Happy Memorial Day!

Well, we had a great weekend at Todd's parents' house. I got to visit with my parents, too and really had a good time and visit! (See silly pics!) The kids got a lot of swimming in this weekend. It was our first time in the pool for this year. We had a great time. Sarah is a little fish! She didn't forget anything from last summer. She was holding her breath and putting her face in the water and "swimming" with her floaties on! It was great to see her so happy. She LOVED being in the pool. We swam Saturday and then she woke me up in the middle of the night asking to swim! It was so cute! And funny. Jason loved swimming, too. He had kind of forgotten a little bit because he hadn't swam in so long but he was diving in and jumping off the diving board before Saturday was over. We loved watching them. Jason got to have a few little friends over to swim with him and Sarah. They all had fun. It was a little crazy with all the kiddos in and out of the water and constantly counting them all, but they had a blast and so did we. It was nice to visit with a few friends and catch up! I also got to help my friend, Shanna decorate her house that's for sale! We went shopping on Saturday and picked out all new stuff for her bedroom and bathroom and then she and Carolyn & I went to her house and did a quick 2 hour makeover! It was like hgtv! I felt like a show host! The hardest part was seeing her have to take down all the personal photos of her family. That is a no-no when trying to sell your home and she knew it, but it's just hard to do it! I loved helping her though! Carolyn did too!

Still Partying...

Well, Jason actually turned nine last night! We've been partying for a week now and we still are a little bit! LOL We still have to celebrate with our family and friends from home and then it will be O V E R!!! He is so cute and we have enjoyed his birthday so much this year. He has truly appreciated all the fun things we've done. Around our house, you don't just get a birth DAY...you get a Birthday WEEK! Birthdays are really important to me. I want the kids to feel like they are extra special on their birthday and I usually go out of my way to show them a great time. Some people may think it's going overboard but everyone has their own style. My goal on every birthday for my babies is to make sure when they get tucked in on their birthday, they can go to sleep thinking "This was the best birthday I've ever had". We don't spend more money than the last year, we just try to do special things. Yesterday, Jason and Sarah & I had to take the car for an oil change before school and while they changed it at Wal-Mart, we had a birthday breakfast at McDonald's which Jason felt like was the ONLY reason we were there! Dropping the car off at the back entrance was like "VIP Parking" for him! LOL
Then, I took him to school. I had a bunch of car maintenance errands to run and then I picked up a kids' meal from Chick-fil-a and surprised him at school for lunch. He loved that. He was in line for "Steak" fingers and he saw me and jumped out and told his teacher "I'm not steak fingers anymore! My mom saved me!!!" It was hilarious! They get a choice every day and they have to tell the teacher before getting to the cafeteria so she can tell the lady "10 steak finger plates, 7 chicken burger plates" and it makes it go smoother. He was so thankful for those chicken nuggets yesterday! I also took him a few balloons and they were on the lunch table with us. He got to pick a friend to sit with us and we had a great lunch!
Afterwards, I left him for a little while so he could enjoy recess and I went to finish my errands. I came back around 2 and picked him up early. We went to get Sarah from her "Miss Tanna's" house and then headed home so he could practice his act for the talent show! It was also last night! Whew....
Then......he crashed on the couch. Too tired to party! LOL
I woke him up around 4:45 and made him get dressed so we could go to the talent show which has been the most anticpated event of his life! He was so funny! He helped pick out the perfect "rocker" outfit and made me fix his hair really spikey in the front. He was going for the whole package, here, people!
We had to meet Todd at the school because he was out of town all day yesterday for work and was running late but he made it right as the show was fixing to start, so Jason was excited! The talent show was great! All of the kids were so cute and some were extremely talented! I was amazed. Jason was the 14th act so it took a while for him to go on. When he did....it was awesome! Moms and Dads all over the room had jaws dropped and big eyes as they could not believe this little kid rockin' out on the electric guitar with songs they could actually tell what they were! He made a "Rock Combo" of about 6 songs mixed together to make one great song! It was cool. Everyone loved it and when he was finished....everyone was screaming and clapping...not just clapping! He was on top of the world! That was the best birthday present he could have gotten was to get to perform for a huge audience! HE LOVED IT! He did say he was nervous and shaking, but we couldn't tell and he played perfectly!
After the talent show was over, it was about 7:15. We headed to Chuck E. Cheese! Me and Todd and Jason and Sarah were like little kids! We played and played until almost 9 and ate pizza and just had a great time! I took pictures of the "chuck e" sketches we got in the photo booth. They are great! I especially love mine & Todd's! LOL The only way I could get him to do it was to make a goofy face. That's my man! LOL
After I was worn out from all the playing, we left to come home. We still had not given him his "real" present yet which was a bicycle. I had it hidden in my bathroom and he knew he was getting one for his birthday but on the way home I told him I never got to go get it because Daddy was out of town yesterday and he has to pick it up and that we would go get it "tomorrow". He was okay with that plan but was really surprised and excited when we rolled it out right before he was going to bed! I took him outside and let him ride up and down the street for about 15 minutes while I watched him. He was so excited. We had so much fun watching him.
Kids are such a blessing and we are so thankful for both of ours. Seeing their little faces light up just puts a smile on mine! On the way home last night, Jason reached over and hugged me and said' "this was the best birthday ever and you are the best mommy ever" and I nearly cried. That makes it worth it all!
I hope you all have a great holiday weekend! Love to all! Sharon

Sunny Picnic

This is the sweetest picture of my two sweeties!!!!

Today, Todd had to get some work done at home on the computer so I took the kids and my new picnic basket and loaded up for a picnic in the park. We had so much fun. I took them to the big park with ALLLL the fun stuff to do. It was great! We had a picnic and they were so sweet. Then, we played on the swingset for a long time . Afterwards, we went to Target where Jason wanted to spend some birthday money and gift cards he had from his party. He even bought Sarah a toy. (I paid for most of it, but he wanted to get it for her!) She got a babydoll with a little stroller and he got a remote control Dodge Challenger which he was really excited about. The batteries cost almost as much as the toy! LOL He had fun playing with it all afternoon. Sarah took her new baby to bed with her tonight!



After the kids went to bed tonight, me and 2 gal pals of mine went to the movies! We went to see "What Happens in Vegas" and it was HILARIOUS! I loved it! We had so much fun! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! Love, Sharon

Jason had his sleepover! I survived. We started by taking 2 friends home from school with us. They all started playing as soon as we got in the car! They were determined to have the time of their lives and I was determined to let them! They were all so funny! At 5:30 everyone came over and we had pizza and then cake and ice cream and then Jason opened presents. At 7:00, we took Sarah to our friends house so they could let her stay the night with their little girl. She loved it! She had the best time ever! Then, we took the boys to see SPEED RACER at the movies at 8:00! Todd, me and FIVE little boys. It was such fun. The movie was great! I really liked it, too! Then, we got home around 10:45 and we all headed into the house for the "Disgusting Popcicle Contest!" They kids LOVED this. I had measured out in little cups the following: Dill Pickle Juice, Sweet Pickle Juice, Orange Juice, Cinnamon, Shredded Cheese, 1000 Island Dressing, Italian Dressing and Hot Sauce! They took turns making popcicles which were numbered so I wouldn't know who's was who's. They each had to choose 3 ingredients and mix it and then write down what they put in them so we would know what won the most disgusting. And believe me .....those ingredients make for some pretty gross popcicles! Really nasty! We put them in the freezer overnight and then started making our own pillowcases. They really liked this and I didn't know if boys would get into it, but they did and they loved it! I had fabric markers and white pillowcases and they had a contest. Afterwards, they just played video games, ate a bunch of junk food and then curled up in the living room to watch a movie until they FINALLY went to sleep around 2 a.m.! When I woke up this morning, one of the boys was already awake at 6:30! He started waking the others by 8 a.m. by hitting them with pillows. I started on their "Speed Racer" Breakfast. Speed Racer's mom made pancakes all the time so that's what we had. I set the table for them and made homemade pancakes, sausage patties and bacon! They loved it and ate REALLY good! After breakfast, I had to taste the disgusting popcicles! ICK! The winner was the Hot Sauce Italian Dill Pickle Popcicle! GROSSS! After that, they went outside and had a jump-rope contest and then played Guitar Hero until their moms picked them up one by one! I took about a 1 hour nap afterwards! Whew! I'm still not fully recovered!

Go, Speed Racer, Go!

Jason's real birthday isn't until May 22nd, but that didn't stop him from blowing out candles and enjoying presents!

Sarah was not at all intimidated by the house full of boys!

Make a wish!

Hanging out!

Thanks for all the great presents!!!!

Mom & Dad got me a cell phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yucky Popcicles!!!!!!!

Pillowcase Contest Brennen won the pillowcase contest!!!

All ready for bed!!!
Yeah right!

They finally passed out!!!

A brekfast fit for a speed racer!!!

Jason gave everyone a concert after breakfast!!!