playing catch up....

So here we are last Monday, schools closed because tons of snow decided to
come for a visit! The Cousins decide to go down the hill on one sled...

Timber!

They try again, and........ success!

My daredevil nephew, Justin, riding what looks like a bike, but it has been modified with sleds instead of wheels...! He will TRY anything!
Here we are on Saturday at a birthday party, yes, I said Saturday, just 6 days after the blizzard and cancelled school we are playing in the 75 degree weather!! I love March...!

Underexcitability Syndrome...Someone who has this syndrome appears bored to death and irritated when they are really super duper excited

I have personally made up this syndrome, and I have diagnosed Melissa with it...
Melissa got her ears pierced.......here she is with them pierced as a baby...(and people still didn't know she was a girl) ...she yanked them out, we just let them close up...Well, she has always mentioned wanting them pierced again, but I waited until she really, really, really really wanted them pierced...

So let me describe the long awaited event...(keep in mind she has underexcitability syndrome) As we were driving into the mall parking lot she could barely contain herself she was so excited, she was talking non stop ear piercing...she practically skipped the whole way to the piercing pagoda...then, we arrived to the pagoda and her syndrome kicked in...she picked out her earrings, and she looked so angry about the whole thing! I told the lady Melissa wanted her ears pierced and she said "are you sure?" Onlookers watched as this twisted mother forced this very unhappy little girl to get her ears pierced and unbelievably the cruel mom was taking pictures of the whole abusive event!..Once ears her ears were pierced, the lady held up the mirror so Melissa could see..Melissa looked away, almost like she was disgusted by the earrings...I embarrassingly thanked the lady and as we walked I asked Melissa what was wrong...her reply, "Mom, why would anything be wrong?" as she began practically skipping out of the mall and chattering about the pink sparkly earrings and how at Victoria's birthday party she would show ALL the girls her ears...and how her hair had to be in a ponytail so her earrings could show and blah blah blah all the way home!! Am I dreaming!?!?! here is the best pose I could get ...this was after saying "Melissa, smile" about 20 times...She is the sweetest little girl..EVER...She never asks for anything, and if she does she is so polite and sweet about it...I wanted to buy her a new outfit the other day and her response was "mom, I really love it, but I don't want you to spoil me" (I, of course, bought it for her)....she is not being a spoiled brat or unappreciative during exciting things, she just won't allow herself to act excited....i guess it's just the realities of Underexcitability syndrome, she contains excitement and we look like child abusing nutcases!

David "Hatrick" Kelley

My son, David Patrick Kelley, asked if we could change his middle name to Hatrick instead of Patrick...for those who don't know, in Hockey, a hat-trick is when a player scores three goals in one game....sounds reasonable....

Hatrick played goalie for one period during his game yesterday...

Hatrick did not score a hat-trick, but he had fun anyway (he does not suffer from the same thing Melissa does, so we could tell he was having fun)