HAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They'd been threatening rain all afternoon, and boy did they deliver! At about 5:45 our time the sky opened up and WHAM!

The damaged skylight. Don't worry, it's just the outer shell :

Golf Ball sized hail:

Candid

Just a cute shot of Allie in front of the Cracker Barrel :)

I got my hair done for my birthday. I love it! I've never had my hair highlighted before, so this was a new adventure :)

This is Buster, Cherry and Larry's Cocker Spaniel. He's a cutie pie. Allie loves him!!!

Shoes

Behold! Allie's first pair of non-slipper, non-infant shoes! This is hilarious to me because Stewie had like 10 pairs of shoes by the time he could walk. Which is probably why he didn't walk until he was 14 months old :) Since Allie is already running everywhere, at 11 months, I figured she was past due for a pair of shoes.

Updates

Yes I know I KNOW! ok I am foregoing sleep to sit down and write something since it's been forever!

Lil S has had his ups and downs in school. On one hand he's very smart and reading at a 2nd grade level. On the other hand he's very smart and knows it. He enjoys getting a rise out of his teacher and spends at least one day a week in the Vice Principal's office. Grown ups do not intimidate this kid, and its EXTREMELY frustrating. He is very popular and somehow seems to know every teacher and student at his school!

Allie is a trouble maker in her own right. Now that she is walking...no RUNNING, she goes from room to room looking for things to get into. I spend most of my day following her around going "no...NO...NO!!!" She is a sugar freak. We can't leave cans of soda sitting out or she will grab it and make a run for the nearest corner where she will guzzle it up!

The weather is getting warm now, and I say thank god! I miss the rain, but i'm happy to have the warm weather back.

Ok that's it for now. SEE! Not all that exciting around here :)

Updates

Dad was here visiting a couple of weeks ago, and he brought this thing with him. It's called a GigaBall. You climb in it and someone rolls you around. Stewart took one look at it and said "UH UH!! NO WAY!" Then the neighbor kids came over and Stephen rolled them around a bit. Then Stewart was ALL into it! Didn't take long before they punctured a hole in it, though :)

The baby has had the stomach flu since Wednesday. Its awful, she can't keep anything down and I'm trying to keep everyone else from getting sick. I'm usually not a germ-a-phobe, but the day before she started having symptoms, I went to get my oil changed and I let her play in the play area. I just know she picked it up there. When I took her to the doctor, he said that this is going around and that its highly contagious. SO BEWARE!

During AJ's nap today I cleaned Lil S's room. And I mean CLEANED! I bagged up a bunch of his old junk to take to the Goodwill and I organized all his toys. So what do you think AJ did as soon as she woke up? Well here's proof: