I'll take a little SWINE with that cheese.

I am currently on day 3 of my swine vacation and couldn't be any happier! I actually get to be a stay at home mom for a week and am loving it. Not that I am not thankful for my job or anything but this week I get to have my cake and eat it too (meaning I get to stay home and still get paid). After the call from my Principal on Thursday telling me that I have to go to the Dr. and get tested because one of my students came down with flu A, I am happy to announce that my sickness was only a bacteria infection and that I am swine free.

Today was a great start to my swine vacation week. I got the house cleaned, laundry some what caught up, grocery shopped and best of all...paid off some big bills we have been working on. It is such a relief to pay of the biggest bills that you have. We are on our way to being debt free....except for that house thing....and oh yea the car. But those are minimal, right? Keira and I played outside, inside and in between. We also made cupcakes. I am so excited because we are going to take them to her school tomorrow for all her friends and teachers to enjoy. A little Cinco De Mayo treat for all. And I can't wait to dress Keira up in her little festive dress that we got in San Antonio. We cheated and she has already worn it a couple times because I couldn't resist. Here is a peek....(were at Mac's BandG in these pics)

I am so happy that I actually get to get Keira up and ready for school and pick her up this week. Brodie always does a wonderful job at getting her up and ready for school with her clothes always matching and shoes on the right feet. He still needs to work on the hair fixing a bit but what can I say...He does a wonderful job and I am so happy he gets to do this...but am a little jealous. When I worked in HPISD, there were always moms bringing up cupcakes for their child's class and I always dreamed of doing that for Keira. So I decided that tomorrow would be a perfect day to start. It will be such a fun treat for her, her friends and Ms. Nikki and Ms. Shannon. Keira loves to help me cook anything, especially cupcakes. Here are some pics we took today of our cooking...

First you dump in the cake flour stuff...Next you mix in the eggs, water and oil. How does it taste? (A Okay!)Then you beat....and taste again.Last but not least....don't forget the sprinkles.

Before I sign off I must tell a funny story of my Little Swiper... the other night we put her to bed (no pacie because WE ARE DONE! Yes!) and we went on the the living room. I think we were probably watching some TV. Keira wasn't really making too much noise but we kept hearing something odd. Brodie went to check on her a bit later and I heard him say..."Keira, did you poop?" Which would be really odd because she is basically almost potty trained and never poops in her diaper anymore. I headed back to her room expecting to smell something bad but when I turned on the light, Keira was covered in brown melted chocolate. Somehow she had swiped some candy from somewhere and had been hoarding in in her crib. Chocolate was all over her, her blankies and there are little Keira hand prints on the crib rails. There were also wrapping all over the floor by her crib. Wonder what other things she will start hiding in her crib?