Seems like forever ago...

I changed the background of the blog today and am gearing up for the Easter holiday. The bunny has been busy starting to buy for the baskets....we have dates set for upcoming egg hunts to go to.....the "bunny is watching" threat is starting to be used....but this picture brings back so many memories.

The boys were 3 months old, making Karly 3 years old. This was their first picture with the bunny. As you can tell they were sound asleep and really didn't care. It really does seem like yesterday that they were so little.

A little bit of Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!!

Brett calls me today to inform me we got the letter from the town court on my ticket. Great! I was waiting for him to tell me how much it was going to cost us. Instead.....the case has been dismissed. YEAH!!! Not sure why, the letter just stated that "due to the above mentioned circumstances, the case pending against you has been dismissed". Thank you very much. I am very grateful that we don't have to come up with that money. I was figuring an easy $150. So thank you to the district attorney for dismissing my case. :)

I guess on St. Patrick's Day - I had a "little bit of luck". Should of played the lotto but I didn't want to push it. ;)

Yeah for Dylan

So this is probably embarrassing and luckily I can get away with it cause I'm the mom....with potty training comes daytime training and night time training. The daytime came for everybody and went pretty smoothly...or as smoothly as potty training 3 kids at once can go. Then it was night time and Cody and Tyler just seemed to not have any issues. Dylan seemed as if it was taking a little longer. Well it took almost a year longer. Not a big deal. We just graduated to those Good Nights and didn't make a big deal of it. The pediatrician wasn't worried that he was 5 and still wetting at night. I did some research to and I wasn't worried - it would come! Well folks, the time has come and he hasn't wet for a couple of weeks now. YEAH! He is so happy he doesn't have to wear the "pull up" at night any more. It's almost as if the gland that controls this just became mature. I'm so proud of him. The sad thing is is that I had just bought a new pack of the good nights and used like 2 out of it. So......I guess I hand them down to Connor when it's his turn. Yeah for Dylan and yeah for everybody just peeing in the potty!!!! Now we just need to work on that aim.......

Doggy Heaven

Tyson..Tanner...Molly - begging for a treat!

Very early this morning my sister's dog Tyson went to Doggy Heaven. He was 13 years old and lived the sweet life of a dog. I remember them getting Tyson as I was living with them at the time while I was going to school. He was so playful and full of energy as any puppy is. Tyson was a great dog who got along with all dogs, was great with people and especially the kids once they came along. One of the things I will always remember about him is his love of chasing a football! He LOVED to run back and forth between two people as they threw the ball. Just in hopes that one of them would drop it and he could attack it. And while running - he would bark the entire time. Ok, so the barking got annoying but it was still funny to watch. Even as he got older and the younger pups, Molly and Tanner would do it for a minute and then find something else to do - Tyson would stay right there - running! But he died peacefully in his sleep in his favorite spot. You really couldn't ask for anything better. We'll miss him for sure! And Molly and Tanner won't know what to do without him.

Parade

Today we went to the St. Patrick's Day parade. While the weather was supposed to hold off - it didn't. Surprise Surprise for Upstate NY. So we got wet....but we still had fun and the kids still got their candy. This was our first St. Patrick's day parade. I LOVED it! I absolutely LOVE the sound of the bagpipers. We have our parade so early because we get groups that come up from NYC, Philly and Scranton. And I am so glad we do because they were awesome!

One very funny moment though......Cody is very baffled why it's "only" called "St. Patrick's"........if you know where I am going with this - we watch Spongebob. Who is his right hand man - Yep, Patrick! So Cody wonders why it's not St. Spongebob!!!!????? Do you think the Catholics out there could ask for me? LOL......

Pictures & Video!!!!

Listen to the sound of this.....these guys came all the way from NYC. Awesome!

Aren't they cute?? Yes, the boys and the shirts...I found them at Children's Place and while lucky isn't spelled like we do - it never is - these are pretty close.

Then we added two more to the group. All decked out in green of course. Family photo op....we were all decked out in our green. Cody was a little mad cause by this time we had waited for a little bit and it was just starting to sprinkle. He had on his sweat shirt and I made him take it off for the picture. I know, bad mother! :)We can hear the parade and the kids are beyond ready for some candy. They didn't get as much as we thought but we were pretty far up town and people ran out quickly. Karly made the bags for them each. She wrote their name and a shamrock. She did a great job. One thing we found out though - the markers were obviously "washable"....everything smeared! Bagpipers from Westchester......each group that came through had on different kilts. I can still hear the sound. And this made Dylan's day.....he loves monster trucks. He was so excited there was a school bus monster truck. We happen to listen to this radio station every morning. It's our favorite. However later Dylan told me "it's not a real monster truck, cause there were no dings in the bus"

Audiologist Appointment

I took Cody to see an Audiologist today for a full hearing test. She believes that he has a hole in each ear drum. I knew about one ear but didn't know both. So that was a little bit of a shock. Then she did the hearing test. I had told him before hand he would have to wear headphones and he was cool with it. He got a clicker and every time he heard a sound he had to click. He did a good job with that. He passed the hearing test at 15 decibels. Which is really within normal hearing range. This is good news but also confusing for me as it doesn't really explain why I am playing the volume game on the TV. (I turn it down, he turns it up) She said that while he can hear each sound - he might not be hearing each sound during a conversation. So in order to hear a full conversation - he needs the volume up. As if I was to stand in the shower and listen to the radio. I would probably have to have the radio up louder than normal so I could hear it over the water. Well Cody needs the "volume up" louder when you are talking to him. She said basically he has normal - to boarder line mild hearing loss. He is also full of wax. Not completely impacted as she could see around it - but she feels he really needs to be cleaned out. So.......we wait for 2 more weeks and head to Syracuse to see what Dr. Tatum makes of it all. Did I ever tell ya I hate to wait?????..............but I will!

Facebook quiz

So there is this question / answer quiz going around on Facebook. The idea is to ask your kids and see what they said. This is what my trio said. Cody gave most of the answers - but Dylan and Tyler piped in at times. It was fun to see what they would say.

1. What is something mom always says to you? "no"
2. What makes mom happy? " being good"
3. What makes mom sad? "when we don't listen"
4. How does your mom make you laugh? "do funny stuff"
5. What did your mom like to do when she was a child? "play with dolls"
6. How old is your mom? "22"
7. How tall is your mom? "50 inches"
8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV? "American Idol"
9. What does your mom do when you're not around? "watch TV"
10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "not sure what for, but I would get there by a limo"
11. What is your mom really good at? "@ computers"
12. What is your mom not very good at? "your good at everything"
13. What does your mom do for her job? "You work but you won't take us there"
14. What is your mom's favorite food? "chicken pot pie"
15. What makes you proud of your mom? "I make you feel better"
16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "Tyler said Spiderman, Dylan says I would be on Animal Planet and do wild rescues and Cody says I would be Pokemon"
17. What do you and your mom do together? "take us to school"
18. How are you and your mom the same? "Dylan says we are both humans"
19. How are you and your mom different? "you're a grown up and we're a kid"
20. How do you know your mom loves you? "because you tell us"
21. What does your mom like most about your dad? "that he cooks"
22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? "Walmart"