January 2014.... off to a new start. Blog posts every day ;)

Yes, I know it's January 5th and I should have started 5 days ago, but we are still on Christmas Vacation lazy time schedule so there :)

We have had a good day today. We took all electronics away from the kids so they had to do chores and just play with their toys. Was rather interesting. We also too them sledding, in the little snow that was left at the high school here. They had fun, I think. Few pictures from the past few days to follow.

We made churros for desert today.

Miss P. has decided to be on a health kick.

Jay made a BLT sandwich on New Years day that he had been waiting to make since he woke up. The dog, Olivia, sat like this the whole time he ate, hoping he would drop something on the floor for her to eat, lol. We love that dog to death.

Until tomorrow. I might let the kids write something ;)

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Mosquito bites

I hate them! Loath them with a passion stronger than any passion I have. They make my go completely crazy, bonkers if like to call it that. I got those on my legs yesterday as we ventured out as a family to the Fantastic Umbrella Factory (FUF)in Charlestown, RI. It had been raining, and started to rain again as we were there. The FUF being an open "farm" so to speak was the perfect breeding ground for Mosquitos and they just couldn't resist my fantastically sweet blood. Oh how I loath them, as I sit here and itch beyond believe! 

The FUF was a fantastic place to take the family and we need to go again soon, both when its not raining, and no one in the family has a potty accident! Hard to believe that my almost 8 year old still has potty accidents. Just goes to show how unfocused and little attention span she has unfortunately. The FUF has a bamboo forest (that's where to accident happened) which is one of the most beautiful places I have been to in a long time. I must take my camera with me next time I go, make sure both kids have gone potty and lather butt ton of OFF! on my legs! 

--> speaking off, did I mention how much I'm ITCHING!!! <--

Anywho, I'm going to let this be enough for the time being. Big Brother is on, my bottle of Sam Adams Summer Ale is open and I need to focus on something else than my bites. 

SRT

Wordless Wednesday

Tomorrow

I'm going to start taking care of me! I spend all my time taking care of others and forget to be me, forget to take care of me. The only thing I do for myself every day is make a cup of coffee for myself in the morning. I'm going to start being a little selfish and do what makes me happy. I think that is a good plan. We will see how tomorrow goes and I'll tell you about my "selfish" adventures ;)

Summer Vacation

We are spending it by the pool most days :)

Last day of school

As the title says, today is last day of school in our city. It's a bitter sweet moment as we say goodbye to Kindergarten for Mr. Man as he enters 1st grade, and Miss P will be entering 3rd grade. As a parent, and ore so as a teacher, I'm extremely exited for 3rd grade for Miss P, the changes, the challenges. They are no longer babies just learning their ABCs or learning simple math. This next school year will bring multiplication and division, cursive writing, more detailed science and social studies. Mr. Man also has a LOT of changes ahead of him. Going from half day kindergarten to a full day brings lots of changes for my little sensitive boy. The lunch room, being all day in school, homework and more to name few. I just hope his principle will consider my request to move him to the teacher I requested for him.

Today is field day at school and I was there this morning helping out. It was fun and I got to talk to one of the 3rd grade teachers which was nice. I was lucky enough to have Miss P's class as the first class on my station :)

Love,

Mrs. T

Planning a Disney trip without the kids knowing....

yeah, it's both a lot of fun and a LOT of stress, lol. I hate having secrets, I am the worst person to keep secrets away from the people I love, especially my kids so keeping this away from my kids for this long has been hell! I have 7 more days to go and then we can let the cat out of the bag. Trip has been planned, everything has been booked, dinners have been reserved and most breakfasts and lunches also. It is our first trip to Disney World and I feel all I'll be doing is eat eat and EAT! Is that was most people do when they go to Disney do, EAT?

But it will be so much fun and so worth it to see the look on their face. See, to give you guys the back story, those who do not know, my husband won the Showcase Showdown on the Price is Right last year and due to being deployed we missed out on going on the trip he won to Ireland. The awesome people at CBS told us that we had 8k to play with, we could pick any place in the world, just name it and they would make a trip for us. We thought about trip for the two of us to Paris, or some exotic place. Then I though, why not surprise the kids with a trip to Disney World as they have not had a vacation EVER and they have missed their daddy for a year now. So I asked the great people at CBS if that was possible, if they could make a great package to Disney World for all four of us instead of just the two of us. Of course that was no problem, and since we had so much money to play with and we were not traveling overseas we are able to go rather grand, stay in a Deluxe Resort in the Park, get upgraded room, get deluxe dining package etc, so the only thing we need to think of is tips and souvenirs! We haven't told the kids a THING! Been able to keep the lips tight locked on this one for almost four weeks now which is a monstrous record for me alone!

We wont tell them a thing until the morning off. They think we have to drive their grandma to the airport, but there we are going to hand them a letter that says, "we are going to Disney World" and video tape the reaction, lol. I can't wait to see it, I just can't wait!! I don't know if I can't wait those seven days we have left!!!! I'm about to burst.......