Update................................

February is upon us..............SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where did January go??? Whitlee will be 5 in 25 day.............SERIOUSLY!!!! She is VERY VERY excited!! She is having a pool party (her favorite kind of party) with a PINK Princess Theme...........She says the best part is that she is going to be a whole hand!! I remember when that impressed Brendan. For Christmas Steven and Sharlene bought her a Cupcake Maker. Brendan convinced her that she wasn't old enough to use it -- that she had to be 5!!! I was finally able to convince her last night that it was ok for her to use it with Mommy or Daddy's help!!! Today we made CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!!!! Errr............I mean she made cupcakes and I supervised -- Here is the fruit of her labor:)

All the cool equipment

She needed to touch everything

She was trying to figure out which cupcake paper to use
Adding water

Adding MORE water

Mixing........

More Mixing....

Into the cupcake cooker you go baby!!!

Getting ready to nuke it!

mmmmm.....Yummy

This AWESOME finished product! It was cinnamon sugar -- she said it was SUPER YUMMY!!!

I was in the grocery store the other day -- Look what I found.....

You know I totally had to buy some!!!!!

We went to have lunch at Jeff's office last week. This is a time honored Cunningham child tradition. Kid + Elevator = jumping!!!!

This is one of her favorite parts:)

When you are almost 13 you don't jump anymore -- you sit on the handrails

These are some glass globes that hang in Jeff's building -- I LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!!

Up close

And another one.

Lunch --- Spiced Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches and Tomato Soup

She LOVES grilled cheese (she had me take of the apples)

Even at his dad's office he is WAY cool

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeese

The children are SPOILED at Jeff's office!!! This is a little present from Maryanne -- a little candy bar and $$$$$.

This is one of my VERY FAVORITE PHOTOS OF THE KIDS!!!!! I took it from across the room -- I so love this!!!

A certain little one developed a huge case of the giggles:)

More giggles

She just couldn't stop!!!!

It was so so cute!!

The fam...

We are doing well, Brendan just started a new quarter in school!!! He is getting ready for baseball training -- Whitlee is focused on turning 5!!!!!!!!!

How are things on your end?????

Blog Makeover:)

So, while I do have stuff to catch up on I wanted to redo the blog bling --- I think I like this.......The photo is of the kiddos. We went and had lunch with Jeff on Monday since Brendan didn't have school. I think it is one of my favorite shots of the kids:)

This is my second post today -- well, it's my 2nd blogging session but 1st post -- I found a cool website and well, I came up with these:)

Cherish is my word for 2009

I did 2:)
Here is Brendan...

Here is Whitlee Jane...

I couldn't resist and had to do one of Matthew...

Like I am going to let an opportunity to post this photo again.........

Today was a good day!!!

I got some laundry done....

I cleaned out a heater....

I scrapped some pages.....

Dinner With The Ben Franklin Girls..........

So, tonight Jeff took the kiddos to the hockey game -- it was the teddy bear toss vs. Everett (BOO). I went out for dinner with the girls from the BF (that's Ben Franklin). We were celebrating both Maryann and Diana's birthdays!!!!

Here is Becca -- she is SO excited about her chip!!!

Kendra + Becca = Sisterly love
Tracy and Maryann

Becca is hungry

This is one of our waiters -- he REALLY wanted his picture taken but wouldn't look at the camera!!!!

The LOVEBIRDS!!!! Diana and Rocky

Rocky and Lisa - Rocky REALLY needs to come out of his shell!!!:)

Diana and her Long Island Ice Tea:)

Maryann and Rocky (Really!!! he is a shy guy:))

Maryann's BOOBS

Diana being really cute!!!!

Rocky and his boobs!!!!

Diana and her boobs!!!

Lisa and her boobs!!!!

Maryann and her hat:)

Don't ask:)

Joy............errr........I mean some stranger and her boobs!!!

Diana and her beautiful hat

Joy and Diana!!!

Rocky didn't want to be left out!!!!

It was a really fun night!!!!

By the way Tbirds won the hockey game 3-1!!! Go birds!!!!!

Banged up ankles, knees and broken toes

First, I'd like to say that they ARE NOT ALL ME:)

Brendan played in his last basketball game on Monday -- it was against "the team" -- you know the one -- a crappy coach who thinks his crap doesn't stink -- teaching the kids to play crappy ball. The kind of coach that if he was Brendan's team I'd yank him off the team faster than you can blink. The first time we played this team they beat us pretty well and they beat the boys up pretty well -- it was more like a full contact football game than a basketball game.

Brendan looks like he has been put through a hand mixer:) -- OK so, I have to admit it IS kinda his fault.......The boys went toe to toe with this team -- not letting them push them around -- pushing back. Why would you have YOUR TALLEST PLAYER --- I'm talking this kid was literally 6'2" at LEAST -- and he is guarding BRENDAN!!!! Why as a coach would you do that?? This kid thrust at Brendan with his hip trying to set him off balance -- wrong thing to do. Normally, I wouldn't advocate behaviour like this BUT........you can only take so much and Brendan had reached his limit. This kid hip checked him and Brendan took him down. It SO should have been a foul -- he knocked this kid out at the knees, there was a tumble of gigantor kid and Brendan -- That kid didn't cover Brendan anymore.

Brendan currently is a mass of bruises - and SO proud!! His team won by the way -- taking the game into overtime. IT WAS A SWEET SWEET SWEET win;)

Here is Brendan's Basketball Photo (evidently, you don't smile in middle school)

and..............well, I broke my little toe yesterday -- I know it isn't shocking I did it to myself -- I am so clumsy!!! I called the Dr. She said that I could come in if I really wanted to but that there wasn't anything that she could do --

I made Whitlee Jane's 5 year well check today -- we are one step closer to school (yikes). I am checking out a couple of schools next week -- I'm not sure that I am going to send her to the same school that Brendan went to -- there have been a lot of changes there.

I'm off to take some pictures of Brendan's knees:) it will be good for my 365 project!!!