It's FASCHING TIME!

Fasching, the only day of the year you'll see German's smile....haha That was how fasching was explained to me when we first moved here and boy is it the truth! But a better explanation is the German Mardi Gras. We decided to celebrate the day by going to the local parade. We had so much fun. It was pretty cold and I didn't dress the kids warm enough but besides that we had a great time. The parade had little floats, the USAFE band, and a ton of German's dressed up in costumes throwing candy at the crowd. That simple fact alone, made Seth love the parade!

Here are the pics from our fun day!

Waiting in the cold for the parade!

Yep, still waiting...


I didn't dress him very warm so he had to stay in there the whole time, but true to Adam's style he didn't mind and was wonderful!

Waiting still but its getting closer!

Waiting, but Seth's okay since he made friends with other kids

Well if we have to wait an hour and a half we might as well enjoy the local food!

FINALLY, the parade begins and Seth is so excited to hold out his bag for the candy!

The parade!

The USAFE band!

Seth's favorite "float"

Throwing candy at the kids!

What's been happening!

Well life has been busy lately so here's a little synopsis of what's been happening!

-PACKING/LANDRY/CLEANING...for our trip! We leave in 9 days and I've been very busy trying to pack myself and 2 kids and cleaning the house so I don't come home to a mess! So far so good. Just have Seth's room to do, which won't happen till Monday evening because he will just destroy it the minute we clean it!

-Diet/Exercise....let me just say when you're trying to loose weight it consumes your day! Trying to plan each meal and find time to get a good workout in has been time consuming. But hey, I'm down 11 lbs!!!! YEAH! I'll post more on that later.

-Watching mindless reality tv...yep I'm a victim, by choice of course, of all the reality crap that's on. From American Idol, to the Bachelor (OMG who's he gonna pick and what the heck is DeAnna doing back!!), to my FAVORITE Real Housewives of Orange County! My evenings are full watching all these silly shows! But I love them and its been a nice distraction since Loren's gone.

-Seth's activities!! From his Preschool to kindersports to his Thursday play date with our friends he's a busy guy which makes me a busy Mom! It takes up a lot of time but makes the weeks pass!

-My little Angel, aka Adam, is teething! Yep, you guessed it, so he's not sleeping great at night therefore neither am I! Here's to hoping this phase passes soon!

-And a little update of Loren- he's been great, in a week we will be at the half-way mark which means 3 more months till he's home. He's been very busy with work, school (already completed 2 classes- 3 more to go!) and working out!! He's good though and safe which is all that matters. I'm very spoiled since Seth and I get to talk to him everyday.

Well off I go to clean the kitchen...fun, fun, huh? Peace! Love you all!

2 boys in our bed

I don't know why, but both boys LOVE our bed! Both of them love to put there heads under the blanket and laugh...thus making me laugh!!

Its really the cutest thing and a wonderful memory!

Happy Heart Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to you all!

I woke up early to take Niki to the airport and came home to find these were delivered...

I love you Babe...I know you can't read this because of the government

computers but one day you will.

The tulips (my favorite flower!!) were truly beautiful!

I loved them and smiled all day thinking of you!

I miss you more than words can express...

3.5 months and counting!

PARTY TIME!!

Here are pics of Seth's Valentine's Day Party at his Preschool! He ate Valentine's treats, played games, and exchanged Valentine's. It was a really fun day!! He loved it and had a BLAST!

Eating Valentine's Cupcakes!

CRAZY kid eating lunch

Getting ready to play "find the hearts" in his school's gym...

More games in the school gym...

Taking a break from the action...

Seth leaving the party...he didn't want to go!

The class wall

Valentine's and Treat Bags

Seth had so much fun doing his Valentine's and treat bags for his Preschool class! It was so cute to watch him get so excited! He wrote all the kids names himself and of course his name on the Valentine's. He insisted on doing the treat bags alone and did such a good job!

Kids really do make every holiday so much FUN!!

Pics of his school party to come!

Bolt and pics!

Seth has been in need of some Mommy and Son time lately so I took him to see Bolt, his very first movie last week. He loved it...especially the popcorn haha!! The movie was actually very good, which says a lot since I really don't like kids movies. It had a lot of adult humor in it.

It was a great day and gave Seth some individual attention.

Pics are blurry but here they are!

Here are the boys just being silly!

Trying to get them both to look at the camera and smile is...IMPOSSIBLE! haha!

And one more of Adam!

GEEZ!!!!

Does anyone ever feel that there house is being TAKEN OVER by toys and baby stuff?

Its driving me crazy!

I know it won't last long and I should cherish these year (which I SOOO do)!!!

But the clutter is taking over my house and my sanity!!

My RESULTS!

After a week of eating well and being a slave to the elliptical

I LOST 5 LBS!!!!!

I'm really proud of myself!

I even went to a kids birthday party and didn't eat the pizza or cake!

I even took Seth to see Bolt (more on that later) and didn't eat the popcorn (that was a little tough!)

I even went to an all girl's slumber party (didn't stay the night obviously) and didn't eat the calzone's

I'm on a good track and feel very MOTIVATED! My Dad is doing this with me, so that helps when the person your living with is eating well!

And on another note, today marks 2 months since Loren left...4 more to go!!!

We're 1/3 DOWN!! YEAH!

Happy Superbowl!

Well this is one of those days when it sucks to live in Europe. The Superbowl doesn't come on till 12:30 AM for us. Therefore, no Superbowl for me! I'm really not even a football fan...that would be my husband...but I love the commercials, halftime show, and of course the yummy food to snack on!

Here's to the year 2011 when Superbowl will once again be a HOLIDAY in the Green house!

So to celebrate, both boys are in football pj's tonight...Loren would be proud!

Enjoy the game, while I sleep!