Funny quote of the day

On the way to work today it was pretty foggy out. Madelyn mentioned this to me. We have been working on sounding out 3 and 4 letter words so I asked her how she thought you would spell the word, FOG. She said to me that she didn’t want to spell anything. I asked why not – of course once you learn to spell you can read! She said she didn’t want to spell or read. She then muttered, “The fog takes away all of your feelings and makes you not want to do nuffin.” It’s a little deep from a 4 year old. I interpreted it as the sun is not shining therefore I cannot get happy or inspired to learn or even exist. She is so DRAMATIC!

Things are progressing nicely at the Lockwood household. School starts back for me on Saturday and we are still going to the gym and eating our new healthy way. We have both made great strides, of which I will not post on here because I want it to be a surprise. We are both actually thinking of joining some sort of military guard or reserve when we reach our ideal weight, but we are not sure.

Hope everyone had a happy new year!

Happy Holidays!

I know this time of year is busy for everyone, so I will make it short and sweet. We are very thankful for all that we have - and we miss everyone so much. I will have plenty of pictures and possibly some short videos to upload after Christmas. The girls are so excited that they are beside themselves! We were going to Jacksonville for Christmas but plans for that changed so now we are staying here. We plan to visit with our neighbors on Christmas Eve and watch the classic movies while drinking hot chocolate and making cookies for Santa. We hope everyone has a great holiday.

Lots to update

I started the new job - same old story with that one. Halloween was great. We went to North Carolina for Thanksgiving and now we are gearing up for Christmas and the end of my school semester. I start UAB in January for my master's in teaching. Sorry, I don't have time to update more, but here are some pics.

That thing called time...

So much has happened in the last month that I find it difficult to wrap my arms around all that has gone one! For starters, Maci turned 2 on October 25th and boy has she really hit the terrible 2s! She is talking extremely well now and is meaner than ever. She really has this sense about her that just reiterates – my way or the highway- and that is not going over too well in our household! Now it’s time to start back on the potty training again.

We had lots of visitors over that weekend!! Thanks to everyone that came up! I know we all had a great time. We went to the pumpkin patch, the Sloss Fright Furnace, and to see Fly-By Radio in concert. I had a blast and am still recovering!

I started my new job a week ago today. It’s going well – haven’t quite gotten into the swing of things just yet though. It seems like there will be a lot of room to use my organization skills, and possibly do more than I was at Liberty. That is great because I love to be busy and productive! Speaking of which, I am finished with one of my classes this term – I got an A!! My biology class has about another month and I am going to try to finish it early. We will see.

I have pictures from Halloween to post – Madelyn as Minnie Mouse and Maci as a devil (how fitting) but I will have to wait until I get home to post them. Take care – and I can’t wait to see who wins this election!!

Madelyn's post

Madelyn has never had any tact when it comes to saying things that she shouldn't. Remember the time she saw the man with a patch on his eye and she said, "look Daddy, a Pirate! ARRR!" Yes, that was quite embarrassing. Well, she's done it again. The other day the pest control guy came for our quarterly service. He is such a nice guy - he lets the kids follow him around the house asking questions. The three of them were in Maci's room and Madelyn was showing him her drums and guitar. She told him she was going to be a rockstar when she grew up. The bug guy proceeded to say that he wanted to be like her when he grew up, to which our lovely daughter responded, "you can't be like me when you grow up, I have a white face." Oh, did I forget to mention that the bug guy is NOT WHITE! OMG. Well, chuck it up to another weird moment - but funny story! Here is a video of the future rock star - I had to bribe her with a cookie!

Well...time flies whether fun is involved or not

I know I have been terrible updating this. Between work, school and my oh-so active social life (KIDDING) I just don't have time! Really, but not really. School really has been taking up a lot of time - and football season started (no need to mention last night's game). So there aren't many new updates anyways. The kids are still being kids - Madelyn has learned the beginning sound of so many letters, so I know she will learn to combine them in no time. She really loves her daycare - and so do we!

Maci has been talking a lot too. She says the funniest things and had the funniest expressions. She is such a comedian - her dad up and down.
I almost forgot - Saturday (the 27th) was our 1 year anniversay as Alabamians. Here are pics from when we first got here:

And from now:

Did I mention the weather?

Last night it ws 62 at night and today, it's only gotten up to 75. I know those aren't exactly fall temperature, but they surely aren't summer temperatures either. It was such a nice day - it was cool enough to eat outside or just BE outside without sweating. Ah...fall is near everyone!