My Mom...

My Mom got an implant last week... Yes, you heard me right - an implant. But it isn't the implant that you are thinking... ;) She had cataract surgery. For the last few months her eye sight has progressively gotten worse due to cataracts. Last Thursday, my mom had the cataract removed and a new lense implant put in to her right eye.

The boys were really worried about her and so Christian made this for her:

(feel better)

My Mom is doing really well now and is VERY happy with her eye sight... She can't wait till February till she gets her left eye done!

Wordless Wednesday

Another performance...

... brought to you by Jakob & a few of his classmates!

A few weeks ago, the boys' principal caught me in the hall and said that he wanted to talk to me. My immediate thought is "Oh, dear. What happened now?" He said that he had seen a performance by Jakob and 3 other classmates that day and wanted to see if they could do the play in front of the school board. WHAT??? Seriously? That was the second time the principal had caught me and told me how impressed he was with Jakob's Spanish speaking skills! I was quick to agree and say that I thought Jake would love to do participate.

Last night was the performance... and here are a few of them showing their musculos to their maestra before the show - boys will be boys!

This is one of the 2 performances given by Jake and his classmates:

I think that I have a performer on my hands... although, I think that that has been proven before last night!

They all did very well and the school board was VERY impressed... We are talking about 1st graders speaking Spanish better than some adults (I would doubt if there were more than a few that understood!)

After they were done, most of us went to DQ where the principal treated us all to ice cream!

All in all, it was a great night and it was great to see how well Jake is doing in his class -

GREAT JOB JAKOB!!!

Christmas Program

The ever-present annual School Christmas Program was last week... This year the school decided to be smart and split the school into 2 groups and have 2 programs so that the parents and kids of the whole school don't have to cram into a small space! Hooray! However, for some of us, we had 2 kids and were supposed to be there for both productions... ug. Right idea though!

When Chris got dressed, he found this shirt, put it on and said, "Look, mom! I am Grandpa's boy! He likes plaid, right?" Sooooo stinkin' cute! Of course, Jake followed suit and found his own "Grandpa-ish" shirt to wear.

And after the program there is always the crazy on-the-stage-being-silly picture!
They both did a great job singing and doing the motions to their songs... I am still hearing them days later!

Merry Christmas!

Finally, we aren't waiting till the last minute to get a tree, get it decorated & looking pretty! We did wait for Isaac to be napping/asleep, which made it a little easier to put everything on the tree... but I do feel a little bit guilty about that!

Chris and Jake had fun pulling out old ornaments and remembering them...

... and Isaac had fun in the morning checking it out and exploring "with his eyes not his fingers"!!! ;)

Another Snowy Year?

I hate to admit it, but I think that we might be in for another snowy December! Here I am sitting in front of the computer at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and it is 27 degrees outside! HELLO!?!?! Yes, it is December, but 27 degrees??? And, to make matters even worse, it is extremely windy, supposedly a wind-chill down to 12-18 degrees! Oh. Dear.

Needless to say I am determined to do whatever I can NOT to get stuck in my house for 10+ days, without leaving, with 3 rambunctious boys!

Belated Birthday...

Ok. So I am a slacker. My sister posted something about my son's birthday before me. That stinks! Belated or not... I HAD to put something to commemorate my youngest's 2nd birthday!

A lot has happened in the 2 years of this little boys life, good and bad. But throughout it all, he has been the light that makes us all smile and laugh.

Happy Birthday to my Isaac Joseph!!!

God has definately increased the laughter!!!