Time Goes so fast...

My house on a Friday night is usually filled with teens. This is the norm and I don't mind. My philosophy is that I would rather have them here than have them running the streets. My son fortunately has a great group of friends. They don't go without any drama of course, but in the end, they have each other's backs. They can get rowdy, rambunctious and boy could they eat a lot BUT all in all, they're typical teenagers. A bunch of good kids that just needs to be steered in the right direction when they go astray, which is very rare. I'm grateful that Jordan found some good friends. But there are days, I miss that little boy. The one who only needed me as his friend. :( I suppose this was bound to happen sooner or later and its something I can't control. I'm just glad that he's a great child. He might be taller and bigger than me - but he will always be my baby.... 

SUGAR RUSH!!!!

Waiting for Spring....

I've taken on a new hobby lately - crocheting. Of course, when I make something - my kids are my guinea pigs. I started out crocheting a hat and I find it very therapeutic. Oddly enough, I never thought in a million years that those words would ever be uttered by me. Crochet and Therapeutic in the same sentence! LOL

Another snowy day...

One of the few pleasures I love about living up north is the chance to enjoy all four seasons. I love the snow but somehow I always dread driving in it. Thankfully, we have guys like this who are always on top of it! So to our snow plow people - THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!

Daddy and Joey HAT DAY

Friends

One of the things I treasured the most when I was in high school were my friends. Seeing Jordan with his reminded me of how much fun I had when I was in school. The silliness and playfulness that comes with being a kid is still very much apparent, even if they think they're all grown up and know everything. Sleepovers are a common thing in this household. I feel safer knowing they are here under my roof than out somewhere else. But God do they eat a lot!!!!

Jordan, my wish to you is this - may you always know the true meaning of friendship and may you have friends that will someday become family. I love you. 

Snow buddy

This is the only thing I find fun about having snow. Seeing my little boy just play for hours! I can't get enough of how cute he is....

I love them

When things aren't going well, they are all I need to make my day better again. 

Powder Fun - PART TWO

REMEMBER THIS? MARCH 2010. POWDER FUN, PART I

January 2011 - Powder fun, Part II. We moved the powder on the top of the dresser!!! A higher one. But he's smart. He took a laundry basket and flipped it upside down and put his bathroom stool on top of it so he could reach the powder. LOL. 

 

Then he runs to his room and smiles...like that's gonna get him off the hook! LOL

JORDAN AND SAM...

It's hard to believe that my son is growing up so fast. It seems like only yesterday, we were inseparable. I went nowhere without him and vice versa. Now his life is filled with friends and "girls". Although he doesn't have a girlfriend yet, it makes me proud that he is the friend of choice to so many girls at his school. They trust him and they don't hesitate to come and visit whenever. LOL. I'm sure that to some boys his age, they'd rather avoid the "friend zone". But he's ok with that. I think he's too young to have a girlfriend anyway - haha!

Anyway, this is Sam. One of his best friends. I think she is absolutely adorable. It's nice catching them in such an innocent moment. 

CATCHING UP....JANUARY HAPPENINGS

I'm quite embarrassed that I haven't kept up with this blog as much as I said I would. My days are filled with so much that sometimes I forget. So I'm going to try to catch you up on what's been happening with our life. Well, for starters, Joey learned how to tumble....LOL. He'll only do it with a pillow and a blanket on the floor though, thank God. I frowned upon E for teaching him how to do this, but as he said "let him be a boy". OK. 

Other than the circus act, I intended to finally put a stop to the massive clutter that hot wheels can bring to a house. LOL. Joey has tons of toys BUT will only play with hot wheels or any car that he has. We tried to keep it under control by putting everything in one giant toy box at the end of the night. Mornings are rough though - because he is looking for particular ones he would like to play with for that day, so what ends up happening is, the toy box gets emptied before he finds the "one" he is looking for. At the end of the night - A BIG MESS. So I dug up his old "toy sorter" that I used for his room when he was a baby and just color coordinated all the hot wheels. Unfortunately, the bins are limited in color so I didn't get to match the cars with the bin. But I separated his cars by colors anyway. Believe it or not, this solved everything. He was able to find the cars he wants and he can put them away easily. Less stress for Mommy!

And as you can see - a very happy customer. 

Today is a cupcake kinda day...

I woke up this morning, at 5am and had such a massive craving for cupcakes...so I bought one. Well 6 actually. But I only had one :) It's snowing outside and there's no school so we decided to get cupcakes and just sit at home and watch movies. 

SMITHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

The day after Christmas, we went exploring in Chantilly, VA to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. My boys loved this place. It's an amazing sight to see. 

My family :)

He was in a very good mood that day. Really, he was. LOL

This little guy was in awe - he couldn't believe how big the planes were

My loves in front of the Shuttle Enterprise

The SR-71 Blackbird, also known as Jetfire from Transformers 2 movie. 

The Concorde

There was so much to see. What a great day!

Aaawww I miss my Top Gun days! My all time favorite movie. Couldn't leave this place without a pic with the F-14 Tomcat....

Christmas 2010

I missed my New Orleans family very much this year but we always make the best of what we have during our Christmas wherever we may be. The four of us, that's really all we need. The kids had a nice Christmas. I wish I could have given them more this year. 2010 has been a very hard year for our family but we managed to make it through. So long as we have each other. I hope everyone had a great Christmas! God Bless all of you.

Our Family picture for Christmas 2010

Joey's annual Antler picture. LOL

 Joey got Buzz and Woody from Meega :)

Cars...more cars...

Stockings - filled with pop rockets, and a little bit of money!

What would Christmas be without a new batman shirt for Jordan? 

Joey got a car carrying truck...of course!

Jordan got another pair of Osiris shoes - size 13! lol

...

When it's hard to see with the eyes I've been given, I strap on my camera and I take pictures and hopefully gain a new insight. I do this a lot, but there are some photos I've taken - that I forget I have. So once in a while, I skim through my portfolio and just look. Most of the answers I am looking for, are all there. In that little book. Filled with my life story.

I've had a really rough year and sadly, I can't wish for this year to be over fast enough. I've struggled a lot in my life but I've always held on to the hope that everything will be okay. I have great faith - and that should be enough. Sometimes though, I slip and I get into my human mode and worry. a lot. too much sometimes.

But my boys...they are my everything and they make everything perfect. Even in my imperfect little world...

Christmas 1915 - Celtic Thunder

I saw a show the other night about Celtic Thunder. I was in awe. They were amazing. I haven't stopped listening to their music....it also helps that they're so goodlooking!!! One of my favorites is Christmas 1915. It's a true story....listen up!

Merry Christmas from Kid#2

Merry Christmas from the youngest member of our family! it took a long time to get him to stand still just for a picture...LOL