The Budge Bunch

I don’t know if it’s because I have only slept like four hours in the last three days, or because my youngest just started full day kindergarten, but I am such an emotional wreck lately.

This Summer has been a whirlwind, and I think it may have finally caught up with me.  Actually, never mind just this Summer, this year has been crazy.  Although I love everything I am doing, I am tired.  I have so much fun everyday, between the kids and working.  I know I am so lucky that I can say that.

In the craziness of our life I was also trying to live in the moment of being home with Chloe.  It was so hard for me to imagine her going to school.  This is huge.  Not just for her, but for me as well.  This is the first time in about nineteen years that I have not had a little one home with me while the kids were in school.  It is scary.  Now I am thinking of me and what to do with my life.  It is so overwhelming, but crazy exciting at the same time.

I have no idea what lies ahead for me, or for any of us.  I hope this new school will be a great fit  for Jake,  and Chloe will shine with her independent personality.  Chelsea starts her sophomore year tomorrow, and I know she will rock it like she always does.

I guess I am just hoping for a kick ass year.  Oh yeah, and maybe a little more sleep.

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So…my kids LOVE Fathers Day! They actually love Mothers Day, and birthdays and any day that they can do something fun and keep secrets about the presents. It is so awesome to see how excited they get when they start thinking of ideas for presents and things to do. We would be so broke if we bought or did all the cool things they want to do for their family. I love how sweet they are.

Well, you all know that I am loving my new Price Chopper that just opened this week. (I am shocked I am not the mayor on Foursquare yet) They did the cutest thing on Saturday. They let kids come in and decorate a big cookie or cake for their Dads. What a fun idea! The kids had fun making up some weird story of where we were going, and we headed out to decorate some cakes!

Jake and Chloe had a blast! The girl that helped them was amazing with them. So sweet. Everyone that was walking by thought it was such a cute idea. You really can’t beat it for five bucks each, they both got to make a cool dessert for Fathers Day. They were so proud of themselves. They couldn’t stop smiling when they brought them out after dinner. So happy to have the BIG SURPRISE!

Even happier that Daddy LOVED it and completley FREAKED out when he saw them. So cute!

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Tonight we colored some Easter eggs. Tomorrow the kids will wake up to see what the Easter Bunny left for them, and hunt for eggs in the backyard. And we will relax. It has been a very sad and busy week/weekend for our family. But tomorrow we will sleep in and have a nice dinner. We will remember the reason for the day.

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Snow Day!

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I can’t believe my little guy is nine years old. He is the light of my life. I am so blessed and lucky to be his Mom. The perfect fit for our wacky family.

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Sledding in the Backyard!

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Sunday afternoon we packed into the car and headed out to see Disney Live! Chloe was so excited! That was all she talked about for two days. Jake likes the show, but loves to eat a giant pretzel even more! Chelsea likes going to these shows and seeing how cute and happy Chloe is during it. So, all in all we usually have a great time.

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And we did this time, except we had the loudest most obnoxious lady sitting behind us yelling through the whole thing. She was SUPER DUPER excited and I think she was trying to pump up the kid she was sitting next to. The kid who insisted on playing with his loud spinning light thingy the WHOLE time. Chloe at one point was covering her ears and turned around and looked right at the lady and was like “please stop, I can’t hear the show”. The lady didn’t stop. Neither did spinning light thingy boy. But we just got used to it and really did have a good time.

My family is a bunch of Disney Freaks! There is no way we could have a bad time if Mickey is around!

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