Week Of The Young Child

April 14th -18th is The Week Of The Young Child. It is a week to celebrate "your child". Kyle's preschool has a fun theme each day this week. Since Kyle only attends two days per week he will be participating in P.J. Day on Wednesday. It will be a huge pajama party and the children will dress in their P.J.'s and also bring one of their favorite sleep items. Friday is Color Day...children will show their class spirit by wearing the color of their room. Kyle is in the "Lemon Room" so he will definitely be wearing yellow.

Kyle made necklaces for Mommy and Daddy, which we are both wearing this week.

Necklaces

Last week posters were passed out to decorate and are being displayed in the hallway at school. Mommy decorated the poster with all of Kyle's favorite things...cars, trains, and blocks.

All About Me Poster

Fun times ahead for Kyle at school this week. It is very exciting for Mommy and Daddy to participate in Kyle's first official school activity as well. We are preparing early for many more years to come of these type of activities. The preschool is also hosting a Scholastic Book Fair all week so Mommy will certainly be shopping at the book fair on Wednesday since Kyle is such a little book worm these days.

100 Things About Me - Part 2

Part Two is finally here...I know everyone has been waiting on pins and needles to learn another wonderful 25 things about me!!! LOL (I don't think so!!)

26. My husband and I dated long distance. (St. Louis, MO. to New Orleans, LA.) 27. We dated for only 9 months before getting engaged. 28. We were engaged for only 5 weeks before getting married. 29. We have been married almost five years. 30. We got married in New Orleans. 31. We had a very small wedding. 32. I love my husband…I think he is the only one that truly “understands” me. I guess that’s how it’s supposed to be. 33. We actually had two honeymoons. 34. First to Cancun – this was actually planned before we got married. 35. Second to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 36. As I learned in St. Croix…I hate to snorkel. 37. I have one adorable dog, named Chloe, a bichon frise, who is 11. 38. My dog enjoys licking my feet and I enjoy it. 39. I have one son named Kyle who is 2 ½. 40. I am a SAHM – stay at home mom. 41. I love to watch Kyle laugh and be happy. 42. I love receiving hugs from Kyle…it is such a wonderful special feeling. 43. I am not a morning person, but since having Kyle I kind of have no choice. 44. I enjoy taking naps while Kyle is napping… it’s one of my guilty pleasures these days. 45. I enjoy going out to eat – these days anywhere child friendly. 46. I am addicted to buying toys, books, puzzles, etc. for Kyle. 47. I enjoy going to children’s consignment sales and yard sales to find cool, fun things for Kyle. 48. I like to scrapbook…mainly have completed a scrapbook for Kyle and working on another. 49. I enjoy taking Kyle out and about so he can “explore” the world. 50. Since having a child I see the world in a completely different light.

Since this list was all about my little family I included a picture of all of us taken July 4, 2007... the only picture we have of the four of us.

Just in case you missed the first 25...visit Part One.

Balloons For Ethan

For many months, I have been following the story of a little boy named Ethan Powell who had leukemia. Last week Ethan passed away and today at 3p.m. his parents asked everyone to release a blue balloon from their home in his memory. Below are a couple of pictures of the balloon released here in Missouri. This story really touched me not only because he was an infant, but seven years ago I lost my older sister to leukemia.

Balloon Beginning It's Journey

Must look closely, but you can see the balloon in the center of the picture.

While He Was Sleeping

Well, technically, Kyle should have been sleeping, but instead he was having a good 'ole time. I went to take a peek to find out what was going on and this is what I find!! LOL. I couldn't resist getting a picture.

This is one of Kyle's new found favorites....taking off any clothes with zippers. The pajamas he "had" on zipped up the front so I should have known this would eventually happen. Well, he is put back together and all is quiet in his room.

100 Things About Me - Part 1

Well, I have decided to spread the "100 Things About Me" into four different posts. Stay tuned in the coming days for the next three segments.

This is Me!!

1. I currently live Missouri. 2. I have lived in MO. for almost 5 years. 3. I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. 4. I had 42 people in my high school graduating class. 5. I didn’t get my driver’s license until I was 18. 6. I was a cheerleader in high school for one year then transferred to a different school the following year. 7. I was also on my high school dance team. 8. I was in speech club in high school and participated in speech tournaments. 9. I graduated from LSU in Baton Rouge, LA. (GEAUX TIGERS) 10. I was a Zeta Tau Alpha at LSU. 11. I was definitely considered a “bow head” in college. 12. When I was younger I took tap, ballet, and jazz classes. 13. I worked in retail for many years. 14. I worked as a bank teller. 15. I have worked as a property manager for apartment complexes. 16. Before moving to MO. I lived on St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans…a very well known, gorgeous, historical street in the city. 17. I have short hair and love it…wash and go!! 18. I have my hair colored. 19. I love getting pedicures…especially for the summer. 20. I was born on St. Patrick’s Day!! 21. I love Mardi Gras in New Orleans although I don’t get to go very often since I moved. 22. I miss the seafood from New Orleans…especially the crawfish. 23. I hate Chinese, Japanese, Greek food, and sushi. 24. I love Italian food (especially in the winter) 25. I love to grill in the spring, summer, and fall.

Wow...

I can't believe that Michael Johns was sent home on American Idol!! I thought he was very good, although not the best. My favorite is David Archuleta...I think he would be a "True" American Idol.

If you watch Idol, who is your favorite Idol this season???

Is It A Dog?

No, It's My Little Munchkin!

It is such a gloomy, rainy day, so we are hanging at home today. Obviously, Kyle wanted to play in the rain since he attempted to escape out Chloe’s doggie door. I assume since he has dogs on his pajamas he thought it was necessary to act like a dog! He was having a blast and in the meantime getting drenched, but that added to the fun. Yes, I am bored as well and attempted to go outside and take a picture of his face, but Kyle wouldn’t cooperate, but you get the “picture”. It has been a slow week without much to say, but hoping things will pick up soon!! Hope everyone is having a great week and hopefully you have nice weather in your neck of the woods! I may begin thinking about doing a post about “100 Things About Me” which I have seen on numerous blogs. I may cheat a little and do two separate posts with 50 things. We shall see if I’m really that interesting of a person to come up with that many things!