"Tapey" the Dinosaur

Today I became a real parent...I mean the parent of a school kid. You would think that all of the hours I have spent worrying about her education, the many homework sessions I have supervised, or all of the numerous walks to the bus stop would make me feel like a certified (certified, not certifiable...) school Mom...but nope, it took Tapey to do that. This morning at 6:50am Maddy flew into the bedroom to remind me that she had a project due today. Needless to say I had totally forgotten that we needed to construct a dinosaur from various shapes found around the house. Luckily we had already picked all of our supplies...four toilet paper tubes, a paper towel tube, a cake mix box, and a jello box. I had intended to buy contact paper over the weekend as I figured self adhesive contact paper would have been far easier than construction paper when trying to cover various sized boxes and tubes...and let me just say...it really would have helped!!...but since I forgot to get the contact paper we were stuck taping blue construction paper on all of the various shapes at 7am this morning. We used the remainder of a roll of masking tape, 1/4 roll of packing tape and almost an entire fresh roll of scotch tape. While all of the frantic taping was taking place Jeff was trying to get out the door to leave for a business trip and Sarah was carrying around a bowl of animal cookies and orange slices...the only thing Mommy could manage while taping. Fear not, even with all of the craziness we did finish our dinosaur and he was lovely...I'm guessing you can all figure out how he got his name Tapey, huh? All that really matters is he was complete and Maddy was on the bus by 8am! I now feel like a real Mom...I've earned my title, thanks to Tapey!

PS Photos of Maddy and Tapey will be added once he is returned to our family from Mr. Roy!

Cute Kiddos

Well...not too much to tell, but I sure do have some cute girlys!! So I thought I'd post some pictures of them! Picture number one is my "big"girl Maddy sound asleep with Horton. Gigi and Pa sent the girls a stuffed Horton with 2 Horton books. Maddy hasn't let go of him since his arrival...so much for sharing!! I love this picture because even though she talks like a small adult and seems to be growing up while I blink...I can look and this and see she's still my little girl snuggling her favorite stuffy! The second picture is a shot of the two chefs in our house this afternoon. Allie's Daddy's birthday is tomorrow so she requested we make him a chocolate cake this afternoon...of course we did! Looks like there is more batter on the girls than in the bowl!! The final two are Sarah Beara covered in chocolate as well...I mean seriously she needed a spoon to lick too!!

Once again...not too much else going on here...still @$%&(@*^ snowing! We are suppose get another storm today or tomorrow...I really need for this winter to be OVER!!!!! Have a great afternoon and enjoy the pictures!!