With a bit of Sadness

Well, once in a while I look at the kids and think, "They have grown again!" I have thought that lately with Marybeth and Daisy. John has become more of a bean pole. Taylor... I have been noticing that all her 5T clothing is starting to get too tight. It didn't really hit me until yesterday afternoon while passing the baby/toddler section. I am out of that section now all together. I had a bit of sadness over this fact. I don't know why... because I so don't want another kid. I just guess I came to the realization that they are all really growing up. Some times it is hard to think of Tay as almost 5 with all the problems she has.

Well, I just thought I would share that.

Twilight

So I have become a Twilight fan! I did not think at first that I would like the series because I am not a big Vampire fan in the first place. But I had a friend let me borrow the first book. She swore I would love them. And she was right. I loved reading and talking with friends at work about the books. I think Stephanie Meyers did a really good job on these books and I am so addicted now! Just thought I would share.

Our Week

The last week of February had John's birthday in it. My little man turned 6 this year. I can't believe how big all the kids are getting. When he first woke up I gave him a couple things I had found walking around work, one was a Transformer cup. The other was the shirt he is wearing in the picture. He had been asking me for a Batman shirt. So when I found this one on clearance I could not pass it up. After he got home from school Willie took us to a birthday lunch at Wendy's. (That is where John Boy wanted to go.) After we got home Willie gave him the scooter. He was very excited about it.
We went to Grandma's house for dinner. John wanted a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and stars. So Shania (our niece) made this cake for him.
We had to remind Taylor not to blow out the candles. She gets over excited and on Daisy's birthday she blew them out for Daisy. But John seemed to have trouble this year blowing out his own candles. He had to take several big breaths.
John is becoming a big time lego fan. He likes the kits and makes the actual kit a couple of times. Then he takes them apart and makes his own planes and boats. (This past weekend Daisy and John spent a lot of time making there own trucks and boats and playing together. They are the 2 really creative ones. Mary tends to stick with the instructions)
We got John a new Leapster. He had one that we bought him about 3 years ago. But it is getting pretty hammered and sometimes does not work. But it was well worth the money spent. He has learned a lot from it, and he loves to play it. I got him a new game to go with it too. It is a Tomas the Train game... it his helping him work on time as well as other things.
John is a boy of many likes. Being a cowboy is high on his list of likes. Shania got him his first cowboy hat. He was so excited because he has been wanting one really bad. I am going to go get his picture taken on my next pay check. I will post them as soon as I do.
Taylor has just gotten threw another ear infection. It burst again, second time since Christmas. So the doctor is thinking that tubes would be a good idea for her. Because she will not tell me for a long time that her ears hurt so that she does not have to take medicine. So in the picture above you probably see a sweet angle. Don't let her fool you. One day this week John started calling for me from the kitchen. When I went in to see what was going on I saw sparks coming from the microwave. Then I saw flames. I found out that Leapster games can survive being washed in a pair of pants but they do not survive the microwave or being on fire. Not sure what she was thinking when she put it in the microwave... but I am laughing about it now that its been a few days.
My comic relief this weekend was this little cat chasing the big dog in the picture below. Tigger really does not like dogs being in our yard. In fact she even stalks dogs that are on a leash being walked by our yard. I have seen her chase littler dogs out of our yard a lot. But yesterday I saw her chasing this big dog down the street. She doesn't even come up to the dogs knees.
Oh by the way. This is Jaw. He lives around the corner from us. Last summer while we where working in the garden we would pet him threw the fence. His owner actually took one of the kittens we had last summer too. He is just a big puppy. He is a really sweet dog. Who needs to get their own big dog when you have one like this come to visit all the time.