Days go by...

Well I didn't take any pictures up at the mountain house but I did get some scrapbooking done! I finished my Disney vacation that we took last February! I'm proud it is done but now I am ready to go on another vacation!
I have been feeling really burnt out these past few weeks and still am but its getting a little better! We had a really busy weekend and usually I love those weekends but this time I was grumpy and not making the most of it. First we had Dinner with my Dad- which I did enjoy because I didn't have to cook and I got to see my Dad! Saturday we had to go find a camera for Billy's Mom for her birthday and they didn't have the one we liked by us so we had to drive to highlands Ranch- but Amie and Lucas came with us! Mikayla had a great time with him! Then we had the rodeo that night. Billy was not able to get off as early as I would like so that put me in a stressed out grumpy mood because I hate being late.

We were meeting Sierra Ryan Jaden and Adysen there! We got there in ok time and went to the petting zoo! Mikayla and Seth had a blast- Jaden has major allergies so he didn't stay as long- but the funniest part was Billy became attached to a goat. It was cute- the goat ate his whole ice cream cone (they put the animal food into the cones it was easier to feed them!)in one bite. Then we went to the rodeo- it was a weird night for the performers. The westernaires keep messing up and falling off their horses. Miss Rodeo USA fell off her horse. The half time entertainment was these Monkeys riding dogs that were herding sheep. watch them now to see last years performance. It was funny but weird.Both kids fell asleep before it was over so we left and missed all of the traffic!
Then Sunday we had breakfast with My Mom and Sister and then had Birthday dinner for Billy's parents! It was nice having all of the cousins together running around like monkeys on dogs=) We had a yummy dinner and a great time.
And on Monday we thought it would be fun to take the kids to the museum of nature and science! It was a lot of fun! We went to the new hall of life and this time Billy aged himself to 70 years.

I still can not believe that it is the end of January- I am excited because my birthday soon! Maybe that will get me out of my bad mood!

What if...

So here is my question of the week/month/year/decade-and I'm sure I am not the only mother to ask it. "Is what I am letting my child do now going to mess him/her up later in life?" The reason I am asking is because I was playing with the kids up in Mikayla's room and we were playing house. The kids were cooking and I was inviting dinner guests. Of course I had to invite Captain Hook the crocodile and Peter Pan the lost boys and Wendy Michael and John! It was quiet the party because Hook had to be nice and not take away Maggie and Jack (Mikayla and Seth)! It was a lot of fun until I took pictures- Seth is in a Pink cottage cooking on a pink Princess Kitchen wearing a pink High School musical apron. Everything the kids plays with is Pink or Princess. and I thought "Is this going to cause him to have issues when he grows up?" Now I have no idea what kind of issues- but issues! Am I crazy? Or is that just how it works when you have a boy and a girl and the girl is older? Oh and now did I just really mess him up because I posted this on the internet?

Week-end

So here it is Friday and I haven't gotten on here once. I feel like this week was so busy but at the same time that we did nothing! So I guess I will start with Monday. It was our friend Travis' birthday. We went to a Nuggets

game to celebrate and had a great time. Made me think of my Minnesota family and friends because we played the Timberwolves. Of course the Nuggets won! It was a lot of fun Mikayla got free ice cream because she is cute- and Mom and Dad waited to long and the lady already shut everything up but one bag of rainbow dip-in-dots and of course that was what Mikayla wanted! Seth got to see Rocky the Nuggets mascot up close but no picture because the guy wouldn't stop for us to hand him Seth=( But it still made Seth's day! Got home late so Mikayla did not go to school on Tuesday. But we did get to go to the Downtown Denver Stock Show Parade. I got a call from my neighbor asking if we wanted to go to the parade. It sounded like fun to is so we went! I was proud of us- 2 moms with 5 children in the middle of downtown! Mikayla (oldest at 4) Sienna (2 older than Seth by 3 weeks) Seth Jackson (baby I watch during the week- 7 months) and Kylie (younger than Jackson by 3 weeks)Trying to find a public parking space during the week at lunch time was the hardest part of our adventure. Finally we found one(next time I am taking the lightrail) and had to get all of our stuff together- 2 strollers 5 kids coats snacks camera ect... got to the spot where we could see the parade and saw all kinds of horses tractors cowboys and a heard of long horn cattle. It was so weird to see this parade and remember that it was downtown Denver on my left was a man in a business suit and on my right was a real cowboy or at least he looked real! The kids had a great time and loved that everyone was waving to them and Seth being the only boy able to recognize the poop was so excited to see it and point it out to everyone! I'm glad we went it was only a half hour long but perfect for the kids! We finished out outing with lunch at McDonald's!
Wednesday and Thursday were really boring we didn't leave the house! Today we are getting ready for the weekend to go up to the Big Red Shed- The mountain house that my Mom and her husband Don bought in Frisco. I'm sure I will have lots of stories to tell after the trip!

Thanks!!

Check out my new title!! The coolest person in the world made it for me:) Notasha, you rock! Thanks I love it!! Now I have recent pictures of Billy and I and my little monsters!! Thanks I'm sure next year I will be requesting your services again!!

Seth Update

I can't remember what I have said about Seth's speech so here are some updates. Seth has been in speech for 9 months now. His first teacher that we had for 2 months was terrible, and I guess I wasn't the only one who complained- the lady that we go through to get the services said that a lot of families complained about the same things, mainly that she didn't really want to work with kids. When we first met she told me to get rid of sippy cups, get rid of the pacifier, and that she would not teach him sign language. Well he was only 18 months and I was not going to get rid of sippy cups- I already have enough messes to clean up and the pacifier I was OK with but Seth was not having it! And he was communicating with sign language so I didn't like her from the start. SO we got a new teacher who we LOVE!! She is awesome, the first day she brought all kinds of signing books and was really impressed with how fast he learned them. She told me not to worry about sippy cups they do not hinder speech and that we will work on the pacifier thing! At 18 months he had maybe 4 words that he said and about 10 would that he would sign. Now he has way over 50 words he uses and is learning new ones all the time. He is just now starting to combine words so he is behind on that but is making progress. I am really enjoying the program and will be sad when he turns 3 and will move up to the preschool level. I am excited that if he qualifies for speech after he is 3 (tested in May) he gets to go to preschool (the same preschool that Mikayla is in right now) for free. 4 days a week both of my kids will be at school for 2 1/2 hours! No matter what Seth is going to preschool at least 2 days a week but free is always the best:) I will try and get video of him talking and put it on here!- he is the best at saying things for Mikayla;)

2010!

I know I know! Way to long for me to tell all the details of my life! So here is to a new year and a new years resolution! I have made a few and one of them is to keep blogging! I really want to keep in touch with family and friends who are far away from me! I know the easiest way is going to be through email facebook and this blog! I have a few friends who blog all the time and I love reading their posts! My goal is to post at least twice a week and maybe to get everyone to write comments on here! It is great to see who all reads this and enjoys knowing what goes on in my life.
2010 has been great so far=) the kids are driving me crazy but in a good way-! now I know why parents cant wait for school to start back up! We had such a busy break but great time with friends and family! I am ready for 2010 to be great! My kitchen will be finished- I am going to get organized all things will have a place! I feel that if my house is more organized then my life will feel more organized! I guess my biggest challenge is to get my family to help keep it all organized! So far I have gone through the basement and got rid of all toys that are broken or to small for the kids and got more totes to keep all the toys cleaned up- now if only I could get the toys to put themselves away! I also went through the kids rooms not their closets but the rest. Next week is the closets I think I am done saving clothes for friends! I haven't given them to anyone I just say I will so I think I am ready to let them go! It's hard to think that my babies are not babies! However I am ready to celebrate that my kids are out of diapers!! I have to go through my closet too- maybe that will help with the laundry! I have so many clothes that I wait so long to do the laundry that when I get to it it is almost a pile taller than me=) not really but you know what I mean! So here is to me accomplishing my 2010 goals! I'm excited and not gonna quit until 2011!! Hope to here from you soon!