The one with a new year - 2010!

I decided I didn't need to make a huge welcome back to my blog post. Not because I wanted to sneak back into the blogging world, but simply because things like that stress me out! So lets just pretend like we have all been here all along. Okay?
Just for fun lets do a little catch up!
J- I am so proud of him! He is currently in his second semester at TMCC! I think this might ACTUALLY be the time we get through this college thing! He is also working with youth through the boys and girls club.
S- Also in full time college and working with my Pre-K kids over @ JKLC and feeling VERY blessed there! Loving being on the CT @ The Lilypad, it has really encouraged my creativity.
j- Is in 2nd grade and loving every moment of it. This year she has also started in the girl scouts and thanks too all of you is rounding up some awesome cookie sales!
a- Doing great in preschool and thinks Mickey Mouse is ALL hers! ( Minnie who?) She is turning three soon,.... when did that happen?


Grammy K helped us with this fun project for Valentine's day it was super fun and super cheap! I just adore it!
P.s. Brighter= Brighten opps!



I am still learning flicker so the promised pictures are below! :)

I have some other fun Valentine's projects I will be posting in the next couple of days so keep a look out!

The artist in her

IMG_0882, originally uploaded by 4shanna.

Jaden has really been into embroidery . She is currently creating a collection of all her favorite fruits. Here she is working on a piece she calls 'grapes" ;)

Addy's got style!

IMG_0772, originally uploaded by 4shanna.

The one with the Easter celebration!

We had an amazing Easter this year! Church was amazing!
Both the girls really enjoyed the whole day this year.
I have to say though getting the girls ready in the morning really made me reflect on their personalities. Jaden wore her pink dress we got her for wicked, its what every little girl I ever knew wanted as a child.
Its HUGE, ..
its FLUFFY,..
its PINK...
and most of all,
... it TWIRLS..!
Every girl that is until I met AddyBug. I put her in a dress and shew wanted to tear it off from the moment I put it on her, so I found one less HUGE, FLUFFLY and with not much twirl factor that she though she could STAND if she had too. I had some cute little Easter shoes to go with it, did she want to wear those? NOPE! Keens please! YOu know maybe... there is a rock she wants to climb on the way, she wants to be prepared!

Jaden is old enough now that I usually put her in charge of a dish. This time it was strawberry shortcake (for dessert) she did an amazing job! This knife is perfect b.t.w for little kids who would like to help its plastic and doesn't cut little fingers. All I have to say is these were SUPER yummy!! P.S. This is Addys new face whenever I pull out the camera, charming eh?

And while I was looking through all the pictures from Easter this picture cracked me up! This is Jonathans sister Victoria and her fiance Nick, and I have NO idea why Jaden is so perturbed.

the one with the binky boo boo

With age comes responsibility. Which in turn, when you turn two its time to say bubye to the binky. Addison only had the binky at night, most of the time she was very good about putting the binky "nunight" after she got up, but let me tell you she DID love that thing. I knew she would only grow to love it more and more with each month we let her love affair deepen. I don't think either one of the children would have bought the "binky fairy" story, nor would they believe we simply lost it. Which only leaves us with one option..... CUT IT OFF! Thats right as MEAN as it may sound thats exactly what I do, I cut the nipple off the binky and when she asked for it I showed her the broken binky. She was perplexed and said "binky boo boo?" "Yes Binky boo boo" we told her. She wanted to see her collection of binkies, surely they all didn't get a boo boo together. She was wrong, must have been some tragic binky accident. ;)




Rest assure, Addison is doing great without them. She has cried 5-10 mins every night when we lay her down and then she is out for the rest of the night. Really has gone amazingly well!