Apple Orchard!!

One of our favorite things to do in the fall here in Ohio is visit the beautiful Apple Hill Orchard!  Having Grandpa and Grandma around this weekend made the visit even more enjoyable!

There are not too many pictures of Elijah, because I think he has unfortunately entered the age of "no pictures mom"!  Bummer!!!  Well, At least Yonni still loves it!

I LOVE these next 2, especially the one on the right!  My boys to a "T"...super goofy and super funny!!

hmmmm...to clean or not to clean...

So I have no idea what is going on with me, but I am feeling an overwhelming need to clean, purge, and de-clutter my life!!  Maybe its because I know winter is not far away...  Who knows?  Anyway, I'm excited because I'm having 2 of my rooms' rugs cleaned tomorrow afternoon...and for me this is exciting!  I've always either rented a machine or borrowed one from my sis...nope not tomorrow!  A real guy with a REAL machine will be doing the cleaning for me...sooooo excited!  So this got me into a mode to pickup the rooms he will be cleaning and purge things that are pretty much just taking up space.  You know, the stuff that is just sitting there and the last I cleaned I justified why I needed it and didn't throw it out.  Well, not tonight, thanks to my wonderful man, we filled some garbage bags up and I fear that this is only the beginning.  I'm now on a mission to purge and really DEEP clean every room in this house!  Not sure when its going to get done, but its gonna happen!! Just looking around my house, in the boys room, everything just feels excessive.  Do the boys really need all those toys?  nope!!  boy are they in for a rude awakening!  Even though Yonni really only plays with a couple things and Elijah would be happy with his Legos and a little imagination; everything else just gets in the way.  I know there a lot more kiddos that would have fun with some of those toys.  I digress...hmmm....what to do now?

STAR WARS ROCKS...

OK, so I know I've been vacant in blog world for like almost 3 months....sorry, its just been that crazy in my world(: Even though I'm probably just writing to myself anyway!

Oh well, I have a lot of memories to catch up on...but that will come later. As for today....

Elijah has been begging for an all Star Wars day ever since hearing about it at camp a few weeks ago. So....today was the day(: It was perfect too, raining and muggy, nobody wanted to go outside anyway.
For breakfast we started out with Vader & Yoda pancakes (which after making them I was told about a mold that exists...have to look into that!) and Princess Leah's-"cinna"-buns. Instead of "Blue Milk" we decided to wash it all down with "Muja" juice.


For lunch we went with "Jabba Bits", Gungan Fruit in sauce, Protocal Droid Pasta, and and lovely red beverage from the famous Mos Eisley Cantina.

For dinner, we had "Spud Rocks" from Luke's "home" planet of Tatooine. They were yummy!

Let's see, its 8:45pm and we are almost done with Episode V, will we get the last one in before bed meltdown occurs???? Only time will tell!

~Ciao

Check this Family out!!

Such an awesome family, working on their second adoption from Ethiopia....check them out, and a sweet giveaway!!

http://thisshubinclan.blogspot.com/2010/04/giveaway_19.html

Soccer Soccer Soccer!

Today was Elijah's first soccer game of the season! And of course this is northern Ohio, so after a beautiful week in the 70s, of course today was a VERY COLD and windy 45! Oh well, we braved it anyway. Elijah did great. It's amazing how much a kid can grow up in a year!

I'm Blue...

Ok, so I couldn't resist this story! Yonni and I were walking out of the Y this morning. It was cold, rainy and just very dark. So, as I often burst out into random song...I started singing "I'm Blue da bu dee, da bu di, da bu dee, da bu di, da bu dee, da bu di...." by Eiffel 65. Yonni started dancing in the rain puddles, so I kept singing it. As we were almost to the car, I stopped singing and a moment later Yonni burst out with "I'm RED....la la la....MAAAAHHHHMIIIEEEE'S BLUE la la la....I'm RED....lalala" I was laughing so hard I think the other people hurrying to get out of the wet cold were thinking, "that girl's lost it." Anywho...I love my kids, they are soo funny!!

~Ciao!

Wow, You are 6!

My little guy, the older you get the faster the year seems to go. How on earth can I be the mom to a 6 year old??? Well, I hope you have had a great year and that you will remember all the memories we made! Let's see, while you were 5, You....

Wore a kilt for the very first time, became an awesome little swimmer, developed into big brotherhood quite nicely, tossed a caber-granted it was cardboard(: , became a kindergartner, started learning a new language, visited a tropical island, rode on a roller coaster, were tall enough to do the big rides at Kalahari, introduced your little brother to all kinds of new traditions....your favorite being Christmas morning(: , made snowmen and sledded down hills, went camping "for real" for the first time, became super obsessed with Star Wars, made new friends and the list goes on...

You did all kinds of incredible things as a five year old, but the best thing you do on a regular basis is simple! It's when you crawl up on my lap and say 4 little words... "I love you momma!" ("Hey, can we snuggle" is a close second!) I love you little dude and I can't wait to see what God has in store for you this year! Happy 6th Birthday.