Home stretch!!!

I only have 121 more DAYS left before I graduate from school!!!!! I went today for my orientation for Internship II and then I went and took my last certification test and I PASSED!!!!! I had to take the last test and it was my subject area test for K-6 and it was on ALL subjects....math, language arts, music, art, P.E, social studies and science.... it had 224 questions on it and it took me about 3 hours to finish the test! I took it on the computer so I could get my results right then and there, otherwise I have to wait like a month to get the results, and well I couldn't wait that long for the results. I was so nervous when the lady handed me the results and had to look at it like 3 times for it to sink in on me that is said PASSED!!! So all I have left to do is finish my internship and I will be be done with my bachelors degree.

I also got my placement for my internship and I will be in a kindergarten room, which is exactly where I want to be! I love working with the young kids! That will start on Monday and I will be at the school five days a week for like 14 weeks! Everything is finally coming to an end!

Realization

Tonight I made cupcakes and was getting ready to frost them and Allyson came in the kitchen asking if she can help. She pulled out a butter knife and got to work. I had to stop and look at her because this is the first time that I did not have to pull the kitchen chair over for her to stand on and make sure she was ok before I could get started on mine. It dawned on me that she was growing up and was able to reach the kitchen counter just fine without the help of the chair! And just a side note, she frosted 3 cupcakes and then went off to play, she had her fill of frosting them for the night!!

2009 Goals

Just a list of some the things I would like to accomplish or at least work at this year.

1. Graduate from school!!!!
2. Get a job!!- I think Steve will be VERY happy when this one happens :)
3. Spend more quality time with Allyson, and try to let her experience more things.
4. Pay off our credit card debt and keep it paid off.
5. Try to be a better wife.
6. Make more time for myself..from spending money on myself to taking better care of myself.
7. Loose some weight---hey it wouldn't be resolutions without this one on it.

So what are some of the goals that you are setting for yourself?

A little late.

Well it's a couple days after Christmas and we had a wonderful day! As usual it we were up bright and early! Allyson had us up at 4:30 in the morning to open up presents! This year she has been full of questions about Santa and when we turned on the lights the first thing she noticed was that Santa used the same wrapping paper that I used to wrap the presents! Oops....next year Santa will have some special paper to wrap his presents in. As we opened presents all we heard was "that was what I wanted", " I love this", or "Awe Cool!". I think her two favorite presents was her real guitar, and her PS2. I got Steve Rock Band 2 for his X-Box and we have all truly enjoyed that gift, even me and I'm not a game type of person, but that game is a lot of fun! We have spent every night since Christmas playing that game for a couple of hours. Steve plays the guitar, I play the drums, and Allyson sings...we are quite the sight to see and hear! Steve got me a food processor that I have been wanting for quite some time, so I think my new years resolution is to try to be a better cook!

My mom got me a DVD camcorder, and I have had a blast using that thing! She gave it to me Christmas Eve so that I could tape Christmas morning which was a lot of fun! The only bad thing was that I forgot to take regular pictures Christmas morning, I'm kind of bummed about that, but oh well I have it on DVD now, so I can just watch it on the TV!

Well that's it for now, oh and I'm also going to try to blog more often this year too! Even if it's just a little something every couple of days.

Whew....

Boy oh boy did we have a busy weekend!!! Friday night I was
suppose to go to a cookie exchange, and I was so excited to go, but Allyson came home from school Friday with her stomach hurting and just kind of laid on me all day, so I ended up staying home from the cookie exchange. These are the cookies that I made for the exchange. They are very tasty, and I like that they aren't that sweet of a cookie. That night she was very sweet and we had this conversation:
Allyson: I'm sorry you had to miss your cookie party.
Me: It's alright.
Allyson: Thank you for staying home with me, it makes me feel better.
That was enough reason for me to stay home right there.

Saturday we had my Mom's side of the family over for a Christmas party, so I started the day by cleaning the house and getting ready for that. We had a good time and everyone enjoyed themselves.

Sunday I got to take Allyson to go see The Nutcracker and she really enjoyed herself!! It was so pretty. It had been years since I have seen it, and I think I liked it more as an adult that I did as a child. It was so nice to walk around the auditorium and see all the little girls dressed in their Christmas dresses.

This coming weekend is booking up pretty fast too! Friday night is my Grandmother's birthday party, Saturday night we are having Steve's parents over for dinner and doing Christmas with them, and then on Sunday night we are going to a friends house for dinner! I love all the get together's over the holidays!

Pictures with Santa

We went to the Mall at Millenia on Monday and got some pictures taken with Santa. This Santa was the best looking one around that I've seen so far, so I guess that's why we waited 90 minutes to see him!! Allyson's starting to ask questions about Santa. She got to have her picture taken with a different Santa this weekend and she informed me that he had a fake beard so I've had to explain that Santa can't be everywhere at the same time and the Santa's we see at the malls are his helpers. Well she informed me that this one was the real deal because his beard is real! I love these candid shots of her with Santa! Now I just have to decide which one I'm using for our Christmas cards this year!

This one is my favorite!!

Finally

After some major determination, and patience on mine and her part she is finally a bike rider that no longer needs training wheels!!!!! We are all so excited! And don't worry after I took these pictures we ran up to Wal-Mart and got her a helmet so she is all safe now!

And she's off by herself!
A little extra coaching from Dad always does some good!!Look at that smile! She is so proud of herself!

Look at the look of determination on that face!!
On her Christmas wish list now....a new bike that is bigger!!!