Why I live for Saturday

If only everyday were a Saturday! It is 12:13 pm and both of my kids are in their rooms. I can hear Reece talking and every 5 minutes I have to go in and check on him, but soon enough he'll conk out for a good 2 hours. (crossing my fingers)

At 6:30 am my son crawled into my bed and said he wanted to sleep with me. Mo left at 4 am to chaperon a trip to Magic Mountain, so there was plenty of room for Reece, King of Wiggles. We'll he plopped his head right next to mine and smiled ear to ear. He said, "I love you Mama." Yes I had was no longer mad that he woke me so early on a Saturday! I said, "I love you too baby! Now let's rest it's not time to get up yet." He lasted about 5 minutes and said, "I wanna watch Little Einsteins mama, come on lets get up!" I looked at the clock, 6:42 on Saturday. I threw on my robe and headed straight for the coffee pot, that is after I plopped my kid in front of the TV.

Since that unGodly hour I have :
*stripped the beds washed the sheets and remade the beds with fresh clean sheets
*folded 2 others loads of laundry that my husband left in the basket on the dryer. Yes, at least they are clean!
*fed the animals (fish, turtle and dog) and kidlets
*sorted 103 pictures that came in the mail yesterday
*played Peter Pan with my son and crawled on the floor with my daughter
*hung 5 frames that have been hiding in my scrap closet since we moved in 2 years ago
*hung a few things up in Raine's Room
*cleaned up toys in all rooms
*sorted through piles of mail and magazines, purged several
*chatted on the phone with my lil bro
*sat at the table and ate a hot meal for lunch ALL BY MYSELF!

I still have quite the long list of errands to run, but my children need to be well rested for that one! I really hope to make it to the mall to return some things and check out a sale. We'll see, as for now I am pretty happy with the morning's accomplishments. See why I need to work from my home next fall. God is proving I CAN be productive with two lil ones at home!

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. James 1:19 NLT

I was checking my email this morning and I read this daily scripture. It is so true. I really have to work on slow to anger with the a few of the students in my classroom.

I am trying to be slow to speak about a new twist in my career. One that allows me to stay at home with my kiddos a few days a week. PRAY, PRAY, PRAY and I will let you know more when I am certain it will happen!

GOD is so great. He really seems to be opening up some doors for our family career wise. So I ask again PRAY!!! More to come....

Saturday at the Hauguel household...

Somebody said you can't love the second child as much as you love the first ....

somebody doesn't have two children.

Boy is this so true! My girlfriend sent me this great email about Motherhood and this was one of my favorite parts. Reece is 31 months and Raine is 7 months. Today was one of the better days a mother could have with her kiddos.

We went and watched Noah Dahir play football. Reece and his Daddy were so cute on the sidelines. Pa Pere taught Reece how to do Down, Set, Hut. It is so adorable. Just ask Melissa and Erin they were enjoying it also. Raine loved sitting on her daddy' s lap eating his keys. Then we headed home to eat lunch and take naps. We wanted to go hiking but the little ones needed their rest and daddy wanted to finish some gardening in the backyard.

Have I mentioned what a great landscaper my hubby is. Once again, ask Mel. Mo takes care of her roses. (stop thinking like that, she is not Gabby the desperate housewife!)

Anyway, while the kids slept I uploaded pictures and Blogged! (as you can read, by all the crazy entries today!) Reece woke up first, so we played with his trains. When Raine woke up, we all headed outside to watch the gardener do his thing. Plus I had to make sure I agreed with the additions and their placements. I do! I'll post some pics of my fantastic backyard when I get to Sam's and make a CD of all the pictures that are on thememory card right now! Add it to the list of errands I need to run.

During our picnic my daughter could not get enough of me. She would crawl over to me and pull herself up. Once standing up she would get so excited screeching and slapping. She was so proud of herself. It was so much fun. She continually tried to eat Reece's peanut butter crackers. At one point I was helping Mo with the flowers and she had a huge cracker in her mouth. I told Mo to look and if I didn't snatch that thing away she probably would of inhaled it! Did I mention that at the doctor yesterday she weighed in at 22lbs. Yes, my little butterball is the happiest baby on earth!

We had a ball playing outside but it was nearing the start of the Sabers game so I brought the kiddos in. I put a diaper on Reece since he was going commando all day long. He went potty 3 or 4 times this afternoon. I was so proud of him! He climbed up on my bed to watch Peter Pan; his latest favorite movie. Reece was in the bedroom and almost watched the entire movie, that rarely happens! I fed Raine a small snack and layed her down for a nap.

AHHH my turn to relax with a delicious Blue Moon and the Buffalo Sabers. During the second intermission my hubby grilled and we all ate a great dinner. I finished watching the game while bathing my daughter. Yes she can sit up on her own in the big bath tub. She loves to splash & crawl around! I was watching her, I promise. I could see the TV from the toilet I was sitting on. Plus I had it up really loud so I wouldn't have to look unless the Sabers scored and that didn't happen, hence the loss. All in all a wonderful Saturday with the family.

Now while my three children sleep peacefully in their beds, yes Mo my eldest is already fast asleep; I will retire to the couch to catch up on my dvr, Grey's Anatomy and Desperate Housewives. Which shall I watch first?

Quest for the Cup

Sabers lost tonight 3-2 to the New York Islanders. The series is now tied 1-1 :(
My brother sent me this great link to the opening video they showed at Thursday nights game.

http://media.buffalonews.com/static/multimedia/video/sabres/quest_for_the_cup_QT.mov


I didn't get to see game 1, as I was in a math class but I hear it was great. Tonight it looked like the Sabers were tired or something. Don't get me wrong I am still a die hard Sabers fan. I know the President Trophy winners will come through for the city of Buffalo. They did last year, but fell short in game 7 against Carolina and where are they this year?

LET'S GO BUFFALO! I've got Reece shouting it at the TV again this year.

Easter Egg Hunt

Kara and Brian came by to see what the hunt was like. Raine was so happy to be taken out of the stroller. Mommy could only chase after Reece while Raine sat and watched all of the festivities.

Brian was teaching Reece how to play Frisbee golf. They had just finished playing Frisbee golf while visiting Moab, Utah with some friends. Then they came down here to spend part of our Spring break with us.

Kara was teaching Reece how to blow the dandelions. He loved it.

During the egg hunt Reece only wanted to pick up the green eggs. He would pick up one egg, see what was inside, eat the candy and then finally he would run and get another one.

Here he is showing his chick with just a few eggs. Did you notice his mouth full of candy?

We had a such a fun time. Reece was able to climb onto a fire truck and wore a junior fireman helmet all around the park. He also picked out a green balloon. That must of been his favorite color today, usually he prefers blue. Daddy came by the park just as things were wrapping up and played with us on the swings and slides. Then home for naps!

Busy Week

Spring Is Here! amen

I feel like God has been answering all my prayers lately and I am so grateful! I am exhausted from being up so late everynight, but boy am I getting a lot accomplished. This week has been so busy and yet so productive!

Sunday: EASTER- I will post more about that later. Wait until you see the pictures...

Monday: Back to that oh so adventurous 2nd grade classroom. Tutor. Pick up kids. Make dinner. Bath, books and bed. Order prints from Kodak. Go visit a friend in from Cali. Check prints and start another order. Go to bed. Up with Raine. Up with Reece, repeat until 6am alarm.

Tuesday: More fun in my 2nd grade classroom. About to go home bu I misplace keys, have panic attack. Friend helps find the keys. Pick up kids. Make dinner for Reece and Raine. Go get hair cut and highlighted (It's only been 8 months since I did that!). Finish ordering 103 prints from Kodak. Check bloggs for way too long. Go to bed. Up with Reece, sleep in his bed with him from 4am until 6am alarm. Gotta love that natural body clock.

Wednesday: Very busy day in the life on a 2nd grade teacher. Made Mother's Day plate, graded papers from 2 weeks ago, input tons of grades, finally ordered books, even made an awesome pocket chart and am totally prepared for our Solar System Unit! Praise GOD! Tutor. Pick up kids. Head over to a friend to order a Mother's Day necklace and canvas prints of my beautiful kiddos. Swing by McDonalds for the latest Ninja Turtle Happy Meal. Feed Reece and Raine dinner. Bath, books and bed. Check bloggs and add to mine. Enjoy a relaxing evening of TV with my hubby!

Wow what a week and it's only Wednesday!

I'm Baaaccckkkk...

Haven’t blogged for a while, no real reason just laziness I guess.

Or the two kids, working mom excuse could work too.

Why though, why should I use that?

I am fully capable of getting my butt off the couch!

So, now since winter is officially gone, (At least here in Vegas anyway, sorry east coasters) and spring is in full swing, I will blogg again!

LOTS of spring break details to come...

Park City Get Away

Christmas break was quite and relaxing. We traveled up to Park City, Utah to see my brother and his girlfriend. It was fantastic; snow covered mountains, warm fires, fresh powder and family! Reece loved playing in the "scow" (rhymes with bro). He made snow angles and loved to eat it. We even found a playground with a super fast metal slide. He loved sliding down it, flying off the end and landing in a big pile of snow. Dublin is a desert pup and didn't enjoy the snow as much as we thought she would. Mo & I were able to go skiing a couple days. Brian and Kara watched the kiddos while we pretended we work for The Canyons Resort. We borrowed Bri and Kara's season passes and skied for FREE! Ya gotta love cold weather apparel. I was a bit nervous since it had been so long since I was on skis. Low and behold it was like getting back on a bike. I did pretty well, only fell once! We enjoyed a delicious meal at Brian's restaurant and then ate a lot of Kara's home cooking.

Christmas Helpers

Raine is ready to visit Santa and tell him all of the things she wants for Christmas!

Reece is ready to help Santa with his sleigh full of toys for all the good little girls and boys!

Trying for a Christmas photo

The other day I tried to capture the kids together for a Christmas card photo. This was only one of several attempts. I just couldn't get the 2 year old and the 3 month old to cooperate. I wonder why?

Reece and his Christmas cape

Reece loved helping me decorate the house for Christmas. He found the tree skirt and immediately said "A cape Mommy, my cape". "May you please put it on Mommy?" which of course I did. Just look at how adorable he is. Then he found his red Santa hat and screamed with joy over that. You can't see it though because 2 seconds later he discovered the Tigger stocking and proceeded to put that on his head as well. Oh the joys of a nonstop 2 year old! He cracks me up all day long.

Life sure does get away from you...

...when you have two kids.
...when Christmas is coming and you can remember sitting in the hot sun on the Jersey Shore.
...when you have to go back to work and you can't stand the room you are teaching in.
...when files of school work a piling up all around you and you know you will never find a home for them.
...when you haven't talked to your dear friends for weeks.
...when you can't remember dates and times of things that you planned on attending.
...when you have so much to blogg about but don't even know where to begin.
...when you are too tired to email photos of your beautiful baby.
...when your baby girl turns 3 months old and you wonder where have the months gone. sigh

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our was spent with the Hall & Castillo families. We relaxed in the morning and attended dinner later in the afternoon. It was so easy and laid back.

Here are a few things I am THANKFUL FOR IN 2006:
~My husband when he is standing in the kitchen preparing dinner after a long day of teaching.
~My two beautiful children who are the world to me.
~My ever so giving parents who came to visit when I had Raine.
~My mother and her delicious cooking, some of which we are still enjoying:)
~Mo's lovely parents and their generosity while they were visiting us.
~Family, who send their love from all over the country. Blessing and praying for our precious family.
~Friends, all of them in all of their locations. They also have been so generous to my family and especially to Baby Ireland Raine.
~Sleep, my daughter turns in for the night at 9:30 and sleeps until 4:30. It's a wonderful thing!
~We decided to stay in Las Vegas for the Christmas Holiday Season.
~My brother & his new winter home in Park City, Utah
~My brother and his new outlook on life.
~My sister the fact that her and Jim are finally wed!

Most of all I am Thankful that the Lord blesses us with all that we have and with all of the people in our lives!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!


RAINE TURNS 3 months old

She is so much fun! I love the way she coo's and giggles at us. She adores her big brother. She is trying to pull herself up into a sitting position. She is still eating like a champ and sleeping like a tired little pup. She is napping better during the day also. I love my baby girl and sure do mish her while I am at work. Pictures soon to come, blogger is not cooperating :(

New Hairdo!

AHHHHH~ I wanted to scream when I came home from the one too many Saturday classes I took these past few months. It wasn't because the traffic was backed up on the 95 due to the rain. It wasn't because there were toys all over the floor and my house was in disarray. It was because my 2 year old baby boy came running out of the bathroom to see me with a buzzed head. All he had on was his diaper. The boys just finished showering since they had hair all over them. Yes, Mo buzzed his head also. I wanted to cry. My baby boy will have plenty of these type of haircuts all throughout his life but why did Mo have to start so young. He had been warning me he wanted to do it. All summer he begged me to cut it. NO WAY, NOT YET, I would yell at him. I guess being home with 2 kids drove him to it. Maybe he felt he needed to get me back. It's just hair right, it will grow back. That's what I have to keep reminding myself. It just better grow fast, Christmas pictures are coming up.

Raine is 2 months old

On Wednesday, October 25th my little sister turned 26 years old and Raine turned two months old. Not a huge birthday but one she smiled at. She is starting to smile and coo. It is getting really fun now. Just when it's time to go back to work. Sadly though, I have learned I'm not into this newborn stage. She can't tell me what's wrong. She fights falling asleep. She loves to be held. She can't rat out her brother when he makes her scream. As much as I try to get her on a schedule she doesn't always comply. God defiantly gave us the easy baby first, just to make sure we would give him a sibling. Raine really is wonderful baby, but I'm so glad I have some experience being a mom. I can't wait to see what each month brings. I need to remind myself to slow down and enjoy each moment. Laundry, dishes, cleaning bathrooms, cooking dinner can wait. When else is she going to be this little. Right?


Which reminds me of a great teaching Pastor G taught a few Sundays ago. Be still! Well I was today! I tried to take a nap while my kiddos napped. I didn't wash a dish or fold the laundry that has been sitting in the basket since yesterday morning. Mo asked if I did anything with the fish for dinner I said "nope" (Reece's new favorite word). It was nice relaxing, but part of the reason I did it was because I was so tired. I may have to do it again tomorrow.

One More Week

I am sad to report that I only have one more week of maternity leave left. It has been a wonderful yet eventful nine weeks. Both sets of parents have been here and visited. I have taken way too many classes for a masters plus 32 credits pay raise. Daddy gave Reece a haircut (more to come ...). I'm supposed to be in RENO, NV celebrating my dear friend's 30th birthday, but life wouldn't let me (more to come ...). Lastly, my baby girl is finally starting to smile and coo. Just when Baby Raine is starting to develop a fun personality; I have to go back to work!

I guess I don't have to go back to work. I could stay home with my adorable kids. Then they might get taken away since they wouldn't have a home to live in. BILLS, BILLS, BILLS. Who created all the debt we have? Oh, that would be Mo and I! No really just Mo, he's the one with the expensive taste. Not true at all, I like a glass of fine wine every once in a awhile also. Just what will I do during my last week of leave...

Bad MOM moment

well sort of...

I am starting to get the hang of this whole 2 kid thing, sort of. It had been a few days since my last shower. Raine was still sleeping so I plopped Reece in front of the Disney Channel, locked my bedroom door so he wouldn't come in a beat up his sister, then I took the longest hottest shower in a long time! When I got out, Reece was pounding on the bedroom door screaming! I didn't hear anything since I was taking time for me in that fantastic shower. Am I a bad mom or what?

PS: Look at what a chunky monkey my daughter is becoming...

Reece is getting ready to give his sister a kiss, not bite her head!

Raine at 5 weeks old is sitting in her brother's fun chair, just look at those chubby cheeks!

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY REECE

I'm finally getting a chance to post about Reece's 2nd birthday. We celebrated here at home with Raine, Mommy, Daddy, Grammy and Pops. Reece loved licking the frosting off the candle, but more importantly he loved when we sang to him. He kept asking for us to sing again, "more, more"! We must have sung "Happy Birthday To You" a dozen times. He would smile, clap and cheer every time we sang. It was the cutest thing ever. Reece opened all of his presents and wanted to play with each one right then and there. He would also shout out "Oh My Goodness!" when he opened something really neat like his Craftsman tools or the Veggie Tales music CD. He thought the music CD was a DVD movie. He kept asking for someone to play the movie. We distracted him with some of the yummy chocolate cake I made. It had to have lots of sprinkles because as of lately Reece wants "spinkles" (remember my son cannot pronounce his R sound yet) on everything, especially waffles. He dove right into his cake; eating every single bite! It was such a wonderful evening. I can't believe my baby is 2. I think every birthday from here on will get better and better. Reece's excitement was so enjoyable that I can't wait to see him on Christmas morning!

Life with two kiddos

Wow, it has been quite sometime since I posted. Life around the Hauguel household has been a little bit hectic. We celebrated Reece's second birthday, spent some final quality days with my parents before they flew back to New York and now are trying to adjust to the fact that we are a family of four. It is taking some time to figure out how to handle both kids so each one is happy and cheerful. People ask a boy and a girl, are you guys done having kids?
HELL YEAH, I say! This is not a good time to be asking. My sweet little angel who never really cried has shown us that she has a very loud and strong set of pipes. She is so very gaseous that it makes her very uncomfortable a lot of the time. I am nursing but swear to you I don't eat anything that obnoxious. I have three more weeks at home with my two beautiful but very needy children and then it is back to work. In the middle of that my in laws come in from Philadelphia for a visit. I look forward to that, it will break up the hum drum of watching Little Einsteins and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I really want to stay home with my two kids for ever and never return to the classroom but being sleep deprived and patient is very hard to do. The moments I do get to myself are from 8 pm on and I'm ready for bed. What a whiner huh?

Raine is 2 weeks old

Happy 2 week birthday to Raine. Have I mentioned what a great little baby she is? Mo wanted a little girl so bad, in hopes that she would be more mellow and cuddly than Reece. Reece is nonstop, like the energizer bunny, always on the go! Raine is the complete opposite, so far. She is perfectly content to hang out and stare at things around her crib, while in her bouncy seat or in the swing. She loves to be held but by no means cries forever until you pick her up. So far I can distinguish one cry and that is when she has pooped or her belly hurts so bad and she needs to poop. She grunts for her meals, again no blood curdling screams insisting to be fed. She is an Angel sent from heaven. We are all in awe of her.