Weekend Getaway

This weekend I went to NYC ALONE!!!! I stayed with my sister and we celebrated our friends 40th birthday. So we first spent the day at the spa, had a private room there and had lunch...HEAVEN!!!!



Then it was off to Manhattan to a bar where the party was held. This is Jenny(left) the birthday girl, my sister Kelly and I


This room was outside on the rooftop..it was really neat


Kelly-show Kanita this picture



It was a lot of fun, not used to being up that late so of course I'm ready for bed at 8pm!!! Thanks mom and dad for helping Skip out and Happy Birthday Jenny- so glad we all could celebrate your birthday together. See you at Thanksgiving!

Nothing Special

Just some random pictures....



Kenzie's preschool pictures yesterday


WOW- they do really love each other!


Tyson looking sleepy on daddy's lap-


Mommy and her favorite little man

Just The Two Of Us

Today Tyson and I went to visit his friend Finn. Oh what a glorious 40 minute ride it was...Tyson slept, I listened to music...no kids in the back fighting or asking me 20 questions. It was the best 40 minutes I had in a long time. Last time when Finn was at our house Tyson was acting like a crazy boy and Finn wasn't too sure of him. Well Finn put Tyson in his place today. I never saw Tyson sit so still by me for so long. He was all shy and didn't want to look around and trash the house like he normally would do. Tyson did show Finn how to grab hold of this bar and pull himself up into a standing position. Soon he'll be showing Finn how to hide the phone, how to get into the snack drawer...ect. At the rate Tyson is going he may get suspended from preschool before even entering!





We had a great time visiting Finn- And I had a great time being with just one child even if it was my troublemaker.

One Good Looking Dude

As I Watch You Sleep

I found this beautiful poem on one of my blogger friend's posting. My blogger friend has 3 girls and a boy who has down syndrome so I like to regularly go on her blog since our situation is similar. Her son William is 4 years old so I like to see what he is up to. He just seems to be the sweetest and kindest child..and calm. I may need to borrow him to calm wild man Tyson down. Tyson has approached the terrible 2's
(Lisa K - I know you will like this poem, especially all you went through to have little Gavin in this world)

As I Watch You Sleeping By:
Sheryl Trowbridge
As I watch you sleeping,
my problems seem so small.
The rewards you have to offer me,
are so big and so tall.
As I watch you sleeping,
I realize just how great your accomplishments are.
I know how much you struggle
to have made it this far.
As I watch you sleeping,
I can't imagine how my life would be without you.
Even through the hard times
I'd be lost without you.
As I watch you sleeping,
I see just how much you have brought into my life.
All the joys and happiness,
all the wonder and excitement.
As I watch you sleeping,
I am overcome with such love.
Your sweetness and happiness,
are something I can't get enough of.
As I watch you sleeping,
I think just how lucky I am.
To be the mother of such
a beautiful little boy.
As I watch you sleeping,
all of my worries seem to melt away.
I know that no matter what happens,
together we can make it through another day

Trick Or Treat

This was Tyson's first year of trick or treating. Last year on halloween I was driving him to the hospital not knowing we would almost be there a month so it was so fun watching his little froggy butt follow his sisters from door to door tonight.

Monday Night Madness

So by 7pm I am pretty much done for the night. Well this was going on at 8pm in our house tonight......NERF GUN BATTLES




Man down!


Tyson taking cover..how funny is that!





Another quiet evening....