic on our toenails...mine are white and hers are hot pink with flowers and sparkles. She just kept mouthing to me, "This is SO cool!!!". We did some shopping at her favorite store Justice. Got to use our spend $50 and save $25 coupons...both of them. Spent $58 and saved $76!!! Amost paid for the mani pedis...almost!
Mike started some training today to last thorugh Saturday. At least he gets to start early and get off at 3:30. We could all get used to that schedule!
Rich just hung around.
Weekend 5 & 6-Sept
Not much of anything. Mike worked the yard and we hung out in the house. Kiley and Rich stayed overnight with the Miller kids last night and Kiley came home sick. So we put off our mani pedis. By day's end she was feeling much better and went swimming at Aunt Reda and Uncle Billy's then we hit Chili's for dinner and stopped over at Aunt Tricia's for some Storri and Levi loving!
Friday, 4-Sept
Mike and Rich are headed to PA for the weekend to work on Mom's house. Unfortunately 1/2 of the DFW metroplex wanted to go as well and left no seats available for them. So no girly weekend for me and Kiley! Oh well!
Thursday, 3-Sept
Today was Kiley's day she got written up for talking at school. We have made it this far!
Wednesday, 2-Sept
Tuesday, 1-Sept
Monday, 31-Aug
Sunday, 30-Aug
Saturday, 29-Aug
GARAGE SALE!!! $75 cha-chings! Had mom, dad, the Williams family, and Andy and kids over for some grilling afterwards. Great family 'hang' time. Missed Bill and his sweet family and Keith.
Friday, 28-Aug
Thursday, 27-Aug
Wednesday, 26-Aug
Tuesday, 25-Aug
Monday, 24-Aug
First day of school!!! Rich goes to 6th grade at Walnut Grove Middle School! MIDDLE SCHOOL I TELL YA! He rode the bus to and from. LOVES IT!!! Bus picks him up at 7:45 and drops him off at 4:15 about the time I'm coming and going. Should work out great!
Kiley is in 2nd grade at Longbranch. Instead of YMCA afterschool, Emma's Mammy will be picking her up and sitting with her until Rich or I get home. Hope it works out.
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