Ballroom dancers get all the chicks!!

This morning Austin starts Ballroom again. He LOVES it! I'll never forget the day he came home and announced that he wanted to take it at his school. As soon as he said it, I see Trenten come flying up the stairs to of course capitalize on the moment and say to Austin, "you want to do ballroom dude, why?" Austin of course replied with "hey Trent I'm not the stupid one cuz if you do ballroom, you get to hold hands with all the girls!" Trenten had no come back for that one...

So this morning as we are getting ready to head over to the school we were talking in the kitchen and he says to me, "Mom? These kids at my school were saying that ballroom is stupid and I asked them if they'd ever tried it and they said no and so I told them they couldn't have an opinion about it unless they tried it and then I said besides ballroom dancers get all the chicks!" (imagine Austin being as serious as possible when he's saying this.. He really truly believes it)

Should I be worried?

Sand Dunes '09

ROB
TRENTEN
TRENTEN, STEVE , ROB AND DOMINIK

A cup and a seed.....

I love little things like this so I thought I'd post it... For fathers day this year Austin wrote Rob a poem.

"A cup and a seed"

There is so many points to life,
all you need is a cup and a seed
and it will grow to a loving family
that's why we have a loving daddy.

A little late but I'm posting it anyway.....

Trenten, Matt, and Taylor

Trenten turned 13 on Friday March 13th this year, and he is simply loving life, as you can tell in these photos. He has spent almost every weekend up at the resort snowboarding. Thanks goodness for cheep resorts with very inexpensive season passes. He is sad however that they are now closed for the season and has taken up skate boarding with his little brother. I can't believe that I actually have a teenager. He informed me yesterday that in less than two years he would be able to get his driving permit. Honestly I can't even think about that right now without getting nauseous!

Happy birthday Austin!

Breakfast in bed
Eat'n shrimps with Mom, Grammy and Great Grandpa Dexter for lunch.
Grammy and Great Grandpa at the Red Lobster for Austin's birthday lunch.

I know it's about time!!!.....

This pic is of Kate in her Pocahontas costume for the school play. Thank goodness for Pam and her marvelous teaching abilities, she was able to help me make this for her performance. Doesn't she look so cute!

Kaytlin turned 11 on March 10th. She had lunch with her Grammy, Great Grandpa, Rob, Trenten, and myself at her favorite place, the Olive Garden. She was less than enthusiastic about getting back to school because it was the MATURATION PARTY.... need I say more?

My Valentines

While I don't love this Holiday to much (mainly because I think we should spend time telling others that we love them as much as possible intsead of having a designated day for it) I do love that my kids have gone out of their way to be nice to me and each other. This morning I was greeted by Austin at 5:30 am ; ) with yogurt and grapenuts. Kaytlin came in shortly after with a treat from her valentine box with a note that said "I am proud that your my mom" and when trent finally made it out of bed at around 9 he gave me a green heart that said "Mom, I love you with all of my heart" in French. So while I gripe about it every year, I am once again reminded that I need to quit being so grown up and see life through the eyes of my children.