Happy Holidays Everyone!!!

OK so I didn't have time to actually make and send out Christmas/Channukah cards this year so quick thinking and great ideas brings you the following... please enjoy!

Click on this link to view:Solomon Family Chrismukah Card!

NEW VIDEOS!

Ok, I know I've been seriously lacking in the blogging department but wow did the last two months go by so fast!! So, this is going to be a post with videos from over the last few. Enjoy.

1st SANTA VISIT:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c8pLsmgEp8
Yes, it went exactly as planned! Damn beards...

Word of the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juceo4ySuYQ

Blues Dancing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm1X7BjPCH4

Hokey Pokey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM3N52DQVlE


MORE TO COME!!

Fun in Austin

Daliah talkie talkie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qE1bBTgHMk

Halloweeeeeeen 2009!

To my dear Dylan on your birthday

Today, 13 years came too soon. Today, you turned 13 years old! Today, I officially am a mother of a teenager!


Even though the past 13 years sometimes seem a blur, I have made a point to cherish each moment. I remember the day you were born, and almost, every day thereafter, but it seems like it came so soon, not even 5,000 days ago, that's not that long at all.


I hope that you are as proud of me as I am of you. I have always tried to give you the best I could & even though I was never perfect, I did my best. I admire your style, even though I have no idea where it comes from. I admire your passion. I admire the way you are yourself and do not care what anyone else thinks. You stand out in a crowd and don't follow the mainstream, and for that too, I am so very proud of you.


I try to be a cool mom and let you be your crazy self, I always have, and I hope you understand on those days that I have to put my foot down, and those days that you resent me, that there are just times I have to say no and be a parent. I trust you to make good decisions in life & I trust that I have instilled good morals even though as a teenager, you won't always express them.


I know that there will be challenges ahead. I also know that whatever challenges we are faced with, we can overcome, because we have done just that, for the last 13 years, why would we stop now?


I also know that I am truly blessed beyond all belief and I am truly happy. Life is short, it goes by too fast, and doesn't ever, slow down. So, on this bittersweet day, I will rejoice and cherish each moment, listen to you, laugh with you, and appreciate being a parent, because you are a gift that was given to me and I wouldn't trade you for the world. I love you son.


Love, your mom

Blue Banana's!

Nothing like mama's tallboy blue banana  smoothie to help a teenager with his math homework! Yum!

Big week for Daliah!

I did the Sukkot Shake!

I got around...

My friend Madison turned 1 and we had chocolate cake!

Our little stinker!

This was taken right after she went and turned off the TV - she thinks she's soooo cute! Rascal!

New Age, Old Age?

"Back in the day, when I was growing up"

Sometimes you get tired of hearing these words...and now I find myself tired of uttering them to my own children! Dilema: Dylan wants to go to the movies with his friends - alone. I have no idea what the answer to the question is. Is that ok? Is it safe? I mean  here we go, "back in the day", when I was growing up in Ireland, I remember being 12 and hitchhiking rides to the little town next to us, or to the beach, or taking a 3 mile walk to the closest corner store...and, "back in the day", it was perfectly normal - 20 years ago! No, my parents were not irrisponsible, it was just generally accepted to hitch a ride on the farmers tractor going snails pace down the cobblestone road. And, since when is it not acceptable for a 7th grader to go to the movies w/ his now high school friends he made while in 6th grade and they were in 8th?...are they now "unsafe" to hang around? Because "back in the day"" if you hung out with anyone older than you, you were deemed supervised. I don't know the answer, all I know is if Dylan asked me today if he could go to the movies with his highschool friends, the answer would not just be no, but HELLNO!

At what age do you say "in this day, it's ok" and why must today be so confusing?

What up peeps??

Natural born gymnast!

Making apple sauce at school for Rosh Hashanah

Do you TuTu?

Everything is more fun when you're wearing a tutu - I'm going to make one for myself to wear when I'm paying the bills, cleaning the house and folding laundry...think it'll make it more exicting? I'll let ya know when I finally get around to making one...here's dollface in the kitchen, tip toes and all.

6 years and counting

Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the day Mike &  I  first met. The day that changed our lives forever!


(Damn Tequilla - ha ha)

360 Days - Past Due!

Oh my, I always knew I was a procrastinator but a dear friend brought it to major light today as she was talking to me about her new blog. The guilt over mine (or lack thereof) superseded the interest and I moseyed on in here just to be faced with the realization of actually how long it had been since I had shared with you what the heck has been going on. (I even had to ask her for the link...how sad, is that?)

Even for someone who can't even keep up with her facebook status, this, is a pretty sad sight.

How long has it been you ask? Well, when we had left off, a devastating hurricane has come and gone, and had an anniversary. We have all turned a whole year older. Christmukuah has passed and is creeping around the corner again. The zoos, beaches and rivers have all been visited. We have been on airplanes, vacations and saw family and friends that we've spent way too much time without. Our nephew Benjamin was born. Our Perelle and Daniel were engaged and married. Our son turned into a teenager and I can't even say "right before my eyes" because as he was busy traveling the world without us, he grew into a man - a young one at that and not quite grown but close enough to make me scream "where has the time flown?” Ms Daliah has turned a whopping 1 year old and is not quite walking and talking but very close - give her a day or so longer. Exactly three hundred and sixty days have past and it seems like just yesterday that I posted that she was born.

I can't even begin to tell each and every one of you how grateful we are to have your support and love and how every year we are able to accomplish so much because we have you in our lives.

So, as we begin this New Year... l'shana tovah and I hope I can actually keep this up this time!