Hey everyone! Happy Wednesday! It's chilly today, but at least it's sunny!:)

We had a nice weekend. I also took Ethan to our favorite jumping place, Jumpits, for a birthday party for a girl in Ethan's PreK class:) He was the only boy from the class that came, but that's ok!;)

He has a girlfriend named "Addison" and she was there. He played with her the whole time and her mom and I kept giggling at them:) On the way home, Ethan told me that Addison is his girlfriend and so is Isabel lol!!

Ignore the bottom of the swing set, I've been digging around it since we are going to put a drain in and move the swing set. It's still safe to play on, but it's such a mess. Anyway, Elly looked hilarious climbing up the rock wall the other day. She was laughing so hard while she was doing it! I know from the picture it looks like she needs help, but she was totally doing that on purpose. I think she was trying to copy the movie Frozen from the scene where Anna was trying to climb the mountain lol!! 

Ethan pushing Elly around in the doll stroller. Such a good big brother!:)

Making cookies together:)

Everyday when we get Ethan from school, they run to each other and do this...:)

On Monday I had a Dentist appointment in Canton and I took Elly with me. I was so nervous about taking her with me, but I figured she would be fine sitting in the chair and I brought lots for her to do. When the Hygienist got me, she looked shocked that I brought Elly..almost a look like, "um, are you serious?" Maybe that's just my insecurities, but still. Right away I had to get some x-rays done and Elly was not allowed in there with me because of the radiation. We turned Sofia on in the room and I sat Elly in the chair and told her I would be right back and she freaked! At this point I was so embarrassed and thinking I may have to reschedule. Thankfully, someone from the front desk sat with her until the x-rays were done. After that she was completely fine and quiet while I had my normal cleaning/exam. She was actually really good and sat in the chair the entire time. 

After my appointment, we drove to Woodstock to my grandparents house. My sister works for them Mon. - Fri. so Elly and I went to visit her and my grandparents and then out to lunch at their everyday spot, Wendy's lol!

Elly petting their fluffy white cat

My sister and Elly petting the fluffy white cat.

Elly telling her Great Nana a story. Lol she looks kind of nervous...and Nana looks so interested!

Elly and me:)

Oh and I accidentally locked my keys in my car when we were at Wendy's. That was the first time ever!! I called Matt about 20 times, but he was at work so didn't see my calls, and finally just decided to call a locksmith. 

My sister came back after dropping my grandparents off at their house and we tried to unlock it with a coat hanger, but failed. 

Long story short, the locksmith took 2 1/2 hours and charged me $187. My father-in-law got out of all of his obligations that day, went to the store to buy a car seat and drove 45 min. to get Ethan from school since I was stuck! Thank goodness for him!! 

The good thing is that our insurance was covered for roadside assistance, so we are being reimbursed the $187!! 

And a very Happy Happy Birthday to my dear friend, Amy!!! (on Monday!)

On another note, I registered my little boy for Kindergarten yesterday!! I can't even believe it!! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend and is having a great week! 

Gloomy Days, Go Away!!

Anyone else ready for some sunshine!?! Holy Moly! I don't know how much more of this overcast I can take! I am so unmotivated when it's like this outside and my house is screaming for me to clean and organize it, again! I do it every.single.day yet it still manages to get in a wreck with the blink of an eye:) So, I'm thinking if I blog about it, it will motivate me because I just admitted my house is a mess. That usually seems to do the trick;)

So, yesterday I got my hair cut.

This was the cut I was going for...the length...the layers...exactly what I wanted. I took this picture and showed the hairdresser. 

and.....

....this is it! I asked her to cut 3 inches off and she cut 6...

Doesn't really look anything like the picture.....

Before and after. The before is all natural...I did nothing at all to my hair. Just brushed it after I washed it and let it air dry. 

Even though it is way shorter than I expected, I love it! It's also pretty much all my natural hair color, too. I haven't put any color in it since Jan. 2013, so pretty much all that was cut off, was the colored hair.  So, despite the gloomy weather...I am still feeling better to get all the extra weight of my hair off:) Now, to get my husband to like it;)

On a side note....is this not so funny?! Elly does this every now and then. She'll lay on the couch with her drink and fall asleep. Hand in armpit...of course;) 

Well, I better go clean my house now!!;)

Have a great day!!

Weekend!

On Saturday, we went to my parents' house and spent some time there with them. They are moving, so we had our own personal garage sale to go through. We came home with a trunk full of things;) 

Matt and Elly on the porch. Matt always has one of their two dogs on his lap while we are there:) This is Elly's favorite, Ava.

Relaxing on the porch after playing in the yard. 

My parents live in a cul-de-sac with lots of kids, so Ethan loves to be able to play with all of them when we visit. 

This is Ethan and his friend Ian, the one he always talks about.:)

Running to the swing set

My grandparents, my mom, and Elly sitting on the deck. Elly was telling them a story and I walked out and she said, "Oh, there's my Kelsey" haha

Ethan stayed the night which was very spontaneous! All he had was what he was wearing, but he was having so much fun and didn't want to leave, so we let him stay and my dad brought him back Sunday morning. After we left they had dinner and went in the backyard and had a fire. My mom sent me this picture of Ethan playing the guitar. My little cutie;) 

St. Patrick's Day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!! I'm not sure why, but I normally couldn't care less about this day, but this year I wanted to be more festive! After all, my kids will only be young for so long and I want to make every little holiday a little more fun so they can have these memories:) I also love their faces when I give them something to build or paint, and when they get a treat from the Leprechaun;) 

Building and painting a Leprechaun house on Sunday:) We just used an old shoe box and some craft sticks and hot glued them on. Then, the fun part..painting it!!

The Leprechaun came on Sunday night!!

He turned the milk green and he also used the potty and the water in the toilet was green...Ethan and Elly loved that;)

They were so excited!!!!

For breakfast they had the green milk and green pancakes! It was so fun to make these this morning!

Ethan eating the green cake batter pancakes!! (If you want the recipe, click the link. They were so yummy!!)

Elly and I went to Ethan's school for their "Taste the Rainbow Party". 

Elly pretending she's in the class lol. We brought the carrots:) 

Sitting together eating a snack:)

What a fun day! 

Hope everyone had a great weekend!! 

Thanks for reading:)

Jump, Jump, Jump Around!!

Hi everyone!
Just an update on some things we've been doing this week! Hope everyone is doing well and getting used to the time change! I am having a hard time with it, as well as Ethan and Elly! It's hard for them to continue going to bed at 7:30 when it is still light outside. Hoping next week will be better:)

Wednesday one of Elly's friends came over in the morning to play for a few hours while her dad was at the doctor with her little brother and mom was at work. They had a tea party (with water), sang every single song on Frozen (really need to get the soundtrack for Elly!), we painted nails, and I took them on a walk.  Oh, and played dress up. Typical girls;)

Then Elly brought a stool over and stood on it and just started singing for us.....never gets old haha!! 

On Thursday we met up with our good friends at Jumpits! (Elly posing for the camera before we left!)

My friend Amy and her sweet daughter, Morgan!:)

Me with the girls...just love these two!:)

Elly and her BFF Morgan:)

Morgan, Landen, and Elly before we left!

Sweet Landen and Elly bouncing:)

Ethan has always enjoyed coloring and he does it just about everyday, but lately he has started drawing! It is so cute! This is one he drew of a tree, a building, a house and him and his "best friend Ian":)

Obviously I love coffee, but I am always trying new brands and new flavors. Between Matt and me, we go through an entire bag this size in one week. Anyway, this is one of my favorites!! At Kroger it is normally $7.99, but it was on sale with the Kroger card for $5.99! Score!! Yum! I told Matt it's like heaven in a cup;)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!

Oh and just because my dad is a high school Math teacher....Happy Pi Day!!

Dr. Seuss Spirit Week

This week was Dr. Seuss Spirit Week at Ethan's school. Ethan participated everyday and had a lot of fun with it!

Monday was "dress up as your favorite Dr. Seuss character":

I literally came up with this about 5 min. before we needed to leave on Monday morning. I cut out a circle and wrote "THING 1" on it. Ok..I know it looks like a "2", but I tried to copy it just like it was written....see...

haha close enough;) 

The students in Ethan's class who dressed up:) Love that they had the blue hair for Ethan and his friend who was "THING 2":)

Tuesday was "Tacky Tuesday":

I let Ethan pick out what he was going to wear. He has his baseball cleats on, different socks, baseball pants, red shirt under a tie dye shirt;)

Wednesday was "Wacky Hair Day":

I winged this one also. I just put a bunch of product in his hair and blow dried it up. It did look pretty funny haha! Then he wore his Jake bandanna. 

Just for fun: This is how I did Ethan's hair for their last spirit week's wacky hair day before Christmas Break;)

 Thursday was "Hat Day":

I think he looks super cute in this one:) Matt wanted him to wear his hat for this day...so cute:) 

Friday was "Pajama and Bring Your Favorite Book Day":

We had a great week and hope everyone else did also!! 

Have a great weekend!