Halloween 2009

Here are pictures from our fun filled night. The kids were so funny :)

My Tigger:


My Angel:


My Ninja (aka KarateGuy):


My Senorita:


My good-sported Fro-man:


Me and all my deliciousness:


The troops:


Fun times fun times.

Bad Mommy Moment

Think I'm batting a thousand it seems over the past week- so why not add to the list? lol

Ok- so both Rick and I have glasses. Rick ahs had them since 2nd grade and I got them in 7th. So it's pretty inevitable that our children will need them sooner or later. (of course i was hoping for the later versus the sooner)

It all started last week when I got a letter in the mail from Kaylebs school saying he had failed the vision screening they give the students. This.. was no surprise to me. He's failed the test the past 3 years.

Now... why- you ask- would I wait until now to do something about it? (and here enters the bad mommy moment) In pre-school, his teacher said "don't worry about it, most kid this age fail because of lack of letter recognition."

Then in Kindergarten, his teacher said "well, some kids stil have letter recognition problems. He's a smart boy, maybe he just doesn't perform to his full capabilities under pressure"

And then this year hits.

As I'm talking to a friend about it.. a lightbulb went off. For the past 2 years... Kayleb will get up and walk directly in front of the TV to watch it. This whole time, we just thought it was something he did because he did it.. no specific reason.

For 2 years, my son has had vision issues. For 2 years, he's been seeing the world like this:

He hasn't known anything else... so why would he think something was wrong? He can tell his colors, he can tell if you are holding up 3 fingers from across the room, but it looks completely distorted and blurry.

so now I'm slapping my hand and crying silent tears. His teachers had never said anything contrary, he's never mentioned anything (why would he? He doesn't know anything else)

So I made the eye apt. and when I went to pick him up from school, I asked his teacher if she had noticed anything and for the first time, a teacher was actually paying attention. She said that she was going to call me today and fill me in on her opinion on the matter. I am so greatful for his teacher- she's seriously one of the coolest teachers ever :)

So we went on to the eye dr. and got him in. He was restless- didn't like sitting in a funny chair with all these weird lights shining in his eyes. But he did SO GOOD. after about 15 min. or so, the dr. explained that he has astigmatism in both eyes.

now watch me and my fancy knowledge on the matter....lol..... astigmatism is when your eye is shaped more like a football than a baseball. when that happens, your vision is distorted and you can't see near OR far. So he's neither near sighted or Far sighted...he's both. And the Dr. said that he typically doesn't prescribe glasses for kids..even if they are borderline. He likes to wait a while and check them out again before deciding. So the fact that he thinks Kayleb needs them.. suggests that his eyesight isn't that great. And he has to wear his glasses ALL the time.

So we treck out and I say "Kayleb.. you get glasses dude! you get to join the cool club now!"

His response " What's the cool club? What's it look like?"

I had to backtrack on that joke and explain that the "cool club" was just meaning he's gonna look cool once he has his glasses. lol

so we found some glasses- He looks adorable in them.

they won't show up for about 2 weeks... so i'll post pics once he has them.

the nice thing out of all this: Once he has his glasses, I know that his focus problems will more than likely go away. and by focus.. i don't mean eye focus. lol He struggles with focusing on tasks at hand- so i think this will help relieve that problem for the most part.

*SIGH*

bad mommy moment over. lol

St. Paul is COLD!!!

So my most recent trip was to St. Paul, MN. Let me tell you... I LOVE IT THERE!!!

I used to live in Fargo, ND for a few years and even though it snows (like towering mounds of it) for about 9 months out of the year, it was one of the best places to live.

St. Paul is beautiful... i can't even begin to tell you how pretty it was.

anyway- so little did i know that it was supposedly in the forecast to snow. Whatever. I hear the weatherman say its' gonna snow all the time and it never does.

Holy wrongage......

I'm on the show floor and i see these women coming down the stairs soaked.

I grab my camera (because I heard that it was snowing), and headed up stairs. This is what I caught.

And you can't see it (because it was that heavy) but there is a beatiful bridge right in front of this view. They were seriously the biggest flakes i've ever seen. love snow storms like this. Pretty, gentle, and wet.... it doesn't stick. lol

Fun times I tell ya. excpet that is was blastin' cold.... don't even wanna go there.

BUT.. the absolute BEST part of this trip was that I got to reunite with one of my BFF's in the whole wide world. We became fast friends when I lived in ND, and although we stayed in touch for a while, we lost contact and didn't find each other until about 2 months ago on the ever wonderful world of Facebook. we' chatted and laughed at old times- but it wasn't anything compared to the time we had here.

We were only able to see each other for about a total of 4 hours.. but it was so worth it! We talked as if we'd seen each other just yesterday and reminisced about old friends and new things. Oh my word... i was so sad when we had to say good-bye.

Katie is truly one of those friends you only find once in your life and I'm so glad that I have her back in mine. Love you girl! (isn't she the cutest? she hasn't changed a bit since 9th grade...seriously. lol)

R.I.P........or not.

So there I was...enjoying my trip to St. Paul, MN. Everything was going great, it started snowing.... I was with the BFF, and then it all changed.

I get a phone call from the husband.

"Hi Honey. Did E call you and tell you about Mia?"

"Um... no one called me about anything. What happened?"

"Well.... she cut her hair"

"No she didn't."

"Yes she did. It's bad"

"Ok seriously... where did she get scissors and when did this happen?"
"Kayleb's scissors, and just as I was leaving for work. She was hiding until after I left."

"No way. How bad is it? Please tell me you're kidding"

"I'm not kidding.. and from what I understand, it's bad."

"Ok... i gotta go. I'll talk to you later"

I then proceed to hang the phone up just in time before the tears start coming. There were about 10 people around me at the time and they thought somone had died by the look on my face. I excused myself to the bathroom and cried until I stopped. (I mean seriously... it was rediculous... but still)

I fixed myself up and went back onto the floor. Everyone asked what had happened and with tears welling up again, I tell them about Mia's escapade. They laughed. lol

I mean.. it was pretty funny... but let me tell you why I was so depressed.

Mia has (or had I should say) the most BEAUTIFUL, natural culry hair, down to her butt. I lived vicariously through her hair. If I had my druthers, I would have her hair. So i guess it was an emotional thing for me because it was now gone.

Mia on the other hand... kept telling E how beautiful she looked. lol

So anyway- here's the before, middle, and after pics. Be prepared to be saddened. She had a mullett- chopped off the sides so short that not even the hair dresser could fix it. She chopped it off and then told me to wait for the sides to grow out and keep trimming until it was all one length. *Sigh*

RIP beautiful hair. If it doesn't grow back the same way (or better) I'll be depressed. lol

Ready for it?

Here it is!!! I've been working on a new project (aka...the last post i made) and I've finished it!!- well.. to a point I can post anyway.

I've started up a new business called Bead Beautiful. I handmake beaded jewelry such as watches, bracelets, lockets, etc. I absolutely LOVE doing this. And that's an example of one I've made just above.. it's my fav :)

you know how you do something once and you fall in love? yah... this was that. lol

So go check out the blog, let me know what you think. And if you click on my facebook badge on the right hand side (of the bead blog) you can see a contest going on that you can join!

so tell your friends- bring them by.

And just for my personal blog readers..... if you leave a comment on the watch you like most and become a follower (on the bead blog), I'll enter your name in AGAIN into the drawing that will take place on Nov. 1st.

These really are gorgeous. They are seriously perfect for gifts... esp. with christmas coming up. (hint hint) lol

Oh... and I also do home parties. So if you are interested in earning a discount and/or free stuff, email me for more information to host a party!

toodles and bits!

New Adventures

Ok.... so either i'm insane- or I'm genius. I like to think i'm the last one.

why you ask?

I'm taking on yet another adventure. And by adventure... i mean... yet another thing crafty.

I'm not going to tell you what it is just yet... but it's FABULOUS. I'm so stinkin' excited and can't wait to get it started... but just thought i'd let ya'll know what i'm up to...even though I'm not technically telling you what i'm up to. lol

well.... that's it for now. can't wait to show it all off!! :)

My Cute Kiddos

Went to take pics of the kids the other day- went off rather well considering I did it all by my lonesome. lol

The only bad thing was this was about the ONLY good shot I got on Jayce. we'll try again when I have Rick there to help. :) Aren't they the cutest though?