Twinderella: The Musical

We have been so busy this winter with play practice 2 times a week. My sister and I helped backstage with about 4-5 other parents. The dress rehearsal earlier in the week was a disaster! The director was still on stage reading about 1/2 the lines. The kids were not ready and one kid puked on stage because she ate to much pizza. It was interesting and I wasn't sure it would all come together. They did not run through the entire show in one setting until the night of the first show. But.....thankfully it did come together. All the kids did a good job with alot of backstage help. Paige was an Old Lady Matilda with a secret and my niece Avery was The UPS delivery girl. It was a cute show. Great Job Paige. We are so proud of you and the hard work! P.S. Don't forget to pause the music in my side bar to hear the play

March Madness

We have been so busy around here....Paige is in her first play next week and has practices two times a week. She also has piano and girl scouts and church activities. Laine has church activities and pre school three times a week and we try to go to storytime on Tuesdays (which we did today). We are loving this warm weather and Laine and I spend a few hours outside today cleaning up the yard. She played with the neighbor boys and my neighbor and I visited while I worked which was nice. Here in Michigan in the winter people hibernate and we miss our friends who live right next door.

Anyhoo, we are looking forward to a mini Spring Break trip (3 days) to a water park in Ohio with our friends in a couple weeks. Our kids have a blast together.

Paige's birthday is coming up soon and that for sure means Spring is right around the corner.

I also have a online basketball bracket for the Road to the Final Four....lets see how I do....Go Duke!

scrapbooks

lately i have been making premade scrapbooks for my friends and family. they have encouraged me to sell some. these are some of the books i am selling. i am hoping sell some books to help pay some of laine's medical bills. if you're interested email me at jenniferdecker@me.com. most of these books are 12-14 pages and 8 X 8 or 6 X 6 in size and ready for you to add your pictures. perfect for a birthday, shower or yourself. they have scrapbook paper adhered to sturdy chipboard and completed with stickers, ribbons and other elements to add interest. they can be personalized. these range between $ 15.00 and $ 25.00 not including shipping. if there is a book you are interested in and want more info let me know. i can send you pictures of all the pages if you need that too. thanks!

chicago

we had a blast in Chicago with awesome weather and fun activities. Just Paige and I went as we needed some girl time just us. When Laine was in the hospital in December I told her when Laine was better we would do something just her and I. She loves Chicago and picked it. (I got very nervous Saturday that we might not be able to go... Laine started complaining about her leg and had a fever. I took her to the Dr. for lab work and was given instructions for us to take her to the ER if her fever rose higher or if she started limping... Her labs were not normal on Saturday and the Dr wants to see her tomorrow to discuss more testing....Sunday though she seemed better and Paige and I took our chances, we needed this time....and we could have always come home if we needed to, and hubby takes great care of Laine.....) Anyhoo.....We packed in so much fun in 2 days. On Sunday we went to American Girl, shopping along Michigan Ave, Crate and Barrel, Apple, Lego, Sephora and lots other. We had coffee at a great little place called the Corner Bakery. We went back to the hotel in the late afternoon and went to the pool and sat in the hot tub and relaxed for a bit. Then we walked around downtown and they still had all the lights and everything...so pretty. We headed to Cheesecake Factory for dinner which so so yummy. Then back to the room to watch some Olympics which we both love. This morning we went for breakfast and then to Shedd Aquarium and the Art Institute and more shopping. We so needed this time together. We were both a little sad on the train ride home as we didn't want it to end. What memories. She is such a sweet girl and so funny too. She talks a mile a minute when she is excited which is the cutest thing ever. I love her to pieces.

Headed back to the Dr for Laine in the morning to see what any next steps are for her pain and fever. Hoping she can have testing that will give us good and accurate results.

snow day...again

today the kids stayed home. we got hit with a big snowfall during the day yesterday and it took me hour hour to get home from work which is usually a 20 minute drive. it kept snowing all night and this morning we had quite a bit of snow. my friends and I are adventurous and with her SUV we took the kids sledding to a big hill here. it was fun. it was cold. really cold. did i happen to say it was cold. little laine is my fair weather friend and lasted approximately 1.2 seconds and she was ready to climb back in a warm SVD with a built in DVD player with dora on. we made her play a few minutes. she doesn't like to sled. she likes to make snow angels. paige and i went down and never have i had so much snow in my face. beautiful day with beautiful friends.

p.s. i know some of my spelling is incorrect with lower case letters. i just think the lower case letters are so much cuter and like to type with them....since it is my blog and everything....

Oh happy day

Oh happy dance...Laine's leg is healed and she is done with treatment. After 7 weeks we are so happy. She had her PICC line taken out and done with the IV antibiotics. WHOOO HOOOO. She is ready to return to school and activities. She did say that she was going to miss her little backpack. (She had to wear a backpack 24 hours a day for the last 6 1/2 weeks). Can I just say my daughter is amazing? She is. She never once complained about having to wear the pack. Ever. Not one single time.

Can I just say this about my other daughter too. She is amazing too. Paige was so mature with having our Christmas interrupted this year that I am planning a special day for just her and I. We are taking the train into Chicago next week and staying overnight. I got a great room at the Sheraton for 48 bucks! The train ride is only 10 dollars per way. I couldn't keep a secret and told her this morning before school and she was so excited and hugged me and said she can't wait until time for just the two of us. So anyway...we are looking forward to fun times and thankful for all God has done for us. And reminded us of the important things.

On other notes I have been doing a little bit of shopping on etsy lately and aren't these so cute. The snow white sticker is for my MacBook. You can find it here if you want one. I received it in the mail today and it looks so cute. I also got this awesome sleeve for my MacBook from Bellamela. I also loved these wool felted balls. I have made them in the past but it takes forever!!! These didn't cost much and I think will look great in a glass jar, or maybe I will great crafty and make a necklace with them. Anyway...have a great weekend. Go Saints!

model rocket launch

Paige built a model rocket and studied about how a rocket lifts off. Here is a video from this afternoon and us launching the rocket. We launched it twice and it was a blast....Get it?...:)

mac in the shop

uggggg.....my mac is in the repair shop. I hijacked another computer but it isn't the same and has none of my pics. Hopefully this week it will be back.

P.S. Laine is doing well, labs look great and she will hopefully get her PICC line out next Friday. She is a little trooper and does so well with her medication.

P.S.S. I found this old picture from last summer somehow on this computer. Looking forward to summer.

winter day

{new scrapbook room}

I am so lucky to have my new scrapbook room coming together. I still am organizing and decorating it. I found an awesome art print by Amy Ruppel that is going to look sooooo cute in here. Then I discovered other great prints by Angie Lewin that is going to help me be creative! I also just really love my vintage camera collection and am thinking of finding a new shelf for my room and moving them from the living room to my office. I plan to organize and hang a wire from Ikea across one wall to hang different inspiration and ideas. I have another shelf that hubby will have to help with maybe this weekend we can get that done. I posted more scrapbook pictures along my side bar on the right side. Enjoy...happy Wednesday.

P.S. Laine is feeling so much better. She is walking and running and do everything again. Stairs still bother her but getting better. She has her stitches out and has 4 more weeks of IV antibiotics with 3 weeks done. She was able to stop by her school today and see her friends. She still can't attend all morning but was so happy to see her friends for snack and story time.