Hey Ladies,

As most of you know, Tuesday March 3rd is Build your own Pizza and bring your Daddy too night at Katrina’s!!!! Please sign up for a food below or suggest something else to bring. I was really trying hard to think of what we need for this!

Personal Pizza Crusts – I believe Kirsten was going to do this.
Mozarella Cheese
Sausage
Pepperoni
Onions
Peppers
Black Olives
Green Olives
Any other toppings
Pizza Sauce
Dessert

Anything else you can think of!

I will bring Pitas, spinach, and mozarella cheese for any babies that would like this for dinner!!!!

If I am a little late, come in the house is open.  I have to take the girls to get their passports, I have from two to three blocked off and this should be enough time, but who knows.  I will deffinately leave by 3:15 so I can be here by 3:30, but don’t sit in cars, just come in and make your self at home (it isn’t my home so you won’t be bothering me!! )

-see ya in a few hours.

Chris we are excited for your belly! 

(it wasn’t a surprize for us, both Brian and I thought you were Glowing, but he is working on me not being a big mouth and asking….)  Yet, we are so excited, excited, excited.  Please let us help you out.  Just give the WORD.

Blessings,

All of us MOMMIES

No, not you…the kid!

Next Tuesday we will celebrate Mister Finn Finn’s big #1!  As always we will have a small time for gifts and a snack of some sort…I think we will have just one more 1st birthday and then they will all be 1 (ollie you are up next).

Tonight I made an awesome dinner for Finley and myself.  I loved it.

You will need:

Whole wheat pita bread, Baby spinach puree, tomato sauce, and mozarella cheese slices.

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees F.

Take the whole wheat pita bread and spread the spinach puree out on the bread within about a 1/2 inch from the edge. Then spread the tomato sauce over the spinach.  Cover with mozarella cheese slices, making sure all spinach is covered if you have a picky eater (older kids) who won’t eat spinach.  Bake on a sheet of foil on a baking sheet for 5 to 10 minutes until cheese is melted and a little brown.  Let set for 5 minutes and eat up!  It’s scrumptious!

The spinach puree is really easy, I just bought baby spinach in a bag and put in the food processor for 2 minutes, just chops it up real small!

Enjoy!

Do we ever stop learning to be a good mom? I am a crazy woman who believes I can learn this through reading books.  I think I probably get a lot of pointers and tid bits of information that helps me to figure it out.  Yet the best way is probably listening to my daughters.  Lately Madelyn has been coming home from school very whiny and lethargic (sp?).  I have been very worried and working to figure out what the deal is.  Not getting it out of my 3 year old I decided that I would spend 1 hour at school with her 3 days a week.  This is eye opening as you get to see your kid at school and how the teachers work with all of the kids; not to mention they see my example (what I expect them to do and how I handle my kids as well as others).

Thus this morning started my new adventure (I have done this before with her).  Today I sat with the kids during circles time and do art projects.  These kids I have know sense they were 9 months old and they all call me “maddy’s mom, captain”!  It was rather fun to walk into the room and have a lap full of kids that are excited to give me their full attention.  Of course I am in a secular school, but I am not employed by them so we share Christ with each one verbally as well as though our actions. 

So once again I have learned that I don’t know what the heck I am doing, except teaching others to follow chirst and listen to the kids.

it is just a cold and she is on the tail end of it.  So if you have be exposed you are most likely ok…if not, stay away.  Sorry everyone.

FYI for those planning on attending Mommy Cafe tonight at our house, Lydia has had a pretty bad cold (or possibly something worse–We’re taking her to the walk-in to find out for sure).  You all are still welcome to come over, but know that you and your little ones will likely be exposed to nasty germs.  If they’re in day care, it’s probably the same thing going around there that they’ve already been exposed to.  Just wanted to let you all know.

I am the worse person for keeping a blog going.  I read several of my friend’s and they always have something profound to write about.  I open the page and think….uh, nop, I have nothing.

I must say though that with Madelyn’t first birthday I didn’t really get any tears or feel any certain way, but with Lydia I am not wanting it to come.  I think because it could be the last first birthday we celebrate.  The thought of not getting to have another year of firsts makes me insanely jelous of all of you.  I also just can’t believe it is already Feb, and my little kate is getting ready for the toddler years.  Oh, dear God give us grace!

As we near the beginning of another year with two little ones I pray that we can get healthy and stay there.  I can’t even begin to tell you how sick and tired I am of having sick and tired kids.  I pray that we will find a better balance for the two girls that gives us the time they need.  I pray that some how I will clean my mouth before I have a three year old speaking like a sailor!

This year I have learned so much!  I have learned how different kids are, how to multitask…even more, how to give my husband more of a parental role, how to let the little things go and oh so much more.

In just a few months we will find out if we are moving or not and if you would have asked me last year how a move would affect us, I wouldn’t have cared, but now I care so much because of you all and your wonderful little ones and of course your hubbies.  I hope that we can continue to watch our kids grow for at least another year if not five right long side yours.

A year ago I was so worried that I couldn’t love two the way I love my Madelyn and can I just say that God is so good and he has blessed us with two wonderful girls that in my opinion are very beautiful.