I'm a grandmother???...

2/6/09
MADE YA LOOK!! :) No!! I'm not a grandmother, but I got to play grandmother for a weekend. Sharlene is taking a child devolopment class and the project for the year is to bring home this computerized baby and play mama for the weekend. Let me intoduce to you Stella Arielle Bowman. Baby Stella is set to cry, coo, giggle... and react to being fed including 4 feedings through the night, being changed or just needing some lovin':) Sharlene had to respond promptly to her demands and log the activity. The computer chip will be read by her teacher and Sharlene will then be graded on how well she did:) Unfortunatly, the weekend Sharlene was choosen to have Stella, she had big weekend plans..her friends big 18th bday party...movies, another party and during all this she got lost in downtown Tampa and gave me a heartattack! She was pretty freaked out too! However, we all made it through the weekend and I'm sure I won't be a grandma anytime soon!:)
Here are some pics of Stella upon her homecoming:).... Unlce Alec:)...

Brooke and Brianna were THRILLED with Stella!

Posse Valentine's day playgroup

2/4/09
In past posts you've heard me talk about the 'posse'. This consists of my 4 friends and all of our children. 5 sets of multiples and 4 singletons. Three of the singletons are my 3 teenagers, so they don't do alot with our group, especially the day activities. Most the time it's us 5 girls and the 12 little ones. We've been friends since the kids were a couple of months old. The name 'posse' came from my mother saying one day..'so you getting together with the posse today'. I thought it was funny and told the other girls and from then it just stuck.
Every year we do a Valentine's day playgroup. This year we did cookie decorating, and made picture frames. Then we took pictures for our picture frames. :)
Happy Valentine's Day!!

and here they are again:) Cute group, huh?!

More superbowl party pics

More great pics of a fun night!

Jello shots! mmmm..thanks Kristen:)

Superbowl XLIII-our third annual superbowl party

2/1/09
Even though we were in mourning the BUCS and the Eagles weren't in the superbowl we still had a party! Lots of food, alcohol, jello shots and KIDS! (10 adults, and 15 kids) and even though we were disappointed the underdog didn't win...we had a blast with all our friends!

Brooke was the first to go at 7:30!....we know who's going to get her bra put in the freezer when she starts attending slumber parties!:)

Some EXPERIENCE!

1/31/09
So the Superbowl was being hosted here in Tampa. Even though it wasn't the BUCS nor the EAGLES in the game we went down to the stadium to see the "NFL EXPERIENCE" ..it was some experience!
Alec took a friend and was thrilled to be going! Jim and I took the girls and we weren't as thrilled as Alec:) but we do these things for our children...right???
As we were walking the country mile to the stadium from our parking place with ALL the other people in Tampa ...we spotted Disney Radio's set up with free goodie bags, a polar bear character, a real sloth, dancing, music and food. We stopped, and sent Alec and his friend ahead of us to go ahead and get in while we checked out the Disney Radio stuff with the girls. All was great.... we had fun at the Disney Radio set up and when we were done checking it out we started again to the stadium. As we made our way, there were people handing us stickers, booklets, and stuff and then asking for a donation. This guy hands me two lollipops and asks for a donation, I kindly say no, inspect the lollipops the girls have already spotted in my hands and give Brooke the green one and Brianna the white one. Well, Brianna didn't want the white one. She wanted a green one like Brooke and she starts throwing a fit. We FINALLY get there with Brianna still throwing a fit. Jim goes to ask about tickets only to find out it's a 45 minute wait JUST TO GET TICKETS and then a 45 minute wait to get in!!! Keep in mind it is now 12:15 (lunch time). Then Brianna reaches over grabs Brooke's lolli and throws it on the ground...this happened just as Jim came over to give me the news of the wait. ...well...there is only so much one can take. I now have TWO screaming, hungry girls. I looked at Jim and said "That's it..we are going home"! "I'm DONE"! Sometimes you just have to cut your losses!! We cross the street to make our LONG trip back to the car, and I look down to see Brooke sound asleep!! 5 minutes later so was Brianna:) Peace at last! SO......we didn't make it into the actual "NFL Experience" but we had our own NFL Experience:)
OH! And Alec had a GREAT time! ..which was our goal to begin with.:)

Alec's bday party

1/24/09
On Alec's actual birthday we went to his favorite mexican restaurant. So, he had some friends over the following weekend to eat pizza, play football and hang out. Here's what you get when you tell a bunch of 14 year olds you want to take a group pic:)
I also threw in a pic of Amy:)

Who is the President??"Barack Obama"!

1/20/09

When you ask Brooke and Brianna who the president is.....they smile and say "Barack Obama"
Here they are watching the inauguration with us:) Papa will be SO proud!