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.

Santa

I didn't think it was going to happen this year. At the beginning of the season when people would bring up Santa to him, he would say that he didn't like Santa....so I wasn't going to push it, and he wasn't going to visit. Then I thought it should visit, and we got an Elf on the Shelf thing to start a nice family tradition. Then this past Saturday we were at Penneys getting photos taken, so right next door to the mall where I knew the big guy would be. So we're in the car and I run in to double check that he is inside, I come back out and say to him, guess who is inside, Santa is here! would you like to go see him? Sure he says. So off we head. When we got to the entrance, I still wasn't sold that he'd go in there, but sure enough he walked right in, walked right up and snaked the candy cane.

Looking good! He told Santa he wanted some books/dvds etc (with some prompting from Santa) but this past week at daycare he's been telling his teachers that he asked for dragons. So I kindly remind him what he asked for (cuz dragons are not coming!)

We did pick up the Elf on the Shelf (I had never heard of this before and saw it on my step sisters blog) and thought it might tie in nice with having just seen the big guy. So I told brennan that as we left Santa gave me something special to share with you....We named him Floyd.

It's been pretty fun being Santa. Picking up some little things that he likes; animal crackers, chocolate milk, gc for Mcdonalds, and then there will be a few books too.

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!

Some December happenings

Here are some photos of our december.He has been happy to work on art projects at the day care these past few weeks, and they have had some cute projects. These are Christmas tree bulbs that they cut out and put on a crown.

This is going to be a fun holiday tradition, I can feel it! I used to love advent calendars, especially the ones with candy in them! But Brennan really loved this and would ask several times during the day if he could do a door. He had a hard time grasping that he could only do one and that we are counting down to the big day.

Hanging out at church, he will play nicely in the nursery, with the promise of a donut after church. As you can see, he played nice.

We took Quinn swimming for the first time on Sunday Dec 19! It was a good time. She enjoyed herself and didn't cry. She would have been in the pool sooner, but we were waiting for her bms to firm up (tmi? oh well) and we have her on some solids now, so that has helped.

It was pretty cute though, the night before I told brennan that we were headed to the pool after church, and that the whole family was going, even Quinnie. And he got a little worked up....no no Quinnie can't go swimming, she's not a big girl yet! Well bud, you have to teach her, you have to show her how to use her arms and blow her bubbles. He was worried about her.

Snow

So we had our first snow fall of the year this past weekend, and it was biggie, a blizzard! It would have been great if we could have put ourselves in lockdown for the weekend, but we had to travel to Sheboygan on Saturday for a funeral, my grandma passed away (my moms mom) after losing her second battle with cancer. It was a slow drive home on Sunday in the wind and when we got back to town on Sunday, this is what we found in our driveway. We actuallly parked our car in our neighbors driveway. Jeff made a path for us to get in, so I could atleast get the kids in the house.
Our neighbor Jeff made a path for us, so I could get the kids inside, and Adam then went to work. Thank goodness for the snowblower.

This was the drift by the front door.

Here's looking to summer! I can't wait :)