School days are coming

I can't believe how fast the summer went. The boys and I officially start school on the 3rd. They are excited. We received their notice in the mail the other day they are in Ms. Dreher's afternoon class on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. I am sure they will do really well. They are such good boys and usually so well behaved. I am blessed to have such good boys, especially, since they are twins.

We went to Kayla's birthday party yesterday. The boys had a lot of fun on the huge water slide, trampoline, and looking and Kayla's koi fish and Nemo's. I swear the boys would be happy anywhere there are fish. Too bad the birthday girl wasn't feeling that well. Hope you have a great birthday Kayla (who actually turns 3 on Monday).

After the party Tim and I took the boys shopping. They needed some new pants and shirts. I do believe they have officially gone through a growth spurt! Their first big one! lol. We bought 5T for shirts and 4 adjustable waist for pants from The Gap. The pants were a wee bit big, but I didn't want to go smaller just in case. I think that they are going to be styling boys. I know they can't wear super nice outfits to preschool since they will be using paint, makers, and who knows what else.

We have Tim's 32nd birthday coming up in a little over a week and then our 6th anniversary! Woo hoo! I think I might try to have something at our house. Who knows. We are still working on the backyard. I am going to have my dad take a look at the yard tomorrow to help us plan it out for a possible pool. Actually we are quite certain that we are going to get a pool it is a matter of actually getting all of the work done. We are thinking that we are going to use the yard so much more if there is a pool back there. It will also be great for when Heather and the girls come stay with us!! **hint hint**

I made a heartbreaking decision and stepped on my mom's scale today. I gained back almost 15lbs of the 20 that I lost so I have decided that I need to go into serious exercise and healthy eating mode. See what the summer does to you?? lol. Nah, got to figure out what my weakness was this summer. I didn't think I was that bad. hhmm

Big shout out to my brother who turns 33 tomorrow. Happy Birthday John!! Love ya!!! Hopefully you read this!

My parents anniversary is on Tuesday and my dad thinks that Stewart's drive-in will pass as a romantic dinner for the two of them. hhmm after all of those years and the man still hasn't learned. I think we may all go with them or at least I think we were invited.

I will update with pictures some time this week. I took an adorable one of Colin and Tim last night. I must say that Colin and Tim bonded this week!!! So glad.

Night everyone!

Being a mom...

So what happens when you plan a kid-less trip to Michigan for a wedding? Bad Mommy Vibes

I thought I had all bases covered when I planned my trip to Michigan. I was traveling out there with one of my good friends, Heather. She decided not to bring her little munchkin (see post & pic below) so I decided to leave the boys at home with Tim. Tuns out that Tim had to work on Saturday so that is the day that bad mommy vibes came into play. What would you think happened on that day??

Well, Braeden decided that he was going to run a fever of 103. I was crushed. Sobbing in fact. My friends must have thought I was a little nuts. Tough Jess crying like a baby because her baby was running a fever. I knew that he was in good and capable hands since he was with my MIL, but it didn't change the fact that my baby was sick hundreds of miles away from me. My heart broke even more when I got on the phone with him and he was crying and saying that he didn't feel good and didn't want to take the medicine. Luckily Julie bribed him to take the meds and his fever dropped a little, but he really didn't get better until the following night. I guess it was some viral thing that ended with a stomach virus. Needless to say I was quite happy to get home. Well for other reasons too... seems that something in the Michigan air does is not compatible with my allergies. Sunday morning I woke up and thought I was having an asthma attack (scary since I don't have asthma). Quite rough. I am starting to feel better now- still a little stuffy, but my lungs are clear.

I only got to see Tim for about a day before he had to leave for his annual security manager's meeting (2 nights). That is when Colin decided that he would embrace the virus. I was "supposed" to work this week, luckily my job is quite flexible especially in the summer. So they went to the sitter's house on Tuesday then that night is when I noticed Colin's body temp scorching me as he was pushing me out of my king size bed. Nice huh? He was pretty miserable all day on Wednesday- burning up even throughout the night. Wasn't fun at all. He woke up with the stomach thing- as he puked all over my carpet. Luckily it was just Cheerios so pretty easy to clean. He is feeling a lot better now. Hopefully it ends with Colin.

I really truly need to go food shopping. I am out of pretty much everything. Stinks. I should have given either my parents or my IL's a call last night so I could run up to the store, but I always feel bad.

Michigan was fun. I was able to see 5 of my closest friends. We really truly had a great time. Not quite what I expected. Mid-western weddings are definitely different then Jersey weddings (all around). I was quite over-dressed for the rehearsal and the wedding. Ah, it is ok though. I still felt nice.

I was able to test out my brand new flat iron THE CHI on 2 of my friends hair. They fell in love with it as well. So nice. I was also the make-up queen for the wedding. I did the bride's make-up, which I was definitely stressing over since I was doing a BRIDE'S make-up. I think I did a pretty good job she looked beautiful. I also did Heather's make-up and hair and I thought that she looked BUTIFUL!

The school year (for me) officially starts next week now. Since I was supposed to work this week I would of had a weeks break before the CST (Child Study Team) was due back. We are not on the teacher's schedule we work 10 months and 10 days. 5 days before school starts and 5 days after. Not sure how I feel about going back. I was just starting to enjoy my break (lol). It isn't like my work schedule is too stressful I work 7-2 with an hour break for lunch. Very nice. I have a new office this year that I have been trying to set-up. It isn't as large as my last office, but I think it will definitely do. I was thinking about bringing in my coffee maker, buying a tiny fridge, so I have a complete set-up in there.

Tim is on his way home now so I should run. Hopefully we will go food shopping. Cross your fingers.

Loving August

I think that I definitely enjoy August the most out of the summer months. I think that July is alright because of the fireworks, but it kind of ends there. It is usually way too hot. August has the perfect weather. Maybe too much rain, but overall perfect.

I think the boys are officially tired from their busy weekend. Colin is a wee bit grumpy so I think we are going to enjoy a nice day inside. I think he truly needs a nap, but I know he won't take one. Then... Emma ate his new leopard ray stuffed animal. So we had huge tears over that.

She has been so bad lately. Not horrific just... I guess a dog. She loves to sneak the boys food into her mouth or shall I stay steal it. Annoys us in the morning... ggrrr.

Our weekend was fantastic though. We celebrated my birthday on Saturday. Had to move the party indoors since a huge storm was coming. My poor friend Erin got drenched when she ran from her car to the house. After my parents we went to my house and everyone played the Wii while I got ready and used my new Chi flat iron, which is AWESOME! We went to the Lighthouse Bar and had a lot of fun.

Sunday the boys and I went to the beach with Heather and Ainsley. It was a perfect day with perfect weather. The boys had so much fun playing with Ainsley in the water. After the beach we went to my parents house to finish off the rest of the crabs and then went swimming in the pool. Ainsley definitely enjoyed the pool a lot more then the bay beach. Don't think she really appreciated the fact that she was swimming around in the water with crabs and fish. lol. The boys, however, LOVED seeing a crab in the water. They followed it across the whole swimming section. Very cool.

My actual birthday is in 2 days, which also is the day Heather and I leave for Michigan. We decided to drive through the night so we have time to get there for the rehearsal dinner and the bach. party.

I want to thank everyone for my awesome presents! THANKS!! Grandma, Grandpa, and Auntie loved my new beach bag... actually used it yesterday, but failed to transfer my badges... OOPS! Luckily the girl was awesome and let us go on the beach without paying.

Lots to do...

We have a lot on the agenda today.

Lol... then you ask why I sit here??? Not quite sure.

I just ordered the crabs for tomorrow. YUMMS! Extra spicy! They are even going to cook them. I should order them like that more often. I am afraid to cook them on my own. The noises that happen in the pot are creepy. Yet I eat them.

I have to go and get beer, corn, and some other stuff at the store today.

We went to the fair at St. Francis in Ship Bottom yesterday. Kind of a waste of money, but the boys had fun. They only had a handful of rides for their size and they were not letting them go on some of them alone. Kind of silly since they were able to go on them last year. Make sense?? At 37 or so inches they were just right, but at 40.5 they were too small. hhmm. Screwy.

I went to another good workshop yesterday on Over-indulged children. It was actually quite enlightening. I think I am going to make some changes in my personal life so my own children benefit. I have personally seen the repercussions and it really isn't something that I want to go through with with my own children. I would rather see them upset with me in life because I set boundaries. I imagine it is going to be hard.

He also spoke about the present giving thing. That children should not receive as many gifts as they do because they learn to not appreciate the gifts.
He said SPOILING is not good. Spoil with love, affection, and guidance, not material things and definitely not privileges that are beyond their age. All makes sense. He gave some case studies and trust me the kids don't really make it in the end.

I can see that. Maybe I can put those changes into place for their 5th birthday and Christmas this year. Hopefully I can get everyone on board with my plan. What do you think, family?

So tomorrow is my birthday celebration. I am excited. It isn't going to be anything big. I have a handful of people going out to LBI later that night. Should be fun.

I bid you a farewell... as I have to get my day started. My rat monkey's are eating fudge right now. Lovely lunch!