School is Ending!

Thursday was a very sad day as Grayson graduated from Junior PreK at Starchild Academy. She had the best teacher, Miss Kim. She learned so much during the last year. She knows her alphabet, all her numbers and about 12 sight words! She also knows her ABC's in Spanish and a Japanese song to which I have no clue what she is saying! Maybe she will become a world traveler. As we were walking in Sam's today she was singing the alphabet song in Spanish and I just laughed. Delaney has one more week of school and she is excited that there is no more homework. I purchased our airline tickets out to Dallas today so I have that off my list! Now to get my mom out here for her visit! I think I got her to narrow her dates down so now all she needs is a ticket! We will be out in Dallas from July 7-August 19. A nice long visit so there is no running around trying to get everything we enjoy doing and seeing in just a couple of weeks. The plan is for Ryan to come out during that time too for a short visit and hopefully we can get him down to Victoria to see my family this year! I really hopes this works out. School starts back up the end of August and Delaney will be in 4th grade and Grayson will start Ladybird Academy in their FREE VPK.(Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten)

Grayson's cubby


Grayson and Robert

Grayson starts swim lessons the middle of June so we have that and Delaney's gymnastics on our agenda!

Grayson's 4th Birthday Party at The Little Gym




Wow what a great day we had today! Grayson's birthday is not until Tuesday but we had her party today at The Little Gym! She danced, ran, twirled, tumbled, hung on the bars and did somersaults on the beam! She had about 10 friends come celebrate with her. Miss Melissa and Miss Danielle did an awesome job leading the party and all the kids. Aunt Hope made a wonderful barbie birthday cake which was requested by Grayson and she had to have pink icing!! We ate cake after all the tumbling was over and took the gifts home for her to open. It is hard to believe that she is 4 years old! She has been in preschool for a year now and has an inquisitive mind. She asks many questions and likes to figure out how things work.
Grayson and her Barbie cake




Grayson and Mikayla hanging around like a couple of monkey's!


Delaney, Grayson and Emerson

What a week!

We have GREAT news, Delaney passed the FCAT!!! So as far as we can tell there is no summer school for her and she goes on to 4th grade!! We are super excited. Her teacher called up the kids one by one and told them if they passed or not! What a weight that has been lifted off our shoulders. So as soon as I confirm all of the results I can book our Dallas trip for this summer.

In other news soccer is now over for the season. Delaney's team, the Red Bulls, went undefeated this season and were only scored on 3 times the entire time! We had a nice soccer party on Tuesday night and each child got their trophy and plenty of pizza and games to play at Kidtropolis. Grayson got her trophy after her last game on Saturday and proudly carries it around with her.

We can't wait for my mom to get here this weekend. She comes in on Saturday and will be here until Thursday. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can take Grayson to DisneyWorld on her birthday which is Tuesday! You get in free on your birthday and Emerson is still free so that is so much cheaper when you have two kids you don't have to pay for. Grayson's birthday party is on Sunday at The Little Gym and since it is Memorial Day weekend we probably won't have much of a turnout but then again we will have the whole gym to ourself!!!! Maybe the weather will hold off and we can make it to the beach with my mom too!

Mother's Day 2009

We had a great day today! We took the girls to New Smyrna Beach which is about 30 minutes from the house. We got the car parked, all the stuff out and unbuckled the kids when I realized we left all blankets and towels AT HOME!!! So we found a souvenier shop and I ended up buying $50 in beach towels!! The worst part of it all is that I just bought 5 new beach towels for the beach yesterday!! I guess we have new beach towels for the year now! Anyway we finally made it down to the beach, stuck our umbrella in the ground and let the kids go. Emmy does not like the water but loved the sand this time! Delaney is like a fish and couldn't wait to get in the surf and Grayson gladly followed behind. The kids played hard and made lots of sand castles. It was a perfect day for the beach and we must do this more often.

When we got home we all took showers and cleaned up then went to Joe's Crab Shack for a Mother's Day dinner. I figured since we were going with a beach theme what a better place to get some crab! It was delicious and the kids got to play on their playground while we enjoyed our dinner! So after a busy weekend of soccer games on Saturday and the beach today we are whipped! Hopefully the kids will sleep as hard tonight as they did in the car on the way back home from the beach!

Wow what a weekend!


We had a fun and busy weekend, AGAIN! Friday night we started out with Delaney's soccer practice then headed over to Hope and Tim's house for movie night in the backyard! Hope set up this awesome screen and had the projector out and we decided on the movie Bolt! The kids loved the movie and sat through more of it this time. We decided to have all the kids bring their lunch boxes and we packed PB&J's, chips and juice boxes for them to munch on during the movie and it worked out well.

Saturday morning we headed over to Grayson's soccer game and she did fabulous! She even played goalie but I am not so sure that is the best position for her! She had a hard time focusing on where the ball was! I think she is a true runner like Delaney. She had a great time and even saved a goal!!! After Grayson's soccer game we headed to lunch at Moe's and had burritos and quesadillas. We then headed home to grab Ryan's car since he was going to meet the boys after the game down at the NFL draft. Delaney had a great game and it sure was HOT!! She had two shots on goal but they didn't go in! Next time maybe. Ryan and I went our seperate ways after the game and me and the girls headed home. Later in the afternoon we decided to make hamburgers and curly fries for dinner so we headed to the grocery store. At the store I found that Pepperidge Farms make wheat mini slider hamburger buns so we decided to make mini sliders for dinner with our curly fries. We also got stuff for ice cream sundaes for dessert! So when we got home the kids were playing outside and I made dinner and we sat down to eat. I figured I would hold off on dessert until bath time becasue I knew Grayson and Emmy would be covered in chocolate ice cream. We weren't expecting Ryan until later but the draft didn't take nearly as long as he thought so he made it home in time for sundaes!

This Weekend


Well we made it through the weekend! On Saturday we had two soccer games. I thought Grayson's started at 10:30 but when we got there at 10:35 the kids were already playing! I assumed we just missed the first 5 minutes but when the game ended at 11:00 I knew that we were suppose to be there at 10!! Oh well she is only 3 and won't care for now! Delaney's game wasn't until 1:30 but we were having soccer team and individual pictures taken beforehand so we had plenty of time to grab some lunch in between games. We ended up eating barbeque that was so good. We ran into Target to grab Delaney some new socks and then headed off to her soccer game. She had a really good game and the team won 2-0!!! Go Red Bulls! After soccer we came home and I had this brilliant idea to wash the van! Now I was already sunburned but figured what the heck my van is filthy! So I got the girls all in their swimsuits and we headed outside to wash the car when I realized I didn't have a spray nozzle for the hose! So I sent all the girls back inside while I ran down to Walgreens (thank goodness there is one in front of the neighborhood now) and picked one up! I got home and the girls had a blast washing the car and playing with the hose!

On Sunday we went to eat Mexican food and then over to SuperTarget to grab a few things. While we were there I saw that they had the booster seat I wanted to get for Grayson on sale for $10 off the regular price! I took that as a sign that I needed to get it for her instead of waiting until her birthday! All she wanted was a pink seat and that is what she got! She loves her big girl car seat now!

I have been worrying about the free VPK(voluntary pre kindergarten) stuff for Grayson next year. I knew her current preschool didn't offere VPK so we were just going to pay to keep her there since she loves it and has learned so much. Well when I talked to the director they weren't sure if they were going to do a part time program next fall so that left me in a quandry! All the good places were going, going gone! So I found Ladybird Academy and we have friend's that have two son's there (Oskar and Ben) and more friends that their son went there for VPK and just loved it. So I called this morning and they had two spots left so we immediatly got in the car and went and filled out all the forms!! I am so excited that she will be going there when school starts August 24!!

Nicholas and Grayson

We had a great day at soccer today! Delaney's team, the Red Bulls, won the game 7-0!! Laney had an assist while Chris kicked the ball into the goal! Go Delaney!Emerson

In other news, I took the girls to see the Easter bunny last week and got some phenomenal pictures! There are so many I am really going to have a lot of scrapbooking on my hands!

Delaney

Grayson

We also had a week of sickness in the house! First Grayson got sick on Tuesday and Ryan stayed home with her while me and my girlfriends went to paint pottery down in Winter Park. Then on Thursday after I took Delaney and Emmy to the zoo (Grayson was at preschool.) As we were finishing the zoo I was feeling sick so we went home when I called Ryan to come home because I couldn't make it to go get Grayson and take her to gymnastics! I was sick ALL day Thursday and woke up Friday morning feeling fine! Now I am afraid Ryan has a touch of it!

Even though tomorrow is Easter I still have to fill the Easter baskets with goodies and stuff the eggs full of candy! The girls are really looking forward to hunting for the eggs in the morning! Happy Easter to all!

Ok let's see if I can get back to the blogging! Ever since I discovered Facebook I have put the blog on the back burner! I will post some recent random pics of the girls too!

Delaney is on spring break this week so I have been trying to come up with ideas to keep us busy and from me going crazy! The good thing is that Grayson has preschool on Tuesday and Thursday so we can have a bit more one on one time, although if you include Emmy I guess it would be one on two time! Anyway I made up a list of things to do and we will see how many of them I actually get to!

Delaney had a sleepover with Isabella last night and Hope took the girls to get their nails done while Nicholas was at preschool! I know I will hear all about it when she gets home. She always has a good time when she goes over there and I think it is partly due to having a break from her sisters!

We have Easter coming up and I still have not gotten Easter pictures taken! It is on my to do list this week and HAVE to make time to drive all the way down to Mall at Millenia and have the pics made! They are about the only place I go for Easter pics since they do candids and black and whites and I can pay for the cd and print which ever pictures I want out!

Grayson and Delaney started soccer a few weeks ago and they are both loving it! Grayson's team in the United while Delaney is still on the Red Bulls which Ryan helps coach!

The first day of school!!

Delaney began 3rd grade today!! Grayson is suppose to start Starchild Academy tomorrow but we are waiting to see what Tropical Storm Fay does! Delaney was up early and ready to go to school about 45 minutes before it was time to leave! She is really excited to see her friends and get settled into third grade. I think she has a really good teacher this year. She is about me and Ryan's age and get this she is due with her second baby on September 3!!! So she will be out for 6 weeks and then back to teaching!
Yesterday we took the girls' for haircuts! It was Emmy's first haircut and she sat so nicely and she looks so much better! I got a picture from Cool Cuts for Kids with some of her hair!! Now I have a scrapbook page to create!!! She looks more even now with her hair done! Grayson also got her haircut and we just trimmed it up a bit! She is going to look like such a big girl for preschool!

JUNE 3, 2008

Happy 13th Anniversary Ryan!!!

We are super excited to go out on a date tonight!!! We are going to eat at Season's 52 and then see the new Indiana Jones movie!! Can you believe we are actually going to see a movie that just came out, shocks the heck out of me!!!

Happy Birthday Grayson!!

Today Grayson turns 3! We spent the day at downtown Disney where we had McDonald's for lunch, a train ride, carousel ride and then chocolate ice cream sundaes at Ghiradelli's soda fountain!! She opened her presents this morning and enjoyed every minute of it! The only way I could get her in the bath tub this morning, (since she fell asleep before bath time last night), was to bribe her with hurrying to get her hair washed so we could go ride the train!!

After coming home she opened up her new toys and immediately started playing with all of them!
Happy3rd birthday my beautiful girl!! I love you with all my heart and then some!

HOW TIME FLIES!!!

It has been a crazy couple of weeks around here and it only seems like it is going to get busier! We went to Tallahassee a couple of weeks ago for the FSU spring football game. It was very fun since it was a night game and we didn't have to bake in the heat!! Emmy loved listening and dancing to the band, Grayson enjoyed watching the horse and Laney loved the cheerleaders!

Yesterday Hope and I decided that we would scrapbook and have the day to ourselves! Angel and Sydeana made it over too and we chit chatted the afternoon away and I actually got some scrapbook pages accomplished! We came back over to our house and the daddy's had dinner and dessert going! Our annual Cinco de Mayo party is coming up and Ryan tried out one of his new recipes (which is a big hit!!) and I think Hope may of found a new dessert recipe as well!!

Delaney had her soccer game on Saturday and I got my haircut too! I really need to get the girls in for haircuts but it seems like I always run out of time! I am trying to coordinate our summer trip out to Dallas but I am waiting for a sale or prices to come down a bit! Ryan will be traveling to Dallas next week and then comes home for the weekend and then heads down to the Orlando Convention Center for a few days for work!! So we won't see very much of him after this week! Delaney gets out of school June 6 so she is excited to go see her grandparents and most of all SWIM!!!!

SPRING BREAK TIME!!!

Since Delaney has been off from school this week for spring break we have been busy doing some fun things together! Yesterday we met up with Bella and Nick at the Splash Park here in Lake Mary! Now I have to tell you this is the best place!! Not only is the Splash part of the park enclosed with a child safety gate but there is also a playground and a nice covered picnic area!! The best part is that right now since it is brand new it is FREE!! Now I am sure there will someday be a charge but hey just to get their energy out is worth it! Today we went to the store and then decided to take Ryan some lunch, ala Chick Fil A!! We came home and ate our lunch and then we made some chocolate chip cookies from scratch! The kids had a great time and Grayson has sugar everywhere but you can't expect a clean kitchen when you are making cookies with three kids! So I got the cookies in the oven and then managed to clean the kitchen up! Delaney has soccer practice tonight so as long as the storms hold off that is where she will be off to! Ryan is back from Vancouver and I will post some of the pictures he took there as well! He met up with Dave Cartwright while in Vancouver and they enjoyed a nice chilly day together seeing some of the sites and I am sure that meant endulging in a beer or two also!

Isabella and Nicholas enjoying the Splash Park!!

Also in big news, I have taken the diapers away from Grayson. When she asked me for a diaper a couple of weeks ago it was then and there that I decided that when Ryan went out of town last week the diapers were going too! So she has been in panties ever since! No accidents at night and only a few during the day when she gets too preoccupied playing! What a big girl she is now! I was determined that she would be in panties by the time she was three! One more check off my list!

Here are a few pictures Ryan took in Vancouver last week!

Here is Dave Cartwright posing nicely for a picture!!! Thanks Dave!