You guessed it .....here comes more Snow

I must be living in Alaska or upper state NY because it never flippin stops......which ok after awhile and 10 inches of snow still on the ground you stop caring but when it is constantly below zero it gets a little annoying. So you scrappers.....I used my cricut....finally after 2 years I used it.....now it took forever to actually get the paper to cut with all the stupid dials and all and I might have cut the mat a couple of times and the first 6 times I pushed cut there was no blade in the machine but I used my cricut. Whew....and the Thank you cards are made just drying and we are done.

I got Maddie a appt with the Kidney Dr @ children's Mercy for March 17th, I know right but specialist are busy. But it worked out because Brian will have spring break then. She is either the most unlucky girl or a Hypochondriac .....4 days ago we started itching ( down there ) so I cut out bathes etc.....now she leaks urine which we can not figure out if its because she is scared to use the bathroom downstairs and will not stop playing to the very last minute so then she must run upstairs with a full bladder or not? So I will be pushing H2O and cranberry juice tomorrow in hope that it will fix the problem or problems.
Hopefully Kael goes back to school tomorrow but Kansas City is closing its schools tomorrow because of the high only being 10. He is ready......he really needs structure and a schedule to follow so when he doesn't get those for awhile you can tell a difference plus I am very excited for him to get back into OT. Stay Warm And Happy Spaghetti Day

I forgot to tell ya I made Homemade Pizza Dough today.....I really did. It is sitting in the fridge waiting for me to make Pioneer Woman's Cowboy Cal-zones. I got her cookbook from Bambi and I am going to make one of her recipes a week ...don't you just love her blog?????

Happy 2010

Opening Christmas gifts from extended Family on Christmas Eve



Our White Christmas Eve


No resolutions here....who needs them??? My GOAL'S are to get Fit, become a better person, Become more patient, and to stop caring what others think. I am sure there are more but those are my biggies.

I made fresh collard greens today ( not like a southerner LOL ) but these were healthy and delish. Of course we also had Black eye peas ( I put a little too many Jalapeno's in those but still yummy ) and ham. Brian and the kids made me a Birthday Cake for desert and a good time was had by all. I got some great cookbooks for my Birthday and to help make the kids thank you cards I am gonna bust out the Cricut tomorrow ( I have never used it but got it for Christmas 2 years ago....how sad) .

Kael does not go back to school till Tuesday, Brian on Monday and Maddie on Weds so a very strange week ahead. I need to get Maddie a appt made with the children hospital about the bed wetting on Monday and I got to check on the 2nd dose of H1N1 for the kids....its due on the 4th.

New Year, New Look, New Changes

I am trying different things with the blog...moving things, updating my favs, adding new things and trying to figure it all out. I have been given some great ideas from fellow bloggers on how to make it look better and for it to be easier to navigate ( Thanks Guys ). If you have some ideas please let me know.

Now on to other things......Kael had his 3 month Asthma Checkup today and all is good. He also had a couple of vials of blood drawn to have those allergy tested. Dr said they like to wait till they are 7 ( why? ) but he went ahead and did it, we should know those results in 2 weeks. We have had Snow,Snow Snow and More Snow. I am tired of snow ( that is all )

Sage's Sinus Infection appears better ( at least she is not waking me up twice a night anymore). Last night was her first night sleeping all the way thru in 2 months. On other news Maddie woke me up @ 0530 yesterday ( lovely). One day I will get some REM sleep I just know it.

These are from the Mall where we went to Santa ( Overland Park Mall ). They also have a 2 story Carousel in the middle of the mall. So Hopefully we will go back when it is not the last week before Christmas and we don't have a stroller for Sage.

Sorry the pics are bad but the flash drowned them out and they were in constant motion. I would love to have Maddie on that every week, she has lost so much muscle tone since we left PT/OT.....I need to order Moon Shoes and make her work.

Merry Christmas to All

Santa has been and left plenty of goodies. All of us have already been spoiled with gifts from Aunt Bambi, Papa, Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Dirk. We are smack in the middle of the worst Blizzard my southern self ( Have I said lately how I miss you East Coast??????) has ever seen but as long as the power survives we are good. We will miss all our family far away from us and those that are celebrating in Heaven................May you all have a Wonderful and Blessed Christmas.

And to all a Good Night

Keeping it real

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Happy Housewife is showing all the "real" Christmas Photo. I am so Happy she did because it proves I am not alone. As most of you know this photo shoot on the night of Maddie's Christmas Concert did not turn out well and we ended up with Photos of all 3 in Matching PJ's .......revenge later in life to show future spouses......Bwhahahahaha. Merry Christmas to all and please go visit Happy Housewife for more "Real" Family Photos

Handmade Christmas

Kael's Poinsettia
Kael's Rudolph
Kael's ginormous Ornament
Maddie's Candy Cane
Maddie's Angel


I love the Last day of school when the kids bring all the "gifts" they have been making. These are all hanging off the China Hutch in the Dining Room for all to enjoy.

5 days till Christmas

You think she is making a list???
The Pulled tooth....as of today the perm has shown up already

The Russian Nutcracker Tuesday was beautiful....they did a outstanding job. The Army has a complaint system called ICE and when the Chinese Acrobats were here in October people complained because they were assigned seats ( My kids couldn't see, I wanted a aisle seat,blah blah etc). So the last 2 events held in this auditorium have been first come first serve......now common sense says if you are doing that you must have ushers to tell people "move it down" because everyone always leaves a spot between them and the next person....so needless to say the first 2 levels were "full" and we ended up in the balcony but all was good. We got to see without any heads in our way and we ended up sitting next to girl from Maddie's Ballet class. And Of course my girl had to have a "real" Nutcracker ( Ouch ).

Wednesday we had the meeting with the school's OT for Kael. She has high hopes he will be writing better by the end of the year. She will be working with him 30 mins twice a week. We also have to take him to a special eye doctor for Learning related vision problems. Friday was the last day of school so I sent Kael to school with his treats for his classmates, treats for his "other" teachers and his gift for his Teacher ( Giftcard ). The kid came home with his Teachers gift still in his backpack.....He forgot......the most important gift he forgets...ohhhh I am still horrified. So I sent her a email ( but of course its her school account and schools over ) hoping to get it to her before Christmas but ohhhhh I'm so embarrassed . Friday was also the day I had to bake Baby Jesus a cake.....I always get nervous when I must make something for other people and there is no way I can test it first ......I mean this is for Baby Jesus ....can there be any more pressure????? Supposedly it was good and they had fun blowing out the candles for him ( Maddie said he could not come down from Heaven for this.....you know he is busy up there).

Hopefully we get to Santa tomorrow and some more shopping done ......hope Ya'll do too !!