wogoman weekly volume 3 issue 18

Oh how times sneaks away from me! Wednesday already. When I look at the calendar I can't believe this year has gone so fast and is almost over!

Tenille . . ahhhh what can I say, she is adorable and smart as a whip. This week she picked up her Dora doll, said, "Mommy Dora has brown eyes like me. You have brown eyes. What color are daddy's?" I just looked at her like, where did my little girl go that could only say hi and Elmo?

She has just been in a better mood lately and that is AWESOME. Now of course she was a complete bear this morning to get up but I blame that on her daddy's genes. :)

Our little girl is famous, she made the Goshen News Monday. We went to see my dad in a reenactment of 1812. The Goshen News took her picture while she was petting the furs. She asked if it was a doggy, we said no. Silly girl. She got a doll there. On the way home she named in baby Olivia and then told us that baby Olivia has no face. Which is true.

Halloween is coming and Tenille is going to be a giraffe. Not sure if she will wear the costume but she sure looks cute with it on. I will be sure to take plenty of pictures. We are trick or treating with her cousins so hopefully they will show her how it is done.

First quarter ended for me so thing have been busy for me grading last minute things. Again where did the time go? J has been busy at work. He is taking a rope course which brings him up to my school so they can practice repelling and stuff. Always something to learn in his profession. Anything that keeps him safe get him a big thumbs up.

On the pumpkin front, Tenille likes to light the pumpkins every night. That means she tries to turn on the lighter and when she can't (child lock) then she gives it to me to use. Harry has taken it upon himself to EAT my pumpkin. No one else's just mine. I have lost the top and well the whole front. I had a small mouth now it is HUGE. Basically all that is left are the eyes. Guess he was trying to tell me something. Well I attached the photos on Sunday night and now I have completely forgotten what they are. So enjoy! Hope all is well with you!

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So it became very clear to me that you all actually read my emails! I sent the other one today before adding the photos on accident. Send and Save as a Draft are right next to each other at the top of my email. I was so happy to see your comments about "where are the pictures?" at least I know you guys are looking at us. :) So here they are, without further ado. Have a great night!

wogoman weekly - volume 3 issue 17

Good afternoon all!
Hopefully you are enjoying these days of Fall! We have done the pumpkin patch, the pumpkin carving, and are playing in the leaves!

We went to the pumpkin patch in Elkhart and got our pumpkins. Tenille thought that was ok but all the animals were WAY more fun! We did have one melt down while there because Tenille fell out of the wagon and hit her head. All was good when we showed her the bunnys and the horse. She even got a ride on this cool carriage. She loved it!

Tenille was excited about the carving of the pumpkins until she saw what was inside. She looked at it for awhile and said, "nasty mommy". She said it again last night and J and I started laughing and then thought where is this child hearing nasty? We no more said that and Donkey on Shrek 2 said, "nasty" Well there you have it. She is in love with Shrek right now so this is where she heared it. Silly Tenille.

Other than that, I just have to brag about Jason, He is getting his hunting in, helping the new guys at Elkhart Fire learn the way things actually run, is AWESOME with Tenille, and is helping me around the house. I couldn't get it all done without him. Tenille and J spend much of their time running about taking each others noses. Tenille holds on to his until he gets home from work. Must be rough not being albe to smell all day! Last night he even mopped our kitchen floor. Yippy! Now I don't have to do it! He even mulched up the leaves for me so I can compost for my garden next year. What could be better?

Tracy
Why is there always money for war, but not for education? - bumper sticker

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Ahh the things I forget each week, I forgot me asking her if she wanted her coat and she said ... naaa not really. How cute! What about the fact that she is in LOVE with Olivia the pig (did you even know she existed? me either until we started reading her books) Or how about that she has been sleeping so soundly in the morning that I can't wake her up and when I do try I find that she is pretending to suck on her pacifier (which has been gone for so long!) In her sleep she is just sucking on nothing. It reminds me she used to be so little and now as she says, I am a big girl! And when she is REALLY tired she will put her arms up by her head like she used to . .. ahhhh where did that time go? Currently we are livinging in the daddy stage. I am chopped liver and daddy can fix everything. I know Jason is eating it up. Hence, she won't nap with me but daddy and football you bet!Tenille is also still claiming her last name is wogoman-crisp. hmmmmm Might have to start digging Jason's hole for her now. :)

So this week was homecoming for Northridge. As you probably saw in the paper we lost is a big way but the week was fun and I think that is truely what it is about. I got to have a meeting with my soon to be student teacher. It seems weird him being so much older than me but I have 10 years expeirence on him. Yippy for starting a profession right out of college.

My brother completed his first Marathon Sunday. I am so proud of him I could just explode. Technology is great and I got updates on my phone about how he was doing. I also watched the race live on my computer. Tenille and I kept "looking" for uncle Mark. There were only 41,000 people there, I am not sure why we didnt see him. :) So next time you see mark given him an atta boy. He deserves it big time.

J was happy to be back to work this week. He loves wearing the pink. (wink wink) There is a nice article about it today in the Elkhart Truth about what the guys are doing for breast cancer. Kinda cool to go to the station and see everyone in pink. J also had a big fundraiser last night for a local fireman that didn't have insurance and got sick. They raised like $6,700 or something. It was awesome to see so many people come out to eat a haystack supper. Haystacks by the way are a strange combination of food that tastes pretty yummy. :)

I started planting some bulbs and getting stuff done around here for winter. I have one tomato and three pepper plants that are doing well still. I know crazy right? Tonight we are going to try out our homemade pizza sauce. I'll let you know how it goes.

I know we have lots of pictures of us sleeping this week but we are just worn out around here. I did 6 boot camps this week (lost 9 inches and 1.5% body fat), J worked tons, and Tenille, well it takes a lot of energy to go running around this house at 90 miles an hour.
J's Aunt Cathy was/is also here this weekend so it was awesome to see her and eat with the family. Well, that seems like it, but I know I missed lots. hmmmmmm Have a great week, enjoy this weather!

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I know you are sitting by your computer everyday looking for my email! Tenille is doing well. She bit 3 of her friends in one day and was put into "time out" at school. If you ask her about time out or if she wants to go to time out, she bursts into tears. So we are back to biting our friends. She even tells us, "you don't bite friends" but she still does. ugh.

An interesting development this weekend. When asked what her name is she now says wogoman - crisp. Ryan crisp is a kid in her class (an older man!). So sometime this weekend when we weren't looking Tenille got married and hyphenated her name. ahhh punk. J doesn't want to talk about it. :) I haven't had time to ask our friend Jen about it but I am sure that they will get a kick out of it. I hope because Ryan is one of the three that Tenille bit.

School is going well. I am going to be getting a student teacher this spring. He already has 3 degrees in engineering. He is 40 something. Should be interesting. One degree is from Notre Dame so at least he has that going for him. :) I will be splitting his time between myself and another teacher. That way he gets lots of different view points of teaching. So this will make my life easier or completely be a pain in my butt! :) Let's all pray for the first!

J is full into bow season this year. He has seen many but none with big horns. He got a new bow this year and is ready to go. Flo and her babies are off limits at our house so he has been hunting at my parents and grandparents house.

J and I went to first fridays last week in Goshen and had a GREAT time. It was nice to have a night out by ourselves. Tenille is great but sometimes it is nice to eat without trying to also entertain a 2 year old.

Some of my family did the breast cancer walk in Middlebury this past Sunday. It was awesome weather and it raised a ton of money. So cool to see so many people all there for a great cause.

Tenille found out yesterday that she will be getting another cousin! My sister is expecting in May. Tenille got on the phone and said thanks for the cousin, which I then had to translate to Cari. So yippy for that. I hope I can get Tenille out of the biting stage before the baby comes. :)

Tenille isn't really sleeping as is proof of the one photo. Yep, I finally got her to sleep on the floor. Poor girl has a cough and we were up all night that night. So when J woke me up to go to school that day he found Tenille and I snuggled up on the floor. Poor girl.

Well I am sure I missed tons of things that happen here but that is all I can remember right now. So good night all!