Saturday, September 27, 2008

one more

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Colby's first piano recital

Colby started piano last fall. She had a couple of months of lessons and then Mrs. Robinson was very ill for several months. Thankfully she recovered and Colby started lessons again this month. This is her playing The Popcorn March in her first piano recital....


oh.my.gosh....

she's too beautiful for words......

Today was her first piano recital

I love her reflection in the window in this picture

Those eyes and sweet smile

Thank you Mrs. Robinson.
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Out of boredom

The kids gathered paint brushes, paint, old t-shirts and cardboard boxes and entertained themselves quite nicely for a long time....


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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Almost there

It's 3pm. I am on my last load of pukey laundry. Carpet is cleaned. Creighton hasn't puked since about 2:30am so I think we are good there. Dishes are loaded. Bedrooms cleaned. Fall decor is out. Banana Nut Bread and Pumpkin Pie candles are burning. All is quiet. Despite the fact that the only reason I am home is because my son is sick, it has been a good, productive day. Definately takes some of the pressure off for the weekend duties. Who knows, maybe we'll even get a little FREE time this weekend. Nah, doubt it.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

and.....we got puke

Creighton said he didn't want to eat supper. Not all that unusual. Then he didn't want to brush his teeth because his belly didn't feel good. Then he cried at bedtime saying his belly hurt. I thought he needed to poop and put him on the toilet. Nope, not it. He went to bed. I went to check on him and he was sound asleep in a bed/room full of puke. Massive amounts and sleeping right in it. ugh. Hope it doesn't make it's way around the house. He was most upset about missing his soccer game tomorrow night. He is pretty sure they will lose without him :)

Washing machine going full force through the night tonight....

Sunday, September 21, 2008

A couple of random pics from the weekend

Beau with his toad friend
Nice throw-in buddy!
A picnic in the park after the soccer game
A hummingbird--first time I have ever got a picture of one

We also got Blaze out and did a little riding at sunset last night. I took a few pics of Colby riding, but it was a little too dark. I think I am going to get him out for a ride again later this afternoon. This is such perfect weather for him. He was pretty gung-ho this spring, and always wanting to run, run, run. But, I think his body is preparing for winter and he has slowed down again. I love to ride when he is in a lazy mood :)
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Monday, September 15, 2008

PJ's and Driving

Tonight I picked the kids up from their after-school daycare. I asked the usual questions and when Creighton responded to "how was your day?" he said: "Good, but I wore my pajamas. I said "what? no, you got your clothes on." Then he promptly pulled down his shirt and said, "See, I forgot to take my pajamas off and I put my clothes on over my jammies".

Oops....am I a bad mom for not noticing??? No 'mother of the year' award here....again:)

And, for the record, my children are currently out in the field learning to drive--not sure that is a good thing. Hopefully, they will understand the concept of 'only driving with an adult and ONLY out in the field!

I seem to remember a young 12 year old girl driving her mom's mustang to McDonalds once. Not sure who THAT was?!?!?! :)

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

The Weekend

It's Wednesday and I am just getting around to the weekend report. It was a busy one. Lots of house projects on top of all the regular junk and tried to get a little fun in there too.

Colby went home with a friend after school on Friday and stayed the whole weekend. I don't think we will let her do that again--she was a bear when she got home! So Creighton and I went to the football game on Friday night. Creighton had a soccer game on Saturday morning and then he and I went out for lunch (Cheri-Top--when in need of greasy onion rings it's the best!:) The rest of Saturday was spent working around the house. Then about six o'clock I picked up Maddie and she and Creighton went to spend the night at my mom's. That left me and Jay childless so we headed out. First though, Kelsey and I went downtown for a beverage or two. Then we met up with Jay and headed to the Quad Cities for dinner. We ended up at Texas Roadhouse for a 10:30pm dinner. By the time we left we were all full and tired. I was back home and in bed by 1am. We called it a night a little early because Kelsey had to work at 7am! Sunday was spent working around the house getting it ready for this week's showings. Two on Tuesday and I think one this coming Saturday.

I tackled a few things I have been putting off. This fall weather gets me motivated to get some of the stuff done that I had put off all summer. Winter will be here before we know it. UGH! I need to shop for some winter gear for the kiddos. They need it ALL this year. No such luck with Creighton's coat fitting two seasons :)

So that's the re-cap of the weekend. Nothing exciting but quite a bit accomplished. And Creighton was THRILLED that he got to have a sleep-over at Gramma Pam's with Maddie. He's always feeling a little left out when Colby is on the go all of the time! He and Maddie are the best of friends and I love that. So, we all ended the weekend on a good note and are ready to trudge thru the week.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Because he is cute

and because Colby wasn't around all weekend. So he really didn't have a choice but to get a ton of pictures taken :)



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First Game

Creighton had his first 'real' soccer game last Saturday. He was a little nervous once he got out on the field and saw all the people watching, etc. So after a little pep talk from mom he headed back out on the field with maybe just a wee bit of confidence. Until, about 2 minutes into the game and he scored his first GOAL! Then he was all about it. Now he thinks he is pretty studley. I think he is too :)............



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Monday, September 01, 2008

One more for tonight....

Little Miss Sassy pants ;)
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Out by the pool

Just a couple of random pictures I took while hanging out by our pool watching the kids swim tonight. I have a feeling this could be one of the last weekends for swimming. Maybe one more. But for tonight the berries on the bushes and this toad by the pool caught my eye....

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A sunset swim




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more boating....

 

 

 

 
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another day on the river = a good day

Jay and I took Creighton and Maddie out on the river on Sunday afternoon. Colby chose to stay at Dave's house and hung out with Dave, Tangie and Mackenzie for the afternoon. We got off about 6pm, got Colby and picked up some things for a cookout at Jays that evening. It was a great time....



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Church picnic at the park

We went to the church picnic at the park for a little bit on Sunday morning. Didn't stay long, but enough time for a couple of jumps,slides and throws at the dunk tank. Then it was off for an afternoon of boating on the river.



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