Our summer is off to a great start! We have been busy to say the least! I LOVE being busy when I'm at home with the boys. I LOVE being home with the boys! :)
Jak's t-ball (or baseball...Jak won't let you call it t-ball) started and it is a blast to watch him! He is so athletic! :) If he doesn't have a baseball game, he is creating a baseball, golf, football, or soccer game up in his head. He always has "something" to practice or play for!
We go to the pool as many days as we possibly can. Jak swims in the deep end all by himself! It's a little scary, but he does so well! He like to brag that he swims in the deep end by 7 feet! hahaha This is a big deal! :) Frankie is a fishy, too! They both LOVE the water! Frank jumps off the edge by the 2 feet all by himself and he also things he is big stuff! I have to really watch him, though! He is not afraid!
Jak is also taking tennis lessons this summer. He has fun with them and it's another way for him to get together with some kids his age. I do believe Frank is his best friend, but it's nice to play with someone who can keep up sometimes :)
Nick and I took our first vacation without the boys! It was SO SUPER nice! We really had a great time, but missed the boys! We both commented how nice it was to get up when we wanted to (even though we couldn't sleep in past 7:30), go out for every meal, and not feel guilty for staying up late. Our hotel was fabulous! We could see the ocean even from the bathroom. It was so wonderful and just beautiful! We ate at some pretty amazing restaurants. There was only one night that we had dinner off the water. We loved the beach front and waterway restaurants! I'm glad we went, but I'm happy to be "mommy" again! :)
The boys had a blast with my parents while we were gone! They had their own mini vacation of their own! They visited a chicken farm, went to the zoo, went to several different parks, got to go out to eat and out for ice cream, and they got to sleep in a TENT!!! This was their favorite part! :) It was inside my parents living room. They weren't roughing it very much! They each had their own mattress to sleep on :) They had so much fun and I am so grateful! :)
We have played several holes of golf, taken bike rides, had some park visits, picnics, and stay home days! This summer is off to a great start! Looking back at all we have done already and do every day, it's no wonder I'm tired :).
Here's to summer...! :)
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
"All About Me" by Jak Chaney
Jak brought home a book today from nursery school that was the neatest thing EVER! He couldn't hardly wait to show me the book when I picked him up today then was very impatient and excited to show grandma when we got home! He is so cute and so talented...pretty biased, I know! :) Here is a snapshot of the book! I took some pics of the drawings, but will write out some of his answers to the questions because they are cute! Here's "All About Me" by Jak Chaney:
Here are some of the questions and answers:
My favorite food is macaroni.
My favorite color is red.
My favorite movie or TV show is Jungle Junction (TV) and Cars 2 (movie).
My favorite toy at home is Frank's Lego Duplo (this is before Christmas when he got his own :)
My favorite things to play with at school is the cars, the kitchen.
My favorite thing to do at school other than playing is story time.
Some of my friends are Cameron and Caleb.
Something my family and I do together that I really like is go bowling, stay home all day and play outside, and watch movies.
Something I do at home to help my mom and dad is help clean the kitchen floor, pick up my toys.
I am happy when I paint, going to Pizza Hut.
Every once in a while I am sad or mad when Frank hurts me (scratches my face).
When I grow up I might want to be a pilot and fly a plane.
This book made my day! I just had to share!!!! :)
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| Jak 3 1/2 months |
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| My handsome 4 1/2 year old! |
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| I LOVE this picture more than you will ever know...even though I seem to be doing some strange gymnastics move! He was so very proud to show this to me today! :) I love it! |
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| I do believe Jak has a gift in drawing/art. I promise my dogs would not look this good if I tried! |
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| Our Family Tree...minus Easton and Austin. I'm really not sure why they are on there! LOL! They go to Jak's daycare, I guess. (Family, remember Jak's teacher had to guess how to spell names) |
My favorite food is macaroni.
My favorite color is red.
My favorite movie or TV show is Jungle Junction (TV) and Cars 2 (movie).
My favorite toy at home is Frank's Lego Duplo (this is before Christmas when he got his own :)
My favorite things to play with at school is the cars, the kitchen.
My favorite thing to do at school other than playing is story time.
Some of my friends are Cameron and Caleb.
Something my family and I do together that I really like is go bowling, stay home all day and play outside, and watch movies.
Something I do at home to help my mom and dad is help clean the kitchen floor, pick up my toys.
I am happy when I paint, going to Pizza Hut.
Every once in a while I am sad or mad when Frank hurts me (scratches my face).
When I grow up I might want to be a pilot and fly a plane.
This book made my day! I just had to share!!!! :)
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Frank is growing!
Frank had his 18 month checkup this past week. He is slowly growing, but at least we are making some progress!!!!
Weight 21 lbs. 4 oz. 3rd%
Length 32 1/2 in. 50th%
Head Cir. 18 5/8 in. 32nd% (or something like that)
We are so grateful he is growing! Thanks for all the prayers! :)
Weight 21 lbs. 4 oz. 3rd%
Length 32 1/2 in. 50th%
Head Cir. 18 5/8 in. 32nd% (or something like that)
We are so grateful he is growing! Thanks for all the prayers! :)
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The Crazy Life
It feels good to have time to blog again! It has been a while! Lately I have been living "the crazy life." I have had roles of wife, mommy, full-time teacher, and student. Needless to say, my "free" time has been minimal. It has been stressful, but should start to get better!
Last weekend I completed my second course since July (for a license renewal and pay scale increase). WAAAHOOO! I finally submitted it today along with a huge sigh of relief!
Report card grades were due Thursday and parent teacher conferences are Monday and Tuesday evening. If I can get through those days, it should, should, should, get easier!
On Wednesday, the third grade at Jefferson will be having their 4th annual Pumpkin Drop. I am lucky to be involved with it this year, I guess. :) My students are just absolutely fantastic this year! They have created some great pumpkin contraptions and I am excited to see how they work. However, I will be the one dropping the contraptions from the PFD's ladder truck at 88ft. Not sure how I feel about this, but the students in my class were EXTREMELY excited to have me go up there. It's a big deal for them. Please pray it's not super cold, rainy, snowy, windy, that day! I don't need any more stressers! :) I'll let you know how it turns out!
Then, on Thursday, we are heading to Wisconsin Dells!!!! I CAN NOT WAIT! I am so excited to have this long weekend with my boys! We are also going to be joined by some pretty fun company which I am really looking forward to as well! (and of course Moose Jaw!)
The boys are doing well with everything. I love them so much! Frankie is doing better with is eating/growing/and pinching at daycare. We will go for his 18 month check up in a couple of weeks. I hope he is gaining enough weight to not be such a concern any more. Jak is amazing! He loves school still and is learning so much! He loves daycare, too, which is such a relief! He's so easy, though! This past week he told me the letter sounds from A-Z! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! Mrs. Bonnie, Mrs. Janet, Ms. RheeAnn and Ms. Amy have been wonderful teachers!
We also were able to get our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago. I have been so busy, I haven't even had a chance to look at them! I will try to go through them and post some soon!
Life is good right now. I continually wish I were home with my boys, but I am still trying to stay optimistic that day will come. I know we are very blessed.
Last weekend I completed my second course since July (for a license renewal and pay scale increase). WAAAHOOO! I finally submitted it today along with a huge sigh of relief!
Report card grades were due Thursday and parent teacher conferences are Monday and Tuesday evening. If I can get through those days, it should, should, should, get easier!
On Wednesday, the third grade at Jefferson will be having their 4th annual Pumpkin Drop. I am lucky to be involved with it this year, I guess. :) My students are just absolutely fantastic this year! They have created some great pumpkin contraptions and I am excited to see how they work. However, I will be the one dropping the contraptions from the PFD's ladder truck at 88ft. Not sure how I feel about this, but the students in my class were EXTREMELY excited to have me go up there. It's a big deal for them. Please pray it's not super cold, rainy, snowy, windy, that day! I don't need any more stressers! :) I'll let you know how it turns out!
Then, on Thursday, we are heading to Wisconsin Dells!!!! I CAN NOT WAIT! I am so excited to have this long weekend with my boys! We are also going to be joined by some pretty fun company which I am really looking forward to as well! (and of course Moose Jaw!)
The boys are doing well with everything. I love them so much! Frankie is doing better with is eating/growing/and pinching at daycare. We will go for his 18 month check up in a couple of weeks. I hope he is gaining enough weight to not be such a concern any more. Jak is amazing! He loves school still and is learning so much! He loves daycare, too, which is such a relief! He's so easy, though! This past week he told me the letter sounds from A-Z! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!! Mrs. Bonnie, Mrs. Janet, Ms. RheeAnn and Ms. Amy have been wonderful teachers!
We also were able to get our family pictures taken a couple of weeks ago. I have been so busy, I haven't even had a chance to look at them! I will try to go through them and post some soon!
Life is good right now. I continually wish I were home with my boys, but I am still trying to stay optimistic that day will come. I know we are very blessed.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Adjusting...
So....Frankie seems to continue to need every one's prayers (actually, we all do!) Adjusting to a daycare is going ok for everyone, but Frankie seems to be having the most trouble adjusting. He is really struggling with...I am not really 100% sure I know exactly what! He is happy at the daycare, doesn't get too upset when he is dropped off, naps well, eats well, is extremely happy every time I pick him up, but he HITS and PINCHES other kids! It is to the point where the other kids are getting marks on their faces and the parents are complaining. I have "that" kid in daycare that the others are afraid of and the parents don't like. Terrific! :(
We are very blessed to have such caring ladies to care for him. I know they love him and he loves them. He is just going through a phase (or so I keep telling myself). And, I know he feels bad, because when we talk about it, he pouts and buries his head. Poor guy.
My heart is very heavy. I want so badly to be home with him, but I can't and I know that he is probably acting out as a result of frustration with me going back to work. I've dealt with enough kids and situations like this that I feel so frustrated that there isn't anything I can do to fix it this time. :( I want him to be loved and liked and to not be the bully! Most of all I want him to feel loved and happy and safe.
He's just so stinkin' cute and little!!!! Maybe it's all a compensation for being little! HA!
Actions they are taking at daycare:
-telling him "No no! No pinching! No hitting! That hurts!"
-putting him in the highchair for time out...but now it's the playpen so he doesn't associate the highchair with being in trouble since he needs desperately to eat!
-we are doing the same thing at home as we see it happen
What else can you do for a 16 month old? :(
Please just pray for him and us. I'll take any advice, too! :)
We are very blessed to have such caring ladies to care for him. I know they love him and he loves them. He is just going through a phase (or so I keep telling myself). And, I know he feels bad, because when we talk about it, he pouts and buries his head. Poor guy.
My heart is very heavy. I want so badly to be home with him, but I can't and I know that he is probably acting out as a result of frustration with me going back to work. I've dealt with enough kids and situations like this that I feel so frustrated that there isn't anything I can do to fix it this time. :( I want him to be loved and liked and to not be the bully! Most of all I want him to feel loved and happy and safe.
He's just so stinkin' cute and little!!!! Maybe it's all a compensation for being little! HA!
Actions they are taking at daycare:
-telling him "No no! No pinching! No hitting! That hurts!"
-putting him in the highchair for time out...but now it's the playpen so he doesn't associate the highchair with being in trouble since he needs desperately to eat!
-we are doing the same thing at home as we see it happen
What else can you do for a 16 month old? :(
Please just pray for him and us. I'll take any advice, too! :)
Friday, August 5, 2011
Frankie 15 months and other stuff
Well, our little peanut stays little! We will be lucky if he reaches 20 lbs. by 18 months! haha He had a great checkup other than weighing only 19 lbs. He is still in the 1 %tile, but 75th in height and 25th in head circumference. He's growing, just not filling out. I love Dr. Miller. He is so positive and trusts that I am doing everything I should be doing. Frankie is not malnutritioned, just skinny mini! We discussed some options to help plump him up and decided to meet with a nutritionist to see how we can get creative and incorporate some more protein in Frank's diet. We'll see how that goes. I guess if I can get some new ideas on what to feed him, it'll be worth my time. I'll let you know...hahaha! In the meantime, I just pray Frankie stays healthy and strong and at least keeps growing...up!
Here are the charts for those of you who are interested:
18 months Frank Jak
weight 19lbs. 25lbs.
height 32" 33" but may not have been recorded correctly....
I don't have Nick's 18 months and don't know mine.
A little news on Jak....we took him to see his first movie in the theater last night! We had a Mommy, Daddy, Jak date! We went to see Cars 2. It wasn't great, but it was fun. It cost just as much for us to get a popcorn and pop to share as it did to get in to the theater! Oh my goodness! :) We were also the ONLY people in the theater, so we got to choose where we sat! Jak thought that was pretty cool! Nick and I both agreed that we would have rather watched the movie at home on the couch, but were so very glad to give Jak that experience. I think he liked it. He seemed pretty excited last night, but really hasn't talked about it much. Other than he thought is was pretty neat we got to choose where we sat! HA! He's funny. He has told me several times today that, "At the movies you get to pick where you sit, but in an airplane they tell you where you sit." :) He's cute! We had a great time and I'm sure Frankie had a blast with G and P Chaney.
I am currently working on my second grad course for the summer. I got signed up late which has been a blessing and a headache. I finished my first course quickly and enjoyed it (or at least enjoyed it as much as you can for a grad course). It wasn't boring, I'll put it that way. I picked up a few things, but other than that it was just an easy, put in my time course. My second course, which I was really excited about, is disappointing me. I am not enjoying it and am having a hard time getting motivated to work on it. Plus, I have a million things going through my head and need to do before school starts in a week. Needless to say, there is not much down time for me and the stress level has raised significantly. Luckily I have my babies to slow me down (or maybe distract me is a better way to put it.)
Here are the charts for those of you who are interested:
18 months Frank Jak
weight 19lbs. 25lbs.
height 32" 33" but may not have been recorded correctly....
I don't have Nick's 18 months and don't know mine.
A little news on Jak....we took him to see his first movie in the theater last night! We had a Mommy, Daddy, Jak date! We went to see Cars 2. It wasn't great, but it was fun. It cost just as much for us to get a popcorn and pop to share as it did to get in to the theater! Oh my goodness! :) We were also the ONLY people in the theater, so we got to choose where we sat! Jak thought that was pretty cool! Nick and I both agreed that we would have rather watched the movie at home on the couch, but were so very glad to give Jak that experience. I think he liked it. He seemed pretty excited last night, but really hasn't talked about it much. Other than he thought is was pretty neat we got to choose where we sat! HA! He's funny. He has told me several times today that, "At the movies you get to pick where you sit, but in an airplane they tell you where you sit." :) He's cute! We had a great time and I'm sure Frankie had a blast with G and P Chaney.
I am currently working on my second grad course for the summer. I got signed up late which has been a blessing and a headache. I finished my first course quickly and enjoyed it (or at least enjoyed it as much as you can for a grad course). It wasn't boring, I'll put it that way. I picked up a few things, but other than that it was just an easy, put in my time course. My second course, which I was really excited about, is disappointing me. I am not enjoying it and am having a hard time getting motivated to work on it. Plus, I have a million things going through my head and need to do before school starts in a week. Needless to say, there is not much down time for me and the stress level has raised significantly. Luckily I have my babies to slow me down (or maybe distract me is a better way to put it.)
Monday, July 11, 2011
Summer
I can't believe it has been one month since I've last written. I'm not really sure where the time goes. In five SHORT weeks, I have to go back to work and am feeling a lot of anxiety about it. However, my boys are my distraction! We have somehow managed to stay super busy this summer, cramming as much fun in as we can! Some of the things we do on a weekly basis are:
swim, go to the park, go to the library, lunch dates, pic-nics, stay home and just play, work in the garden, go for walks, go for bike rides, play at the tennis/basketball courts, throw rocks off the pier, shopping trips, dates with grandmas, play in the sand box, play in the sprinkler, play dates with friends, golfing, golf cart rides, t-ball, etc.
We still have a lot of things to look forward to, as well! :)
Jak gets the award for having the biggest news this summer! In a little over a week, Jak started to swim without floaties, jump off a diving board, and ride his bike without training wheels! He is just truly amazing! That little stinker is just so coordinated and athletic! hahaha He has been so much fun to watch!
Frank is growing like crazy, too...well at least developmentally! HA! He is still just a little peanut. I'll be surprised if he is 20lbs. by his 15 month check up! He jibber jabbers all the time and really loves to say "eese" (please) because he wants EVERYTHING! He has figured out how cute he is because he'll say "eese" and cock his head to the side and just look at you with the biggest bluest eyes and smile! HOW can you say no to that little face? :) He is so funny and is doing his very best to keep up with big brother! My heart will be torn to pieces when I have to hand him over to someone else at the end of the summer. He's my little baby who has my heart wrapped around his finger!
In other news, Nick and I have decided to take our first little trip without the boys. When I say little, I mean just to Michigan City for the night! :) We are still so super excited about our little get away! We've been away from the boys all just one other time. We went out to a party at the club and then picked the boys up in the morning after a nice breakfast out. It was nice, but the house was eerily quiet. I am hoping that being in a hotel will help me relax more and not miss them so terribly. Maybe I'll finally be able to sleep past 7:30! We have made it a tradition to go to the outlets for some back to school shopping. It's a little pick me up when it comes to starting school. I think this will be our fourth year. We usually go for one evening without the boys. Last year we made it a family date and took the boys with us, but this year we decided to extend it a little. I am so looking forward to this time with Nick! I'm sure Jak and Frank will love their time with Grandma and Poppy, too!
Happy summer to you all! :)
swim, go to the park, go to the library, lunch dates, pic-nics, stay home and just play, work in the garden, go for walks, go for bike rides, play at the tennis/basketball courts, throw rocks off the pier, shopping trips, dates with grandmas, play in the sand box, play in the sprinkler, play dates with friends, golfing, golf cart rides, t-ball, etc.
We still have a lot of things to look forward to, as well! :)
Jak gets the award for having the biggest news this summer! In a little over a week, Jak started to swim without floaties, jump off a diving board, and ride his bike without training wheels! He is just truly amazing! That little stinker is just so coordinated and athletic! hahaha He has been so much fun to watch!
Frank is growing like crazy, too...well at least developmentally! HA! He is still just a little peanut. I'll be surprised if he is 20lbs. by his 15 month check up! He jibber jabbers all the time and really loves to say "eese" (please) because he wants EVERYTHING! He has figured out how cute he is because he'll say "eese" and cock his head to the side and just look at you with the biggest bluest eyes and smile! HOW can you say no to that little face? :) He is so funny and is doing his very best to keep up with big brother! My heart will be torn to pieces when I have to hand him over to someone else at the end of the summer. He's my little baby who has my heart wrapped around his finger!
In other news, Nick and I have decided to take our first little trip without the boys. When I say little, I mean just to Michigan City for the night! :) We are still so super excited about our little get away! We've been away from the boys all just one other time. We went out to a party at the club and then picked the boys up in the morning after a nice breakfast out. It was nice, but the house was eerily quiet. I am hoping that being in a hotel will help me relax more and not miss them so terribly. Maybe I'll finally be able to sleep past 7:30! We have made it a tradition to go to the outlets for some back to school shopping. It's a little pick me up when it comes to starting school. I think this will be our fourth year. We usually go for one evening without the boys. Last year we made it a family date and took the boys with us, but this year we decided to extend it a little. I am so looking forward to this time with Nick! I'm sure Jak and Frank will love their time with Grandma and Poppy, too!
Happy summer to you all! :)
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