tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27180442151530860802024-03-05T01:00:51.530-05:00A Constant Work In ProgressMichelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-7253313314624219392016-04-28T10:28:00.000-04:002016-04-28T10:28:34.731-04:007 years ( April 27th)7 years.... And I am not talking about my current favorite song by Lukas Graham. I am talking about the age that my little boy just turned today. I cannot even believe that my Myles McCoy is now 7 years old. Just seven years ago on April 27, 2009 at 3:20pm, I gave birth to my only son. The times surrounding that moment stand out to me more than I realized they did.<br />
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My stay in the hospital after Myles was born was pretty interesting. I wasn't alone like I was when I had Madison. I was sharing the moment with Damian. I remember struggling with that thought... That I wasn't the only person responsible for him, that it wasn't just MY opinions that mattered, or just MY decisions that counted. Myles, at only hours old, was teaching me about my marriage and changing my way of thinking.</div>
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And now, at 7 years old, Myles still teaches me things on a daily basis. Named after Miles Davis and McCoy Tyner, this little boy is certainly his father's child. He is my little music man. He has an appreciation for music that comes from within. He loves sitting with Daddy and PopUp and learning about different genres and musical artists. One week , he wants to listen to Beethoven each night before bed, the next week it's The Fresh Prince, then comes, Michael Jackson, Eddie Palmieri, his dad's hip hop music, or his uncles... The Curtis Brothers.... You never really know with him, I just love that.</div>
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He has a constant desire to learn something new and each time he does, it becomes a tiny obsession for him. Drives me crazy, but I love it all at the same time.</div>
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There is just something about the way he will tell me, when I am feeling bad about my weight, "Mommy, you aren't fat. You are the perfect size for a mommy", that just melts my heart-- every time!</div>
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Now, I definitely know a thing or two about Momma's boys..and while I wouldn't call Myles a Momma's boy, I will admit that there is a special place in my heart that he fits just oh so perfectly in!!</div>
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Enough of all of this sentimental stuff... Let me just say - HAPPY 7TH BIRTHDAY MR MYLES!!</div>
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This past Sunday, Mama, in typical, Mama fashion threw Myles a birthday party. I am not a huge party person, so I let Mama take over in thIs area for certain ages. I will take the reins for some of the big milestone birthdays, but since it gives Mama extra pleasure to do this for her grandkids, I figure that I should let het. And the kids are always super appreciative and excited, venue though it took me a while to get used to it. This year, Myles wanted a Lego Star Wars party. So this is what Abby gave him. Myles had such a great time and the weather was definitely on our side. A special thank you to everyone that came over to celebrate Myles birthday with him. It makes me so grateful to have such a wonderful family and great friends that are just like family care so much about my kids. And to those that didn't even know about the party.. My apologies.. I suck at things like passing the word around- one of my many parenting flaws, had to do with that anti social thing that I swear I am gig to work on every year haha.<br />
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And since. Myles birthday fell on a Wednesday this year, it was very low key. Damian and I had to work and the kids had school. On Wednesday Myles has piano lessons and we decided to keep everyone's schedule as is, so Madison had dance and Mayci, who would normally go to church (but youth services were cancelled)' came home and hung out with me. But no worries, we still made sure to take some time out to sing Happy Birthday and celebrate Myles' actual birthday! Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Wayne came by bearing gifts for Myles.. He was so happy with all his new Pokemon paraphernalia lol. PopUp was over hanging out with Myles also helping him and Grandpa Wayne figure out how to play with Myles new toys. Mama and Veronica came by after every church to celebrate Myles as well. Grandma and Granopa had to leave a little earlier, but the rest of us struggles to wait until Madison got home from dance, around 920p to sing Happy Birthday and eat cupcakes. Myles was getting a little restless but understood that Madison wanted to be around- especially since she feels like she misses out on so much because of dance. Uuuuugggghhhh..... as I am now typing this , I realize that I completely forgot about the ice cream hahaha.. I guess that means that I will have a snack for later heehee</div>
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While Myles was getting ready for bed waiting for daddy to cuddle him, he said to me, "Mommy, thank you so much for my birthday party today. I know you are tired and want to go to bed, so I am happy that you let me stay up and have cupcakes after my bedtime and open up my gifts! I am having a great birthday and I already love being 7!"</div>
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Happy Birthday to my precious son! You manage to melt my heart with the simplest things. I love you!!</div>
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-59605595315350643802016-04-25T06:47:00.001-04:002016-04-25T06:47:13.700-04:00Weekend in Review April 15- April 17thSuch a good weekend with even better weather!! I have to say that this was probably one of the nicest weekends I have had in a while. All 5 of us were home and got to spend some time together. Albert, Luques, Karina, and Zeni were all in town on Saturday into Sunday. I missed seeing Zaccai, but he was around Sunday night for a gig. All in all -- such a great family oriented weekend.<br />
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Saturday brought some beautiful weather with it! After karate with Mayci, lots of time was spent outside playing, cleaning up the yard, and the little kids doing a bit of their <strike>digging holes in the backyard</strike> gardening.<br />
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By mid afternoon we headed over to Mama and PopUp's to see Luques, Karina, and Zeni-- it was Zeni's first trip to CT so it was quite the BIG DEAL!! Mama was super excited to show off her newest grandbaby lots of people came by to greet Baby Z and see her proud new parents!!!! Yvette, Paul, Nikko, Melina, Natalia, Angelina, Abigail, Jacob, Monica, Jorge, Titi Tata, Carol, Veronica, and Albert are just to name a few. The kids decided to stay over longer because they were having such a good time and Madison was hanging out with Nikko and Melina, who are just a year older than she is :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup--- I won the race.. the little girl next to me is some friend that Myles met at the park named Emily</td></tr>
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Sunday was a low key day for the family as well. The Curtis Brothers Quartet had a gig in Hartford on Sunday night. So the family, excluding Myles and me, went to go support them also. Myles and I stayed back so that we could ensure that he would get to bed on time and be prepared for his first day back at school after a week long Spring Break. I was pretty surprised to find out that Damian also ended up playing a little as well. I have heard from many that went that it was a great show and everyone seemed to enjoy it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The weather was so beautiful on Sunday, that the kids just HAD to eat breakfast outside on the back porch</td></tr>
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-36713221830128526272016-04-11T07:51:00.003-04:002016-04-11T07:51:43.795-04:00Easter Weekend - March 25-27Happy Late Easter!!<br />
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If you celebrate Easter, I hope that you had a wonderful holiday! If you don't celebrate, I hope that your weekend was equally as wonderful. <br />
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We had a nice weekend with quality time with the kids and some cousins filled with egg decorating, egg hunts, and good food. The kids seemed to have a fantastic weekend and Madison even made a YouTube video about what the kids got in their Easter Baskets at home. I posted it on Instagram and FB, but I will be sure to include it here for you to enjoy. My kids are truly the best- even when they are annoying <strike>the hell out of</strike> me.<br />
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Egg decorating took place on Saturday at Grandma Virginia's house this year. Last year we did it over there also. Not many tears this year, it's not real Easter egg decorating unless at least 1 person cries. Hahaha-- at least that's the case in our family. The decorating part went over without too much drama. Unfortunately the day sort of ended abruptly with some fighting amongst siblings ( and this time the kids were not involved--). I will have to admit, that this was certainly not my finest moment- but I will spare you all of the details. If you know any of my kids and you are close to them, then chances are you will hear about or already have. The younger 2 are still learning to keep certain "family stories" to themselves, hee hee. We did do a live video on FB for the first 11 minutes of egg decorating. The eggs came out nicely and Jaida (Amanda's daughter) also decorated her hands quite nicely as well, even though Amanda didn't think so. Damian always misses out because of gigs and working at the store, but I try to take plenty of pictures and the kids always keep him up to date.<br />
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Easter Sunday started off pretty late for my kids. They didn't wake up until closer to 9a. They seemed to enjoy their baskets and then just hung out around the house until we headed over to Mama and PopUp's house mid afternoon. <br />
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We spent the rest of the day over there with Mama, PopUp, Veronica (mama's friend from church), Dalila, Iliana, Zaccai, Julie, Natalia, Abigail, Angelina, and Azarah. As always, Madison, Myles, and Mayci had to search for their Easter baskets in the house. And then the kids separated for a "treasure" Easter egg hunt, followed by just a normal Easter Egg Hunt. This year, Zaccai was in charge of the older kids treasure hunt. The older group this year was Madison, Angelina, Myles and Azarah. They started off when one a few clues to get them around the yard and then in typical Zaccai style they ended up all over the place, having to send pictures back and forth to Zaccai to have to get the next clue. They had a blast and both the older group and younger groups competed their missions!! The kids, except for Madison, continued with the "normal" egg hunt - but with the amount of eggs hidden, I am sure they will be finding more for years to come.<br />
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Here is a little bit of the back and forth between Madison and her group and Zaccai via texts during their treasure hunt:<br />
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-74804207049349997572016-04-04T07:19:00.002-04:002016-04-04T07:19:33.455-04:003 Months In Review -- January 2016 - March 2016Nope-- no excuses, no reasons, just took me 3 months into the year to log in and actually write a post.<br />
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And can you believe it? Easter has already come and gone (a separate post on Easter weekend will follow this one)... which means that Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day have also already been here. Time seems to be just speeding on by.<br />
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Unfortunately I take most of my pictures on my phone. And in February I was having a ton of issues with my phone which caused them to have to "hard restart" my phone. This meant that I lost all that was on my phone that hadn't been backed up yet... and let me tell you-- since I don't "back up" anything, most of my pictures were lost so I had to start from square one.<br />
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In January, my brother in law and sister in law (why on earth don't I just call them my brother and sister-- that's what they are!!!!), welcomed the newest member into the Curtis Family. Miss Zeni Bea Curtis joined us on January 17, 2016 after giving her mom quite a labor experience to share for years to come. Good thing she is so cute otherwise they may have had to give her hard time back :) :) She is so beautiful and I am quite honored to be her Titi Michelle. It is moments like these that I wished we lived closer than 2 hours away. Damian, Abby, Ted, Myles and Mayci headed out to visit about 3 weeks after Zeni was born. Madison had a mandatory dance competition practice that day, so her and I headed out on February 27th to visit. Sadly, Luques was away so we weren't able to see him and one of my headlights had gone out the night before so we left WAAAAAAY earlier than I would have liked. But we had a great visit with both Karina and Zeni. I lost most of the pictures that I took but had Karina send me the few she had taken. I just love spending time with Karina. I tried to talk her into taking a nap, so she could get some rest while I kept an eye on Zeni, but was not successful - she assured me she was sleeping with the baby was and that she was fine. So we just hung out, played with Zeni, talked about everything, laughed ALOT, and I almost broke down in tears when we had to leave. I wish in general that Karina and I had more time with each other, and I really want to bond with my newest niece! ( I hope to post the pics of when Mayci and Myles met Zeni soon-- I have to have them resent to me.. same with the pics of Madison and Zeni- those all got erased)<br />
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The past 3 months of 2016 have been pretty busy for the kids.<br />
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Mayci is still dancing at Morlock School of dance and has begun taking karate once a week at a local studio. I must say, she has truly impressed me in karate. I am actually thinking of possibly NOT doing dance next year for her and having her focus more on karate, but we will see what life bring us. At her 3rd class she even earned an award for "Awesome Punches" And biased I may be, but she looks so darn adorable in her uniform :) And can you believe that in just 4 months, my last "baby" will be turning 5?!?1 Okay, that's it- I don't even want to talk about it anymore lol.<br />
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Myles is keeping extra busy with the 1st grade, piano lessons, and now he is also taking karate. This school year has been slightly more challenging for us with Myles. (Not with the actual curriculum, he is actually excelling in that area, aside from some extra work he needs to do in the subtraction area. Well, I have a conference this evening, so I will update on his progress in a later post.) In mid January, Myles was experiencing some bully drama, that was getting a bit carried away. I believe everything is all better now for him though as I have not heard any complaints recently. We have also found out that Myles needs glasses- he picked out a very mature pair, and we are currently waiting to receive them. Don't you worry (not that you were) - there will be lots of pictures posted as soon as he gets them.<br />
Piano lessons seem to be going well for him also. He is also taking secondary lessons on the weekends per Damian's request, but I am not sure of the schedule. And karate-- so at first Myles was completely against joining karate. He had a very bad experience when we attempted 2 years ago and wouldn't even consider karate. Mayci, on the other hand, had been begging to join karate-- so when we went in for her first one on one session, the owner came and sat down with Myles and talked with him --- next thing you know, he is being scheduled for his first one on one. And I am so glad that he changed his mind. He is loving it. Unfortunately until he turns 7 at the end of the month, he is only able to go to one of the 2 classes each week because it coincided with his piano lessons. But as soon as he turns 7, he moves to a new class and the schedule works out perfectly. And super exciting is that he goes for his first belt test this Friday. -- Since this post is going up after the belt test- the pics are below!! Can't wait!! And in just 1 more month, my little man will be 7 years old! WOW!!<br />
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Madison- as per usual- keeps her self busy with dance and various school activities. That has remained the same as 2016 just rolls by. In February, she had the part of Young Nala in her school's production of The Lion King. The director also had her help out with some of the production's choreography, which was such a great honor to Madison. I think she did a great job during the play and if I can, I will try to post the small little video clip that I took opening night. And a special thanks goes out to Grandma Virginia, Aunt Lisa (who went to both performances), Mama, and PopUp for coming out to support her. Unfortunately Damian's gigs got in the way and didn't work with the performance nights so he had to miss out. PopUp did film it and gave us a copy so hopefully Damian will have some time to watch it. I sure think he would be proud!<br />
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Madison is currently her advisory classes student council representative and also takes the minutes during student council meetings. She has been invited to join the National Junior Honor Society -- I am not sure when we find out if she made it in or not, but I know she had to write essays, get teacher's recommendations, and fill out some forms, so only time will tell. This year for dance in addition to her group competition dances, and 2 solos (1 in modern and 1 in tap), Madison is also performing in a duo with one of her friends, Naijah. The first competition is scheduled for Sunday April 3rd and I cannot wait to see how they all do. I have only seen the solo number s so this should be very exciting. <br />
We also heard from a talent agency that they were waiting for me to send in some paperwork and take care of getting headshots done so Madison could begin some work with them. They had also reached out to us in May of 2015, but life and time got away from me, so I never really followed up ( I know, I know, what kind of mother am I?) Earlier in March they met with Madison via Skype and now we are just waiting to hear back about the next step. She has received her child performer work permit from the state of NY already-- so when things start getting moving, I will be sure to keep all of you posted!!<br />
And one of the biggest upcoming milestones for Miss Madison --- she will become a teenager in just 3 months-- A TEENAGER!! She is planning to have a party this year, but we did have to switch the planned day because one of Damian's cousins is going to be getting married on the original day that we had planned and we don't want to make family members have to choose. I did explain to her that we still may have to sacrifice many family members because they will have been partying the day before, but to not take it personal and she seems to understand :) <br />
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Hmmmm-- all this talk about all of these birthdays makes me think that I should probably start getting some planning done. I'll get to it, I swear!<br />
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Damian continuously stays busy with work, rehearsals, and gigs. And I, unfortunately, am still not nearly as involved in certain aspects of his career as I would like to be. Damian also keeps pretty occupied with helping out with his brothers' record label, Truth Revolution Records. I should probably step my game up and offer to help out. I have been saying that for years-----<br />
I think Damian is really planning on working on his "studio" this spring/summer. I know he has a lot of plans in his head, just not sure if he is ready to start executing them or not. It will take a little bit of a financial investment, I imagine, so that may be what is holding him up.<br />
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Nothing of interest going on for me- what else is new- haha. I went to Disneyworld in the beginning January with a few friends to run in the Disney Half Marathon. Was an awesome experience, BUT I didn't do very well. My only goal was to finish completely and I did succeed in that. While I don't have any desire to run another half in the next year or so, I am thinking about planning to do one in 2019-2020. I have lots of time to change my mind though. I haven't been running quite as much as before, yet with the weather getting warmer, I should be starting that back up again. I have been taking an adult hip hop class yet again. But I think this will be my last year of that :( Time for me to move on to something else. In June, I will be starting school for what seems like the millionth time. But I just have to get my bachelor's degree. Not sure why this is so important to me, but it has just been eating away at my heart lately. I spoke with a counselor at Bay Path University and have started getting all of the details worked out. I will be taking the majority of my classes online, but am planning on doing my science course with labs on campus in Longmeadow, MA. I am excited to begin school again. I really did enjoy it each and every time I went. The last little bit of news for me, is that I have been on an official weight loss journey since January 17, 2016. I started Weight Watchers and try to fit in exercise when and where I can. I need to get better with the exercise though. To date I have lost a total of 21 pounds exactly... meaning that I am only 19 pounds away from my goal, which I would like to reach by the end of the summer. I won't go into specifics on this blog, but will be writing about it in detail on my other blog, <a href="http://www.makeupofmichelle.wordpress.com/">MakeUp Of Michelle</a>. So if that area of my life interests you, feel free to pop on over there and check it out.<br />
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All in all- 2016 seems to be going well for the Negron/Curtis kids! Here's to that continuing for the next 9 months!! Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-80242688604728749552015-12-31T21:27:00.001-05:002015-12-31T21:27:36.267-05:00~~The End of 2015~~I figured since today is the last day 2015, the least I could do was post some pictures that never made it onto Instagram and/ FB and include just a small summary of the last 6 months of our lives.<br />
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We honestly are not a very exciting family, but I do try to take a lot of pictures so hopefully I can fill this post up with just a few.<br />
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I have had a couple of family member "scold" me because of my inconsistency with this blog, so in the spirit of the New Year and resolutions, I will try yet again. I do realize that while I try to post regularly on Instagram, FB, and now even on SnapChat... I still don't include a lot about the kids ins and outs... and hat is the true purpose for this particular blog.<br />
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2015 was a good year for the Curtis Family. Most years are to be truthful. Nothing to exciting for us this year.<br />
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Damian kept busy all year with teaching and gigs as per usual. He is still working extremely hard on all of his hip hop production "stuff". And please don't take that the wrong way. I don't say "stuff" to make it seem not important. There is just so much involved in that area of his life, and as ashamed as I am to admit it, I just don't understand most of it. I do know that he has plans for working more on the studio in 2016. He wants to work on the ceiling and the walls as the weather starts to et warmer again (not that we have had extreme cold weather so far, haha). Damian has also made a huge lifestyle change for himself. About 2 months ago he decided to cut gluten out of his diet-- and let me tell you-- he is doing awesome and I think he has noticed some definite changes in his body because of it!<br />
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Madison as usual, has been a dancing queen. She is now in the 7th grade and doing well. Not quite as well as she would like so far, but she has assured me that she will be working on that for the next 6 months. We decreased the amount of dance classes that she has been taking so that she could have a little more "free" time and get more involved in school activities. She is her class president and will be playing the part of Young Nala in the school's production of "The Lion King." Back in May, she was accepted into a talent agency... but because of me, we haven't really moved forward with this particular agency. I have spoken to the director and has we enter the new Year, the 2 of us will be working closely to get Madison all set up with them and what, if any, opportunities arise from there. I have also been looking at other dancing opportunities for her throughout Connecticut-keeping her local at this point in time is more feasible for the family. We love Morlock School of Dance and have no intention of leaving. But with Madison's drive and passion for dance, I am looking for additional outlets for her with her tap dancing. I think the thing that she is looking forward to the most this upcoming year is turning 13-- my baby will be a teenager!!! I guess we will see what this new year will have in store for her.<br />
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Myles had a pretty good year as well. He finished his first year of school and is well into the 1st grade. He is doing phenomenal. He is reading way above grade level and his math skills seem to be above as well. Damian and I are trying to work with his teacher to make sure that he gets the extra challenges that I think his brain longs for to help keep his interest up. He does complain on occasion of being "bored" in school, so we are working on remedies for that. Myles also started playing the piano this year. He seems to be doing well, but unfortunately I haven't seen him play nearly as much as I would like. Pop Up takes him to and from lessons and then he did have recital shortly before the Christmas/Winter break... but it was a student only recital. He does practice at home and while sometimes he seems fed up with practicing, once he starts, he normally seems to enjoy it. He is still extremely into Lego building and video games and I don't foresee either of those losing his interest any time soon. When I asked him what he was looking forward to for the upcoming year, he told me, Summer so he can have a break from school hahaha.<br />
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Mayci is... well, Mayci. I think Mayci ALWAYS manages to have a fun time and a good day. She is just an exceptionally happy child! She has still been keeping herself occupied hanging out with Damian during the earlier part of the day and with Mama for the afternoon. She asks me occasionally when she will be able to start school... and I honestly can't believe it, but that time will be here come Sept 2016. She has also been doing dance as well and had her first recital this year. IF I can, I will try to post the video from the recital here because she was so cute. <br />
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She started off dancing and looking sort of miserable and then when she noticed us in the audience she got really excited. It was the cutest thing. She is the fourth one from the left. She has been asking to do both karate and cheerleading, so I am really hoping to get her into that this year. When I asked her what she was looking forward to for 2016, she just gave me a blank stare.. but then said that she can't wait to be the new girl at school and meet friends who are really strangers. Don't ask-- Lord knows that I didn't.<br />
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This year has been an up and down for me. I spent most of the year working on learning to really "find" myself. Let me tell you, this has not been an easy journey and it is certainly far from over. I actually quit my job at the gynecology office and was working as a logistics coordinator for about 3 months... in the end, I ended up back at the gynecology office. While I am always keeping my options open for something outside of the medical field.. I can tell you this- Logistics is certainly NOT my thing- haha!! I am hoping to go back to school in 2016 for Criminal Psychology. I may be 33, but I don't think that you are ever too old to learn something and try something new. I have also been slowly working on getting a job with the Department of Corrections. The only thing I have left to do is the physical fitness portion and I am just waiting to hear if I made it to the part of the application process. I will keep everyone posted on my progress with that, if there is any. One highlight that really sticks out for me from this year was when Damian and I had the opportunity to see Stevie Wonder live in concert for his Songs in The Key Of Life tour in October. And that is not even the best part... As we were walking in, we were stopped by XL Center staff and had our tickets upgraded to FRONT ROW!! I couldn't ask for a more rewarding experience. It was so nice fro Damian and I to experience that and to experience it together. Lisa was so kind to babysit on a Sunday night until after midnight so we could attend!!<br />
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Other than the usual working, bring kids to their activities, and watching my favorite shows on Netflix, nothing really worth mentioning has been happening for me. I am hoping that 2016 will bring some excitement and some more progress in my self discovery journey-- and if you are ever interested in that side of me, feel free to check out my other blog - <a href="http://www.makeupofmichelle.wordpress.com/">www.makeupofmichelle.wordpress.com</a><br />
That blog is more of my "all about me and what interests me" blog and I would appreciate your support in checking that one out as well.<br />
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As the year 2015 comes to a close, I hope that all who are reading this are in good spirits, good health, and among friends and/or family. If you ever need a place to retreat to- please know that our door is always open for you!<br />
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From the Curtis Family to yours -- we wish you and amazing and prosperous New Year!!<br />
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Love, <br />
Damian, Michelle, Madison, Myles, and MayciMichelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-82789517947554833952015-04-15T10:39:00.000-04:002015-04-15T10:39:00.688-04:00Easter Weekend 4/3/15 - 4/5/15Four months into 2015 and I have yet to post to this blog. I SUCK!! Plain and simple hahaha<br />
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Friday April 3, 2015 --- GOOD FRIDAY<br />
And a good Friday it was. No dance or activities for the kids, Myles and Madison had no school, so the kids just hung out during the day. Madison stayed with PopUp all day since she was planning on going to a gig with him later on. The little ones came home for a little while and then we dropped them back off to Mama after the play at Church so they could spend the night.<br />
Damian also had no gigs, so we decided to head down to The Side Door in Old Lyme to see the Ralph Peterson Sextet. This meant we got to see Zaccai and Luques play also. Such a nice place. I had never been before and it was quite the spot. We also got to see Josh Evans play, who I honestly haven't heard play since Damian and I were dating. UMMM--- Talk about a great performance!! Ralph OBVIOUSLY put on a phenomenal show and it was nice to see him as well. The other 2 members of the band were Marcus Strickland (who I had heard of but never heard play-and boy was he GREAT) and Hailey Niswanger( who was also fantastic). It was such a great show and I had an awesome time. Tom, Paul, and Yvette also came to see the band and it was nice to have some time to catch up with Yvette who was enjoying day 1 of her and Paul's kid free weekend!!I also got to see Yunie, who I hadn't seen forever. Do you see the trend-- I never see anyone-- I really need to get out more :)<br />
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It was good for Damian and I to get out and do something together, since it doesn't happen often. Not to mention, it must have been must have been my lucky week because I also got to see Karina..and that would mean that I saw her twice in one week. Seriously, that is a rare thing. Between her schedule and Luques' and then Damian and mine with the kids, we HARDLY see each other. Definitely not as much as I would like. But we are working on that. We try hard to stay in touch by texting/ calling occasionally, but sometimes the time lapses between texts makes me ashamed! We are hoping, well at least I am, to start getting together more often.<br />
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Here are a couple of "selfies" from when we saw Karina when she was up for the Passion of The King play at the end of March:<br />
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Saturday, April 4, 2015<br />
All the kids were at Mama and PopUp's for the morning, Damian had to work as usual, and me--- well, I was getting ready to run my first quarter marathon or 10K-- 6.55 miles.<br />
I was meeting up with Jen, Whitney, and a few of their friends to run the Greater Hartford 9th annual quarter Marathon at the reservoir in West Hartford. I was so nervous, did lousy, BUT-- I FINISHED!<br />
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I had to walk more than I ever would have wanted, and once I start walking, it is harder for me to get my groove back. I will be running another one at the end of May in Mystic, so I hope to do better then. I am also starting a new training regiment that I hope will improve my motication, discipline, and pace just a little.<br />
I will never be a FAST runner but I AM A RUNNER!! I am going to try to embrace that term. Doesn't mean that I love running, but I do love the feeling I get at then end of the run. I feel invincible! And I wouldn't trade that feeling for anything.<br />
For the afternoon on Saturday, Madison went off with Lisa to a birthday party at Launch Trampoline Park and the little ones and I headed over to Grandma Virginia's house to hang out and color some Easter eggs (which I stupidly left over there, uuugghh)<br />
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Sunday, April 5, 2015 --- EASTER SUNDAY<br />
The kids woke up pretty early to get their Easter baskets. Well, Mayci woke up them up early because she was crying about a sore throat. Damian decided not to join us for the baskets because he was so tired, but Lisa Face-timed with us!<br />
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Myles, was extremely unimpressed with his basket. Unfortunately the Easter bunny got him a movie that he already had at Mama's house, a lego set thing that he doesn't like, and he has now informed me that he does NOT like M&M's anymore- yet I swear he ate a whole bag the week before, but you know-- kids.... **epic Mom/Easter bunny failure**<br />
Madison seemed to really like the outfit she got and she actually picked out the movie she got in her basket so I know she liked that. And Mayci-- well, Mayci likes everything- I think her favorite was the jelly beans. Sadly though, she only ate 1 jellybean and then ended up throwing up shortly after and feeling sick for a better part of Easter morning.<br />
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We headed over to Ted and Abby's in the early afternoon and as always, they had cool treasure hunts, hidden eggs and baskets for the kids to find. Thanks to some interesting remedy that Zaccai gave us, Mayci was feeling pretty good so she was able to participate and have fun with the rest of the kids. Julie, Justine, Obed, Davian, and Dej all came by also. So great to see them and the kids had a blast. Mayci and Dej played so well together and Madison and Davian always get along GREAT!! I love watching them interact with one another!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I swear I was taking a picture of something here... if you squint your eyes, tilt your head to the left and look in themiddle towards the back of the picture, you will see Madison and Davian (they sort of blend in to the trees)out on their treasure hunt They are just sooo darn cute!!</td></tr>
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Dalila and Iliana came by to hang out as well. It was nice and laid back. Although the weather was rainy and at one point, there were even some snow flurries, it didn't stop the kids at all from running around outside to look for "treasures" and candy filled plastic eggs! The kids asked to stay over Sunday night into Monday since Julie, Zaccai, and Davian were staying and because Damian and I are such pushovers **HAHAHA** we said yes!!<br />
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<br />Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-68931034968146644632014-12-15T09:49:00.001-05:002014-12-15T10:41:07.785-05:00Christmas shows, trees,and Ugly Sweaters (12/6-12/7/2014)I'm not even going to apologize for my lack of posts.. Honestly, nothing has really happened in our lives and anything that has, I feel like it has been such a blur that I haven't even remembered enough of it to write it down.<br />
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And I am still behind because this post is from 2 weeks ago hahahaha<br />
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This past weekend, however, was fun and I even have some photos to share!!<br />
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Saturday the 6th, we were supposed to all get up early (minus Damian, who had to work) and meet up with Mama, PopUp, and Uncle Chuck to go pick out the tree for Mama and PopUps house. Unfortunately, Mother Nature, didn't care too much about our plans and it was raining and gross out, so we had to postpone for Sunday.<br />
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Saturday night Madison was performing with her dance school for the Annual East Hartford Holiday Fest. Now, I am going to sound horrible, but I dread this event EVERY YEAR! Now, don't get me wrong-- I LOVE watching Madison dance, but since this event is a competitive one and involves other dance schools, I find myself getting antsy about halfway through. And the fact that it is supposed to be 2 hours and always ends up lasting closer to 2 and half to 3 hours doesn't help much. I did however learn that I may actually want to take up Irish Step Dancing in the near future.<br />
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Madison danced in 6 numbers, 1 being a solo piece that her and Christine have been working on, called Anne Frank. She did great!! She did mess up in her solo and have to improvise, but to the unseasoned dancer's eyes, it was flawless!! She, being her own worst critic, was not happy with her solo performance at all. The entire dance school did phenomenal as a whole. And let me tell you-- these other dance schools better watch out during competition season-- these Junior Competitors seem to be FABULOUS this year!!!!<br />
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Sunday the 7th-- First let me say HAPPY 36TH BIRTHDAY to Auntie Lisa!! We didn't get to see her, but we did call and FaceTime to wish her a happy birthday!!<br />
The kids and Damian met up with Uncle Chuck, Mama, PopUp, Gloria, and Angel to go get the tree.<br />
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I stayed home for a last minute get together with Brooke, who I hadn't seen since September. And while it was a little sad not being there with the kids and Damian, I was grateful I didn't have to be outside because Sunday was quite a cold one!!!!! I was glad though, that Damian got to go seeing as he hadn't been in over 5 years!<br />
Brooke and Brooklynn came over and we headed to WalMart to pick up some supplies to work on "Ugly Christmas Sweaters." By the time we got home, Damian and the kids were back and we got started on our crafts. First Brooke and I, then Myles, Madison, and Brooklynn, and then Mayci and Charlize(who arrived a little later with Jermaine). Such a fun time, but a really LONG night with the kids not getting to bed until closer to 1030p.<br />
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PS-- as you scroll through the following pictures, you will clearly be able to tell when Madison and Brooklynn took over the camera!! hahahahaha!!<br />
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Such a fun weekend! I hope everyone has been able to fill their weekends up with some family fun!!Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-3615645207846983012014-11-03T10:02:00.001-05:002014-11-03T10:11:16.136-05:00Weeks in Review 10/24/14 -11/2/2014-- Halloween FestivitiesThese past 2 weeks have been full of Halloween Festivities and silliness... I failed to do a blog post last week, so I am just going to combine all of the pics since they are pretty much all just kids in costume pics.. which have also already been posted on FB.<br />
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I dropped my phone last week and in the process of getting a replacement phone, so I did lose a couple of pics.. but I will include everything I still have:<br />
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My Altima came to the end of it's life 2 weeks ago, so here I am with the newest addition to our family!!<br />
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Auntie Lisa with all of her nieces and nephew<br />
R-L: Princess Peach(Mayci), Nerd(Madison), Snow White (Jaida), Lisa, and Luigi(Myles)<br />
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The kids seemed to have had a good Halloween. We stopped by Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Wayne's house to see them, Lisa, Amanda and Jaida aka Snow White. Jaida as always, was as cute as could be and didn't want to have anything to do with me. We then headed to center of town to trick or treat there. Because we got there sort of late, Damian also took the kids to a few houses a couple of blocks away from our house while I went home to order pizza for dinner.<br />
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Mama and PopUp stopped by to see the kids.. they had taken the week "off" from babysitting and I think they missed the kids just as much as the kids missed them--- but they needed the break and I am grateful that they were comfortable enough to tell me that they just needed some time to themselves.</div>
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How did everyone else spend their last few weeks of October?? I would love to hear??</div>
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I think we can officially say that warmer weather has said its goodbyes. This weekend was one of the first that was nice and cool and more in tune to what it should be for the middle of October. While I am not a huge fan of the super cold weather, it was nice to have some of the cooler weather here reminding us of my favorite time of year-- Late fall into Early winter.(Beginning of October through Thanksgiving)</div>
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Earlier in the week, Madison auditioned for a role in her school's upcoming musical, Once Upon a Mattress. I promised her that I would include in this post, that she did get a part. She will be playing Lady Beatrice. I don't know anything about the musical other than that it is along the storyline of the Princess and the Pea. Madison isn't sure what her part entails or much more, but as I find out dates of the performance, I will be sure to keep friends and family posted!<br />
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Myles has been suffering from a mild ear infection this week. No antibiotics though, the Dr is confident that it is clearing up on its own. Myles doesn't seem to be letting it get him down too much. He truly only complained about his ear once all week.<br />
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Mayci, is well, Mayci. Her potty training issues with going #2 are still very much present. I am working on being more patient with her, although she may think that I am being mean when we have our little "discussions" about the importance of using the toilet for EVERYTHING!!<br />
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Friday was one of those days where everyone had plans. Well, everyone except Damian. I find that whenever Damian doesn't have anything planned-which is rarely- I ALWAYS have things planned. Ugghhh-- are schedules never seem to mesh, especially recently. <br />
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Madison, of course, had dance and was then supposed to head to Six Flags for Fright Fest with Tara, Juliana, and Josh. Unfortunately traffic had other plans in mind, so they ended up at the movie theater in Enfield. And because I am such a lousy mom, I cannot for the life of me remember what movie they saw. <br />
Myles and I attended his Movie Night at school. We ate popcorn, had pink lemonade, watched the Winnie the Pooh Heffalump Halloween Movie, and looked at books that might interest him at next weeks Book Fair. I dropped him off to Mama and Popup where Mayci already was(hmmm- why didn't I bring her to the movie night?) and was supposed to be heading out to Bethany CT to a Haunted House to meet up for a girls night with some co workers. Traffic and timing were a little out of control, so I, like Madison, ended up not making it to my final destination and just headed home. Damian was home working on some music, so because I had a 5K in the morning, I called it a pretty early night,<br />
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Saturday morning, the kids, Lisa, and I headed to South Windsor for the Witch Way 5k that I was running with Jen, her girls Angie and Emily wanted to show up early and ran the mile fun run as well. Since I wasn't to always be honest, I hadn't run in like 2 weeks and was SOOOOOO NOT looking forward to this run. It was cold and windy and I was tired with a headache. I ended up finishing the run over a minute faster than my original best time. It was still slow, but gosh darn it, I see it getting easier and I can see the improvements I am making, so I will take it. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AFTER the run-- and Myles was SO excited because he photobombed us!! haha- Too bad running doesn't take pounds off of your arms immediately-- I am really going to have to start working on that area!</td></tr>
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Myles and Mayci even ran that last .1 or so with me... it was so cute! Lisa, the kids, and I headed to Foster Farm to pick up pumpkins and just enjoy the environment. As I was getting out of the car, I realized that I had messed up my knee somehow and was pretty uncomfortable...but I pushed through! It was quite chilly and of course I was still dressed for my run, but I had a good time. The kids each picked out a pumpkin and went through the little kid corn maze with Lisa. Lisa and I have tried to make a tradition out of going to the pumpkin patch with the kids, and while it was nice to go somewhere different, we decided that we definitely want to stick with Lyman Orchards here on out for our pumpkin patch needs!<br />
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Morlock School of Dance was hosting a movie night for the dancers so of course Madison wanted to go. I had plans to go out to dinner for Tara's birthday, so Damian took the little ones to the mall and I headed to Agave in Hartford. It was such a nice time and felt good to be able to relax a little bit and enjoy some time with adults. Sometimes I feel like I am always around the kids or at least one of the them, that I miss the kid free interaction with adults. because I am a sucker, I also ended up at the Revolutions bowling bar/lounge place as well. Lots of laughter and silliness... but no bowling for me, since I wasn't originally planning on ending up there and had no socks with me.<br />
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Sunday was a pretty laid back day for the kids and me. Damian had a wedding to play at later in the day, but the whole family slept in. I know, I made a plan to get us back to church (the kids and myself) on a regular basis, but we needed that sleep time. ALL OF US!! Today, the dance school was hosting a craft day, so I brought all 3 kids. They made magic potion, slimy glow in the dark goo, and milk carton jack o lantern scary faces. Oh my word, it was a small group of kids, but they had so much fun. At then end all the little ones were running around in the dark with their glow sticks. Thank goodness for such awesome dance teachers like Liz and Christine!<br />
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<strong>Making their magic potion:</strong><br />
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<strong>Making their glow in the dark slimy goo</strong>:<br />
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<strong>Making their milk carton "creations"- they were supposed to be Jack O Lanterns- </strong>okay... well I only have Mayci & Myles' before they were completed because I dropped my phone and couldn't get the camera to work lol:<br />
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-47551631121894941322014-10-07T08:11:00.000-04:002014-10-07T08:11:13.919-04:00Week in Review Sept 29, 2014 - October 5, 2014I swear, these weeks keep getting weirder and weirder for me. We are now a month and a half in to the school year, and honestly, I thought I would be in a better groove by now. For some strange reason, not known to me to me, I cannot seem to get my butt together. I have been having a hard time getting up and at 'em in the morning and getting my time management skills in order. This leaves me feeling extra stressed, irritable, and tired at the end of each day. No melt downs for me this week, so I guess that means it was a pretty good one!<br />
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Madison had a pretty exciting week. She was running for President of her Student Advisory class. She had to give a speech on Monday and by Tuesday morning, she found out that she won! She was so happy. I think the position is only for a couple of months so that more of the kids have the opportunity to go through the election process. I don't care how long it is for. I am so proud of Madison for making goals and doing the necessary work to attain them. She also got her first progress report this week.... All A's!!!! Go her!<br />
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The last exciting thing for her is that she is preparing for her audition to be a part of the musical at her school, Once Upon a Mattress. Actual auditions are being held on October 15th - she has been <strike>annoying me</strike> practicing in the car quite a bit!! She also explained to me that while she is trying out for a lead role, she understands that she may not get it, but hopes to be in it in some kind of way regardless of the role. Only time will tell.<br />
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Myles is well into his routine for school, but still having some difficulties with the fact that he doesn't see Damian as much as he used to. Every day that we get to the house and Damian isn't home, Myles melts down and it takes him quite a while to calm down/relax. Eventually this too shall pass -- he informed me last night that he can't live with just me :( When I asked why, he said, " because you yell too much and I just like daddy more" :( Broke my heart and I could feel my eyes start to water, but I quickly took a deep breath, regained my composure, and responded, "Well, it's a good thing that you live with both me and daddy then. Sometimes Daddy's work makes him have to be out of the house at weird times, I know you miss him, just know that he misses you too and when he gets home, I will tell him to go cuddle with you if you are asleep." Myles reminds me daily of my faults, and while I sometimes get angry with him because of it, maybe it is a good thing to get those little reminders. Maybe I need to hear him say things that cut me just alittle so that I can see how my reactions affect the whole family. <br />
Myles also had a little trouble on the bus this past week with a girl and a little boy who he thinks is her brother. It ended with me reminding Myles that sometimes, even when we aren't trying to, out words hurt people and their family members feel like they need to protect them. I also reminded him that when he sees these specific children again that he needs to apologize and mean it. Not sure yet if the apology has happened yet, but I haven't heard any more stories, so hopefully all is well on the bus again.<br />
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Mayci is, well she is Mayci. No huge exciting things for her this week. She has been having a lot of overnight accidents(peeing in the bed) but we are taking that just one day at a time. I know it will get better. She also really seems to be enjoying dance class every Monday. It gives her the chane to wear "princess" clothes, so she gets very excited. Her behavior isn't always the best, but we are working on that as well.<br />
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This weekend Damian was out of town. Friday he was playing at a CD Release party in New York and on Saturday, if I understood correctly, he flew out to Pittsburgh for a gig Saturday night. He didn't get home until about 830p Sunday night and Ted made sure to warn me about how exhausted and tired he would be, so I left him alone and let him do his thing.<br />
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Friday night, the little ones stayed with Ted and Abby Lisa picked Madison up from school, brought her to dance, and her spend the night at her house. I attended a wedding for a friend/coworker, Janelle. What a nice wedding and both Janelle and Chad looked amazing and so very happy. It was nice to be able to keep my mind off of the things that have been bothering me. I danced, laughed, and genuinely had a great time with friends and coworkers. I got home to an empty house around 11:45p.<br />
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Saturday morning, I was running(ummm... honestly I mostly walked between the obstacles) in a Fitahlon with Jen, Katia, and Michele at Manchester Community College. SO MUCH FUN!! I was still pretty tired from the night before, and didn't actually run as much as I should have, but managed to have a really good time. I am actually still sore from it today as I write this. This obstacle course sort of thing consisted of things like calisthenics, rope pulls, wall climbing, ruck sack carrying, tire flipping, over/unders; chain pulls, etc. Needless to say- it was quite the workout. Note my scarf in the pics... it is now designated as my workout scarf-- I wear it to every race!<br />
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Mama and PopUp ended up taking the little ones to New Haven for a going away party for one of Damian's cousins and then when they were bringing them home decided they wanted to keep Myles with them. Madison was staying at Jen's house for the night and I hung out at Jen's for little while, cleaned, and ran some errands. Mayci and I watched some movie that she picked out before calling it a night-- wu-wu-wubzy or something like that lol<br />
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Sunday, the little ones and I went to church, Madison had a Mindful Practice Dance Workshop, and then Abby took the little ones to a birthday party. We all ended up meeting back up at the house just in time for the little ones to go to bed.<br />
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You may notice that I didn't have the little ones very often this weekend, and please don't judge me. With Damian out of town, I think sometimes Ted and Abby feel they need to "help" me by taking the kids off my hands for a little while. And while that is not entirely the case, sometimes I let it happen because I know the kids will have more fun with them and they don't really like hanging out with me much.... but don't worry-- I am trying to fix that. <br />
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I hope you all had a fun filled weekend!!! Here's to a great week!!Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-42764210710456675532014-10-02T09:15:00.003-04:002014-10-02T09:15:57.255-04:00September 26-Sept. 28, 2014 Weekend in ReviewThis past week as been a little crazy, frustrating, and busy for us.<br />
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~~~~DISCLAIMER-- this one gets a wee bit more into my mind as person, as a wife, and as a mom, not all smiles, rainbows, and sunshine~~~<br />
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On Thursday I received both an email and a telephone call that Mayci had been accepted into a magnet school for PK3. It was the Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Elementary School in Avon, formerly know as Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts Elementary School. I was so happy, but that quickly faded as I got all the forms together to begin filling them out. Unfortunately transportation is only provided from grades K- 12 with that school and they start at 8:30a and end at 3p. Of course I looked into the after school program. With that there is no guarantee that your child would get in because there is limited availability and the expense would have been one that just would not have been feasible. So we declined the placement and hopefully made some family very happy for their child in PK3!!<br />
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Myles is still going through some adjustments with school and sleeping, but it seems to be getting better daily. He has been working on reading and we have been trying to practice sight words regularly. Poor thing gets frustrated while writing, but he always keeps trying.<br />
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Madison is back in the swing of things with school and dance. This week she will be running for Student Advisory President and is also hoping to audition for a musical on the 15th. She is giving a speech for her "campaign" for the Student Advisory President-- I thought it sounded great, but I may be a little biased.<br />
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Damian and I have been super busy with our own little things. Damian's gigs, lessons, and rehearsals occupy a lot of his time. I have been trying to maintain my sanity by running, but this weekend, that proved to be quite the failed attempt. I also think that sometimes just the stress of trying to fit running into my schedule adds to my "craziness"<br />
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Friday night after dance, Madison stopped at grocery store, picked up some ice cream/frozen yogurt(Madison is lactose intolerant) and pizzas, headed home and fell asleep watching movies. the little ones, as per usual, think they are cooler than us and stayed with Mama and Popup.<br />
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Saturday I went for my, now routine, morning run with Jen and then headed home to get ready for Apple Picking with the kids, Lisa, and Lisa's friend M'elisa. <br />
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We had some car trouble before we left that resulted in buying a new battery and having Grandpa Wayne take a look at some things... but thank goodness--- he was able to get us up and running. Normally Lisa and I take the kids to Lyman Orchards for our apple picking and Pumpkin picking needs, but decided to switch it up this year. We headed to the Bushy Hill Orchard on Clark Farms in Granby. A much easier ride and the kids had a blast. Madison sort of does her own thing, Mayci just needs 1 apple to eat, and Myles is extremely particular about the apples he picks. Mind you, he doesn't even eat apples. But-- if he is picking an apple and it falls on the ground, then, NOPE.. he can't have it, If it looks the least but dirty, then NOPE, that's a no go as well. It was pretty warm on Saturday so wen ended our time at the Orchard eating apple cider doughnuts and ice cream.<br />
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I was supposed to be meeting some friends at the track to do some practices for the Fitathlon that we have coming up, so I headed home with the kids to have them change into shorts and for me to get changed. Madison ended up staying over at Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Wayne's house. Now, I am not exactly sure what happened between my mom's house and mine, but somewhere along the way, I became very overwhelmed. Unfortunately this feeling does not normally end well for me. I will spare you from all of the <strike>not so great </strike>embarrassing details, but I will share this: I was unacceptable. I behaved in a way towards Damian that was completely inappropriate. Now let me be very clear- the majority of what I said about how I was feeling, was true, <strong>BUT</strong> the manner in which I said it and my actions during and immediately after are none that even deserve repeating. I also don't think that either one of was saying things in a loving way or in a way that would make the other want to listen, but as an adult I need to acknowledge MY faults and mine alone. <br />
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I allowed my anger to control me and my actions, and I need to work on that. It's becoming so common that my apologies are no longer valid in the hearts of those I hurt. No one deserved to be subjected to what I was dishing out in those moments, even the ones that I was mad at. Any other ladies out there feel that this happens to them as well??<br />
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Anyway-- no the real, raw, emotional stuff is out there on the table, let's move forward.<br />
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Sunday was a pretty blah day for me. The little ones and Damian headed down to New London to hang out with Damian's cousins. By the time they got home, Mayci was asleep for the night and Myles was so tired. I'm guessing they had a great time. In the morning I was running in a 5K... not my greatest run but still felt great all the same! My time was a little slower than usual and I did stop and walk because of some pain in my shins that seems to be getting worse. I picked Madison up later in the afternoon, we went to the grocery store, and then just hung out at home. Just another laid back day in the Curtis household. Enjoy another little photo shoot of Miss Jaida:<br />
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I'm hoping everyone had a slightly better weekend than I did.. and I am praying that no one allowed their emotions to get the best of them :)<br />
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****** in case there is even any one reading this, or if anyone even cares... things are okay in our world. The kids are happy, Damian and I have a lot of work to do, and we are committed to continue to work towards the couple we need to be****** Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-14034352267004084802014-09-22T14:29:00.001-04:002014-09-22T14:29:40.268-04:00Weelend in Review - Friday Sept 19-Sept 21, 2014Lots of pictures from this weekend... well mainly from Friday night, but lots of pictures either way.<br />
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Friday September 19, 2014<br />
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Damian was home for the majority of the day today. He worked on getting the window on the van fixed--that was long overdue-- and he spent some time with the little ones when Myles got out of school. Madison has dance of Fridays this year, so our schedules are a little off. I just wrote in my last post how we are limiting the amount of Friday night sleepovers with Mama and PopUp, but this particular Friday, Damian gave the go ahead and the kids ended up over there after some quality time with Daddy.<br />
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HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO PRINCESS CHARLIZE!! It was an honor to Charlize's 3rd birthday with her. I will remember the day she was born on September 9, 2011, like it was yesterday. I was blessed enough to be able to share that moment with both Jermaine and Brooke as Charlize entered the world and I can never thank them enough for letting me share such a personal moment with them. This little girl is so special and has an amazing group of people that love and care about her.. and I am right there with them<br />
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After dropping Madison off at dance I headed over to Brooke's house so I could sing Happy Birthday to Charlize and give her her present.... Well-- that was a fail!! I definitely left Charlize's gift at my house and still have it. I swear I will get it to her. UUUGGGHHH-- things like that make me feel so bad!! <br />
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Enough of my failure, let's get to the exciting stuff!! It was so nice to see Brooke, Brooklynn, Charlize, and Jermaine. Brooke and I don't get together nearly as much as we would, through no fault of Brooke, that's all me. So when the opportunity arises, it is always a good time. I love both Brooklynn and Charlize as I do my own children and it is always so great to spend some time with them. Brooke had originally wanted to have a little party, but life sort of got in the way, so she cancelled it. When I got wind of this, I asked her of she was planning on being around on Friday, because since it was already in my planner to go over there, I still really wanted to. I guess a couple of other friends sort of felt the same way, so when I got there, Bethany(Charlize's Godmother) was there as well. And then shortly after Allison came with Kyree and Silas. I also only see Bethany and Allison just a couple of times a year, and we always have a good time catching up with each other and each of our crazy, busy lives. <br />
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I had to leave early to get Madison but came back right after for some cake and ice cream... All Frozen themed of course. Nothing else would have been good enough for Miss Charlize Zuri!! Anthon (Charlize's Godfather) also came bearing gifts for the belated birthday girl. Even Jermain's cousin Craig stopped by and was lucky enough to be able to share in some cake and ice cream as well. Chachi (as Charlize is better know by many) was in her own little "Frozen" heaven. It was so cute as she opened her gifts and got excited about items and wanted to play with them right away. She donned her Princess Anna apparel almost immediately and the only way to get her to go to sleep with out her princess dress was to promise her that she could keep it next to her while she slept. :) Kids are great!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yay Daddy.. thank you so much for my new favorite outfit"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Opening my gift from My Godfather Anthon</td></tr>
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Brooke was kind enough to let Madison spend the night with Brooklynn and it seems like they had a good time. Unfortunately, I had to pick Madison up fairly early, but we have a sleepover planned with Brooklynn for a couple of weeks from now, so hopefully they will have more time to spend together then.<br />
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Most everyone knows that I do not have many friends. While I had met both Bethany and Allison through Brooke and gotten to know them more and more, I really do consider them friends. They are great people and I have loved that we have shared experiences together. Everyone deserves friends like the two of these women are to Brooke. I am not around quite as much as they are and know that Brooke is extremely lucky to have these two women who care about her and her children so dearly in her life!! <br />
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Saturday September 20, 2014<br />
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As usual, since it seems to be a regular thing in my life now, I met up with Jen to go for a run! We spent most of the time walking and catching up since we both had bad weeks in regards to getting run in. :)<br />
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My original plan for Saturday morning was to go to the NorthWest Country Fair with the kids, take Madison to a birthday party, and go see Damian play at the Library. And as always-- everything go switched up. I was running way later than I had planned, never got to the Fair, and by the time I went to go get the kids to bring them to see Damian play, they were already at his gig waiting for it to start with PopUp-- I am not sure if Mama was there, I didn't even think to ask. <br />
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So I went and dropped Madison off at her friends house and by the time I would have gotten to Damian's gig, it would have been almost over anyway, so I went and spent some time with Jaida, my mom, and dad. this is also becoming the new weekend ritual. We had a small little photo shoot while I was there since she actually liked me for a little while:<br />
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Damian said he had a good time at his gig and he was extremely happy that 2 out of our 3 kids were able to make it to see him. He even posted about it on Facebook-- he doesn't write many personal things on FB, so it may have been a little dig at me since I was there, but nonetheless he enjoyed having that moment with the little ones, so I will take it :) Myles ended up going to New Haven with Mama for a graduation party for Damian's cousin Carissa and Mayci hung out at the park with PopUp. Damian headed out to New York for a WuTang concert with Joe and HellRazah while Madison ended her evening with her friend Naijah. The little ones came home tired and ready to call it a night. <br />
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Sunday September 21, 2014<br />
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Sunday was a laid back low key day for the family. Damian had a rehearsal, Myles went to church with Mama and then came home with Daddy. Mayci spent time with Grandma Virginia, Grandpa Wayne and Jaida, while Madison was still with Naijah. I ran in the Union Street Tavern Trot with Jen -- a 3.5 mile run that didn't go as well as Jen and I had hoped, but all in all was still a good time. I picked up the girls after the run, headed home and the whole family just lounged and hung out. I took a nap and Madison cooked dinner. Like, she really cooked dinner. Chicken and then she did corn and green beans. The vegetables were delicious and since I no longer eat meat, I didn't try her chicken but it smelled great and everyone ate it and said it was good!!<br />
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I hope everyone had a fun filled weekend!!Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-56631184301905431702014-09-17T10:40:00.001-04:002014-09-17T10:40:40.623-04:00September 5- September 14-- Two weeks in reviewOh how I wish that I had something exciting to post.. NOPE--- not even one little thing. And I also don't think I have a single picture from this entire 10 day time period..but I will search through my phone :)<br />
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Myles and Mayci have been battling with some weird cough thing and Madison is being her typical <strike>full of attitude</strike> pre-tween self. So we did a whole lot of nothing over the weekend...but with the first 2 weeks of school being behind them, I think Myles and Madison were both pretty tired, so they didn't even complain much as we sat around the house and lounged.<br />
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Damian and I have also decided to lessen the Friday night sleepovers at Mama and PopUps. Because we are trying to regain structure in our home and really buckle down on the simple things like bed times and such, we figured that on Fridays they can stay home with us(or me when Damian has a gig) and we can enforce more of that structure and those bedtimes. And that is not to say that they don't have structure with Mama and PopUp, but let's be realistic-- Grandparents rules and parents rules vary quite a bit... and we have noticed that sometimes the kids seem to forget which house they are at, or what the rules are. <br />
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On Saturday, I was really struggling with the kids... or should I say that the kids were really struggling with one another. There was just fight after fight and it was really starting to wear me out. I made everyone spend some time in their rooms, thinking about their behavior(which really meant them yelling through the doors all the reasons why they didn't deserve to be there) and cleaning up. Later that evening, we headed out to a high school in Middletown to meet up with some co-workers of mine, Katia and Michele. They each have a child so my kids and their played nicely together while Katia, Michele, and I ran and did some "training" for the Fitathlon that we are scheduled to do on October 4th. BEWARE for 3 HORRIBLE far away pics-- I already told you I had nothing haha!<br />
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Sunday was also a pretty blah day. Myles woke up early with Damian and hung out with him all day at Damian's gigs... Madison, Mayci, and I just hung out at home for the earlier part of the day and lounged around. We did go and visit Jaida, Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Wayne for just a little bit. Unfortunately Amanda had to work, so we missed her. Ted called and said that he had wanted to go and see Damian play and asked if he could take the girls with him. Madison wanted to run a few errands with me, so I dropped Mayci off to Ted and Abby and Madison and I ran to a few stores to get some necessities and go out for a quick lunch. <br />
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School, work, and slowly getting into routines pretty much filled this week.<br />
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Madison had some competition practices for dance this week, but the actual dance year doesn't start for her until Monday the 15th. She still seems to be enjoying school and is making new friends daily.<br />
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Myles is slowly adjusting to Kindergarten. He seems to be having the hardest time with the fact that he does not spend as much time with Damian anymore. He has had several meltdowns because "Daddy is working too much and needs to start saying no to his gigs so he can be home with me and cuddle and play" I spent a lot of time this week explaining to him that Daddy loves him and misses him too, but has to work so that we can keep our house and be able to get him the Legos that he loves to play with. Myles' response, "Well then I don't want the house anymore, then can he stop working so much?" Oh how I wish it was that simple. basketball will be starting soon, and I am hoping that Myles will still want to play because then it will give him something to look forward to, I hope. We have Open House at his school on the 18th so I am also hoping to meet some of his classmates parents so that I can maybe begin to arrange some play dates. Myles just needs some distractions and to start spending time with other kids his age outside of the school environment. I feel this will be so beneficial to him.<br />
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Mayci, well she is just Mayci. She is her same old spit fire self. Miss Sunshine has adapted well to not having her big brother around her ALL DAY long and I think she is rather enjoying her alone time with Daddy and Mama. She isn't really napping as much anymore and has done EXTREMELY well with going to the potty. We do still have some middle of the night accidents(which I am not used to because the other 2 rarely had accidents), but I would still consider her fully potty trained. Yes, she also has accidents during the day, but they are few and far between. We are having some trouble with doing #2 in the toilet, but we just keep encouraging!!<br />
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Damian has been incredibly busy with gigs and rehearsals. We have only been seeing each other in passing. He is coming to bed just a few hours before I am getting up to start my day... but that's okay-- eventually OUR TIME will come and I will continue to try hard to be patient :)<br />
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FRIDAY SEPT 12 - SEPT 14<br />
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This Friday was a happy Friday for the kids. All 3 stayed at Mama and PopUp's house. Damian had a gig and I had plans with some co-workers. I had taken Friday off due to having some overtime, but didn't end up getting anything on my TO DO LIST done. I did however clean up a little and rest ALOT. I even took a nap before the kids came home from school. I had gotten up and met Jen for a run around 7a and when I returned home Damian had been getting ready for work and decided to take Mayci with him. So I really had a day to myself for the most part. <br />
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Saturday morning Jen and I met yet again at 6:30a for a run. We are getting pretty consistent with our runs!! Myles hadn't been feeling great when they went to Mama's house on Friday so I went to check on him fairly early. By the time I had gotten there, they had already made plans to go for a nature walk and hang out, so I left them to it. I ran to a few stores and then headed home. The kids ended up hanging out there ALL day and I think they even got see Albert, Zaccai(both of which were in the area because they had a gig later that evening according to Facebook), Titi Tata, Dalila, and Uncle Jorge while they were there. <br />
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Damian was one again-- BUSY BUSY BUSY!! And when he was home, he was holed up in the studio working. By mid day on Saturday I started feeling pretty lousy, so I spent some time with some tea trying to rest.<br />
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Sunday, I was still feeling lousy so I cancelled my morning run and was hoping to sleep in. Damian had to leave fairly early for a gig and once the kids were wide awake they stated asking if we could go to a few stores. Since we were in need of a new DVD holder for the playroom, I figured that we might as well get out of the house and maybe that would keep my mind off of how "blah" I was feeling. So the kids were getting themselves together while I stopped argument after argument between them. We have been having a little issue with some mice in our basement, but Damian told me that we got one in the trap on Friday so I was having pretty positive feelings that the mouse issue may have been behind house. <br />
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Well---- maybe I was too optimistic too fast!! I won't go into a ton of details, but lets just say we had a little visitor on the main floor of our house and since Damian was out, there was a lot of jumping, screaming, panicking, and there may have even been some tears(they weren't mine, I promise) Thank goodness for the other man of the house, Myles, because he was brave enough to trap the mouse under a container for us scaredy cat girls!! I immediately called Ted, who was so nice and rode his bike over to the house to help remove it. One of the lovely perks of living so close to Damian's parents!!!! The kids and I ran some errands and visited with Jaida and Amanda after all of our excitement.....<br />
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With dance picking up for Madison and Mayci and basketball starting for Myles.. I am pretty sure that will start to have more interesting posts and maybe even some pictures.<br />
I also plan to start getting back in to my MakeUp of Michelle blog as well sine I have been working out and eating better lately and I am hoping to use that blog to help me track my progress and keep me motivated, Please feel free to check that blog out at <a href="mailto:makeupofmichelle.blogspot.com" target="_blank">MakeUp of Michelle</a>. I promise there will be some new posts on there by the weekend!!<br />
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I hope that everyone has been having a great September and is transitioning easily into the Fall Season!!!!<br />
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Friday was quite the busy day. Madison and Myles headed off to school like normal, and I popped into work for a little while to take care of some loose ends before the long holiday weekend. Damian had errands to run after Myles got on the school bus. Damian and I had discussed early on that it may be best to keep Mayci home while we attended the wedding. Some people were not so keen to the idea, but we figured the less distractions the better, so Lisa was kind enough to volunteer to keep mayci while we were gone. She came early in the day so her and Mayci could enjoy some time at the Science Center. </div>
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We picked the kids up around lunchtime and then hit the road to Walkill, New York. .well really Middletown NY since that's where the hotel we were staying at was. Upon checking in, we were given a bag that had some special treats and bags for Madison and Myles and even a bag with special treats and nail polish for myself-- how thoughtful!! We met up with immediate family, friends that were in the bridal party, and the bride and groom. We headed off to Lippincott Manor so those who were part of the wedding could do a couple of walk throughs for the ceremony. Madison and Davian (Justine's 12 year old son) caught up and hung out while the little ones rehearsed. So weird, how the two of them rarely see each other but they catch up and have the best time together! They seem to click and I definitely hope to get them together more often...everyone needs a small group of close family and friends, no matter how far away they are! Myles fit right in with Dej, Justine's daughter, and Anaya, Karina's niece. This ring bearer and the flower girls played and played until it was time to rehearse and then they would play and play some more! Myles has even asked for them several times since we have left. . And I have heard from Justine, that miss Dej may have said a thing or two about Myles. Heehee!</div>
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We all headed to dinner at a nice restaurant called Cosimos and were treated to dinner. Everyone caught up, laughed, joked around, and all around seemed to have a good time with some great food! I didnt do much socializing as I actually spent my time talking with Myles, Madison, and Davian..but it seemed like everyone was enjoying their time together. We were even surprised by John (Ted's brother in law) and his grandson Niko! My how Niko has grown since we saw him last, which had unfortunately been a couple years ago when his grandmother (Ted's sister) had passed away. But he sat down and caught right up with the kids playing all of their silly games! </div>
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When we headed back to the hotel for the night. The kids and I got settled in and Damian went to spend some time with Luques, Zaccai, and the rest of the guys. I feel so bad about the lack of time Damian spends with them(more about that in a post on my Makeup of Michelle blog-my more personal blog), and was happy He was able to get some quality time in.</div>
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Saturday morning was pretty calm as eveyone had things to do in preparation fpr the wwdding that evening. Since Myles and Damian weren't due at the wedding venue until closer to 330p, the kids had some time to enjoy the pool with Mama and Popup, have a nice breakfast, I got in some time at the fitness center, and Damian slept and did some running around for his brother. The whole family sort of did their own thing until the 4 of us met up to head to Lippincott Manor for the wedding.</div>
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On Friday, Madison also got to see her favorite "Robot Man" aka Christian Scott after about 7 years. I think the last time she saw him was at my wedding. She remembered him as robot man, but didn't recognize him at first haha. And I got to meet his lovely wife..such a blessed couple! On Saturday, I actually got to see several people that i had not seen in what seemed like forever. Rey and Mia, Richie, Brandee just to name a few. As I am typing this, I realize that I failed to go up to Brandee to say hello, she probably wouldn't have remembered me if I had, but I need to get better at that! I also realized that I didn't even get picture with the happy couple..... I let that whole social nerves thing get the best of me and stay in my little corner as to not get in the way of anyone or anything :)</div>
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Let me tell you, this wedding ceremony was BEAUTIFUL! The officiant spoke about the timeline of Luques and Karina's relationship- to include when they met and when Luques proposed in Hawaii, their kind words about each other, some of their hopes and dreams as a married couple, and the significance of a now VERY important birch tree in their lives. They recited their own written vows which brought tears to my eyes. The look on Luques' eyes as Karina walked down the aisle to him was pure happiness... Witnessing 2 people that in love is truly magical. .and they captured all of that magic in 1 nights time. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was so heartwarming-- an area to represent all of the loved ones who passed away</td></tr>
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The reception was just as amazing! The whole setup represented two of them perfectly. The attention to detail, flowers, purity, rustic beauty encompassed their hearts to a T! They even had live salsa music, and lanterns that we were able to wish upon and send into the sky to set those wishes to actions. And Zaccai even forced me.to get up from my spot for the evening and dance some Merengue with Damian. Well, im.not sure if i was really doing much, but I am now determined to take some dancing lessons...well, mainly Salsa. I mean, I have been a part of this family for 7 years, and still can't do the Salsa!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The best man's speech-- Zaccai's speech was phenomenal-- I know Ted got it on tape.. it is definitely a speech that I could listen to over and over!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't ask, Myles told me to smile.. I think that it might be Karina's uncle behind me, but I am not 100% sure</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "crew"-- Zaccai, Igmar, and Christian-- I think they were going for the hardcore gangsta look haha</td></tr>
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Unfortunately Damian and I left with the kids after sending 2 lanterns into the sky..and once again that guilt of having to leave set in. I knew that most of the overnight guests were meeting up at the hotel to spend some more time with the bride & goom...and once again, Damian was going to miss out on some good times with his family and friends. I didn't say anything, but I rode home in silence with it in the back of my mind.</div>
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We had such a great time and are so honored that Luques & Karina chose to have Myles as their ring bearer! That is a moment that I don't think Myles will ever forget. .He takes his jobs VERY seriously haha. I am so happy for my brother and sister as they enter this new journey in life together!! They hopefully know, by the outpouring of love onto them, that they have so much support so many friends and family!! And I hope they have a fantastic honeymoon . I plan on reaching out to Karina they return home and get settled in again to plan a time when we can get together just to hang!! We always say we are going to, but we never do! I'm determined to change that... I mean come on, we are family!! Plus that is all part of the "being a better me" process I am working on. I can't be a a thirty something woman who stays in the house forever can I?</div>
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-47890928230647456382014-08-27T08:47:00.000-04:002014-08-27T08:47:27.387-04:00FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL Aug. 26 2014WHEW!!! Another summer has come and gone and we are entering BACK TO SCHOOL time!!<br />
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I cannot believe it. In addition to sending Madison off to the 6th grade, Myles is also starting school this year. A big bad Kindergartner!!<br />
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Madison is attending a magnet school this year, which makes her excited and nervous at the same time she said. It's the Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy-- I know LONG NAME. We only visited the school twice and from the parent orientation I attended it seems as though Madison will definitely be challenged this year. Which I think will be very good for her. Sometimes Madison gets a little complacent with things coming so easy for her. it will be a nice humbling experience for her. I mean- we all need those at times. This school also goes from 6th to 12th grade, which I think is pretty cool. And she thinks is scary haha. She is responsible kid with a great head on her shoulders, so I have nothing but confidence that she will do great and shine in this new adventure.<br />
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Myles is attending the local public elementary school this year.. Oliver Ellsworth Elementary. We went to an open house for him yesterday where he was able to actually take a quick ride on the school bus and meet his teacher, Ms. Bartholomew. He seemed a little anxious at first, but I also think he is a great kid and will do amazing.<br />
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This morning ALL 3 kids were up a little earlier than necessary-- I enjoyed it because I didn't have to rush anyone, but I know that excitement will soon end! Mayci was upset because it will still dark when she woke up so she didn't understand why people were acting like it was morning, but in the excited rush of everyone, her mood lightened pretty quickly!<br />
Lisa showed up quite early so she could walk with both kids to the bus stop. Yup-- I walked my 6th grader to the bus stop.. Mainly because she said it was okay seeing as how her bus stop is sort of far away and we wanted to make sure she was in the right spot. Unfortunately because of how late the buses run on the 1st day of school, I wasn't able to see her get on her bus. We had to start heading to Myles bus stop before Madison's bus came so Lisa stayed with Madison and met up with us for Myles. Mama and Popup happened to be driving to the house to come to see Myles off and drove past Madison and were able to wish her well on her first day :)<br />
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Myles got on the bus like a trooper! I started getting that nervous butterfly feeling when the bus was pulling up... but Myles? Nope.. he got right up to the end of the sidewalk, waiting for the bus door to open, and climbed right on! He sat in his seat, waved, and even blew kisses..and off he went!! My heart sank a little as the bus pulled away-- My only son, my LITTLE boy, is in school. That leaves me with one more "baby" and she isn't even a baby anymore.<br />
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Speaking of Mayci, I was extremely nervous that she would have a little meltdown when Myles go on the bus and she realized that she wasn't going with him. She surprised me though, she waved, blew kisses back, and kept moving. It didn't even seem to really phase her in the slightest. She was leaving with Mama, so I grabbed her lunchbox, gave it to her, and she was off to go to her "school". So far, so good---- but it has only been 2 hours :)<br />
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Madison said she had a great day. Didn't really make many friends today because she said she was so focused on trying to take everything in. I honestly think the highlight of her day today was lunch .. because she learned that there are 2 microwaves that she can use for her food, so now she has even more options when bringing lunch hahaha... it's the little things sometimes.</div>
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Myles was so tired when he got home that he didn't have much to report. He did tell me that he made a friend..a boy. No girl friends yet. He also told Damian that there are Lego's in his classroom, but he did not get a chance to play with them. The only other piece of information that I was able to drag out of him was that his bus driver "drives crazy" and is mean. lol-- I guess the bus driver had to tell him to sit down when they puled up to the school because Myles immediately got up to get off the bus, but the bus driver was still going over instructions. He said the bus driver said, "Young man, sit back down," HAHAHA.. I explained to him that his bus driver wasn't mean, that there are rules that he has to follow. i asked him if he sat down after being told and his response was, "Of course, really seriously, I don't want to ever get in trouble"</div>
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-38285413738930513032014-08-26T12:15:00.001-04:002014-08-26T12:15:13.086-04:00Weekend in Review August 22-August 24, 2014HAPPY TUESDAY!!<br />
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Not too much to report from this weekend. Truly a low key, uneventful time here in the Curtis Household. No pictures of the kids, no fun activities with them, nothing.<br />
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On Friday, I took the day off so I could bring Madison to her 4 hour new student orientation at HMTCA (Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy). She was so nervous, but by the time I picked her up, she was feeling a whole lot better about the entire experience. She had even made friends with someone!! <br />
Damian was also off so he hung out with little ones and took them to dentist for me. Don't worry-- Madison has an appointment this week, so she isn't the forgotten child haha!! I do normally try to book them together, but they made a mistake and her name wasn't added on and then the time they were able to add her on for didn't work. Ummmmm--- I have no idea why I felt the need to explain that you :) Myles and Mayci still stayed at Mama and Popup's as they have been every Friday...they even had a sleepover with Angelina and Abigail. I do think that with the school year starting, the weekly Friday sleepovers will be decreasing. <br />
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On Saturday there wasn't too much going on. In fact, because of some miscommunication, Madison missed a family friend's birthday party. And then... if I hadn't already screwed up enough.. I feel asleep after putting Mayci down for a quick nap that they missed the 2nd half of that same friend's birthday party. :( I know-- an EPIC FAILURE-- but I plan on making it up to said friend!! I felt horrible. <br />
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On Sunday, we also had no plans. I was scheduled to run in a 5K in Old Wethersfield with Jen...and-- that was a great time! This was my 2nd 5K-- the 1st one that I was actually giving myself goals for. When we first got there and the weeks before I said I just wanted to finish it-- but then I started saying to myself, I have already finished one...and I know I can finish it even if I had to walk. So then I changed my goal to finish in under 40 minutes. Then I realized that I would rather push myself to run, so I changed my goal yet again to just running the entire thing regardless of the time.<br />
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Let me tell you-- I really enjoyed the environment of this 5K-- running through the town, people outside with signs for both family, friends, and strangers. It is so motivating... especially when you are not a strong running like myself. Hearing those words of encouragement really help me out. <br />
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I am happy to say that I completed the entire 3.1 miles and ran the whole way. I have trouble maintaining one speed and definitely slowed down to an almost crawl like pace towards the end-- but I RAN! I completed my goal! When I thought the finish line was a little closer than it really was, I tried to pick up my speed and "sprint"-- but I underestimated how close the finish line was and sort of felt like I was going to throw up, so I resumed my slower pace and just kept on trucking. My finish time was 38:55...UNDER 40 MINUTES!! So both goals completed-- and with practice and perseverance, I know that I can drop that dramatically. I felt accomplished and good after the run once I could breathe again. <br />
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I posted a status about knowing that I wasn't a true "runner" but that I felt great because it is a step closer to where I want to be. And one of my FB friends, who was one of Damian's college roommates, wrote the nicest thing under that post:<br />
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<span data-reactid=".1e.1:3:1:$comment10152500154057284_10152500190292284:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.$author"><a aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="js_2" class="UFICommentActorName" data-ft="{"tn":";"}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=653341956&extragetparams=%7B%22hc_location%22%3A%22ufi%22%7D" data-reactid=".1e.1:3:1:$comment10152500154057284_10152500190292284:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.$author.0" dir="ltr" href="https://www.facebook.com/jay.grosso?fref=ufi" id="js_3">Jay Grosso</a></span><span data-reactid=".1e.1:3:1:$comment10152500154057284_10152500190292284:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:0"> </span><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".1e.1:3:1:$comment10152500154057284_10152500190292284:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".1e.1:3:1:$comment10152500154057284_10152500190292284:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".1e.1:3:1:$comment10152500154057284_10152500190292284:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0"><span style="color: red;">Being a runner isn't based on speed or distance, its based on lacing up the sneakers and getting out the door. You are every bit as much a runner as the person who finished first and the person who finished last. Great job!</span></span></span></span></div>
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After I read that... I got all teary eyed-- I have been extremely emotional lately anyway-- how true that is. I am not super fast, I get tired easily, I want to give up almost every other step, I have alot of conditioning to do, I need to learn more about my body... BUT-- I did it! I completed it and I survived!! Sometimes you just need to hear things like that from other people because you drown out your own inner voice that sometimes tells you the same thing.</div>
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-24353379307812539682014-08-21T10:05:00.003-04:002014-08-21T10:05:59.489-04:00Weekend in Review August 15-16, 2014Nothing super exciting this weekend. Pretty low key for us-- which is definitely what I prefer. <br />
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Madison left on Thursday to go be with her friend Brianna. On Friday morning they headed out to New Hampshire for a beauty pageant that Brianna was participating in. As always, Madison leads a much more exciting life than the rest of us in the family.<br />
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The only real highlight this weekend for the kids was going to Brooklynn's 8th birthday party. It was so fun. They had a bounce house for the kids along with YUMMY barbecue food and lots of candy. Unfortunately Madison missed out, but Myles and Mayci were having so much fun that they didn't even want to leave. I had a good time. I hadn't seen Brooklynn's grandmother Joan in a really long time, so it was nice to see her, Brooklynn's uncle Jay, and Brooklynn's aunt Mocha. Such a loving family. Brooklynn's grandfather and other family members on her dad's side were there as well, I just didn't have much time to catch up with them.<br />
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Brooke's mother came as well, so it was REALLY nice to be able to sit and chat with her as well. She is always so full of words of wisdom and I really enjoyed having some time to spend with her. <br />
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Brooklynn seemed to have had a blast. Her cousins, little brother, best friend Gia and her brother Charlie, and of course Charlize were all there to celebrate Brooklynn. There was a face painter there that both Myle sand Mayci took advantage of. Mayci didn't want her face painted so she optd for her arm...but that also ended in tears because it hurt when the stencil needed to be taken off... But she still managed to walk away with a glitter filled hand :) I decided that it might be a good time for me to leave when Brooklynn and some of her friends/cousins were getting ready to spend some time in the pool! I escaped just in time, since my little ones were just starting to melt down because they didn't have their bathing suits/trunks with them. I managed to make a calm getaway with them, no real tantrums.<br />
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Since Damian was away all day working, rehearsing , and then attending and playing for Tony Gonzalez's wedding/reception, I took the little ones to see my mom, dad, Amanda, and Jaida. That has been one of our new weekend activities lately. Plus that's the only time that we can really catch Amanda and Jaida at the house. Damian sent me a picture of Tony and his now wife Carmen. Oh my-- so beautiful... and they both look so happy! CONGRATULATIONS to the Gonzalez's!!!<br />
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Myles wanted to go to church, so he went with Mama and Gloria to the 5pm Saturday service and then back to Mama's house to eat dinner and play with Pop-Up. He can never get enough of them :)<br />
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On Sunday-- we did NOTHING!!! I mean, I did run to the grocery store, but other than that.. Damian, myself, Myles, and Mayci were on the house. Damian and I cleaned and the kids just played, stayed in their pajamas, and relaxed. IT WAS GREAT!! Damian left around 5p or so to head out to New York with Hell Razah, his girlfriend, and Joe. They were going to a birthday party for another rapper, Killah Priest. Don't mind the names... if I knew the names their parents had given them, I would have written those instead hahaha! He was gone unil about 5 am on Monday-- I felt so bad :(<br />
Madison got home about 815p and was exhausted. She sat down with me and she talked about the pageant experience and how much fun she had and how different it was from how she thought it would be. Brianna did so well.. she won for the photogenic category and out of everything got 1st Runner up!! GO BRIANNA!! She headed to bed about 30 minutes after getting home :) <br />
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Here are a few pics that Damaris sent to me while Madison was with her, Brianna, and Nick in New Hampshire:<br />
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Even though this is supposed to just be a post about the weekend, I will go this week as well, .. hehehe... look at me-- living on the edge, even though it's mainly because I have a funny story that I want to tell......<br />
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Monday morning Myles had his pre screening for Kindergarten at his elementary school. He look very nervous when they asked him to introduce himself and to smile for a picture. The nurse took him away immediately to begin working him through the different "stations" and he already seemed happier as he was walking away. They did a little parent interview with Damian and I and then we were reunited with Myles after. When I got back home from work, I asked him again to tell me how his short time at the school was and what kinds of stuff they asked him. He was telling me how they were asking him colors, letters, practicing syllables, and things like that. And then he says,:<br />
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Myles: I hope the teacher didn't get mad, I wasn't trying to tell her she was wrong<br />
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Me: Well what happened, what did you say, were you being polite?<br />
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Myles: Of course, of course (if you know Myles, you can probably imagine how he was saying this) I was polite mommy. We were talking about the different colors and what each color was and then we got to white --- AWKWARD SILENCE<br />
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Me: Okay? SO you got to white, did you not know what the color white looked like?<br />
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Myles: Mommy, I know my colors, but I did tell her that white isn't REALLY a color like how black isn't REALLY a color, you know, because that 's what I learned. Do you think she is mad?<br />
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Me: (trying really hard to not laugh) nope buddy, I don't think she is mad. As long as you were being polite and still told her the name "white" when she asked you the color, I think you did fine. Good Job buddy!<br />
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Myles: Whew-- I was REALLY worried.<br />
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Only Myles.... oh lord-- is this what we have to look forward to?!?!<br />
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Oh... and since I am already writing, I figured I would include these few pics here as well. As many of you have probably seen... there is this Ice Bucket Challenge going on in regards to ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease. A lot of controversy going on about this... why are American wasting so much water when other countries struggle for clean water to drink, what does pouring ice water all over yourself have to do with anything, why would you choose to pour the ice water over yourself rather than to donate to the cause... and the list goes on. Anyway--- Morlock School of Dance was nominated to do the challenge, so they posted on facebook that any of the dance school members could participate. Madison said she was interested. I explained to her what ALS was and also told her that if she was going to participate that she needed to donate as well. She had 5 dollars and said she would donate. And then Liz's husband, Scott, said that if anyone wanted to donate an additional $5 that they could also pour a bucket of ice water on him...and of course Madison said yes...she scrounged for another 5 and off we went. MSD also donated $100 to ALS! There is a video of Madison doing the challenge as well as her pouring the water on Scott posted on Facebook page, feel free to check it out.<br />
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Afterwards Liz, Scott, Christine, Matt, and Evaleigh were nice enough to invite Madison to stay with them and go to Sweet Frog while I went for a run with Jen. Thank you so much for including Madison and making her feel special. (I don't even think they read my blog hehe)<br />
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I hope everyone had a great weekend as well!!Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-49889453814755651392014-08-13T12:46:00.003-04:002014-08-13T12:46:31.780-04:00August 8- August 10, 2014Whew!! Another fun weekend behind us. Boy do I need to get my butt into shape. I am still tired.<br />
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I had been looking forward to a weekend of NOTHING this past weekend, but as always-- whenever I am confident of something, my plans change. :) I am learning to take these things better...so what if it took me 31 years to realize that changing plans and spontaneity isn't a bad thing :)<br />
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Friday night, all 3 kids stayed at Mama and PopUp's house. It was nice to have a quiet evening. Damian was home, but was working on a music project for someone, so he and Joe spent the majority of their time down in the studio. I still use the term "studio" loosely. Lots of work that needs to be done down there, but it is coming along.<br />
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My only original plans for Saturday were to begin cleaning out the house. I have come to the conclusion that we just have too much stuff and really need to start getting rid of it-- I think that will help me maintain a less cluttered home. I mean, do we really need like 30 towels when there is only 5 of us... and how many sets of cups, plates, and bowls does one really need. My kids have WAY too many clothes and I might have a ton of stuff that I don't even fit into anymore. (who am I kidding...even if I do lose the weight to fit into them again, am I really going to want to wear old stuff or buy some new stuff to reward myself ) .... ANYWAY-- I digress... I didn't get any of that necessary cleaning/purging done because we have been experiencing some new little visitors in our house. A mouse, or two, have decided they want to be added onto our mortgage. I didn't take this news very well-- I panicked and escaped--- FAST!! I decided to take this opportunity to go out and get Madison her uniforms and to go spend some time with my mom, dad, Amanda, and Jaida since Madison was going to be staying over there. <br />
I felt safer coming home after Damian got there--- I may have been in the military- but mice..ummm...no thank you, they scare the bageezus out of me. And clearly they knew that, because after I got home and was walking in the living room, I almost stepped on a little baby mouse, that must have been paralyzed with fear. Damian and Myles came to the rescue. They got him, and we walked him over to the nearby park to be released. Poor Mayci cried the whole time because she thought we were killing her "friend". Damian explained to her that he didn't really want to live in the house because mice belong outside. But the reality of situation is, this little mouse probably didn't survive after we let him go.. he was little and scared. I am almost positive that some other animal probably turned him into food :(<br />
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On Sunday, we headed out to Lake McDonough, to hang out. We got there around noon Mama and PopUp had already set up everything. Titi Tata, Uncle Jorge, Jacob, Alex, Natalie, Juan, Christopher, Abigail, and Angelina all showed up shortly after. Of course, Mayci and Myles got into the water almost immediately. Damian and I were going to attempt a run, but I was having some technical difficulties(little shorts, big thighs, and sweat don't mix well- haha) so we turned it into a nice little walk instead. Luques, Karina, Karina's dad Andres( dear Lord, I hope that I got his name right--of not my deepest apologies--not that I think any of them read this :) ), and her niece Aniyah(oh dear, I hope I spelled that right) came also. The kids played so well together and I think that everyone had a nice relaxing time. Damian and I went out on the boat for a little bit with the Madison, Myles, and Mayci. So fun! I tried to row and then Madison and I tried to tag team and row... that ended in us just going in circles hahahaha. PopUp got us on video trying to row, so I will try to reach out to him and see if I can get a copy of that and post it... I'm sure it is quite funny :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UH OH!! Did Karina's dad just steal my princess hat??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HA! I stole it back!!!! :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sort of looks like Myles is getting sick over the side of the boat-but NOPE- I assure you..he is just leaning over hoping to find some exciting fish or other animal!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup-- I wore my life jacket!! Better safe than sorry right?!?! Plus-- during that random time that I was rowing, I was sure the whole boat was going to flip over!!</td></tr>
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I just want it on record that this is the 2nd time that I have gone to lake, played in the sand, and even gotten my feet wet. VERY UNLIKE ME!! I am not a lake, beach, pool person. Pretty much-- if it means that I should wear shorts or a bathing suit-- I would rather NOT be a part of it. I am trying though. Twice is really good for me, especially since it has been about 4 and a half years since I have last gone. BUT, I think I have reached my quota for the year!!<br />
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I hope everyone else had a great weekend and was able to enjoy some beautiful weather!!Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-13263317042433098162014-08-12T12:46:00.003-04:002014-08-12T12:46:51.627-04:00PARTY CAR!A couple of weekends ago, the kids, Damian, and I were driving some where and Mayci started yelling at Daddy to turn make it a "party car" I had no idea what that meant.. but Damian didn't miss a beat. He turned on, El Debarge, "Rhythm of the Night" and all of a sudden the car was transformed into the "party car" and Mayci was in her glory---<br />
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So now I have proof that my kids do NOT get their craziness from me hahaha. Honestly though-- I love how Damian is never too proud and never tries to be something he isn't. He is just a good guy who is an even better dad that will do just about anything to keep his kids happy, smiling, and full of laughter!!<br />
<br />Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-29317996091616660732014-08-11T07:55:00.000-04:002014-08-11T07:55:07.405-04:00Damian has been busyOne of the bands that Damian is in, Orquesta Espada, has been keeping VERY busy this summer. They played twice at the outdoor stage at Bushnell Park and I was lucky enough to be able to attend both gigs with the kids. I tried to take short little videos, please enjoy:<br />
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I LOVE watching this man play the piano and don't do so nearly as often as I should. I am hoping to attend more of his gigs in the near future. Such a talented husband I have!<br />
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-54220043182108831472014-08-07T17:06:00.000-04:002014-08-07T17:12:29.172-04:00Celebrating Karina and her upcoming marriage! August 2-3, 2014This weekend was a little busy.. and unfortunately I only have like 3 pictures to show from the entire thing, but it definitely deserves a blog post. I didn't take many pictures, because I actually tried to keep my phone in my purse and away from me so that I could focus on celebrating what we were all there for. And, like the flake I am, I left my actual camera at home :(<br>
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Luques, Damian's brother, (well my brother also!!) is getting married on August 30, 2014. he is marrying one of the sweetest ladies I have ever met-- Karina. <br>
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On Friday August 1, 2014- Karina celebrated her 30th birthday. What a great age!! Also, what a great month for both her and Luques. They each celebrate birthdays this month and now will be celebrating their wedding anniversary as well. So exciting.<br>
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I was invited to Karina's bridal shower on Saturday August 2nd. It was a surprise for Karina and was being held at a nice restaurant called, Café Archetypus in Edgewater, New Jersey. I had also been invited to attend a bachelorette party for her on Sunday August 3rd in New York City. I had decided early on that I would drive to new Jersey on Saturday, come home that night and then attempt to take the train on my own into Grand Central on Sunday and then travel by the Subway to get to the actual venue for the bachelorette.<br>
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Weeks before either of these events, I could feel my anxiety rising. I am a very loud and outgoing individual--- in certain occasions. Honestly, though, I suffer from SEVERE social anxiety. I knew this was an extremely important event and I love both Karina and Luques dearly, so I was determined to overcome these nerves and make sure that I was there in support of their exciting new adventure in life.<br>
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Lisa and Madison decided to take the ride to New Jersey with me, so we headed out a little extra early on Saturday to ensure that I got to where I needed to go in time. In addition to social anxiety, I also get VERY nervous about arriving somewhere late. Especially today since I knew it was a surprise so I needed to be there before the guest of honor. It was a nice 2 hour or so ride. Lisa and I caught up, laughed, listened to music. Madison got a lot of reading done for her summer assignments for school. The plan was for them to go to the movies while I was at the shower.<br>
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OH MY WORD!! The area where the shower was being held was beautiful. Karina's mother, Julie, and Justine did such an amazing job making sure everything was perfect and where it needed to be. They had their personal touches on everything and it was gorgeous. I loved the book that they had set out for each guest to write words of wisdom for the bride in and then they also had little hearts for the guests to write their favorite thing about Karina on. (So easy for me to do-- I have always admired Karina's genuine "niceness" <---- not to sure if that is even a real word or not, haha. Luques and Karina have been together for about 7 years I believe, and I will admit that I have not spent as much time with Karina as I would have liked, No ones fault, but my own...but every time I see her, she is so full of grace and kindness, it amazes me. And it is just so real. I love that.. envy it actually!) When Karina arrived at the shower, she was definitely surprised, and completely overcome with emotion. So sweet. This shower was so nice. It was such a privilege being able to attend and see her mother again and be a part of something that was so special to her. You could tell by the environment and people that were there that Karina is surrounded by love, compassion, and strength! A very special lady indeed. I actually ended up leaving a little early because I knew that I had to drive back home and had to get an early start the next day as well. Madison and Lisa were in the front waiting for me and Karina had asked that I bring Madison in to say hi to her before we left, so I made sure to do that-- Madison was so excited and happy to be able to see Karina. She was also excited to tell Karina that while they were waiting for me, she actually found the dress that she was going to wear to the wedding and had bought it with her own money. Oh how she melts my heart.<br>
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Saturday night, my anxiety kicked into EXTRA OVERDRIVE! I couldn't sleep and had a really rough night. But as planned I woke up early headed to New Haven to catch the train and wound up at Grand Central Station about an hour and a half early. That was perfect. My original goal was then to take the subway from Grand Central to a little closer to Fairway Studios, but I started panicking so I decided to walk the 15 minutes that it took to get there. because I was early I hung out at a Starbucks that was around the corner. Won't go into specific details about the bachelorette party, but once again, Karina was especially surprised and her, 12 of her closest friends and family, myself were there to celebrate. There was a lot of laughter and it seemed like a good time was had by all. I would have loved to stay a little longer, but Damian was in Boston for a gig and I didn't want to intrude on Karina and her family/friends, so at the end of the party, I headed back to the station..and started my journey home. Got home safe and sound-- Damian actually beat me to picking up the kids by like 5 minutes, so I arrived at the house before him surprisingly.<br>
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I talked to Damian a little about my anxiety and he his so darn respectful of it. I am really trying hard to overcome these little quirks about myself and I think if I keep pushing myself to do things that are out of my comfort zone, it will just get easier and easier. I know I can tackle this and WIN!<br>
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All in all-- this past weekend, celebrating Karina and her upcoming marriage, was a GREAT time!! I was honored to be a part of this weekend and look forward to spending more time with Karina AND Luques in the future!! I am so excited for the both of them and cannot wait until the end of the month to share in the moment when they exchange their vows to one another!!</div>
Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-38577620196681292792014-08-06T09:13:00.002-04:002014-08-06T09:13:57.780-04:00Mayci's 3rd Birthday July 27, 2014Mayci Dai Curtis turned 3 on July 27, 2014. Mama and PopUp threw her an impromptu princess themed party for her birthday. She was a little confused at first and had several little meltdowns before people arrived. But once she saw her friends, the meltdowns disappeared and she was a HAPPY BIRTHDAY girl!!<br />
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Please enjoy her birthday pics:<br />
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And always, I am so incredibly grateful for everyone who took time to wish her a happy birthday or spend some portion of her birthday weekend with her!! We love you all!!</div>
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Still amazed that I have no more babies left! BITTERSWEET!!</div>
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-19302897036170470582014-07-30T13:41:00.002-04:002014-07-30T13:41:40.674-04:00Monthly review -- July 7th-July 29thJuly has just completely flown by! Yup.. and I still haven't mastered the art of weekly updates! :)<br />
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So many little things have happened and I have really had trouble with staying on task with weekly updates, so now as the month comes to a close I figured I should hurry up and give brief updates on the month before we roll into August.<br />
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Madison has had quite the busy month. (what else is new-- I feel like every month is busy for her) Dance picked back up for the summer and once again she is dancing far more than I could even imagine. She does an hour on Tuesdays and the 4 hours on both Wednesday and Thursday. Good thing is that they are only 5 week summer classes, so she is off from dance after this week for a little while. The beginning of the month caused us to bump heads quite a bit because she had wanted to schedule several sleepovers, but I only allowed for one because it was a birthday party/ sleepover combo and they were friends from school.... I am trying to reduce the number of sleepovers and play dates and get togethers. And not because I don't trust those people, but for one- Madison has expressed how she would rather go to a sleepover than to have one at her house because her house is boring and I am no fun. Another reason- our family is still lacking any sense of structure. And I think that I may be to blame. So in an effort to fix that, I am going to be having a hold on get togethers for a little while.. especially for this last half of the summer except for a few pre planned events.<br />
Madison also went to New York for the 3rd time this past summer. We had decided that this would be the last time she would go for a little while. A little bittersweet for her, but she says she had a good time. Luques and Karina always hope to be able to steal her away for a little bit to spend some time with her, but with the schedules and rules, it never works out, but Madison and Karina texted at least so she knew they wanted to see her. She took several pictures at the Central Park Zoo and I hope to upload those in a separate post in the near future. They also went to see Cinderella on Broadway-- SO JEALOUS!! I am so grateful that Madison has these opportunities and appreciative of all the people that help Damian and I out with getting her there!<br />
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Mayci has had an exciting month. She went to her friend Alyce's birthday party--Frozen themed! She was so excited because she got to dress like a princess and decided on Belle, since that was the costume that we already had. Of course it had to be the hottest day ever, but she had fun eating, playing on the bouncy house, and climbing in and out of the pool a couple times. Dance started for Mayci this month. Morlock School of Dance offers 5 week summer classes, so we thought it would be best for Mayci to try out then. She only made it to 3 of the 5 because of swimming lessons, but seems to be doing okay( that's what Liz says) so she will definitely pick back up in the fall. I can only imagine what she will look like on stage at the recital :) Swimming is going well.. it's a parent and tot class to familiarize the kids with the water and she did attend when she was 1, but because of the gap between, we started her from the beginning. Timing was a little off for me and Damian so Mama (Abby) has been taking both her and Myles and getting in the water with Mayci. Mayci comes home tired, but says that she has fun. Another milestone is potty training. My ultimate goal was to get her potty trained before she was 3. She is pretty much there except for the occasional accidents and her fear of going #2 in the potty. But we will keep working on that. Sometimes I think that Damian and I sabotage her by putting her in Pull-ups or Diapers when we feel it is inconvenient for us to worry about the bathroom, but I am getting better. <br />
Mayci also turned 3 on the 27th!! What?!?! I know-- my baby is no longer a baby anymore. Wearing undies and being 3- my goodness, definitely a big girl. On the 26th, Ted and Abby hosted a birthday party at their home for her. She was so excited.. and of course-- it was Princess themed. I took several pictures on my phone and just a few on my camera, so I will post them in a separate post. I am also hoping to get the pictures that Byron Dean took at her party also. I know they will be AMAZING!! On her actual birthday we went over to my parents house so my parents, sisters, and Jaida could sing happy birthday to her and give her her gifts.<br />
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Myles started soccer and basketball this month. Whew-- who knew that the parents need to be as involved as they do hahaha. Normally Damian takes him to both, but because of work, I had to take him. Lord have mercy- I thought I was going to pass out- running around with him in the gross heat. Not to mention I had to keep Mayci contained as well. I will say though, I notice a huge improvement in both sports for him. And he seems to be enjoying them a bit more this year than last. I am hoping to keep both sports going throughout the course of the year based on their availability, but only time will tell. Mr Myles is getting ready to start kindergarten this year! I try to talk about it at least once a day so that it stays fresh in his mind, especially as we draw near. And with how fast time seems to be going, the first day of school will be here before you know it. I worry about him a lot starting school. This will be something so completely different for him. He has always been with either Mama and PopUp, Damian, or me. He acts like he understands, but I'm not so sure. I mean, getting on a bus by yourself with a backpack and a lunchbox, then arriving at a school that you have only been to once, and having all those kids and teachers around, and trying to give someone your information so they can get you to your classroom-- seems overwhelming to me. But I am excited for him either way. Makes me remember back to Madison's 1st day of kindergarten. Oh, what sweet memories.<br />
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Damian has been playing a lot lately. One of the bands he is in, Orquesta Espada, has been keeping him VERY busy this month. I was able to take the kids to go see him twice. Once at the Hartford Jazz Festival and then just this past Monday at the Monday night Jazz on the green- both at Bushnell Park. Unfortunately Madison missed out on both performances but Mayci and Myles had a blast. For the Hartford Jazz Festival, they were kind enough to let the kids and I "backstage" in the VIP area. The kids could eat, have cookies, run around, and Myles even made a friend. I enjoyed it over there, but actually prefer sitting out in front where I can see the performers more. But I was grateful nonetheless.<br />
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This month I started trying to come up with an organizational plan for the home and our lives in general. This is all part of "Operation get some structure in this home" Haven't made much headway yet, but something 's gotta give. I also ran in my first 5k this month. Lisa and I did the Run or Dye on the 19th! Had such a great time. But, let me clarify- I COMPLETED my first 5K, I did not run the entire thing. I only ran 2.5 miles of the 3.1 and it felt GOOD!! I was so proud of myself! My friend Jen and I are running another 5K on August 24th and participating in the Fitahlon in October, which is a 5k with timed obstacles. oh crud-- speaking of which-- I need to sign up today for that one because the price goes up on Saturday. My goal for age 31 was to run at least 4 5K, so I should probably start looking for another one. Lisa is interested in the Electric Run, so that may be #4 for me. <br />
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I hope you all had a fun filled July and here's to an even better August!!<br />
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Just a few pics from the playground while Madison and Myles were off doing other things:<br />
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Michelle Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15401448913327154752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718044215153086080.post-57966587258236617202014-07-20T22:30:00.000-04:002014-07-20T22:30:01.653-04:00July 4, 2014 - July 6, 2014I swear-- one of these days I am going to be caught up and on a decent schedule with this darned blog. But until then.. you will just be surprised randomly with various posts.. And this one happens to be about the long 4th of July weekend!<br />
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July 4th weekend was a pretty fun weekend for us. Nothing super exciting, but I do have a few pics to share!<br />
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FRIDAY JULY 4<br />
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We spent the actual 4th of July just running errands, lounging around- I wish I could say cleaning, but NOPE..that got pushed to back burner as always. The best part - both Damian and I were off from work so we were able to see each other several times throughout the day. <br />
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SATURDAY JULY 5<br />
In an effort to live a more healthy lifestyle, I met up with a friend in the morning to go for a run. It's about a 3.1 or so mile loop, but I only ran about a mile and a half to 2 miles...but it felt GOOD! I was so proud of myself. Damian was off on Saturday also and I picked Madison up from a sleepover and we just hung out around the house for the majority of the day. Damian worked in the studio quite a bit on some music. Madison, Mayci, and I met Nicole, Gianna, Bella, Alex, Tonya, Makai, Zoey, and Zane at Manchester Community College for fireworks. Myles stayed home because Gilbert was coming over to play and Rama is probably just too cool to hang out with a bunch of old people and "babies". But we had SO MUCH FUN!! I hadn't seen Makai since he was a baby and had never really met Zoey and Zane. What cutie patooties they are and Mr. Makai has such a deep voice, he sounds like a man from far away! And it was great to be able to see Tonya and Alex after years and years as well! I just wish we had more time that night. The fireworks only lasted about a half hour, yet it took us a good hour and 15 minutes to even get off of the MCC campus. Well worth it to spend some time catching up! Makai sure did love himself some Madison... He even informed me that I NEED to have him come over to play with her soon!And both Gianna and Bella yelled at me for not having them over recently over SO CUTE!! **and nope, I haven't scheduled that play date yet lol**<br />
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SUNDAY JULY 6<br />
On Sunday, Ted and Abby had planned a trip to Lake McDonough in Barkhamsted. I hadn't been there since Myles was 1 month old, so it was nice to head up that way. Damian and I didn't have any set time that we wanted to be there, s that helped meout with my stress level, since social things like this give me EXTREME ANXIETY. We arrived by late morning and were greeted by so many family and friends: Ted, Abby, Yvette, TiTi TaTa, Melina, Niko, Monica, Jacob, Abigail, Angelina, Christopher, Natalia and her husband and sisters, Uncle Jorge... throughout the day, Zaccai, Luques, Daryl, Dalila, Iliana, Brian, TiTi Ada, Titi Ana, Amanda, Aaron, Alicia, Sammy, Nadia, Bas, TiTi Miriam, Rae-Sheilla & her new baby, Becky, Carissa, some family friends, Nilda..and several more trickled in and out throughout the day. Unfortunately Madison, Mayci, and I left early so that I could drop Madison off at another lake in Marlborough since she had previous plans made with her friend. But either way-- everyone had a good day. I may or may not have forgotten to apply sunscreen to the kids and they may or may not have gotten mild sunburns.. No worries, perfect parents out there, they survived and are doing well!<br />
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Here are some pics to highlight this particular weekend, enjoy:<br />
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