Trin's Dance Recital

Trinity had her spring dance recital last week. Luckily my friend Heather snaped a couple shots and sent them to me. I liked this best because these girls are silly and this shows it. Trinity did great with her solo, which we had been practicing for 3 weeks. She is quite the "ham", being the only child in her class to wave at us EACH time she came out. But as you all know to a 5 year old the world does revolve around them.

Aysha was a little sad because all her friends from her class were there and preformed but she had to give up dance when she decided to do club soccer. She still knew all the songs and said she only missed it a little.

Today's Project

So as I noted earlier this year it will be a good year for my business. See the problem with that is it makes me busy, busier than I am used to. I would like to make the same amount of money but not work at all really. Since we haven't had a family photo taken in 9 months and Xavier has no photos I decided I better just book something or it may never happen. Then once it is booked I will make the time to get it how I want it, right? Well not so. I didn't end up having time to come home and get the kids to coordinate outfits, do hair, or wipe faces not my ideal photo shoot but it is done.

These are also not the image's I wanted to show you but I just couldn't figure out how to get the little rotate arrow to work so sorry you are only getting the horizontal shots, but I liked all the vertical of the kids best. We were super close to having a family photo, but Matt was notably absent getting ready for his road trip, also why I am able to post this (though he has told me to STAY off his computer). I think I will plan another shoot in early June for the family shot and Xavier's 1 year!

I guess since it is titled "Today's Project" I should also mention I went to Trinity's preschool program that she has been reminding me about for 2 weeks on a daily basis. I filmed it but that is not likely to show up here unless the technology gods bless me in my sleep. Anyway, I was slightly disappointed with the program and would probably be more so if I watched it again. Trinity happens to be on the tall scale for her age. She measures up taller than several 1st graders. So this puts her at the end of the line, where she couldn't really be seen and was in front of a door that had glaring light shining toward my camera. Anyway, I think the school needs an Art Director, Stage designer, and Light technician so that all the kids can be properly highlighted at some point during the program not just the short ones! Honestly I don't think that is asking too much of a preschool program, is it? (It should be noted I always benefited from being short AND having my last name start with C, I never saw and end of a line. My kids will not be so lucky).

Enjoy..

Kiddo Shot

Aysha and her gorgeous tan skin.

Xavier showing his new teeth

Trinity's Classic style and mischievous smile!

Mommy and Xavier, had to this shot cause those locks are going to Love tomorrow! Xavier's frohawk is complements of Skylar.

I haven't abandoned you I just don't know my password.

I have had several great ideas of what to write about, and I was doing really well for a while, mainly because my password was stored in the computer so I never had to log into the blog. Then one day Matt re imaged my computer and I was locked out, denied access, not knowing when I might be able to communicate again. Really I still don't know. Matt just happens to be out of town and is on auto login for the blog on his computer. A nice surprise for me, but that means no pictures for you. Plus I just found this out and it is late and I am tired. So I am going to give you some quick highlights:

• Xavier has been walking since April 10th (10 months, early for my kids)
• Xavier is now 11 months. Crazy!!
• Xavier got his first tooth today (Again, about a month early for my kids).
• Xavier is inconsistent with signing, I am not even sure he actually is (which would be late for my kids).
• Xavier had his first night with out a pacifier last night, I have also started to wean him, and moved him to a sippy cup (since these are all with in my realm of control it is the same timeline as my other kids)
• Trinity is a fashionista always dressing for success. Today she wore a blue dress, black leggings, green sock (that said I love Monkey's in yellow), and brown shoes.
• Trinity is a great reader. I don't know what level, but am surprised on a daily basis the words and books she can read (glad I am getting what I pay for). I am worried she is going to be board in Kindergarten.
• She LOVES soccer and is UP when they win and bummed when they lose. Technically they don't keep score, but kids know.
• Trinity enjoys lying to her mother. I call them stories, but it is just funny that with a straight face she will try to get me to buy off on something that is obviously not true.
• Trinity constantly wants to play with her friends, doesn't matter the day or time she is always asking.
• Aysha is growing up really fast, next year will be her last in elementary.
• Aysha is a great reader, at her last conference the teacher told me she reads at a 10th grade reading level speed, and is 4 levels above on comprehension. Her dad and I don't read so we will thank her grandma's for this trait. Though her mother will still not let her read The Hunger Games.
• Aysha is playing competition soccer and loves it. She is getting to the age where the sports are actually interesting to watch not just fun and funny. I still don't love soccer and get nervous about the injuries, but it is fun to see her improve and develop. 
• Aysha is becoming more independent. The biggest sign of this is her willingness to help with things and asking what she can do to earn extra money, but never cleaning her room.

A Hoarder and A Thief

If you ask my Mom she will tell you I have always been a stockpiler of candy. I used to go trick or treating and get as much candy as possible, then stash it. Months later I would be upset when my uncles would find it and eat some. I am not really sure where the scarcity mentality about candy comes from, but I still have it. So this Halloween I took my little bag of treats (3 fun size and 1 full size bar) and put them in the freezer, UNDER almost everything in our freezer.

Trinity is a candy aficionado and can't seem to get off the stuff, despite my best efforts to rid the house of it. I have found candy wrappers under her bed, in drawers, etc. So when I noticed that my stash was gone I told Trinity how sad I was about it and almost started crying (not for real, but to test her). Stating I just couldn't believe it and didn't know who would do such a thing. Well Trinity didn't know either! I just wanted to see how long it would take her to fess up if ever, but Matt did more digging and called her on it. So I didn't get to see how long this little thief would have let it go, but after she fessed up and admitted she ate it, she asked if she could have a treat! Seriously what is wrong with this child?

Abundance

Why do the Sauk's reek of Abundance you ask?? Well it is because I declared that I would make a lot of money and we would have a great year full of many things! Also it might be because Aysha believes as well and took this message to heart. How do I know this?  Because she was so sweet and decorated her Valentine box all by herself this Thursday while I was working. As her finishing touch she decided to put the essential oil that Matt's team owner gave us....Abundance (the team owner Kristin puts it on all her money and really believes in it, Aysha knows this) now unfortunately Aysha doesn't have experience with essential oil, as Abundance is our only bottle. Well she put about a quarter of the bottle on the box. Not only did it stain the cute hearts and flowers but it made our entire house STINK!! I put it in the garage thinking it would air out and so then our house and garage stunk. While I believe the smell has mostly subsided I still believe we will have an abundant year!! I was reminded of this just tonight as a matter of fact when I was throwing the last bag of trash in our garbage before it went out to the curb and I thought wow, even our garbage smells like abundance, now who can say that? Though it was not the best smell for our home and garage it really is an improvement for our garbage.

So as you know the Valentine box did not make it. It was seriously cute she put an MP3 player on the front and headphones inside so it would play music. Very clever I thought. Anyway all is well because she went over to a friends and decorated a new one. A suitcase theme, from Pinterest I believe. Maybe I will post a pic later if I get motivated.

Me in an effort to avoid work that I had brought home and work that I needed to do for my home made cookies this weekend. Peanut Blossoms with Reeses hearts and Dove dark chocolate and cherry swirl hearts. Cute, but also simple and very tasty. I normally don't like these cookies (PB is not my fav) but I think with the candy twist I enjoyed them more.

And what is Valentine's without the traditional heart sugar cookies? These are my serious weakness. I make them super fat and moist with yummy cream cheese frosting. Now I just have to figure out how to get rid of all this stuff with out eating it all.

AND I blame my friends...you know who you are. I don't think I was really planning on making this stuff until there was some upset about gluten, red dye, and peanut butter so I guess this was my private rebellion, yet my thighs are punished! I have yet to read my friend Keely's blog because she has posted a pic of heart cinnamon rolls and I just know if I see a big picture or read about them I'll have to make them. I am going to try and be strong. Having this stuff around the house isn't good for any of us. I was reading to Trinity tonight on my belly on her floor for what ever reason and saw SIX chocolate candy wrappers under her bed, WTF. I asked her how they got there and she put her head down as said "I'm going to be grounded from candy, aren't I?" Damn straight you are (well I mean after Valentines and I can get all this other goodness out). I didn't really answer I just gave "The LOOK". Then as I was starting the dishwasher and getting ready to write this. I noticed someone (MATT) had eaten the rest of the Reese's hearts not on the cookies, save one, WTF. Self control people! Luckly, everything is put away now. Then I started writing this and had to dig out  the pictures and thought those sugar cookies look REALLY good, so I had one, at 9:30 p.m. very bad practice. It was really good thought, not to toot my own horn, just say'n.

So I have decided on Thursday we are going to purge the house of all goodness. Yes Thursday, I have too much blood, sweat, and tears in this stuff to just throw it out now. Okay not really because I think those things would make my cookies taste gross, but you get my drift so I am waiting until Thursday. That is when our FAMILY will start weaning ourselves from sweets and treats (that is until Girl Scout cookies get here in a couple weeks).

Blogging/Parenting Skills in Question

So as a protest Xavier started crawling seconds after my last post. So this is the post where a good parent posts a video. You won't get that here. He is quite the little mover now, which is also the point that a good parent would baby proof their home. Oh no, not at my house. I took the white out EZ correct out of his hand and mouth only after I saw that he was ruining it. I try to remember to glance at our stairs every minute or so in an effort to catch him if he strays too far, we don't need no baby gate...natural consequences!

Is your life super lame if you only have stuff to say about your kids??

Aysha, is a super cutie and decided to start a book club. She decided what books she would start with when and how long the meetings would be then made invitations to give to her friends. First meeting is this Saturday at 3 p.m. in case your interested, our house. (hmmm I bet 9 year olds would love to baby proof a house) I think the first book is going to be Shrek 2, but a final decision won't be made until the meeting. Girl Scout cookie sales ended Sunday. Aysha was very motivated to get out and sell. She went door to door in our neighborhood a couple times, there are a lot of adults that wouldn't be willing to do that. Though I have a feeling the delivery will be quite the pain, I think it is worth it to get them first!!

Someone is getting into electrical items and making a ruckus, so until next time...................