The Mommy Talks

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The big news is that I am currently, inadvertently a stay at home mom. Yep, that's right. I lost my job. So, while I look for a new one and hope for unemployment to come through...I'm finally home with the kids. It's actually been wonderful so far. We've been having playdates, going to the pool, the library, story time, and all sorts of fun things. I have an interview next week for an assistant director position at a nearby day care/school. While it might not be much money, it would be nice to be at work with the kids in tow. I'm pretty excited about it. Keep your fingers crossed. Here are a couple of new pictures of the kids...

I took Ava to see the Jonas Brothers 3D movie on Saturday. The 3D effects were really cool and she had such a GREAT time. Like a better time than anyone else in the movie theater. She was clapping and dancing like she was an actual concert. So stinking cute. She just loves music and I can't wait to take her to her first real concert someday! In other news, Nathaniel has finally started taking a good bit. The funniest is probably "Don't!" To his sister most of the time. He also uses some sentences like "Where'd daddy go?" Nathaniel is also interested in the potty. He's been saying "pee pee" and grabbing at his diaper so I bought a potty chair and stripped him down. Within the first two hours, he peed and pooped on it. Quite impressive. We aren't pushing it too much and he's interested in it on and off. Not sure when we'll get serious with it, but for now, I'm pretty impressed.

January has been mostly post-Christmas blah without much to report and I've been slack in adding updates to the blog. The kids have been battling colds for most of this month. We are planning for Ava's 4th birthday party at the bowling alley. She's really excited about it and for the first time is choosing her own invitees. It's all very cute. The party is planned for 2/7 and her actual birthday is 2/9. She is also gearing up to start playing soccer in March. I'm signing both Ava and Nathaniel up next week for pre-school this fall. Ava will be in pre-k! Just one year from Kindergarten--my how the time just flies. Nathaniel is mostly going to go for some social interaction and something to do outside of the house.

On the 10th, I met up with my girlfriends for a really fun night out and we have another event planned for this saturday.

On the work front, my company is moving to a bigger space in March and they've just signed the lease. It will still be in the same complex which is just a mere 10 minutes from my house.

I'll try to post some pictures soon of the kids.

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Ava's 1st photography work:

Sometime on Thursday, Ava decided to give herself a haircut. Personally, I think she could have come up with a better way to tell me that she wanted bangs. On the bright side, with a little repair work, it might actually look good:

Nathaniel also got butchered, but his was done by a professional:

Ava had her Christmas dance recital this afternoon. Sadly, I bumped the setting on my camera for the on-stage portion and messed the pictures up. Oh, the joys of a new camera! All in all, she did pretty well...though she did spend a good bit of time nervously licking her lips.

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This evening, we took the kids to see the lights at Life University. They enjoyed the show. I looked back and found them holding hands...how cute is that??

This past wednesday, Ava had a Christmas sing-a-long at her school:

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