Life's Little Blessings

On Thursday, Jim and I had our first Parent/Teacher conference for Eva. It was really strange for me to be on the other side of the conference, because I was pretty used to giving them but being the parent of the child that is recieving it. Eva is doing really well and growing by leaps and bounds. She is having a hard time listening and following the rules but she is the youngest child in the class, so it is more understandable. She is doing really well academically, she just needs a little help with writing the letters in her name more legiablly and recognizing the numbers. She knows all shapes except the square. But other than that she is doing GREAT. I was very nervous about the whole thing because I was concerned that Eva's teacher was going to tell me that she was a "bad" child. Which I know she isn't but she is alot like her dad, so we were really pleased how the conference turned out. We also are going to register her preschool for the fall, not sure if...

14 things that I am looking forward to this summer!!! 1. Just simply being outside as much as possible. I think the only time we will be inside is when it is naptime, mostly for Maggie. 2. Celebrating Eva's 4th birthday. Can't believe my little girl is going to be 4 and going into PreK this fall. 3. Celebrating Melanie's Baptism. 4. Going to Brookfield Zoo with my family. Last was so much with watching Eva look at all the animals and get so excited about them. This it will really great to see Maggie's reactions to everything. 5. Going to the beach at least once a month. There are so many beaches in the city. 6. Going to the "BIG" city.....chicago 7. Going to some baseball games with my sisters, mom and Jim. 8. Going to the Air and Water show 9. Going to some muesems like the Shedd 10. Hopefully take a long weekend to go visit my brother-in-law and sister-in-law in Ohio 11. Swimming 12. Spending as much time with my daughters and my ...

Jim with his cake while we sang "Happy Birthday".......yes I did put thirty candles on it Melanie, Eva and Jim Jim, Maggie and Melanie......Maggie wanted to hold Melanie all night it was way too cute. Today we really had a wonderful time celebrating Jim's 30th Birthday today. He said he doesn't really feel any older than he did when he was 29. My mom, stepdad, my Uncle Jim, Lorene, Melanie and Mary and Nathan, as well as Jim's mom Kathy and sister Beth, were apart of the festivites. Jim wanted me to make this 3 layer cake called 1-2-3-4 Cake by Paula Dean with his mom's homemade frosting, it acutally came out pretty could for my first time making a 3-layer cake. I think Jim's favorite thing about his birthday was when Eva sang him "Happy Birthday" to him when she woke up this morning. Melanie at 21 weeks old......sitting in a Maggie's excersaucer for the first time Nathan and Eva dancing to the songs in Mamma Mia Eva taking care of her bab...

Jim and I got a decent tax return and we already have recieved it. So we decided that we wanted to get the girls a new beds and get them out of their playpens. We have been looking for several months on the "perfect" one. We wanted it be sturdy and safe, since the last bed we had for them fell apart in our move last year. So the picture below is the bed we finally found and we both fell in love with it. I really love how it has the draws in the steps and under the bottom bunk. The girls room is very small so this will free up a lot of room in their bedroom. We will eventually get a small dresser for their room so their TV, dvd player and humdifier are off the floor. I will post pictures of the girls on the beds once it gets delivered and we put it together.

14 of my favorite pictures of my Maggie 1. Newborn Picture......2 days after she graced our lives. Another great joy, love and blessing in my life 2. Being so silly and having a blast durning bathtime 3. Being so affectionate......giving her 2 month old cousin Melanie kisses 4. Being bashful and trying to tell me enough with the camera mom 5. Going trick or treating for the FIRST time with mommy, daddy, grandma and big sister Eva 6. Passed out in the middle of Bob and Karen's Wedding Reception on 10-10-09 7. Maggie's FIRST haircut.....she wouldn't sit still because she was so nosey about what was going on around her. 8. Having a blast at Brookfield Zoo with my family. 9. All ready showing signs of an attitude and she is going to be trouble 10. First time in the pool and absoulately LOVED it 11. Just simply loving the outdoors.....just like her big sister Eva 12. Maggie on her FIRST Christmas.....she is sticking out her tounge and either Daddy or Grandma 13. Her...

When she first saw me The decorations that were on the wall behind the children while they were singing Standing in front of the ladybug she made So today was Eva's preschool Annual Valentine's Day Mothers' Tea. It was so wonderful. It was in the schools gym and there were tables that were decorated and each table had a the teachers name on them. So then I was able to find Eva's name and there was a seat for me. The places were set with a dessert for the kids and the moms. At the spots for the moms were special placemats, cards and gifts that were made by the children. There were three other classes besides Eva's that sang today. They sand 3 songs all together and then each class sang 2 songs. It was so much fun and it was a proud moment for me and I am so glad and proud to Eva's mom. Singing one of the her songs Part of her class So excited to sing and seeing me

I saw this idea on several other peopls's blogs. Where they would write about a certain number of things that they liked or that was their favorite books or whatever they wanted. One person did every topic that she was writing about with the number 5 and another person did the number 10. And they would pick a day of the week that they wanted. So I decided that I really liked this idea and so I picked the day of Friday because it seems that I really don't ever have anything going on this day. Then I picked the number 14 since I have a hard time narrowing things down. So the first "Friday Fourteen" is my 14 of my favorite pictures of my oldest daughter Eva, mind you I have way more than fourteen but I picked fourteen of them. 14 of my favorite pictures of my Eva 1. Eva 11 days after she has entered my life.......She is just a blessing. Aug 12, 2006(my 25th bday) 2. Her "FIRST" school picture.........Preschool, Gentle Learning Preschool 2009-2010 3. Eva's...