preschool

I signed Brennan up for preschool today (program starts in fall). It was very surreal....to think that this little guy is gonna be 3.

Number 2 for #2

Today was the second day that Brennan has done #2 on the potty! We are super proud of him. He has some bowel issues, he tends to hold it too long and then it hurts and then he continues to hold it. So at this point, I'm over the potty training. When it happens it happens. But I'm glad that he is going number 2....and it only took 40 mins in the bathroom. (the first time it took 2 hours in the bathroom....)

Needless to say there were Skittles eaten today, and we made a trip to Shopko for a few cars.

13.1

There's no turning back. I called Adam from the Y yesterday and had him sign me up. Sunday, May 15, I'm running in the Cellcom half marathon http://cellcomgreenbaymarathon.com. I'm not a runner. Adam and I ran the Bellin 10K the summer of '09, that was my first organized running thing, and as I crossed the finish line I thought....I have more to give, I could run some more...the next year we had Quinn, so running a half marathon has been on my mind. I need something to get over the winter blues, and I need something to help me get back into exercising. I had been watching the registion creep and creep and started running. I ran 4 on Saturday, and it's a mental thing. It was hard (I haven't done any exercising since Sept due to toe surgery) but I did it, and just need something to look forward to. So here I go!

keeping busy

As is the life of every parent out there, we are staying busy. We had a nice holiday time, I had 10 days off from work! Even though my kids don't like to sleep, and are both up before 5 each day, it was nice to not have to rush off to work. We split the time between Green Bay and Sheboygan. It was nice to spend some time at Papa and Deb's house, time for the kids to hang out with the grandparents and my brother and his girlfriend were in town from CA and it was very nice for the kids to play with them and get to know them better. But there were lots of presents and lots of food. And we all also got to go to a wedding, on New Years Eve, my brothers best friend, his baby sister got married. So it was great to to spend the start of the new year with my family.
Fun photo of Quinn after a bath. Her hair is getting so long. Pretty soon I feel her first hair cut coming on.

For as long as I can remember the Nawikas family has bowled on Christmas Eve. Joe and Suz were on an airplane during family bowling, so we went one afternoon before lunch. We got some bumpers, which were helpful, but we still didn't do the greatest....

But the photos turned out good!

Here we are at the wedding. I don't remember the last time I was up for the actual midnight new year. Man I'm old! But it was a very nice wedding.