Twisted Cheer Competition

Aloha International Cheer Championships

C is 10!!!

It's the Christmas Vacation that doesn't end!

And yes it goes on and on my friends! I was supposed to go back last Thursday, but we got a snowstorm which caused us to be off Thursday and Friday. Mr. C and Cinderella was still enjoying their Christmas break so it was so much fun to be off with them!


Well, then, another storm was predicted and it was chaos in every grocery store in the Tri-State area. The weather takes a curve and we get pounded with rain and light snow in the evening. The Polar Vortex came down and we got into the negative singles with wind chill factors that were negative 30 and colder. Honestly, I have never remembered it being this cold in Ohio! Brrrr! So everyone was off Monday and today. The temps are finally rising and it looks like we all will go back tomorrow.


It has been nice to have this extra time off with the kids. They have done really well with the extra days although Mr. C cried when he heard school was closed and Cinderella pouted. They LOVE school and hate missing!


We woke up this morning to see the frost and ice had trickled its way into our house on the door hinges and frames. Cinderella was amazed at this! We also have our rabbit indoors until the cold spell is over. Sprinkles is loving his warm temporary home.


Cinderella and I have made lots of loom band bracelets, played games, and completed lots of word searches. It has been a blessing to have so much family time together!

New Year Fun!

Christmas Highlights

Happy New Year 2014!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Wow! I cannot believe that we are already into a new year! 2013 was a blur and each year seems to go faster than the next. This year, I am not making a resolution that I will break. Nope. I PLAN to eat healthy, exercise, and save money this year. It is not a resolution, it is what I plan to do. We have a few dreams that will hopefully come true this year. And honestly, I CANNOT wait!

My family and I had a wonderful Christmas! Despite our little princess being sick, we were incredibly blessed with special time with family. Mr. C's gift highlights were a tablet, large keyboard, furby, and a robot dog named Techno. Cinderella's wish came true and she got a Nintendo 3DS XL. She also got her first American Girl doll named Julie plus lots of clothes and a doll bed. We are having fun playing with her doll. She also got a Furby, games, legos, and other fun things.

Cinderella came down with a fever and scary headache that sent us to the ER twice in less than a week. She was finally diagnosed with a bad uti. She's on the mend due to a great med that is working well for her. She has had a rough Christmas vacation. I hope these last four days are better for her.

We have a very busy month of January with a special little boy's BIG birthday milestone, work related events, and Cinderella's first cheer competition out of town. I hope snow doesn't mess with all of our important events!!

Snow Day 2013

We had our first snow day of this school year on Friday! It was great to have a 3 day weekend. We have enjoyed a lot of family time and watching Christmas movies. The kids enjoyed playing in the 5-6 inches of snow we received yesterday.

8 Years

It's official! I have been blogging for 8 years! How is it possible?! My blog has seen ups and downs of our family. When I first began to blog, I would have to upload pics from my digital camera and now I can blog and post pics from my iPhone. Times are a changin'!

My babies have grown up on this blog. They were infants and toddlers who couldn't walk and now they are almost finished with elementary school!

I do not blog as often as I did in the past. I guess my life is too busy now. I have debated on not writing anymore. Should I stop? Should I continue blogging? Please let me know what you think.

My Lil Cheerleader

Miss Cinderella started Cheerleading at the beginning of November and absolutely loves it! She wowed her coaches by doing perfect front rolls on the first practice. They were getting ready for two competitions so they worked with her individually until this past week. Now she has a position and they have her as a flyer and a mount position where she holds hands with another girl while being held up 5 feet in the air. She is the smallest and youngest weighing in at 52 lbs so I had a feeling they would put her in the air. She LOVES it! They are working with her on cartwheels and after practice she says, "Mom, I almost have it!" I can't wait to see her first competition in late January! She and her cousin cheer for Midwest and both will compete. We are thrilled that she enjoys cheer as much as baseball! I think she is the cutest cheerleader ever!!

Halloween 2013

Halloween was another soggy one with 60 miles per hour winds. Needless to say, we didn't go. We went to my sister's church trick or treat. The kids have been to a total of 3 church events and have more candy than they would have gotten from walking two hours. My feet are also very grateful!

Matt and I attended a costume party and it was the first I wore a costume since I was 12 years old.....25 years! Wow! It was fun because no one knew who I was and isn't that fun?!!!

We all had fun and now we are gearing ourselves up for Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Kings Island

October Fun

I just noticed I haven't updated since September! Wow! We have enjoyed our Fall weekends immensely! We have visited EnterTrainment Junction and Kings Island for Fall festivals and events. This week, we are looking forward to a corn maze and Halloween party (adults).

Mr. C's doctor appointment went well and he was diagnosed with mild Autism. He also has Pervasive Developmental Disorder. These labels are just words and just doesn't change our sweet and amazing our little guy is. However, it will help provide services for him and for this we are thankful. His academic and behavior is progressing well at school. Both kiddos had good parent/teacher conferences.

We are busily preparing for a big change. We can't wait to share our news when it happens! We are also waiting impatiently for family addition of the four legged kind! I think it will benefit every member in the family.

Thanksgiving and Christmas is coming up quickly and we are looking forward to enjoying it with family.

Let Fall begin!

We are looking forward to Fall! Today is the first official day and I enjoyed wearing a hoodie and jeans! The kids are enjoying all the fall decorating we are doing. Now, we are making final decisions for Halloween costumes. I have been racking my brain this year.....however, I am giving in and letting Cinderella pick her costume. Mr. C has some strange ideas so we probably will pick something different for him. Stay tuned....

Cinderella

Cinderella has had a rough time at school lately. Her behavior has been challenging and then she broke down in tears this past Friday saying that no one plays with her at recess. That broke my Mommy heart to pieces. 

I talked to her about introducing herself to other girls or finding girls from our church to play with. This seems so odd to me because she had no problems making friends at the beach or parks this summer.

Hopefully the teacher can shed some insight on this situation. So Saturday, we had pedis done and did a little of girl shopping. She loved it!

A note worth a million

Today, Mr. C comes home with a handwritten note about his progress. She writes that he is doing so well academically and has come a long way behaviorally. 

When you get a positive note after getting so many negative notes, it really gives you strength and endurance to continue this challenging road of special needs parenting.

Miss L, you made our day!!!

Weekend Roadtrip

Last weekend, we went to southern KY for a family reunion. It has been several years since I have been there and my whole family journeyed there for the first time after an awful ordeal we witnessed about 4 years ago. Can't believe it has been that long ago, but it has!

We had a fun time seeing family and swimming. The kids were so well behaved and despite a few mishaps with traffic jams and weird, rude people, we had a fun weekend!

Now we are waiting for our 3 day weekend coming up soon!

First Day of School

Yesterday was the kids' first day of 4th and 3rd grade! They had a great day despite getting off the bus at the wrong place. I got it all worked out today and all is well! They are finally at the stage where they will pose for pics. And boy does Cinderella like to pose! I can't believe that sweet little thing is in third grade!!