Just a quick update with Sam. She is doing much better. She is feeling a million times better and she is even playing with Andrew much more than before. They are both having a blast.
By the way did you get a chance to the the lunar eclipse on Wed night. I did...it was amazing to watch the moon turn a nice orange glow. Tried to take pictures but it looks like a small orange dot in a black sky. So that is all.
:)Sesil
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
My Creative Outlet...
So I am taking an online class on different techniques on backgrounds. This is more of a mixed media type of project. I thought this would be a great way to incorporate my scrapbooking with my painting. So I will keep posting the progress of the painting. Just wanted to let you see.
Hey Mom...See I am getting back into the painting. Hope you are having fun in the Phillippines. Hi Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and other family friends on the other side of the ocean. :)Sesil
Hey Mom...See I am getting back into the painting. Hope you are having fun in the Phillippines. Hi Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and other family friends on the other side of the ocean. :)Sesil
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Sammie
Poor Sammie has a major ear infection. Did not even know it. Her hair is always covering that side of her face, she never complained that her ear was hurting or anything. We thought she had a supper runny nose while she was sleeping. Did not know it was discarge out of her ear. Super GROSS.
We got her medication for everything last night. After on dosage in her ear she says "Look Mommy, the puffy went away in my ear." Poor thing.
We are on the road to a health Sammie! Just wanted you to know. :)SESIL
We got her medication for everything last night. After on dosage in her ear she says "Look Mommy, the puffy went away in my ear." Poor thing.
We are on the road to a health Sammie! Just wanted you to know. :)SESIL
Monday, February 18, 2008
Long update...
Sorry I have not been able to post in a while, there has been a ton going on here at the Cratin household. First of all we have been all sick at one point or another. So the kids have been at home with me most of the month. Here are some of the activities that we have been doing this month.
We are back to the window painting. Here is a video of the beginning process then the pictures of the final product.
The final product
We also stamped some valentine's cards and sammie even made some for her classmates.
Okay.. then Caroline is walking with her walker. Here are some pictures.
The kids flying pasted Caroline
Okay... That is all for now. I am tired, and still sick. Sammie has a dr. apt tonight at 7:15 to let us know if she has the flu or not. She has had a high fever for the past two days. they think it is the flu. Here we go again. :)Sesil
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Sledding...
Here are some videos of the kids sledding the day after we get back from Texas. Enjoying the snow!!!
hope you enjoy them as much as I did. I will be updating the blog look soon as I figure out how to do it. :)Sesil
hope you enjoy them as much as I did. I will be updating the blog look soon as I figure out how to do it. :)Sesil
Monday, January 28, 2008
Texas Overview
We made it home! Wow… What a great trip to Texas. But we are glad to be home. There are so many things that we did while we were in Texas I will recap some highlights here.
Christmas was great. Unfortunately, everyone was sick. We decided to just have not to have the annual party at the house because of the kids and because we were all sick. Besides all the sickly people in the house we still were able to celebrate together as a family and had a great Christmas dinner.
*The kids got haircuts while we were down there. I was so proud of Sammie because she 1.)Let Lynn (the hair dresser) cut her hair 2.)Blow-dry her hair 3.) Took a picture with Lynn and gave her a hug because she liked her hair cut.
Andrew was great too. He sat in my lap while Lynn cut his hair.
The kids absolutely loved playing in the back yard. It was such great weather. (They were able to run without jackets and I didn’t have to worry about them freezing to death.) Here are some pictures of them playing outside.
Christmas was great. Unfortunately, everyone was sick. We decided to just have not to have the annual party at the house because of the kids and because we were all sick. Besides all the sickly people in the house we still were able to celebrate together as a family and had a great Christmas dinner.
*The kids got haircuts while we were down there. I was so proud of Sammie because she 1.)Let Lynn (the hair dresser) cut her hair 2.)Blow-dry her hair 3.) Took a picture with Lynn and gave her a hug because she liked her hair cut.
Andrew was great too. He sat in my lap while Lynn cut his hair.
The kids absolutely loved playing in the back yard. It was such great weather. (They were able to run without jackets and I didn’t have to worry about them freezing to death.) Here are some pictures of them playing outside.
Sunday, January 06, 2008
we can can-can
check it out. Hope you like it. ;)robert
cut and paste in and it will take you to the video.
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cut and paste in and it will take you to the video.
http://www.jibjab.com/sendables/view/bJdfLeXpsGFiLH6ZzpksMNr4
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Happy New Year!
welcome 2008!
I started off the new year with a bang. I was in bed asleep new years eve at 9:00. Yep you heard it 9:00. I was planning on being in Houston at a New Year's Eve party at Jen and Dave's but they decided to call it off a week prior due to Jen's high blood pressure. Good thing they did because they had ALTON JAMES on Dec. 31 around 5:5ish. Congrats yall!
The trip so far is going good. I have been busy making fleece hats and panchoes for everyone. Mom is getting ready to head out to the Philippines and the kids are having a blast.
Caroline is crawling and wants to walk like her brother and sister. Caroline loves to watch them run around and play.
Drew is trying to talk. Every now and then he gets going and you can understand more than Ah oh..Dada..Mama...Baby..Ball...light..cat and thank you. We are working on it.
Sammie is just talking away. The other day she was watching some talk show or criminal show like court tv or hard evedence and saw a jail. She comes up to Lola and says "just like time out for sammie and drew". Mom had no clue what she was talking about and I walk in the room and see there is something about the prison life....just like a very long time out for adults. I cracked up. Never thought about it that way.
She just learned the days of the week and askes everyday.....what day is it? CraZy little girl. At least she is learning.
That is all for now here in Texas. I will try and keep yall updated. The weather here is about 30 so much better than in Chicago 2. So glad to say....warm wishes from Texas!!!
Love ya,
:)Sesil
I started off the new year with a bang. I was in bed asleep new years eve at 9:00. Yep you heard it 9:00. I was planning on being in Houston at a New Year's Eve party at Jen and Dave's but they decided to call it off a week prior due to Jen's high blood pressure. Good thing they did because they had ALTON JAMES on Dec. 31 around 5:5ish. Congrats yall!
The trip so far is going good. I have been busy making fleece hats and panchoes for everyone. Mom is getting ready to head out to the Philippines and the kids are having a blast.
Caroline is crawling and wants to walk like her brother and sister. Caroline loves to watch them run around and play.
Drew is trying to talk. Every now and then he gets going and you can understand more than Ah oh..Dada..Mama...Baby..Ball...light..cat and thank you. We are working on it.
Sammie is just talking away. The other day she was watching some talk show or criminal show like court tv or hard evedence and saw a jail. She comes up to Lola and says "just like time out for sammie and drew". Mom had no clue what she was talking about and I walk in the room and see there is something about the prison life....just like a very long time out for adults. I cracked up. Never thought about it that way.
She just learned the days of the week and askes everyday.....what day is it? CraZy little girl. At least she is learning.
That is all for now here in Texas. I will try and keep yall updated. The weather here is about 30 so much better than in Chicago 2. So glad to say....warm wishes from Texas!!!
Love ya,
:)Sesil
Monday, December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas from Texas
Wow... we made it to Texas. What a wild ride that was.
Now that we are all here we are all sick. Sammie started it all, she had a crazy cold and congestion, passed it to Andrew then the rest of us got it. Andrew got it so bad we had to go the doctor here in Texas and get antibiotics for him. So he is on medication and the rest of us are on over-the counter meds.
We have had a good time while here in Texas. We got to go out and hang\ out with our friends Heather and Daniel. It was good to hang out with them and catch up. Thanks yall.
I just wanted to wish everyone a great Christmas and a happy new year. Here is our holiday card to everyone! Love ya. (If you have not gotten your card in the mail I am still working on it. Just call me a slacker.)
Now that we are all here we are all sick. Sammie started it all, she had a crazy cold and congestion, passed it to Andrew then the rest of us got it. Andrew got it so bad we had to go the doctor here in Texas and get antibiotics for him. So he is on medication and the rest of us are on over-the counter meds.
We have had a good time while here in Texas. We got to go out and hang\ out with our friends Heather and Daniel. It was good to hang out with them and catch up. Thanks yall.
I just wanted to wish everyone a great Christmas and a happy new year. Here is our holiday card to everyone! Love ya. (If you have not gotten your card in the mail I am still working on it. Just call me a slacker.)
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Window paintings
Sunday Sammie was sick all day so we decided to keep the kids from school on Monday. So to keep them busy we painted the window. It was fun so here are the results….
Drew presents….”Corn”
Drew presents….”Corn”
Sammie presents….”pumpkin”
And I just wrapped everything up with “fall”
Here is the whole window
They just blob the paint on the window and I just went and added the circle and lines to Sammie’s picture and drew…I just added the other side of the corn for him. Caroline observed and supervised the painting of the window. She is a great supervisor. I think we will start painting the window once a month and see our creations grow. The kids love to paint on the window. They think it is fun. (At least this way we know that the window will be washed at least once a month. )
By the way... Sammie is fine, she just had a little stomach bug and she is as good as new now.
See yall soon.
SESIL
here are the pictures of the kids after we finished with the window. Proud little painters.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
pirate pillages loot "aaarrrrrrrr!"
This pumpkin is NOT happy!
Another successful raid of loot and treasures!
The Devil made me eat 22 pieces of candy!
So off to the burbs for halloween, we took Moo, drew and sweet carolina out to Marie Amatos house to celebrate! As you can see Sammie was one cute little pirate, she would swing her arm and tell you "aaarrrr!". Drew is sporting his best devils costume , very scary! And sweet Carolina was a little pumpkin , but when she got too hot we took the pumpkin body off and she turned into a carrot stick. I'm pretty sure sammie and drews pediatrician and dentist would not have been happy about the evenings food choices....none were on the food pyramid unless the pryamid consisted of massive amounts of lollipops, chocolate , popcorn and an occasional starburst. The only thing they did not consume was pure sugar, which i'm sure they would have, had it been offered! Hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween!
Monday, October 15, 2007
circus
okay... blogger lost my original post. Too tired to re-post. I should have learned my lesson the last time this happened. Sorry. I will post again soon. Next time I will post with pictures.
Long story short....we went to the circus with Sammie and Drew.
:)Sesil
Long story short....we went to the circus with Sammie and Drew.
:)Sesil
Circus
Last night Robert and I took Sammie and Drew to the circus. Sammie was excited and kept talking about the elephants, tigers and seeing JoJo(If some of you don't know Jo Jo is a clown on her TV show with Playhouse Disney and is her favorite cartoon) the ENTIRE way to the circus. We get there and get the tickets. We got general admition tickets so we found some seats and Robert was off to get the snacks and goodies. While waiting for the show to start they have elephant rides and pony rides for the kids to participate. We decided that was not something for us but the kids did like watching all the other kids riding the animals. Andrew kept waving a the elephants. Robert gets back with the goodies and the show finally starts.
The show started off with the Lion and Tigers. What amazing animals! Then there was this Romanian couple that did acrobatic maneuvers, while suspended high about the circus. Then there was an elephant that could balance and walk on this large cylendar thing. It was amazing. Then there were these ladies that would go up on the ropes and do their dancing and hanging from the ropes while the guys on the ground would swing the rope to make them spin. (do you know what i am talking about here?)
By that time Sammie was exausted and was ready to go home. so we packed up the kids and headed back to the house. I think we missed the majority of the show but the kids were just way tooo tired and I did not want to get to the point of them loosing thier minds because they were tired stage. We made it home by 9:30 and the kids just crashed. I think they had a good time, too bad we didn't get a chance to see the whole show. Maybe next year.
The show started off with the Lion and Tigers. What amazing animals! Then there was this Romanian couple that did acrobatic maneuvers, while suspended high about the circus. Then there was an elephant that could balance and walk on this large cylendar thing. It was amazing. Then there were these ladies that would go up on the ropes and do their dancing and hanging from the ropes while the guys on the ground would swing the rope to make them spin. (do you know what i am talking about here?)
By that time Sammie was exausted and was ready to go home. so we packed up the kids and headed back to the house. I think we missed the majority of the show but the kids were just way tooo tired and I did not want to get to the point of them loosing thier minds because they were tired stage. We made it home by 9:30 and the kids just crashed. I think they had a good time, too bad we didn't get a chance to see the whole show. Maybe next year.
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Update...
Where has the time gone.
We have been crazy busy. On the 23rd of September, Robert and I went with Jamie and Wade's family to the Cowboy vs. Bears game in Chicago. What a great time. We tailgated and then attended the game. Soooo much fun..... Jay (my buddy from Nacogdoches, TX) called while I was at the game. He said that I was on TV. TOOO COOL! Too bad I didn't Tivo it! About the same time Phylis said that Sammie pointed to the tv and said "Look there is mommy!" So I guess Sammie saw me too. Had a total blast! Thank you Donna Barns for finding the tickets.
Then the next day on the 24th of September, Andrew and Sammie started pre-school. It was a tough day for me because the both cried. But glad to say the crying stopped at the end of the week. They are both doing well at school. I will have to post the pictures. (okay... off to download some pictures)
This past weekend Laura and Van came to visit. We took everyone to Shaboygan, WI and went to Blue Harbor Resorts. Sammie and Van had a blast at the water park. Drew...was a little scared. Caroline had a little dunk in the water as well. I actually got to sit in the hot tub for the first time in a long time. (I am finally not pregnant.) So we all enjoyed the visit. Sammie is still talking about her Cousin Van and Aunt Laura. Thanks for coming down.
So off to download pictures. Enjoy. ;)SESIL
We have been crazy busy. On the 23rd of September, Robert and I went with Jamie and Wade's family to the Cowboy vs. Bears game in Chicago. What a great time. We tailgated and then attended the game. Soooo much fun..... Jay (my buddy from Nacogdoches, TX) called while I was at the game. He said that I was on TV. TOOO COOL! Too bad I didn't Tivo it! About the same time Phylis said that Sammie pointed to the tv and said "Look there is mommy!" So I guess Sammie saw me too. Had a total blast! Thank you Donna Barns for finding the tickets.
Then the next day on the 24th of September, Andrew and Sammie started pre-school. It was a tough day for me because the both cried. But glad to say the crying stopped at the end of the week. They are both doing well at school. I will have to post the pictures. (okay... off to download some pictures)
This past weekend Laura and Van came to visit. We took everyone to Shaboygan, WI and went to Blue Harbor Resorts. Sammie and Van had a blast at the water park. Drew...was a little scared. Caroline had a little dunk in the water as well. I actually got to sit in the hot tub for the first time in a long time. (I am finally not pregnant.) So we all enjoyed the visit. Sammie is still talking about her Cousin Van and Aunt Laura. Thanks for coming down.
So off to download pictures. Enjoy. ;)SESIL
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sammie's Birthday Party.
We had Sammie's party on Sep 16th. Robert rented a moon walk and the kids loved jumping all day long. Sammie's third birthday was a hit! The weather was perfect! Here is a clip of all of us singing happy birthday to her. I will post more pictures too. :)SESIL
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Happy Birthday Sammie!!
Happy Birthday Sammie....
Sammie and I made a cake last night and I finished decorating it for this morning. Sammie loved the cake, Party Hats and Balloons! I can not believe that she is three years old. Wow...how time flies by.
Hope you have a great day. sammie is having the best birthday. :)SESIL
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Sweet Caroline....
Here are a few pictures of Sweet Caroline. I took these today. She is such a joy, laughing and loves watching the kids play. Thought I would share the pictures of Caroline with everyone.
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