M.I.A.!

I can't believe the last time I posted was on Christmas!! Well, a lot has gone on in the past month. Starting with the failure of potty training! I had the bright idea to tell the kids that I had written to Santa and asked him to take all the diapers out of the house when he left presents. He left enough to get us through Christmas day, and the next day, we went full speed ahead with potty training! BIG mistake!!! The girls ended up being terrified of the potty and therefore "held" their pee in!! This created a major bladder infection in Aubrey (we found this out 5 urine bags and 1 catheter later) It was awful! Needless to say, we started buying diapers again and I am in NO hurry to potty train them! When their ready, they will let me know!!!

In other news, we have sent in our application for Mason to Pine Jog Elementary. We PRAY he gets in! It is an amazing school and I feel he will really enjoy the science atmosphere. In addition, the school is one of only a few "green" schools! It is just gorgeous. I will keep you posted....we wont hear anything until April!

I have been busy with merging my multiples group with another local group. Both groups are fabulous and I look forward to the merge "completion" which will take place on March 1st. I am remaining president of the group and know this was a good decision!!

Wayne is no longer working at the clinic. It was a lot for him: working as a firefighter full-time and then working as a medical assistant part-time. He wasn't happy there and I am happy he left! (so are the kids, because he is home more now!!)

Pictures of the South Florida Fair to come....

Zoo with friends

Today was a great day! We met our friends Stephen and Danielle at the zoo with their boys, Sebastian and Spencer. It is hard for our families to get together these days, so I cherish the time that we get to see them!! The kids all had so much fun together and we are going to try to do this more often!! Not only are we the Godparents of each others' children, but we are like family and we miss them a ton!!

Little Monkeys!!

Sebastian and Mason, feeding the goats

Looking at the monkeys

Aubrey and Lexi

The kids in front of the alligator
(in the upper right hand corner, in front of the bush)
Terrible photo of me, but Danielle look beautiful, as always!

Christmas Morning!

This Christmas was SO much fun!! The kids are at such a great age! We started the festivities on Christmas Eve by sprinkling the reindeer food on the front lawn and leaving cookies out for Santa. In the morning, Mason came running in our room yelling "Santa knows I love Star Wars because all my presents are wrapped in Star Wars Paper!" It was just adorable! The three of them ran down the hall and started ripping presents open before Wayne and I even got in the room!! I have NO idea who sent what!!! It all went so fast!!!

We started a new tradition this year as well: monkey bread after presents! I have an awesome recipe and the kids LOVED it!!

Jessi and Justin with the kids

Santa tends to spoil our kids!

Mason going through his stocking

Aubrey playing with a color wonders book

Lexi in front of her doll houseThe girls with their princess crowns!

Mason and daddy putting together the AT-TE

Tasha digging through the aftermath!

Aubrey....at the end of a long day!

Merry Christmas!

Santa visits Holy Cross!

Holy Cross had a special visitor last week: SANTA! I was lucky enough to be working at the school on this special day and was able to see the action and the priceless look on the kids faces!

The big arrival!

Mason getting his goody bag

Santa with the teachers!

Grandpa Visits

This year, I received the best birthday present! ~a visit from my father!! We had a wonderful couple of days together and the kids did not leave grandpa's side the entire time he was here!

We brought daddy to see the amazing Doyle House! It is tradition that we go see this amazing light display each year (in sync to Trans-Siberian Orchestra Christmas Music!)

Visit to Santa

WOW, it has been a few weeks since I updated the blog! Sorry about that! A lot has gone on in the past few weeks ~ starting with our visit to Santa!

Our Christmas Tree!