Catch up!

So, this is the catch-up portion of my blog. I have been waiting for enough time to catch up on everything and post pics. But I have to face the facts, I just don't have time these days to do BOTH at the same time. As it is, I am sneaking in this update between bedtimes. Just put Sadie down and have a few minutes before Skyler goes up. Then I have an insane amount of laundry to fold and a shower to take, and maybe, I can read a couple of pages before I pass out. That seems to be how my days go....from one thing to the next, yet at the end of the day, if someone were to ask what I accomplished, I'm not sure what I would say! They just keep me really busy. And I am loving it. Knowing that one day things will be so different and I will miss how much they need me.

So, last weekend, Papa made a surprise visit for the kids. I didn't want to tell them in case it didn't work out. But they LOVED when he showed up and had a super weekend of keeping him very busy. It was great. We loved it. And they missed him so much when he left. I turned around in the car on Sunday to find a very sad looking Skyler. When I asked him what was wrong, he told me he missed Papa so much. I love that my kids have such a special relationship with my parents.

Updates on the kids. Sadie, growing leaps and bounds. Her hair seems to finally be growing and her vocabulary is insane. She talks a-l-l d-a-y l-o-n-g. We love it. The funny thing is that Skyler seems to know what she's saying when we don't! They have a connection. They play together a lot, drive each other crazy, and a lot of times I will turn around to see them hugging. As Sadie gets older, they spend more time together. It's amazing. Sadie also loves to sing. She sings along with the radio in the car. When I turn it off, she tells me to turn it back on. This is all very cool because she is becoming her own person. She also loves to sing with me before she goes to sleep. Her latest love is "Gookie" (Goofy) Go figure....She is always looking for "Gookie" in her books and for a "Gookie movie". Man, I love her.

Ah Skyler. What to say. He drives me crazy ALL THE TIME! He has decided that if he doesn't get what he wants the moment he asks for it, that he will throw a full blown crying fit as if I am slowly plucking the hairs from his head. But really, it is taking me a whole 5 minutes to make his breakfast rather than the 2 seconds he wishes it was made. AHHHHHHHH! That's all I have to say:) Yet he is such a warm kid...so sweet....and I often hear, "Mommy, I super love you." Of course this is followed by a command, but I have to look for the positive:)

Apparently it's supposed to be in the upper 40's next week! Do I dare hope for some playground days????? That will be such a RELIEF from the frigid temps we are having. I should start a countdown to Spring:)

I hope to post some pics within the next day or two.