kiddo update

the kiddos have been wild and crazy as usual. i figured it might be time for an update.

anna is still into drawing, especially tracing her hands and feet.


ben is so into his refrigerator music player. he takes it with him everywhere.


and of course, he loves to watch signing time.


anna's new thing is walking in my boots, but only if they are high heels.


but what about josh you might ask? well, he's so into his friends and video games that i haven't been able to catch him in a picture!

yesterday anna chose a new toy from her preschool's treasure box--a new little kitty she named sparkle. today just happened to be sparkles birthday, so this morning we celebrated.


and by the way, that's josh in the blue shirt.
see, he's still into us too...sometimes.

more valentine yummies

oh man. these yummies just ended up in my google reader.

cupcake pops and cupcake bites...seriously.


yes, you're absolutely right, anna's class must have these next friday! good idea!

and oh holy hell, check these out too.


chocolate chip cookie dough brownies
in all their glory and seductiveness...sigh.

do not go to this website. don't go. your thighs will be very angry at you.

you've been warned!

basketball dreams

our local down syndrome group, BUDS, sent this link out today.
it shows a young man playing high school basketball, and he just happens to have ds too. look for lucky #3. he's pretty darn good if you ask me.


did you notice player named "briggs?"

one word...awesome.

hello february

ok, so what happened to january?
where did it go so quickly?
please, 2009, slooowww dowwwnn.

not much to report on my end.
our family continues to motor on and stay busy.
baseball try-outs are this weekend so josh is looking forward to that (not really). anna has dance class tonight and ben has therapy tomorrow and thursday. same ole, same old.

anna reminded me last night that valentine's day is coming up.
we've already bought valentines already (that's right, i said 'bought'--the SHAME!!), but there are a lot of cute ideas out there too.

even though i don't have much time, i will def. have to make these cutie pretzels


we made something similar for our neighborhood block party this past summer, and the kids went gaga. maybe we'll make these tonight even because i'm drooling over this picture.

i guess that's it for today.
happy belated ground hog day--too bad we have 6 more weeks of winter. ugh.