WEEK IN REVIEW

We did SO much this week with the girls. It was really busy but tons of fun. I feel like I have tons to post so this may be a LONG one. Don't feel like you have to read and look at it all :)

WEDNESDAY

Kalea, Mia and I went to the Library for a fun reading time they do every Wednesday at 11am for the 3-4 year olds in Wake Forest. I thought this would be something really fun to do. Apparently the girls thought otherwise. The librarian read a book, then the kids would get up and dance around to a wiggles song. Then another book, then a Bean Bag game.... and so on. Kalea and Mia decided that they would just stare at all of the kids and not participate which kind of irritated me. Kalea barely cracked a smile. but it was something new so we're going to give it a try for the next couple of weeks. I think it is something they will learn to enjoy. Did I mention that I'm trying to teach myself how to crochet? It's not going well.

THURSDAY

Thursday was a lot of fun. We went to NC State's Farm Day with Aunt Crystal, Aunt Alice, Aunt Jessica, and Aunt Celeste (all kids included :) The highlight I think for the girls was holding the baby chicks. I had to keep reminding Mia to not squeeze. Kalea had so much fun with her cousin Lily. You can tell that Lily is such a great big sister to all 5 of her younger siblings. She helped me out a lot with the girls. We were able to see sheep, cows, horses, goats, turkeys, chicks, and eat some ice cream as a fun treat. Did I mention all of this was free?! Afterwards we went to visit my dad since he works at home a lot now. The girls had a great time over there with Grandpa Alo.

Holding baby chicks

In the tractor with Lily

Mia was my little shadow the whole time.

Spencer is a STUD!

Petting at sheep

Getting in the Tractor

Thursday has not ended yet. We also went to Christian's softball game that evening. It felt like a much longer game then it actually was. The girls and I watched from the bleachers where there was a grass field next to us so the girls could run around a little bit. A funny story: Kalea and Mia found a captepillar crawling around followed it from one end of the bleachers all the way to the other end. After moving our seat 3 times Mia got restless and decided she wanted to go see Daddy in the dug out. So I picked her up and made my way over there. And guess who ended up stepping on that catepillar and crushing all of Kalea's dreams. ME! I didn't even see the little bugger. Kalea looked up at me with the saddest face and said, "The catepillar was supposed to turn into a beautiful butterfly." I felt so bad but ended up laughing so hard that tears came out of my eyes. ( I really did feel bad ) Kalea reassured me by saying, "It's ok Mommy, I still love you." Luckily we found a bigger and better catepillar for the kids to harrass.

FRIDAY

I don't honestly remember what I did Friday except work and watch a movie. Plus I still don't know how to crochet.

SATURDAY

After staying up way too late the night before Christian reminded me that it was our turn to go and clean the ward building. I was EXHAUSTED so I wasn't exactly looking forward to it. Christian tried to reach the person with the key so I thought maybe we were gonna get lucky. But EVEN LUCKIER Christian's brother Cletus had a key so we were able to perform our act of service. We spent our whole afternoon there cleaning. I think I probably should have taken pictures of it because anyone who knows me, probably doesn't believe me. But yes, we did it with kids in tow. Afterwards, I crashed and slept for a few hours before heading over to Andrew and Lisa's house for a BBQ. It was lots of fun. We all played outside and enjoyed the nice weather. We didn't stay out too late though since we knew we had to drive 3 hours at 6am to Virginia... that's right, this post ain't over yet.

SUNDAY

Finally! We woke up at 5:30 am and drove all the way to Virginia, just outside of Richmond. We were able to attend my cousin Kahea's baby's blessing. We had such a good time visiting with them. Despite everyone being exhausted, we were all in really high spirits. Afterwards we ate some really good food at Darryl's dads house and spent the rest of the afternoon. We didn't leave until about 5:30 that evening and got home just in time for bed time. On kind of a sad/frustrating note: While trying to hurry and get ready for church, I was cleaning out the car and throwing trash into a plastic bag. I realized last night that my glasses were probably in there. I unpacked and searched like crazy but they were no where to be found. I remember having a feeling that I needed to double check the bag that I threw away but I was in such a hurry. And then the "still small voice" kept telling me to go back and look in the trash can but I kept getting distracted with Mia, trying to pay attention. And a whole number of excuses that are not good enough. Anyways, my dear sweet cousin is going to try and find them for me today. I've prayed a lot and I really hope that we are able to find them. Anyways, here are some pictures of the fun times we had with my favorite cousin and her kids!

Tumbles

Well as most of you know how Kalea fell down the stairs a little over a month ago. It absolutely terrified me since I was at work and was not able to be there for her. She took 3 steps and fell the rest of the way... Luckily she only suffered a small cut on her head and nothing else. Well Mia had her turn this week. She fell ALL THE WAY down the stairs. She is fine also. She has some bruising next to her eye and scratched her finger up, but that is all. It has gotten to the point where I am terrified of my children even walking down the stairs now. I have to be with them every time and have pulled out the baby gate and made them stay with me unless they tell me they want to go up. Christian is going to install a child-sized railing for them to hold onto so it's not just a hand on the wall. I would really want to see our stairs get carpeted but we really don't have the money for that. Plus I know Christian is not thrilled with the idea. But I feel like carpet has more traction then just hardwood stairs. I've NEVER fallen all the way down on carpeted stairs. The carpet seems to give you a little more footing. I guess I'm just showing my frustration on here because this is our children's safety here. It's so scary to know that something worse could have happened to them both. They seriously could have been injured with broken bones, concussions, any number of things. Children can fall and die from a fall down the stairs. It just terrifies me and completely stresses me out. I want my children to be safe and sometimes I hate the fact that I can't protect them from everything.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?!

DANG I'M FAST

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I'M EXHAUSTED

Two things you'll notice about these pictures: 1. They are AGAIN wearing their Easter Dresses cause they love them soooo much. (Yes, my children own more then one dress each) 2. There are 2 cake's involved and Mia loves to stick her finger in them to eat the icing

This has been the longest month of my life. With Mia's Birthday, Easter, Kalea's Birthday, pregnancy, and my church calling... I have felt a little more stressed, run down, exhausted.... need I go on? Needless to say I am happy this month is over and April begins with (hopefully) warm weather and lots of out door play time where I can relax a little.


We decided that since Kalea's birthday and Mia's birthdays are so close together that we'd do a joint "party" right smack in the middle of the 2. It was a fun time with my parents and some close friends that came by. Christian was determined that I DIDN'T spend a lot of money for this birthday. But I don't think anyone told my folks. They came and boy did they deliver. The girls got some really cool stuff from Grandma and Grandpa Alo (and Great Grandma and Grandpa Allen). The girls weren't exactly feeling camera happy (I think still tired from a sleep over at Aunt Cherre's house from Friday but that's another paragraph) but we got some cute pictures. We also watched Enchanted as a family which Kalea LOVES... as do I ... it's one of my favorites.


Since I already mentioned the sleep over... I'll elaborate. It was AMAZING. Oh... and I think the girls had a good time too. Cherre picked them up around 3pm. And we didn't get any crying phone calls of sad voices AT ALL. Christian and I were able to go out on a DATE. Yes, you heard me right. An actual date. And one where we didn't feel rushed to relieve a babysitter. We went out to eat and then got milk shakes afterwards.... AND THEN.... we rented a movie. It was awesome. The next morning I went and got a massage and bought a couple of new shirts that my fat belly can fit into. It was a surreal weekend to say the least. I'm not used to being so "alone". I told Christian multiple times throughout the evening that I was going thru withdrawal. I guess that's what being a full time mom is all about. Feeling empty without your children.


Oh... guess who's getting a new bathroom floor!! We are! Christian just started tiling our bathroom. I'm very excited. We've had no floor... and I do mean NO FLOOR.... for a year now. We had the sub floor and a piece of old carpet in the middle. Christian got going Friday after the girls left for a few hours. I asked him if it was hard... and he said "It sucks more then I thought it would". So hopefully that motivates him to finish soon so he can move on to something that sucks less. He's a regular Bob Vila.

*a work in progress*

HERE'S A FEW...

My sister-in-law Alice was nice enough to email me some pictures of the Easter egg hunt at the Martin's on Saturday. The girls had a really good time. Mia was really excited to see her cousin Kate. Christian took Kalea with the older group of kids (4-7 year olds) to hunt for eggs. I took Mia with the younger kids (1-3 year olds). Mia wasn't entirely interested in getting eggs even though she knew that there was candy inside. She just wanted to go play. Afterwards, we had a family picnic and got to relax a little bit and enjoy the weather. It was 75 degrees that day! It was awesome. We had a really good time!

PICTURE TIME!

I took the girls to JCPenney's to get their pictures taken last week. They did really well! Mia actually cooperated a little more then Kalea did. Kalea tried to hold back a smile the whole time. Here are some of the pictures. Also, we had a really eventful weekend with Easter Activities. Unfortunately, I left my camera at the Simpson's house in Garner so it'll be a little while before I can post pictures of this weekend.