1st Dance Recitial

Emily getting ready
This is all the girls just before they went on stage

Aaron gave her flowers at the intermission

Mary Ellen made the trip out to see her




Emily won most improved dancer in her age group. She got announced up on stage and got a certificate. We are so very proud of her, and she loves dance, especially now that she's done it on a stage with a ton of people cheering for her. She is a bit of a ham.



I know it looks like everything has been about Emily lately, and it kinda has the past 2 weeks but Aaron has a couple big things coming up, and I'll be sure to post about them too.

Emily's face

She fell down on the sidewalk, landed on her face and then it got infected. This is what it looked like.

April pics

4/14 trip to the Kensington Farm Center
4/15 1st trip of the year to the Zoo
4/20 singing at church un the children's choir, they both love it!!
4/20, my brother got Aaron and actual army uniform. It's exactly like David's but smaller. It has his name sewn on, and all of the correct patches. We usually have to fight him to get him to take it off!
4/14 my mom's club took a field trip to the Milford Bakery. The kids got to dip a donut in frosting and sprinkles. It was a HUGE hit!

5/2 Emily fell on the sidewalk the night before Dan's wedding. This is what it looked like on Friday morning. More pics to come...........................
Lovely isn't it??
4/22 Emily asked if she could take a nap outside, I said sure, never thinking she would actually fall asleep. Well, she did, for 2 hours!!

5/2 Dan and Meredith's wedding

30 is the new......

I'm not really sure, but I did have fun celebrating my big milestone birthday, with much thanks to my hubby.
My birthday weekend was an exciting one. First off, on Thursday 3/28, my sister in law went into labor and gave birth to Myles' and my first ever niece!! Rosslyn Cecillia May. BabyRosie, as she is called in our house. Unfortunately, David (my brother, and the baby-daddy) didn't make it home until a few days after she was born. But he is home now, safe and sound for a little while.
On Saturday, I got my hair did, (it's very ironic I think, that I rarely get my hair done) and then we had a few couples over for dinner and games. It was a lot of fun. Oh, and I had a beautiful cake, and a group of people sing me "Happy Birthday", LOL I think it's been years, since I had a group singing to me.

On Sunday 3/30- the "actual" day, I had to take Emily to get her dance pics taken and my dad and Myles took Aaron to church so he could participate in the children;s bell choir. Then we all met up and my dad took us out to lunch( my mom was on TN with My sis in law, Lisa and the new baby).
This past week, we mostly just enjoyed the weather. The furnace has been turned off, although I;m sure that's temporary. Lots of playing outside and bike riding.
Myles didn't want a fuss over his birthday 4/6, so we didn't make one. He's not a big fan of his birthday. We did a bunch of yard work and cleaned out the garage. Also started some spring cleaning inside the house.


Today, 4/7 Emily is home sick to day, I think she's got a spring cold and maybe some allergies thrown in. I've got laundry drying outside on the line, and a sparkling clean kitchen. Life is good.

A month's worth of pics, all at once

2/10 Ginger got a crate, because she chewed a brand new set of knitting needles one night while we slept. She seems to really love it, and we kind of wish we would have gotten her one sooner. She really is a den animal.2/10 I decided that I wanted to start veggie from seed this year, but being me I didn't read the instructions. After I planed them, I read that they shouldn't be planted until 30-60 days before the last frost. Uh-oh
2/15 Aaron saved up his allowance money to buy a Darth Vader costume. He's very proud of it, and very excited that he bought it with his own money.


3/3 The seedlings grew so well that they needed to be re-potted already. They are off to a wonderful start. Tomatoes, basil, squash, and green beans.















3/5 Aaron asked for green eggs and ham for breakfast. Of course I obliged, but the kids didn't think they were all that tasty.








3/11 I organised a fundraiser for our local Senior Center, and this was taken that night. We raised over $700 for them.3/22 Dying Easter eggs



Very colorful eggs this year
3/23 Easter morning



Emily got a bike and she was/is thrilled about it! She's getting good, but still can't turn while riding it yet.

3/24 I knit Emily a bag to carry her babies around in. She LOVES her babies (little stuffed animals) and she always wants to take them with her. It's a circular bag, so they can peek their heads out, lol.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 9 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Allowance

Ok, we started the kids on an allowance at the beginning of the year. We've taken quite a bit of flak about it, mostly that they are too young, and we expect too much from them. This is the article I was shown and where we got the idea from, and I've got to say, I really like how it's turned out.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/
ShouldYourKidsGetAnAllowance.aspx

No new pics........:(

Well, I don't have any pics at all this week, I'm going to post anyways.
Last week we took 9 huge bags to the Salvation Army. I am not a fan of clutter and I'm trying really hard to get rid of the kids clothes as they out-grow them. I have a few outfits saved that are special, but the majority of them are outta here! And I have a big bin that is going to the resale shop.
Myles was gone from Monday through Thursday. On Friday night, when he got to see the kids, he took them to open swim at the Y. Double bonus of him getting to spend time with them , and I got an empty, quiet house!
Saturday was family running around day. Myles got 2 new tires, I went to Target, and then we all went to the mall.
This week is more low key. Myles is home all week! But then he has 2 trips almost back to back.
Talk to you all soon!!!!

Lots of pics...

Just a couple of notes about what's been going on with us, or more importantly, with the kids.
Aaron has grown over 2 inches in just a couple of months. Emily is growing, too, but not quite as fast right now. Both kids are still swimming, and Emily just got promoted into a new class. I took the kids to McDonald's with a friend and her son for lunch, and guess what Aaron had?? He started with a cheeseburger, and then 4 chicken nuggets, and then 4 more, and then 4 more, and then finished 2 of his friend nuggets. For a grand total of a cheeseburger, fries, milk, and 14 chicken nuggets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even the people behind the counter were cracking up. That little dude can pack it in when he's growing, I guess. It was incredible to watch. Needless to say, he got his Mickey D's fill for about 2 month, we won't be going back anytime soon, LOL. Myles is traveling a ton, and I'm still knitting whenever I can.


The west-side Dexters at our house after Christmas
Smiley Jim

This is a soap sack I knit for Mary Ellen
Playing in the snow with his new fort builder
14 inches of snow! Dec 15ish
I know, I know, I'm a terrible person, but it's SO damn funny!!!! (it's a booboo)
Bike riding on a January day, I think it was almost 50* that day
A snapshot of our calendar, I'm still amazed how busy we can be. Myles will be traveling every week for the next 4 or 5 weeks.