So a few people have asked me about my blog so I've decided to come back into the world wide web and talk about how great my kids are :) ha ha ha

 

It took a long time to get Buzz Lightyear in his costume but I forced him to put it on and he cried for about 10 minutes... Once he got candy and didn't have to wear the mask it was the best night of his life.

Xmas tree cutting

Love the snowmans ear muffs :) Maggie's greatest day ever!

Maggie got a tea set for xmas and so she invited her friends over for a tea party.  Look who didn't want to join.  You cant see but he has his hulk smash gloves on and hes beating on the door. "HULK SMASH TEA PARTY"

I'm 3 years old!

 What a milestone we've hit.  Seanie is 3 years old and a totally different kid.  Last year at his birthday he threw a ton of tantrums, took his cupcake and ran circles around it in the corner and never took a bite.  He also has never opened a present.  Yes very strange!!!!  This year he is making eye contact, smiling, ate his cupcake and opened his 1st present ever.  Whew!!!  He is semi-normal...

Boys and trucks! 

Yes!  My 1st present I've opened!

Nana got to visit with us and her new tradition is making Halloween cookies with Maggie.

I am thankful for my eyes!

 I've been playing soccer for almost 30 years and this is by far the worst injury I've ever had. A ball ricocheted from a shot off another player and straight into my eye.. I had no time to react and it literally hit my eyeball.  I fell to my knees but got up and got some ice and was looking for my contact (I think it stuck to the ball) cause I could never find it. I opened my eye and couldn't see except for a creamy color.  Sean picked me up and took me to the ER. Luckily Sean's mom was here visiting so she could stay home with the kids. Sean and I laughed and prayed at the same time all the way to the ER and he's so good at making bad situations seem ok. I was in the room with the doc for a minute and he was doing an eye test on me when I asked "Is this not good?" and he said "No, Im calling the opthamologist". What a panic!!! My mom and Sean stayed with me while we waited an hour for the opthamologist who was probably at home in bed. They tried to calm me down but I was in such a state of panic.  I mean this is my eye.  I need my eye..... My mom finally called my friend's mom Linda ("the big guns" "the professional prayer")

I was on the phone with her as she powerfully prayed for the opthamologist to have wisdom and to get there quick and for my eye to make a full recovery. In an instant I could see my mom's purse (blurry) but I felt a sense of calm. I see a handsome doctor with a briefcase (old school) and he is my doctor who did a thorough job looking at my eye and was very smart and knowledgable.  I had hyphema (which is bleeding of the eye). What a crazy night that ended up being but such a blessing in disguise.  I got to "see" a miracle happen and realize my distrust that I have in God even though I have a relationship with him and I pray to him.  I also got to have some great talks with my mom which was awesome and my mother in law who is a nurse took awesome care of me and my kids.  It's been a week and half and I was supposed to be on bed rest with taking lots of eye drops which has kept my left eye dialated and with blurry vision.  Then Maggie got the stomach flu and I prayed I wouldn't get it because it would strain my eye.

 Sean and I both didn't get the stomach flu thank goodness but my eye is taking a little bit longer to heal.  Maybe I need some rest from working out all the time.  Maybe I needed to spend more time resting instead of going.  But.... I am sooo thankful for my eyes!!!

Big change of subject....................
Picture 2:  picture of Maggie on the 1st day of Kindergarten.

My sensory issue kid exploring with finger paint.  This is his first time not getting upset by it on his fingers.

 How awesome is this black widow with her egg of babies?  It was in our front yard by our hose... Glad we caught it before the babies hatched.

Tough mudder in Tahoe where you get shocked, jump in an ice bath, and get muddy for almost 12 miles. It was awesome and fun and this was a week before my eye injury...

summer pics

 Maggie and I went on a girls only date and we decided to pee wee golf.  We are no Tiger Woods but we sure could throw the ball in the castle and laugh a lot.

I know plenty of adult men are sooo jealous right now.  You wish that you could go motorcycle riding in your underwear.  Well, you cant!  But 2 yr olds can.  He can even go pee on it too if he wants......

This is such a perfect description of the type of personalities I'm dealing with on a daily basis.  Nuts and crazy hair and no shirts and making ice cream milkshakes!!!!  Wow!  

So if your having a bad day.... feel free to zoom in and take a good look at Seanie's face.  That's what we do around here.  We zoom in and take a good look at his glare and my day feels so much better!  This is alot better then him putting his hands over his face or crying!

4th of July and sleeping

 I would love to have a hidden video camera in the rooms as the kids fall asleep.  There is so much noise, singing, laughing and playing before bedtime.  Maggie puts her babies in her shirt (pretending to be pregnant), and puts gloves on because she has "owwies" on her fingers.

 In Seanie's room I hear lots of sirens going off and train noises.  Whats funny is that his room is pitch black so I don't know how he goes around and finds toys... Sometimes he yells, "Mommy, I wanna rock you".  So we rock and sing and then I ask him..."Are you my baby?" He says, "Noooooo, I a handsome boy".... A couple more months and I'm getting rid of the rocking chair.  No more baby... :(

These pictures were from 4th of July that I never posted... They got to use sparklers and they did pretty good.   We also went to the 4th of July parade which was really fun this year. Maggie made a friend and Seanie loved all the police, fire trucks, and military floats...

I hope you can scroll down and actually play the video.  I've tried numerous times to put videos on here and it never works. Doug put on a 4th of July show for us and Seanie's emotions were well worth him staying up for it.  He laughed, cried, was scared (or just bi-polar)...

more pics

Since my last post didn't work with the pictures...  this is the Barbie one I mentioned in my last post.

Me and my brothers at Buffalo Bills.  I can't remember the last time I was just with my brothers... They go out a lot together but I usually have the kids...  blurry picture.

 I got the privilege of watching my nephew Aidan overnight and he watched me do workout... He grabbed the weights and started counting at "58, 59, 60..." ha ha ha... we had a blast!!!

This was the picture that was supposed to be 1st in the last post... :) half moon bay

We went to the beach and I took this pic on my iphone.  Maggie and Gabe (I can't imagine what their talking about). On the way to the beach they talked about getting married but Maggie said she was going to marry Daniel so he was very disappointed.  Maggie was playing princess wedding with her dolls and the Ariel and Prince Eric were getting married and their kids were the bridesmaids and groomsmen.  My mom asked her "How can they have kids already but their not married yet?" Maggie: "Oh, Nonna they just forgot".  I got a good reminder about how much she watches my every move.  We went to Sprouts and I let a lady go in front of me cause she had one thing in her hand and she told me later, "mom, that was very nice of you to do that". Then we went to Safeway about a week later and I got a shopping cart for another older lady and about 5 minutes later... "Mom, that was so nice that you got that lady a shopping cart". Oh and when I called someone an idiot in the car I got... "Mom that was not nice to call someone that bad word... that was so mean". Well idiot is way better than something I would've said BK (before kids).. I'm just getting called out left and right for good and bad things I do.  I asked her if she was going to be the hall monitor in Kindergarten and she said "What are you talking about Mooommm?"

Is this normal?

Sorry I can't figure out how to turn this picture around (which is probably best) so you'll have to twist your neck to get a good glimpse of my son with Barbies.  I asked what they were doing and he said "Naked wrestling" which is one of his favorite things to do.  I make him and his sister wear underwear now so don't report me for my creepy behavior.  Some of Seanie's talents and interests besides "wrestling" is jumping on the trampoline, playing on the ipad, jumping off couches and chairs and big boulders in Lake Tahoe.  He also likes to make people gasp and say, "Oh my gosh... your son is going to give me a heart attack". I'm so used to that comment that I just laugh.  He also likes to wear underwear a lot.  He can wear them for long stretches of time until he holds his butt and goes, "Uh oh I need a diaper Mommy". So I get him a diaper and he poops in it and then he goes back to wearing underwear.  He also sits on the toilet makes a peeing sound from his mouth and flushes the toilet.  Were getting close (I think).