SPRING!!!!!

which means running noses and scrapped knees, mud pies and splashing in puddles
all of which we are enjoying
the days have been warm not necessarily sunny but warmer
which of course we have tried to make it out every day for a run or a bike ride
we are all feeling much better
the antibiotics are working and sadie's ear infection has gone away and silas's very very bad cold is gone!!!!
so with crossed fingers i hope this is it for the next two weeks
we had a great time celebrating bumpa's b-day!
made a yummy gluten free cake and everyone helped blow out the candles and as a b-day present we traveled to the farmpark to eat lots of sugar and watch bumpa run!!!!
so we are doing well
still working on getting things ready for the kitchen
silas is talking more and more ever day and he has grown out of all his clothes!
he loves to tell his sister "de de" what not to do and "de de" loves to tell him what to do
sadie is reading though you never know what she will read or when so be careful when spelling out certain food items like "cake" or "ice cream"
that is all for now...but you see i updated it sooner rather than later

i swear....i won't make this habit

i know the blog is being updated like every two weeks and i really do apologize but this time i had a long list of good reasons why you ready?
1. i went out of town and yes i did it without my two little (sorry three) attachments - work related trip to chicago and when i got home the house was clean, the children bathed, the dog looking a little anxious but all went well so super dad survived 3 days of sick kidlets and no back up mommy help
2. yup the kids = sick......it is that time of year so when i was away super dad went through something like 80 diapers b/c they had the tummy virus of sorts.....that was last week...this week we have mega colds. these are colds that come in wearing black pin strip suits and legal documents stating they are taking your nose into a new dimension for "testing". sadie is being a super trooper. she has a ruptured ear drum and a very bad cold. we are on round 2 of antibiotics b/c only our little girl would kick every antibiotic in the butt. we are allergic to yet another antibiotic, our list of possible meds is getting smaller...which only makes me think we need to move some place warm away from the suit wearing germs.
3. snow - yes cleveland has seen spring than gotten 4 feet of snow to watch it melt only to get 4 more feet the next day....so even though you are saying snow should not be a cause for not updating the blog it is the lack of consistent weather that is making me go shovel, blog, shovel blog??? see it is confusing and makes no sense.
there are more reasons but....oh right the kitchen
like that is a tiny reason but we are moving forward as planned
this past weekend we ordered a dishwasher and a floor!!!!
see it is happening sadie is really excited to help Dennis rip up the kitchen
she has her hammer and her tape measure and is ready to go.....so whether dennis knows it or not he has a little helper
here is the story for the week
Sadie has taken to calling bubby "son"
"Son would you like some juice?"
"Son, don't put that in your mouth that is a choking hazard!"
Silas can sing his alphabet and count to ten....his new favorite color is yellow though he likes to say everything is red at least it is not white anymore
that is all for now......

trying not to be a slacker......

ok....
i know you are all like WHERE are my pictures of the kidlets?
WHERE are the stories??
honestly i am trying not to create mayhem in the world by denying cuteness...but things have been a little busy in both good and bad ways
so i give you all the bad news first:
sadie had strep (though you would never of known it.....because it never slowed her down she just kept running and playing but the break down of tears were more frequent and easily started)
bubby had a great b-day and even got to see dr. huff for a throat culture...but lucky bubby he only had a bad cold no strep...but he did score on the b-day presents and cake so he really did not care
so what else has been going on?
yes....we got the taxes done
and yes...we are going to start our BIG kitchen project end of march start of april
wish us luck
this is the last of the BIG FUTOMOKI renovation jobs.....not to say we are done yet at all....since now for some reason our entry way ceiling is coming down and few other ceilings will have to be knocked out.....but that is small in comparison...meaning it is something aaron and i can do on a few weekend (this is where you start hearing manic laughter and tears, because we never have a free weekend.....and if we do the last thing either one of us wants to do at the moment is eat plaster dust)
so i will take some pictures to show you all what we have been living with for almost 6 years this is where you all feel sorry for us and send us gift cards to home depot
aside from that we continue to play and purge
sadie is still really into dorthy and makes everyone at school call her dorthy
bubby is still into whales, cars, and animals
they both love to hug and tease each other
we are in picky food moment but asparagus seems to be hit (if you tell a kidlet they will tinkle bright green if they eat something they tend to eat a lot of it)
we have been going for hikes in the snow making snow men and having snow ball fights....but we are all ready to start planting seeds and playing in the grass
this winter has been long and typical of cleveland which means we are ready to see it go.....i think i have donated enough car rims to the pot hole project cleveland calls a road!
until later enjoy the movies and pictures!