1st Haircut and Fun with Friends!

Our little Ellie got her first haircut on Friday and Avielle got her second haircut. We went to the mall and went to one of those fancy haircut places. My sister's friend Kelly works there and she did such a good job on Ellie's friend, Brynn's hair we had to get her first haircut done by Kelly.
As you can see, she is sitting in a car and waiting a DVD that she picked out, Elmo's World. She didn't cry or even move!!!!
The day turned out really well and such a surprise! I love days when you aren't sure exactly what is going to take place and then you get a call from a friend and then plans get set in place and everyone is going to the mall and I'm able to get the kids haircut!!!! It was so fun to see all our friends and have such a fun Friday with them!

A quick blow dry that Ellie seemed to not be bothered by!

Bye to the MULLET!

Here are our friends watching intensely!

Getting ready for the cut!

Miss Kelly is putting a braid in her hair!

Avielle had about 3 inches taken off. She looks so old to me with her short hair!!!!

We had a fun filled lunch with the Burn's, McMahon's, and Domier's.
Vince and Josh were able to join us for our lunch!

Avi and Bella cruising with their movie star glasses!

Mackenzie and Anderson playing while eating their suckers!



Cute baby Stephanie chilling in her car seat while the kiddos play!

Face Plant!!!!!

My youngest daughter, Ellie is 19 months and she decided last week that she wanted to venture out into the snow. Previously, she wanted nothing to do with the snow when her brother and sister would play outside. She would stay in the cozy house and draw pictures at the table while I watched from the window and the kids made their fun snow castles.
To say the least Ellie's first time in the snow was not a fun experience. She was only out there for about 5 minutes when she turned for a picture and then fell and made a face plant in the snow. Of coarse, I kept snapping some picture and then ran to the rescue to save her. Lets just say after that we went inside!!!!

Snow Castles!

These buckets are good for the summer and the winter!

New Job!

Last year my husband started a tax center, called Tax Centers of America. Chevy has his CPA and worked as an accountant for many years and is currently a recruiter for finance and accounting.

My husband is such an entrepreneur! He loves change and new challenges. Me on the other hand, does not really like change and the unknown. If we had it my husbands way he would be in the FBI right now and we would be living in Tennessee. I like to be close to family and really don't want to leave Illinois and the FBI, well it just scares me with all the moving.

Any way, my husband opened a tax office last year in Hainseville, IL. I get to run it once a week. I just love running the office, because it is different from my normal routine with the kids. I get to sit at a desk all day and actually eat my lunch in peace! My kind mother watches the kids. My kids love staying with her, except Ellie who is joined to my hip!

If you are in the area and looking for an accountant, my husband would be glad to help. He is offering $50.00 tax returns.

http://www.tcoa.net/

I just had to put a little plug in for my husband! I'm so proud of his hard work!

Red Heads?!?!

I get two common questions when I am out and about with the three kids. One question I usually receive, "Are they twins?" If I'm in a rush I say, "Yes," but if it is someone that I will have a long conversation with I tell them their special story of how they are five days apart and God placed them together. I never want anyone to ever think that I'm tired of telling their story, because I'm definitely not! I witnessed and got be be apart of a miracle and I want to tell everyone of God's faithfulness and He hears all of our cries and knows our heart!

The other question I get, "Does your husband have red hair?" Or "Where does the red hair come from?" Yes, my two biological children have red hair and to be completely honest I never thought that I would have a redhead! When I was dreaming about our son I thought that he would either have dark hair like his daddy, blond hair like his mommy or brown hair. As you can see from our picture above my husband has dark black hair and I dye my hair. The day my son was born I couldn't believe the color of his hair. We did Invitro with our son, so I must admit that I thought they switched my egg with someone else and that is why he had redhair. Which I know that is so not true, but I'm just being honest with what I was thinking at that time, because I was so shocked!

Our youngest daughter was also born with red hair and then I realized my husband and I have a very similar gene, we can both make beautiful redheads! " For Christmas my mother-in-law got me this adorable book called, Little Redheads Across America. It has pictures of redheads from every state. I have already e-maiedl the author of the book to see if my two little redheads could have their picture in the next book or on her site.

I love the page on, "How Did You Get Your Red Hair?" The gene comes from the grandparents. It is funny that both Chevy and I don't have any redheaded relatives, except my cousins daughter, so it must skip generations. I must tell you that both my grandma and Ryan's grandma prayed for a redhead. There prayers were answered and I just love that they have red hair.

Wordless Wednesday!

Monkey Sickness!

On Thursday, we went to Monkey Joe's with my cousins and their daughters. The kids had a blast running around and I've come to the conclusion, my little Ellie has no fear!!!!!! She is 19 months and she wanted to go up and down the huge slides. I couldn't believe it!!!! I was exhausted from chasing her and actually broke a sweat! The kids were able to play with their cousin Kaylin, who they have a lot of fun!

So, I'm not blaming Monkey Joes's, but after we had a delightful time there my son woke up throwing up all night. I believe he had the 12 hour stomach flu. I don't know if you run into this dilemma, but I go crazy being home and not having outings, but I also don't want the kids to get sick when we go out in public. So, when we do go out in public I just pray and hand sanitize!

My little son was great being sick. He is definitely tough. Then I realize this sickness might go through the whole family! Avi got it Saturday night and I also caught this wonderful sickness that night. I was miserable!!!!! Thankfully it was only 12 hours and I'm praying that Ryan and Ellie don't get it! I must admit my kids were tougher than me!!!!!

My Teaching Day!

On Monday, I became a teacher again. Avi and Anderson were my students and little Ellie went to the nursery for the day. I have 6 boys and 1 girl in my morining class, including my kids, and their ages are ranging from 3-6. My two kids are the youngest. In the afternoon, I just have the three older boys and my two. The kids were so well behaved and all played nicely with each other. I must admit that my son was the child who most misbehaved! I know sad!!!!! I'm praying that next time he will be a better listener and want to participate in the activities that we do in class.

The day was centered around the letter "J." We practiced writing our "J," finding words that start with "J," eating Jello, having jellybean relay races, and drawing pictures of our favorite part of January. For math we focused on shapes and had centers where they had shape activities. I thought that I had over planned for the whole day, but we accomplished everything I had planned, which was perfect. The above picture is of Anderson and Avielle on our trip home from school. Yes, they fell right to sleep. Sorry I was so busy during the day that I didn't get to take any pictures of the kiddos.

Ellie did pretty good in her class. The teacher said that she has fallen in love with Ellie, which I knew would happen, because she is such a sweetie! She said that she had her moments of tears, but would get over them and go back playing. The teacher said she had her two favorite blankets out and fell asleep on the floor while the other children were playing!

It was nice when we got home it was 5:00 and Chevy got home from work at 5:45. He cooked dinner for us as the kids and I relaxed. Then I went to my Body Fusion class, which is really relaxing! It was a long day, but it was fun!