Wow!

It has been a while since I updated last .. and I apologize. Things have been sorta nuts around here. Mike is currently in VA for school and the kids and I fly out there tomorrow to be there for the birth of my niece and a very dear friend's baby as well, not to mention time to spend with fam and friends. The past few weeks I have been busy trying to get school work done, 3 weeks ahead of everyone else so that I can leave with a clear plate and not risk missing assignments. It has also been discovered that I have 2 torn ligaments in my wrist and will need hand surgery. I will meet with the hand surgeon when I return, not looking forward to that, but I am so that it stops hurting! Tomorrow's trip should be interesting with the two kids alone and a brace on my hand .. Yikes!

Ethan got his yellow belt! We are so proud of him, as he is proud of himself! Thursday in karate he was asked to take attendance cards to the desk, and got to do "seargant at arms" which is where he stands at attention at the edge of the karate floor and guards. After, he was so excited and said "Mom, I got to take the attendance cards up and stand seargant at arms, I didn't get to do that when I was a white belt. Now I am a yellow belt and I am special so I get to do things like that". It was so sweet! Unfortunately he will miss his first tournament because we will be out of town, but we will sure try and get him in the next one.

Kaeli is flourishing! She is so smart and so full of herself. She works a crowd already, and especially her daddy. She is a sweetie, with a lot of spunk :-0 It is amazing how much she knows, but is very stubborn and refuses to talk ! She knows what clean up means and put that back and shut that and no and don't touch (do you see a trend! haha). She is our inquisitive one who gets into everything and very mischievious! And boy does she love her brother! She is always right beside him and will crouch down, look right in his face and say "HI!". It is priceless. Ethan follows it up with "Hello sweetie". These kids are too much and melt my heart! Today at Walmart he told the cashier that he was driving me nuts and that I was sick of him ... not sure where he got that from, but he must have caught on to my offput answers and tone to his naughty behavior and words :-)

Ethan will do Tball this summer, and is very excited about it! While he is in summer camp, I will be taking Kaeli to swim at the Y. I look forward to doing that, as she LOVES the water! She played in a mud puddle the other day and could not have been happier!

So, all is good in the Layman world, looking forward to a 3 week vacation in VA. Love to you all!