Fun with Natie

At Waldo Ray's so long for now, we will see you soon party ... Natie was of course keeping everyone busy and silly :P what's a Sunday with a little Nate silliness???

Fun with Waldo Ray

Waldo Ray is on his way back to Korea. We spent the afternoon with Waldo Ray. We laughed and told stories and listened to his story about his afternoon in the mafia :/ Talked about how he is a giant in Korea and probably has to shop at the big and tall store :D. We talked about all of his ecsursions while he was in the States ... shopping mostly! It was good to have you home for a bit, be safe and enjoy your time in Korea! HUGS!!!

Fun with Waldo Ray

Fun with Waldo Ray

She's so AMAZING!!

Sasha and her friends being inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta - CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!! Such a wonderful achievement, you should be so proud of yourself. It shows much about you that you earned this great honor. I love you so much Sash and I am so honored to be your momma and share in this awesome moment, and so proud I can't even express it in words. LOVE YOU SASH! WAY TO GO GIRLFRIEND :D

Nates fun at UIW

On the way to UIW, Nate was "recharging"! And he did a great job of that :) He did a great job during the ceremony and behaved very appropriately and well, before and after he made the most of his time :D

Chinese New Year

Harper's mommy came and introduced the class to Chinese New Year. They had a great celebration and learned so much. Nate keeps telling me when it is dark outside, in Chinese it is morning momma. And when it is morning, momma in Chinese it is night time. Chinese are the opposite of us because they are really far away.

He is so cute. We are having a difficult time learning China and Chinese - Mexico and Mexican or Spanish - it is a difficult concept :/

The students had so much fun learning about Chinese New Year :)

CSW fun

Nate's class during Catholic Schools week. Camo, fun, socks, and pj day :) they are adorable and had so much fun!

PreK4 and CSW

Our PreK4 Catholic Schools Week bulletin board :) How awesome!! Each student contributed a faith, service, and academic piece to teh board, also you see on the green banner, the kids are spelling the words "faith, service, academic". They all signed the board and we have a picture of each person as well :)

What an awesome class and experience for our PreK4 kiddos!

Momma, my tooth came out!

Nathaniel lost his first tooth today :) He was so excited. He has been so scared this week that it has been loose. He has also been having a difficult time eating since it was on the bottom in the front. Now, he has a little window!

Poor Sash, she is completely devastated that Natie is old enough to be losing teeth. So are her friends that remember the day he was born when they were in 8th grade and I called Sasha and told the office she had to call me because we were going to have a baby that day and wanted to tell Sasha and get her picked up from school. Such an exciting day, so many since Natie has been in our lives - it started with the day I found out I was pregnant with him, 5 pregnancy tests later, we believed this could really be happening after being told I wasn't going to have any more children.

My Nathaniel, my little miracle surprise. My Sasha, my real little miracle. What blessings God has given me - and now we begin another chapter with Natie, losing teeth! Wow, it is hard to believe. He is such a joy.

He was so excited and can't wait for the Tooth Fairy. He wants to set a trap for the Tooth Fairy because he wants to see what she looks like and find out if she lives at the North Pole with Santa Claus. Well if we create an extravagant trap I will be sure to document and share with you.

Congrats Natie on losing your first tooth!!!

Froggy Giggles

Froggy Giggles, Nate's class mascot, came to visit us this week. Spot was so excited that he had a friend come over. Froggy GIggles and Spot helped us with our class projects :)

Preparing for Catholic Schools week

We are working on our class project for Catholic Schools week. We made a rosary for Faith and painted a wrench purple for Service. We had a lot of fun working on this project, of course I ended up finishing the rosary. Which I probably would have done anyway because the fact that the beads were not uniform and sliding easily was driving my OCD nuts!!!! and of course it would not be an adventure working on any project without any mishaps, Nate dropped the beads all over the floor! Ugh, Natie, lets get these picked up and open the package after we set it on the table ok buddy?? Ok Momma, I'm sowry. --- Love you Natie :)

Back at the dorm...

Back at the dorm .... Sash is back to class tomorrow. She did an amazing job her first semester!!! WAY TO GO SASH!!!! You are amazing young lady, great faith, lots of smiles to share, God-focused, caring, nurturing .... I am so proud of you. You are the best gift a mom could have :) Thank you for great break together and I wish you the best this semester, I know you'll do FAB!

We did a little unpacking, carried things up to the 5th floor, thank goodnesss this time the elevators were working :D GO CARDINALS!!!!

Still enjoying the party ... you'll see Cade, Callie, and Bryson too :) Thanks to our friends for inviting us to the party, it was so much fun!!

Fun Day Sunday

We had a busy day ... woke up and did some picking up around the house, finished some packing, and cleaned a bit. Lunch at home before Sash headed back to UIW. Then to Cade and Callie's bday party at J&R. Finally we ended up at at UIW unpacking, hanging clothes, and out to dinner before getting ready for the week ;)

Here Nate is having a blast at the party! Nate, Callie and others enjoyed the swing over the foam pit.