Alex's 6th Birthday Party

Alex had a wonderful birthday party at Fun Expedition (a large arcade). All his friends were able to come, and even his new first grade teacher. He is very happy with all the gifts he received and is loving all the Star Wars stuff he got (especially the one Katie got him).
We got an Indiana Jones cupcake/cake. It was delicious (for cupcakes). All the kids were covered in icing. That was a little gross. Jeffrey was in awe of all the festivities. I think this is the first party he was "a part of" at a place like that. He really loved it.
Alex was completely wiped out when we got home and both boys went to bed early!
We will be having another little party on Thursday for his actual birthday. I am thinking ice cream cake!

Thomas and Friends

Jeff was in a very bad mood the other day (see previous post) and this is how I got him to calm down. He thought it was cool to take pictures of his trains.

Scrap room stuff

Some pictures of my new project...changing the colors in my scrap room. Trying to add brown into it. I sprayed those cheap white drawer units with Krylon plastic paint and then Mod Podged papers on the fronts of them. Also painted some really old photo boxes I have had about 7 yrs. Fun stuff!

Just another day

This is from a post I made on one of my message boards, we do this daily and usually it is just a few lines. So I started this thinking it would be a short little list...I am shocked I made it through the day after typing it all out!

-Woke up to 2 yr old putting "sprinkles" on his cereal (jimmies for those folks not from NJ) can you say sugar rush?
-Dropped Jeff off at school - killed 3 hrs by putzing around town.
-Atlanta Bread for bagel and coffee
-Alex's school to talk to principal about other kid getting into pre-k
-Pier One - browsing clearance
-Books a Million - got a Dreamweaver CS3 book to teach myself new website building tool (been 6 yrs outta practice)
-CVS for Dh's facial needs (he is such a princess)Eucerin Redness Relief (awesome products but hard to find in the sticks)
-Pick up Jeff from school - he got 2 time outs and peed through his pull up.
-Drive home - remember that I forgot to pay a deposit for Al's birthday party tomorrow...
-Drive back to JC /Fun Expedition (stopping at BK for some food)
-Spend 20 minutes trying to convince 2 yr old I have no money and can't play games...but we will play tomorrow-fireman carry him out of F.E.
-Go to party store to get plates and balloons - fireman carry him away from train table
-Stop at Teacher supply store on the way home - get behavior modification tools for 2 yr old (they didn't sell whips so I got some posters that are supposed to motivate good behavior)
- 3rd time fireman carry kid away from train table again to leave
-Then home to await other son's arrival
-listen to screaming 2 yr old (for 2 hrs) cry for no apparent reason
-hooked up my new webcam (that has been sitting in a box for months)
-hooked up my new Flip - very cool can't wait to show video on the blog tomorrow of the party
-Send 2 boys off to soccer practice
-watch 2 yr old play half naked out in the yard (we have a tall fence)
-see 2 yr old poop in the yard. (potty training sucks)
-start MARGARITA party
-Boys come home stinky - give baths (try not to drown them)
-Chase 2 yr old around the house to get him dressed for bed
-Close doors to kids rooms
-Realized I never ate dinner ordered a pizza at 9:30pm - watched football with DH for a few
Now visiting my sistas--
Tomorrow big birthday party
Sunday - 1st grade Fiesta party
Monday SLEEEEEEEPPPPPPP and maybe scrap!

Kudos to a friend

I wanted to congratulate my friend Leslie Farmer for her hard work and success on launching a new redesign of our schools website. She took on this project with little knowledge of the process (and it ain't an easy one!). She learned a lot along the way and stressed out a lot too. I think she did a terrific job and she should be very proud of her efforts. I know it is a relief when something like this goes "live" and looks as awesome as this one does. (and it works too! I just did a QA check on it and I think it flows really well as she planned and there were no typos that I could see LOL)

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First Week of Prek

Well Jeffrey started school again. He is still the largest kid in the class. He is turning 3 in 6 weeks but he is in the 2 yr old class. There are a bunch of criers in his class this year and I hope they knock it off because it has to be disruptive to him. I doubt they will teach him anything he doesn't already know. And I fear more that he will pick up bad behavioral habits from the 2 yr olds.

Oh well, here is his pose for me the first day.

Who's on first?

First day of first grade.

Adorable unique Holiday cards

This is a gal from my home town of Bogota NJ. I am loving these cards.

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