Mom is Computer Illiterate....

Ok, so it has been forever since we have blogged... mom is going to blame it on the blog site. Here she goes.... the blog site changed it's way of transferring pictures from the computer to the blog site, and i am having a hell of a time figuring it out, have tried a couple times, but since time on the blog site is limited, i have been spending it all on figuring out the new system and not actually blogging. Some things take me longer to learn than others....anyway, the good new is that i think i've figured it out enough that i can continue to help izzie with her blog.

SO now that mom has figured it out, we have lots to report since feb....
We have a new cousin... Dante Martin was born feb 13th and is doing really well, the biggest baby of all on mom's side at 8+ lbs at birth.
Our other new cousin - Samarah - who was born last october 13th is growing like a weed - and we get to take care of her once a week, and of course her big sister Ariadnee comes over too, so mom has 4 kids once a week - she keeps saying things like - "best birth control EVER"!!

Our family spent about a month (from feb 11th - march 9th) sick sick sick. This also contributed to mom's lack of energy to figure out the blog changes. Zac and I had the flu, fevers and all, Mom had the flu (even though she never got a fever - she says she never ever gets a fever, no matter how sick she gets), and Dad got something intestinal. Anyway, it started with me, went to izaac, then mom and then dad, but mom was sick the longest - she figures because she rarely gets a chance to rest....it drove her crazy to feel bad for so long because.....
the weather is warming up!!! yay! finally!!!

We have been playing in the back yard, the snow finally all melted (probably by the end of february) and we cleaned up all the broken limbs from the trees that broke in last october's snow storm. It is so great to be outside. Mom keeps expecting another huge storm - we've had a couple snow flurries, but now there are only rainstorms - which are so easy to handle after the snow.
Dad is riding to work regularly, yay daddy!
We've gone to school in the chariot - with dad pulling us and mom riding along side. She has been too chicken to try and pull us - we have gotten so much bigger than the last time she pulled us (oct 2006), that she is afraid she can't get us up a big hill that we have to go up to get home from school. But today she broke through her fear and took us on a ride in the chariot, and did great. We are on spring break, so we didn't go to school, but went to a new (to us) park with a friend and then to the library. She made it up the hill just fine, but calculated while she was pedaling that we probably weigh 70-75 lbs, plus the weight of the chariot.
Dad hopes to ride a race this sunday - the one he did last year - which he wasn't in shape for then and he isn't in shape for now (according to him). Mom tells him to just do it and try and have some fun - she knows he always feels better when he does it, just accomplishing something. Dad's allergies are kicking his butt right now, so he is miserable, and disappointed since he has been doing allergy shots since last july to help make this season better.
Mom and Dad finished painting the downstairs (except the kitchen, which is not on the plans to paint) - they picked a cool reddish brown for one wall, and they also updated all the fixtures - got rid of all the brass stuff in the house.
I am doing great - mom is impressed with how helpful and generous i can be, and how great i am with my brother. I am really growing up nicely, she says. I have not really fallen in love with school, or extra activities - i really started complaining about having to go to school or swimming or gymnastics, so mom hasn't singe us up for anything extra - just school. It is nice to take a break and stay at home with the family.
Zac has decided he doesn't want to pee and poop in the potty anymore, so mom and dad are changing diapers again. They can't believe how different he is in potty training than i was. Two years ago on april 1, i potty trained - and had maybe 5 accidents after that, but was basically done. Izaac has been off and on with the potty training for five or six months, and still hasn't decided he wants to get it over with. Dad gets pretty mad, and mom tries to not make a big deal about it - she is afraid of traumitizing zac - especially in this arena, but they don't know how to change it (cause i was so easy...) so they don't do anything and hope that eventually he'll make his mind up to do it for good.

So that is a brief update, and we'll post pictures of Dante now, and do more pictures later. Later.