NEW DOMAIN!

Hello Everyone!

Mike and I bought a new domain name. We now own http://www.maille.me/. That's right, dot ME. It's a new one meaning about yourself and pretty much the only one not taken by Maille Mustards. We hope to transition to our new domain and stay there.

Well Philip turned 6 and lost his first tooth. Both were big events for us. He had a little birthday party and the tooth fairy did come by to take his tooth. He then declared to us that since he was 6, he no longer fit in his size 5 clothes so he went to his closet and pulled it all out. He's so funny. He got his frst report card and did very well. He's so smart.

Natalie grew taller. (Of course!) She transitioned to the age 3 class even though she's still 2. She's been talking so much more and now in her sweet little voice she tells us all the time "I like that" when she sees food, movies, toys, etc that she likes. When she sees McDonalds she'll go.. mama I like that and call it Old McDonald as in the song E-I-E-I-O. She keeps us on our toes too. Lately she's been going out to the backyard and getting into the mud. She'll come in so dirty. She also put a lot of mud in the dog's dish. That's our crazy girl.

Thomas walks all around now but he still loves being held by one of us. He's very much into cuddling. Only Thomas and Philip were my cuddlers. He just had a cold and had to get on a breathing treatment. Between him, Philip and Natalie we have been to the dr's very often this month and we have more to come. Thomas just smiles and smiles when he's wearing the breathing mask and doing his treatment He's our most easy going child. He's also our best eater and will eat anything we put in front of him. EVEN MUSHROOMS which of course his daddy can't stand. He's missing out!

Mike and I have been working and trying to get everything taken care of. We have a ton of projects on our plate both at home and out and about. Our list just keeps growing but we've accomplished so much so far. It still amazes us that we did so much on the Rental House in so little time. We worked so hard on that one. We still need to empty the storage, get the van fixed, and one day soon, I hope get our little projects at home finished up. We still need to do some painting, change the flooring in the kitchen, and THEN start outside on landscaping, painting, etc. That's just the home stuff.. lots more to do beyond that.

Mike and I just had our anniversary. I hope when it gets warmer again we can plan a cruise. Although right now we are trying to plan a trip to Florida next year, so we'll see which comes first. Disney, here comes the Mailles!!

Jonathan Swift - "May you live every day of your life."

My relaxing morning...

Mike: how did the drive go?

Sent at 9:49 AM on Monday

Jennifer: long

when you and Philip left, I was cleaning Thomas' dirty diaper. Had just gotten myself dressed and up.

So I get him all cleaned up and he takes off naked and giggling..

fine..

so he's running around so cute and thinks it's a game for me to chase him.

I go and get his clothes and new diaper, grab him and change him.. then get some socks from our sock basket..

then I get Natalie's clothes..wake her up and leave Thomas to wander which thankfully he just went to go get his shoes and then come back next to me..

so he's holding the one shoe with the bell on it and trying to get in the closet..

that gives me time to dress Nat. She doesn't fight me but she did NOT like the shirt I got her so I had to find a different one or fight her to put this one on. I decide to get her a new one. Then I go get her socks and come back and she's in her closet trying to put on sandals that are way too small..

So she fights me a bit on that then I convince her it's wet and cold outside and she needs to wear tennis shoes..

fine..

so I put them on..
Then we go the front door..open it.. POURING rain.. Natalie looks up to me as to ask.. what now mama.

So we go back in, I get the umbrella... go outside with just the kids (I carry Thomas and walk with Nat under my umbrella) to load them up at the same time.. first Thomas.. and I throw Nat in the car and tell her to get in her chair..

she refused to go to her chair so I said, fine and left her loose in the car..closed the door. at least it's dry in there.

I go back and get all the bags, their jackets, load that up and each time tell Nat to get in her chair..

and then I lock the front door... realize I forgot my phone, so I go back and get it.. come back and while locking the door again, Natalie starts honking the horn since she climbed into the front seat and figured out the horn. The first honk SCARED the life out of me.

So I go back to the car.. pouring rain while I stand there in the doorway on her side trying to hold the umbrella while using both my hands to get her in her chair, I tell her to get in her chair.. which she does but slowly..

then bukle her in..

Of course get to my side, throw the uncooperative umbrella on the floorboard, do the adjusting in the car for my midget size and away we go..

Put on Shrek on the DVD player which never works the first time... finally it comes on.... and it' some peace..if you can call driving in the rain in rush hour traffic in San Antonio PEACEFUL.

We get to the childcare many minutes later.. more than usual of course..

and I go to unload Thomas first... when I open the door I see that Natalie has pulled off her shoes and socks..So I close his door.

so in the rain... with the dumb umbrella..

I go back to the other side of the car, which gets Thomas crying because he takes it as a personally rejection that I didn't get him first..

I put on her shoes and socks.. unbuckle her..leave her loose in the car and grab the bags then go back to Thomas' side.. get him out... put on his jacket... wind is trying to get the umbrella the whole time.. rain... etc..

so I get him.. tell Natalie to come on.. meanwhile she's in the back row gathering up the toys she keeps finding on the floorboard.

she comes out SLOWLY while I'm holding everything.. the bags, the umbrella, Thomas, my purse, the keys.

so she whines for me to carry her.. I'm struggling to help her out and hold Thomas when the wind gets my umbrella and it falls next to me upside down.. rain rain rain.

So I use my motherly super powers, grab that umbrella.. grab Nat... and we close the door... I click a button on my key chain.. hope its the right one that locks the car.. and accidentally lean against the car next to us and get my back and butt all wet in my work clothes. Nat walks SLOWLY to the front door while I'm trying to stay over and near her to not get wet.. and hold everything else..

then we get in, I TOSS The umbrella. not giving a care where it went..

and we went to my office to dump my purse.. then took Thomas to his room.. then went to Myra's room to get the hair bands for Nat since we forgot hers.. then went to the hallway where I did her hair really cute in pigtails..

Then took her down... she cried of course.. came back up and started to work.

And I am exhausted already..

oh then went back to get my umbrella.. and fold it up and throw it in a corner here to dry.

the end and now I get to finally get to work!

That was my morning!

Some photos of Philip from a long long time ago..

I was thinking all day

I was thinking all day today about my kids. I MISS them. I wish we were going home tonight. Well, Happy Fathers Day Mike!!!!!!

May 2009 already!

Well it is the season for weddings!

 

I just went to the best wedding May 16, that I have ever been to in my life. My cousin Michelle. She had such a beautiful wedding. The place was beautiful, lots of family were there and it was a tear jerker for me. Such a fabulous wedding and she was such a beautiful bride! They looked so happy. I couldn't take enough photos that night. Mike and I had a blast but it was sad that we had to leave a bit early for the 2 hour drive back home to get the kids. I'll have to post photos as soon as possible about it. I saw so many family members and especially my cousin Michael. I hardly see him now that he lives in CA. It was so good to laugh with him again. I wish he was nearby still but I know he's happy there. Just like my best friend is in NY. I miss her too. Guess I'll have to travel some more in the future.

 

Philip is officially graduating on Friday May 29th to Kindergarten! I think he's way too ready for kindergarten but at his age he is supposed to be at a Kindergarten level. He can add, write, read a little and he does preschool software for first grade and above. The kid is smart. I hope his teacher recognizes it before he becomes bored. My sis told me that you get kids where the parents have worked with the child then you get those that come into kindergarten barely knowing how to hold a pencil. She said it's such a difference. I hope Philip won't be too bored.

 

Today he told me he wants to take some candy to his classmates. He even wrote Connor's name on a lollipop for him. It was so sweet. He filled his pockets up and gave it to each of the kids. He also has been starting this new trend where he wants to dress just like daddy. Whatever Mike wears he wants to wear too. It all started when I bought matching shirts for all the boys for Easter including Mike. Now Philip goes into his closet and wants to wear whatever Mike is wearing and whatever shoes he has. He also wants to wear a belt. I asked Philip the other day, where is your badge for work then and he smiled at me. He told me he wants to work where daddy works when he gets bigger. He and Mike went to get haircuts together a few days ago. He was telling me that daddy was telling him all about how he needs to be good, and not get his name on the board and to clean his room. Philip told me he's going to be a good boy.

 

Natalie is using the potty more and more. She was actually holding it and went today twice at school. We got so excited we went out and got her some girl pull ups. I can't WAIT for her to be potty trained. Our only problem is that now she wants to eat while sitting on the couch instead of at their table. She's very much into movies with dogs and if they talk, it gets even more points. We got really sick of 102 Dalmatians so now we are on one of the Airbud movies. I cannot believe how many times they want to see the same movie. Philip has seen Labyrinth a BILLION times. Pretty cool that he's watching old school movies we used to watch when we were little. Just goes to show you these movies pass the test of time. We also watch Wall-E pretty often. That's such a cute movie.

 

Thomas finally started to really crawl. I haven't seen him go a long distance but he does keep that butt up for short distances. Sort of unwormy of him now. His birthday is around the corner when he turns ONE! I can't believe it's been a year. His hair is starting to get really fluffy too. I think it's getting long so he might go for his first haircut when daddy and Philip go again. We will probably just have a little birthday party for him since we have so much going on. My mom and I are trying to plan something. Since I just finished that huge audit yesterday, I'm pretty tired mentally. Last week it was terrible to have that going on. My stress levels were high. I need a much needed vacation. Maybe when we go to PA I'll remember these days and just relax.

George Carlin  - "Electricity is really just organized lightning."