New Year!!

2010!! Could it really be? That means I graduated college 10 years ago? No way, I am still in my twenties! :)

Here are some updates for the new year. We will start with the oldest: he he...

Phil is doing well. Getting ready to start baseball season. Hopefully he will have another successful year. He has kept himself busy with 49er and Sharks games, Guitar Hero with the kids, and his favorite past time...movies!! I think he is ready to get this baseball thing going. Nothing beats the smell of fresh cut grass and the sound of the bat and ball! He thoroughly enjoys grooming his field, so I am sure he is ready to start up that john deer.

Kacey (me), well I am doing pretty well. I am ready to begin a new year taking care of myself. With no more nursing babies or pregnancies my way (unless God plays a serious joke on us), I am focused on getting my body back on track. My mental health is so connected to my physical health, I need to make it a priority, not to mention I need some serious energy to keep up with these kids!

Work has been fun and fulfilling. 20 hours a week has been a good fit, I just wish I could take Fridays off. I also work one day a week at Jack's Preschool. It is so fun to spend that time with him.

Now to the kids: Jordan is almost a TEENAGER!! I feel like I always say the same things about her, but they are always true. She is caring and beautiful. I love talking to her about middle school stuff (you recall don't you?). She has her little crushes, and has issues with her friends, but when she talks I have complete confidence in how she handles herself. I really enjoy just listening to her. She is playing basketball and does really well.

On to my big kindergartener, Anthony. You might be able to tell in our more recent pictures, but he is smiling less and doing more "manly" expressions. I want to smack him across the head sometimes. I don't know if that's what he thinks is cool, but for a mother that LOVES his smile, I want to smack him. When I pick him up from school, he and his friends go crazy in the front lawn of the school, bumping bellies, or tackling eachother. I figure it takes all of his might to behave himself at school (which he does). He is starting to read, and it is so exciting to watch. He had his first basketball game the other day...hilarious.

Jack just had his fourth birthday. Where Anthony likes to do everything daddy does, Jack much prefers to be by me. He and Alex spend their mornings together before he goes to school, and you can tell they have a special relationship. We had to pull him away from a lot of HER christmas gifts. He is starting a stuffed animal "cowection", and loves anything soft and warm. Some nights he wakes me up 3 to 4 times because his blanket is not tucked in "perfectly" like when he first fell asleep. He loves school, and it is a wonderful environment for him.

I will end it will my little Ali-gator. The girl talks like a 2 year old. She says please and thank you. She loves "Quick as a Cricket", and the boys sit with her and read it. They begin each page, and she finishes it. They crack up when they get to "wild as a ..." Ali's "chimp" sounds like duck. They think it is soooooo funny. When people burp she calls them "piggy", she says "stinky" when she or the boys pass gas. Bath time is her favorite. She has a billion bath toys, and loves to count them. "One, two, three....YEAH!!!" then she claps for herself. She runs around the house, " I'm running, I'm running!" Too many little adorable things to describe. Anyways yall, see you in another couple of months!!!!!

November...

Alex

Halloween 2009

Fall Update

My nephew Ethan

My neice Alana could be a Jack-O-Lantern for Halloween!

Jordan and my Nan visiting from England

All of the girls...

Anthony still manages to look tough even though he is dressed as a butterfly! Gotta protect the rep......

Her hair is going to be crazy like her sisters!! (See above)

It is already October. Oh dear, let's see if I can keep this short......

We are all back to work and school....BOOOOOO! Anthony has had a great start at Kindergarten. He is learning to read, and he wants to do "extra" homework every night. The motivation for doing the extra homework is to get "Captain's stamps". If he gets enough captain stamps, he gets to look in the prize box......oooo la la. He has already looked in the prize box twice. The funny thing is, I don't think that the prize is the most exciting part for Anthony, it's the competition to GET to the prize is what attracts him. The boy is NOT lazy, and he is very persistent at getting what he wants. It drives me crazy and makes me proud all at the same time. Jack has begun his new school, the CO-OP Preschool in PG. It is so neat to think that he is not only in the same school that I was in, but he has the same teacher. He is developing a lot of new friends. And these friends all live close to us, so I am sure he is going to make some great relationships out of this. Jack has been going through a bit of a attachment thing with me lately. He says goodbye to me about 25 times before I leave in the morning, and gets really upset if he feels like it wasn't enough. He will choose to go run errands with me over going to a movie or football game with Dad. I am sure it will run it's course. Miss Alex acts like she is 3 or something. She runs after the boys, usually wacking them over the head with something. She plays Star Wars in the front yard with them, holding her own lightsaber. I can usually hear the boys screaming in the other room because Alex has just bitten them. Then when I go into the room, she gives me this evil grin. She loves playing with baby dolls right now. She rocks them back and forth, and gives them kisses. She says dadda, momma, bye bye, night (goodnight), eyes, nose, mouth, out, jordan, and well, um, spongebob. She calls him bob bob. Not my proudest mothering moment, but I am sorry, I love Spongebob! Jordan is 12 going on 21. She is great. Her face and body are changing out of the awkward middle school stages, and she is just getting more and more beautiful. Her social calendar is growing, and I am sure this is when we will start hitting the roadbumps. Boys, friends, trouble! Jordan has such a good head on her shoulders, hopefully she will come to us when she needs us. Like in life, I will spend all of my time on my children and give you a brief update on the grownups. Phil turns 40 this week! He is the new 8th grade counselor at Palma, yeah! He is also going to teach some new classes this spring. They are filling his schedule, but he seems to really like it. I have been feeling like crap lately. My back has been killing me, turns out I have 4 ribs out of place, and a jacked up hip from my little angel Alex. I have been to the chiropractor 7 times in the last two weeks. I am slowly getting better. I am ready to get myself back into shape!! I am weak, and I hate weak. Finding some time is the key.......Sorry if this was more than you wanted to know about the Giammanco's, but hey, this is our blog! LOVE!