This is how I have a "girl's night out"....

I went over to my mother in law's house last night for a girl's night to eat some taco salad for dinner and then watch a movie. Since all of the chick flicks we wanted to watch were too long we ended up watching an action movie with a lot of fighting and killing, oh my. The movie was called "Timeline" and it was the first time I'd ever seen it, probably the last too. Too much killing in it for me. I was the only one there with my kids so we had to set them up with something that would make them happy while we watched our movie. It worked until the last 30 min or so then they started coming in asking for things. By the time the movie was over I just wanted to hurry and get the kids in their pjs and home to bed so I didn't get to chat with the girls as much as I would have liked. Oh, I long the day that my hubby will be home and I can have a "real" girl's night out....not to mention DATES! :)


My sisters in law, Jenna and Shauna. And of course me. My mother in law took the picture but she didn't want to be in one, lol.

This is where Jack was for most of the movie. He wouldn't let me put him down and he didn't want a nap either. So he was happy eating cheerios on my lap. I also got him a cookie that he wanted to hold on to all the time but never wanted to take a bite.

Jack had to stay with the girl's downstairs. See how thrilled he is (lol).

Garrett nice and cozy on Grandma and Grandpa's bed upstairs, ready to watch "Wall-E"

Nikki all set up to play online games on the laptop in the kitchen. She was so into it that she didn't notice me take a picture.

100th Day of Kindergarten Valentine

On February 8th it will be the 100th day of Kindergarten for Nikki. So the "Parent and Me Project" for February was to decorate a heart and to glue 100 items on it. So last night Nikki and I picked out all the items she would use. Things from pasta noodles, to buttons, to stickers, to cheerios, to beads, to safety pins and rocks, etc. This morning Nikki colored and designed the heart all by herself. The only thing I helped her with was gluing them on. She is quite the artist!

Finished the heart and now it's time to wait for the glue to dry.

Nikki with the finished heart, already to take to school to be hung in the Kindergarten hallway. They will also be having a little party at school to help celebrate this momentous occasion. And of course, they'll be doing some counting to 100 also. Happy 100th day of Kindergarten!

Three reasons to make me smile

I cut up an apple the other night and Nikki took a stool over to the wall by the table and got up to eat her apples on it. Then of course, Garrett followed. It was a "Kodak" moment :)

One day I found Garrett sitting here in our pantry. He had found a container of Cheerios from the diaper bag and took them to his spot to eat them. That is a big box of Potato Pearls and he loves to sit in that box. Don't worry, the potatoes are actually in a tightly closed bag.

Jack playing in his johnny jumper with one of Nikki's birthday balloons.


I can't wait until Jack is in this kind of mood again. He has been sick since Sunday morning. He threw up 3 days in a row and today he is just wanting to sleep. And last week he went through getting a new tooth in (#6). Poor baby! I feel so bad when he's not feeling good and there's not much I can do. But I have been so thankful that he is the only one that has been throwing up. So far, nobody else has gotten what he has. I'm grateful I've been well enough to take care of him because I have actually been fighting a cold the past week, which is pretty much gone now. If I thought I was getting cabin fever before, now I'm really getting it as I've been trapped in my house since Saturday! So glad I went over to my brother's house on Friday night. I think it helped me get through this week. I finally watched "Ironman" with them and I thought it was really good! I'm also grateful that that same brother went to the store and bought some groceries for me on Monday. What an awesome brother I have!
Oh, and thanks to Mom for visiting me last night and bringing rolls. I wish you could have stayed longer but even the little visit helped.
"I will survive!" "I will survive!" ;)

Garrett's appointment

Garrett finally had his post surgery check up with his cardiologist this past Wednesday. His doctor listened to him and did an echo. Everything looks and sounds great. One of the first things the doctor said was that he looks a lot pinker. I did notice that he is more active and that he no longer coughs when he runs around. Garrett seemed to always have a cough no matter what time of year. So it's nice to not have to worry about his cough anymore. I guess the doctor was a little surprised by that. The doctor wasn't expecting his heart condition to have anything to do with the cough. Garrett won't need to see him again for another 6 months or so. Yay!