Mckenzee's First Recital!

Oh this is night was my dream come true. I get to dress up my girl in a fancy costume, put make-up on her and do her hair and then watch her dance on stage. Oh it was fun! Mckenzee had a geat year in Ballet. She enjoyed going every week, which was the most important part. She got to go with her special friend Sarah and made two new friends Becca and Ashlyn. She loved her teacher. Chris and her also participated in the Daddy/daughter class and got to perform together on stage too. So adorable. She was so excited about the recital. We had dress rehearsal too, which meant we got to do it all twice. Even better. Here are some pictures from the show!

Mckenzee and Aunt Sara

Mckenzee and Mommy

Mckenzee and Daddy

Mckenzee with Maimee and PawPaw

Mckenzee with Mimmie and Pippi

Mckenzee with her teacher

Swim Lessons

Mckenzee took swim lessons this Summer. She did awesome. She went every day for 2 weeks to Aquakids and it was such a great experience. She had the perfect teacher for her and only 4 kids in her class. She got so comfortable in the water, held her breath under water, jumped to her teacher, swam acouple of feet and floated on her back with help. She had a great time. We were very proud of her!

If we all go naked and I stop cooking.....

I think I could keep my house clean.

I know you're thinking, "but wait I remember you saying you had an awesome home maintenance plan and you went two whole months with a clean house on that plan."

Yeah, well, I lost that piece of paper I had on my fridge and everything went down the drain.

I cannot function in a messy house. I cannot be the best mother, the best wife, or the best me, in a messy house. I cannot. It messes with me mentally.

For those of you who feel the urge to say you have little kids that mess it up, just let it be. Shut it.

You know why? because we can't go naked and I can't stop cooking and we have to be able to walk through our rooms without hurting ourselves....See I can't just let it be. It doesn't work that way.

So, I am going to start down a new path for self improvement and home improvement.

Just as soon as I get back from Colorado. Leaving in less than 48 hours!

and I will get the house clean before we go, laundry done, dishes done, goody bags for the kids packed, new blankets made, family suitcases packed, dog packed, snacks packed, clean car. all of it. and I will thoroughly enjoy myself.

I better drink caffeine tomorrow....all....day....long.


aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh...................

Happy 30th Birthday Christopher!

I love you Husband!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

30 looks good on you!!

We love you so much!!

Anjolee, Mckenzee, and Riley

Breaking the Bank

I wasn't prepared to have to up the grocery budget so much with a 3 1/2 year old and a 16 month old. Nor was a prepared to have to order them each their own kids meal when we go somewhere... like Jason's Deli where Riley will down a whole grilled cheese sandwich and fruit and then I have to start making trips to the salad bar for him, or in some cases a grown up meal, like Chick-fil-a where they eat EIGHT chicken nuggets a piece. I am thankful they are fruit eaters. I am thankful that our food does not go to waste, but woah.... we are eating a lot of food over here and mainly because of that little guy pictured up there. I went to the grocery store last Saturday afternoon...exactly one week ago. In one week we consumed 15 pears, 14 bananas, 3 containers of blueberries, and 2 one pound containers of strawberries....and that's just the fruit department. Little man eats more than I do. He yells at me all day long for food. I have to keep the tray on his highchair or he crawls up in it and calls out for food. He cries and stands on my feet while I cut up his food. He always thinks he's starving. Sometimes I will still buy the little containers of baby food for him and he always wants two and I just open the thing and put a straw in it and he literally inhales it in 30 seconds and then we move on to the next one. Same thing with the squeeze yogurt. It's embarrassing. Here is a menu for him on a typical day. Sometimes I just have to cut him off. I'm not sure how we will afford him as a teenager, but oh how I love my hungry little man. :)

Breakfast:

Whole Banana (I have to peel it and hold it in the peel at the very bottom and let him take it out or he refuses to eat it and it can't break or he won't eat it)
bowl of oatmeal
plateful (were talking salad plate size completely full) of stawberries and blueberries
sometimes dry cereal if he's not full

Lunch:
Whole grilled cheese (whole thing even the crust)
more blueberries
squeeze yogurt (sometimes 2)
whole pear (which he will not accept if I cut up, has to be whole, just peeled, and he eats it down to the seeds and then i have to snatch it)

snack:
dry cereal or sometimes crackers
banana

dinner
two chicken tenders
beans
fruit

Plus he drinks whole milk

My Cuties

TV Free

We have been tv free in the Roberts Household since March 5th. I remember the date because I am starting to miss it. We decided not to get the tv turned on in our new house for lots of reasons. None of which we think should be imposed on every family. It was just the right decision for us at this time. I have always felt guilty when the kids watched any amount of tv for my own reasons...not that I ever let them watch tv all day or anything. It was just a personal thing for me. Chris and I often found ourselves flipping channels at 11pm wondering why the heck we hadn't gone to bed. He was a tv junkie for sure and he won't mind me saying so and I like to be by him so I would sit and watch too.

When we moved into the new house we decided not to put a tv in the living room because it just wouldn't look right. The fireplace is in the center of the biggest wall and we like symmetry so the tv was out. We have a tv in our bedroom and right now we just use it for watching movies. We have plenty to work on with the new house and so the no tv thing hasn't been that much of an issue.

until now

We are missing The Hills and MTV's Road Rules Challenge...whatever it is called this season. We love to watch those shows together.

We said we would make it until football season and we will, but not without a little remorse. :)

I do however, love playing with the kids in our new playroom and letting them have movie time as a special treat. I think it's a great thing for them and it makes me happy. They are really starting to play together and enjoy each other and I love that.