I've been tagged by Jen!

My ABC's
A-attached or single: Attached...to Ian for the past 7 years!!

B-best friend(s): Jen, Chesley, and my mom.

C-cake or pie: I'd have to say cake, especially if its chocolate

D-day of choice: Saturday, for sure...I sometimes get to sleep in!!

E-essential item: the personal size Lysol spray cans that I can carry in the diaper bag. Its great for spraying down the toilet seats in public restrooms.

F-favorite color: For as long as I can remember it has been green.

G-gummie worms or bears: Bears...I love gummy bears!!

H-hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL...born and raised.

I-indulgences: Periodic pedicures and girl's night out

J-January or July: JULY!!! I love the beach and its Alex's birth month1

K-kids: 3, Alex, Riley and Evan (for now)

L-life is incomplete without: God, family and friends

M-marriage date: its a very complicated story so I'm just going to put Nov. 11th, 2001

N-number of Siblings: 2 sisters.... Jana and Kathryn (I'm the middle child

O-oranges or apples: Apples...but I do love me some oranges!

P-phobias or fears: losing my kids. (No seriously I have a fear of losing my kids in a crowded place) and being deployed

Q-quote: Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.

R-reason to smile: Hearing my kids not only tell me that they love me but also hearing them day it to each other while they are playing with one another in their rooms

S-season: I love all the seasons for different reasons. Spring b/c flowers are in bloom and the weather is starting to warm up, summer b/c I love going to the beach and swimming in the pool, fall b/c the weather is starting to cool down and the leaves begin to change and winter b/c I love the smell of Christmas trees and cinnamon

T-tags: anyone who reads this

U-unknown fact about me: I use to play competitive beach volleyball

V-vegetable: Lima beans!! I could eat them everyday!!

W-worst Habit: sleeping with my contacts in

X-x-ray or ultrasound: Ultrasound...most of the ones I've had have been when I've had a baby growing in me!!

Y-your favorite food: CHICKEN WINGS(xta hot)

Z-Zodiac sign: Leo, I'm a lion!!

If you've got a blog, post your ABC's, it's always fun to learn more about your friends.

Lets not forget about Evan!!

I put so many pictures and stories about Alex and Riley on here but sometimes end up leaving out Evan. Its not that I forget about him its just that most of the time when I'm taking pictures of us out and about I have Evan in my hip so its kinda hard to get a picture when he's that close. I do take pictures of him when we are at home and especially when the older two are sleeping but don't really have a story behind them so I end up not posting them. Well I've decided to try a new thing to maybe get some laughs. I'm going to post pictures of him with a caption of what I think he might be thinking or what he might say if he could speak. Hope you enjoy!

Do I pull the red cord or the green cord? Red or green?? Red or green??

No, I will look everywhere else but not at the camera.

Ice cream..... yum!!He's thinking about the meaning of life!

Can't a boy get some alone time??

Does this kid even have his license yet?My brother tells the best stories!

I swear that lady has the camera glued to her face half of the day.

I'm getting so big!!

Pump It Up!

My kids love to go to Pump It Up. For those who don't know what that is I'll explain. Pump it up is an indoor facility with 4 big bounce houses that are all different. There is an obstacle course, a bounce house that has basketball nets in it, a bounce house with a small slide and another one with a huge slide. My kids run from one thing to another laughing all the while and breathing hard. Just watching them wears me out. Here are some pictures from the last time we went. We went with my friend Jen and her boys Phillip and Andrew but I don't know if they even saw each other b/c they were all running around ( and jumping) like crazy.

Not the best picture but you can see them coming down the slide together. How sweet!

She's always been a really good climber.

Its water break time!!Look how red her face is!!

Goobers!!

Those of you that know me well, know that I love, love, love boiled peanuts!! Well I pretty much love any kind of peanut or tree nut but especially peanuts. My kids have joined me in this food crave only now they can open the peanuts by themselves. Let me tell you what a celebration this is for me. It use to be that when we would sit down to enjoy some boiled peanuts I'd spend 99% of the time opening the peanuts for them and 1% actually getting to eat them. I just couldn't keep up with them when it came to me opening them and them eating the peanuts. But now that is no more. I can now once again enjoy by peanuts but the only draw back is, I have to share!!

Pre-3 Graduation!

Two weeks ago Alex had his preschool graduation and let me tell you, it was rough on me. I watched him run up to his teacher to get his "certificate" and all I could think of was how in 14 years he will be graduating from high school. Of course Ian thinks I'm just completely crazy!! Maybe I am but I just feel like my little man is growing up waaaayyyy too fast. He's going to be 4 in a couple weeks and I'm just in shock on how fast time as flown by. Here are some pics for his class party on the last day of school. Doesn't he look so grown up??

Here's Alex getting his preschool certificate for his teacher Mrs. May.Here's Alex with his other teacher Mrs. D

The teachers were always nice enough to make a spot for Riley at the table at all the class parties!Alex with his "boy" friends in his class.

This the little girl that Alex had a huge crush on this year. He talked about her everyday!!

Is It Bath Time or Potty Time?

Does it seem like every time you put the kids in the bath tub they immediately have to get out to use the potty? I even make my kids go to the bathroom first before getting into the tub and we still have at least one of them that ends up having to get out mid-bathe to use the potty again. The other day the kids were in our big bathtub (which is a special treat for them) and Riley had to go, umm,.... poop. So of course she was covered in bubbles while I got her out of the tub to put her on the toilet. It made for a good picture though.

What???? I Work!!

Today after picking Alex up from VBS(vacation bible school) him and Riley were in the pack seat talking like usual. Alex started to tell Riley all the things he was going to do when he got "bigger" like daddy. This how the conversation went.

Alex: " Riley when I get bigger, I'm not going to wear my shirt like daddy."

Riley: "OOOHH!"

Alex: " When I get bigger I'm going to go to work like daddy."

Riley: "Can I go to work with you?"

Alex: No, Riley! Your not a boy, your a girl. Girls don't work only boys go to work.

Riley: (starting to cry) "I want to be a boy when I get bigger"

Where did I go wrong?? How on earth can they possibly think that I don't work?? All I do is work. I may not actually leave the house like Ian does but they don't even "see" him work and they know he does so how could they not think that "girls" work? I guess I "really" need to work on this. Yet again, more "work" for "me" to do!!