Get it in gear

I've been running late to work for the past week. I haven't been able to get myself together lately. Hopefully the Thanksgiving break will be enough to get back on track. MrC's birthday was Friday and my family celebrated yesterday with a nice lasagna dinner that I made. I tried a new recipe and I love it. It needs a few minor tweaks and then it'll be perfect. For dessert we had gingerbread Twix. I think I want to try all the holiday candy now.I'm loc'ing my hair and my sister hooked me up for Thanksgiving. I still haven't heard from the hairdresser that was supposed to do my hair last week. I was looking forward to a free hairstyle, but I guess it won't be happening.

Stay at home dad

MrC is at home with both kids today because my mom can't watch them. He's going to try and work from home and watch both kids. It seems like a set up for frustration and irritation to me, but if he wants to try and be super dad then I'll let him. I was supposed to get my hair done this evening (for free) but she never gave me a time and I'm sure my husband will be beyond ready to be rescued from the children so I'll probably just stay home. It'd be lovely to give him a taste of stay at home mom life and stay gone all day. He has no idea what dealing with 2 kids from sun up to sun down is like.

Birthdays all weekend!

> Judah is an extreme party animal. MrC took him to a 7th birthday party at one of those kids' gyms on Friday night and he had a ball! He was the smallest kid there, but that didn't stop him from running around trying everything. I forgot to get the videos and pictures from MrC's phone, so I'll try and post them tomorrow. At one point he fell face first off a trampoline and hit his head. Everybody jumped up expecting to have a screaming toddler except MrC. Judah yelled "I ok" and kept it moving. MrC checked for a bruise a few minutes later, and there was a mark, but clearly Judah was fine. We learned long ago not to ever react when Judah falls or else he'll milk it for all it's worth. MrC had a video of Judah riding the zip line (he had to be seated because he's so small) and my jaw fell open when I saw it. When my ma and sister watched it they had the exact same reaction. I thought he'd be to scared to do something like that. The only complaint I have is that MrC broke one of my top 10 parenting rules. NO MCDONALDS! The served nuggets and fries at the party and MrC let him eat some fries. He said he didn't seem that impressed and didn't even finish a small fry so I guess I can't be too mad.
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> Alaia and I went to see my sister play a prostitute in a play of the modern version of the prodigal son. She did well, and the play was really good but the prodigal son was a terrrrrrrible actor. I don't know how he got the role, but my goodness he should not act anymore. The best person was a dude I grew up with that played the older brother and a bum. He was absolutely hilarious and I never knew he was that funny. He really carried the play and I'm so proud of him. His dad is the pastor of the church and it was his first time seeing his son act. I was sitting in the back next to him putting Alaia to sleep and I looked over and I could tell he was so proud of his son. It's always amazing to see your kids do things you never expected them to.
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> On Sunday we went to lunch to celebrate our niece's 16th birthday. She's MrC's late brothers eldest child and we wanted her to feel special because her trifling mother didn't plan anything for her. Judah sang happy birthday to her and my sister is going to do her hair as our gift to her because she's had the same braids in since school started and they look awful.
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> I hope y'all had a good weekend and have an even better week. My students are here now so I guess I need to get ready to do some teaching!
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> Oh, MrC's birthday is this Friday. If y'all have any inexpensive gift ideas, let me know.

Here are the children!

For some reason these pictures didn't show up on my last post.

What about the children?

There is so much laughter in our house everyday. Judah thinks he's a comedian which is hilarious but also means lots of scolding because he doesn't know when to stop. He is very independent and bossy which also gets him in trouble! Yesterday morning he woke up at 4:30 and got in our bed and had the nerve to tell me to scoot over. He also likes to debate things he thinks he knows. He has a ninja turtle toy that he insists in a man with a backpack no matter how many times we point out it's a shell. When you ask him to do something he doesn't want to do he'll close his eyes and say "I sleep." I don't know where he gets this smart mouth from, certainly not me. At 2.5 he is working on his conversation skills and is beginning to speak in intelligible paragraphs and not just random sentences. There are times when he tells me an entire story and not one word is in a language known on Earth. He loves his baby sister and always reminds us that he's the big brother. I want to put him in school part time, but it's not in the budget right now. He knows his alphabet and how to count, but will not do it correctly if you ask him to. When I ask him to count to 5 I normally get "1, 2, 8, 13, 92" or something equally ridiculous. I
 

My sweet baby girl likes to smile and coo at us. She's much more vocal and expressive than Judah was at that age. MrC is in awe every single day. She is a great sleeper at night thank the Lord!  She was born on MrC's deceased brothers birthday and I think he hand picked her in heaven to send to us. I feel like a very blessed momma!

I'm back!

> I am ready to start this blogging thing again. Now that I'm working full time again, I actually have time during my day to sit at a computer and type. So heyyyy y'all, I'm back!
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> So much has happened since I last blogged. Last October when I was almost 6 months pregnant, I lost the baby. I turned around and got pregnant again the very next month. I'm pretty sure I get pregnant just from kissing, so I need to lay off on that. I had a sweet baby girl on August 27 of this year. I'll post pictures tomorrow. Just know that Alaia is the sweetest most beautiful baby in all the world! I may be a little biased though.
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> I'm working as a special education assistant teacher at a high school. I work in CRI which is the extremely low level students that cannot graduate with a diploma. They are in a 6 year program that grants them a certificate. My class has 4 students. The 2 girls are sweet, and the 2 boys are determined to end up in jail. This is my fourth week on the job, expect many blogs on them!
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> Judah is the most hilarious 2 year old around. Even though I want to drop kick him most days for acting like a crazy toddler, I love my happy boy!
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> The good thing about working in a class with kids that can barely read is they can sit right next to me as I type about them and they can't follow along.
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> My class is going swimming today and I need to go get the girls dressed.