Fun pics from my iphone

Reading with Noni Lucas.
Flirting with the neighbor girl while driving his truck.

Eating out with Noni and Aunt Jamie.

Jonathan loves his cone.

My sweet Jonathan made me this cute bouque of adorable thumb print flowers.

My little guys telling their favorite aunt Happy Valentine's Day!

Counting Down...........seriously!

This week I began the week by getting the stomach bug from my boys. It wasn't that bad, thankfully. The next day I found out I will have to do one day a week of mandatory after school tutoring and one or two Saturday's of tutoring until May. I was not a happy teacher! I officially signed up to work every other Monday tutoring after school from 3:30-4:30 beginning in three weeks! Ugh! This means I will not get home with the boys until 5:15 or 5:30pm. This might not seem like much but since I have after school duty for another 6 weeks from 3:05-3:30 everyday there is no time for preparing to teach.I also signed up for two Saturday's of tutoring from 9-12pm.

The only positive thing is I will get paid $26 an hour!

Books, books and more books

I haven't bought many books since Stephen's birth 3 years ago. A friend at my old school gave me about 65 board books for babies and toddlers. This really has come in handy. My Mom has also give me a few here and there for the boys. I have tons at school but they are not toddler friendly. I have them organized into about 20 different tubs based on holiday, month, author, etc. I plan on bringing them home after this year to store in Stephen's closet. The last few months I have decided it's time to start buying books. I also bought my little nephews a few books for their 5th birthday next month. Here are a few I am keeping for my boys.









This last book has been a hit. Stephen has not quite made it yet to this stage so we are still in pull-ups. I spoke with my pediatrician when he turned 3 years old. She said it is perfectly normal and he could be closer to 4 when he potty trains. I am hoping to stop buying pull-ups soon so I ordered this book. It is hilarious and true!

Happy Valentine's Day

My sweet husband made plans for us to have dinner tonight on Valentine's Day. He set up a sitter and everything BUT Stephen has been sick with the stomach bug all weekend. He did good Saturday but Sunday it started up again. Jonathan doesn't have it but he is showing signs so I am on guard. Stephen has had it since Friday at about 3pm when his pre-school called to tell me he was throwing up. Today he is in a great mood and he is eating better (BRAT diet). He and Jonathan are already fighting over the puzzles so I know all is getting better.

As for Valentine's Day dinner tonight it will be the sitter's first time to keep them so we are canceling. Jamie kept the boys on Friday night and we went to a quick dinner and movie with another couple. We saw the movie Just Go With It and it was hilarious. Some parts of the movie were a little awkward but overall it was a cute movie (morally speaking, it was horrible).

My first grade class isn't getting a party today. Our school decided to do an Easter party instead this year. My kids will get to open their Valentine's the last 30 minutes of the day. I sent my Valentine's I made them with my sister yesterday when she came to visit for a few hours. She will give them to my substitute to hand out at the end of the day. The best part of my day has been to spend it with my sweet boys.

Here is what my little men have been up to this weekend.








Daniel brought me flowers yesterday after he went to work most of the day. I love them. Sorry, this isn't a great picture.

January and February

I am a little behind on blogging. My sweet husband bought me my very own laptop. I was so excited but from the beginning we had problems connecting from home. I had to continue to use our old laptop but it is a pain to use. Finally, we get our laptop fixed through his work but it took a few weeks. Then, I kid you not the day Daniel brought home the laptop our Internet stopped connecting. Daniel was in Louisiana on a business trip for four days. I couldn't get it to work so I waited for him to get back to call our provider about our connection. We figured our it was our modem so we ordered a brand new one and it is up and running again. Now I can transfer all 1000 pictures I have taken since December to the internet. I still need a connecting chord for my new camera but for now I just insert the disk to download. So when you don't have a connection or when your Internet stops connecting it is impossible to do all this. I am still working out my new camera. I need to take some free classes to help me do this. My camera is A WHOLE LOT OF CAMERA for me to figure out.

To start off my sister-in-law Cheri ran the Chevron Houston Half Marathon 2 weeks ago. We kept all the kids and then met them at the end to congratulate Cheri. We didn't quite make it to see her cross the finish line.

Krista's Baby Sprinkle

My friend Krista from Gonzales is about to have her second child. Her son Carson is one day older than Jonathan. She is about to have another child in mid March. Her friend Stephanie and I threw a "sprinkle" shower the first weekend in February to help her get a little more prepared for K2.

Jonathan's first haircut was at 14 months. He was long overdue for his next one. We finally buzzed it on February 10th.

Our Favorites

We like to sing nursery rhymes (mainly in the tub and car). They really enjoy singing. Daniel didn't really know what he was getting himself into when he married a kindergarten teacher. I think the boys really enjoy the repitition. If you don't know any of these google them and you can hear the tune. Or call Stephen and he will sing them to you. Joking!

Five Little Monkey's
5 little monkey’s swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can’t catch me….can’t catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree

4 little monkey’s swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can’t catch me….can’t catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree

3 little monkey’s swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can’t catch me….can’t catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree

2 little monkey’s swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can’t catch me….can’t catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree

1 little monkey’s swinging in the tree
teasing Mr. Alligator can’t catch me….can’t catch me
along came Mr. Alligator quiet as can be
and snapped that monkey out that tree

No more monkey’s swinging in the tree!

Little Bunny Phoo Phoo
Little Bunny Phoo Phoo hopping through the forest
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head
Down came the goooooooooood fairy and she said:
"Little Bunny Phoo Phoo, I don’t want to see you
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head .
I’ll give you 3 more chances and if you don’t behave
I’m going to turn you into a goon !"

So the next day...

Little Bunny Phoo Phoo hopping through the forest
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head
Down came the goooooooooood fairy and she said:
"Little Bunny Phoo Phoo, I don’t want to see you
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head .
I’ll give you 2 more chances and if you don’t behave
I’m going to turn you into a goon !"

So the next day...

Little Bunny Phoo Phoo hopping through the forest
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head
Down came the goooooooooood fairy and she said:
"Little Bunny Phoo Phoo, I don’t want to see you
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head .
I’ll give you 1 more chances and if you don’t behave
I’m going to turn you into a goon !"

So the next day...

Little Bunny Phoo Phoo hopping through the forest
scooping up the field mice and bop 'em on the head
Down came the goooooooooood fairy and she said:
"I gave you 3 chances and you didn’t behave………

now I’m going to turn you into a goon!" ( I have not taught this whole ending. I made up a nicer one).

Moral of the story is...
"Hare today, goon tomorrow!"

Where is Thumb Kin?
Where is Thumb Kin? Where is Thumb Kin ?
Here I am! Here I am !
How are you today sir?
Very well I thank you
Run away, run away

Where is Pointer? Where is Pointer ?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you today sir?
Very well I thank you
Run away, run away

Where is Middle Man? Where is Middle Man ?
Here I am! Here I am !
How are you today sir?
Very well I thank you
Run away, run away

Where is Ring Man? Where is Ring Man ?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you today sir?
Very well I thank you
Run away, run away

Where is Pinky? Where is Pinky ?
Here I am, here I am
How are you today sir?
Very well I thank you
Run away, run away

Where is Family? Where is Family?
Here we are! Here we are!
How are you today sirs?
Very well we thank you
Run away, run away
(I changed the run away part to run and play)

Baby Bumble Bee
I’m bringing home my baby bumblebee
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?
I’m bringing home my baby bumblebee
Ouch……it stung me

I’m squishing up my baby bumblebee
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?
I’m squishing up my baby bumblebee
Ewe….…look at my hands

I’m wiping off my baby bumblebee
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?
I’m wiping off my baby bumblebee
My hands are all clean
But ewe….. look at my pants

I’m washing off my baby bumblebee
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me?
I’m washing off my baby bumblebee
My hands are all clean
My pants are all clean
Guess I just go home and kiss my Mommy!
(This one makes me smile because SDS comes to give me a big hug and kiss)