Birthday girls!

So Monday we had originally planned to go to the High Life for their Groundhog Day celebration, it's something we have always wanted to do and we had both taken the day off work anyway! Well we were exhausted from the Super Bowl party, the kids had stayed up late and then there was a 2 hour delay for school for P....so it was the perfect morning to sleep in a while.
Eventually we got up and ready, Steve took the kids the daycare/school and came home with some birthday donuts for my breakfast! :) We did a little cleaning and then headed to the mall to do some shopping with no kids! We actually didn't buy much, we weren't really in the shopping mood. We did stop for some lunch on the way home, sat and chatted for a while before going to pick up the kiddos!

It was nice, peaceful, no time constraints kind of day!

Tuesday was P's birthday! I think she was actually excited! She has been wanting us to come and have lunch with her at school and since I had this day off of work too, I went and enjoyed some chicken strips and mashed potatoes with her! It was fun to see the organization of it all and see what she does every day at lunch time, so cute!

She was able to take Oreos to share with her class, her teacher gave her a card and they all sang happy birthday to her!
After this lunch I met Holly, mom and my aunt Ann and aunt Cindy out for lunch at Chicago Speakeasy since this was their last day in town from Texas. It was nice to see everyone one last time and chat!
I got home about 1:30 and by 3:00 Generation called saying Piper had been coughing really badly and had a fever. UGH! So Steve got home and we both we to get them from school/daycare. She seemed and acted fine so who knows!
We got home and Presley wanted waffles for her birthday dinner! No problem, sounds like the perfect birthday dinner to me! :) Then we opened presents! We never know how she is going to respond but she was happy!

Frozen perfume and bubble bath (she's been wanting to wear MY perfume!)

 a jump rope, I guess they do this in gym class and she likes it so she wanted one!

 And her big gift....the Nabi Dreamtab...it's basically her own kid-friendly ipad! She was super pumped, there are so many games and puzzles and movies that she just can't get enough time with it right now! LOL!

Her birthday party is this weekend so I'll have more pictures then! Let's hope it goes well since we are inviting her cousins, neighbor kids and kids from school.....and the big question, will she let us sing happy birthday to her?

Random

- Presley got moved up in her reading group at school! She was in the D/E/F group (they want them to be reading F by the time they leave kindergarten) and her and two other girls got moved up to G! It just seems to come so easily to her and I know she listens to all the little helpful hints the teacher gives in helping to sound out words she might not know. We definitely need to get her some harder reading material!

- I've got back on the reading train! Trying to get away from my computer games and reading has taken it's place! Two books I've read in the last 3 weeks, Maybe Someday which was an easy reading, young reader romance...it was really good and took two turns I did not expect (hint, there is a CF connection!)
The other book I read was Still Alice, which I finished at 4:00 this morning b/c I couldn't sleep! I started it Saturday morning and couldn't put it down. It is about a mother with Alzheimers, this book totally hit home for me (b/c of my grandparents) and makes me worry about my own mother and self with this disease. It was very eye-opening, sad but so good! Read it!

- Piper is so bossy! We thought we had a bossy daughter with Presley, but man, this 2 yr old will say 'Mommy! Go that way!'.....'Presley Grace, be quiet!'.....'Daddy! Come here!'....I don't know why she thinks she is in charge! ;)

- Piper is learning so much at Generation....except how to be potty trained. We aren't pushing it at all and haven't even thought about trying. I feel bad b/c Generation does try, every day, and she has never gone once in the potty! Oh well, diapers are easier.....I don't need two kids wanting to see the bathroom at every public place we go to!

Sunday Funday!

Since we had family in town we decided a couple weeks ago that we would have a Super Bowl party to entertain and hang out with everyone a little more. We knew with the snow that we got that some people would opt out of coming, but that didn't stop the party from happening with a good size crowd of family and neighbors! Steve loves having people over and he went above and beyond with his food menu....wings, salmon, jalapeno poppers, a mashed potato bar (with all the fixin's!), a nacho bar, not to mention fruits, veggies, cheese and crackers and some desserts (the only thing I made!). Needless to say we all ate too much, but it was  good time and we had a good turn out and a good thing that both Steve and I had Monday off to recover and clean!
Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed the evening with us!

P.S Most of us had our Packer gear on, still hoping they would show up to play and win! HA!

Surprise!

So Holly planned a 60th birthday party for my mom for Saturday night. My mom is hard to surprise, she is so in tune with things going on that we never thought we'd be able to pull over the best surprise EVER for her.........so we all got there, hung out......

 doing.....weird things?!

talkin.....

 Then.....her two sisters from Texas and brother from Colorado showed up for the party! SURPRISE! She had no idea! No one knew but us kids, not even my dad knew what we had planned!

 She was overcome with emotions...happy tears by all!!

 In typical Becky fashion, they wrote a song for her to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies.

 Shots were had, even my mom had one!

 My hubby and Nicola (my longest bff, I've known her since birth!)

 The girls

The weather had taken a turn for the worse and the snow was coming down. Everyone came out who said they would and it was SO nice to see everyone! Thank you to everyone, near and far who made the trip out to celebrate! Party success!

We left about 10, so that we could let our babysitter drive home before the weather got too terribly bad. And like a total mother, I asked her to text me when she got home! HA!

02/03/2009

Oh my word, how is it possible that you are six years old? I don't even know where to start with this email to you b/c of the awesome little person that you have become. You amaze us every day, good and bad. You stress us out, you challenge us, you are going to be great on a debate team someday!

You are sensative with occasional sweetness.
You are sassy and caring.
You are SO smart....too smart for your own good.
You are witty, goofy and a wonderful big sister (most of the time!)
You are beautiful, my gorgeous girl.
You are shy, stubborn and sometimes too emotional.
You are spoiled and a drama queen to the extreme.
You are determined and creative.

I love nothing more than seeing you smile, laugh and have fun! We are trying to get you to loosen up more. You are slowly coming out of your shell but I think you are a different kid when we aren't around. I'm pretty sure you think the world revolves around you, as it should! :)

We love you Presley Grace, never underestimate the power you have over us or the love that we have for you! :) Happy Birthday baby girl!

01/2012

02/2015

Catching up

Almost famous! You can check us out in the Juice website from a couple weeks ago! :)

These are pics from the last Packer party, I'm just a little delaying in getting them downloaded!

P is really too big to be driving the cozy coupe car these days!

Busy weekend

Last week seemed to last forever! I think b/c I was looking forward to our fun, long weekend! Tuesday I got my hairs cut! I love that two hours every four six months that I can sit and chat with Josie and read and drink my wine.....not to mention my blonder, thinner hair that she can get SO straight!
Work for me has been slow, Steve got done with his big job so he has been enjoying some slower days too. It worked out since he was able to get some shopping and grocery shopping done before the weekend.
Friday night I met my mom, my aunt Ellen from Wisconsin, Holly and Samantha after work at Americana for dinner. It was so good, the conversation was awesome, so many laughs, I was glad I was able to make it.
My dad watched Presley and Boston during this dinner and Steve took Piper to watch his nephew Sam in a wrestling tournament. Piper seemed to like the fact that the boys ran around with no shirts on, so she insisted to NOT wearing her shirt either. Awesome. I'm sure she looked like a little boy to most people at that point anyway!

My uncle Dave and Steph from Colorado came into town Friday night and stayed at our house, (this was part of the surprise for my mom's party on Saturday), so Saturday morning we got up and ready then headed to Mullets for brunch with them. There was a 30 minute wait but both girls were fairly good so it worked out.
The afternoon we spent doing more stuff around the house, getting ready for our Super Bowl party, getting ready for my mom's party and getting ready for the babysitter that afternoon! Pictures to come....