Old Man Turns 40...

Ok, I really have to get better at posting lately because we have had a lot going, but so much going on means such little time!


As you can tell from the title, Mike turned 40 on November 20th and what should have been a fun night, turned out to be a depressing day. Poor Mike, bad things seem to happen around his birthday. The day before Mike's birthday I found out that due to HORRIBLE economic times, that the County will be doing budget cuts UP TO 20%. UGH! My stomach is one huge knot! Last year our department took a 12% cut and since we are a central service department (a.k.a., we do not generate revenue), 97% of our remaining budget is payroll. So as you can read, this will result in staff RIF's. Nothing like making the holidays holly and jolly. So needless to say, I was not in a partying mood.

I can not believe he is 40, or that on the 28th we will be married 10 years (plus 8 years of dating). Where does the time go?

We did have party on Saturday to celebrate his big 4 0 , and I think that made up for a yucky birthday night. We had about 40 friends and family over to celebrate the big milestone. Some of the friends we had not seen in years. I think everyone had a great time. It was nice having an adult party, I did not have to worry about crafts and toys for the kids, however we did get them a pinata in honor of the B-day boy.

Dinner was a polish Mexican fiesta, or that is at least what Mike called it. Mike requested tacos for his birthday, so we did a taco bar, but that the traditional appetizers of shrimp, cheese and crackers, meatballs, etc.; hence a polish Mexican fiesta.

Thank you to everyone who came and for the wonderful cards and gifts. We will have to do it again in another decade!

The Birthday Boy



Cindy, Denise, C, and Nell


C after Daddy showed him how to keep his baba cold.


Katie & Hailey


Mark and his women (hey where's the wife??)


I titled this picture "Baldy, Baldy, and Grey"

First Haircut...

On October 4, 2008, we took C for is first real haircut. I had been cutting his hair, but was never sure how short to go. After seeing how long his hair was at the park flying all around, Mike said it was time to get him a real haircut. I was very nervous to take him, so I was glad Mike was there. When we took M for her first haircut she was a little over two and she did just fine. At that age you can start explaining things to them and they understand. Good luck trying to get them to understand at 16 months!





The hairstylist was wonderful. She assured me that she was completely use to all the crying and that over all he was being a really good boy for his first haircut.



After about fifteen minutes, M blowing bubbles to distract him, a lot of crying, and one nervous mom, it was all over and we had one handsome little boy! Unfortunately we did not plan on doing this and I only had my telephoto lens for the park, so the pictures are few and not the greatest and I completely forgot to take an after shot.

Park Fun...

On October 4th we had some freak weather that caused the high to only reach 85 degrees (rather than the 100 degrees it had been) so we took advantage of the cool morning and grabbed breakfast and took it and the kids to the park. As you can see from their hair, it was pretty windy but that did not stop them from having fun.



Later this day we took C for this first real hair cut, I will post those pictures next.



Aren't they cute together. As much as they may drive each other crazy (or maybe just me crazy), they love to play together.

Where Does The Time Go???

So much has happened this past month and so much to document about the kids growing up. I plan on playing catch up this week, so bare with the all the posts.