Monster Truck Show

VROOOOOOOM!!!!!!



This is what a mom of a boy ends up doing on a Saturday night. I end of going to the monster truck show and making a fool of myself. I think I cheered louder than all the rednecks around me. I know I can kind of get wrapped up in things. The pictures are hard to see but if you click on them then you are able to see some of our favorite trucks in action. Nick loves the Superman and Hot Wheels truck. As you can see from the pictures the Superman truck wasn't so lucky tonight. It ended up flipping over. I swear the more danger these people are in, the louder the crowd cheers. I think there is something really wrong with that. I of course love the truck Grave Digger. It is so cool with its red head lights and its cool jumps. One of Nick's favorite parts of the show was the intermission motorcycle stunts.
One thing is for sure those beasts are sure LOUD!!!!
I'm so glad I came prepared with ear plugs.

Play-Doh Food Fun

Being a kid is so much fun. It is only when you are a kid that you can spend hours making fake food and enjoy yourself. To be honest I don't even have time to make real food. I never liked to take down the Play-Doh from Nick's closet. Now that we don't have carpeting through most of the house and he is older I guess he is finally ready. He make fake ice cream cones and cakes. I wish he could make real cakes. For now we will just have to pretend that we enjoy eating clay.
Being a kid is the best thing in the world. Being Nick's mom is even better.

Playtime with Bloomie

Wheeee!!!!
Down we go......
Today Nick took Bloomie to the park. The weather was so nice we decided to get out and get some fresh air. Nick played on the monkey bars and he made it back and forth without letting go. Way to go Nick!

After the park we went out to lunch at Bahama Breeze. We had a wonderful day off together with Bloomie. We hope Bloomie can come again another weekend.

Teaching Bloomie

100th Day Celebration...
Here Nick is teaching Bloomie how to sort and count to one hundred by tens.
Today he was busy preparing for the hundredth day of school. His class is making a hundred day of school stew/trail mix. The students were asked to count out one hundred items by five or tens. The snack item that Nick chose was the new Kissables, he can't wait until his friends try this new yummy snack.

I really think he did a great job teaching Bloomie. He took his job very serious. We may have a future teacher on our hands.

Boys will be Boys...

Nick and Bloomie had a fun time climbing trees. During the summer Nick likes to spend a lot of time in this tree. He was so excited that Bloomie was able to join him.

Don't worry Bloomie, I'll save you.

That's what friends are for...

Bloomie Weekend

Tonight Bloomie came home with Nick from school to visit for the weekend. He is Nick's class stuff animal. We always try to have a fun weekend for Bloomie. Tonight Nick and Daddy played a board game with Bloomie. They played the game "Sorry," Nick of course won again. I guess we will have to do a better job teaching Bloomy the game.
Later Nick played the game again with Bloomie and he let him win. Way to go, Bloomie!

It's Good to be Home!

Here Abby is back where she belongs. While we were on vacation she was greatly missed. As you can see she has missed being home with her Nick. I snuck into Nick's room while both he and Abby were sleeping. She however wakes up easier than Nick. This is always where you will find her after bedtime. She has been such a wonderful addition to our family. She is the kind of best friend a boy needs one who likes and loves you no matter what.
Don't we all wish we had people friends like her?
A Dog's love... Endless

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2006!!!
Tonight we had dinner together and did our best to ring in the new year as a family. We had dinner together. We had shrimp cocktails, steak , baked potato, and vegetable. Nick of course ate very little like always, he is a basic meat and potato kid. For the past two years Nick has had bubbly grape juice in his plastic wine cup for our toast. He feels so grown up and has made traditions for himself.
We ended our night by watching the ball drop on TV. It was nice to see Dick Clark back after his stroke last Dec. I couldn't believe that Nick actually made it all to midnight this year. To tell you the truth I am lucky I made it to midnight, I was then in bed at 12:06. What a new year. It is so hard to get old. In the good old days I could make it much later, like to 12:10.
I hope that you all had a safe and happy holiday.

New Year Resolution:
This year I am going to do my best to spend less time at work and with my family. I am going to give myself more time and remember to enjoy life everyday.