Cookies!

Blake and I LOVE chocolate chip cookies. OK maybe I like them a little more than Blake but he does like them. We made some this week and I took a few pictures. For some reason I didn't get any of us eating them :)

Monthly Catch-Up

So I have been incognito lately. You would think I have so much extra time since I am not taking a class right now but I think it makes me even more busy because I am trying to do all of the stuff around the house that I can't do when I am taking classes. I have gotten a lot of stuff done but I still have many things on my 'to do' list.

 

So what's been happening around the Thacker household?

• The kids have absolutely LOVED swimming in Nana and Papa's pool. There are many pictures and videos to prove that including this video from tonight.

Blake's Summer! from Kaelin Thacker on Vimeo.

- Kristin, Megan and I got to go to the NKOTBSB concert and it was awesome! I felt like I was 13 again.

- One of my best friends is getting married in a couple of weeks and we had a little party for her a couple of weeks ago. It was great seeing many great friends.

- We had a family trip to Cincinnati and went to a water park and the kids had a blast.

- Blake had his check-up at the ENT and his hearing test results were great! Thank God!

- Kylie has turned into my little singer. She loves to sing Twinkle, Twinkle and Happy Birthday.

- Speaking of Happy Birthday, the big one for me is just 9 days away...Oh goodness.

- My job has been crazy busy, but I still love it.

- We made one more trip to the zoo and one to Chuck E Cheese with Blake's class. Both were so much fun!

- I finally started and finished Blake's big boy room! I painted last Friday after work and finished putting his room together on Saturday. I love it and so does he! I still need to put things on the wall but I will take pictures soon and post.

- School starts in 2 weeks and I am taking 2 classes which I have not done yet since being in the program. I'm a little sad knowing I will be away from the kids 2 nights a week.

- Aaron has ONE more class left and then he is DONE! I'm so happy for him and of course very jealous :)

 

And here are some pictures from the past few weeks. Of course I have been keeping up my other One Frame a Day Blog with some of these so if you follow us on that blog, some of these are duplicates.

I think the kids look so much alike in the next two pictures!  You can definitely tell they are brother and sister. Look at those smiles!

Visiting Daddy at work...

Kylie's Birthday is a little over a month away. I cannot believe that she is turning 2! I have already started the planning :) She is also starting at Blake's daycare next week and I know I am going to cry when I drop her off. I know she is going to love it!

For some reason I think I will do better updating the blog when classes start. It will be my excuse to get away from school work for a minute. I am making a promise now to update the blog more often :) Maybe I should show Aaron how to update the blog since he will have so much time on his hands.....I won't hold my breath.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for....

ICE CREAM!

On our way to the ice cream shop:

A bowl of rainbow sherbet to end the day:

Not only did we scream for ice cream, but there was some other screaming done as well. I didn't get a picture but of course we had the infamous Thacker exit. If you haven't experienced this yet, you are not missing out. The Thacker exit consists of two kids under 3 screaming at the top of their lungs and flailing their arms and legs like a stranger is trying to kidnap them. I guess at this point we shouldn't expect anything different but sometimes I would like to be able to go out with the kids and not have any kind of breakdown. Oh well, maybe in 10 years :)

Our Crazy, Busy Life

Breakdown of the past two weeks:

• The stomach bug came and attacked our entire house....Kylie started it.
• After recovering from the stomach bug, Kylie and Blake got the Hand, Foot and Mouth Virus - aka Mad Cow Disease. Just kidding but it was not fun. Thank goodness they are over it.
•  Kylie is still a diva...see picture number uno below.
• Blake has made great strides with his speech. There are still times that we have no clue what he is saying but we eventually figure it out.
• Daddy, Blake and I went to see Cars 2 and it was great. Blake ate almost a entire large popcorn himself.
• I had my monthly date with my high school girlfriends and of course it was a blast.
• I got to see my college girlfriends whom I haven't seen is so long. We got to celebrate Sarah who will be introducing baby Codi Reese in a couple of months. It was so nice to catch up with everyone.
• Have a great week!

High school girlfriends: 

College girlfriends - Katie, Jennifer, Sarah, me and Amanda with baby Jax

Baby Jax snoozing away.  

My pretty girl cleaning the house.  

The Look

I have to share this adorable video of my cute little kiddies. This is what we call 'The Look' in action.

The Look from Kaelin Thacker on Vimeo.

Happy Birthday, Blake!!!

Happy Birthday to my amazing little boy.

Today, along with Mother's Day, we celebrated Blake's 3rd birthday. It was a perfect day to celebrate outside with perfect weather. We pushed the time up because my dad works for FEMA and he has been called to Alabama due to all of the tornadoes (how amazing is that). It was a great party and I think everyone had a good time. Especially all of the kiddos playing outside.

Here is a quick recap from the last few years.

This picture is of Blake about a week old. Oh how I missed these days!

This picture is of Blake's 1st Birthday party. He looks so young! 

 And this picture is of Blake's 2nd birthday party.

The theme this year was Cars and I think the cake turned out pretty darn cute!

Here are a few more pictures from the day.

We bought the bouncy house for the party to hopefully use it many more times this summer and every one after. The kids loved it today!

One of Blake's favorite toys of the day....the big Buzz Lightyear. He was fascinated! 

And my favorite picture of the day. Nathan captured this and I love it. Blake was so embarrassed that everyone was singing Happy Birthday to him :)

Thank you everyone who celebrated with us today! Happy Birthday to my sweet baby boy.

A wedding, a baby, and elephants...Oh My!

It feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders. You know that lump in your throat....yea, mine is finally gone now that my class is over. I can just scream with joy right now :)

So for my catch-up from this past week and a half (be aware this is a long post with lots of pictures):

This past weekend Aaron's cousin got married so we traveled to West Virginia for the big celebration. Blake was a ring bearer, but unfortunately didn't walk down the aisle. Oh well, maybe next time? It was so good to see family we don't get to see too often. The kids didn't sleep too good because they thought it was play time. I slept in a bed with Blake and I still have bruises on my arms and ribs from him rolling around in bed. Overall, it was a good weekend and I think the kids had a blast at the reception. Here are a few pictures and of course an awesome 'must see' video of the kids dancing at the reception. You must watch it! Blake gets his dancing skills from his daddy :)

Kids Dancing...Priceless! from Kaelin Thacker on Vimeo.

 This past week there were terrible storms that ripped through this area and hit pretty hard in Alabama. I can't image if a tornado took out my entire town, or even a larger city like Louisville. The kids were pretty mesmerized by the rain and wind one evening and I captured a picture of them yelling at the door.

Here is a picture I captured on my way home from work one day. The sky was amazing!

Also, one of my best friends had her precious baby boy this week! I was so excited to get her text that Jax entered this world weighing a whopping 9lbs, 11.3 ozs! I am so happy for Jasper and Amanda!

Aaron picked up the kids and when I got home, I walked into this:

It was pretty funny because they were having a blast. I am pretty crazy about keeping my house clean but I rolled around in it with them for a little bit. They were loving it!

We celebrated Easter a little early this year since we were out of town for Easter Sunday. The Easter Bunny brought the kids a Beta fish and they love him! They have named him Nemo :)

Tonight we went to the circus which came to our little town. I was so excited for Blake to see all of the animals. We spent $60 for about an hour of entertainment. Amazing. At least the kids got to see elephants. The look on their faces when they first saw them was priceless.

And lastly, I started the Jillian Michaels 'Shred' program (I have linked to Amazon but I know Target has it too and it's only $9) and I LOVE it. I really don't have a lot of time to work out and I really don't like to just run on the treadmill. So I thought I would give it a try and I am really glad that I did. I love that it's only 20 mins (with about 5 mins of warm-up and cool down). It's really hard but I definitely recommend if you don't have a lot of time but want to do something. I can already tell a difference with just doing it 4 times already!

I hope everyone has a great weekend! I know I will since I will NOT be studying at all!