Baby J.

Isabella watching Elisabeth playing soccer...

Elisabeth on the field (I can't zoom in any more than this-sorry!)






We had the pleasure of babysitting Baby J. (adopted from Lang Son a few months ago) yesterday. He is just over a year and so cute!!! Without his parents around, he would actually let us hold him:) Well...he wouldn't let ALL of us hold him....just Elisabeth. He was glued to her hip for the whole time and she loved it!

PS Don't forget to send me your email address if you want to access my blog once it goes private on Monday:) connorskos@yahoo.com

This blog is going PRIVATE:)

With my sister's trip to Vietnam happening within the next few days, I am going to make this blog private so I can post pictures and document her adventures:) Please email me at connorskos@yahoo.com if you would like access!!!

I swear way too much....

How do I know?? These are the things I heard Isabella say within a span of 10 minutes:

"Open the gate, frickin' Mommy."
"I can't get the frickin' door open."
"Where is that frickin' dog?"
"I need some more frickin' oranges."

So nice. Oh...and while we were at Wendy's, she pitched her toy across the restaurant and said, "Fetch, mommy!" Nice. Real nice.

Thank God for Mascots

Tonight was one of Elisabeth's worst nightmares. She went to see a friend in a dance-a-thon in the middle school she would have gone to if we didn't switch her over to her own home school. In simple terms: she saw all her 5th grade friends. THE HORROR!!! And what really made her night-Bella was the life of the party. She had her face painted, danced with all the kids, ate popcorn and spaghetti, and basically did not want to leave. She didn't want to leave, that is, until the Spike's (our local baseball team) mascot came running out the the restroom. I knew once she caught site of Ike, she would be a goner. Elisabeth was praying the guy would get ready fast and even contemplated putting the damn suite on herself. When we got home, Bella was so tired that she actually laid down on the driveway and fell asleep. She is still out there. Just kidding.

Happy Birthday, Toby!!!

Todd's grandfather turns 99 today!!! Although he has had some health issues in the past, he still gets out and about!!! Happy Birthday, Toby!!

Happy Memorial Day!!

The infamous highlights...they look really pretty in sunlight.

Elisabeth, Mya (the birthday girl), and Bella.











Bella on her birthday gift from Uncle Blake and Aunt Alison - Plasma Car in hot pink:)


Elisabeth also got a plasma car from Blake and Alison...a little late but well worth it:) Her is purple and red.



















We had a super weekend:) It was spent mostly outside in the sun. We had a birthday party at the neighbors on Saturday, church and lunch on Sunday, and a huge arts fest and carnival in Boalsburg to celebrate Memorial Day. Can I tell you how frickin' hot it was??

The Trials of Giving Up Nap....

This is what happens when Isabella doesn't nap during the afternoon and we aren't careful to keep an eye on her if we go anywhere in the car past 3 pm. That kid can fall asleep in 10 seconds flat-her nose goes into her carseat and she is OUT. Sometimes she tries to fool us by wearing her sunglasses...

Nap and up until 11pm.
No nap, watching her from 3 pm and on, bed by 8 pm.

The second option is more work but so worth it in the end:)

In true Connors' fashion.....

Bella got a little birthday present a little early. I found this jeep for free through a friend. It needed some major cleaning up and 60 dollars worth of batteries and another 20 dollars for a battery charger and voila! we have a slightly-expensive free jeep!!! I couldn't wait another month to give it to her so we charged up the batteries last night and surprised her with it this morning. I was so excited I could barely sleep last night.

I should have known better. In true Bella fashion, she woke up in one pissy mood. As you can tell by her face in the pictures, I actually had to coax/bribe her to even get in the car! Like a good woman, though, the only thing she was obsessed with was the phone. Her driving skills are much like her mother's....a little heavy on the gas. I think I should just buy her a neck collar now for the whip lash that is bound to come in the next few days:)The face of a very tired soccer play whose team lost yet AGAIN!!!

NOT a happy jeep rider....

The infamous pouty stance.

Guess who got some highlights??

Before either set of grandparents has a major coronary, they were only highlights!! Elisabeth had some grade money left over and got about 11 foils put in and Bella, wanting to be just like her, got 1:) You definitely notice Elisabeth's red streaks but only notice Bella's when she is in the sun.