Time to start blogging again?

I'm thinking about it....

For that special someone....our teacher!

So, tomorrow is Killian's last day of school. I have very mixed emotions about this! Anywho, I was at a total loss as of what to get her because she truly has been an awesome person in his life for the past 10 months! We decided that Killian will give her an apple (he's been begging me for MONTHS to be able to do that!) and a framed pic of himself with her at the graduation ceremony (thanks Heather!! lol) and tomorrow I will make a mad dash to Hallmark to check out thier selection of fun stuff and if I'm unable to set on anything we'll get her a Barnes and Noble gift card. We'll see what happens! Anyways, Heather wanted a pic of the candy poster and since my camera is in Connor's room I'm not taking the risk and waking him up, I'll post it tomorrow. But this is what is says (and all the words in " " are candy bars that are glued to the board):

Mrs. Blakey,
Thanks for going to "Xtremes" to make sure I'm not an "Airhead(s)"!! You really are a "Life Saver(s)"! You've been a great teacher and even though there were a lot of "Snickers", you never lost your cool and became a "Hot Tamale(s)" Next year I hope you "Skor" a huge "Payday"! I love you "Mounds"!


Eh, it's the best I could come up with! I hope she likes it, and if not at least Killian had fun picking out the candy! I guess I better go, I have lots and lots to do tomorrow!

Graduate!

It's official! Killian has successfully completed Kindergarten, as of about 10 hours ago. There ceremony was adorable! They sang 3 songs, said the Pledge of Allegiance, immediately followed by the Texas Flag Pledge. They all looked so handsome and cute! It was very fun and exciting! A few minor mishaps did take place though. Elliott decided it would be a good idea to let Connor play with my camera, and in an instant he completely broke it! It still takes pictures but the LED screen is 100% busted. There is a big white part and a cracked looking thing down the middle and that's it. Then the BRAND NEW batteries I put in Elliott's camera died after I recorded one song! I couldn't believe it! It made me so mad!! And last, but not least, Mrs. Blakey started bawling while she was calling the kids names. She had to stop for a minute to compose herself. It was so SAD! That, mixed with Kennedy's Grandmother bawling right beside me, totally made me start tearing up. I didn't think I would cry but this was way harder to take than the first day of school! Bonuse excitement, I got Connor's new stroller and the gymboree stuff in the mail today! I also got the baby blanket I ordered for my cousin's gift! It's really adorable. I WANT A GIRL! Seriously! Well, that's pretty much it. I did manage to get a couple of good pics of Killian.

New news....maybe?

So, a lot of things are happening around the Shumer household. Elliott got a motorcycle, which makes him happy...Him being the opperative word. I'm not too thrilled about it, but what can ya do? Killian is almost done with Kindergarten! He has his "Completion Ceremony" (they refuse to call it a graduation, lmao) the day after tomorrow and Friday is his final day. I must say this makes me terribly sad. I can't believe how fast it went by! I also can't believe how much he has learned and grown. Both mentally and physically! He isn't too much bigger than when he started, but he's definitely moving up in clothing sizes a little, and he also just looks like a kid, not a toddler but a real life big kid. :( Where did my baby go??? He has his second loose tooth that I imagine will be gone within a week or two. He's registered in tackle football! I know I get the "what the hell is wrong with you?" look (and occasionally the statement as well!) everytime I say that, but I am so EXCITED about that! And so is he. He absolutely will not stop talking about it. I'm not quite sure if he knows what he's in for, but he has seen a couple of practices (my cousin's 8 year old was in it) so he has to have a bit of an idea. Also, next week will be our start of our summer traveling. We did already go to San Antonio, but I wouldn't exactly call that traveling...We're headed to Oklahoma around the 10th and sometime that same week we will be going to Branson, MS, then back to Oklahoma for a little while. We'll probably be there about 2 weeks or so, my cousin is having a baby shower around the 27th, so we'll be there at least that long. I can't wait to go! I love seeing family, it's just the most awesome feeling in the world. Anywho, that's about it for now. I'll probably do one more post w/ pics from the kiddo's thing Wed. morning and then I probably will be on hiatus until we get home. I hope everyone is doing great!

Woohoo!!

So, things have been pretty awesome around here lately. This weekend we had a GREAT time at the Rabbit Fest on Friday and Ethan's 1st Birthday party on Saturday! The Rabbit Fest was a bit overpriced for the size that it was, but what fair isn't overpriced? All the boys got to give a tiny monkey a quarter and he shook all of thier hands for luck, and Connor got to do it twice which he LOVED! He so wanted to hold that monkey!! It was hilarious though because the second time he did it the monkey came back and snatched a piece of funnel cake off of his shirt! It was so cute!! They also got to ride ponies. The big boys didn't want to have anything to do with the pony rides until they saw Connor do it. But they all loved it and had a good time. And Connor was in his own little piece of Heaven when we let him in the "petting zoo"....It was a caged pen with a tiny horse, a couple of goats, some ducks, a small donkey (I think) and some chickens and things like that. He just couldn't get enough of all of those animals! He loves them!!! He kept trying to lay his head on them and snuggle, and I almost got a picture of him doing it to a goat, but the damn thing got up and walked away before I could snap it, lol. And the big boys had fun riding the rides. Killian wasn't quite tall enough to do everything he wanted, but at least he hit the 42'' mark this year and was able to do a lot more than previous fairs! I think he said his favorite was the "arctic chill" which is like the Himalaya....just cars that go around a track really fast, then they go backwards. Then Saturday we went to Ethan's Birthday and had loads and loads of fun! King of the Grill himself cooked dinner, and it was pretty awesome. Somebody needs to give my husband some grilling lessons!! And while this past week was a bit of a struggle because Connor got sick and popped like 4 teeth all at once, one good thing did come out of it....He totally weened himself off of the binky!!!! That is so freaking great I can't even tell you. It was awful because he didn't want to eat or anything because it hurt and he didn't want to suck on the bink either. So he was miserable because he was hungry and if he wasn't in the bath playing or outside playing he was just completely unhappy and inconsolable. Then I figured out that he would eat gogurts! So that made things a little easier on everyone, but he still just refused the binky. So now the teeth are finished cutting and he's as happy as can be, and I swear he's making up for those three days because he's eating EVERYTHING in sight! But he doesn't seem to mind at all that the binky is no more! I'm so excited about this, but at the same time it's a little sad because now we're down to only one thing left to get rid of and then he's officially not a baby anymore!! (The last thing is diapers in case you were wondering what I was referring to.) Well, that's pretty much it, I need to get some laundry started and get to bed. I have an early day tomorrow...Hope everyone is doing well!

What a week!?

So, my husband has been back for an entire week as of today and needless to say it has been extremely interesting. It's just a large readjustment for him to go from "by myself" to having a family of four around all the time and vice versa for me. He does things that irritate the crap out of me, as I do things that annoy him. He moved the flipping silverware organizer because it annoys him that Connor loves to play in it, however I'm annoyed that the thing is moved, not that I have to pick up and rinse off spoons 5x a day. Killian is (pretty much) loving every minute of him being home though. With the excetpion of making him do things he doesn't want to do....but I can't blame him, I was the same way when I was 6. Anywho, last night Elliott was giving Connor a bath and I told him that there's a certain way to spray his head because he absolutely HATES getting his face wet. Well, he was standing in the bathtub and Elliott was holding his arm when Connor goes to take a step, slips, falls and smacks his eye on the edge of the tub. THANK GOD it's like fiberglass and not ceramic or I could only imgagine what he'd look like now. But he has a HUMONGOUS bruise and a small cut on the crease of his upper left eyelid. He looks like he was in a super big barfight! Poor baby!! But he's a trooper (haha Heather) and he is doing just fine today, and he was doing alright last night after about 30 mins. of crying. I just can't believe it happened! Ok, I know this doesn't make much sense (probably because I'm typing on the 30 sec. commecials while watching last night's Grey's) but I think that's about it for now. I hope everyone is having a great time being a whole family again!!

Rumor has it.....

We're moving to Eglin AFB, FL!!!! Ok, so my husband could TOTALLY be yanking my chain, but at this point I kind of actually believe him! Supposedly they "accidentally" (I say that because he said he turned it down but Batallion didn't put the paperwork through) automatically promoted him to E-6 and he came down on orders back to FL and we report in Nov!!!!! Now, if he is lying to me I just might have to commit serious bodily injury to him, but I am so excited! I can't believe it, I would love to go back! And be closer to our family.....I <3 Charleston! That's pretty much it for now. I still have no idea when he'll be home and I (along with probably everyone else) am completely fed up with the flip flopping! I will not believe anything until I can physically touch him! Ok, I'm super tired and I need to pry myself away from apt. hunting!