Snowicane

Thats what m friends on Facebook are calling the coming snow storm. Sounds bad, I wonder if it will live up to the hype. Emil passed out on the couch, much to Tyler's delight, because that means he gets to play with his moon sand again. I also let him stay up later, most likely he won't be going to school tomorrow. We stayed home on Tuesday too even though school was open, the roads didn't look great here and I'm glad we didn't go. It only got worse and a friend had a terrible time getting home from school with her kids. She stopped at her inlaws to try and wait it out and didn't get home until 7:30 at night from a 3:00 pick up!! So even if it doesn't look bad in the morning we'll have to take a look at the radar before we decide, because by all reports it's supposed to be bad!
Now back to the Olympics, did you see the Canadian figure skater whose Mother passed away a couple days ago? Heartbreaking to watch her! I glad she did well, I hope she gets a medal.

This sounds like a yucky week...

it looks like rain and/or snow every day and the kids are both getting a cough. Not really runny or stuffed up noses but a cough. I just hope the roads stay clear so Tyler can have school. He was playing teacher to Emily and he wrote down, his name (but forgot the L)and her name, which I've seen him do alot (well, he doesn't usually forget the L) but he also wrote "MoM" and "BoB" on his own. And Emily can sometimes recognize his name and her own.
I have been catching up on shows I've wanted to watch Online, and I have the Olympics on as well. I want to see who wins, however I can't really get into the Ice Dancing. I really like the Alpine Skiing n Speed Skating (especially short track), Oh and the Snowboarding! I like having some one to root for. It reminds me of when I worked as a show jumping groom, it was exciting when your horse was doing well. And I have to say watching a Grand Prix is not nearly as fun when you don't have a horse in it.

"I'm tired...and my elbow hurts!"

Well not the elbow part, that is a line from the movie "UP" (which I highly recommend to kids and adults!) Today was a bit of a long day, barn work, church, mall then more barn work then dinner and now it's almost my favorite time of day...Bedtime!! Curt had and even longer day, he started yesterday and had to work all day, all night and all day again without any sleep! He did get a nap once he got home this afternoon at least. I got my days mixed up today too. A friend told me about a tack auction and for some reason I thought it was next weekend, but it was TODAY and I missed it! Oh well, maybe next time.
The kids had a nice time at church today, Aunt Edith was their junior church teacher and Kaitlyn and Kirsten were the helpers, Oh and Emily's boyfriend, Garrett was there too! Did I tell you she already has a wedding dress picked out? Just ask her and she'll show you. :)

Tyler having some fun around the farm
Curt wanted me to put these pictures up to give Cindy heart failure! LOL!

P.S. I've made Emily practice saying "Sorry" all day!

Well Emily should sleep good tonight!

Not only did she walk up the hill 5 or 6 times to ride the sled down (because she normally wants me to carry her), but she just had a MAJOR meltdown!!!! She thought it would be funny to spit a mouth full of milk in Curt's face while he was laying down on the couch talking on the phone. So she was put in the corner and told to say she was sorry. Well she was flat out refusing to apologize! She cried and screamed for a good 45 minutes and I tried everything, from threatening to take all her dresses away to putting her to bed (which finally worked) and she finally said a mumbled sorry! She is sooo stubborn!! At least she didn't throw up. I'm actually surprised she didn't just cry herself to sleep! Well she should sleep good anyway!

Pretty quiet day...

we didn't do much today. Curt did the barn and the kids and I went to the early church service. Then not much else really, the kids were playing a most of the day, while Curt and I were watching Olympics and Daytona. Both were exciting, silver for the USA in Nordic Combined (never really watched before but the USA never medaled in it before and it was a tight race at the end) then Dale jr nearly did it at Daytona! I hope he keeps it up, I like to see him do well since he got pushed out of his late Father's racing team. Oh and Short track Speed Skating last night was good too! That gets crazy! Looking forward to watching more!
Emily did request the "Tattoo" dress again, but I told her it wasn't for church and she picked a black skirt and red shirt instead. (Good for Valentines Day anyway) Tomorrow we go for an early playdate with Nicky the dog! And then maybe more snow??? Of course Curt is supposed to work the day it is supposed to snow!! We'll have to wait and see.

Emily and her "Tattoo" dress

So when I ask Emily what she wants to wear today she tells me her "Tattoo" dress. I was like what??? Then she said her pink Tattoo dress, and I knew what she meant, her pink "tutu" dress! (See the pictures from earlier posts where she is wearing it) LOL! Well I had to steer her away from it for today because we had errands to run and it is getting a little to small for her, it kind of rides up her belly! So she picked her jean flowered jumper instead, a sensable choice! Oh and by the way, she also likes to pick out Curt's clothes for him!
Well I didn't make it to the end of the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics last night. I was very tired and I don't know why, I didn't even do a lick of barn work yesterday or cook dinner. (To my in-laws, thanks again for the chinese take out!)Oh well, I saw the highlights on the Today Show this morning!

Around this time of year I start getting the itch to work with and ride the horses! I guess it's the "want what you can't have"! I know by fall I am ready to stop riding and working the young horses, because it is very time consuming. I'm hoping to have a second rider handy this year, keep your finger crossed the young horses behave so I don't have second thoughts. Bree (boarder 4yr old) should be leaving late spring/early summer for further training. I just get them started undersaddle and then they leave for the advance stuff. So I'll just have Spencer to work after he leaves, which is fine with me, I don't really have the time right now or the energy for breaking in young horses and Spencer needs more put into him so one day the kids can ride him. Well Spring is right around the corner, right??