Sullivan's cupcake party!

Yesterday we celebrated Sulls! Why you ask? Well, because he has been sleeping through the night for four days now! He hasn't called for me, crawled into bed w/ me, or wanted me to sleep w/ him in four whole days!!! GLORIOUS! I woke up on Tuesday and realized that he wasn't in bed w/ me. So of course I was worried at first, went to check on him and realized that he was fine alone in his own big boy bed. We had to celebrate because I have had interrupted sleep for almost four years because of this boy. I have been waking up crabby for far too long. Now if I'm cranky it will have nothing to do w/ lack of sleep right? lol! We decided to give him a cupcake party, that is his special treat. So Jac took him to the store and he got to pick out the flavor and frosting. He was excited about that alone. Then I came home from work w/ balloons, party favors and hats and we sang, "Good job Sulls" to him. I let him pour the batter into the cups and didn't freak out when it went every where except the baking cup. (good job mumma). Nor did I freak out when I had to clean up the chairs and the rug (again good job mumma). Just this little gesture sent him to the moon, he was so happy and knew that we were proud of him. The little things truly make a difference to our little ones. Thank you to Kristi and Tracey for showing me this valuable life lesson! Cheers to sleep!

Mrs. Mitchell's Valentine's party!

On Wed. I had the privilege of going to G.'s classroom. I got to see the life of a KD including music class and gym class. I loved every minute of it. Typically, I would stay in the classroom and help the teacher get things ready while the students are gone, but this time G. asked me to go with her and I wanted to so I didn't help and frankly didn't feel bad about. I was there w/ G. and that's all that mattered. During music class I actually got a little teary eyed watching her sing and just play w/ her friends. How big she is and I wondered where the time went. She loves school and it shows. Mrs. Mitchell pulled me aside and said that she thoroughly enjoys G. in her class, which of course as a parent makes my heart melt. Can I be doing it right? This parenting thing? I question and struggle with every decision and pray for the best. Oh, how I love her so! A fellow mom helped with quesadillas which were so yummy, I had three! I forgot to get valentine's, but it turned out good as G. thought it would be nice to make them homemade. We read a book about homemade valentine's and that's where she got the idea from. I decorated 30 and she wrote on them and signed her name to every one. It took FOREVER, but it was worth it. They turned out great and from now on we will make them homemade, just to be different. Next year I plan on doing it in increments as a special art project. What a fun day!

Review

This is just odds and ends of the last week. Jac was bored with the kiddies on Sat. while I worked so he took them to our new favorite place... Spring Break in B. Run. Love that place, well worth the $$$. My hubby is extremely tired of not getting real food ever so he decided to unthaw the turkey and have turkey dinner with all the fixings, super yummy, I think we had leftovers for four days, well worth his efforts. He is such a great cook. Like Tracey said, why would I want to learn to cook when I have him to cook and me to clean up the mess. I think we've got a good set up. I think if he knew that I was the only Italian in the world that didn't cook I think he would have considered not marrying me lol! I'm serious. One of his "Love Lang." is definitely food in the belly. Sunday G. and I met Tracey in Clio to listen to HGTV"s "Design on a dime" host Kelly Edwards speak about design tips. Tracey seriously could've taught the class. Didn't learn a whole lot, but it was still cool to get a pic. w/ Kelly & her autograph. She was super sweet and funny. The last pic is of us dancing in the kitchen listening to H. M. Something we do often!

39!

Last Wed. I turned 39. Not so bad actually. Along with becoming older, I've grown to not really mind letting people see the real me; personally or how I look without being made up. The pic of me and my sweets, all of us barely awake w/ sleepy eyes and bed hair proves that. I had a great start to my special day at Bunko where my good friends Kim and Michelle got me a cake shaped like a die (for Bunko if you're not familiar) super yummy raspberry! Loved it, ate it while I watch the biggest loser episode last week lol! So much for exercise. They also blessed me w/ 3 pic of my family for my bracelet. She lifted the pics off my blog and sent them to Oregon! Kim is amazingly smart, both are very generous. Thanks! Jac knew I'd ran out of coffee three days before so he quietly crawled out of bed at 6am and ran to the store to get some for me. I never spend $ on flavored creamers for myself so he got me some of that too. Which rocks! I love the simple things don't I? I just love coffee and he knows that, I love that he knows that about me too. I had been talking about listening to G.'s Hannah Montana cd's when were in the kitchen, but our cd player has been broken for years so he got me an under mount cd player. We love it. In this day and age of tech. this seems outdated even to me, but I don't feel it important to have music on my TV, Ipod/dock, satellite or whatever else is out there right now. For $20 bucks this works just fine! I love my new necklace (one of three) I've been wearing it like crazy and I feel it goes w/ everything. Along with getting older I have to cover my grey more freq..but it gets expensive so I have to box it every so often. I sent Jac w/ a coupon to Rite Aid and he picked the color he liked lol! Although I'm already itching to get to the salon for some high lights. I need some dimension. My neighbor and awesome friend Kristi brought over yummy cupcakes, that was a surprise too. Kim babysat so that Jac and I could go to the movies. Grand Tarino, in my opinion great movie! We went to Applebees for dinner and had a great dinner! Thanks to all! This year I'd like to clear out some clutter, take a cake decorating class, be a better wife, mumma and friend. I'm expecting you all to hold me accountable! I feel very blessed!

Japanese Anyone???

On Friday my friend Nik.D. invited us out to Saganos. I am very glad I went. I want to add that it was made possible because I had free childcare; her husband Aaron babysat for me so I could go. Thank you very much Aaron!!!! I had a riot with her knitting group. The are all very nice. The food was different from what I would typically order, but I went out on a limb and order something that I thought Jac would like too. The sushi was great and the other stuff I had, however I can't pronounce it or spell what I ate lol! Something different is always a good thing right? The company was great and it was fun.

Being good!

We were invited to come along with our friends' to Chuck E. Cheese for a play date because Jacob had gotten a good report from school. Of course the kids' always love to go here and have fun and this day was no exception. The pizza is very tasty there and papa kept them pumped with tokens. Now with that comes the situation that I'm personally struggling with; That by being good they are going to be rewarded in some huge way for doing something that they should already do just because it is the right thing to do. G. Came home with this report and ask, 'What are we going to do?" because her report was outstanding. I said that I wasn't sure because I'm not. I've always given to my kids' for being good, but when do ya stop, when does it get too out of hand? Not saying that going to Chuck's is over the top. It certainly isn't, but our kids' are still little and pretty inexpensive. When they get older is what I'm worried about. Am I over reacting? Should I just say a job well done or do I get all dramatic about good grades? I'm merely asking as a parent because I really don't know, this is not meant to be offensive in any way, So please comment your thoughts.

Can you imagine being 92?

My papa is the sweetest papa in the world. My grandparents have been married for 67 years. I love the picture of them holding hands, that melts my heart! Two cakes and still not enough candles lol! We love you!!!

Can you tell what I do for a living?

As I get older I let alot of things go that would typically not happen in my house. When I was younger and even after having kids' I ALWAYS kept up on my house hold chores. I think I have a disorder because my mind won't function unless my house is in order. I hope that makes sense, to me it does and that's all that matters right now! So I am putting myself out there and letting all of my friends see that I'm not this perfect house cleaner that you think I am. Just kidding, I really am, I just had a bad week. I had to take a picture because really my house never looks like this. Jamie was so irritated because after 12 years he is very used to neat and order. So when it looks like this we argue. It's like the ora in our space is tarnished. It's more hectic and harried to find things and frankly I can't handle living this way. I can only stand it for maybe a couple days and then I'm up cleaning. As you parents' can attest it only takes 2 seconds for it to look this way w/ children, but hours to get it back to order. What do you think? Can you stand that I am a house cleaner and my house looked this way lol!!! I know very brave of me. Can you believe that people actually pay me to clean their homes? I know that my Thursday client is reading this and laughing right now, Hi J. Oh well, I'm over it! Don't judge me Lol! I just noticed a beer bottle in the sink and a can of redi whip on the counter Hhhmm. yeah, really don't judge!