Cloey turns 10!

This year for Cloey's 10th birthday party we had a laid back family get together and let Cloey invite one friend to have over to play with for the night. We kept it easy and had sandwiches, chips, apples, and veggies. Of course they all had owl themed names. She seemed to enjoy her party and all the gifts she got a the party and the checks that came in the mail. It sure is hard to believe that she is now in the double digits.= Here is to our birthday girl!

The birthday girl with the food spread.

Mom, Cloey, and I made an owl cake out of cupcakes. We thought it turned out very cute. Cloey sure did love it.

Cloey was very excited to get her password journal.

Over a year!

Well it has been over a year since I last posted on our family blog. I have decided that it is time to get back in the swing of things. Today I actually looked back at all our blogs and it is a great way to keep up with what is going on with the girls as they grow. So here is a quick catch up of what has been happening in the world of the Mazingo family. Jason: Started his first year of teaching 3rd grade - we are so excited that he was able to get a full-time teaching position. He spends a lot of his free time planning, grading papers, and enjoying time with us. Me: Not many changes for me over the past year. I am in my 7th year of teaching 4th and 5th grade Special Education. Cloey: Is now under a month shy of being 10 years old. This year Cloey is in the 4th grade and seems to enjoy being social and talking during class. She continues to work on being a social butterfly and brought home a wonderful report card. She is still our artsy girl who can always be caught drawing or reading a book. We are at that "tween" stage and she can sometimes challenge us. We love her sense of humor as she grows. She informed me this weekend that she is getting older and will be in the double digits this year. Emma: We continue to be headed in the right direction with Emma and her health. We have continued to get great reports from her Peds Surgeon, Pediatrician, and therapists. She is working with physical therapy still, but with a different woman now. She is our spunky child who loves to be on the go, outside, and an absolute busy body. Her vocabulary is amazing! She loves to talk about everything that she has learned. Shapes continue to be a favorite of hers and she can even identify a trapezoid, rhombus, triangle, circle, and square. She is very into Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and plans on having a Mickey Birthday Party. We can't wait to see what she thinks of Disney when we head in June. Well that is a short catch-up of what is going on in our busy lives these days. I am going to try and make an effort to get back in the groove and keep up with the blog more regularly. A family shot

Halloween 2012 - The farmer(notice the Chicken Feed bucket) and her chicken.

Our girls are growing up fast.

18 months

Emma went in on Friday for her 18 month check-up.
She now weight 19 pounds and 11 ounces.
She is also 31 inches tall.
Her vocabulary appears to be a little advanced.
She is able to say and point to most of her body parts.
She is still in physical therapy once a month. She continues to favor one side of her body and will list a bit to one side when running.
This week she gave up her mimi(paci) and only gets it at nap and bed time. She is doing very well with this weaning process.
She is moving to a twin bed today. She NEVER sleeps in her crib and loves to fall asleep with someone in our bed. We are hoping she will like her twin bed.
She loves chocolate milk and is a pretty good eater thanks to the prevacid.
Most of all she is one little crazy daredevil of a toddler.
We quit taking bear pictures every month and now take them every 6 months. It amazing how much she has changed over the last year and a half.
1 month

18 months

Pictures

Cloey and Daddy busting Geodes open

Cloey with her crown and walking stick at the Fall Family Festival

My new favorite picture of them

The girls snuggling up to watch Spooky Buddies

Last year in their Redskins gear

Daddy's girls in their Redskins gear. Not the best picture, but Emma doesn't exactly sit still.

Trying to get a picture of the two of them together. This was the best I could get.

Cloey at the pumpkin patch

Emma with her pumpkin

Catching Up

It has been a long time since I posted so I am going to play catch up and post some pictures today.
Highlights of big happenings for the Mazingo Family:
*Jason got a job!!! It is not a teaching position, but it hopefully will get his foot in the door. He is currently working at the high school in the county as a special education instructional assistant.
* Cloey had a beautiful progress report which contained a 95 or better in each subject. If she gets all As for her report card we are taking a trip to Chuck E. Cheese.
* Emma has a rough week a few weeks back. It started when she woke up in the middle of the night with projectile vomit and couldn't be consoled. Since she had fallen a few days before we headed to the ER just to make sure she hadsn't reherniated. The x-ray looked good, but we found out she had a pretty nasty ear infection. We were in the ER from about 2am-6:30am and then had to take her to the peds at 8:15am just to get a second look. Needless to say the ear infection gave her quite a fit and we ended up at the doctor's office about 6 times and the hospital once for labwork. She switched meds a ton of times and got two shots of meds and she ended up with a ruptured ear drum in the end. It did finally clear up and she is on the mend.
* I have been working and just started working the after-school program two days a week for a little extra money.

New Emma Video

Disney Pictures