Meet the newest additions to our family....

Rexie - Kate's Fish


Red - Jackson's Fish

Somehow a family trip to Meijer last night ended up with us bringing two fish home! The kids have been wanting a fish for a long time and they look at the big fish tanks every time we go to Meijer. Something possessed me last night to say "Let's get a fish." Well that ended up being two fish because of course they both had to have one. It was so cute because they were so excited! Kate kept saying "it's my pet!" After we got the fish home and in their bowls, Kate kept hugging the bowl saying "my pet, my pet". Now we just have to keep them alive!!!!!!!

Goodbye Thomas!!!!!

Jackson is giving up is Thomas addiction. I think it is harder on me than it is on him! Tonight before bed I was going through books on his bookshelf and dividing them into the ones to keep on his bookshelf, ones to give to Kate and ones to donate. I soon found out that I had to make a fourth pile - Thomas books. I asked him if I should keep them on his shelf. He said no. I asked him if he was sure - he might still want to read them - he said no. These are the books that he used to teach himself how to read. He knew all of the trains names and how to read them because they are written underneath the train. When we would read any of his millions of Thomas books, he would read the trains names, and from there he just kept on going. He was reading fluently by the time he was 4 1/2. So, sadly, I made a pile of Thomas books. I will pack them away in case one day we have another little boy who is in love with that little blue engine. Jackson is on to bigger and better things right now - Legos and Star Wars.
I still haven't downloaded the Christmas pics from my camera. Hopefully in the next few days.

Melissa

PS - The photo is from last Christmas. It is Jackson in the Thomas Wheels and Whistle Sofa that Santa just HAD to bring!

Happy New Year

Hello! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. After a week and a half in St. Louis, we are still recovering from the holidays. On Monday it looked like a toy store in my living room. Jackson said it was like Christmas again! We got home late on Sunday night and of course all of our toys from Christmas morning were still out and then we added all the presents we received from St. Louis. I am happy to say that by the end of the day I had all of the suitcases unpacked and most of the toys put away. I'm still going through toys and rearranging, but hopefully I will have everything organized by the end of the week.
Both Jackson and Kate went back to school on Tuesday. It was nice to get back to our usual routines. I am spending this week getting my house back together, but hopefully next week I will post some pictures of our holidays.
I hope to hear from some of you soon. Simply leave a comment in the comment section of any post. I will try my hardest to respond.

Have a great day!
Melissa