Guitar Hero

We got Guitar Hero III for Christmas, the boys liked it so much that they wore the batteries out on the controller on Christmas Day, so we got rechargeable batteries, and they continued to love the game. A week or two after Christmas they did something to the Guitar, and it hasn't been working so they have been playing with the regular PlayStation 2 controllers, well the Circuit City here is down to its last few days before they are closed for good, so we went in to check out the deals the other day and found a new guitar for really cheap. The boys were so excited and hoped that Dad would be able to fix the broken one so that they could have two. Well dad couldn't figure out what is wrong with the broken one, so the boys decided to pool their money together and went and bought another one yesterday. Now they each have a guitar to use. We gave Jacey the broken one to play with, but don't tell her that it is broken. She thinks that she is the best Guitar hero there ever was! (I will readily admit that I stink at this game I just don't have the hand, eye coordination that is required to play the game!) I am posting some pictures so you can see them having lots of fun with their favorite game enjoy!

Jena's latest accomplishment

Jena can now sit up by herself. She can't sit herself up yet, but if we sit her up she can balance and stay that way for a couple of minutes. We decided to advance her from the car seat carrier to a regular rear facing car seat over the weekend. Every time we would put her in the carrier she would try and sit up to see, so we figured that it was time to let her sit up. It seems to be working out well so far. She hasn't cried as much as she used to. I think it is because she can see Jacey sitting next to her and the boys sitting in the back.

Family Day

Joe had the day off today, so we had a family day! Joe is hardly ever off on Saturday's so it was really nice having him home. We took the kids to see The Tale of Desperaux. The boys liked it but said it was totally different than the book. Jacey also really liked it. Jena on the other hand started crying the minute we walked into the theater. I spend half of the movie standing in the back of the theater so she wouldn't cry. She did finally go to sleep so I could sit back down. We have decided that she doesn't like being in noisy crowds, because she did the same thing when we went to the Lion's Club meeting Monday night.
We had a really nice time having family day today!

The Jena Boogie

This is Jena dancing for us at dinner! It was really funny to watch! She thinks that it is great that she gets to sit at the table with us while we eat.

Proud to Be an American

Jakob's teacher had each of her students enter the Iona Lions Club Proud to Be an American Contest. Each of the kids were asked to write and essay, draw a picture or write a poem on why they are proud to be an American.

Jakob entered an Essay, and a Drawing, and he won honorable mention in both categories. The awards ceremony was last night. Each of the people who entered an essay or a poem were asked to get up and read their entry to the audience. Jena didn't like all of the clapping and would cry every time that people clapped, so her and her dad spent the whole time out in the hallway!

Good Job Jake on both of your entries!

I don't like to put other peoples picture up on my blog because I don't know how they will feel about it being on the Internet, but these are the only pictures I have from the ceremony, so sorry Lion's Club lady!

My Valentine's Present!

This is my early Valentine's present. It is a 2000 Chrysler Town & Country Limited. It is most likely my Valentine's, Anniversary, Birthday, Mother's Day & Christmas presents combined. We actually just bought it on a whim! This is the type of van we have been looking at for a while now, and they are actually really hard to find! My other van still had some life left to it, but it has become unreliable at times. I am really excited to have this new one. My favorite feature at the moment that it has is the heated seats! I am sure when summer comes I am going to love the air conditioning. I have forgotten what it is like to have a car with air!

Making Cookies

Jacey and I decided to make Valentine's Cookies the other day. We tried to get the boys to help us, but they didn't want to. They did want to eat them when they were done though. I think Jacey's favorite part was decorating them!

Hair Salon

On Saturday I put Jena in the highchair while I made lunch for the other kids. Jacey felt that it was the perfect time to play hair salon with Jena.