Pig pile!

My sister and her kids came over for a relaxing afternoon on Saturday.  The weather was beautiful and the adults and kids were equally happy to get outside and enjoy the sunshine.  My sister and I went in the house for a minute and this is what we came outside to see.  So cute!

Stepping up to the plate!

I can't tell you how proud I am of my kids.  You see, I woke up in immense pain two weeks ago, my back was in so much pain all I could do was scream and cry.  I tried everything to escape it, but just couldn't get away from it.  Of course this has to happen when Steve is away and it's just me and the kids home.  Juliana woke up the first morning to my screaming and tried to rub my back and everything else her 8 year old mind could think of to help me.  I told her to get her brother out of bed and I was somehow able to get clothes together and pour bowls of cereal for them before sending them to the neighbors to get taken to the bus stop.  Day two however I could not move, and Juliana stepped up to the plate in a big way.  She got her brother out of bed and made breakfast for both of them.  They both picked out their own clothes and dressed themselves (Tyler was in full camo).  She packed both of their lunch boxes and again they went to the neighbors to get taken to the bus stop.  I didn't even know what they looked like until they briefly came home from school before going to the neighbors for dinner (did I mention how lucky I am to have such fantastic neighbors)!!!  For all the complaining and dragging of their feet I get on normal mornings, I couldn't be more proud of them both for stepping up to the plate the way they did!

Oh the changes...

We've had a few minor changes with our kids in the last couple of weeks.  First off Juliana got glasses!  We knew it was only a matter of time before she would need them as Steve and I are so blind.  She was really upset that she would need them, and was so unhappy at the eye doctor appointment.  As soon as we got the prescription we headed over to Lenscrafters and she started trying on frames.  She quickly found a pair that she loved and her sadness turned into excitement in the blink of an eye.  She said she never knew she would look so good in glasses.  I knew she would look great, but was still amazed at how great she looks.  She picked the perfect frames and never realized that she hadn't been seeing things as well as she could.

The other minor change was that Tyler lost two more teeth.  He worked on the first one, shaking it back and forth, and finally it fell out.  He screamed with excitement, but unfortunately dropped it on the bathroom floor.  Luckily after some searching Juliana found it and he was able to put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy.  About 3 days later he shook and basically pulled out another one that was loose and is now missing two teeth on the bottom.  He looks a bit like a jack - o - lantern.  He's adorable and very happy to be missing them both.