They are growing up....

      The new pictures arrived and its hard to believe the little buggahs are getting so big.  Every day I look at them they all seem to get just a little bit taller.  Jimmy is oh so close to being as tall as I am.  He's just a hair under me, even though he says he's taller but I know its only a month or two away.  The pictures came out great....such smiley little buggahs

Swim meet 11/16/14

Second gal closest to you is that competitor Laura going for gold.  She had a great swim meet this weekend.

Its Snowing!!!!

     I don't know if I can do this justice.   Sunday morning I had intended on sleeping in just a little bit and the kids were supposed to be nice and leave me alone.  I had taken some medications the last couple of days and we were gonna just let it run its course for the final day before work.  Mom was at work and Nana was supposed to come pick the kids up early to bring them to church or breakfast or something.   Nana didn't make the call for church and Laura had slept over Kara's house.  When what to my wondering ears did occur but one miniature Jackie exploding in wonderment at the sight of the first snowflakes of the season.  All I could hear was LETS GO, LETS GO CATHERINE, ERIN.....the hustle and bustle of little feet running around furiously and excited voices continue on and on and finally I gave in and went outside with them.  Really, how couldn't I !!!  There is a place inside my chest that just gets so heavy when the kids do such fun things like that.  This is what I want the kids to do, get out and have some fun, not be afraid of the cold, or rain and I definitely don't want them to sit their asses on the couch all day and watch WWE re-runs.  I absolutely love that they want to go outside and play.  That's what snow should be all about...and even better, it was their idea!! 
     On this day, they played hockey (with full goalie uniforms) and they also went out in the back yard and played on the swingset (in the snow, or what passed for flurries).   I don't know if my words did it justice, or if maybe its not a big deal, but I think these kids are so cool!!!  We ended up finishing the morning with nana at the diner and the kids went over nana's for the day.

Laura playing football....flag

     Laura and Erin's team made it all the way to the championship game, losing on the absolute last play of the game.  It was raining, it was cold and it was slippery....but what a fun game it was to watch.  Its one of those times where you have a renewed spirit of youth sports when you see it all done right.  There was no bitching and moaning from the sidelines, the refs didn't think they were the show and the parents (for the most part) just shut their mouths unless they were cheering on the teams.  It was a back and forth game and the kids were loving it.  Erin and Laura could be heard with an occasional growl.  They were the only two gals on the team.  I was very proud of them, especially how much fun they managed to have....

                                                 Erin giving us a growl

                                                Showing off the hardware!!!

Halloween 2014

 

      Yes,  Well, its one of those things that seemed like a good idea at the time..haha.    I got the costume from a friend and didn't really do much research into seeing if it fit before I went out with the kids.....to be truthful, who cares anyway......we had a great night with great weather.  Umple loved his costume and I think Jack and Catherine make great cops and Mario.  The other kids were very good also. 

 

 

      Joey came over and joined us for the candy walk along with Catherine Q. and Erin.