Fun Times

Last Sat., Ben, Sydney and I went with Grammy to see Auntie Claretta for the day. The whole gang was there to visit with Grandma Galusha and to meet my new niece Sofia Violet! My children had so much fun playing the Wii, riding bikes, taking baths (just because they can) and doing whatever else their Auntie lets them do!

Mike and Olivia - Olivia wasn't so excited about the "puppies" at Aunties houseSyd and Mommy

Aunt Myra helping Sydney with baby Sofia - Sydney just loves babies and she did an awesome job holding and rocking Sofia!

Auntie bought a bike for Ben to ride but he has trouble with it because it has too much pink -

Grammy and Sofia

There is just something about a nice hot bath! Olivia wasn't so sure she was having fun!

I have great memories of my visits to Aunties house and I am so glad my kids will have those memories too!

The Glasses are in

Our sweet Ben now has glasses! We let him pick out the frames he liked and I think he picked these because they have a very small picture of Jimmy Neutron on the ear piece.

The Dr. said that he should wear them as much as possible not just for reading. I felt a bit of *Mommy* guilt when we found out that he was in need of glasses, you know "what did I do wrong to make him have poor vision" but I am over that now. He does so good at everything he does, maybe now he will do even better!

Sydney Celebrates turning 5

Thats right! She is 5- well not until Monday, March 10th but we had her party today! Sydney and I are both planners and both had lists a mile long ideas for the party and of people to invite but in the end (based on the amount of people we can fit in our house) Chris strongly suggested we limit the fun to family! UGH!!! I guess he was right- 20 people for dinner is enough. We did let her invite a few special friends! Lexi, Ashley, Kylie and Big Brother (of course)!

The kids decorated the cupcakes and played TP mummy! it was a blast. After they broke free of the TP they played in it! it was a huge mess but they had so much fun!

Sydney has her "drama" moments (she is for sure going to do some acting in the future) But even with the drama we feel so blessed to have our sweet sister! She has so much spunk, determination and love for people. She can mother anything and is a "pro" when it comes to "caring for babies". I also love that I have an excuse to play with barbies again! I love being her mommy and pray that she grows to love the Lord with all she has and that she uses her spunk for Him! Happy Birthday Sydney Joelle!

Pinewood Derby Car

Ben joined Cub Scouts this year and has had fun going to the meetings with Chris. Today was his first Pine wood derby race. We had some issues getting the car built but in the end we had a pretty good car. Ben was so excited about racing his car. He didn't win but he did really well.

Ben wanted his car to be black and gray he wanted to have a star wars theme. We didn't find any star wars stickers but we stuck with his color scheme. He also added a lego man and steering wheel. He chose the #36 because "thats how old daddy is!" I just loved watching his little face light up when his car raced well! It was a great day!

March Madness

I am not taking about Basketball! March is reading month at Bens school and almost everyday they have a theme. Last friday was crazy hair day! If you have read my past blog you already know that Ben is growing his hair out so we had alot to work with! He loved it!