An uneventful day...sort of

Today I planned on just being home and for the most part relaxing. The kids played outside for a while and we had our first visit from a social worker (for the boys). Then around 1:30pm we had a knock on our front door and it was the channel 4 news.


You can see me, Robyn, LoriAnne, and some neighbor kids on the below link. Yes, I was on TV! I was interviewed regarding the "Mack Hatcher Project" which would knock down 17 homes in the area including ours. We do not feel like it is going to happen any time soon. You can see the video clip by clicking on the below link

http://www.wsmv.com/video/16258928/index.html

Here is a picture of the kids having fun playing with playdo outside today. It was a gorgeous day. We were outside for most of the day.

Jonathan enjoying being outside with everyone!

LoriAnne is 3 years old now!!!!

LoriAnne turned 3 years old on Sunday May 4th. She has grown up a lot over the past couple of months. LoriAnne is our dancing princess. She dances to any music (or even without music). LoriAnne loves to dress up as a princess. For her birthday she received a couple tiaras and other princess accessories and she has worn them everyday since then. We have been so blessed to have her as part of our family. I love to watch her as she learns new things...she is always amazing us. LoriAnne puts smiles on our faces throughout the day with her sweet personality. She is excited to start preschool in a couple of months. I could go on and on about this girl that we love and adore but you get the point. WE THINK SHE IS WONDERFUL and we are blessed to have her in our family!

Thank Goodness for Indoor Playgrounds

Yesterday I needed to get out of the house with the kids. I did not really want to go to the park for various reasons. So I took the kids to McDonalds and let them play there. Our McDonalds has a really nice indoor play structure. The kids had a blast. For the first time yesterday Mikey was able to climb up the structure (anyone who knows his history knows what a huge accomplishment this is...he will be 2 1/2 next month he has come along way over the past year).

Happy Birthday LoriAnne & Robyn

Today is LoriAnne's 3rd birthday. I will do a seperate post on her tomorrow. I am to tired to have to think right now :) This evening we had cake to celebrate Robyn & LoriAnne's b-days. It was easier to just do them both at the same time this year. They both wanted a princess cake which made it easy on me. They both agreed on the same cake so I only had to make one cake for both of them. Robyn will open her presents on her actual birthday which is coming up in a couple of weeks. I figure by the time I have grandchildren I should have enough cake decorating experience and I can really make nice birthday cakes by then :) Before LoriAnne went to bed tonight she said "Mom, today has been a good day" Happy Birthday to my girls!

Hurray for Swimming Pools

Yesterday Dave set up the pool in the back yard. It is a decent size pool 4' x 18'. We let the kids play in it while it was filling up. Robyn was using the pool as a slip and slide. She was having a blast and we were enjoying watching her. LoriAnne and Michael were having fun splashing around. For some reason they weren't into sliding around the pool like Robyn. I don't know how Robyn never gets hurt. She is one tough kid.

Build A Bear

This evening we celebrated Robyn & LoriAnne's b-day at Build-A-Bear with Sophia's girls. This is part 1 to their birthdays. I did not get a chance to make their cake yet so we will be having cake on Sunday.

A Day with Friends

Today I watched Sophia's kids. My kids enjoyed having friends over and it helped make the day go by fast!