I MADE IT!

My New Year's resolution was to exercise and blog... I wanted to accomplish those two items before the month of January escaped me, well here we are January 31st. It came to mind today as I watched our three children sit a table in the cafeteria and enjoy the 8th grade spaghetti dinner, that our lives are running away. They sit patiently at the table, they bow their heads to pray, and they never leave until their plates are clean... we were in a public place! All of those nights that we nag over and over about table etiquette, we witnessed perfection. So the occasional meal at home is not perfect, but the fact that they can pull off a successful meal in public, made me feel good all over!

Then we came home... we needed to call Uncle Marc today to sing "happy birthday" and everyone is bellowing out the tune, we get to his name in the song and Carly sings "Dear Uncle Stinky" and all the sweetness disappeared. It was a hilarious moment, and all too appropriate. She makes us laugh, cry, and laugh some more. She is our spirited, independent, boisterous, and sometimes MEAN child. That wraps it up for her, but I will promise myself to hit the blogs with her antics more often!

Carson came upstairs this morning to have his hair combed, he asked for a "mohawk..." So I reluctantly gel-ed up the do and away we went. He was so proud of it and was loving all the compliments. He asked me if it would wreck when he went to sleep??? I guess I will be doing a hair re-do for school in the morning.

I was on the treadmill this morning (ah yes exercise) and watched Carson write on the dry erase board. It was so sweet to see him writing his letters in uppercase and name them as he wrote them. I keep thinking that I need not compare him to Caitlin, and yet find myself doing it. I am so proud of everything he has accomplished. He even can kick some serious Olympic skills on the Wii snowboard event.

Yesterday we watched Caitlin play her second upward game of the season. Jason is not coaching her, but watching intently from the side lines. She is a good defense player and she made six baskets yesterday. She doubled her score from last weeks three baskets. Yeah Caitlin. On Wednesday nights she is playing tennis in her Y class. She still loves tennis and woke up this morning to watch Roger Federer win the Australian Open.

Yesterday Grandma came to watch Caitlin play basketball and go to PTC bowling. It was so fun to watch Caitlin and Carson help Carly bowl for the first time. The kids had a blast bowling with friends and Grandma. It was a great way to kick off Catholic Schools Week which is celebrated all week at school.

It is an amazing feeling to know that I registered all three of the kids for St. Michael School last week. Time is so precious since it comes at you at unstoppable speeds.

The Lost Fall of Blogs

Okay, so it didn't work out... I didn't work out... the blogs did not come out. I have some memories still in the memory bank that are worthy to note.



We rescued a dog from a puppy mill, and we named him "FIN". He is a golden doodle with a lot of energy and his size resembles that of a Budweiser Clydesdale...



We endured two more ER visits all for the same child within weeks of each other. Carly earned stitches in the eyebrow from attacking the stairs, and staples in the back of the scalp for a simple slide off the couch.



Carly is a complete conversation piece and a conversationalist... she is the crazy one of the birth order and no one questions us for injuries since she falls last in line to the Koomen kids.

The kids were so into the holidays with cookies, crafts, candy making, and all the wonderful traditions the holidays bring for our family.