THIS CRACKS ME UP... it reminds me of Jackson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cNDSPutas8

Rainy parade...but lots of fun

This weekend we were without dad so I was trying to find things to keep us busy. We went to a neighboring town for a parade. The weather was less than cooperative to say the least. We brought the rain gear... but it just was not working. Sooooo being that we were told it started at 10.... and we got there at 9:45..... yet the parade did not start until 11.... I had to do something to keep them happy. I backed my car beside the parade route, opened the back hatch to the pacificia and TADA!!!! It was a little picnic/camping area. The kids were GREAT and waited soo patiently. IT PAID OFF... they got a ice cream pail FULL of candy. Helps that Jackson did not mind standing in the rain and waveing at everyone and Jenna has her parade wave down to a T.. she is ready for the pagents :)
















I am finding one of the hardest things about being at home is figuring out what to cook. Being that I cook gluten free the majority of the time it limits what we can eat. Here is my latest creation and I anticipate we will be eating it again soon. I took the recipe I have from glutenfree ginger girl blog for her all purpose pancakes and added parmesian cheese and some spices to the batter, cooked it up and it was like parmesian pancakes... BUT.. then I took the sliced ham (TIP.... buy the boneless ham from the grocery store $3.25 and bring it to the meat dept and they will slice it for you. I got a TON of sliced ham for $3.25) and a slice of cheese and grilled it in our george foreman.. it was a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.. the kids and i GOBBLED them up!!


My other new creation is poping a hole in the water bottle and putting a straw in it. The kids ALWAYS want to drink from my stuff and with flu and cold season creeping up I am trying to break them of this. Soooo I created something cool for them. Jenna loves it... esp now that she figured out that if she tips it she can play in the water... ok... maybe not the best idea.

Here is a video of Jenna showing off (with my pleading) some of her new talents... and her TEMPER... yep.. she is a passionate irish child... not to mention the italian blood she also has running through her veins.. yep... and intersting combo!

I really need to meet my blog friends some day..

I loved this picture of the kids and I.... they are all just themselfs in the picture!

It is soo hard to get a good picture of Jenna these days. It is usually of her on the run..

Jackson on the other hand will pose for ONE SECOND.

My fight against the bees. YEP.. these are all bees.... gagging yet? We cannot go in our back yard right now because of the bees. They are TERRIBLE. So I put out non diet pop (or watermellon boones farm wine since that was all I had) and dish soap. They flock to it and then get stuck and drownd. Still had lots of bees around but did help contain them..














Here are some videos of Jackson dancing to another blog. Krissy is one of my "friends" through an online pregnancy forum. We, along with about a half dozen other women from all around the US have kept in touch since about 7 weeks of pregnancy. It is very cool that we have become close friends but have never really met. One day we all talk about meeting up. Anyway, here is Jackson watching the video's on her blog of her two kids dancing. He LOVES to go on and dance to these two videos. He tends to get a big wild in the evenings right before bed.... well, he is a bit wild all the time but this night he was having a lot of fun.... cracks me up how he dances!

Zoo Appreciation and First Day of Speech School

Look at me... PIGGIE TAILS... Her hair in the back is getting so long. Jenna will now sit for me so I can do her hair!! I love piggie tails. BIG smiles!!!
Jackson at the zoo in the aquarium exhibit. We love looking at the different fish.
Just a picture by the sign... Jackson was going to point the opposite way of the signs.. but he got distracted. Imagine that!
Dad and Jenna at the park after the Zoo Appreciation night. Really, we as patrons should have an appreciation night for the zoo... not the other way around. They are a HUGE asset in our community!
FIRST DAY OF SPEECH SCHOOL. For those of you who only know Jackson now and not three years back you would not understand why he is in speech school. Lets just say he went into speech school saying maybe 20 words at age THREE.... His speech just EXPLODED and finally had him saying things like "I want" and "I Need"... that was HUGE for us. We are still working with him everyday and reminding him to use his words and not react. Jackson is such a passionate child... he is passionate about loving people, passionate about his "friends" (webkins), passionate about many things and when he is mad.. he is also ver PASSIONATE... phew.. to say the least. I have spent soo many days and nights crying wondering what we did wrong and why we could not help Jackson. Now I know that we are doing the best we can and with the help of those in his life who have believed in him despite the challenging days and have never given up on him.. He has come such a long way. I am sad to say that there have been people who have given up on him... more than I can believe but Jackson has proven that he is worth every tear, prayer, and bit of energy that I have. Jackson deserves to have respect like everyone else, patience from those around him and love.... lots of love. Ok.. so to make this short I want to say thank you to all who continuously believe in Jackson and have stood by us. We are blessed.

Speaking of blessed... Jackson was SOOO excited to go to Patty and Kristi's school...

Yep... VERY excited... we were wasting time outside waiting for the bus to come!!! He looks soo darn cute!Here comes #12 - Karens Bus. She pulled up, he put on his backpack and said hi to Karen...and proceeded to tell her that "today is my first day of school". He told everyone that he knew it was his first day of school. Yep.. no bye for mom.. just get on the bus and go!

I had to get a picture of him on the bus... too cute!

Jackson is coming home.... here is the bus coming down the street. Jenna is waving.

Bus is HERE!
He was very excited to see his sister and Mom waiting for him...
And finally... something I have wanted to do since he started school... meet him at the bus and surprise him with a gluten free m&m cookie... fresh and yummy!

It was a great day and we are looking forward to a GREAT year!

Mish Mosh

Jackson and I were making a tent while Jenna slept... this is what we came up with. Then we decided to have a bon fire and play guitar... Jackson sang to me and we roasted marshmellows over the fire... Yah.. we have quite the imagination.

The weird thing on the floor is our "bonfire" and Jackson is holding his guitar.

Daddy gave Jenna a treat... She loved Daddy the rest of the day! Jackson was doing a project.


Ms. Jenna showing off her Burchill Construction pride for the Headwaters Day Parade. A picture of all the kids... Carter Burchill, Jenna, Hannah, Hunter and Jackson. They were all very excited to start throwing candy at the parade.

Daddy, Jackson and Jenna... proud to be a Burchill! Jackson loved throwing (sometimes whipping) candy at the people on the streets)

The parade was a great turnout and we had a lot of fun. This weekend I will be taking the kids to a parade at a surrounding city but we will be catching candy this time instead of throwing it!

First Day of Preschool.... first day of preschool

This is what I heard all morning... I am going to preschool, its my first day of preschool. He was soo excited and proud to be going.


On our way to preschool... can you tell he is excited?
Outside of preschool.... just dying to go in.
Inside of preschool room.. tons of fun things to do!
Mrs. Kristi... Can you tell my son is NOT shy. He just went and sat right on her lap.

JAckson running around yelling about school.

Jackson had a great day despite a girl "being mean to him". You never know with him. He said he had fun and had a good day. He is now napping FINALLY and is already asking when he can go next.

Labor Day and Crazy Morning Hair.

Today we went to the Mooreton Labor Day Parade. We have done it almost every year. It is a fun event and usually Jackson walks away with a haul. This year he was by some older kids who litterly took candy out of his hands...and mine. I was really dissapointed that the parents didn't do anything but actually laughed that their kids were being like that. Oh well. It taught Jackson how NOT to act. He knows he has the part right in front of him to get candy and that is it. He even shared some of the big candy bars with a little boy. I was very proud of him.
Jenna even got into the parade. She got into waving when she saw what Jackson was doing and they threw candy. This is the best picture I could get of her doing it.
It is sooo hard to get a good picture of JAckson and Jenna together. Jackson is eating a candy bar and Jenna eating her rice cake. They love rice cakes...
This is Jenna this morning.. it is her CRAZY hair.. she is like me in the morning.. CRAZY CRAZY HAIR!

Here is a short video of Jenna and Jackson at the parade.