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This is awesome! These girls can really step!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=016C4sUj5_8

a few for you

The boys really enjoyed the game last night. B even posed with the mascot. I was suprised since he is usually scared of the characters, but he did good.

D was dancing around during an intermission and then next we knew he was on the big screen. He was really tickled that he was "on TV". Apparently according to my sis we left the game just in time. After we left there was a big fight with blood on the ice. I'm glad we missed that, there wasn't much fighting during the game. The boys want to go again, so I think they really liked it. Well just wanted to post a few pics, off to finish some stuff before date night. Toodles.

Still here

Yes I'm still around. We are all finally over all the sickies around here. The boys finished up their swim lessons this week. B learned some dog paddling skills and even went underwater several times with help from the teacher. D worked on dog paddling, floating and swim technique. He can't swim by himself yet, but he did jump in the pool. Although, he still hasn't went underwater yet, when he jumped in he was in shallow enough water not to go under. I guess in time they will get more used to it. I hope to get them up to the pool a few times before our trip so they won't forget what they learned.
We are taking the boys to their first ice hockey game tonight. It should be very interesting. D's school is the featured school at the game tonight so we are going in support. I don't know if the boys will stay interested throughout the game or not. I am also hoping there won't be too much fighting going on. I have never been to a hockey game but I see on the news they fight alot. I hope they don't fight too much or we might be spending most of our time at the concession stand...not good for my diet! Speaking of diet, I haven't done very well this week. It has been a very stressful week for several reasons and I have eaten more junk than I should. I did workout several days but the food just likes to stay on my body as pounds. :-( If only I didn't like to eat! Especially when stressed! But oh well, I"m trying not to let it get me down and just keep on going the best I can. I still have 2 weeks to try to get some more off so hopefully I can.
We are having a date night tomorrow so I am happy about that. We are going to see a Tyler Perry live play and then out to dinner. I know it's always about food!! Whatever, I just am going to enjoy it.
American Idol....what can I say. Not too thrilled about many of the contestants. I don't think very many of them did well this week. I have to watch a little more to see if I have a fav or not.
By the way if you haven't seen The Hangover it's a must see. It's the corny kind of humor but I actually enjoyed it, it was so crazy!! Well that's all for now. Toodles.

Round n round

Well D is home for the 4th day with fever. Actually he ran a fever last night and nothing today so far. So I'm hoping he will be back at school tomorrow. I can tell he is finally feeling much better today. He is actually playing alot around the house but still has just a slight cough and runny nose. The kicker is now I'm sick. Yes, yesterday I was freezing at work all day and came home and had a 102 fever. Still had a fever this morning too and been coughing and runny nose. I'm starting to feel better already after resting on the couch all morning and taking some cold meds. Hoping it doesn't go to daddy and the other little boy. Glad D will be able to go to his swim lesson tonight. He missed on Tuesday and there aren't any make ups. I am really wanting him to get the swim lessons. Over the summer he was set up for lessons and broke his foot so it was cancelled. So I don't want him to miss this time if possible. It is only 8 lessons so I don't know that he will actually be able to swim at the end but at least he is learning some swimming techniques and getting more comfortable in the water. B did great the other night. He jumped in and went under water with the teachers help. I was so proud of him, he was really scared to do it at first but when he came up from the water he was smiling ear to ear and so proud of himself.
My work contest is coming along pretty good. I have lost 17lbs so far and I think I'm in the top three so far. We only know comparitive pounds lost by the other people and the final will be determined by percentage so we'll see. There are only about 4 weeks left, it would be awesome if I could get to 25lbs by the finale. I don't plan to gain it all back this time!! I am determined!! I don't want to have to go through all this hard work again to get back to where I was, just have to convince myself to maintain, maintain, maintain! Hoping my stubborn self will get it this time!!
Well that's my update for now. Toodles..

Hmmmm?

Well let's see the past week has pretty much been a big blur. The boys are really enjoying their swim lessons. B tested for his orange TKD belt and Mike tested for his black belt. B is really enjoying doing TKD. Now he gets to spar (practice fight) since he is an orange belt. He is so excited about that! After class last night he came home and wanted to practice with daddy, it's so cute.
We enjoyed a nice dinner out on Friday for Valentines day. The boys were at a parents night out. Then some friends from STL came to visit for the weekend. We finally got to meet their new baby girl. She is 6 months old and simply precious. She is so beautiful and such a good baby! I don't think she cried the whole time they were here! Congrats to Crystal and Rodney and their beautiful new baby! The boys loved pampering the baby. But don't worry, no new baby girl happening in this house! ha ha! We played with her and then sent her home :-) Two is good for me! Don't want to start back at that stage, the boys are too independent now!
D woke up yesterday morning with a fever. It even spiked to 104 last night! yikes! Luckily we were able to lower it a little with a bath and some meds. He still is running a low temp today but seems to be feeling a little bit better today. I hope it resolves today and is just some 24 hour type thing. I also hope that the rest of us don't get whatever it is.
Only 3 1/2 weeks till our trip to Disney! whoo hoo! I am very excited! The boys are going to have such great time! We plan to go to Magic Kindgom and also Sea World this time! I am excited myself to go to Sea World.
Well that's about all on this end for now. Time to hit the laundry and dishes...yuk! Hope to get it done quickly and just snuggle on the couch with D all day :-) toodles.

Can you believe it...

Yes, we got about 6 inches of snow today. It was quite a suprise as the forecast was for snow flurries. The boys had a blast playing in the snow. Check out the pics HERE. What snow day would be complete without making homemade snow cones! The boys loved it!

It has now been raining some and also some sleet. It is supposed to rain throughout the afternoon into the evening with more snow possible. Not sure if we'll be home again tomorrow or not. They are saying it won't be much more snow but hmmmmm not sure I believe it. Plus it will likely be very icy since it will go below freezing tonight.

I made a cheesecake with my new springform pan. It's my first attempt at a cheesecake and it's strawberry flavored. The recipe had 99% fat free strawberry yogurt in it. It is so very yummy. I am trying to limit myself to the very small slice I had after my lunch. I will probably slice it in servings and freeze it for a sweet treat when we want it.

Made this neat little recipe yesterday for superbowl for the boys. It's kinda like a bbq roll up. I can't remember where I got the recipe. It's a can of pizza dough, then a layer of ranch dressing, the bbq meat (it said chicken, i used shredded pork premade) then a layer of cheese. Roll it up and slice it and then cook like cinnamon rolls. It was very easy and tasty.

Another snow day creation. I finally decided to cook the microwave chocolate cake in the mug for the boys. I have been wanting to do it for awhile and figured today would be a great day.

Before:

After:

Final product and it was gone in an instant!

I think it's time for fort building or a scavenger hunt. I can hear the boys in the other room and I think they are ready for a mommy distraction. Hope you enjoy the pics.!

I love my helpers

The boys had fun cooking with me yesterday and this is all you need. We made some gret PB&J mini pies thanks to Picky Palate!

These turned out really good and tasted so yummy! Mike said they would be even better dipped in chocolate! Ha! Anything is better with chocolate right?!! :-)

My girlfriends came in to visit from STL at the last minute. It was great to have a girls night down at Linda's since my hubby was gone all week! We had a great time visiting and laughing!

We woke up this morning to a great suprise! We prob have about 5 inches of snow at the moment! They predicted snow flurries and then look!! The boys are very excited that we actually have snow this time on our snow day. We will be bundling up soon to head out and make some snowmen and have some snow fun. I think this is the most snow the boys have seen and been able to play in. It's going to be fun! I will be posting pics of our snow fun later. We are supposed to get some more snow tonight, we'll see what happens.

The only bad thing is my superbowl eating plan failed! I didn't eat very much so I could weigh in this morning and then come home and have some snacks...hee hee! Bah!! Snowed in at home and no weigh in and snacks in the fridge...eeekkk! Not a good combo! But I will try to contain myself and get in a workout today also, playing in the snow counts right?? Toodles for now!

A little smile

A few happy pics! The boys did awesome at their first swim lesson. B listened very well to the teacher as they practiced kicking around the pool and learning pool rules.

D was swimming around with a kick board, and then practiced with a swim belt. The teacher tried to get him to go under water but he wasn't ready for that. I give him credit, I could tell he was trying to do it, but just couldn't get up the courage just yet.

Getting ready to get a bowl of water out for the boys to practice blowing bubbles in the water. B wouldn't do it for the teacher in class. I think it will help D too. Neither one of them like to get their face wet in the tub so we have to work on that. I figured we can start trying with a big bowl of water and just putting their lips at the edge to blow bubbles.

Hoping for a good weigh in this week! Last monday wasn't so good, gained 1.5. But in my defense I had the teeth surgery and the meds had me stopped up all week and I was so mad on sunday that I chowed down on boneless buffalo wings and onion rings! All that salt really bloats me up! I shouldn't of ate it the night before the weigh in! Oh well, even though I'm mad this week with my teeth and all I am doing much better with my will power. Just hoping to get through superbowl sunday! Maybe I will eat my superbowl sunday snacks on monday morning after the weigh in! ha ha ha!!

Well off to cuddle with my boys on the couch before bed time and enjoy some spongebob...toodles.

HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!

Ok, so prepare yourself for a whine fest! Today I went to the oral surgeon to have the surgical teeth sites checked. It all looked just wonderful so off to the orthodontist. So he is trying to hook the chains on the braces to start to pull the permanent teeth in and "pop" one of the chains broke off! WTH! WTH! I was furious to say the least! I just went through the whole oral surgery deal and now one pops off 1 week later WTH!! I am so mad, furious, upset, about to scream at the top of my lungs, horrified, pissed off, sick n tired of it all, and many many others emotions that would take too long to type, but you get the point! So he calls the oral surgeon, they decide that since he can actually see the tooth that they won't put me through hooking another chain just yet. So back in a week to him to let the gum around it heal a little more, and hoping...yeah hoping.. (whatever) that the gum will shrink in about 10 days or so and he can access the tooth easy enough to go ahead and put some bracket thing on it to hook to and start to try to pull it up. THIS IS A NIGHTMARE....DID I TELL YOU.....THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!! I am so furious right now, I know things happen and it could be worse.....i guess??!!?? but I just want this over so bad! Hoping the other chains don't break off either...who knows! ugh!! whew! Trying to take deep breaths, but not working so well! Maybe I need to pull out our punching bag and go to town!

On a positive note the boys start swim lessons tonight so I am excited about that. D had a baby tooth pulled yesterday at the dentist. It was soooooo loose and the permanent one was already coming in behind it. The dentist put some numbing gel on it and pulled it out, it was quick and painless and he didn't even know what happened! At least the tooth fairy came for him, I haven't seen the tooth fairy yet for my 3 teeth!!!!!!!!!!! um hum..... maybe she will show up for Valentine's with cupid! hee hee!

Well that's all for now...hoping next post will have happier news! Toodles.