Last Day of Spring Break

Monday was the last day of Spring Break for Josh and Mattea, so I took them to the new park.  Mattea's friends Hannah and Molly came along, too.  The kids had a blast playing!  We stopped for ice cream on our way home.  The weather was better than expected which was a nice surprise.  What a great day!!!

Conversation with my kiddies

This is the conversation I had with Josh and Mattea during lunch the other day.

J - "So, Mom, you know that Kony guy?
Me - "Yeah.  Joseph Kony?"
J - "Yup.  Cameron has him as his profile picture on Facebook."
Me - "Interesting."
M - "Who is Kony?"
J - "He's a really bad guy."
M - "You mean like... oh, what's his name?"
Me - "Osama Bin Laden?"
M - "No, that's not the one."
Suddenly, I can see where this is going and what she is thinking.
Me - "Mattea, are you talking about Barack Obama?"
M - "Yes!!!"
Me - "He's not a really bad guy."
M - "Well, he makes some really bad choices."
J - "You've been listening to Dad too much."

I laughed SO hard.  These kids crack me up!

Frosty the Headless Snowman

Our nice warm weather turned chilly on Monday and we got some of that silly white stuff. It was enough to cover the ground and apparently enough to build a snowman. Josh built the snowman and Mattea decorated it. I thought all was fine and dandy until I saw Josh walking out of the house with a bottle of ketchup. Oh boy... I could totally see where that was going. So, of course, he asked me to come outside to get a picture.

And in true Josh form, that wasn't enough.  So, he ran inside to get his "prop" and insisted I take this picture as well.

Fashion Show

Mattea and I took a quick trip to JC Penney's in search of some t-shirts for me and somehow, we came home with some new summer clothes for her!  Hmmmm... how did that happen???  Anyway, when we got home, she did a fashion show for me.  What a cutie patootie!

love, love, love her in yellow -- she's like a ray of sunshine!

 Mattea picked this out and I wasn't overly fond of it, but once she put it on, I changed my mind!

 same yellow top, but with some trendy jean shorts

  same yellow top with bermuda jean shorts

new swimsuit

Chipper Friday

Today is FRIDAY and PAYDAY and CHIPPER FRIDAY!!!

• I love Fridays... especially on weeks where I didn't work on Monday or Tuesday!  BOOYA! 
• I love payday because really, who doesn't??? 
• I love Chipper Friday... mostly because it's OVER!  Chipper Friday is the name of the workout I did this morning.  (Oh no you didn't.)  Oh yes I did.  Here is what I was doing at 6am. (It's why I'm so chipper!!!)

600 METER RUN
50 DOUBLE UNDERS (I can't do double unders yet, so I did 100 singles)
40 MED BALL CLEANS
30 SLAM BALLS
20 PULL UPS (I still have to use a band... I'm getting there!)
20 KETTLE BELL SWINGS 35#
20 BOX JUMPS
600 METER RUN

Happy Friday to you!!!

Kelly Clarkson, y'all!!!

Jeff won tickets to the Kelly Clarkson concert at a dinner auction a couple weeks ago, so three friends and I headed to Broomfield on Sunday night to go to the show.  Kelly Clarkson was the winner of the first season of American Idol and I know why she won... that girl has some CHOPS!  She is an amazing singer and seems very down-to-earth.  She sang some of her old songs and as well as some new ones.  I didn't know all of her new ones, but I have been listening to her new CD non-stop since the concert!  We had such a great time at the concert.  Thanks, Jeff!!!

Tina Timm, Megan Robinson, Joni Gordanier & me

The amazingly talented, Kelly Clarkson

Alex's Piano Recital

Alex just started taking piano lessons on January 9th of this year.  After just nine lessons, he participated in his first recital.  He did a duet with his instructor and they played "Morning".  He did such a great job!!!  He played confidently, took a bow when he was finished and walked back to his seat with a smile on his face.  We could not have been more proud of him!

Although, he is still a beginner, he asked me to get him the sheet music so he could learn the song "Fur Elise", which is his favorite.  He told Aunt Julie about his quest when she was here in February, so she also got the sheet music and is practicing it herself.  I can't wait to hear them play it together!!!