March

It's Spring Break (for me)!  I get not quite 2 weeks off. This week I left everyone where they usually go, so I was able to run errands without my helpers (rare).  I also met a friend for lunch and got a pedicure with Ti this week.  Yay!  Next week, the boys will be home with me.  Not much is going on here.  It's cold still.  Everyone gripes about it, but I seriously love it.  Much like my southern (Read: Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona & California) friends and family love the heat, I love the cold.  We may get significant snowfall this weekend, and I'm kind of excited.  :)

Here are some pics of the kids - - Reid seems to be eating in most of them - - he sits still when he's strapped into his seat.  Evan has been batting in the backyard with Mike.  There's been lots of sitting in the laundry basket for fun (that tells you how quickly I don't do our laundry).  

Our Valentines

Here are our sweet Valentines today.  There's Reid, who is sick again.  He had about a week of no troubles.   :(  He and I are staying home today so his fever can go away.  He's wearing his new Valentine's sunglasses, and his phone is his thermometer.  There's also Evan, who wanted to stay home with us today - even though it's Valentine's Day - one of the best days to go to school when you're 5.  He put on his favorite t-shirt (Mario) since it was red, but he offered to wear his Snoopy shirt that's red since it was my favorite.  What a doll.

Bossy

Right before Reid was born, Evan was in a seriously bossy stage.  I looked at him and said, "You've got 2 years to boss the new baby around before it catches on and ignores you."  I think Ev's time is up.

In January

We've been sick.  :(  We've had to cancel plans & miss work.  Grandma Mary saved the day (or should I say several days) when she kept Reid when he got the flu (and she kept Evan when we took Reid to the E.R.).  We're not better yet, but we're hopefully getting there.  The only picture I took is of Mike & the boys before the Notre Dame game on Monday, Jan. 7.  There was a 3 day window when nobody was sick.  It seems looking back, it was incubating. 

December

In December-
*Evan bonked into another student in the gym while wearing his rec. specs.  He had a pretty good shiner going for about 2 weeks.
*We went to Papa's church in Decatur and then ate lunch at a 50's style diner.  Reid wasn't happy because he couldn't play iPhone at the table.
*My best friend, Alea, and her husband, Mike, came home from Florida for Christmas.  We got to go out to eat & hang out.  
*I found a Home Depot gingerbread house on clearance BEFORE Christmas for $5.  Evan had a blast putting it together.  $5 was a steal!
*Christmas was good to all of us.  I actually did some Christmas shopping this year (it's usually all Mike - - even for my side of the family).  The boys sat still (and quietly) in mass for 2 hours,  Ti got the flu, so we had to scrap our Christmas Eve plans, but she felt better on Christmas Day - - not good enough to take her picture though.  We saw all almost of our family & had a good day.
*It snowed!  Of course the weather service said "Blizzard."  Ha.  Try 5 or 6 inches at our house.  We figured out that they had to say blizzard because of the wind speeds.