Sigh...April update

Wow. I am SO far behind. Here is my attempt at updating the blog. These are pictures from April.

As you can see the Mario obsession continues. I swear. Some days if I have to hear the word Mario one more time I might go insane.

Veronica turned 4 months old. She is getting to be SO big. I can't believe that my baby is almost 1/2 a year old. I can't believe it has gone by so fast!

We went up to WV. Eric's Grandma turned 80years old. We finally got to introduce her to everyone on Eric's moms side. She was really excited to finally meet her. We met up with Uncle Chris and he was on kid duty at one point. We started the morning with a soccer game, Nate's first, and drove up afterwards. Poor Nate. He ate WAY to many cake balls and ended up throwing up all over the table and floor at the party. Luckily we came prepared with pj's. Did it stop him though? Nope. He still ran around like a crazy kid!

Aidan has the same soccer coach from last year and really enjoys it. Nate, not so much. I think he preferred to be thrown around. He is on the same team as Aidan so that works out well. One practice time and one game time. Next season Aidan will be in the next age group. Lots more traveling to do!

Aidan learned to swing on his own! We bought a swingset for the backyard. We have to start him, but after that he can pump his legs and swing all by himself! Saves me some arm work! I need to get Veronica a swing for the backyard as well. I am sure she would love it. The question though is where to hang it.

I really love our street. There was a joint Easter egg hunt up and down the road. It was fun! There were about 7 houses, lots of food, candy, music, dancing. It is so nice to live on a street with other kids!

Well....down below are a gagillion photos from the past month. Sigh...I need to get better at this. Maybe weekly updates!

When a 3year old says no, you should listen!

We don't typically get the boys hair cut on a regular basis. Well, we do, but it is every few months. Today was that day. We thought that if we bribed with the promise of ice cream, it wouldn't be a challenge. Boy howdy were we wrong!

Nate flipped OUT! We should have known that when he stopped dead in his tracks at the door of the salon it wouldn't be a fun time. We had to push him into the place. It was raining and I didn't feel like getting V and I soaked.

Then the screaming began. It was a children's salon, t.v.'s, video games, cartoons, movies. Did any of that keep him occupied? NOPE.






Poor Eric literally had to restrain him in the chair. It has a buckle on it, but Nate was pushing back so hard we were scared he would push the chair over and he almost did! I am truly shocked that he doesn't have bruises on his arms. He didn't start freaking out until the cut had begun, so that is why we continued with it.

So after he went insane and acted possessed for a while, he was fine. He was done, breathing heavy and the stylist said "What do you want? A cookie? A lollipop? A toy?"

Nate's response "ICE CREAM!" "Vanilla" (all said while panting and trying to catch his breath)





At least we are done for the next couple of months! Maybe one day he will sit still long enough to get a normal haircut.

My blogging abilities, or lack there of.

So. It has been pointed out that I have not updated this since October of last year.

OOPS.

Like I said i stink at this, but I plan on getting better here...maybe.

Since the last time I wrote, we now have three kiddos, hence the name change. The boys really accept her nicely. We never had that whole "I don't want her phase." Nate is slightly obsessed with her. Every time I have her or he sees her he runs up and says "Baby Veronica ok?" It is cute, but tiring always answering the same question.

This is how it goes:
N: "Baby Veronica ok?"
Me: "Yes, Nate. She is ok."
N: "Oh."

Then there is the issue of her eating. She is breastfed. Neither boy EVER took a bottle, so I decided not to push the issue with her. Well, honestly, I never even tried. Just one year out of my life. I am around anyway, so why not?

According to Aidan though the brown thing on my tummy is gross. Lovely huh? Way to make you feel good! And Nate knows that "Baby Veronica eat baby food"

But today we had a Cheese-it issue. Nate shoved one in her mouth, Baby Veronica does not like cheese-its. Thanks Nate.

So from this day forward I vow to update this blog on a semi regular basis.

My kids are pretty darn cool and everyone needs to know this!

Umm. Seriously. April??

See. I am totally not good at this whole blogging thing. I kind of stink. I have work and two kiddos. I am not sure why I figured i could keep up with this silly thing.
Anywho.

Let's see...you know I am pregnant. But what you don't know is it is a girl! Woo hoo! Go us! So excited. I finally get to have pink and purple in my world. We jsut finished decorating the nursery with butterfly decals. It is rather cute if I do say so myself. I will have to post pictures once we finally clean the room up.

Anyway. I have no idea what to say since it has been so long. So I think this one shall be super short and I will just have to start fresh from here.

Spring time has finally came.

Easter was good this year. There was thing at his preschool with the kids singing songs and an egg hunt afterwords. We also went to an Easter Egg hunt at Latta Plantation. Then my dad had an egg hunt on Easter. Needless to say I won't have to buy plastic eggs for years to come.

Aidan has spring break this week and it has been tricky trying to find things to do. We have gone to the park almost EVERY day, played in the back yard, watched movies, played with blocks, gardened. I have no idea how we are going to survive the summer. I wish Nate was older so we could go to a movie. I think he would go bananas in the theater. Aidan saw Shrek 3 when he was younger than Nate, but I think he isn't as crazy.

Luckily this week my friend came over with her kids and provided some entertainment for the munchkins. Sprinkler balls are awesome. My camera is downstairs so I will have to post pics later.

Another thing that has made this week bearable has been McDonalds. Yup, some good old HappyMeals to make the kids happy. Nothing calms the savage beasts like a happy meal with a dragon in it. :) (One day Aidan asked for a happy Happy Meal. I didn't know there were sad Happy Meals.)

Well that is my update for now.

Such a slacker, but the weather has me in the mood.

So the weather here in Charlotte has been FABULOUS!!! We have been playing a lot in our backyard. It is taking forever trying to clear it out, but it looks like we might actually achieve a cleared spot soon.

The kids love to play in a cage that we found in the back. The neighbors said they kept dog toys in it. I don't know. Sounds kind of creepy to me. Aidan loves it though, so it is still up.

We have found other random things in the back:
a dog tie out thing that you tie the chain to and it twist into the ground-like an anchor
an old Frisbee
a football
a rotten children wooden bench
and an octopus. Not a real one. an old dog toy.
Sunday we found a snake and Eric ran over a salamander with the tiller.


So. We have decided to make a vegetable garden. It is my newest obsession. I think we might be taking on too big of a challenge.

To plant we have: Corn, eggplant, cucumbers, cow peas(not sure what they are, but they are purple), green beans, snow peas, fennel, swiss chard (yet again-don't know what to do with it, but it's pretty), squash, lettuce, carrots, and two types of tomatoes. The garden is 13x13 so maybe this will work out.

(Pretilled garden area)

(Aidan the Farmer)

This is Chalky the Bird. Chalky is part of our birdbath(something ELSE left in our yard from the previous owners) The kids color him with chalk EVERY time we go outside now. So I named him Chalky.

Why yes, Nate is becoming super duper adorable. He now like to tilt his head down, yet look up at you and grin. He is going to be a heart breaker when he gets older. Girls out there are not going to know what is coming!

Woooowwwwwww

Nate and Aidan

Aidan (shirt by Uncle Chris)

Nate...CHEESE!!!

Wheeeeeee!!!

Me and Nate

So yeah. It has been a LONG time huh. Don't know where to begin so I am going to pretend to catch up.

1. We had Thanksgiving...my turkey rocked

2. We moved. (still have boxes in garage)

3. We had Christmas. Yeah for family, friends, and presents!

4. New Year-in bed by 11pm

5. Pneumonia-me (still coughing)
6. Sinus infections-Aidan and Nate (cleared up)
7. Ear infection- Nate (cleared up)

There ya go!

Now that I am caught up, all pics are now uploaded on computer, and we do not have dial up maybe I can keep this thing updated!