Wednesday Morning Dance Party

Nothing beats being woke up a half hour before the alarm to two cudly kids....Big Smiles here!

Except when the early morning cuddling turns into a dance party! YAY!

I'm teaching the kids to do the Cupid Shuffle!

KK's almost got it. She is my dance princess! It's adorable!

Lil Man wasn't all that interested and kept saying we were silly, but he was definately watching with those curious eyes.

So momma found his weakness and found how to get him to join in. There's a video on You Tube of Marines doing the Cupid Shuffle.

It was no time and he was up with us!

It's and absolute BLAST and so adorable to watch them. I will catch them on video soon when they have it down some!

Have A Fabulous Wednesday!

Meet Kota...

Christmas came and went and can I say this was my favorite of their gifts...This is Kota. He doesn't walk, he just eats and sings and plays and keeps the kids entertained for hours. It is the coolest thing I have ever seen and way better than any puppy! You don't have to take him outside and walk him or clean up after him at all. You just have to make sure he has batteries.

Other than Kota, my apartment now looks like a toy store. From baby dolls to race tracks to tents and pooping animals (pooping Jelly Beans). The kids had an awesome Christmas and so did Mommy! I have to say though Kaitlin got up around 1 am coughing real bad. So I got her out of bed and into the bathroom without her realizing Santa had come. To my suprise I heard the sweetest voice say, "Santa came Mommy! I was a good boy!" As I walked into the living room there he was sitting in front of all his presents not touching a single one with eyes so big and a smile that stretched from ear to ear.

Needless to say we did Christmas at Mommy's at 1 am. By 3 I had them in bed. We were off to Grandma's at 8 and then they left for their Dad's at noon! It was a beautiful day!~

I do hope everyone's Christmas was as good as ours was!

Santa

So we FINALLY went to see Santa. It was an adventure. The line took an hour and a half. KK "needed" to be held the entire time. lol My poor aching back. To me it beat listening to her scream "hold you Mommy" in the middle of a crowded mall!

Lil man was good he just hung out on my leg the entire time, literally.

Neither believed that standing in line would lead us to Santa, but they were soon proved wrong! First thing my little Diva says to the lady is, "are you the person with the camera to take my picture?" Seriously? I waited in that line so she could have her picture taken?

Lil man told Santa he wanted a "bullet gun" (it's taken me weeks to figure out what he was asking for!) Yeah he's so NOT getting one either, he's four for Pete's sake! He'll shoot everyone's eye out!

Needless to say they asked of Santa presents and candy! They are easily satisfied kids! Got two christmasy stuffed dogs. We stopped to get cookies on the way out because they were so good!

Then it was back into the van with "she's touching me" and "my dog is better than yours". Ahhh I wouldn't trade either for the world! It's moments like these I'll miss in 15 years!

Christmas Tree

So this is the first year, since I've been on my own, that we have a christmas tree. It's a little one and that is perfect for me! My friend Kim at work suprised me with it while we were decorating for our company Christmas party. The kids were so thrilled to decorate it and undecorate it too! It's helping bring Christmas back to my heart which is something I lost a couple years back. Last year I didn't have the money or the space for one so we took some wrapping paper and tacked it on the wall and made a finger paint tree. So this one is very special to me!

Too Many Thoughts at Once...Scatter-Brained!

There are so many thoughts in my head right now I'm not sure where to begin. I have a "retreat" tomorrow for work. I use the word retreat very loosely because I feel it will turn moreso into a massacre. I love my job and the people I work with. The work is somewhat confusing at times, very chaotic and detailed to say the least, but I feel that's why I like it so much. I believe if all my coworkers go into this with an open mind and not taking things personally than we will come out with better communication and effectiveness to do our work and meet deadlines. However, I know my coworkers and it's going to be a massacre. All this comes after too many outbursts and yelling matches. We need this and I feel some don't see it that way! Let's hope management has the same ideas as I do!



Moving sucks, but I've done it yet again. everytime it's a step up and I'm very proud of that. Next time though I hope it's for good. I love my new apartment. It's older and has a lot of cracks and imperfections. That's exactly why I love it though, it has character. This weekend I should be getting a bed. YAY! It'll be the first time in two years I've had a bed of my own. No more sleeping on the couch or floor for me! Somehow I think most night I may still end up on the couch out of habit. The down fall about the apartment is that it is upstairs but it's in my price range and has so much more room, plus it's closer to work for the days I go straight to the base and not to our corporate office. It already feels like home though and that's a feeling I haven't felt since I moved out of my Mom's house.



I'm missing my kids a lot right now. It should be my day but there was more moving to be done and work I had to get done as well. So I traded their Dad today for Thursday. We have probably the strangest shared parenting plan, but it works. Every three days we have them for three days. Last night was my night and I must say everyday it's somethign new. Kk was ... well all girl yet again. Throwing temper tantrums and saying no so she ended up in bed early. SShe didn't stop screaming for an hour though. She is full of meanness. Lil man on the other hand, he was perfect. He definately is a "Momma's Boy". He'll tell you that too, he's proud of it. He ate all his dinner (even the veggies), helped me clean the kitchen up, jabbering the whole time about his day which I treasure. He then watched a movie while I unpacked and tried to entertain Kk. When I said it was bedtime he picked all his toys up, climbed into bed and gave me hugs and kisses. I did find him sleeping next to me this morning but at least I got him to fall asleep in his bed!



Well even though I could type forever, there are things yet to be done. Let's see if I can squeeze in one more trip between apartments and at least an hour at the gym. Though I have a feeling the gym is going to have to wait just a few more days for me to get back to my routine.