Happy Birthday Mom

Today is my mom's birthday....her last birthday in her 5o's. Next year she turns the big 6-0. We celebrated yesterday with her. The boys helped make a cake...and they helped taste it (before it had frosting on it) and without me knowing about it. Thankfully the frosting covered it up. We all chipped in and got her a nice digital camera. I'll call her Ms. Digital! She honestly is the farthest thing from it. Her camera experience should be great and no doubt will cause us to have a couple laughs. :)

Kindergarten and pre-school are going great. The boys all love school. Especially Cody and Dylan who are so excited to be doing new things every day. They keep the kids busy. No naps for them. They come home very tired but look forward to the next day with excitement. Tyler is enjoying his year back with his class. Not all the kids came back but a few of his "favorites" and he is loving it. Last year was a more "coming out of his shell" type of year and this year he seems to get more out of it.

I've seem to take on another job....it's called Mom's Bus! On my lunch hour, I go and pick Tyler up and then head to another school to pick up C&D. I pull up in front of the house, honk my horn, my mom comes out and the boys unbuckle and out they go. It makes for a busy hour and one that is fine as long as there is no snow on the ground. The weather should make it interesting.

This week we only have one appointment and that is the dentist for a cleaning. Should go smoothly as they have all had this done before. Cody is excited to show that he has a loose tooth. He can't wait for the tooth fairy to come. Dylan has lost 2 so it's time for Cody to catch up.

We had signed the boys up for Soccer that was starting on Sat. We got to the indoor field, gathered with all the parents and waited. The coach never showed. Left kind of dis-appointed and figured something good must of happened. Well, I guess he had to have surgery on a disk and is out 4-6 weeks. So he's not coaching soccer and he's not sure if somebody else is going to pick up his spot. So kind of disappointed and frustrating as I spent money on balls and shin guards to only wear them for a 1/2 hour. Most all other leagues have started and since my boys have never played soccer before it might be hard to get on a team now. So we'll sit it out most likely. Which is a "smirky face" kind of way is fine as we know NOTHING about soccer and would love to see them play football! :) Everybody that knows my husband knows where I am going with that!

This past week also brought some bad news to our extended family. Brett's sister has been diagnosed with another brain tumor. She had one 6 years ago that they operated on and she had done well with recovery. However, the ugly thing reared it's head and she had surgery end of May. At that time though, she found out she was pregnant and could not undergo chemo and radiation. Unfortunately, the tumor grew back and we wait till the baby can be born for her to have surgery and treatment. Any and all prayers are needed for her.