Happy Birthday Kyle!!

Happy Birthday to my sister Kyle!!!

Kyle ~ I hope your Birthday has been a great one!! I feel so blessed that not only are you my sister but my best friend. You are an amazing woman and you deserve all the amazing things that come your way!! Enjoy your day!

I love you!!

Yes and No

YES I am still blogging!

YES we were on vacation last week for a whole week in California!

NO I did not miss my job...well maybe the kids a little (I lie - I missed my job and the kids a ton!)

YES I also missed my amazing family and friends!!

YES I will post pictures of our vacation..

NO I do not know when - I am still working on the getting back to reality thing.

YES I AM EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE I AM GOING TO BE AN AUNT AGAIN!!!

and

YES things are so good and NO there are no complaints!

and

YES GOD IS GOOD!!!

It Has Been Too Long...

Since I last updated!!

Not TOO much has been going on around here. The weather is starting to get nicer, but it seems whenever we have a warm day the wind likes to be present. Today it was nearly 90 but the wind was so strong we had no desire to be out in it.

For the summer I am going to be working with 2 year-olds, young 2 year-olds. It looks like I will be spending my summer potty training! I have never done this before, but I am eager to take on the challenge of a new room with a new class. I am sad to be leaving the kids I have had since October, but this is the life of working with kids. Everyone must move on. The best part is that Nathan (my nephew) will be in my class for the next couple of weeks. I think we are both excited for this, I just show it more than he does!

Ryan and I are both extremely excited because in 2 weeks we are headed to Southern California for a vacation!! We have not been on a vacation since 2006 when we went on our honeymoon to Florida. We are flying in on June 5th and come back home on June 11th. We will be experiencing a first as a couple - going to the beach!! Ryan and I are sooo excited and I will absolutely be sharing pictures when we get back.

I think that is all the news I have to share for now - no pictures this time, mostly because I keep forgetting to charge our camera battery.

Spring!!

This picture is from our trip to Disney World 4 years ago, I just LOVE how beautiful the flowers are!

Ahhh Spring! One of my favorite times of the year. To be honest I say this for every season - I love them all for their own wonderful reasons. I need to have all four seasons, I like the anticipation of the coming season. For some reason though, I am loving Spring this year!

It has been gorgeous here today. Ryan and I spent the morning running errands - grocery store, Target, and Kohl's. Right now he is putting away the groceries (he is amazing like that) and then we are headed outside to enjoy the weather and grill!! We bought a football on clearance so we're going to toss around the old pigskin. Actually, it's not a "real" football because I need a smaller one so it's not truly made out of a pig's skin. Which makes me wonder: are "real" footballs really made out of pig's skin? Maybe they used to be...

Anyways...we are dressed in our Spring gear. Ryan in shorts, me in Bermuda shorts and we are ready to go! I hope you all are enjoying the beautiful weather as much as we are!! Have a great weekend!

And The Answers Are...

Here are what the kids were REALLY saying (the answers to this post):

E: mitt mitty i mittu toooe mut = Ms. Mikki I missed you soooo much

S: you su aw swawing stwipes serts = you two are wearing striped shirts

A: can you swip me? = can you zip me?

J: i'm tuk!!! = I'm stuck!! (I hear this multiple times a day when they can't get unzip the bottom of their zipper on their coats.)

The Results: Matt and Kyle tied getting 3/4 right. You both did a GREAT job!! Sorry it took so long to get the answers, thank you for participating!! We'll play again soon.

What Are They Saying??

So it's understood!!! I work with a FUN bunch of kiddos, but did you know how difficult it can be to understand what a 2/3 year-old is trying to communicate?? (if you're a parent I'm sure you do!!) I actually love this part of my job - often guessing over and over what the little one is trying to tell me. I love that they are still learning how to speak, especially in complete sentences. They each have their own "language" that I have come to understand like their own Mom, but at night when I think about what is actually coming out of their mouths it makes me smile. So let's play a game - can you figure out what the child is saying??? Have fun!!

E: mitt mitty i mittu toooe mut

S: you su aw swawing stwipes serts

A: can you swip me?

J: i'm tuk!!!

Answers to come soon!!! (Try this: Ryan had no clue until I had him say them out loud - he then got 1/4 - can you beat his score???)

And because this conversation has kept me giggling and puzzled all day:

I was talking to one of my 2 1/2 year olds and he was telling me what he had for dinner last night.

He told me he had pigs feet (ewww!!).

I, of course, had to get more information about his dinner and asked him who made it.

Dad did.

How did Dad make it??

In the pressure cooker. :o) (Recipe coming soon - or NOT!)

Goodnight!!

This Made Me Laugh

At lunch today (at work with my 2/3 year olds) a boy who typically doesn't eat lunch with us was there. He chose to sit at my table and his Mom had packed him a lunch. His name has been changed, but the story has not:

So you get the real effect there were six children at my table, he was the only one with a packed lunch and was holding a banana.

Stephen: I'm Stephen

Me: I know!!

Stephen: I'm right here.

Me: Ok! (I was trying to serve the other five children their lunch at this point)

Stephen (while holding his banana): The one over here.

Me: Ok (acknowledging him by giving him a smile)

Stephen: Stephen is the one with the banana.

Me: Oh! There you are!!

:o)