And My Search Continues.........

We've been back home for two weeks now. We haven't been doing a whole lot.

Jalen had his 9th birthday on January 12th!!! He chose to have one of his favorite things for dinner. Chicken nuggets from McDonald's!! He got a 20 piece and he ate 16 of them!!! He was quite pleased with himself! He got a gift card to use at GameStop for his present.

Deja got a part in the school play, The Wizard of Oz. She is the Gatekeeper. She is very excited. She said that it wasn't the part that she wanted but she is happy just the same. The play is in March.

Tayveon went on a field trip recently to Lowe's. I was thinking, what are the kids going to do at Lowe's? What a weird place to go. But when he got home and told me about the day, I thought, what a great field trip. All of the kids made time capsules. And they got smocks and goggles!! He was really proud of his project and he wears the goggles all the time!!





And as for me, I am still looking for my job. Hopefully soon I will find the right one.

TTYN

Roadtrip!!!

Since Antwane had to leave to go back to work on the 27th, I decided that I would take a trip up to Maine. I packed up some clothes and got the kids ready and headed out early Saturday morning. I decided not to tell my family that I was coming, I would surprise them.

It was a long drive. I stopped only once on the NJ turnpike to fill up and get the kids some grub. The kids did great. Tayveon did ask 50 billion times if we were there yet but he still did good. Once we got close to my parent's house I called my mom. I didn't tell her that we were there, I just asked her what she was doing so that I could make sure that she was home. And she was!! She was so surprised when she opened the door and it was us. We spent 9 whole days in Maine. It was great to see everyone. I did a lot of shopping with my mom and went Bingo twice. I went out for New Year's Eve with my big sister and had a blast. The kids really had a good time with their cousins.

We even got a new dog. He is a Pomeranian and I named him Gucci. He is so cute and so bad. He was born on September 11th and he has lots of energy.


The drive back home was long.

Merry Christmas!!!

I was so happy for Christmas to finally be here!! Shopping, as fun as it is, is also so stressful. The older the kids get, the harder it is to decide what to get them. My kids aren't interested in very much besides video games. Sometimes I think that they play them too much but sometimes I'm just like whatever. They could be doing much worse. They get excellent grades in school and are well behaved for the most part, so let them have their video games.

They were very excited to open their gifts. Deja's big gift was a computer for her room. She was so happy and couldn't wait to get it set up. Oddly, she was equally excited about a flash drive that I got her. Jalen's big gift was a PSP. He has been asking for one all year. I think he mostly wanted it because Jay got one last year. Tayveon's big gift was a Nintendo DS. And Jay's big gift was a laptop. They were all happy with their gifts and I was happy that the gifts keep them busy!!

After cleaning up all the wrapping paper and making sure everything was open and set up, it was time to start cooking. For Christmas dinner this year we decided to have Prime Rib. Keisa was going to make the Prime Rib and I was going to make the sides. I made red potatoes, collard greens, aparagus, cheesecake, brownies, and rolls. I also fried some catfish.

I had a great Christmas. I was glad to have Keisa and her family there to spend Christmas dinner with. And I was glad that Jay was able to visit for the holiday.

Happy Birthday!!

It's been a few weeks since I've updated so I'm going to go back in time......

Antwane and Jay drove up for a week for Christmas. I didn't tell the kids that Jay was coming so they were super excited to see him. Especially Jalen. Jalen absolutely loves Jay. He thinks that everything Jay does is golden. So all week whenever I asked Jalen what he wanted to eat or drink he would say, "What is Jay having?"

On Tuesday, December 23rd, it was Deja's 11th birthday. I can't believe that she is eleven years old. It's amazing how fast time goes by. We decided to go roller skating. I haven't been roller skating in like 50 years so I was praying that I didn't fall. We all got skates on, even Jalen and Antwane!! We had a good time. The only one that had a few falls was Tayveon, but he didn't care, he just got back up and kept it moving. Jalen didn't last long, he probably skated for 2 minutes and then he was done. Afterwards we headed home to wait for our friends to come over for some cake and ice cream. When Keisa and the kids came over, Deja opened her presents and then we had cake and ice cream. If I didn't know any better I would've been convinced that Keisa's kids had never had cake before. Amagine and Ahnique had two pieces and Mikequan had 3 pieces!!!! After eating we put one of Deja's presents on, American Idol for the PS2. We sang, sang, sang. Everyone had a blast. I'm not so sure that the next American Idol was found though...LOL