Bibbers

When you were born I was so happy and excited to have you. You were our first baby. Even though I had some experience with babies you were all mine and I couldn't give you back to someone else if you started to cry. I had just graduated High School and I was so young. I was so unsure of what life was going to bring.

You were the perfect baby a first time mom could have. You hardly ever fussed. You were laid back and happy. Then came the toddler years and I knew the calm was over. You were very busy. Always exploring and getting into things. I remember when you stuck your finger in the light socket 3 times before you figured out it was a good idea. I learned then that no matter how many time I told you NO! I had to let you figure it out all on your own.

I know things have not always been easy for you. You have been through more things than a kid should at your age. I want you to know that I will always be here when you need a helping hand or someone to talk to.

The happiest moment for me was when you gave your heart to God. That is when I knew that I had done a great job with you. You are such a fine man. You have a great heart,a kind spirit,you are a loyal friend to many.

I pray that you will follow the Lord always and you grow into a fine young man.

Happy 11th Birthday mysweet boy!

I just saw this product website and thought I would share it with us moms with children that have short fat figures. I have been wondering how hard it would be to teach Andrea how to tie her shoes. Holding the laces and everything will be quite a challenge. That is when I found this...



You can go HERE to their web site.

Do you think it will work for our children? I am seriously thinking about ordering it.

Haven't done this in awhile

I know I haven't posted any deals for a while. I just got out of doing it. So I thought I would share some with you. I love reading money saving blogs like The "Cents"-able Sawyer and Your Coupon Buddy. I wasn't quite sure if you all are into reading them also. With this economy I try to do anything that will save me money in the long run. Well here are a few things that I thought you might enjoy.

Northern Cheapskate is reporting a free Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny's on Tuesday, Feb. 3 from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Grand Slam Breakfast includes two pancakes, two eggs, two sausages, and two slices of bacon. Be sure to call ahead because this offer is at participating locations only.

Freebies 4 Mom is reporting that you'll also get a coupon book with your free breakfast. Read the details here.

Freebeezndealz has some great deals. One of them that I thought would be cute to send to Grandpa and Grandma for Valentine's day.

Receive a free 6 pack of Valentine Day cards. Just use the word Valentine at checkout.

Now I saved the best for last. Denise at The " Cent"sible Sawyer is having a giving away! Here is the pic of what she is giving away. Just go HERE to find out how to win it. Of course I am secretly hoping I win.

Andrea's Birthday Pictures

Here are a few pictures from Andrea's party that we had at home. She was really into it this year. A week before her birthday that was all that she cared about. We did end up getting her something electronic.

The week before we took her to a wrestling tournament and the lady there had an I- dog that clipped to your shirt. Andrea thought that it was the best thing in the world. So we went with one of those and a mp3 player. She just loves it.
Not to mention some new earrings that she picked out from Clair's , A soft sweat out fit from Children's Place ( they were having a great sale), and a new pair of K Swiss sneakers. Hers were severely worn.
She is the most stylish girl out there.

My Dearest Peanut,

Who knew that 5 years ago I would be able to write you this letter. For a while there is was scary. I didn't think that we would ever be bringing you home. As a matter of fact when we had you we wouldn't let anyone buy you anything. For fear that God would have a different plan for you.

But here we are and I can't believe how far you have come. You amaze me more and more each day.

From the moment you were born I knew that God gave me a precious gift. He hand picked you for momma and daddy. He knew that you were just the right one for us.

I can't imagine what our lives would be like without your smiles. Your great sense of humor. Your singing Old McDonald has a Farm 50 thousand times in a row. How many chickens does he have anyway?

You are so loving and caring. I treasure the moments when you snuggle up with me, squeeze my cheeks and say, " I LUB YOU MOMMA!" Then you plant a great big wet one one me. I love that you are my shadow.

I pray that you will grow up keeping you smile and joy. I pray that you will bring everyone around you happiness.

Remember God knows the plans that he has for you my sweet girl.
I am so happy to have you call me your momma.
Happy 5th Birthday My Sweet Peanut!

I have been Tagged

Melissa has tagged me. So I felt like the twist of the arm to do it.


Here are the rules:

1. Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer. No cheating {cropping, editing, etc.}!

2. Select the 4th picture in the folder.

3. Explain the picture.

4. Tag 4 people to do the same.


Here is our picture
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We had just gotten our digital camera and I was taking pictures of anything I could get a hold of. I was more than a little excited. I had become snap happy.
Here is Andrea working diligently coloring a picture at her then new Dora table and chairs.





Now I tag Tonya, Emily, Jen, and Katie, ( Jen and Katie are from the ladies forum I'm on. )

What do you do on a cold snowy Saturday?





You steal all of the blankets and make a fort of course!

Praying Everyone is Staying Warm

		Friday, Jan 16 High: 7 °F RealFeel®: -14 °F Cloudy and very cold with snow at times; breezy this afternoon; extreme cold can be dangerous Friday Night, Jan 16 Low: -4 °F RealFeel®: -14 °F Evening snow showers; otherwise, mainly cloudy and very cold; extreme cold can be dangerous

It is a whopping -9 here right now. The school has called a school day. Due to the high wind chill. Plus we have Monday off too because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Yeah a long weekend!

Tonight I have to take Mike over to another school so he can be weighed in for tomorrows tournament. Last week he pinned a kid and lost 2 of his other matches. Hopefully things will get better. This is the first year that he is in the open tournaments. A lot of the kids that he is wrestling have more experience. From what I hear this tournament tomorrow is a harder one. So I am not sure how things will be going.

We will be having a transition meeting next month for Andrea for kindergarten in the fall. I think she is ready. She asks everyday if it is school day. She just loves it. I am hoping that she will be able to make some new friends.

It is also her birthday at the end of the month. I don't have a clue what she wants. I think that she has enough babies to play with. She isn't quite ready for any electronic games. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Mike's Win Video

It took me a really long time to get Mike's win Video uploaded. Every time I would do it my computer updated and shut down. So here it is. Pay no attention to the loud mom at the end. I kinda got excited. The other people in the beginning are just other mom's in the stands. Oh I forgot Mike is the one in the yellow in brown.

We madeit home safely

I am so glad that we made our trip to Michigan when we did. The weather here last night and today has been terrible. Last night we got rain that froze to everything and today we got snow on top of that.



Our school district was on a 2 hour delay. Even though all of the areas around us had closed.
Our school district has a lot of back roads. They told the parents that the buses would not be out to pick up their children. Therefore the parents had to provide transportation at their own discretion.
They really should have just canceled school altogether.


While we were in Michigan we stopped at Tonya's to visit. I love her new house. Tonya has a gift of home decorating. Even her old house was decorated very nicely. I just love her style.
You can come and decorate mine anytime.
I can't believe how Knoha is growing. It seems like he has matured so much since this summer when I saw him last. He is now talking more and he is such a huge ham. I found that he loves the camera and he loves to snuggle with just about anyone. Lastly, the kid loves to eat. I thought Andrea was always eating. Knoah is too. They both must be going through a huge spurt.


Tonya took some pictures. My camera battery was dead. So we will have to wait to see if she posts them or e-mails them to me.

Thanks again Tonya for a great time!

Well that is all for now,

The trip is on

Tomorrow morning we will be attempting to take the trip to Michigan that was really suppose to happen last week. But due to car situation it had to be post- poned. We are suppose to have freezing rain tonight. So everyone please pray from a safe trip.

Mike had his first win yesterday even though he lost 2 matched we were quite proud of him. I am uploading the video now from the win. I would show the matches that he lost but I have been sworn never to do so. "Don't you know you have to protect my image mom", Mike says.

He must think that this blog can reach some important person like a girl he likes and embarrass him. Who knew that things like this would be happening when a boy turned 10. I thought that it would happen a lot later in life. Say maybe 12 or 13. Or is he right on track? Was 5th grade is when it all started happening? I remember passing notes that said , Do you like me? Circle yes or no. I don't remember it being this crazy. Like having to have name brand clothes and having to wear my hair a certain way. It seems to be happening younger and younger.

Well I need to run and finish packing. As soon as the video is done I will have it on here.
Ta-ta for now,

Trip Canceled.

Our trip to Michigan was canceled. We had everything packed and in the car. When Bill went to start it it wouldn't start. So our new car which we have had for a month had to go back to the garage. It seems that the AC compressor was frozen and they need to put a router pulley on it to bypass it. They had to order the part and it won't be here until Friday. So on Monday hopefully we will be able to make the trip then. The only issue is that I have to find someone to watch Mike after school.

Not to mention Bill will have to walk tonight to work in the cold.

Tomorrow Mike's dad is leaving for New Jersey to train for 2 weeks and then he will be leaving to go to Iraq. His dad's wife is expecting a baby and is due late April. So hopefully he will be back for leave then. He has to do a years tour. Please keep him in your prayers.

Saturday Mike has another tournament. Hopefully things go better this time around.
That is all for now,

Update

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas. Everything was great here. Everyone enjoyed thier gifts was a plus for me. Since I am the one that does all of the shopping and wrapping.
Bill and I don't buy each other gifts so I have nothing great or spectacular to tell you about.


Mike had a wrestling match yesterday and things didn't go exactly as he wanted them to. He got pinned in both of his matches. He was very mad at himself. This is the first tournament of the year and it was set up with odd ages. Therefore, he was the younger of the 2 age groups. The first guy he wrestled was third in the state. So that is all I need to say about that. The second guy just out maneuvered him. You win some you loose some. Hopefully this Saturday will work out better for him. He will be in the top part of the age group this week. It will be 9-10 years old.

Bill's children are still here. They will be staying until Wednesday. They we will be taking them back home to Michigan. Hopefully the weather will be a little bit better this time. When we went to pick them up there was 30 cars in the ditch from my house to the other side of Cleavland. Another 20 in the ditch on the way home. The weather was just awefull. Bill had worked the night before and drove both ways. I had offered but he turned me down. I don't think he really cares for my driving. LOL.

We are hoping to take the kids to do something fun either today or tomorrow. I am not sure yet what it will be. But I am sure we will think of something. Any ideas?

Ta- ta for now,

Monday we will be making a trip to Michigan to pick up Bill's kids. Hopefully we will be able to see some people while we are in town.

We have been very busy here. With Cub scout Christmas parties and Elementary School concerts.


Here is some video of Mike's concert. He is playing in the percussion. They have been playing for about 4 months. This is the first year that they are allowed to take lessons. He is the boy in the back on the end.



This video is of the 3 , 4, and 5 graders singing. Mike is in the front row next to the chorus director. He is wearing a red sweater.





If I don't get a chance to get back here before Christmas. Our Family wishes you a Merry Christmas.

This weekend I am away to my home town. My Aunt and I will be going to a scrap booking crop.
I am really excited to be away for awhile. Every mom needs a mini vacation. I will take pictures and let you see all of the cool make and take stuff. I hope everyone has a great weekend. Talk to you all later.
Ta-ta for now,

Black Friday Find

Bill had to work at the store that night of Black Friday. I had given him my list of things to get the kids for Christmas. I have to say in the way of toys there wans't much of a selection this year.


To my surprise Bill came home with something that was not on the list. Surprise surprise there!
He is always adding to my list.

It was a nice thought but I think someone else in the house will have more fun of using it than me. She has already declared it hers.

I do love the gift. It is light, easy to move from place to place, and who doesn't like the color pink.

Can you guess what it is?
I think he thought the color would make me want to use it more. LOL

I hope everyone had a chance to get out there and get their deals.
Ta-ta for now,

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from one Pilgrim's home to another.

Winter Already

It has become winter here in Northwest Pennsylvania. I think we have about A foot of snow on the ground with more accumulation this week. My kids just love the snow. When Mike woke up the next morning after the snow fell he was begging me to let him go outside. Here he is trying to tempt to build a snowman. The snow really would not pack so he ended up with a small yet cute one. Plus it was very cold outside. I have not yet had the chance to get them the snow gear that he should have. So he wasn't out there very long. Of course Mom had to let him have something warm to drink along with every kids favorite. COOKIES!

Free Calendars

If you are looking to get a free calendar for the new year. Here are a couple that I have found that I thought were cool. Enjoy!

You can get a FREE Calendar from Pillsbury Here

If you don't like that one there is one from Betty Crocker Here

I got it done (almost)

Yesterday I had tons of things on my to-do list.

Let's just say that as soon as I was done typing my message there was a knock on the door. I was like who could that be. It was the repair man here to start my ceiling. Apparently they finished early with the job next door. The good news is that the ceiling wasn't as bad as they thought. The bad news is my house was a wreck. The main part of the mess was the kitchen. I bake a lot and don't always have enough energy to clean it up right afterward. They were here for a total of 10 min then they were out the door. They will be here today to sand and re-mud. Then they will do it again on Monday. On Tuesday they will repaint the whole ceiling.

After that Mike came home from school . They had a half day cause of teacher conferences and no school today. Bill thought it would be great to leave and go get lunch at the pizza place. So we went there. Then it was time for the conference.

I was told exactly what I told you I would be told. Mike is a very bright child he lacks effort and focus. Hopefully we will be working on that. I have a plan in place. Wish me luck.

None of the house got cleaned. Until this morning. Bill got home from work and I put him to work helping me get things done. We had it all done before the repair men got here. Whew.

The things on my to do list today is laundry and doing a little baking. I have a new Amish white bread recipe that I have been itchin to try. The kids are watching movies and playing with Play-Doh. Oh what a great day!

Ta-ta for now,
Mandy