Lovin It

I had my first full week of being home with my kids again and it reminded me of why I love being a mom so much. Some of you may be thinking, aren't all of your kids in school, and the answer is yes. Abbi my youngest is in kindergarten but only for half a day. It about killed me when on her first day of school I was not there to pick her up. It has been so much fun to be the one to pick up my little girl from kindergarten and to be the first one to ask how her day of school went. I love seeing her big smile as she runs out of school to the car. Abbi and I have been having a lot of fun in the afternoons together until John and Jess get out of school. That is the other nice thing about no longer working. When I go and get John and Jess I am not just getting off of work and feel like I need time to unwind. I can give them my full attention as soon as they get home. I feel very blessed to be able to be a mom and would not trade this job for any other job in the world.

Another update

This is another update on John's leg. In the last post John had just been put in a short leg cast. He was in that cast for a month and then was put in a walking boot. He was only allowed to put some weight on his leg, but John was fine with that. What thrilled him the most was that after four months of sponge bathing or covering a cast to shower he was able to take a shower and scrub really well. It was funny because the morning after he got the short cast off he took a bath and shower. We went back to the doctor on Monday, Feb. 16th and his leg is continuing to heal in fact the benign tumor that was found is also filling in with bone. This is wonderful news as it means we no longer have to worry about John needing a bone graph. John is now free of crutches for the fist time in five months and is allowed to put full weight on his leg. He still has at least six more weeks in the walking boot, but we are just glad his leg is healing well.

Valentines Day!!

Both Matt and John got up early on Valentines and made breakfast for the girls in the house. We woke up to a decorated kitchen and the wonderful smell of heart shaped pancakes. Matt also knows something that his wife is addicted to and that is chocolate. Instead of giving me real roses he gave me chocolate roses instead. They were very good!!

Later that evening my mom was kind enough to come over and watch the kids while Matt and I had a night out. We went to dinner and then to a hockey game. In case any of you are wondering the hockey game was my idea. Matt has been getting a lot of slack for taking me to a hockey game for a Valentines date. Not only was the game my idea, but I bought the tickets. We had so much fun watching the game and we got to support a wonderful cause as well. Valentines night happened to be breast cancer awareness night and they were trying to raise $10,000 dollars to go to the Susan G. Colman foundation. All the hockey players wore a special pink jersey in support of breast cancer. All who attended were asked to wear pink as well. The arena was sea of pink, it was an awesome sight. They met their goal which meant that 10 of the hockey players shaved their heads. Matt and I has so much fun that we hope to catch several more home games before the season ends in March.

My Animal Lover

From the time that Jess was little she has loved animals and they love her. We have a German Shepard that only Jess can get to play. Matt tries and the other kids do at times but Sabrina loves Jessica. The other day I took some pictures of her playing with Sabrina.

Ignore the dirty window in the picture. They are due to Milo who is pictured above. He jumps on our sliding glass doors when he is ready to come in from outside. This time of year it is difficult for me to keep them clean.

Jess has a silly look on her face in this picture, but I love that it looks like she is dancing with Sabrina.

Pay it Forward

Pay it Forward... kind ofOriginally posted by Jen...The first 5 people to respond to this post will receive something made by me to you. My choice. Made especially for you. Of course there are some restrictions and limitations:1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!2. What I create will be just for you.3. It will be done sometime this year.4. You have no clue what it will be... it may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake something and mail it to you. who knows? not you, that's for sure.5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch is that you must re post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog.The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me!! Oh and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!

I cannot promise that what I make will be incredible, but it will be something made with love.