Where to start?

So much new is going on around here, I'm not sure where to start! I have decided to go back to school and am going to start out going for my associates in early childhood education. I have a ton of credits from when I went to Temple and CCP so many years ago that will transfer over. It appears I will only have a few classes to take. I've started the process including having my transcripts sent to me, applying to the local community college (2 mins away!!!), and being accepted. Next step is to meet with an advisor and figure out what transfers for what and what I need to take! I also started a new job - working at Cayden and Keenan's school. I forgot how tiring working with kids was but I love it and I have really missed being in a school setting.

The kids are doing great! Keenan loves school and doesn't cry when I leave anymore. He steals kids cups at school which makes me laugh a little. We don't give him juice since he loves milk and water so much so he steals the other kids cups and drinks theirs! He's starting to talk more and more and just started saying "mess". He also screams "no" at us loud and clear when we ask him to do something he doesn't want to. He is our wild child. I never knew boys were so crazy! He learned how to climb on the couch a few weeks ago. Instead of climbing up and sitting on it or laying on it like Cayden did when she learned. He runs across it, jumps on it, and tries to climb over the arm. He's even fallen off a few times but still continues to get up and do it again.

I'm so proud of Cayden. Now that I'm at her school around her peers I'm even more proud of her. She is doing so well academically. She can write really good and if you spell anything she can write it without asking what the letter looks like. She sits down and writes the whole alphabet from A-Z. She is starting to try to read as well. We are at the gas station about 5 weeks ago or so and she was like "Brrrrraaaacks......Mom what are bracks?" and I was so confused. I looked around and there was a sign clear as day that said "brakes" and then she proceeded to sound out the other words around. She's trying to read some of her Dr. Suess books like "Go Dog Go". Last week on my birthday she was at the table and kept sounding out Happy Birthday. She came to me with a card and it read "HB BUTY MOM" and told me it said Happy Birthday Mom. I was dying of laughter. But I thought it was so cute that she tried to sound it out and spell it all by herself.

Here are some pics of the kids from May. The ice cream pics from the post below are in the bunch so sorry for that repeat. Enjoy!

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Keenan's 1st ice cream cone!

Since we avoided dairy for 15+ months Keenan hasn't had an opportunity to try out ice cream. Well today was his lucky day and boy did he love it!!

Party Animals!

Got back from my HG cruise on Monday. Wow who knew so many of those girls were party animals. I had the best time ever. There were 13 of us and boy did we have a good time. A group of us flew in Thursday night. We went to "Howl at the Moon" a piano bar in Orlando. What a blast. It was $1 buds so you know how that went! The rest of the group flew in Friday morning. We boarded our cruise ship on Friday afternoon and arrived first in Nassau on Sat. We partied like rock stars at Senor Frogs, went back and got ready for formal night. We had a blast dancing it up in our formal dresses and flip flops (which we changed into after dinner). On Sun we went to Cococay which is Royal Carribbeans private island in the bahamas. We rented floating mats and floated in the crystal clear ocean in a huge circle holding onto each others mats to keep from floating away. It was heaven! I came home on Monday to a 4 yr old with a fever that she kept for 3 days and an 18 mth old with a double ear infection. What a welcome home that was. Nothing like getting back to reality!

Here are just a few pics from my trip!

Howl at the Moon - Orlando