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My Name is Audrey

Hi my name is Audrey and I just turned TWO!

My Brother and Sister made a Birthday sign for me...

and my mom made some yummy Elmo cupcakes for me.

My Grandmas and Grandpas sent me some really fun presents. They know how much I love Elmo and all things Sesame Street and I am stocked with Elmo books, stickers, clothes, and even a pillow! I love them so much and I carry everything around with me in my new Elmo backpack.




After dinner I got to blow out my birthday candles. Did you know you shouldn't try to touch a burning candle?

You can bet I wont be trying that again!

Thank you to all who made my Birthday Special!

Jared's April Fools

Jared wanted to "get" his teachers and friends for April fools. Where we live Pro football is serious business and with the Ravens practice facility just around the corner from our front door EVERYONE is a Ravens fan. Every Friday the WHOLE town is dressed in Raven colors, seriously the WHOLE town. One of the teams rivals happens to be the Steelers. So Jared came up with this...

When I dropped the kids off at school the teacher on carpool duty read the sign and said, "oh really! Number one fan huh?" Jared promptly did this...

She then said,"Its a good thing or I'd send you home" Kidding of coarse-kind of.
He had fun with his little April Fools trick fooling most of his teachers and friends. What a funny guy.

"I Do It"

Don't worry about me mom, as you sit on the couch with your book, I got this!

Audrey's Obsession

Somewhere somehow Audrey has discovered Elmo and she is in love. This little girl walks around the house singing, "la la la la, la la la la, Elmo's world." She begs for Elmo everything; movies, juice, music, books, crackers, and clothes. We got her some Elmo PJ's and she has been over the moon for them.

The only problem with these PJ's is that at some point they have to come off.

Poor girl, no one understands her pain.

Anna's new trick

Anna is a two wheelin' bike rindin' fool!

She has been asking us this past week if we would teach her how to ride a bike without the training wheels or as she says, "I want to be a two-wheeler rider." The weather was great so we went out and gave it a try. Most of the time she was too busy giggling to pay attention, but after a while she got it down. She couldn't be more proud of herself.

Good Job Anna!

Weekend Visitor

This weekend we had a visitor. Anna's school class pet Speedy the Russian tortoise stayed with us. Anna made him a welcome sign.

She let him explore the house. Audrey didn't think much of him and every time he walked toward her she would back up real fast and beg to be picked up. Anna loved having speed over and is really sad to see him go back to class.

Chores

There is a saying that goes something like "a lazy mom does everything for her children" If this is true then I am that mom. I've always liked things tidy and I've always done all the cleaning, but I've realized that my kids have no idea how to put anything away and Kevin has no idea where anything is in the house. So this Saturday I put everyone to work. Things took a lot longer to get done and it wasn't exactly the way I'd do it, but my kids learned how to clean a toilet and Kevin discovered where the camping supplies were kept.


Jared and Anna had to both clean out their rooms and it was interesting to see how they tackled their rooms. Jared was quick and was more interested in checking it off his list as done than getting a clean room.

Anna's approach was to pull everything out into organized piles and then put it all back in its place.

Maybe things will stay cleaner now they know what it takes to get it clean

Finally!

Our computer was hijacked (actually it was getting fixed) so here are some catch up pictures and stories.

Ladies Man:

Jared comes home from school on Valentines day and shows me a piece of paper with a note on it from one of his friends. He asks, "Mom what do I do with this?" The notes says Happy Valentine's Day. Love, Gaby (###)###-#### His friend who sits next to him in class gave him her phone number! Kevin thinks it is awesome and can't stop laughing.

Funny Girls:

Best friends and worst enemies.

New Toy:

Jared was so excited to get this from Santa (Mrs. Clause lost that toy choice) and loves playing it with everyone.

Adversity

This is my roommate from college. She is amazing. This video was put together for a video competition. Her story is inspiring and I thought I'd share.