Jacob's 2nd birthday

Here is Jacob with his cake, ready to blow out the candles. You know, for the life of me, I can't remember anything about his birthday. The only thing I remember is that it was really really cold when we went over to pick up his cake. Does that make me a bad mom or just forgetful?

One down and one more to go!

Yay!!!! What a big boy!

Here are some pictures from our hockey game last January. Our beloved Penguins played "your Dallas Stars" (I like how they say that). We even rode the TRE over to the game and the boys loved it. Daddy and I liked it to....no worries about traffic! It was a great night and we all had a fun time.

This is Jaime's favorite picture of his favorite player, Malkin. It's almost like he's posing for the camera. Of course with a look on his face like "can't you see I'm busy here?" Ha ha

Not the best picture of Jacob, but they can't all be perfect, can they?!

Now this is my favorite player, Mark Recchi. Some day I'll actually like the players for their playing instead of their looks! Although, he is a good hockey player!!

Bad Blogger

I am such a horrible blogger! Update on our lives. We bought a house back in January (actually signed the papers on Jacob's 2nd birthday) and started moving in the middle of February. Which, by the way, was also when I took over as manager at my store. Since then I've been working 6 days a week and too tired to do anything (including blogging). My babysitter was an absolute gem! Even when my children were sick, she would still watch them so I wouldn't have to worry about trying to find a replacement at the last minute and then making up the hours I missed. (Gotta love salaried jobs, huh?!) Well, the middle of August, my babysitter got a job as a teacher and had to quit her daycare. And.....since there was no daycare that would still take any of my boys when they were sick, and I didn't have the reliable help I needed to cover my shifts when they DID get sick, I had to step down as manager. Now I'm home all the time and going absolutely crazy. I really didn't care for this extra long summer! BUT.....the boys are doing great. Sammy's in 4th grade now and going to be 10 in February. He is loving school and the teachers say he's a joy to have in class and one of the top students. I believe one of those. AJ is in 1st grade and will be 7 in October. He is doing so much better than we could ever have hoped for and we are so proud of him with his reading. He had an excellent kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Weaver who was to AJ what Mrs. Kelly was to Sammy. I thank God every day for the wonderful teachers my children have gotten. We are truly blessed. Jacob, well, what can I say about Jacob? He's an absolute holy terror who destroys everything he touches, can make a mess in less than 2.5 seconds and if he's not in your sight for more than 5 minutes, you can bet you're going to get upset! But he's so cute and sweet when he knows he's in trouble, it's hard to stay mad. He really is the clone of AJ is all I can say. Anyway, will post some pictures and hopefully get back on track soon!