November FLASHBACK

November cannot have gone by without acknowledging some of our most important events of the year!

Donald Trump called, A LOT.

Turkey Trot:

Lucy ran the 1k by herself.  She is "too big" to have someone run with her.

Loving her medal she got at the end of the race....

The 5k participants... Julia, Natalie (1st time!), and Cameron

I seriously LOVE, LOVE her stride.  Natters is turning out to be somewhat of a running machine, her XC future  will be bright!

The kids all came home with medals.  Cameron got 2nd in his age division with a time of 21:11, Julia got 1st in her age division with a time of 27:04 and Natalie got 2nd in her age division with a time of 30:09.  There might have been someone not happy with their race but that person will remain nameless.  We tried to help them focus on the fun and tradition of the race and not the time.  Well... maybe that lesson will be remembered next year!

Krispy Kreme... One of the most important parts of the day!

Soccer Ended and Volleyball Began:

End of the Year Party

Julia's team was the Huskies.  This age group is getting good!  The games were fun to watch and competitive.

 This was Natalie's first year of volleyball and she loved it.  Ya know what?  I love volleyball too.  It is fast, indoors, and warm!  Natalie's team was the Ducks.  She wasn't thrilled with this name but they had the cutest cheer ever!

One day while I was taking Natalie to volleyball practice we opened the door to the gym and saw this poster!  We laughed and laughed.  It's not everyday you live with the "face" of Covington Sports!

Lucy's School Picture:

Random Tidbits:

Aloha Day at school

Cheered on the Seahawks

Natalie's feet and Julia's are official the same size, 1/2 size smaller than mine!

Our vacuum stopped working.  Mitch decided to take the entire thing apart and figure out what was wrong.  Lucky for me he figured it out and was able to put it back together!

Cute Artwork:

Lucy has been drawing all the Disney Princesses.  They are so cute.
(Tinkerbell, Belle, Rapunzel, Jasmine, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Little Mermaid)

and not to be forgotten....

Natalie's Birthday

Natalie turned 9!  Her birthday fell on the busiest day of the week for us.  So instead of celebrating just once Natalie got a three part celebration.  The day before her birthday we went to Red Robin with the Swany gang to celebrate.  We might have gone to the world's slowest Red Robin on the planet.  It took forever, so long that I was going to forgo the singing with ice cream just so that we could leave.  We ended up with  the singing and ice cream and one HAPPY girl.  On her actual birthday we had a small celebration with us opening presents, blowing out candles and eating cake and ice cream.

The weekend before her big day.  She invited some friends to have a pool party at Aunt Megan's.  The girls had a fun time swimming and eating.

Lucy was unhappy.  The reason escapes me now, but she was cracking us up with her pouting.

What? I am alive!!

Hard to believe but it is true.  I am alive.  Apparently you can tell when my life gets out of control because my blog ceases to exist.  The holidays have come and gone....HALLELUJAH!  You might not have found a bigger Grinch this past season than me.  For handful of reasons the whole thing rocked my world and made me GRUMPY.  I developed an eye twitch sometime in early November that I cannot yet seem to shake! I am considering an eye patch like a pirate if the whole things doesn't stop soon.  This might be my new look for the New Year.  Yet for all the crankies in my feelings, our family had a nice holiday season. This last week I had a cold that laid me out flat in bed for three days and has taken an entire week for me to get back into daily life but I dare say I am finally getting back into the groove of things.  

The kids are getting bigger and bigger and are so fun to be around.  Mitch and I constantly are talking about how much fun we have with them.  They have us laughing and on our toes at all times.

Here was today's conversation with Lucy while I was making dinner:

Lucy: Why do Mom stay at the hospital when they have babies?  What are they doing?
Me:  Well... they are resting so that they will feel better.
Lucy: Are they hurt?
Me:  Sort of. Having a baby kind of hurts so they are there to feel better and take medicine.
Lucy: Why are they hurt?
Me:  (Thinking, oh boy...here we go...)  Well babies either come out of your bottom or have to be cut out of your stomach.  That kind of hurts.
Lucy: Look of horror on her face...  "I think I'm not going to be a mom anymore.  I will just be a Checker (Cashier).
Me:  Oh Lucy, you want to be a Mom.  Babies are so cute.  It isn't so bad.
Lucy: Nope!  I wanted to be a Checker and a mom.  Now just a Checker.

So just like that I scarred my 5 year old for life.  She will not be having children!

Lucy has found a new love, it is called Wii.  The other day she was playing Just Dance at 7:00 am.  That is an energy level that I need to tap into!