Here is Ronni and her friend Cate. (Sorry Candace -- Ronni's a bad example. ;) One of Ronni's favorite places to be is at the window. Her bed is right in front of a window and she sits there very often just staring out the window. In the living room she stands on the back of the couch and watches out the window. She showed Cate how to do it, too. They stood there together, watching everything out the window. hehe!

Update on us....

So... it's been a while since I've posted updates on everyone so here is an update...

Paul - He's still in school full time and working full time and is also the executive secretary at work. Needless to say, the poor guy stays pretty busy.

Me - I am still in school full time, working part time and I'm still the primary president as well. I keep the kids during the day and work at night after they're in bed and Paul is home. I am homeschooling Collin 3 yo preschool. Ryanne participates with a lot of the stuff too. It's lots of fun.

Collin - He loves to learn! He asks questions all the time and wants real answers so we're often doing experiments. He can explain how radio waves get into the radio, how lightning makes thunder, why the sky is blue, and the evaporation cycle. We normally do experiments to explain things. Like for why it rains, I boiled water with a pie pan above it with ice in it so Collin could see the "cloud" (pie pan) create rain from the steam. It was fun and he was very excited about the rain. He loves playing computer games and learning about space. He is very excited about this Halloween b/c he's going to be an astronaut.

Ronni - She loves to talk and tends to talk all the time. haha! She gives a play by play of everything that we do throughout the day. It's pretty funny. She is a little daredevil and loves to climb and jump off of things. A little scary for "mommy" but she's always laughing about it. Everytime she's about to do something she yells "Vatch, Mommy! Vatch!! She pronounces her "w"s as "v"s. She says "vet" instead of "wet" too. It's kind of funny. She's loves to give hugs and play with my hair.

The new bed!!!

Here is our incredible deal. Everything... almost everything you see here cost us $100. I <3 Craig's List!! Whoot! We got the bunk bed, mattresses, and sheets (not the blankets). YAY!! We thought it was an awesome deal. Yes, that's the crib mattress on the floor. We thought it would be best while Ronni gets used to sleeping in a bed with no railing. The toddler bed had a railing on the top half. I just hope sleeping goes well tonight in their new bed. Ronni kept wanting to climb in the top with Collin during nap time. It was rough.

This is why mom and dad don't sleep well....

He crawled into out bed and took over. Note the bottom sheet has even been pulled from the mattress.... *shrug*

A working student mom

This is what happens when I try to do homework. haha!! Notice cats are w/ me too. haha! Ronni was already in bed. I just didn't last long enough to get Collin there too. Paul came home from work and took this lovely and flattering pic of me. =D I just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Apparently, neither could Collin.

SHE'S OURS!

The court hearing was yesterday. It was very nerve racking for me just b/c I don't like public speaking and I had to sit in the witness stand and answer questions, so did Paul. Ronni decided to run for me when I was on the stand so Paul jumped up to stop her but the judge stopped the lawyer to tell us that she can run around if she wants to as long as she's not endangering herself. Even the bailiff was playing with her as she was running around the court room. At the end the judge said she's ours. We started getting up to leave and Collin asked, "Is she ours forever now?" haha! So cute!!! I've attached a pic with the judge, lawyer, case worker, guardian and us. Whoot! I'm so excited this step in our life is finished. YAY!!!

I need more daytime!!

I was just re-reading the Twilight series and realized how beneficial it would be to become a vampire (vegetarian only) and not need sleep. I could get so much more done in my day. I really want to go to the gym but it takes so much out of my day. The kids and I just go for a walk every morning. My day starts at 7am. I feed the kids and get them dressed then we go on a walk from 7:30-8am and I come back home and shower while Paul watches the kids. Then he gets bathed and dressed and leaves for school and work (since he does both full time). After that, my day is spent being a mom, student, maid, driver, primary president and cook. Finally, it's night time and time for bed... for most ppl anyways. I, then, have to get ready to go into work. I get home at about 1:30am and go to bed for about 5 hrs to start the whole thing over again the next day. I'm tired! I want a little more time. I would love to be able to go to the gym every morning and to get a couple of hours sleep. Maybe have more leisure time to read a book or something. I am glad that I have a job (that I work 7 days/week) and that I'm back in school. I LOVE being a mom and I LOVE being in primary. I don't want to stop anything I'm doing b/c I have fun w/ all of them. I just want a little more daytime... is that really too much to ask?? hehe! =D Thanks for "listening" to my vent.