Another birthday party done

Everyone singing happy birthday!
Kaleb was a policeman
The kids in front of the police car!


Today we celebrated our Kaleb's birthday. He officially turns 5 on Thursday at 6:59 PM, but hey it is close enough.
Everyone seemed to have enjoyed themselves at least I hope. I was super excited of the fact that my cousin who I consider to be my big sister, drove the 2 hours to come. She and my brother were the only family from my side here and it made me feel extra loved. My brother and I had an acorn fight which brought back lots of memories of childhood days.
I wasn't the only one reliving my childhood. Brady's cousin , his wife, and their children came and that always makes Brady happy. It is great that they have moved closer because now Brady sees his cousin more often and they were really close as kids.
Also we gave the kids water guns so my wonderful husband decided to get in on the action and pulled out the super soaker. The kids had a BLAST!
We had a policeman come in his unit to let Kaleb sit in the car and play with the sirens. We were supposed to have a fire engine, but as it was waiting for the police man to come with it....It got called to a fire. How awesome that he got to sit in the police car and turn on the sirens. I was so happy for him.
I hope my son realizes just how special these birthday parties are for me. My mom never went through the trouble of making parties for my brothers and I. Well at least not parties where friends were invited it was always just immediate family.
So the cake is gone, the decorations down, and right now Daddy is playing with Kaleb and his toys. Logan is cranky but that's OK he'll go to bed earlier.
So next birthday party is in January. That will be fun. I think we will have gumbo for Logan's party.
For all who came... thanks for making Kaleb's party a huge fun time for him. Thank you for the gifts and thank you God for letting it be a beautiful day.

CALLING ALL ENGINES

So the cheese ball you see in this picture is my first born, Kaleb James. He will be 5 on October 9th but we are celebrating his 5 years on Earth a little early as in tomorrow.
Kaleb wanted a firefighter and policemen birthday party so being the nice momma I am and having the very loving Mammy he has Kaleb got his wish! So tomorrow we will have a birthday party filled with sirens and lights. Hopefully they are the lights of enjoyment in Kaleb's eyes when he sees the cop car and possibly the firetruck pull into our drive way!
I decided that I am cheap...I'll make his cake so for a little over 5.00 Kaleb is having a fire truck shaped cake. I am not professional, but it came out pretty cute if you ask me. Here are some pictures I took of the cake
They are above!

Ok so I don't know how to make the pictures post correctly, but the top picture is Kaleb's finished cake!
I look forward to seeing his face tomorrow. I miss my baby, but he can be really and sometimes annoying to be around!

While I wait for the phone people

OK so I thought I would take this time to post.. because I don't feel like cleaning or grading papers. But, I'll complain when I have to do it later tonight. So I took a half day off work today because our stupid phone is out of whack and the tech is due to come between 2 and 6. Well I hope he comes after 3 so that I can go pick up the boys and not miss him.
Much has happened since I last posted. Let's see 2 hurricanes have happened. We did well through both of them. We lost power for 4 days with Gustav, but survived it out at the in-laws house thanks to Ensco providing a generator for us. Hurricane Ike gave us more branches to pick up in our backyard which finally got done this weekend because my in-laws gave me the motivation to do it that and they helped me do it to.
Life at work is hectic. I HATE it! I wish I had some other type of training so that I can get out of teaching and do something fun and exciting. But, I have no other skills. I have totally lost interest in my career. Can some body please offer me some money so I can get my dream opened up? I so want to open my own charter fishing business with room and board. I will get that one day.
I am also dead tied lately. If given the choice of watching TV or sleeping I will go with sleeping. I am tired all the time. It has to be the stress of work and life.
We are all alive and well. Brady is out of town for the whole week at a video training class. Kaleb is turning 5 next week and his birthday party is Sunday. So I will be getting the house cleaned all week. I am sure my in-laws will take the boys so I can bake and decorate cakes and cookies as well as finish up the house. They are so good to me about that.
I do have some pictures I want to put up, but I will have to wait until they are loaded on the computer. I'll try to post again this week. I have been leaving you all in the dark.

I am still here...

just been extremely busy. Trying to gather thoughts as to what to post about. I have a few things to write about, but can't seem to get the flow of words yet. I'll try to post tonight because I'll be up late doing my lesson plans of I don't get them done by this afternoon at work. To my loyal visitors sorry I haven't been blogging. But, I will!

Oh what a week

I know I said I would post on Wednesdays, but we had a very active week at work this week and I was dead tired.
So wow, Gustav is on his way. I actually picture this hurricane with a little cigar in his mouth and really dark hair waiting to crush his enemies.
Oh I think I may be too laid back for hurricanes. I am not worried (anymore that is) now that I know where everyone will be. I know my parents are going to be safe and my brothers will too.
We are heading to the in-laws tomorrow for our nights or charades and laughing at the kids. Grass is cut, shed is packed, and now I just need to finish getting the kids, Brady, and my clothed packed and the dishes washed.
I so don't look forward to rain and winds, but I love the fact that school is closed. I'll write more later my husband is home and I am sure he wants the computer.
Everyone stay safe!

Trying to stay positive

Ok so I I haven't posted since last Tuesday. I think I need to pick a day and post. I just don;t have the time nor the energy to post each day. So I think I will post on Wednesdays. Well at least try to post on Wednesdays.
Well here is my post for this week.
As we all know I was asked to step down to a second grade position after 8 years of teaching 4th and 5th graders. I was not too keen on the idea, but decided to take the challenge. Well the more I thought about it over the summer the sicker I would get and guess what all the worries I had are happening. Oh my goodness... do seven year olds really not understand sitting down for at least 5 minutes without digging in their desk or tying their shoes. I swear I know my oldest son is not that wiggly and he's only going to be 5. Everyone says to talk to them like they are my kid. Nope can't do that because when I talk to my boys they understand concepts. Man, I really am having a hard time staying positive through this whole ordeal. I really feel someone has set me up for failure. Sure I have my class walking in a straight line down the hall and my lesson plans are considered to be super...but I really can't help but wonder if these kids are learning anything. I hate not being able to tell. They are constantly moving and it irritates me to pieces.
I really am trying to stay positive! But, the more people ask me how it's going the more I want to just sit and cry about it. I find myself saying lots of prayers throughout the day and lots of breathing exercises. Just pray that I can make it through the year without having to medicate myself ( I am just kidding).
On a lighter note, Kaleb is doing wonderful with school. Last night he had homework and even though the poor child has 2 pushy parents, he got through his homework without much fussing. Poor baby he just starts Pre-K and mom and dad are hovering over him to do his homework. Daddy got a little more impatient than mommy. Kaleb was a trooper though he had his moments but he wrote most of his answers by himself. We can't let him play before homework or we have trouble on our hands. Oh and if Logan is around we have to peel him off of us for us to help Kaleb. This ought to be fun when Brady is at work and I have to do homework with Kaleb. Yeap sounds fun to me.
If anyone plans to visit us anytime soon, please call well in advance. You can tell I started back to work because well I haven't been doing the housework like I should. The clothes is washed and some folded, but it sits on the fireplace ledge and the chaise lounge.
I am so looking forward to Friday. I think I may be making some new friends this school...their names Jose and Jack. Oh well I am exhausted and I have a LONG day tomorrow. At least I have most of my lesson planning done for next week. It is due Thursday.

Have a great rest of the week!

Don't know how to feel!

Tomorrow my oldest son begins a new chapter in his life. His chapter would be entitled School years section 1 Pre-K at Carencro Catholic. I am faced with many fears tonight as I type this. First one being will I be able to see this whole experience as a mommy and not a teacher. Last night I was already checking out the whole place in a teacher's perspective. But, it hit me I am a momma with a school aged kid now. What where did my childhood go. Where did my being a young person go? I have a kid that starts school tomorrow and in 14 more years will be graduating high school...AGHHHHH!
I am so happy that he gets to be in a setting with children again. The boy was starting to act like an adult and I hate it. I am sad that my baby is growing up so fast, but I am so excited that he gets to embark on his new chapter. I want him to learn so much. Just hope I am not to hard on him with school work. I know he will sit and do his homework then he can play. I know that when I get a phone call from his teacher saying he is misbehaving HIS DADDY will handle it because he is just like his daddy. I hope he doesn't get bored. I hope he makes new friends. I can't wait for him to have sleep overs and things.
As I write I am teary eyed ( I said I wasn't going to do that), but he is talking to his imaginary friend at the moment about how he has to be good as Catholic school. Wow, where did my baby go. Guess I better hold tight to the other bruiser.. I mean baby. I have pictures of staged 1st day of school. I can't be there to get pictures of him getting into class so we staged it. Isn't he a doll?