Just being cute

He's a rockstar

Get his autograph now folks..........it may be worth something someday

I now present to you............

Spring Time in Colorado

This afternoon before i left work

Hail on my street

Blowing sideways

Not enough to stay home yet

A quiet weekend……..

With Rohan having been sick all week, we decided to take a break this weekend and stay home hunkerd down in the basement and living room. My girls night got cancld on Saturday which was just fine with me, as I wanted to be home with my baby (missed my girls though). We also did not attend church Sunday. Rohan was on the mend, but needed sleep. We watched a lot of movies, and just relaxed. Aragorn and I spent some non-computer time yesterday doing some crafts. We painted window suncatchers, and he did some stamping. He thought it was pretty cool. I managed to get all of our laundry done, and put away (which as everyone knows, I am ALWAYS proud to annuounce) I think my laundry breeds when I am not looking. No more dark rooms for it!! All the dishes were done, and I managed to make a pretty darn tatsy chicken dinner. I like these days, as lately they seem so far and few between.

We hope you are all well.

Love,

The Spillmans

Sick.....

Poor Sick baby

Rohan has been sick all week with the flu. I Had to go get him at daycare on Monday and then Tuesday I was home with him. Eric was home Wednesday and Auntie B helped us out Today. He will stay home again with Eric tomorrow as he is still not 100% He is getting better though. Even dancing a little bit this evening.

Sleeping it off

He is on the mend, he asked for Mac & Cheese with Mickey Mouse

School....

I just read about this blog randomly on the news and I am going to start following her. I certainly remember better options at school when I was younger. This is sad. And what is this nonsense about NO recess? No wonder our kids are being diagnosed with ADHD ad ADD hand over fist. These kids don't have mental issues, these kids have sitting on their butts and not getting out issues. I remember when I was little, VERY little time was spent inside, and it surely wasn't spent on video games, or in front of the TV or computer. It's funny, I remember if given the option I WANTED to go outside. Mom and I had a very small TV that certainly didn’t scream to be watched. If I was inside, I played house, or school or barbies, I talked to myself a lot when I played, or I talked to the imaginary people I was playing with, thus gaining some language and communication skills. On even better occasions a friend would come over, and we never watched TV. We played, interacted with each other, and had fun. School was the same way. Recess was our break during the day, it was the adult equivalent of lunch hour. It was also the place where you met all the other kids and made friends. How are kids supposed to make friends, if they have no time to meet the other kids? I am not a fan nor have I EVER been a fan of Gym class, but it was needed, get the blood going work out a little, even if it was only playing with the big parachute in the gym. I realize that not all schools have cut recess, but they are cutting back. Recess used to be at least 45 minutes or so (including lunch) now how long is it? Maybe 30?

As a parent I am scared to death about what is going on in school's these days. I have seen the kids in my neighborhood as they walk home with suitcases (and I mean that literally) on wheels. This is insane to me. Not only do we have our children up and out the door standing at the bus stop, sometimes as early as 6 am. Teachers then bog them down with HOURS of homework. And I have to ask myself "Is it helping? are our children getting smarter? are they learning more?" I realize that teachers aren't to blame (at least I hope not) I realize that it's the government telling them what to teach and how. But I love my kids, and I want to spend time with them, how am I going to do that, have them be active in some sort of athletic activity (which is apparently necessary with no recess and only one gym class a week) have them active in church and still get the grades Eric and I hope they get to get into a good school?

It does no good to "Wage a war on Obesity" if you offer kids pizza, and chicken nuggets and CRAP for lunch, and then give them no opportunity to work off those calories. Pay attention Michelle Obama. FIX this!! And I mean fix it now!! There is no reason to make kids FAT in school and then blame the child or parent.

http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/2010_03_14_archive.html

RIP Peter......

Thanks for always choosing to accept the misson!!