It's raining, it's pouring

Hey, It's been awhile since I've written, simply because school finals have been overwhelming. I have finished my yoga and zumba classes, and I'm done with one to the two finals in my Spanish. I completed the Oral Spanish test last night, which I got 96% on, I'm so happy, and now I'm preparing for the language department test.

Today, it's rainy and cold. So, we are staying inside the house. Addy had a great idea, we decided to paint faces. So, here I took some pictures of the way cute faces. Addy wanted the usual, a butterfly face, and cole, I just decided to give him a tiger face.

Also, we went bowling recently as a family, and I decided to get some cute pics with them there too, as well as them gardening in their grandma and grandpa Stroud's backyard.

Also , you will see some other video's of the kids in different places being cute, I just thought they would be fun to share.

By the way, the picture of Addy on the floor, is when she is dancing crazy at the bowling alley, to the music that's on.

We're in this together!

So, today is a typical day at the Roundy house. We painted, (which you will be able to see the pictures of,) Colored, and played alot. The kids even got a chance to 'live life on the edge-by coloring on the walls!

So, here is a bit on thoughts on each event so far today...

This morning Coleman threw a tantrum for 20 minutes because he didn't want his clothes on him :) What a silly boy. He prefers to live his life the way he came in it, NAKED.
Then, as I was cleaning the Living Room, Addy came into the room and asked me not to be angry with her- after a while of coaxing she told me that she and Coleman decided to color on the walls. But what I thought was so cute, is that when I put them into time out ( they sit in there high chairs for the same amount of minutes as their age) I saw Cole reach out and grab Addy's hand, while they were both crying. It was as if they were both saying
"Were in this together" So, I got a cute pic of them holding hands while in time out.





So, after this, I figured, they must need more time with me- so we took a break and painted. So, here is some pictures of the painting that we did. Notice the difference between Addy's painting area and picture compared to Colemans. Also, notice how messy they each are. I find that interesting and comical.

Contructions for the Contractions

So, today we watched a blues clues episode that talked all about contraptions. After the show, Addy was so excited to make her own. She ran to me and said, "Mommy, Mommy, we have to make a contraction!" "A what? " I said, " A condaption!" She replied.

So, Addy is now so excited to make and build her own contraption. Here are a few of her ideas I quote:

" We could make a contraption so that when I need to wash my hands, it will turn on the sink, and put some soap on my hands. So we will need cardboard and glue to glue to the sink and we could make hands out of cardboard."

"We could make a contraption that would clean out my nose!"

"Oh, Mommy! We could make a contraption that would put my shoes on me, so I push on a button, and then glue and string would hold my shoe in the air, and it would fall on my foot"

She's such a smart little girl! Very creative and excited to try new things. So, here is a video of her making instructions for the contraptions that she wants to make.

She calls it the "constructions" Which I think is so adorable.

Get out of Jail Free!

As my daughter and I were playing chutes and ladders today, (her pretend version) she discovered bad people time out-I'm not sure where she learned this- IT WAS JAIL

I asked her why she was putting her pretend daddy's and mommy's in jail, and she said
They ate too many cookies!

So, the way we get out, and stay out of jail, is to stop eating so many cookies!
As for me, I might get caught some day eating too many cookies :)

Gratitude

So, as you all know, I'm taking a few school classes in the evenings. So, yestesterday as I was dropping my kids off to be watched while I go to school, one of my neighbors saw me, and mentioned that she was suprised that I was without my children, and then I proceeded to tell her I was going to school, she said she was impressed- and that was pretty cool. Well, that got me thinking....It is pretty cool that I can go to school, while being a mom. It' s pretty cool that I have such wonderful loving people that support me in the endeavor. So, I just wanted to say....

.......... that I am grateful to be blessed with a wonderful husband who is willing to work full-time so I can be a stay at home mom AND that he is willing to go to work early so that I can go to school. I am also grateful that I have such a wonderful friend who is willing to watch my kids. I am grateful to my family who offer up such good support at this time and the support that have offered our family in the past.I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband, and I just wanted to say to him, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO , Your work doesn't go unnoticed.


Today we went to Wal-mart, YAY! What fun! So, at the wal-mart close by there is a fishtank that we always go see, it's become an event that we get to do when we go shopping. So, I recorded a cute movie of the kids looking at the fish, that you can see. ( Sadly, before I could catch it on tape, Cole was pressing his face up against the fish tanks, and was saying 'hey guys' repeatedly to them, it was the cutest thing)



What else was so cute , is in the movie you'll see that he starts to hit the fish tank, that's becuase if you listen closely ( sorry my phone speakers are not that good) Addy says 'let's scare'em' and then coleman follows is big sister and says 'ets are'm' and addy hits the tank and then coleman follows her example. :)

Later in the store, Addy and Coleman entertain themselves by running around and chasing eachother, then when Coleman get's lost, (I"ll be on the sidelines watching him, but he can't see me) he's yell as loud as possible "ADDeeY! Until he finds her. Heh heh

The BIG GREEN Day.

So, it happened! Leprechauns came to our home! We must have had a lot of them because they made quite a mess. Addy placed a green ball into the trap, and woke up with it in her bed! My, these Leprechauns are sneaky.

The leprechauns left their hat, and Addy and Coleman searched for it, when they found it, (hidden underneath our shoe basket) there was Green clothes for them to wear and the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

The Leprechaun trap had been set off, and was down on the ground when we found it in the morning. Upon opening it we found the Capri Sun had been emptied-those leprechauns were thirsty-and the fruity colorful cereal we left for them was gone, and in it's place was a package of green M&M's and some Chocolate Gold coins. Addy is so excited about all of this. Everything she finds that is slightly out of place(even the items that were not part of the leprechauns mess) she assumed it was from them. It was the cutest thing.

The sad news: We didn't catch him this year, but there is always hope for the years to come.

Here are several of the before and after pictures.
Or you could go to facebook and check all of them out there.

St. Patricks Day tomorrow, continued

I just wanted to say now, Addy is so excited to set a trap for the Leprachaun. She's in her room searching for a pot and some Gold to put under a make-shift trap we will do.

I love her thrill for things.