Catching up

Wow.....I have been a little M.I.A lately...pesky life, just gets in the way sometimes! You can have all the best intentions and still fall short, which sometimes (more like all the time) makes me feel guilty...does anyone else feel this way??? I wish I could feel accomplished in the things I DO get done rather than guilty about the things I DON'T!!! I constantly feel like life is whizzing by like a tornado and I am stuck in the eye...except all is NOT calm. Sometimes I think I create chaos because I don't know what to do when there is nothing to do. How do I not do this to myself??? How do I step back and enjoy the moment?? Because we all know the moments go by all too fast.

Well on the subject of moments I have more than a few to share although my camera battery died and I just replaced it today, so quite a few pics are from the camera phone...sooo not the best of quality!

One day I was on the computer and turned around to my daughter acting like a puppy. Kaden had her on a leash and everything....I turn my back for one second and who's knows what I will see when I turn back...case in point
Here are some gymnastics pics, I haven't put any on here yet because I hate the quality! The gym is completely closed and one wall is glass where all the parents sit and wait and watch...problem, you can't go in the gym and the glass is not the non-reflective kind which is not so conducive to picture taking! Sooooo, I had to turn my flash off and get as close as I could to the window, so they are not great to say the very least...

Kara's in the middle in pink

Kara doing an assisted hand stand and another little girl picking her nose....classic!!

Carrying the sign..which I think is her favorite part of the whole lesson...64 bucks a month and she likes to carry the sign!! : )

So, she has a christmas program coming up on the 21 of Dec where they get to do a whole show and get medals and all sorts of good things and we get to sit inside the gym, so I am hoping to get a ton of pics...until then this is all ya get...sorry!! ;)

On to the next adventure.....

Oooo, this was an exciting one...THE KIDS LEARNED TO RIDE "TWO WHEEL" BIKES!!!!!!!

Joe getting Kaden ready to roll

It didn't take long before he was a pro

Kara liked the "idea" of no training wheels a lot more than actually having none

It took some practice

But...before too long she had it!!

Next...... let's see, oh...Kara's first ever field trip!!!! It was to Spicer's orchard! The kids got to go on a hayride, pick pumpkins, pick apples, have cider mill donuts and apple cider, and play on the farm.

Kara found a good one

The good one's must be a the top....side note: Do you think it might be time to buy my kid a new sweatshirt!!!???? Hello belly! : ()

Enjoying the fruit of her labor, Haha!

That was one goooood donut

Riding on the tricycle track...we were here for A WHILE!!

I told you my daughter is a cheeeezzz ball

Do you need more proof???

Okay....now you get it huh

Now on to the fun but tragic part of the afternoon....

Kara absolutely LOVED this thing and could hold on all by herself the WHOLE way

This was the big hit of the day! When it was time to go I gave her the choice of just one more thing to do, and this is what she picked. The only thing.....this time in particular she came CRASHING to the ground...face first!!!! She had done it seriously at least 15 times, so I kinda let my guard down by not standing RIGHT next to her as I had the first few times, and it happened so fast there was nothing I could do. It was horrible, the whole side of her face was scraped to bits. I felt so terrible...of course we left right away..with her screaming, but I promise her face is fine and she must have selective memory cause all she talks about when remembering the trip is the good stuff!!! THANK GOODNESS!!!

Well.....I think I have probably lost anyone who started reading this and has fallen asleep by now, so I think I'll take a little break and continue this later!!! Stay tuned!!!!! There is a lot more...this may need to be a 3 part-er......see.... If I had only just kept up on it...story of my life!!!!