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Sunday, February 06, 2011

Celebrations

1:33 PM

With Liam and Braeden's birthdays so close together, we often do cake and ice cream for both at the same time. This year it was our family and my friend T and her two kids. Her two also just happen to be Braeden's bio brother and sister! :) Makes for a special day as we only see each other a few times a year.

The boys picked a Tron cake this year. Marble cake inside with buttercream frosting. :) It came with one "light cycle" so we purchased a second so each would have their own.

We had so much fun spending time with T and her family! Brothers... can you believe how much they look alike!? :) Braeden SO looks like his brother J, and I have a whole blog post rolling around in my head about genetics vs. environment... for another day. :)

The tremendous trio...

Liam wasn't feeling well by this point, but managed to sit for a minute to get a picture. (Poor buddy's been running a fever and has a sore throat!)

Today Liam and I both aren't feeling well. I haven't had a fever (I don't think) but Liam keeps saying, "I'm sick mom." "My mouth (throat) hurts." Poor guy. So I had Braeden go upstairs and pick out his own clothes today...

He chose THAT even though it looks like THIS out our back window...

LOL - At least we're staying in today! :)

Tomorrow is Braeden's birthday... wow! Time flies! And because we have school and then dance for Olivia, we're not home until 6:30pm... SO, we decided to have Braeden's birthday meal and gifts TODAY! :)

For his meal, Braeden chose chicken wings (he likes Buffalo, but Olivia and I like BBQ, Liam's on the fence still, so we got both), cinnamon apples (mom-made specialty), cherry Pepsi, and cheesecake for dessert. :)

From us Braeden was given his own Didj, a GREAT find prior to Christmas! Olivia has had one for a while (it's basically an older kid version of the Leapster, all educational type games) and Braeden has wanted one forever!

He also got two Didj games from us (again, major deals!) and two from Grandma and Grandpa. Grandma and Grandpa also gave him a Discov*ery Kids jungle greenhouse with soil, little shovel, and seeds. He LOVES it!

It's been a fun, fun, day!

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Thursday, February 03, 2011

CSN stores

5:27 PM

I just love CSN Stores and all the MANY things you can find there!!! If you've never checked out this site I suggest you do! Crazy how many things they have! :)

Since we've been snowed in, it was the PERFECT time to break out our newest "get ready for our Hong Kong addition" item. From CSN! It came in the mail recently and I was just waiting for the right time to bring it out.

We got the Geo*Safari Talking Globe Jr. and it is AWESOME! (Watch prices, because they drop often and we didn't pay the price it's currently listed at!)

Olivia tried it later and was LOVING it too! It's great because it can be fun for any level of learning. There are options to just explore or play a game and you can set it for USA States, Countries, Continents, Oceans, and more. So fun!!!

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Snow Days

5:15 PM

Well, unless you've been hiding under a rock the last few days, you know by now that a good portion of the country was hit by the "storm of the century." We were no exception.

I was hoping Monday night that our school district would announce that we would at least be closing early on Tuesday, to account for traffic, buses, etc during the start of the storm, but no luck. Most of my class rides a special bus and they were picked up an hour early since it was getting bad by that point. I was left with two students. :)

The kids and I made it to get milk, pick up some meds, and get Liam. We were home by 4:30 and it was pretty bad: slick and low visability. The snow continued to fall through the night...

And school was called off for Wednesday! We had fun hanging out, watching movies, and I actually got a lot done around the house. Olivia and Liam ventured out to play, but Braeden opted to stay warm. He did go across the street to a friend's house for a while though. :)

School was again called off for today, more because of the negative temps and the many students who walk or wait at bus stops. Today Olivia broke out her cake maker she's had for a LONG time and hasn't used yet...

Her two sous chefs and herself made quite the cake. :) They were so proud!

I got lots more done today which feels GREAT! We also ventured out of the house as some cabin fever was setting in. We went out to lunch and to a store, and the weather was actually pretty nice, though the wind was biting.

In adoption news, today I received an email with instructions for beginning my dossier (paperwork to send to Hong Kong). I have heard lots of stories of people running around and collecting multiple amounts of paper to include, but it looks like I got most of this DONE with my second agency application and only have a couple pieces to sign and send in! HOORAY!

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