Happy Holidays!

Well Christmas came and went way to fast, just like usual. The kids were awesome and had a great holiday. There were lots of toys under the tree and most of the family was around so we got to see almost everyone. It was very overwhelming and exhausting but that is part of the magic of it all.

The kids got spoiled as per usual and even I did. Kris surprised me with earrings from the kids because we decided not to get anything for each other because we just went and got a wii right before Christmas and that was our gift. Kristina actually screamed when she saw her ipod from Santa and Brandon really got into the whole ripping into gifts thing.

We got a big turkey lunch and another big turkey dinner! It was all awesome and so good to see everyone. Its getting more fun every year with more kids being around and getting more and more into the magic of the season.

We kind of gave up on the potty training over Christmas as its to much to have him having accidents on other peoples floors but we are about to get right back into it. He is loving discovering all of his new toys again and again everyday.

I got the tree and decorations all down today so we have so much more room now with the new train table. I feel like I have my house back ;)

I hope everyone else had an amazing holiday. I will try and post some pics soon!

Its almost Christmas

We are getting so excited for Christmas! Kristina actually just came down from her room with some presents that she made for all of us and just finished wrapping and put them under the tree. I think that I am more excited than her right now but it will come. She is excited but not super excited like me! I can't wait to see their faces on Christmas morning! They are going to be just so excited when they get to rip into their gifts!

I think Brandon will even be really into it this year because he will really be able to rip into stuff. he totally doesn't get the Santa thing but he will be sure to get into the ripping open of presents. He really enjoyed decorating the tree. My mom came over for appies to help us decorate and she was helping him put up the decorations and by the end he was running from me to her with a new decoration to hang. He loved it. He hasn't been bad at all with the ordainment's since then either. Same with the gifts. While Kristina was at school one day I got him to help me take all the presents from my room and put them under the tree. He loved it and hasn't really touched them since. Thank goodness he isn't trying to rip them all open.

He is finally at the age when he is coming out with new words all of the time. He said Santa the other day and is trying to say more and more. His vocabulary is finally growing! He still loves his Sissy like no other. She really is his favorite. He is always crawling on to her to hug and kiss her and cuddle with her. He is doing great in his big boy bed still, he loves his bed. He still comes out and cries sometimes but we just have his door locked on the outside and he cries at the door for a few minutes and then goes back to bed on his own. Don't worry we open the door and put up a gate when we go to bed so he's not locked in all night.

Potty training is almost done. When we are at home he is good. As long as he is naked (bottomless) he goes every time. If he is in a diaper he will either be lazy and go in the diaper or ask for us to take off the diaper. He hasn't fully comprehended the whole underwear thing yet. He likes them and wants to wear them but usually pees in them like its a diaper. That will come with time though. The last thing we need to work on is when we are out and at other peoples houses. That will be the last part. I can't wait to be without diapers!

Kristina did good on her report card this session. She is meeting or exceeding in everything except for reading. She is just a little bit behind the game with her reading but its coming. We have started the Hooked on Phonics set (from my blog) and that's working well and we are doing all the home reading we can do at home. She has a spelling and a math test every week and has been rocking them!! So far so good on not being a horrible speller like Kris and I. She still loves school and spending time with her friends.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone and I hope the holidays are everything you could have hoped for!

Whats new?

Well lets see, Kristina is loving school and her class. She still has most of the same friends as last year with a few new and there are always a few that she is on and off with. She just turned 7, I still can't believe it! She is an amazing help with her brother and I know that she will be an amazing mom herself someday! She actually said last night that she thinks that she will have kids when she is 23 or maybe 22. I did say that that was fine but to wait and make sure that she had a good man in her life that she loved and wanted to spend the rest of her life with. I think she made a comment about Jon and Kate and how she didn't want to have kids and split up, lol. She is still in swimming lessons and is loving them! She really was a fish in her past life. Shes also in Brownies this year and didn't really want to join but I pushed her and she is loving it! Theres about 3 kids that she knows from Sparks and has already made friends with the other kids, that's what I love about Brownies. Its all about being a good friend and learning to get along with lots of crafts thrown in. And of course lots of running around to burn off their energy.

Brandon's favorite person in his life is Papa, he always has been :) He can say Papa now clear as day. The only other word that he can say as clear is Mama and Dada. He said it so loud and clear at Kristina's cake the other night Papa heard it from the other side of the room. Considering he is hard of hearing that's pretty good! Whenever he sees him anywhere hes grabbing his boots (his new favorite thing) and running over to find Papa and see what hes doing. He loves to go into the shop and "help" by grabbing everything and pointing to stuff for Papa to tell him what it is.

Hes talking a bit but not to much. We are using sign language to get him to communicate with us. He can do please, more, all done, etc but refuses to actually say please! Its quite funny and Granny likes to torture him :) He loves boots, cowboy boots, rain boots, winter boots, it doesn't matter, he loves them. I think its because he can put them on by himself but whatever, he loves it. He also loves baths. He is going potty some times, some poops and some pees but is going most of the time in his diaper. I can't wait for him to be potty trained but I don't want to force it. He knows when he wants a bum change, even if its just too wet. He grabs his crotch and says bum bum. Or if I ask him he says bum bum and nods.

I love you my babies! I am off to make dinner, I am trying to turn into supermom so I don't have to work anymore! LOL!

My baby is going to be 7

Wow, I havn't posted in forever, I have been so busy lately. I have started baking and doing lots of canning and stuff. I think about posting all the time if that counts ;)

So my baby is going to be 7 on Monday! Wow, I can't belive for the life of me that she was born 7 years ago. Shes growing into such a great kid, and I guess young lady, wow. She is a HUGE help with Brandon and I know she will be an amazing mom one day. She loves him so much and would do anything for him. She is getting to be harder to buy for and that makes me realize just how old she is getting, I used to have oddles of stuff put aside for her for Christmas and stuff but not anymore. Its so hard to figure out what to get her.

Not Brandon though, I went through my Christmas bin and did a little inventory and well, hes done :) That's an easy age! All either super clearance or used (mostly) man I am good!

Brandon is starting to say some more words. He can say more, please, nana, bum, juice, milk, go, all done, poop, and can sign more, all done, please and sometimes can do thankyou. Its awsome to be able to communicate with him. I love knowing what he needs or wants and its not as frustrating for him.

Kristina is so excited for her party tommorow. We are going skating and having cupcakes in ice cream cones for the cake. She can't stop talking about the cupcake cones! We are going to my parents for dinner and cake and then Monday night Kris's family if all coming for cake! Busy but great times!

Kris is trying to get a camp job and I have all my fingers and toes crossed that he gets it as it would mean way less stress with money as we could be debt free within a year and I would be able to stay home with my babies and hang out with them all day which is all I really want to do.

Thats all I have for now, so Happy Birthday Baby I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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We are home!

Saturday was a nice relaxing morning, we all just sat around at Leahs and relaxed. Kristina and I hit up a consignment store in town and got some sweet deals. I got Brandon some snake skin cowboy boots for $5.50 and a Gap down filled fleece lined winter jacket for $12.50. Was I ever happy. Kristina and I went over to the hall and helped Holly and her family do some more set up and cut up a cheese platter. We headed to the store for slurpees and went back to Leahs to chill until the 4:00 wedding. We went over to Ken and Hollys to do some pre wedding pics on the bikes and then headed over for the ceremony.

It was your typical tacky redneck wedding, just they had both hoped. Good food, good music and good people. The kids were awesome, they stayed up until 10:00 and were excellent. In fact we had awesome kids throughout our whole holiday, they were just awesome. We got lots of pics and I will get them up soon.

We went to the Calgary zoo Sunday at noon to meet up with my cousins and do the tour, it was an awesome zoo. I would definitely go back again. They had so many awesome animals and the kids loved it but i do think that Kris loved it more :) He got some great photos. We headed out at about 4:00 and I drove until just after the Jasper turn off and then Kris drove, apparently he didn't like my driving ;) We stopped in Golden for dinner and then drove all night until we got to the ferry at 4:00am and slept until the 6:30 ferry. We had breakfast on the ferry and I managed to convince Kris that we should stop at Costco on the way by to get some food, it took a lot of convincing because he was so tired, but so we pulled in and they were closed. I was not happy but was kind of happy to get straight home and unpack and relax.

I drove home while Kris napped, poor guy, and then he went straight to bed. I stayed up with the kids and did all the unpacking and laundry and cleaned the house. It felt so good to be home and back to all our own stuff and to not be living out of a suitcase.

Home sweet home! We are glad to be back but had a great time! Pics to come!

part 2

Friday Sept 4th 11:30 am

So we did Science world on Wed when we arrived in Edmonton, it was ok, not super, but the kids had a good time. Things that you did as kids are never as fun when you are an adult! We went to West Ed mall because we didn't stay as long at Science world as we thought and had dinner and walked around for a bit. Its a huge mall and if it wasn't for Kris I never would have found my way out or even around. We had a good time wandering around and did a bit of shopping. When we went back to the hotel Kristina and I went for a swim and Kris put Brandon to bed and then when he fell asleep Kris and I switched off and he went swimming with Kristina. It was nice, our hotel room had a patio door that went right out to the pool.

On Thursday morning we had breakfast and packed up to spend the day at the West Ed mall. We had a really good time, did lots of shopping and went and played in the arcade. Kristina has a great time and Brandon napped :) She got enough tickets, with some from some guys, to get two monkey stuffies for her and her brother and some tattoos. Speaking of tattoos, Kris and I both got one at the mall. I was planning on getting mine in Calgary but Leah forgot to make me an appointment. We love them, mine is on my foot though so we ended up going back to hotel not long after. We had a swim and dinner and went to bed nice and early.

This morning we checked out of the hotel and headed out of Edmonton. We found a Harley Davidson store and stopped to get Kris some shirts. Of course I found the clearance rack! I am good, not much great for the kids, it was mostly little girl stuff. Kris was happy though! Now we are off to find the IKEA and then head back to Langdon to unpack at Leahs and head on over to Ken and Hollys for dinner and a visit with everyone.

Friday night 10:00pm

Well dinner was really good, it was nice to see everyone, we got to see Grandma and Grandad, Aunt Sherri and Uncle Ray, Jason, and Micky and Adam! It was a great time, Kristina spent most of the night chasing around Jay and having a good time, she even went and cleaned Dad and Hollys house for them! We are back at Leah and Waynes now doing a load of laundry and getting ready for bed, its going to be a long day tommorow!