5 Year Check up

I usually do checkups close to the kids birthdays but this year I am a month late.  Sara went today and I gritted my teeth the entire day there.  I am so nervous about this crazy flu going around.  Everyone I speak with says they have it over a week.  So we arrived armed with Clorox wipes, sanitizer and strict instructions not to touch anything.  Sara is such a good listener! She even wanted to sit on my lap because she didn't want to touch anything. 

The benches in the office are covered in fabric cushions and they just scream germs to me.  So I told her not to even sit on them.  Well she measured in at 37lbs fully clothed (28%) and 42 3/4 inches (52%).  She is completely healthy and her vision and hearing was fine.  Evans will be in a few weeks he is still only 41 lbs!  Finding pants that fit is still impossible and he hates adjustable waist pants. 

We had a busy day we started by taking my car in for some minor issues.  One thing that didn't get resolved is the hands free on my car is not compatible with the iPhone 6.  After waiting forever to get a smartphone I am really annoyed that it doesn't since with my Accord.  I do love the phone though, but it is a huge waste of time.  The kids asked if we could go for lunch and Sara chose Moe's.  We picked up a Wendy's chicken nugget meal for Evan and Sara had a cheese and lettuce taco and I had a chicken salad.  From there we headed for a haircut with Evan and had a long wait.  We came home for an hour and then I headed to the Pediatricians with Sara.   After that Sara and I went to Target to pick up a few Cartwheel deals and a few 70% off Christmas deals.  Sara is making crafts as I type that we picked up for $1.50.  We also bought Evan a few packs of Football cards. 

He is obsessed with football, he is reading the sports pages in the paper each day.  For Christmas he received a Buffalo Bills helmet, jersey, and football pants.  He has worn this everyday.  He had me put Jim Kelly's #12 on the back of it.  On February 14th, Jim Kelly holds an event in memory of his son, called Hunter's Day of Hope.  So we already have it on the calendar he is so excited to meet Jim.  My first accounting job our firm prepared the taxes of lots of Buffalo Bills and I had the chance to meet many of them.  At one point I almost dated one, but decided to stick with Marc!  Now  he is very bald and lives in the Midwest.  I would have never survived living that far from my family!   Evan loves to hear about the super bowl days of the Bills and what players we have met.  Orchard Park and Hamburg are a small community and we often run into players on our trips to Wegmans or Target.   I don't usually know who they are but there presence is obvious.  The diamonds on the wives usually stand out too! 

Evan is busy playing Madden 15 and building legos.  Sara is busy with crafts, playing school, playing board games and playing with Evan.  Yesterday they played so well upstairs with Evan's football cards he sorted 150 cards into the teams that I actually had an hour nap on the couch!  Progress in our household.

Snowdays in November?

All teachers love snow days, but after 7 last year and 2 this week, I feel like its just one long winter and its only November.  Lake Erie is dumping lake effect snow on Western New York.  I haven't seen a plow since 3:30am on Tuesday.  I attempted to snowblow yesterday and wasn"t successful.  The snow is heavy and deep, and was blowing.  Tomorrow they are predicting 2 more feet. 

Evan is disappointed he missed both of his gym days this week and they are playing hockey.  Sara is just happy to play and do crafts all day long (read between the lines create mess after mess}.  So yesterday I made Minestone and a roast in the crockpots, baked chocolate chip cookies, and made 3 batches of frosting for Sara's birthday. 

Her birthday falls on Thanksgiving so we are having a friend party at Bounce Magic on Tuesday night.  Sara only has 5 other girls in her class, so we will have a total of 9 kids at the party.  It is not cheap to have the party, but I figured we are not doing a family party. and last year by the time I purchased pizza for both parties, drinks, snacks, decorations my expense is pretty simple. 

Happy Holidays

These days go by so quickly.  Even with a 13 day break last month due to snow and almost two weeks this month, I feel like time is moving so fast.  The kids are growing up so quickly.

Santa visit



5 Teeth gone so far!

Evan is turning into a young man and outgrowing his little boy stage.  He shows such gratitude for little things and he makes me so proud.  When we had our snow days I allowed him to stay up and watch a Monday night football game and he has thanked me numerous times for this.  He catches me off guard with his gracious behavior at times and makes me so happy.  Prior to Christmas Sara was asking for everything under the sun.  Evan would say Mom I can wait for Christmas as Sara would be begging for a toy or something at the store. 



Cheerleading with the Varsity cheerleaders

Sara also has her moments of kindness.  We visited the zoo this weekend and Evan dropped his box of popcorn on the way out and Sara said "its ok Bud I have lots left and we can share".  The bud comes from me calling him it all the time.  For all the drama and arguments they have they are still best friends.  A few weeks ago , Sara spent the night at my Mom's and Evan was very upset that she would be gone for the night and teared up over it. 

Christmas was exciting and magical.  The Sunday prior to Christmas Sara and I went to mass and they announced they needed volunteers to clean and decorate the church.  Sara looked at me and said she wanted to help.  So we returned to the church after dinner and scrubbed pews.  She was a trooper. 

The kids had so much fun looking for Gordon the elf.  I even ordered a girl elf from Macy's for next year.  She was 75% off so since these innocent years won't last much longer I decided to make her happy.   All year she said I wish Gordon was a girl and I could of named her.  I also picked up 2 skirts for her at Barnes and Noble. 



Student of the Month - Character trait Hospitality

Evan and Marc have been playing xbox Madden 15 football together and having a blast.  Sara and I have been playing school everyday.  She is also enamored with the American Girl doll we gave her for her birthday. 





Sara's Christmas party

We have one more week off and the flu is rampant with lots of our friends.  I had planned on taking her to see Annie this week but am a little nervous about sitting in a movie theatre.  I am trying to avoid it.  Each year we have Marc's cousins over and they have had it for 2 weeks!  Stomach and respiratory and they have a bad habit of coming sick and getting us sick every year.  This year after hearing they were at the Doctors on Friday and planning to come to our house on Friday I asked to postpone it a week.  Hopefully it works!

We have had such a warm Christmas break, its been in the 50's every day.  The kids are disappointed.  We all received snow shoes for Christmas and they are eager to try them out.  Tomorrow Evan and I are going to head to BJ's for a few things, unfortunately our local BJ's was damaged during the storm and isn't reopening until March.  So we will have to go to the one 30minutes away to stock up on the bacon the kids love and Cascade!  I bought a membership on Groupon that I need to redeem before the 31st.