We Are Back in Buisness!

Well, the Silly Spot is back in business. We found our memory card and I finally have a second to sit down and write.....even if it is in the midst of the two oldest arguing and the youngest climbing on the dining room table. Lots has gone on since the last entry so I am not even going to try and go back and rehash. Except to say that we had our first family picture last weekend and with all of my attempts to have everyone matching and looking good it turned out halfway decent. CJ did decide to play barber and cut his three year old's hair right before hand. My only daughter, my princess, and her hair was ruined. Then again I looked at it again and considering the layered, messy, bob is in my son has some talent! :)

Christmas season is in full swing here in the Schellenbach house. Today we went and picked out a Christmas tree. It isn't the huge trees that I am used to, but it is a cute smaller tree that I think helps us to remember as this year is helping everyone to remember that money is not everything. And that we do not have to have everything extravagant and out there. Although we are not overtly religious at all I think that this holiday is all about helping others and remembering what is important to us......the fact that we have our awesome family and that we are all in good health. That we have a roof over our heads and food at our table and most of all that we have the ability to help others who might not be so lucky. CJ and Kaylee are quickly learning this lesson as we try to give them many opportunities to help.

CJ's first school Christmas concert is coming up and no one is more excited then he is. He has told me that he will be singing loud enough for me to hear him over everyone :) I cannot believe how big my baby is getting! then on that Friday is his school Christmas party. I am in charge of bringing and making craft with 17 kindergartners. I have yet to figure out all the logistics, but it involves glue and scissors so I know that they will be up for it. CJ and Kaylee have also made decorations for our windows. We try to do most of the holidays......sure we could buy decorations, but making our own is so much fun. I will include a picture of the Halloween ones that the kids made. I am also posting some pictures of CJ at hockey.....he tries so hard! He is really improving too!

So the Christmas music has been playing for at least a month. I am almost done with Christmas shopping and I think that I managed not to go overboard this year. I made pajama pants for everyone with mom's help....I have so much to learn from her. I cannot wait until we do the Christmas baking. Someone, I won't mention who is getting a huge basket full for Christmas! It is definitely the best part of the year when we are surrounded by family and friends and also as we look to new beginnings in the new year.

A Little Bit of This and That

Ok, I admit, I cannot stay away any longer...lol! I was trying to wait for some pictures to be developed before I posted. We ordered a memory card for my digital camera and it turned out not to be compatible, so I have had to take all my pictures with a disposable camera. Therefor, some posts will be out of order....I know that the one for CJ's birthday will be late. :( Also a post on CJ's new sport, hockey. Sorry CJ! In the meantime I just wanted to post a few things that have been happening lately.

Last night I asked Miss Kay to put her plate away after dinner and she bowed at the waist and said "Yes, your Highness". Not in a snotty way, just as if she was saying "OK Mom". I had to laugh :)

Drake found a whole box of Cheezits this morning and dumped them out on the carpet. When I got into the room he was backing up (so he could get a running start, something he does while kicking a soccer ball) and running and stomping all over them while laughing. I thought I had my hands full with Kaylee!

CJ got his birthday present, one of those battery powered Jeeps. He has taken both Kay and Drake for a spin. He also proceed to back over his sister by not paying attention. Thankfully, no harm done. Lately he has been very nice to his sister. When picking out his car he had to have one with two seats so that he could drive her around. Then when we were at the grocery store looking at the dollar things he wanted to get her a toy because he has so many and he wanted her to have one that she would really really like. At his kindergarten last week they had a walk for diabetes day and were allowed to wear hats for a donation. He wanted to donate all of his birthday money to the cause. I am glad that we are raising such great kids.....we must be doing something right!


CJ has also become the total little chef. Every week at the grocery store now he goes and picks out a new fillet of fish. My son at six years of age is judging seafood and then he eats it (and likes it :) ). So we have figured out he will either be a pro hockey player or a chef.....both excellent choices.
I hope to have some pictures up for everyone soon!
The positive for today is that CJ starts Spanish class again today. I am so glad that my children are able to learn many different things and try many different things to see what they enjoy.

Happy Birthday CJ and Crandpa!

Happy birthday to my oldest child CJ. I cannot believe that I am the mom of a six year old. He is the brightest, funniest, most caring, silliest, loving, imaginative, wonderful, special little (big) boy in the world. I think that CJ and his dad and I ahve done a lot of growing up together. We have learned many things these past six years and been through many happy and sad times together. CJ had his first school birthday celebration today. He got to share the day with his best friend at school, Curtis. Curtis's birthday is the day after CJ's and since they don't have school tomorrow they both brought in treats today. CJ and I went to Sam's and picked out cupcakes (pirate) for today. Today also happened to e the day of the week that Craig and I go in to help out with his class. So, we got to be there to help him celebrate. Today at his class CJ also had the ticket store which CJ was very excited about. Throughout the month the kids earn tickets for completeing their work and being on good behavior. CJ got an Iron Man activity book and another small toy. To top it all of he won the game of musical chairs and earned another five point ticket :)

After school we all went to the pet store to buy Grandpa (my dad) a fish for his birthday. CJ was born on Grandpa's 50th birthday. I think Grandpa was at the hospital before we even got there that day. We had gotten Grandpa a fish for his birthday a couple of Christmas ago, but it had passed away. Of course CJ picked a green one (green being his favorite color). I think that Granpa was happy with his new friend, so happy he even suggested he would buy CJ one for his birthday so that CJ could be that happy as well. The kids were way acting up at Grandpa's......who knew after feeding them cupcakes that they would be hyper? So, we headed home.

Tomorrow we are taking CJ up to the Mills, which he calls "where the Blues practice" to have some fun in their arcade and play area. Then on Sunday the Mad Scientist is coming for his birthday party. Ever since he saw the TV comercial he could not stop talking about how he wanted a Mad Science party. And what six year old wouldn't be excitged about getting to make his own slime? CJ also invited his class to come, so this is the first year that we will have so many little kids at a party. For this I am glad that we are helping out in CJ's class....we get to know all of his friends and they are all great kids.

I would love to post pictures from today, but I am waiting on a new memory stick for my camera. I will post pictures as soon as possible.


Happy Birthday CJ!!!!!

A little bit of this and that

This week was CJ's first official field trip. His class went apple picking. Craig and I are so lucky to have jobs that allow us to participate in a lot of the things at CJ's school. We both get to go in and help every Thursday with class and we got to go on the field trip. The kids got to pick apples, watch a how about an apple tree, go through a corn maze, and down a huge slide. CJ is already asking to go back and get pumpkins since this is the same farm that we get our pumpkins from. Kindergartners are a species all on their own. :) Craig and I help with center time when we go in, which means we get to work with small groups. It is so funny to listen to them and hear the problem of the day.....last time it was a girls only slumber party and how boys were NOT invited. Oh to be that young and have life be that simple again.

CJ's birthday is coming up soon. He is going to have a Mad Science birthday party. He is very excited! Apparently this "mad scientist" will come to our house and give a attention getting show on science for the kids. Complete with making their own slime at the end. CJ is big on science and ever since he saw the commercial he was hooked. I will write a complete review on that one in a couple weeks after the party. The other story with his party is the cake which of course grandma will be making. He wants this cake to have every single power ranger from every series to be on it. Good luck Grandma!

Sorry if this post comes up kind of jumbled or not as entertaining, but I am recovering from the dentist tonight. I had not been to the dentist in about fifteen years because of some awful past experiences. Well, I needed to get a crown. I was going to do sedation and just sail through. Well, there was no way I was coming up with that amt of money up front. So I had to tough it up and go. Now, I have never had as much as a cavity before, so I had no idea what to expect. It all went well until the numbing started to wear off before the procedure was done. Now it hurts like Heck! I tried to call and get some meds, but they were already closed for the weekend at three pm. So I had to take one of the percocet I have been hoarding since Drake's birth. (I never use all the pills for after birth, I hoard them until really need them.) So now I have one more and the one I took really only barely took the edge off for a short time. A good friend of mine suggested some clove oil, so I will go get some in the morning. Until then I guess I just have to deal with it. :(

The Last Thing I Want to Do After Being Awake for 36 Hours

is deal with my daughter the diaper cream artist. It never fails, if she can get a hold of it, it will be all over the place. So I had just given her a bath and had turned my back to help CJ out with his bath. Turn back around and she had used up the rest of my diaper cream.....it was all over her, all over a dining room chair, the living room table, and the recliner. She was even eating it. I had thought that I had been at the bottom of the jar, but apparently it had an infinite amt of diaper cream left for her to create her masterpieces with. Of course it had to happen at the time that poor Drake has a rash so bad that he has had to sleep with his diaper off for a night. Oh, and this cream is special order, not something you can just find at your nearest Walgreen's. So, I ordered some (http://www.jacksmagicbeanstalk.com/ we always use her cream, it's the best!) and hopefully I can scrape enough out of the old container until the new gets here. Maybe I can put Kay's talents to work and have her paint her little brother's butt.

Happy First Birthday Drake!

Happy Birthday to our littlest little man, Drake. Drake was born one year ago today. He was very anxious to enter the world and didn't even wait for the doctor to get there. Ever since that day we have been blessed with one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. He is also all boy, walking around and jumping on people, he also loves to be tossed around. He loves his big brother and big sister. He also loves to eat. I don't know that he has a favorite food, but he will cry if one of his siblings walks past him with a juice pouch and he doesn't have one. I am also proud to say that we have made it a whole year breastfeeding and that he has had no formula at all :) Drake's smile is totally contagious. We had his birthday party last Sunday and he tore right into his cupcake. His party was dinosaur themed as chosen for him by his big brother. His actual birthday was today and I cannot believe it has been a year already. He is walking more then crawling now too. My baby is getting so big!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Baby Drake!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday Mom(Grandma)!

Happy birthday to one of the best mom's out there! My mom is the closest I have seen to Superwoman. She raised her own kids while working full time as a teacher and then retired so that she could watch the next generation of kids, her grandkids. At any point she will be in charge of six kiddos, of whom all but one are under the age of six. And she will be adding two newborns this winter/spring. On top of all this she has many other projects she is working on. I do not know how she does it, I just know that we are very lucky to have her. I only hope that I can be half the mom to my kids that she is to us. Happy Birthday to Mom from us and also Happy Birthday from the kids to one of the best Grandmas in the world!