what a fun day!

Marcin went out last night and stayed night in philly, lol!!! From the looks of him, I'd gather he had fun :-P
We had some friends over this morning for playdate that we have been trying to plan but would get rescheduled for a while so it was fun to finally get together! The kids and adults had lots of fun :-)

Here are some fun pics, I think pics just brighten up a blog page, don't you?



Gavin looks like it was a knee slapper!



And I think Jakob and Kaleb had their first official argument over a toy, hehe!!! I had them both sitting up on the floor with the alphabet spinny thing and they both wanted, Kaleb would yell because Jakob was spinning it and Kaleb couldn't reach it, so funny!!! Oh we are in for some fun adventures :-P

And I think I need to purchase more waterproof bibs....they are drooling like faucets! I was trying to remember when Gavin started that but I couldn't remember. Apparently it starts around 5.5/6 months :-D
These pics are before the 'argument' while they were playing with it on the couch...I can' believe how big they are getting. I still picture them as our little 6&5lb babies we brought home. But they for sure are not....they are doing more everyday...Kaleb is moving into 12 month clothes and Jakob is just about in all 9 month clothes. Kaleb seems to be growing bigger than gavin at his age! Gavin wasn't in 12 month clothes until right before his first birthday!



So darn cute!



House to myself!

For the Clemson fans :-)



I LOVE LOVE LOVE this pic of Jakob!

so niiiiccceee :-D I mean..I miss you honey :-) lol

Marcin is out tonight and I am so happy that he finally went out! He needs a break from our somewhat chaotic house! And I like having the house to myself so I can watch a movie without any commentary (lol), read my book, write on blog or catch up on others blogs or just play on the computer :-) Its not like I have any excited plans, just the quietness of relaxing by myself :-)

Here are some pics of the boys!

where are the manners?

{{Disclaimer - this is not insinuating that everyone in delaware fits this type of character, just a few that I have had the fortune of running into lately :-P}}

In retrospect being from the south I was always 'learning my manners' pretty much all the time. It was a constant thing and just a given. I never said 'huh?' to my parents or any adults in my life or strangers. Or 'what?' It was always yes/no mam, yes/no sir and that was that. When I was working in the school as a school counselor and the kids would say 'huh' to me it would irk me like you wouldn't believe! Then one of the kindergarten teachers asked a child "are you a goose?!" and the little girl looked at her like she was crazy and said "HUH?!" The teacher said "You sound like a goose saying HUH HUH HUH" lol So ever since then, when people say 'huh' I giggle because it reminds me of them being a goose :-P
Needless to say, our boys will be saying yes/no mam and yes/no sir, that is just normal to me and Marcin agreed that it was fine with him, well one week he is fine with it and the next he usually changes his mind but I am going with him being fine with it since I am home with them 5 days a week :-) I WIN! hehe

At the store the other day, the cute little old lady was slowly walking to the door and a man about 25 or so just cut right in front of her and went inside. Didn't bother to hold the door for her, just whizzed right by without a care :-(

In my neighborhood, which granted is quite a melting pot of ethinicities and I while I don't know everything about the various cultures in my neighborhood, is it so wrong and rude for your neighbor to say hi while passing you on the sidewalk? In the south, EVERYONE talks to EVERYONE! Whether you know them or not....you just say hi when someone catches your eye. Not here, we will have lived in our house 4 years this summer and there are still people I can pass on the SAME sidewalk who I see all the time that do not speak or even look at me. They just look straight ahead and keep walking :-( I, of course, still say hello. Or just wave at people who drive through the neighborhood! I mean I see the SAME people and the SAME cars, there aren't that many homes in my neighborhood, yet hardly anyone speaks to each other. It was the same way in our last neighborhood and it was smaller than this one!

Even when we are out and about, most people just seem to be out for themselves and while I get that, does it really take that much time to hold a door open for someone when their hands/arms are full? Or if you see them struggling with a big stroller and a crying child? Or just hold the door because they are coming in right behind you or going out as you are coming in?

I just don't get it.  Whenever I go home to South Carolina, I find that people will speak to me and I have to readjust myself and remind myself that its ok to talk to people that I pass. To wave at people and they will wave back, to SLOW down :-)

I will never forget when a group of us when to my dad's house in NC mountains. I can't remember if it was Kelly's first time that far south or not, but she hadn't been there much and she was laughing because everyone waved at everyone on the road and said hi in the stores lol
And then one trip to Mississippi for my grandfathers funeral, Marcin came with me, thank goodness because I couldn't have done it without him. He was like my 2nd dad and helped raise me, I learned so much from him and miss him everyday! So we had the service and we were driving to the cementary which was about 25 minutes away. Anyone who saw our convoy passing immediately pulled over and waited for us all to pass. Some even got out of their cars and stood there with their hands over their hearts as a salute, I still shiver when I remember that day. Marcin said he had never seen anything like that. But to me, that was the norm...I don't think I have ever seen that happen since I have lived here :-( Not to say it doesn't happen, I just haven't experienced it.

I guess the point of all this is I want our boys to open doors, to be considerate of others, to be respectful of others, empathize, and have good manners. We are going to do our best to teach them these things, I just hope it is reinforced in the outside world.

It's Spring!

at my house anyways, LOL I got some beautiful flowers from Marcin for Valentines Day, tulips are my favorite flower and the other flowers smell WONDERFUL! It really smells like spring in my house....these flower just might get me through the next few weeks of winter :-D
Thanks honey!

Happy Valentines everyone!

Clearing it out!

I am slowly but surely selling baby stuff, maternity clothes, baby clothes, etc. I just want it OUT! I feel like there is so much clutter in our house and it drives me nuts!  It doesn't help that all the baby equipment is so bulky and awkwardly sized, hmph! Like you can miss it in the bright primary colors and ADD noise makers and such :-P

I listed 28 items of clothing yesterday on ebay :-D It took me about an hour...these people that sell so much on ebay must have a lot of patience, that is seriously a full time job! And some of the things I listed 2-3 shirts together! But it was all Gap & Motherhood, good stuff! I thought about donating but if I sell all that I will make a little over $100, seems worth it to me! I donated some of the other off brand stuff. And some other baby stuff like my Bjorn and little things here and there!

I have sold a lot on Craigslist, YAY!!! I was a little hesitant about strangers coming to the house but so far no weirdos have shown up on my doorstep *knocking on wood*

Now I need to list some baby clothes! I have 3 separate bins of baby clothes!
1) for friends! I have 3 friends expecting end of august/beginning of september so the good stuff will be split between them...well if they have boys. I am predicting they will all have girls but more on that later!
2) stuff for ebay
3) stuff for goodwill

I am going to try to sell the baby clothes in 'lots' on ebay, meaning a few items at a time. I  need to do some research to see how much others are selling their 'lots' for. again, time consuming but if I make $50-100 on it, worth it!

And I feel like Craiglist or Ebay are better options for clothing and such instead of a yard sale simply because I can charge a bit more. I know when I shop yard sales I take a little bit of money because yard sales are usually cheap. Ebay you can pay with credit card, much easier to charge more than $2 a shirt when you can just 'charge it' hehe

So my thoughts on my friends having girls....When I was pregnant with Gavin, everyone I knew that was pregnant around that time all had boys! Then there was a phase of girls. When I was pregnant with the twins, everyone I knew pregnant around that time had boys too! Seriously...out of 16 people I knew pregnant, all boys but one (miss maggie!). So since I am NOT pregnant nor do I  have any intentions of getting pregnant, this time around I think everyone will have girls! Which is great because that way I can buy lots of pink girly princess stuff and get it out of my system!

lol this kid cracks me up!

Gavin just gets funnier and funnier by the day!

This afternoon we went to Kohls (what?! I had Kohls that HAD to be used! And of course they gave me more...their marketing department is genius! lol) and anytime we go to a store, Gavin likes to look at the toys, undertstandable. He had $1 in his coat pocket that he calls "Moneys" and I told him maybe we could get him something with his moneys.

So we go to the toys and he finds something he wants to play with.....I pull toy from BACK of shelf (yes I am a bit of a germophobe) and he wants to take it out of the box. I explain that we can't take it out of the box because we aren't taking it home. He says we will take it home and Tata can take it out of the box :-P I then go on to say that I don't have any moneys for the toy to go home. We walk around looking at things and a few minutes later Gavin says to me "MAMA! I got moneys! TAKE TOY HOME NOW!' During this excitement he is waving his $1 at me.....now how could I resist that smartness?! Needless to say, the toy came home with us :-P

And then again my little comedian was digging in my nightstand and found my Costco pack of chapstick, which I have to buy because he is a Chapstick theif! He found my stash and I asked what he thought he was doing because that is Mama's chapstick! He picks up the package and points at it and says, " This is Gavin's" dragging his finger across like it says his name on it.

Oh I can't wait for all the boys to talk and the funny things they will say!!!!

Not sure who will miss who more....

My dad has been here all week and it has been wonderful having him! Unfortunately we didn't get out much but that is hard to do with the frigid temps and 3 little ones, so we have spent alot of time with the boys.

Gavin loves having his Pop Pop here to play with him and Jakob & Kaleb love to give him those goofy, sweet grins!

It's time like this I wish we lived closer to each other. Man, I sure do miss that company plane right about now. I appreciated it when we had it but it would be SO nice right now with the 3 kids to just drive to New Castle, pack all our stuff and fly directly to HHI to see everyone *Sigh*

Now its time for Gigi to come visit! Uncle Reh is coming in a couple of weeks so we now have that to look forward too!!

OOOO and tonight we get to have a date night =0 I know...craziness LOL We are going out for a little something after we get the kiddos in bed. I am so excited!!! I love staying home with my kids but some days I feel very isolated from the world so it makes me appreciate our time away even more!

Not to mention Ole Tapas has THE best blueberry mojito and yummy food!!!

ok must get all kids fed and in bed, nite nite everyone!