tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13830669518011075462024-03-13T06:25:09.067-07:00KNAG and methis blog is about my life and my kids lifeamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-15454395078840821072012-12-17T17:45:00.001-08:002012-12-17T17:45:55.633-08:00school shootingsso its now been three days since the shooting in CT. My son went to school today where they did a code blue drill. they didnt really say why they are now working on these drills. he is 5 and when i asked him why they where doing it he just said because if a bad person comes in the school we have to hide. then of course i had to explain to my 5 yr old and his 4 yr old sister why it was important to listen to the teacher and follow what she says. when i told him that a bad man shot 20 kids his age and they were in heaven he at first told me mommy are they with their parents. which of course made me cry. i told him no buddy they are with GOD waiting for their parents but they are safe and in no pain. poor kid said mommy thats sad wont their mommys and daddys be upset? i said yes baby their parents and families are upset.<br />
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this sucks little kids shouldnt be killedamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-91273678195680802322012-11-23T12:44:00.000-08:002012-11-23T12:45:38.930-08:00hey all i know i havent been blogging as much but ill try and see if i can.<br />
<br />anyways kids are getting big and keith is in school. arianna is staying home with me which is nice for her and i. also im a influenster.com member and its awesome you should really check it out. you can get lots of products to test and blog about. i did one with dish soap that made it so you sponge wasn't smelly anymore.<a href="http://influenster.com/">influenster.com</a>amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-17016986978807783302011-07-21T19:10:00.000-07:002011-07-21T19:10:30.111-07:00updateso its july 21 2011 already. crazy right. well this have been ok. kids have been sick since the 24th of june which is in a way bad but also is the normal thing. arianna had it first and gave it to keith. then she gave it to me. and of course in the last 2 weeks mannie got sick. other then that the kids are doing well. keith is on a list to get into preschool. hopefully it goes well. arianna has decided potty training is hard. lol<br />
amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-6494002962383033722011-05-26T19:16:00.000-07:002011-05-26T19:16:23.012-07:00just a check upso things are doing great right now. kids are enjoying the beginning of summer. both kids are growing big and getting into everything. keith has been talking in wonderfully long sentences and phrases. arianna has been talking alot more and we are able to understand it alot more. mannie is doing great and so am iamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-73046567218275781862011-05-12T12:06:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:36:27.332-07:001st long family walk of the spring/summer 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUYsNK-8fqo/TcwwJ_E9VOI/AAAAAAAAAEk/hhctcgOSi8Q/s1600/may+11+2011+030.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SUYsNK-8fqo/TcwwJ_E9VOI/AAAAAAAAAEk/hhctcgOSi8Q/s320/may+11+2011+030.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>we took a walk as a family yesterday and it was a long walk. it was nice to be out the 4 of us but it was also pretty hot. i asked the kids please hold each others hand. and this was the cute pic i got. lol other then that we are doing wellamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-49154435465185543412011-05-08T12:29:00.001-07:002011-05-08T12:29:56.476-07:00happy mothers day 2011hello all hope that everyone has a wonderful mothers day. im trying to enjoy mine without the hubby because he is at work but its ok. kids are having tons of fun chasing one another<br />
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things have been doing ok lately. keith is doing so well as far as not having any accidents in his pants. he has also been sleeping through the night most nights. which makes me happy. being that he is 4 and just now doing it, means alot because he is very comfortable living in our new place. Arianna is doing so good too. she has been going on the potty alot more lately im kinda just letting her tell me when she is ready. she has been talking alot. its so awesome to see how much she is growing. 2 1/2 yrs old already. it is also great that she is this big because when she was first born she was diagnoised with sleep apena and that had to be the scarist time for our family. for the first 3 months we(mannie and i) slept in shifts. because we could never knew if she was going to wake up. then at 5 months her alarm started going nuts at all hours. and one nite i had to call 911 to come get her and i because our car wasnt starting and she needed a doctor asap.. they gave her an rsv test and she had it. so she was admitted. then a few hrs later a neighbor and her 6 week old was admitted to. so im very thankful that she is 2 1/2 and making me crazy.<br />
lovely may is upon us so good health to allamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-35633926640252655502011-04-24T08:57:00.001-07:002011-04-24T08:57:35.673-07:00happy easteri hope that today is a great day for all of u. remember what happened on this day so long ago.amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-9152278639996119232011-04-19T09:27:00.000-07:002011-04-19T09:27:58.990-07:00toddlers given alcohol drinksso within the last month or so there has been 3 incidents of restaurants giving children alcohol drinks. Now as a mother of 2 young kids ages 4 and 2 1/2 when i get them a drink at a restaurant i will test it before them. i do it to make sure its what we asked for and to make sure it doesn't test funny. <br />
so I'm really trying to understand how one the restaurant wasn't paying attention to what they were serving these kids and two how can you as a parent don't test your kids drink or look to see if its what u asked for. do u watch ur kids faces when they test that first test of the drink? you can tell if they aren't drinking something that they know. both my kids are at the age that they tell me if something isn't right. <br />
parents please be aware of what is going on around you at the restaurant, or where ever esle you are at.amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-91950295401557143942011-04-18T12:38:00.000-07:002011-04-18T12:38:51.645-07:00living in our blue house<span style="color: cyan;">well we moved into our new house a week before april 1st we have lived here a few weeks now. the kids love the new place. we have a trampoline in the front yard so they have been bouncing. we are slowly almost unpacked thank goodness. other then that we have been doing well. keith had to get a tooth pulled right after turning 4 because it was a dead tooth. which happens when they hit their head too much. or just their mouths. he was such a good boy when we had it done i was so proud of him. arianna has taken to potty training once we moved in. she is doing so well</span>amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-12385810000653387852011-03-22T14:40:00.000-07:002011-03-22T14:40:37.726-07:00WE ARE MOVING......we r moving in the next week. which is making me stress out so bad. blah i know that its going to be a better place for us but it makes me crazy that i have to pack and get this stuff ready to move while mannie is working. which i know is what he needs to do. wish us luckamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-57502473469346574002011-03-08T12:03:00.000-08:002011-03-08T12:03:52.645-08:00My son is growingomg my son is growing up. today we took his bike out and checked to make sure it was in working order. we had to take it to get the tires pumped. he and his daddy got it done while arianna and i went and got some treats. i cant believe that its almost keiths 4th bday. wow. so amazing.amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-78547783334497925822011-02-06T13:41:00.000-08:002011-02-06T13:41:25.549-08:00the blizzard and more snowso everyone in the world knows about the blizzard chicago was hit with. well it was so not fun for anyone. please we lost power so of course we were pretty cold for 12 hrs in our house. then we had to go to the inlaws. man im so tried of winter and all the stuff that is still coming down.<br />
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the kids playing in the snowamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-56774992525151439892011-01-17T17:08:00.000-08:002011-01-17T17:08:55.105-08:00update on life.life has been ok. my bday came and now im 28 wahoo. not. kids loved all the cake that we' ve had. we celebrated all together with their wita(her bday is today), and wito. plus my brother in law and sister in law and ms connie. it was so nice. im really proud of the kids for behaving in the restaurantamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-71005958077483491652011-01-01T17:16:00.001-08:002011-01-01T17:16:55.636-08:00happy new year. 2011Holy moly its already 2011. dang thats crazy. but it was a nice time. i managed to be awake at 12 so that was a plus. the kids got woken up for about 20 mins by the dang fireworks.amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-64201596626099660332010-12-30T19:11:00.000-08:002010-12-30T19:11:41.856-08:00wow already its going to be the new year.dang im so not ready for this new year. im in so much pain from the <br />
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Happy thanksgiving to all of you, may u have a wonderful day. be safe on black friday allamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-703898751720871082010-11-23T13:35:00.000-08:002010-11-23T13:35:28.453-08:00crappy dayyesterday woke up to a leak in the kitchen and i wasn't happy about it.wont be fixed till insurance pays for it.amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-28062063989945473312010-11-21T07:15:00.001-08:002010-11-21T07:15:12.627-08:00kids are in the paperhow cool that there in the paper<br />
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Well life has had its ups and downs. we have lived back in chicago for a yr now and it has been good for all of us. when we lived in carson city, nevada the kids had a few friends, but no cousins near their age or they never saw any of their relatives other then my grandma, my dad and bro. so now that we are here in chicago they have cousins galore and see their grandparents so much. keith loves seeing his cousins and all his family. arianna has her moments when she doesnt want anyone touching her but daddy, mommy, wito or wita. sometimes she even lets tio and tia touch her. but she loves all her family. going into this holiday season is going to be great because not only are we going to mannie's brother and sister in laws house, we will also be going to mannies uncles house. so the kids will be seeing their cousins and eatting lots of food.<br />
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also im hoping that within the next 2 christmases we will start doing the tradition were everyone including the kids will stay up till 12 to open presents. well good nite allamandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383066951801107546.post-18713052940148108552010-11-17T19:36:00.000-08:002010-11-17T19:36:05.001-08:00wahoo for my big girlso for along time now i have been looking for a twin bed for my daughter and nothing. i had a line on one this past weekend because someone had posted on craigslist that they were trying to get rid of one. well that fell through then today while out with mannie and the kids another post on craigslist about a twin bed. we headed over there and tada princess has a big girl bed. i sprayed it down with bleach and water. we put a plastic over on it. then arianna and i went to walmart. i showed her there colors <span style="color: #990000;">this color red, <span style="color: #e69138;">this kind of orange with a red tint, and <span style="color: #f4cccc;">a pretty pink. <span style="color: black;">Of course being my Orange loving daughter she picked the orange. she loves her bed. </span></span></span></span><br />
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well i found the holiday cards that i wanted and i plan on ordering them soon. im using the shutterfly cards for new years cards.<br />
miss arianna has began the potty training process. she tells us poo but not pee so im hoping soon she will tell us pee. i finally found the training pants for her. all i could find was white ones or blue for boys but this past weekend i found princess training pants. also she is talking so much more. she loves watching word world and martha speak on pbs.amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05672239221365863319noreply@blogger.com0