Let it snow!

Thursday night it began to snow. My kids had just laid down for bed but I knew they would be so excited to see the first snow of the winter, so I got them out of bed. Snow was not on the forecast so it came as a surprise to everyone. It didn't last long though and the next morning the kids woke up extra early to see if the snow was still there. They both came running in my bedroom that morning disappointed. For their sake, I hope it's not the last snow of the winter. The boys are ready for snow ball fights and building snowman!

Getting my foot in the door..

Jamal is just the perfect mix of AJ and Ronde. He has AJ's light colored hair, skin, and eyes (although AJ's eyes are a light brown, Jamal's are more like a hazel green) Jamal has the lips and nose of Ronde and the serious looks that Ronde often gives.


I'm super excited for this weekend! I have a close friend out here who has 3 daughters that I will be photographing this weekend in downtown OKC. Although I'm doing it for free, it will help build my portfolio and will hopefully turn out more like portraits rather than candids, that I often take of my boys. I will be posting these portraits to a different blog that I'm starting at

ChantelLorelPhotography.blogspot.com

So far, the website is blank but once I start taking portraits, I will be updating it frequently.

Operation: Find a babysitter!

It is almost that time of year again. Classes start January 24 and unfortunately, I can not take this class online. boo! I will have to be in the classroom and with Andre's hectic deployment schedule, he will not be able to help me out with child care. I have to find a babysitter asap. I am extremely nervous about sending my kids to someones house 2 days a week for 6 hours. It does not sound like much but I am not having any luck finding a dependable babysitter who is willing to watch 3 kids. I set up a meeting with a potential babysitter Saturday morning at a playground so she could meet my kids and we could talk about the specifics but she ended up finding a wallet with cash inside and bolted the first chance she got! Geez!! From the get go, she never seemed really interested in watching the boys. Who wouldn't want to watch these 3 adorable kids? ;)
On a side note..I caught little Jamali sneaking Ronde's left over breakfast. He is becoming quite independent!

Randomness...

My mom and sister left on Tuesday to go back to Florida. It was so sad to see them leave. My mom was a huge help with cooking, cleaning, and the kids. I felt that overwhelming feeling of knowing all the responsibility is solely on me again especially since Andre is still deployed. The last day my mom was here, she put together puzzles with the boys. That morning flew by so fast and by 1pm we were off to the airport. My mom and I both signed up to skype so we will be trying that out tonight!
AJ started school again today after having just been on Christmas break. He was really excited to see all his classmates and to show off his new Nike school shoes. Can you believe it's his first pair of name brand shoes? lol He loves them so much that he won't take them off his feet!

Myriad Botanical Gardens

Myriad Botanical Gardens had free admission today from 6-9pm. It's an indoor Botanical Garden that was decorated with a lot of Christmas lights for the holiday season. It was really neat. The building itself kept changing colors which made for some really cool pictures. Afterwards, we took the boys to an playground that was so unique but really hard to explain. It had a bunch of grassy hills, maze, balls, and holes in the ground? haha. The boys really enjoyed that. We also people watched at the ice skating rink. My mom and sister only have 1 day left here before they leave for Florida. I can't believe it... the time went by so fast.

Happy New Year!!