I used to be so good at posting on a regular basis - not so much anymore. Oh well - life is busy, sometimes blogging isn't my top priority. In addition to the kids just getting older, which doesn't necessarily mean they need more of my time, they just need my time in a different way, I also started a new job. I am still at the university (IUPUI) but started with a new school and have a new role. This is a great change for me - something that I had been ready for, though I will say it is challenging. As the "boss" my level of responsibility has changed and I look at things in a much different way than I used to - which is good I think. It's only been one month, so I am still feeling my way thru the job and am trying to give myself a good year to really get it - sometimes in the scope of university life, I think a year is a good gage. Every term and season is a little bit different and sometimes you don't realize that you do something until the time is upon you to do it! The great thing about starting a new position within the same organization is that my benefits didn't change - and in this case I am talking about lifestyle benefits (though I am very happy with my medical and such as well!!!!). I was able to keep my same schedule, which my husband and I have fine tuned over the past three years (in general, he takes the kids to daycare, I pick up, he gets home just before us and starts dinner, we walk in and are ready to eat!). I miss my old job in some ways, but am loving the challenges of the new one.
January was a busy month for us too! Let me try to recap thru pictures all that we have had going on. First off, we want to welcome our new neice, Molly, who is just precious (at least from her pics!) - we cannot wait till we get to meet her this spring! From Toy Story on Ice, to swim lessons, to snow/ice days, to just enjoying the days we have been BUSY!!!!
Okay - warning, some of these photos are from my phone, and the quality isn't that great. Also - I cannot figure out how to rotate those even though I saved them rotated on my computer. And they are not in my preferred order. oh well.
Eating at Joe's Crab Shack- we had so much fun! B-man danced and wiggled when the wait staff turned down the lights, turned up the music and danced danced danced! He loved eating his shrimp popcorn. LOL
Oh this little miss - she is forever eating. always in the pantry, always pulling out food and asking for a NAK even if we just ate!
We had three days of no school/work - the ice was crazy - probably a good two inches of slick slick ice but we made the best of it - after doing some indoor sledding, we went outside and slid down the street for a while. No joke, my neighbor's daughter busted out the ice skates and beautifully skated up and down the street!
Our great friends invited us to see Toy Story on Ice since they had some extra tickets - we had a great time. I wasn't so sure about it but we all liked it. Here are B and Me (bad English - ehh).
The Buck's!
B and I just getting their groove on!
Sometimes on weekend, B will go to I's house or vice versa. Above is a pic from when I came over and we just had to get outside since the sun was shining - though it was still cold cold cold!
Out of order, but here are more dancing pics from Toy Story on Ice!
Back to our outdoor fun day - big wheel races!
Lil C enjoying a snack (as usual!) and just exploring the snowy yard. notice Tucker, he is waiting for food to fall...
During the ice/snow storm, we entertained ourselves in lots of ways - one of them included indoor sledding!
Swim lessons started this month - so far so good - above is a pic of the kids all bundled up and ready to start Swim School!!!! B is in a class without parents, which we were not so sure about, but it is going great. 3 must be the magic age... Lil C, in true fashion, loves swimming too!
Earlier this month, we headed down to E-ville for a quick trip to see the grandparents - here is the one picture i took!
Another snowy day activity - painting the pirate ship that we got for Christmas! Hours of entertainment with this thing - seriously - great investment (thanks zulily!)
Back to Joe's - here is little miss, ready for her Popcorn Shrimp to arrive too!
That is a quick snapshot of how we are spending out winter - fun so far and staying busy!
