Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

how is my baby already 2?? I have no idea!! where did the time go?

Hope you all had a great holiday with your family!! we are having a lot of fun with Lil M's new birthday present!!

this now takes up our entire living room LOL

but lil M loves it! so that is all that matters!!

also a nice trip to lego land to celebrate lil m's 2nd birthday!! everyone was there!! we had a fabulous time!! lots of cake and lots of fun treats!! all fun, no drama :) 

we all had a great time enjoying each other's company and riding the train a bazillion times!!

all the lego cities were amazing! and now we are all obsessed with legos!!

we are all recovering and are back to our normal routines.. boooo....

xoxo

Chaos

We are currently getting our floors done! Finally getting rid of the nasty carpet.. full of stains from husby spilling beer, spilling food and also from lil m's vomit stains and from him throwing food around

Day 1 is done, and the awesome people came, ripped out my carpet and installed our new flooring into the living room and kitchen!! man.. do you know what is hiding behind your fridge and stove? There was so much crap!! It was DISGUSTING!!

Next is just my hallways :) I am so excited!! I am living in chaos right now, with furniture all over the place, shoved in my bedroom!! eeeks

Then soon I can put up Lil M's birthday gift.. a cool cars table that hubs let me buy!!
IT is so cool!!

Hope you are all having a great end of the year :)

xoxo

Just in time for xmas......

How is it almost Christmas?

With a blink of an eye the page of my calendar went from November to December!! Where did the time go? How is it almost Christmas already? I swear, it was just January! And I was just debating on what to get Lil M's teachers for Valentine's day!!

As the time approaches near Christmas, I have so much to do!! I need to pull out our stockings and hang them up on the mantle, I need to put up our Christmas lights outside and also take out some decorations!! I cannot believe how fast the time has flown

I think I might just be in denial! you see, I have a baby who will soon be 2 years old!! I cannot believe how fast time has flown! I look back at all the wonderful pictures and videos I have of my lil baby and cannot believe how much he has grown!! He has developed and learned so much in the last 23 months! From sleeping all day long to running around .. I am just in awe!!

Everyday he amazes me!! No matter what he is doing, either using almost full sentences to the way he plays with his toys!! I just can't believe it!

I am so afraid to blink again.. for soon he will be in kindergarten!! eeeek!! and then college!!

Maybe this whole idea of my baby growing up has me in denial that it is almost Christmas, or maybe the idea of him turning 2 has just made me in denial that it is in December!!









xoxox

So much fun

I was sitting here this morning in between reading emails and browsing online, when I stumbled upon this website: http://themetapicture.com/these-parents-are-amazing/

I couldn't help but laugh,.. and then I started thinking, it is almost Christmas time, and it's time to start the "elf on the shelf" tradition in our household.

Last year, Lil M was way too young to care about finding the little elf every morning.  This year, he might be too young too, .. but that doesn't mean I can't start collecting ideas for next year so that the Elf on the Shelf in our house will be amazing at hiding and playing games in the house!

I love how the parents used a bunch of dinosaurs to and how each day it was a different theme!! I think I might have to start collecting some elf friends or find some reindeer figures on sale this year as to help the Elf on the Shelf get into trouble.

Letter of Recommendation

I was asked my Lil M's teacher to help write her a letter of recommendation.  I was excited to know that M's teacher felt close enough to me, to ask me to help write her something this personable, something that could help her in advancing in her career, but I am so nervous.  I am not good at writing these things... I mean what do you put in these letter of recommendations?  She mentioned it was for a portfolio, but didn't mention if it was for a new job or if she was to put with her resume while in the search of a new job.  I have never written a character reference before, so I decided to google it...

Guess what I found? I found links on how to write a character witness for court! HAHA
There are pictures of convicts (many looking like my husband's family.. LOL.. ok that's another post) and then there are a few people in there that just look drugged out and wearing orange! 

So I googled on, and found a few templates for letter of recommendations and used those for reference

here is what I came up with,.. please leave me some comments with edits before I turn this into the teacher, I am always nervous when it comes to giving things to Lil M's teachers

Thanks

XOXO

To Whom It May Concern

I have had the pleasure of knowing Miss H for over a year.  During the year of our acquaintance, I have known Miss H in many capacities.  She has been my son’s preschool teacher, but most importantly been a role model.  Her responsibilities in that capacity have grown with the activity level, and you can clearly see what an important role she plays in my son’s life as you watch him reach and excel in his many milestones. 

She has helped with improving my son’s skills and in a very short time frame, he has increased his fine motor skills, his vocabulary, and his eagerness to listen and follow directions.  She is very creative in her way of educating the children, they are always having so much fun and do not realize that she is teaching them. 

Miss H is an intelligent, capable, dedicated and personable young woman.  She is always quick on her feet, with sensible reactions in all the circumstances a preschool teacher meets.  I feel confident in saying that she is capable of handling any situation with thoughtfulness and maturity.    

Thank you,

Lil M's Mommy

Do I dare to dream.....

Do I dare to continue to dream about having a second child? Am I being selfish????


Read more 

http://www.modvive.com/2013/11/15/baby-2-selfish-ready/