Mother's Day 2009

I hope everybody had a nice mother's day. I did! No breakfast in bed but my boys did sleep in till 9:30 and for that I am very grateful. I love to sleep in. Then it was sort of business as usual so we could get around and up to my sisters. The boys and Brett did get me some really great smelling lotions and a new beach chair. Can't wait to use the chair in a couple of months at the beach. Then we headed to my sister's for a chicken bbque and spent some time outside watching the kids and enjoying time with our mom. I hope everybody had a wonderful day!

My sister, my mom and I......(funny story....we all wore black today. Had no idea that we were all dressing the same but as I got to the house and was the last one we all sort of laughed when we saw we had on black) Me and my boys.....Yah, this picture was like pulling teeth. OMG....nobody wanted to smile, Dylan didn't want to be in it. His t-shirt he has on is so freaking true....100% Good, 10% of the time! It's funny and so true. Not that he is Bad, he is just so mischievous.

Saturday, Tanya and I took the kids to the Shrine Circus. We weren't going to go but then I got given free tickets so we went. Everbody went but Cody...he didn't want to so he spent the day with his Dad. The kids had fun and the circus was good as usual. Tyler rode on the pony - something neither of his brother's have done. Again he has to one up them.

Dylan and a Shriner's Clown!

What kid doesn't love some balloon toys.Connor's first circus - he couldn't wait to see the elephants!Tanya got Tyler to ride a pony. He had fun and was so excited he did it.Dylan and Karly at the top of the big air slide.Tyler's new shirt - the saying says it all! I ask him all the time "are you cute".....when I saw this he had to have it. Karly and her pretty butterfly face and Dylan.

Mother's Day Breakfast

This morning at school we had our mother's day breakfast. The teachers do a nice job of putting a little something on for us mom's. The boys all drew drawings that were then laminated as our placemats. I crack up looking at them as their drawings are all so different. Tyler's was basically scribble, Dylan's was a little better but not much and Cody's was pretty good actually. I've said it before - Dylan will be my sport kid and Cody appears to be my artsy kid. He'll be in a band I'm sure of it! He drew some pretty good stick people and a tree....Cute! Then we also got a planted flower that the kids decorated the pot. This year they sang a song "I ___ my mom on mother's day", filling in the blank with hug, love. Short and cute! My mom was able to come with us too so that was nice as well.

It is kind of surreal to stand there with 3 kids all in preschool together. Some days I want to pull my hair out with the 3 of them - but days like today all I could do was smile with pride!

Happy Mother's Day weekend as us mom's deserve more than just a day! :)

The Math of Life

I'm writing my post for today backwards! I had a fantastic morning and I'll blog about it later - but this I could not resist from posting now!!!

The Math Of Life
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions:

If:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
is represented as:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then:
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
and
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E
11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%
And,
B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T
2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND,
look how far ass kissing will take you.
A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that, while Hard work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, it's the Bullshit and Ass Kissing that will put you over the top.

Back at it...

Tonight we were back to t-ball practice. I just love seeing them on the field, interacting with other kids, some that they know some they don't, a coach, giving high fives, sweating, running, having so much fun. As we leave they are still talking about it and can't wait to go back.

Looking forward to the morning and my mother's day breakfast at pre-school with my 3 preschoolers. Not many people can say they have 3 preschoolers. I can! Most days it's over whelming or heck really most minutes....but on day's like "Mother's Day"...I get to take 3 with me and be proud of each and every one of them. I can't wait to go...see what they made and hear the little song that they are going to sing. I've heard bits and pieces but that's it.

The boys got their spring pictures taken and we received them the other day. I was so happy with how they turned out. Super super cute smiles from all 3 of them. I'll scan them soon so you can see!

Couldn't have said it better myself...

McQuay Madness: My meaning of beauty

This is from a friend's blog. I had some of the same thoughts today as I picked up this issue of People in the break room. Especially since all the media on the woman who had the face transplant has come out. That is beauty. Cody has really made me see life differently.

Thanks Sarah for a great post!

1st T-ball Practice

We are so excited that Tball has finally started. Daddy had gone and gotten them there glove and they have been practicing but tonight we joined our team. We are the "A's".....not exactly what I call original but I guess it will work. (and yes, I do know there is a baseball team called the A's...but with living in NY I would of thought we would of gotten Mets, Yankees, etc.)

Coach C will do a great job. The coaches were a little overwhelmed with twins and said it would take em a while to get the names right. I assured them if they were wrong - the boys would let them know it. :) We first did warm ups - running around the field and jumping jacks (that was cute to watch) and some stretches. Then they practiced throwing the ball with a partner. Then 1/2 stayed in the field - and the other 1/2 came into bat. They got taught all about the bat, wearing a helmet, staying behind the fence. Each player got to swing 5 times and then run to first base and then switch to out-field. Both of them did very good. Dylan looked to be a natural and has a good swing on him. The coach was very happy to see his punch behind the bat. Cody isn't as strong but then again doesn't practice as much as Dylan will. But they had fun and it's going to be a fun season. We will practice/play games every Monday and Thursday so it's going to be a busy week.

After practice tonight, they were very anxious to see their Dad and share it all with him so we met him on his lunch at a pizza place and had a pie and they filled him in.

And because you wanted to see pictures - yes, I was the only crazy mother on the side lines taking pictures. Actually what is wrong with THEM - not me! You should be snapping away. :)

Throwing the ball with our partner.Next up, our turn at bat. Dylan ready to smack the ball. He hit them all pretty good and I bet by the end of the season is smacking em pretty far.Cody's turn at bat. He did great with it to.Dylan playing 1st base! He loved chasing the ball. I think he liked getting his pants that much more grass stained.

Pearly Whites

Cody went to the dentist today. He had some very sharp front teeth due to his crossbite and his bottom teeth wearing down the top. So the dentist filed them down and they are much better. She said that we need to maintain those teeth for as long as we can. She said that putting caps on them would not work because of his crossbite - he would just pop them off. She agreed that he is ready for the palate expander and to proceed with the orthodontic. Which we have already had an initial meeting but we left it back in October to start up in the Spring. So I guess Spring has Sprung.

I have had much anxiety over this next step of our journey. Not sure why.....maybe because it can be lengthy, costly in many ways....not sure. But I have totally put off calling to get our appointment. I faced that fear today. I called and spoke with the office to see what she thought. I told her I want to pursue Medical insurance first and foremost as this is medical and not dental. She said that while it can be a fight on there end and my end, take some phone calls, a couple letters from the doctors, submitting pictures, she said they have had great success in getting claims paid for by medical and at little to no cost to the families. So that was very refreshing to hear. She pulled Cody's chart....we go June 15th for some x-rays, pictures, and a mold and to discuss what appliance will best suite Cody. So while I have that to think about now.....I do feel a little better about the financial side of it (for now)

While at the dentist today, she checked Cody's mouth any loose teeth. We don't have any yet. But I used that opportunity to talk with her about Dylan's. Dylan has a loose one on the bottom but also has an adult tooth coming in behind the tooth next to it. She said that we will wait for the adult tooth to get about a 1/2 way up and then if the baby tooth in front still hasn't come out, they will look to pull it. We see them in a couple months though for a cleaning so we'll address it then.