So thankful for my parents!

I tell ya!! I am so greatful for my mom and dad!! They were such a huge help when we had to go through and clean and repair the rental home we have. My hubby is not to much of a handy man, he can do basic things, but laying tile,fixing faucets and other things that are more involved he would rather hire someone to do it. So i am thankful for my dad who does know how to do all that and doesnt mind helping out his loving daughter! Whats great is when Nick is able to assist my dad because I know he is taking it all in and will be a very capable young man. Mom and dad have also been a huge help this soccer season! They have had to run a child or two to a soccer game when Paul and I couldnt be there for one reason or another! I think we are all thankful that this is the last season the boys will be playing soccer!! I guess Paul jokingly told my parents that next will be Molly's turn! So far she has no interest though!!
So anyways, Thank you mom and dad for every single thing you do for us!!!! We appreciate it and love you!

Ocean Beach Blast!!

Friday is "Ocean Beach Blast" in Molly's kindergarten classroom! The blast is the day that every child in the classroom gets to celebrate their birthday! Since they do so much learning it is hard to schedule time for each kid to bring in cupcakes and what not and also since some kids birthdays are in the summer they miss out. So Friday the teacher is bringing in a helium balloon for each child, they will have pizza,juice, cake and the other good stuff. Each child gets to bring in "party favors" to pass out to friends as well!! Since I'm not a huge fan of the little trinket type things Molly will passing out one of those little bottles of bubbles,2 pieces of sidewalk chalk and a small little bubble toy/wand, I am also going to try finding some different fun games that you can play with sidewalk chalk and print it out on paper for them. Family Fun had a cute game that Molly and I played yesterday that i had never heard of and she really enjoyed it!
So after that explanation about how fun Friday will be, I have to share a funny story. Tuesday is my day to volunteer in Molly's classroom. Mollys class had left for Music and I was working at my little table, all of a sudden I heard the other kindergarten teacher start talking strenly to her students I'll paraphrase...she was not happy with how they were behaving and she said, If you dont start behaving and doing what you are supposed to I will CANCEL the party on Friday, I will call up each and every mommy and tell them to forget the party because they are not having it because they are not listening!!!! Oh my goodness!! Thats like the equivalant of telling a kid they are canceling Christmas or their birthday party!!!! So of course I had to ask Mollys teacher if she threatened the kids with that!! she said "yup, i sure have" then she also added that she didnt need to for the morning class but she did for the afternoon class!!! Too funny!!!!! Poor kids!!!

Discovery Weekend is OVER!!

Thankfully the weekend is over. I did the clean up with the help of one other person! My body is very thankful not to have to move any more couches,chairs,tables,pianos,speakers,tv's. I tell ya!! Thankfully my husband and my parents can relax a bit too from all the work they accomplished at the rental house!

What??

Wednesday evening, well I guess really early Thursday morning...around 1:30 am to be exact I heard a little chattering voice next to my ear. It took me a second to realize Molly was standing next to me....have you ever been so tired that you hear things coming out of someones mouth but you have absolutly no idea what they are saying????????? Oh my gosh!!!! I kept asking her to repeat...and she kept talking but I had no idea what she was saying...I did understand that she seemed in no distress...so i walked her back to her bed...laid her down but she refused and i said good night and shut the door!! lol i am so mean but i was soooooooooooooooooooooo tired!!! Well as I laid my head back down I heard her door open and apparently she gave up on me and went down to sleep on the couch!! I knew nothing would harm her soi went back to dreamland!
As I was retelling this story to my parents at Nicks soccer game Paul starts laughing in his chair... I looked at him and said "What??" he said first she went to him and was talking to him and he sent her over to me!! lol Gee what a guy!!!! Thanks for having my back buddy!!!! So I guess i could say Thursday very early i earned the worst parent in the world title!! Sorry MollyBird....we really do love you!!! I just really needed my sleep!!!!

restful weekend??

I am really hoping that Saturday can be a sort of day of rest...or at least just hanging out at home and being bale to catch up on some much neglected laundry,cleaning,and other assorted household projects!!
Silly me, even with all the junk we have to do at the rental house started a project of my own at our house! Well, I kind of forgot that the small step ladder is at the other house! So i cant peel the wallpaper that is much above my reach!! So that project remains half done!
The boys will be at Discovery weekend at church so no scout meeting for them friday and Joe will be missing his saturday soccer game. I will be going to the church in just a few hours to hopefully finish up the setting up for their weekend.

Crazy days once again!

We have lots going on nowadays! Soccer has started! The boys did not get much practice in, as a matter of fact Joe did not get any in! Nicks coach scheduled a few practices before the games started but Joes coach only scheduled 2 practices before games started and Joe had prior commitments so he missed both! Today is Joes second game, Nick has had two games already too. Nick scored a goal on Thursdays game and i missed it because I was out that night! BUMMER!!!!
My parents have been big time helpers in getting the other house ready to rent out again. We had the insurance guy come out and they are covering most everything I think except the carpeting. So that will be a help. We are putting the boys to work there as well! This next weekend both boys will be spending it at the Church for thier "Discovery" weekend. It is supervised by adults, put on by the senior high, for the junior highers! This will be the second year for the boys, Nick has a talk to give so he will be working on that this week i'm sure!

I'm really behind here!

Wow! I try really hard to stay motivated and keep up to date here but it never seems to work that way! Today ends Easter Break for the kids, that means back to setting our alarms and early mornings! Tomorrow there will be no rest because after I drop Molly off Paul and i need to head down to the rental house and he wants to get some outside work done there. I am sure the weather will cooperate for us. Paul and my parents have been doing a super job, Paul washed down walls, my dad ripped up the carpeting for us(GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yuck............)we need to still take up the tile work in the kitchen I believe, then we have to do painting this next week and then we can get the new carpet put in. I think we have some electrical issues to look into as well. Paul's friend thinks we'll have no problems getting it rented out soon again! I can only pray, and pray that they are good tenants who will care about the place and pay thier bills.Thats what has mainly been keeping ym mind occupied.
Soccer season has started too...for Nick at least! We have heard no communication from Joes coach yet which seems odd. So we will be busy again for sure. molly has ended her swim lessons and did not want to sign up again, I was fine with that, our own pool will be opened next month and she will get in swimming as often as we can!!!