Toothless Wonder...

Miss Greta lost her first tooth right before school this morning!!! She was over the moon excited!

She'd been working on it for a long time. She was upset she didn't lose it on New Years, on 1-1-11. She actually did one better by losing it on 1-11-11! She ran to put her tooth away for the tooth fairy tonight and could not wait to get to school to be added to the tooth list and tell her friends! Happy Day Gret!

Only One Visit From A Paramedic...

and I am surprised there wasn't more. We went sledding with some friends Saturday. With 5 kids in the cold, we had our share of crying, melt-downs, crashes, whining and snack attacks, but all and all it was a fun day. Greta was the winner of the biggest crash and a visit to a paramedic on hand at the slope. We knew she was fine but it was more for her peace of mind. We thought she may get a shiner but this morning just a little snow scratch on her cheek.
Watching the tubers.

Daddy and Fieldin taking a run.

Greta and a friend scaling the hill.

snow angels while waiting for a sled.

Me and Greta taking a big wipe out. I love how everyone around is watching in fear...

A more calm run....After the last wipe out she said she would never ride with me again.... She went down the big slope alone. She was determined! It was quite the wipeout....

Hangin' in a snow cave.

scaling the hill. Greta was going to take a ride with Jeff.

Good fun. A good Snow Fix. And no major injuries. A success!!

On The 36th Year Of Your Life

Happy Birthday To You, cha cha cha.

Happy Birthday To You, cha cha cha

Happy Birthday Dear Jeff..daddy

Happy Birthday to you

Cha Cha Cha.

Cha Cha Cha( Extra Cha's from Fieldy)

Happy Birthday to you,

you live in a zoo,

Fieldy smells like a monkey,

and Gret eats like one too.

HA!

Love you. Happy Bowling day.

On The 35th Year Of My Life

I am enjoying my birthday.

I usually don't like my birthday but this year it feels very special and I am very excited to be 35. Which really surprises me...

First off, THANK YOU for all the Birthday texts, postings, calls, cards and rememberances.

I am so lucky to have all of you in my life everyday and love you all. You will never know how much I appreciate you all. I am a lucky gal.

Before I tear up.. onto the post.

The nice thing about an early January bday is that I get an extra fresh start with a birthday/new year combo pack. I have decided my birthday word this year is EXPLORE. Not just in the travel sense but I have lots of exploring to do.

Explore: my cookbooks, my fears, my dreams, my friendships, memories, country roads, language, my hobbies, books, asphalt, Saturday markets, beaches, mountain passes and metro spots. You get the jest. I can't wait. My kids are getting bigger and more independent. I need to explore within and find my self again. I hope this year proves to be a good journey.

I would love to hear if any of you have birthday words this year to share as they come around.

Much love everyone.

Jeff- Only about 8 1/2 more hours til' Birthday pass off.

A Little Effort In 2011

I am not a resolution person.

Nonetheless, I am going to try to do certain things more or less in 2011.

This post will be my reminder.

1. Floss- not because I've given into the nagging, because it is good for me.

2. Stop giving Fieldin yogurt to eat before errands. Finding strawberry yogurt dried in his hair at the grocery store is embarrassing.

3. Stop wearing workout pants when I am not working out.

4. Less mochas and lattes. How many times have you read this one on the blog?.

5. Learn how to cable knit.

6. Stop staying up way too late reading, which will effect #4.

7. Cook more soup.

8. Plant more flowers.

9. Work on my imitations of Batman, barking dogs, sheep, Mickey Mouse and Cinderella.

10. Make it to the bus stop on time. One can dream.....

11. Draw. Paint. Get messy again.

12. Buy myself some new socks. Buy Jeff new socks since I ruined his.

13. Take more responsibility for filling my gas tank.

14. Sweep under the sofa.

15. Actually change the batteries in the kids toys. No matter how annoying they are. The toys I mean, not the kids...ahem.

1-1-11

The Babbitt Ball dropped at precisely 8:30 last night.

(Yes we do have a Babbitt Ball. It lights up but is no where near as impressive as Time Square.)

Jeff has the duty of lowering the ball by it's cord as the kid's count down from 10 and threw streamers. The kids loved it and so it was reenacted many more times.

Horn blowing. These horns were LOUD

Cracking..

Streamer Spectacular dance

Welcome 2011. We've been waiting for you!

When Life Gives You Sand...

You go sledding....

Not far from home we can find some snow to sled in but the kids voted to go to the beach and sand sled. The sand wasn't as wet as we hoped so we didn't speed down the hills like in snow, but we did have fun and I think it was much safer and warmer...

A beautiful day to say goodbye to 2010.

You won't be a forgettable year, that's for sure...

Heading out from visiting the tidepools.
Sleepy pudge.

After a lunch, heading to the dunes.

Our sled hill

daredevil

Heading to the dunes.

Lovey's

Sand angels.