The girls and I went by ourselves to the park and played in the leaves. It was a lot of fun! Later that day we played in the leaves at Aunt Jerri and Uncle Beau's.....Enjoy!!!

Chloe's Peek-a-boo

Chloe and Dave decided to play a game and as you can see she loved every minute of it! Well, think Dave did too!

Updates....

Well, it has been a crazy bunch of months. I got my classroom all fixed and the kids! I have 23 kids this year, wow! They are great and seem to be adjusting to me and vice versus.

The girls are doing great. We've been fighting the flu with Grace and having her nasal flu shot. Overall, though they have been healthy, thank God! Dave has sinus infection and hasn't been feeling well either. He had to go to urgent care and even had to wear a mask, along with most of the people there! It was a crazy experience for him. I have been feeling fine for the most part, haven't caught anything from home or school.

Grace is now 3 years old! She had a great party! She loved bowling. We've been a couple of times, along with her Aunt Jerri taking her. She is still potty training. We were trying to persuade her by buying her toys when she went. Now it is everytime we see a commerical or a toy....Mommy if I go potty I can have that? So it is quite funny. But anyways, she is still having trouble going poo as she says. She will even say I don't do that yet mommy. We will continue trying but on the most part we have been dry! Her new thing is drawing people.....the fat round circles with stick legs, no arms yet, but eyes and a mouth even! It is a cute sight. She likes to even draw crazy hair. She is doing better with Chloe but has those moments of sister rivalry! Overall, she is a 3 year old!

Chloe is now 1 years old! Can't believe it but it has gone and went. She is not quite walking long distances but will for what she wants. She prefers to crawl. She says mama, Dada, hey, hi, cap (for captain), and that's about it. She likes to eat like crazy. We are trying to wean her from nursing but it isn't going so well yet. She has 4 teeth and of course got them after everyone who has babies that I know....hope that saying is true, if your child gets teeth late they have good teeth! Cause poor children got and does everything after every child their age! She is definitely a daddy's girl! She always going to him when she sees him. It's quite the sight! She has to follow big sister around and do what she does. She is such a climber too. I can't believe how daring she is.....she has climbed our stairs at the house and climbs on the little table that they play at too. I am hoping she doesn't break something before she is 5 years old!

I have some pictures posted on facebook of the girls. Gosh would love to post more here too, but it is hard to find the time to do it on both. I will try to put more pictures and updates when I get the time! Hope all is well, as it is here in the English family!

what a week

Well, it's been a while since I posted last. This week has been very busy......Jerri got married on Friday and believe it or not Grace was adorable and Chloe slept through it. Grace decided she wanted to dance and grab Jerri during the ceremony. She didn't really disturb it too much though Jerri and Beau said they enjoyed it! Chloe was fussy because she is teething and now has thrush. She hasn't nursed much which is nice and bad at the same time......figuring I have a yeast infection from it! Anyways, she went to the doctor today and has that fixed and is on medicines, along with me! Another big thing that has happened today is I fell and sprain my ankle. I had to be taken by Dave to get x-rays.....not fun! I made a note to myself to move the laundry off the stairs before bringing down the girls!
Dave got the weekend off for his family reunion but with Chloe and I we don't get to go....he made that decision! Thought it wouldn't be fun to have a fussy baby traveling 4 1/2 hours away.....maybe a wife who can't really walk either! So now we get some family time which is nice cause we don't get that much with me working and him too!
Well, looks like I have a messy one to clean.......Chloe!

Curent Update of English Chaos!!!

It has been awhile since our family has posted anything so here it goes since the big one is silent and asleep. Our lives have been very crazy lately. Joy is finishing her school year. Her life has consisted of stupid budget cuts, crazy first graders that can find anyway to get into trouble, thankfully she works with such lovely people :) It also consist of sitting in a tanning bed for what seems like forever even though its only a few minutes each time. Maybe she just likes to think that she gets to go hide from the kiddos for awhile in peace and quiet so she makes it seem like its longer then it really is.

Chloe is now starting to crawl....well, if you call taking a couple of steps and then lay down to rest! She is even trying to stand and walk around on furniture. She hasn't figured out that crawling must come first! She loves her food! She eats more than I think Grace ever did. I'm just amazed at how big she is getting and how fast!

Grace is now a little gardner. She loves to go to her nana's and plant. She isn't all my child for sure because she loves to get her hands all dirty! She has been fishing with daddy and loved it until she actually caught one and it flopped on the ground. She now doesn't like to pull it in when there's a fish! She did go with her Grandpa English and daddy and wouldn't bring in the fish but had a blast! She is beginning to be our little singer! She has to sing in the car and around the house.

Dave of course is very busy at work. Staff and the kids are always keeping him on his toes and filled with stories. He will get to take a vacation soon! He definitely deserves it. He is going to be getting a pizza party in a couple of days because he has lost over 55 lbs. How is amazing to me. He just watches what he eats and we walk when we both have time together.

Oh, since I started this (well Dave did) I have more news about me. I am receiving another partner this coming school year! They had to divide lines on where kids will go to school because of bond issues and levy stuff. This caused them to add another 1st grade class next year because there will be too many kiddos! This is a great thing and hopefully a beginning for me!

Well, here are some updated pictures of the kids that you may find very cute!

Some are on the side because I can't turn them. Sorry!

Little moments!

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything and thought I had a couple of moments! Thank you oreos, spongebob, and naps! Well, Christmas, New years, and almost Valentine's Day has came and went with flying colors. The girls, well mainly Grace, had a blast with Christmas. Grace opened every gift in sight, not letting Dave or I open anything, and Chloe just loved up all the attention she got. Grace and Chloe enjoyed my 2 weeks off from school and I have to say it was wonderful (it spoiled me and now I am looking forward to summer)!

Chloe has now rolled both ways! She did it way before Grace did. It's surprising how different they are. She is having little fits now since I've gone back to school from Christmas break. I think it may be a separation thing or hopefully a phase, but anyways, she cries for a couple of hours when I am gone and will even skip a feeding until I get home to nurse her! I thought she may have gotten over it because she stopped a couple of times with Dave and wasn't doing it for him. My mom then watched her and had stopped for her as well. So a couple of Friday ago the teachers at work decided to do their annual last of the month bar stop. I thought well babies are doing well so I will go out too! Bad idea, Chloe knew what time it was and began her fit of crying for me and not stopping until I got home. Anyways, the doctor said it could be a separation thing or she could have colic.

Grace is her normal self! She is a busy little one! She is trying to take naps out of her day, which is a good thing and a bad thing! She will get there!!! It was a bummer!!!! Anyways, doctor said it could be a separation thing or and up going to sleep at 5-6 at night and then sometimes wake up at nights having nightmares or just screaming fits! It's good to have that time with Chloe or have time to work on school stuff when she does go to sleep early. I think I would much rather have her sleep during the day.....don't much like the waking up at 2 or 3 at nights screaming and coming into bed!

Anyways, here's some pictures and I have some cute videos but couldn't upload them. If you get on my facebook page I was able to upload them there.