I was told that I needed to do an update. Not much has really been going on, just everyday life around here.
Peter has been working for about a month now! The time has flown by! He's still driving down the Everett and Marysville, but they're saying that next week will be his last week doing that. Our budget for gas will appreciate that very much! Luckily our wonderful diesle Jetta gets GREAT gas milage so it's not that bad. He is enjoying working again and he likes his job and the people he works with! That makes things so much easier!
I've been getting to stay at home with the girls and we have been having lots of fun! If we're not playing outside, we're partying inside! I had a fun video of the girls dancing that I was going to upload, but after hours and hours and three failed attempt I'm giving up!
Natalie and I have been working on reading and spellling. She's really into spelling different words and I have been encouraging her very much. In about 2.5 weeks she'll be starting kindergarten. Although that in itself is turning into more of a hassle than you would think. The lady we had set up to watch the girls while I was going to sub backed out on us. There is a daycare right down the road from us and the school Natalie is supposed to go to, but she only takes school aged kids and doesn't really want to do kindergarten because they only go half days. She says that if she gets other mothers interested she'll reconsider the kindergarten age kids. So even if she does reconsder, we'd have to find somewhere else for Alexis to go to. All the other daycare/babysitters are out of the boundry lines for that school. So I have to figure out what other parents do, because I can't be the only mother who works, or figure out how to transfer her into a different school where I have more options for daycare. Frusterating! But Natalie is excited to start school again!
Alexis is getting bigger by the day it seems. I looked at her the other day and was shocked at how big she's gotten. She's definately not a baby anymore.... more of a kid now. Her vocabulary is getting bigger and she is talking in complete sentences now. She's very independent as well. Which sometimes causes arguments between the girls. Natalie is sometimes still under the mind set that Alexis is still a baby and needs help with everything, and Alexis wants to figure it out by herself.
Still no word on a few of the teaching positions I've applied for. Although I called on Wednesday for one of them and they hadn't called for interviews yet. And I have to turn in two letters of intent this afternoon. So there is still hope. But I'm OK with another year of subbing.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Already?!?!
Natalie lost her first tooth yesterday! My little girl is getting so big! Apparently, Natalie and Peter were playing and he knocked her over and she bonked her mouth on his foot and out came the tooth. I'm assured that it must have been loose because she didn't hit her mouth on his foot hard, that and 
the foot isn't really a hard surface to knock out a tooth that wasn't ready. I was at work so I didn't get to witness the reaction but Natalie, being the drama queen she is, went into hysterics. But after explaining that it was supposed to happen and that a bigger tooth will grow back in it's place,
she calmed down. By the time I got home she was a very excited little girl and came running up to me exclaiming that she lost a tooth! Of course we explained about the Tooth Fairy. Natalie was full of questions! How does the Tooth Fairy know when you've lost a tooth? How will she get the tooth from underneath my pillow without waking me up? etc. When bed time rolled around, under the pillow went the tooth, and out came a lot more questions, which were mostly answered. I think Natalie was stalling actaully going to bed so I had to end the questions until morning time. This morning we had one excited child when she checked under her pillow to find 50 cents there instead of the tooth!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
YAYAYAYAY!!!
PETER GOT A JOB!!! PETER GOT A JOB!!! PETER GOT A JOB!!!
So just in case you didn't know, PETER GOT A NEW JOB!!!! =) He got an email on Friday from Pacific Power Supply, a place he appiled to, saying that his resume was picked among others to come in for a meet and greet type of deal. When Peter responded he was told that the main office is in Everett and to ocme in on Tuseday. So yesterday, we all drove down to Everett, and Peter dropped us off at a park while he went for his meeting. Over 3 hours later Peter finally comes to pick us up.... needless to say we were all tired, hot, and hungry. But he got the job! And his first day is today! For the next two weeks, he'll be driving down to the Marysville and Everett stores (about an hours drive away) for training, but eventually he'll be working in the Mount Vernon store. They sell batteries so he'll be a battery sailesman. And he was told that currently there isn't a manager in the Mount Vernon store and that the manager from the Marysville store has been overseeing things, but if things work out, Peter will become the manager in a few months. So YAY!!! PETER HAS A JOB!!!!!! Haha I'm not happy or anything ;).
We're still waiting on the Border Patrol thing to happen. Peter talked to a recruiter about a week ago and he said that when they say 30-90 days, they are basically lying. Haha. He said that after he got the letter saying that they would call him for training, the call came 11 months later. So that adventure is not lost like we thought, but we can't be waiting another 5 monts or longer. So we'll see what happens. Peter may really like working here, and by the time the border patrol does call, may not want to pursue that anymore. We'll see.
So just in case you didn't know, PETER GOT A NEW JOB!!!! =) He got an email on Friday from Pacific Power Supply, a place he appiled to, saying that his resume was picked among others to come in for a meet and greet type of deal. When Peter responded he was told that the main office is in Everett and to ocme in on Tuseday. So yesterday, we all drove down to Everett, and Peter dropped us off at a park while he went for his meeting. Over 3 hours later Peter finally comes to pick us up.... needless to say we were all tired, hot, and hungry. But he got the job! And his first day is today! For the next two weeks, he'll be driving down to the Marysville and Everett stores (about an hours drive away) for training, but eventually he'll be working in the Mount Vernon store. They sell batteries so he'll be a battery sailesman. And he was told that currently there isn't a manager in the Mount Vernon store and that the manager from the Marysville store has been overseeing things, but if things work out, Peter will become the manager in a few months. So YAY!!! PETER HAS A JOB!!!!!! Haha I'm not happy or anything ;).
We're still waiting on the Border Patrol thing to happen. Peter talked to a recruiter about a week ago and he said that when they say 30-90 days, they are basically lying. Haha. He said that after he got the letter saying that they would call him for training, the call came 11 months later. So that adventure is not lost like we thought, but we can't be waiting another 5 monts or longer. So we'll see what happens. Peter may really like working here, and by the time the border patrol does call, may not want to pursue that anymore. We'll see.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Phew
I'M DOOOOONNNNNEEEEE!!!!
"With what?" you're probably asking. Well, there is a 4th grade position open in the Sedro-Woolley School District that, of course, I'm going to apply for. But I have applied to a couple other positions that I didn't get ANY response for, so before I turned in the required things for this position, I wanted to redo some things. I totally redid my resume, with a lot of help from the bestest friend in the world and Kathy! I also redid my letter of intent, with help from Kathy! Thanks guys for all your help!!! Since it posted on the 16th, if I weren't working, eating or sleeping, I've been working on one of those two projects. It's been exhausting! But I think they're perfect now and, hopefully, will get a response! Let's hope it was worth it! Wish me luck!!
"With what?" you're probably asking. Well, there is a 4th grade position open in the Sedro-Woolley School District that, of course, I'm going to apply for. But I have applied to a couple other positions that I didn't get ANY response for, so before I turned in the required things for this position, I wanted to redo some things. I totally redid my resume, with a lot of help from the bestest friend in the world and Kathy! I also redid my letter of intent, with help from Kathy! Thanks guys for all your help!!! Since it posted on the 16th, if I weren't working, eating or sleeping, I've been working on one of those two projects. It's been exhausting! But I think they're perfect now and, hopefully, will get a response! Let's hope it was worth it! Wish me luck!!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Our busy, but fun, holiday weekend
I hope everyone had a fun 4th of July weekend! We sure did!
Saturday. of course, was the 4th and we had a lot of fun! We started out the day by having a very yummylicious breakfast of my absolute favorite.... french toast! Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!! We were going to go to the parade after breakfast, but sometimes things get in the way and we didn't make it. We were having some people over for dinner later anyway that we needed to get things ready for.
People started showing up around 4 for dinner and fireworks. We had a delicious bbq and Peter cooked enough to feed a small army! Hotdogs and brats, hamburgers, and chicken galore! Our guests also brought the side dishes so we had potato salad, bean dip with chips, and water melon and cantaloupe. It was a very yummy feast! We were all very fat feeling afterwards, hehe!
Then the time came for fireworks! Every year we put on our own show as well as watch the professional displays put on by all the towns around here. Peter's parents live on top of a hill where we can see the whole valley and on hte 4th see all the different cities firework displays! It's really cool! Anyway, we started our own display of fireworks around 9ish with the kiddy stuff that it doesn't really need to be dark for. The girls had a lot of fun playing with sparklers! Alexis was so good at being sure she held it outward from her body! Once it got dark, we got to the good stuff! It was very fun, pretty, and loud! :) We finished our display around midnight. I let both girls stay up totally expecting at least Alexis to fall asleep in someones arms, Natalie always did, but neither didn't, they both stayed awake the whole time! But they had a lot of fun watching the pretty "boom booms" so I didn't mind too much.
Peter and my anniversary is on the 6th. We celebrated it on Sunday though this year. We left the girls with Grandma and Papa and we went out. I had no idea what was on the agenda and of course, PEter wasn't telling me. He surprised me by taking me to lunch in Blaine, WA and then we ventured up to Canada and to Vancouver BC! We walked off our lunch at Metropolis, a large mall in Vancouver BC. It was three stories of stores, stores, stores! Most of them were stores that looked too expensive to even walk into because I knew that there wasn't anything I could afford in them. But the best part of the mall experience was people watching! There were a few interesting characters.... AFter we were done walking the mall (which took over 2 hours and we didn't go into that many stores), we drove around the beautiful city Vancouver! I was in high school the last time I had been there and that was 10 years ago! It was gorgeous! After our drive, we headed back to the border and then stopped at a very nice restaurant for dinner. And let me tell you, I had the best steak I've EVER had. Yummm! My mouth still waters when I think of that steak! We were going to go watch a movie after dinner and we had crossed the border back into the US, but the movie that we wanted to see didn't start again until 10:30 and we didn't want to wait an hour and a half, so we rented a movie instead and came home and watched "In Pursuit of Happyness." Such a great movie! I'd recommend it if you haven't seen it!
That was our weekend! It was a fun filled weekend! And now for some non-weekend related news and a bragging mother moment. Alexis has started counting and attempting to say her ABCs. She can count to 13 consistantly, there was one time she counted up to 18 all by herself! And she'll start saying her ABCs in chunks! Her favorite chunk is O, P, Q, R, S, T, U! She is so smart! As is her sister! We are working on reading with Natalie, and when Natalie is really focused into it (which sometimes is a struggle), she can sound out words! We may have a reader before school starts again!!!
Saturday. of course, was the 4th and we had a lot of fun! We started out the day by having a very yummylicious breakfast of my absolute favorite.... french toast! Mmmmmmmmmmm!!!! We were going to go to the parade after breakfast, but sometimes things get in the way and we didn't make it. We were having some people over for dinner later anyway that we needed to get things ready for.
People started showing up around 4 for dinner and fireworks. We had a delicious bbq and Peter cooked enough to feed a small army! Hotdogs and brats, hamburgers, and chicken galore! Our guests also brought the side dishes so we had potato salad, bean dip with chips, and water melon and cantaloupe. It was a very yummy feast! We were all very fat feeling afterwards, hehe!
Then the time came for fireworks! Every year we put on our own show as well as watch the professional displays put on by all the towns around here. Peter's parents live on top of a hill where we can see the whole valley and on hte 4th see all the different cities firework displays! It's really cool! Anyway, we started our own display of fireworks around 9ish with the kiddy stuff that it doesn't really need to be dark for. The girls had a lot of fun playing with sparklers! Alexis was so good at being sure she held it outward from her body! Once it got dark, we got to the good stuff! It was very fun, pretty, and loud! :) We finished our display around midnight. I let both girls stay up totally expecting at least Alexis to fall asleep in someones arms, Natalie always did, but neither didn't, they both stayed awake the whole time! But they had a lot of fun watching the pretty "boom booms" so I didn't mind too much.Peter and my anniversary is on the 6th. We celebrated it on Sunday though this year. We left the girls with Grandma and Papa and we went out. I had no idea what was on the agenda and of course, PEter wasn't telling me. He surprised me by taking me to lunch in Blaine, WA and then we ventured up to Canada and to Vancouver BC! We walked off our lunch at Metropolis, a large mall in Vancouver BC. It was three stories of stores, stores, stores! Most of them were stores that looked too expensive to even walk into because I knew that there wasn't anything I could afford in them. But the best part of the mall experience was people watching! There were a few interesting characters.... AFter we were done walking the mall (which took over 2 hours and we didn't go into that many stores), we drove around the beautiful city Vancouver! I was in high school the last time I had been there and that was 10 years ago! It was gorgeous! After our drive, we headed back to the border and then stopped at a very nice restaurant for dinner. And let me tell you, I had the best steak I've EVER had. Yummm! My mouth still waters when I think of that steak! We were going to go watch a movie after dinner and we had crossed the border back into the US, but the movie that we wanted to see didn't start again until 10:30 and we didn't want to wait an hour and a half, so we rented a movie instead and came home and watched "In Pursuit of Happyness." Such a great movie! I'd recommend it if you haven't seen it!
That was our weekend! It was a fun filled weekend! And now for some non-weekend related news and a bragging mother moment. Alexis has started counting and attempting to say her ABCs. She can count to 13 consistantly, there was one time she counted up to 18 all by herself! And she'll start saying her ABCs in chunks! Her favorite chunk is O, P, Q, R, S, T, U! She is so smart! As is her sister! We are working on reading with Natalie, and when Natalie is really focused into it (which sometimes is a struggle), she can sound out words! We may have a reader before school starts again!!!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Funny Story
So today as we are running around town Alexis starts copying everything Natalie was saying so Natalie called her a copycat. Alexis then said "I not copycat." So Natalie then said "OK then you're an echo." Alexis responds with "I not echo!" We then all start teasing her calling her either a copycat or an echo. And each time she responds with "I not copycat/echo!" Peter eventually says, "Ok you're an Alexis," to which she responds "I not Alexis." So I ask her if she's not an Alexis, then what is she? She answers, "Monster! Hahahaha!" She has such the sense of humor!
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