Happy Extra Day of the Year!

Connor and Daddy painted the trim down in the "toy room" today!...a bit of brown paint of the carpet and Connor's hair, but it all turned out very nice........after the stair well doors, the walls are next!

Olivia's first pony tail....this was actually from Sunday going to church....she liked her "pretty" I caught her tonight at church putting my rosary around her neck and saying "pretty."
The finished work shop....Paul made a stool just for Connor so that he can reach the bench..nice job Paul!

I'm packaging up these two cuties and someone may be getting a great surprise! Nah, not really....that's what Connor and I teased each other while the three of us played with the popcorn from some of our packages.
It was a bit messy, but they had a blast and really it was an easy clean up!
They played with the popcorn for almost 45 minutes, it looked so fun I joined in too!
OOps, another picture of the painters.......can't wait to transform that room......!

Olivia's words for the week: Chocit= Chocolate
First sentence: "Puppy eats cereal," while she was pretend feeding her stuffed puppy and laughing.
First expression: "All Right!"
After we prayed at lunch and at church, Olivia now shouts, "AMEN!" and repeats it many times...I'm glad we were in the cry room at church tonight, otherwise we might have had a few eyes look our way.

I hear Olivia loves to feed Marin her food, I suppose she was wondering what that baby food was all about, and thought here give her the real stuff!....only if she knew she had it too!

Connor had an excellent report at his parent/teacher conference Thursday, so we celebrated with a pizza party ("Dominoes 5 bucks") and he got a coupon to go bowling and he can redeem it when he wants to/and when are schedules want to!

I'm just so darn proud of my family, they really are the sunshine in my life!

Snow Much FUN!

38 degrees today, quite warm out! We took full advantage and played in the snow for almost an hour. The kids got sled rides from Mommy, while Mommy got a good cardio work out!
We initially were going to make a snowman, but then it started to look like a care bear, so we went with it.....grabbed some food coloring and here is our Snow Bear. This was Connor's idea of posing with the Snow Bear!
I used chocolates for it's nose and eyes, I wonder how long they will exist on the bear? We have rabbits, sunshine, and a neighbor cat....who will get to them first?
We decided to put an imprint of a heart in the snow bear's tummy, that's how care bears are.......
One last sled ride and in for Hot cocoa!

Project time!

This past week, Paul has been busy at it......he is making his own little work shop in the nook and cranny of our wasted space that comes off of the laundry room. It all started when I bought shelves and he assembled them and then organized all the painting supplies and his tools.......and then he was on his way. He made new light access and outlet in that room, all by himself but after watching his Dad do it a few times. He's been sawing and hammering and assembling a work-bench...here's what it looks like so far, still has the pegboard to hang up............meanwhile, Connor and I've been peeling off wall paper in the toy room, we're all finished and ready for paint! Our shelves are in, and our wall pegboards are in too!

Yesterday's entertainment for 30 minutes was bubbles! Connor blew them and Olivia laughed and giggled and Tatum snipped and snapped at them....it was so fun watching them have fun!

Olivia's words for the week: Milk, Grannum, then she did say Grama, Mario, Ligi, Agee and Chis, Yucky, and snackies!

That's about all, the week went very, very fast........ we're enjoying the warmer temperatures today and all the sunshine!

Road Trip

Monkey see, Monkey do!

Olivia had to copy Connor by placing her ni-ni behind her head too! Welcome baby Jackie!

The noisy kids didn't startle her a bit!
Sent from Heaven!

Yesterday, the Roberts Family took a road trip down to K.C. to visit their new niece/cousin.
They fell in love instantly with Jacqueline Jo....who slept most of the time they were there. She is the cutest little peanut. Proud Mommy and Daddy are doing great and getting sleep? Those lucky ducks have an angel baby on their hands! The Roberts family are glad they made the road trip yesterday, because the roads are not advisable to drive on today..........!!! More Snow!

This week in a Nutshell!

Aunt Cindy gave Olivia a Fairy outfit...Olivia loves it! She loves to tickle her face with her wand!
Here's another love of Olivia's: ELMO!
Checking out her new wand; look at that serious face!
This was from last night, I get home and it's almost 1am and both the kids are awake...I put them in bed while I got my jammies on and they looked so cute snuggling together, it was a picture op.....I rocked Olivia and placed her back in her crib to sleep and Connor wanted to do the "Rosemary" with me and then he fell asleep. He's getting good! He knows bits of the "Our Father" and bits of the "Hail Mary"
This is just the pretty icicles that are on our roof, depicting the cold weather that we are still enduring....(and maybe a hint that we need new gutters!) when will winter end??
Avery, Elijah, and Connor in play mode
Lauren found a nice seat! Olivia and Connor busy at it.
Avery and Connor are sleeping in their "bunk beds" while Elijah looks on.


Our Week in a Nutshell!

Monday: Olivia said "shopping" for the first time, as we were getting bundled up for Target.





Tuesday: My Sister went into the hospital that evening to be induced Wed. am.





Wednesday: My Sister Jolyn had her baby at 12:42; Girl! Jacqueline Jo Kennedy! 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 19.5 inches! My sister says that she'll never forget her 30th Birthday! Yes, they share the same birthdays!


Meanwhile: the kids and I had a playdate at my friend Emily's. Laura, Emily, and I all went to nursing school together. It was so nice to get together and talk and the kids played so well together!





Thursday: Happy Valentine's Day! Thanks to everyone for their wishes and the kids' cute gifts!





Friday: Cleaning day for me, Connor is celebrating Valentine's Day as I blog. He wrote out everyone's names in his class this year.....he did so well! Tonight I'm going to church with my mother-in-law, it will be my first "Stations of the Cross." There's a mass that follows and then fish fry............





Enjoy the pics of the week:

TMI, or things you wouldn't know about me.........

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know yourFriends. Change all the answers so they apply to you,and then send this to your friends including theperson who sent it to you. The theory is that you willlearn a lot of little things about your friends thatyou might not have known!
1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:30


2. Diamonds or pearls? diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Veggie Tales Pirates Who don't Do Anything

4. What is your favorite TV show? Gray's Anatomy
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Cereal

6. What is your middle name? Marie

7. What food do you dislike? Too Spicy and Too Hot foods

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment? The Pond, It's a Children's Christian CD with stories that are comical.

9. What kind of car do you drive? Chevy Impala
10. Favorite sandwich? Turkey,Bacon,Ranch from Arby's

11. What characteristic do you despise? Negativity

12. Favorite item of clothing? Cozy sweatpants

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation,where would you go? Someplace tropical

14. Favorite brand of clothing? NYC

15. Where would you retire to? Right here in my home with my Hubby.

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? 30th and 16th

17. Favorite sport to watch? Gymnastics

18. Furthest place you are sending this? Not sure who reads it???

19. Person you expect to send it back first? Oh, this is re: email!

21. When is your birthday? Aug. 19th

22. Are you a morning person or a night person? night

23. What is your shoe size? 9.5

24. Pets? Black Lab, crazy, kooky, loveable Tatum.

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share withus? My Sister's going to have her baby very soon!!!!!

26. What did you want to be when you were little? It was a tie between an artist, clothing designer and a nurse......

27. How are you today? Great!

28. What is your favorite candy? chocolate, thanks to my pregnancy with Olivia I have a new found love for it!

29. What are your favorite flowers? Roses

30. What is a day on the calendar you are lookingforward to? October 11th our 5th Anniversary

32. What is your full name? Jana Marie Roberts

33. What are you listening to right now? Portable heater

34. What was the last thing you ate? Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal

35. Do you wish on stars? Yes--especially the first one of the night and shooting stars

36. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Coral

37. How is the weather right now? 4 degrees, really cold

38. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Kris, my clinical instructor mentor

39. Favorite soft drink? Pepsi, but only on rare occasions or bad days do I drink it

40. Favorite restaurant? Latin King

41. Hair color? Dark Blonde

42. What was your favorite toy as a child? My Baby dollies Mary Lou and Treena Sue
43. Summer or winter? Summer

44. Hugs or kisses? HUGS

45. Chocolate or Vanilla? CHOCOLATE

46. Coffee or tea? Chai Tea, does that count?

47. Do you want your friends to email you back? n/a in a blog

48. When was the last time you cried? Last Monday, after I failed two students from clinical and then had an extremely rough day at work.

49. What is under your bed? my slippers, Paul's slippers, and some dust bunnies.....and a die cast car!

50. What did you do last night? Worked

51. What are you afraid of? Losing a loved one without any warning.

52. Salty or sweet? depends on my mood.

53. How many keys on your keyring? 5

54. How many years at your current job? 8

55. Favorite day of the week? Thursdays

56. How many towns have you lived in? 7

56. Do you make friends easily? Yes

58. How many people will you send this too? N/a when blogging
59. How many will respond? we'll see.

The End