Happy New Year's Eve!

After toying around with the idea of going to First Night Newtown...or going to see the fireworks downtown, it was Joey that decided he wanted to spend the entire day in his pjs not getting dressed to go anywhere and he did just that. We just put Owen to bed...going to make a coffee w/ Baileys and watch Harry Potter...lovely. Figured I would take a moment to post the Christmas pics meant to put up a week ago.

Christmas Eve

Spent the day decorating the tree, cleaning, wrapping, food shopping and playing with the boys. Christmas Eve church service with the family, stopping to looking @ lights on the way home and opening "Christmas Eve Pjs." We were tracking Santa's progress throughout the day. Joey went to bed when Santa was in Mexico, only to wake up at 1am, 4am and 6am...just to "check on things."

Nice weekend moments...Joey reading Christmas
stories to Owen, Owen's first Christmas play at
St. Paul's Preschool, SNOW!! baking cookies, shopping, cookie exchange w/ some fun ladies...a little kid-karaoke, writing Christmas cards, wrapping gifts and a 2 hour delay!! Starting to feel like Christmas!

It's Friday!! Finally!

What a long week! My students have been geared up because of the holidays..all the teachers stressed, me included, about fitting in "all this work" before the break. My last class of my graduate course is on Wednesday...huge project needs to be submitted so I know instead of getting ready for the holidays, I will be spending one more weekend with my nose in my textbooks. The boys are excited for Christmas, Joey just completed this "wordle"...Owen is busy taking all of the ornaments and lights out of the boxes marked "Christmas." I am finding it hard to explain to my two year old that the decorations need to wait until I turn in my 16 page paper.

Oh! Really good news...Owen had his 3 month check in at CHOP. We met with his oncologist, went over the MRI results and met with the neuroopthalmologist. The tumors continue to be stable and Owen tested within the normal range of acuity for the first time. So life goes on, thankfully, and we visit CHOP again in another 3 months.

8 school days left until winter break...I so need a breather!

Happy Thanksgiving!

My sick little monkey...

After an exciting weekend...Joey had a great end to a long football season...Owen and I are home for the day. Hopefully it is just a cold...and that he will eventually go to sleep...report cards are still hanging over my head. Love the camera, Joe!

Last Practice!!

40 Practices =
70 hours of practice time...
That's a lot of football!
Looking forward to Saturday's big game...