Slumber parties

Alyssa is having her friend over for the night...that means I too will be having a slumber party..complete with 10 board books, a plastic hammer and my very own webkin to snuggle with....life is good!

Feeling BLAH!

I'm here at work and I have to be honest...I really don't feel like doing anything...though my desk is piled high with plenty to do. I'm in a funk and I can't seem to shake it...I need a vacation!
Gabriella was up 4 times last night... when I called Jeff this morning at 10 she was still sleeping. What?! I think it was 4:30 the last time she was up to eat so that means she slept a 5 1/2 hour strech for Jeff and I could'nt even get 3. Her and I will have to have a little discussion about that.
Alyssa is trying to fill her social schedule for this weekend... actually she started last night with a sleep over request. I literally have a mountain bigger than Everest worth of laundry to do...not to mention everything else...I'm sure in the end she will win and we will have a sleepover.
We're signing Brandon up for T-ball. Don't worry, the season starts after wrestling ends (the end of next month) I'm really hoping those practices are only once a week and the games start after 7am!

Well...I can only "look" busy for so long so I guess I better go and get busy!

Big boy

Brandon wearing daddy's hat

Just because she is so darn cute!

Already?!

The house is dark...Jeff is asleep on the couch and the kids are all in bed upstairs. I have all the lights in the house off except a small one over my washer and dryer in the kitchen. I'm in the kitchen making lunches and enjoying the quiet...I turn around and out of nowhere I see him...standing in the darkness...he's quiet at first...I take a step towards him...and then it happened...he started to recite his Christmas wish list...ALREADY!!!

I'm cleaning...

really...I am! Well, at least I should be.
We just got home from church, Jeff is sleeping, Brandon is having lunch, Alyssa is at a friends playing for the day and Gabriella is fighting a nap...I am surfing the net hoping the house will clean itself!
I decided to give up Starbucks for Lent...now...some of you are thinking "big deal" and if you are...well, you just don't know about my deep, DEEP love for it. As I sat in church I did a mental list of things I could possibly give up...several things came to mind...work, cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping...now, you know all of these are on my list of absolute favorite things to do (NOT) so it just had to be Starbucks. I know it seems like a small price considering what God gave us...but hey, it's the best I can do!
Well, the fight is over...Gabriella is officially napping..so I guess I better officially be cleaning!

Random

It's been a busy week...

Gabriella laughed for the first time today! Of course I was here at work, but Jeff called so I could hear her. Daddy was getting her tummy...and I guess that's pretty funny!

For the first time in a long time Brandon does not have wrestling tomorrow morning...just what will I do with all that extra time?? Oh yeah...clean.
Alyssa is going with a friend to see the Hannah Montana movie on IMAX and then she will be staying the night with her. Looks like Brandon and I will have a slumber party tomorrow night too. Nothing is better than sleeping with a wiggly 5 year old and a half dozen large plastic transformers!

I recieved an email from Alene at church...looks like Sheila and I will once again be coordinating Holyland Adventure this year. (I could have sworn after last year the two of us said "never again") Oh yeah...and the Easter Angel breakfast. I remind myself...this is my calling...

Brandon is doing well in school. They are doing this reading deputy program. Every week they get a list of words that they have to read, each week they are tested if they pass they get a sticker. After 5 stickers they get a deputy badge. He is on list 4 now...yeah Brandon!

Alyssa is going on an oceanography trip at the end of March to Dana Point, CA. It's a program that the 4th grade is offering. It sounds like a lot of fun and a great opportunity.

I guess that's about it...Jeff and I are both doing good. Keeping busy with the kids and work. I do have to say the two of us make a great team!