She's Getting So Big!

Well Elizabeth has reached a new milestone!!! She now has earrings!!!!

We had gone to the Mall right before Valentine's Day and she had mentioned that she wanted to get her ears pierced when we were there. We did not end up doing it that night and I thought that she would forget about it. Well I was wrong. She has been asking about it ever since. Yesterday morning when I was watching our neighbors daughter, Elizabeth noticed that she had earrings. She then asked if she could get earrings too. I told her yes, some day. She replied with "Can we do it this day, please." How could I say no. I had told her that it would hurt. It was going to pinch her ears, but she still wanted to do it.

So last night off to the mall we go again. Nana met us there to help in case we needed it. I was fully prepared to accept that we might have to leave with only one ear done. There was a teenage girl getting hers done right before us and we watched quietly to see what happens. I asked Elizabeth one more time if she really wanted to do this. She shook her head yes. We went to the counter so she could pick out which earrings she wanted. She decided on her birthstone ones.

So now it was our time. I picked her up and placed her on the tall stool. She looked so tiny sitting up there like a big girl. The woman made the marker marks on her ear lobes and asked if they were where we wanted them to be. They looked good so now it was time to pierce the ears. She tells Elizabeth that she will count to three and then she will feel the pinch. They would do one ear and then the other.

1,2,3, pinch...I waited to hear the scream, but it was quiet. Elizabeth looked for one second that she might cry, but she didn't. She was so brave and did an awesome job. After the second ear I picked her up and gave her a giant hug. We asked her if it hurt, and she said "NO" She got her lollipop and off we went to go ride a few rides.

The Time Has Flown By.....

Well here I am again, telling myself that I will be better at keeping up with the blog. I have really let it go this time. I cannot believe that I have not posted anything since August. My goal from here on out is to update it at least once a week.

I will try to update you all a little now on what has been going on with us. The kids are all in school again, though we are on school vacation this week. Tyler and Eric are in second grade and Alex is in first grade. They seem to be enjoying the year. Tyler is playing indoor soccer right now and really likes it. He will be continuing to play travel soccer this spring that he started in the fall. Eric is also going to be playing soccer this spring with Tyler. He decided not to play indoor soccer and decided to start guitar lessons, which he loves more than anything else. All three boys just finished basketball. It was the one year that all three were able to be on the same team together. Alex really liked having his older brothers there to help him and cheer him on. Elizabeth is taking ballet and tap lessons. She goes once a week with her friend Emma. It is really cute watching a room full of 3 and 4 year olds dancing and learning routines. I still cannot believe that Elizabeth is going to be 4 years old in two months. She still looks to little to me to be 4. Elizabeth is going to be playing soccer in the fall as well. She has been looking forward to this since last summer.

Todd is very busy with work as it is that time of year again. He has officially had his first case of strep throat for this season. I am just wondering how many more times is he going to get it again before May. I as well have just finished getting over being sick. Having a fever for four days is no fun. All the kids were not feeling well either. Three out of the four are on antibiotics. The doctors office actually laughed when I called on Saturday to get them an appointment and said that all four needed to be seen. Hopefully we are all on the mends and are going to be felling so much better when school starts back up next week.

I have been very busy this year. I took on being the PTA president this year at the kids school. It has definitely been a learning experience and has been a lot of fun and hard work. It has kept me on my toes. There are days when I tell Elizabeth that we have to stop by the school and she says "Oh No, not there again!" She has made very good friends with the two women that work in the front office. Whenever we enter the school she walks right into their office and hops up in their chairs and sits at their desks. I think she thinks of that space as her second home at times.

Well, it is time to go and start dinner. I will try to do my best to keep this posted once a week!!!!