My Birthday

This is the first birthday that Tyson has really enjoyed making me feel special.  Joel and Tyson went shopping for me on Saturday.  Tyson walked in the door with some yellow flowers he picked out yelling, "Mommy, I have a surprise for you!"  Next I was ordered to my room so he and Joel could make me yet another surprise.  Due to the fact that our bedroom is right off the kitchen I got to enjoy the sounds of him and Joel making me a cake.  He stuck through the whole cake making process and wanted to sit by the oven door until it was done cooking.  When I knew that it was clear to come out he yelled, "Mommy, we made a cake for you!"  Joel quietly reminded him that it was a surprise and that he can't show me until my actual birthday.  Later he comes running out of his room with two boxes of Hot Tamales (my fav).  He runs right over to me, gives me the two biggest kisses and a hug, hands me the candy, and yells, "Surprise, Happy Birthday!"  (so you can tell he is not the greatest at keeping a secret)  Finally the day had come.  He helped Joel frost the cake and put the sprinkles on.  He was so excited.  When they were all done he carried the cake to the living room to show me.  He was soooo proud.  "Happy Birthday, Mom!"  It was the best birthday ever.  Oh, and I got to take a really long nap with Charlie while Joel to Tyson to a birthday party.  What a great day!

Charlie

So yesterday was Charlie's last day at his Children's Day Out.  He has been going there since he was 18 months old.  It was harder for me then I thought it would be.  This makes us just one step closer to him going off to preschool.  As you can see he was totally stressed out about it too!

How old does he look???

It's A New Day

OK, so after my pity party yesterday I have some good news.  My computer did crash and had to be completely restored to the factory settings, BUT I had randomly done a back up of my pictures on November 8th.  I had  not imported any pictures since then.  They were all still on my camera.  So...I did not lose one picture!  I can't believe it.  Things like that never happen to me.  I am so happy about that.  So here are some pictures of my cuties that make me smile everyday, good or bad!

December 1st

So November has come and gone.  I did ONE post in November.  So sad.  I don't think I have all that many faithful readers, but to you, I apologize.  Where did November go?  It's kind of bittersweet to me because November wasn't all that great of a month.  Lots of not so great things have been going on around here.  WARNING:  I am going to bore you with some "feel sorry for me" stuff, so you can quit reading now if you don't want to hear it.  :)

Charlie has been fighting a cold since I can't remember when.  We went back to the doctor AGAIN and are now on a major antibiotic.  Hopefully this one will work.  He also came down with a small flu bug over Thanksgiving.  Fun times!  I have another meeting on Friday to finalize some school stuff for him.  I am not ready for him to go to school.  February is just around the corner.  He will be 3 and a preschooler, oh my!  What am I going to do?  Maybe get a dog.

We have had nothing but struggles with Tyson in school lately.  Why does it all have to be so hard?  Why can't, just once, the school doing something we ask?  His regular teacher has been gone since October, the class is a nightmare, Tyson has started crying and throwing fits to get out of math, and now bullying.  Really? In first grade?  It is so sad.  Such a hard thing to go through as a mom and dad.  I am feeling defeated and am counting the days for his regular teacher to come back and hopefully whip them all into shape.  Keep your fingers crossed.  Other then school, Tyson is blossoming like crazy.  It is so encouraging to see people we haven't seen in awhile and they tell me how much he has changed.  I needed that.

Joel is still crazy busy at work.  He is hardly home and when he is he has to do more work.  I am not sure this "promotion" is really a good thing.  He is holding on and we are hoping for some relief soon.  And to top all this craziness off, my computer crashed, so I have no cute pictures to post!

Now to end on a happy note because I really am a pretty happy person.  I decorated for Christmas this week and now Tyson tells me at least three times a day, "Merry Christmas Mommy!"  So cute.  Charlie now opens the pantry door, looks inside, and says "Hmm, let's see" just like Tyson.  It's all worth it!