Easter 2009

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Papaw's Truck

My dad has an old truck that he uses as a work/putt around truck. My kids love papaw's truck. If they get to ride somewhere in it, they love it. While I was getting ready for work this morning (about 4:15 am) Megan and Seth were both awake and talking about papaw's truck. Here is how the conversation went. You gotta love it!
Me: "Why do you like papaw's truck?"
Megan: "Because of the buttons next to the gear shift." (I'm thinking... "It's a 92 with not a lot of options so I doubt there would be too many buttons.")
Me: "What else do you like about it?"
Megan: "I like the way you turn the handle and the window goes down." (Ok, now I'm about to lose it.)
Megan: "I also like the color - red." By this time I can't get past the kid being impressed by crank down windows.

Happy Birthday Mom

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I had several pics that I wanted to share. Our church went to the gym a couple weekend ago. We had a good time. I also have a few pics of the kids. Can you believe that? The one of Seth on the bed I thought was really cute. He had his flashlight train but also he had lined up shoe boxes behind the train and he informed us that it was coal cars. I was impressed with his creative idea. Also, I want to say Happy Birthday to the best mom in the world. I had asked Megan what kind of cake that she wanted to make Grandma for her birthday and she said, "How about princess?" So you can see from the pics Grandma enjoyed her princess cake. Happy Birthday mom. We love you. Thanks for helping us out so much. I couldn't do it without you.

Day Out

Yesterday, Greg watched the kids while my mom and I had a day out shopping. We had lunch together and went to the mall. It was really nice. I missed my little family but it was nice to shop without interruptions. I was looking for Easter outfits for the kids. I'm trying to find a yellow outfit for Meg. She is into Bell the princess. I didn't find anything:( I have found several cute things for Seth but I want to get Megan one first because it seems like her outfit is going to be the hard one and then match Seth to her. My plans are to get pics taken again. If you remember the last time we had a photo shoot Seth wanted nothing to do with it. Maybe we'll have better luck this time. I was also looking for another pair of Thomas the Tank Engine rain boots. Seth really likes his but they are just getting too small. His are 6's and he needs at least 7 maybe 8. No luck there either. Anyway we had a great time. I woke up about 4am this morning sooo sick. I thought that it was something that I ate. No such luck. I have the flue. yuck! I'm home by myself now. Greg has taken the kids to moms for Sunday dinner. (Thank God for mom!) Seth was sick with it from Tues - Sat. Now I know how the poor little guy felt. Pray that Meg and Greg don't get it.

Thank you Aunt Ron

Seth received a jogging suit from Aunt Ron for Christmas. It looks so cute on! It's a Maryland jogging suit. Thank you Aunt Ron. You are special.

New Scarfs

We had a very exciting thing happen the other day. Megan and Seth received scarfs in the mail from Aunt Clare! They were so excited about it. They were just the right size and looked great on. Megan called her on the phone to thank her and had quite a long conversation with her. Thank you Aunt Clare. You are special!

Valentine Fun

Things have been very busy around here. I wanted to post a few pics to catch everyone up on what has been going on at the O'Donnell house. We did end up getting a lot of snow. I was very happy. We thought it was pretty much over with but we did get a little more today. We went out for Valentine's day. We had a good time. Greg and I both wanted to take the kids with us so we did. We went to Cracker Barrell.

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Snow

We finally got enough snow to talk about. Our county is on a level 1 for a state of emergency. This means that we are not allowed on the road unless it is an emergency.

We had some snow then we got ice and then more snow. It was tough to walk in. Seth wasn't out too much.

We went snow tubing at the ski slops. We had a blast! I can't wait to go back. We had Seth with us at first but half way down the hill he started crying and cried all the way to the bottom. He spent a lot of time with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Teresa in the snack shop. He enjoyed playing with his trains and eating M&M's. He loves playing with Papaw so he was fine.

Here is Seth at the fire pit after his first (and last) trip down the hill and before he headed to the snack shop.

Megan had a blast. We were there for 2 hours. She stayed right with it. They had snow on the walk ways so after we got to the bottom of the hill I would pull her tube over to the conveyor. I would just pull her tube and all on the conveyor after we got to the top I pulled her over to the hill and then down we would go again. It was different then when we would go when we were kids. We didn't land in a creek, run into sticker bushes, or hit a fence or tree! We also didn't have to walk back up the hill!!!

Philly breakfast

Thanks Grandmom and Grandbear for sending a little Philly home with us.

I'll take another peice.

Megan found last year's Easter hat. She said that it won't fit again this year. Looks good with PJ's

Seth getting into the train action.

Christmas 08 (2)

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Christmas 08

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Ok here are a few pics. I got a new camera for Christmas! These are the pics that were taken after I got the new camera. So I will post the others later. Megan got a special gift from my parents this year. Last year Seth had rec'd a barn made by my Dad and this year Megan rec'd a doll house from dad. The really cool thing is that it is designed like our house!! He did a great job! Both items will be stored away when the kids have out grown them for when they have kids. We went to Philly on the 26th. We were able to visit the Crayola "factory." They had a lot of hands one things for the kids to do. We had a good time but it's good to be home.

4 More Days Till Christmas

Am I the only one finding time to blog this time of year? Actually, I know that I'm not the only one because I have noticed other blogging friends posting less. Well, it's 6 a.m. on Sunday morning and I can't sleep. I remembered that the turtle neck that I want Megan to wear this morning is dirty and it's Christmas Sunday! Got that taken care of and decided to catch up on the blog. We did get the 12ft tree up and decorated. I went with red and gold. This is the first time that I have ever had a tree with a theam. My other tree is just traditional. But I really like it. Teresa, (sister-in-law) who is very good at decorating, came over and helped get it decorated. I was very pleased with the finished product. She said that I did a good job of picking out decorations. I was pleased with the 70% off! She said that we need to hit Old Time Pottery right after Christmas to get more for next year. Anyway here is a pic that we took of the kids. I just love it!

Megan and Seth in front of the new Christmas tree. Note the new outfits that Grandmom and Grandbear O'Donnell sent. Thank you. They fit and look great.

Meg trying out the Longaberger.

Actually, Seth did it first. Meg thought it was cute so she wanted her pic in it too. Looks like kids live here.

Our tree. Actually, we have added more since this pic. Aunt Teresa says we need more.

We took a trip to TN at the beginning of the week. Since we had passes to Dollywood we wanted to take the kids again to enjoy the Christmas festivities. We had a great time. Now that Meg is 4 we had to get a pass for her too. Seth is still free. We only stayed two nights. We rented a cabin. Megan loves the hot tubs. Seth was a little nervous at first but got use to it. We were in it both nights and it felt wonderful. I would love to have one. It's on the list.......way down:( Diapers is more toward the top:) This is a pic of the kids in the cabin.
The kids with their new sleeping bags. Both kids really like them but Meg is especially into it right now.
Greg is really good at baking cookies. (Much better then me.) Here he is at work.
This was the last few that he put in and got busy with something else. I didn't tease him too much.............
Greg was excited to finally get a Kitchen Aid mixer. He had some gift cards that he had been saving for one. He was able to get the biggest one. He kept burning up my hand held ones when he would make a double batch of cookies. He has been wanting one for a long time. Looks like a kid with a new toy.

12 ft Tree

I fogot to say that I got a 12 ft tree for my entry way. I had been saving my gift cards that I had rec'd for one. It had to be a slim line. Well I found one at Walmart - which is where I had the gift card for - but they were out of them and wouldn't sell the display to me. Greg went back the other day to see if they had got any more in. We this time they sold the display to him. Now I'm looking to decorate it. At least now stores are starting to clearence out Christmas stuff. Depending on the final look I may post a pic.

Christmas Buzz / Blog Blues

It been a while I know. Things are getting a little busy. Kids are doing fine and I think they are feeling the Christmas Buzz. We are almost finished shopping so maybe things will slow down now. I am excited about the day that we have planned for today. I am going shopping with My sister-in-law, her daughter, my mom, and Megan. (Maybe Seth too.) We are going over to Cincinnati early to shop then we are going to meet up with the guys this eve to attend The Christmas play at GBS. (A Bible Collage.)I use to go to them every year but the past few years I haven't went because I wasn't sure if the kids would enjoy it. I am quite sure that Meg will. I think the play will be interresting to her but she will love the orchestra! She told me the other day that she was going to grow up with a trumpet. (I think she wants to play one when she grows up.)
Speaking of Meg, the other morning we had some fresh donuts from the bakery. She was sitting at the dinning room table and Greg was in the kitchen. She and Greg started winkning back and forth at each other. I said, "She loves her family." and Megan replied with, "And her families' donuts!"
Seth has started saying a lot more. I just love this little guy. He is full of hugs and kisses. When he comes to give me kisses he almost always makes sure that he plants one on each side of my face.
Family - That's what Christmas is all about.