THE DEMPSEY FAMILY

School Photos

2010-03-08T17:20:00.004-05:00

Emma and Connor had their class photos for school we were just trying out our smiles before school as you can probably tell one was into it way more than the other:)

The big RACE

2010-03-08T17:14:00.006-05:00

The big Competition from this past weekend at the pine wood derby was looking pretty serious. Connor did not think he would even get 2nd or 3rd. However Dad and Connor worked hard on the tank and rec'd 1st place.

Start of the 1st race down.

The Finally race for the 1st Place spot

1st and 2nd place winners

Another one Out!!!

2010-03-08T17:12:00.003-05:00

Emma's front tooth that has been loose for about 2 months now finally fell out on Saturday, however that darn tooth fairy has not shown up yet must have a busy schedule:)

Quick Little Visit

2010-03-08T17:02:00.009-05:00

This past weekend Owen and Brinn oh yeah Uncle Mike and Aunt Char not really the important ones to mention:) came for quick visit. A little bit of cousin time most important who needs an adult to occupy your time when you have your very own daycare to play with:)

The boys and how they spent their weekend on the Wii, I do not know about anyone else but we were really close to some Wii withdrawals after this weekend.

We were also able to celebrate with a certain little Ladybug!!!!

I think she enjoyed it

Enjoying some good old boy fun

And of course some girl fun too

Superbowl & Cake #9

2010-02-08T18:53:00.005-05:00

Thank you to the Sloans for hosting a great Superbowl Party with alot of Playing, good food and a nice new T.V. and furniture to watch the game on:)

Skating on wheels and ice

2010-02-08T18:45:00.007-05:00

A few Fridays ago Emma's school was having a rollerskating party in the school gym. Not so good first thing trying to get a picture of the 3 girls standing on their skates maybe later. Getting better doing the chicken dance on roller skates not bad

Ok second attempt we just gave up and decided to just sit

The following weekend she talked mom into taking her over to the twin rinks for some ice skating

with her best buddy of course. The girls did a great job.

Birthday Night

2010-02-08T18:37:00.008-05:00

Emma decided for the big Birthday Dinner would should head out to Ichibon Japanese Steakhouse with Mom, Dad, Connor, GiGi, Poppy and her best buddy Deanna Bellinger Best Buddies
Our Chef

The Birthday Girl with her Cupcake

Zhu Zhu Pet Love it!!!!!

Best of all my very own REAL guitar

The Final Hours

2010-02-08T18:34:00.003-05:00

Emmi needed one last picture of herself at age 5, and we had to take another on the next morning as she was sure she would look much bigger in the morning after turning the big 6.

I guess I will

2010-01-22T17:31:00.004-05:00

As you all know Emma lost her 1st tooth back on December 2nd, 2009. She was refusing to let the tooth fairy come and take her tooth she was going to keep them forever. However a few weeks ago Emma thought it was time to hand over the tooth. She left specific instructions for the tooth fairy to take the tooth and leave the money in the hall way were she left the tooth pillow. As you can see that pesky tooth fairy did just the opposite and entered into her room and better yet used Mom's camera to take a picture. She was not impressed with her at all until she found she had left her $5.00. Emma just lost another tooth last week and has her two top ones loose. Her plan is to save the one and wait for the other two top ones to fall out so she can get some "Big Dollars" as she says. :)

14 and no MORE :)

2010-01-22T17:14:00.012-05:00

Emma had her 6th Birthday party this past weekend with 12 friends and one brother, 14 all together I must be crazy :) We did have some fun however. Emma picked out her own birthday outfit right down to the pink high top converse sneakers. "I look so fashionable" she says as she got her self ready. No worries when she is fifteen right!:) Daddy helped us out by printing our own Ladybug candy wrappers.

Mom made the chocolate butterflies for the cupcakes and all the ladybugs and flowers for the other cupcakes

All of the guests at the party minus Connor

We had some fun with the ladybug pinata (Thanks to daddy and Jasen for being so brave to hold each end, thank goodness no bat needed)

Looking for all those good treasures

Playing the egg game go as fast as you can without dropping the egg, if so you have to turn around and start over all did such a good job not sure we had to many that turned around good balance I guess

We colored our own t-shirts as you can see Emma was sporting hers during present opening

Opening of the presents, Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful presents

Not a bad day at all only had 15 minutes to spare at the end and just to let you know I am glad I am not the mom on TLC 18 kids and counting 14 was more than enough for me lol:)

Cake #7

2010-01-22T17:06:00.003-05:00

This may look good but that fondant not so good just for looks. Cake boss here I come lol :)

Cake #6 (Frosty)

2009-12-15T15:11:00.003-05:00

Breakfast with Santa

2009-12-07T19:13:00.006-05:00

Every year Time Warner Cable does a annual Breakfast with Santa which the kids look forward to every year Ethan, Nina, Deanna, Emma and Connor

My 1st time sitting on Santa's lap since I was about 2 years old, very proud of herself, she is really trying to get everything on that list that she is going to give to Santa.

Lighting of the Tree

2009-12-07T19:09:00.005-05:00

Emma was asked to light the tree in Cicero, for the annual tree lighting thanks to Aunt Carol and Uncle Loomie. She did a great job listening to the count down and not pulling the lever to soon. She should be in the local paper and can not wait to see herself.

No Tooth Fairy for ME

2009-12-07T19:04:00.004-05:00

Emma has lost her 1st tooth. She is not impressed with the tooth fairy and would like nothing to do with her and this tooth business. The tooth is to stay down stairs and it not allowed up into her room. She has decided to keep her teeth forever and not ever send to off with the tooth fairy. If anyone needs any extra tooth or two just ask Emma I think she will have a good collection soon. :)

Official Daisy

2009-12-07T18:58:00.005-05:00

Emma had joined Daisies, and last Wednesday she has become an official Daisy as she says. To earn their 1st pin they had to recite the girl scout promise.

Cutting down the Tree

2009-12-07T18:47:00.009-05:00

This past weekend we headed to the tree farm looking for a tree, a little different than last year NO SNOW. Connor and Emma are very concerned that there is no snow yet for Santa's sleigh, what are we going to do? Emma in the forest looking for just the right one
Talking it over with Moose if this tree is going to do the job
I think Dad has found the perfect one
Keeping a close eye on Dad as we cut down just the right one
Helping dad drag it out of the forest
Loaded up and ready to head home to decorate

Cakes #4 and #5

2009-12-07T18:44:00.005-05:00

New Additon

2009-11-22T20:07:00.009-05:00

Here is the newest addition to the Dempsey Family household

Name: Izzy
D.O.B 9/26/09
Weight 2.5 pounds

Cake #3

2009-10-27T15:17:00.005-04:00

Cake #2

2009-10-20T13:17:00.002-04:00

Today we had to make a clown cake in class, not as impressed with this one as the 1st one however Im sure the kids will like it.

Cake Fun

2009-10-13T15:28:00.006-04:00

I just started taking a cake class at one of our local craft stores and this is the 1st masterpeice I have made hopefully they will improve as I go along, not bad for the 1st one.

Fall Fun

2009-10-13T14:55:00.012-04:00

We headed out on cool fall day looking for some pumpkins, hay bales, a scarecrow, and some cornstalks for some outdoor fall decor. 1st we headed out to the corn fields for some corn stalks. Who needs a corn maze when you are small enought to fit in between the corn stalks on a 43 acre farm full of corn.

Hanging with my cousin Seamus. (moosie)

Helping out dad with the corn stalks

Hold on Dad I think we have got one more that we should get

Off to the pumpkin patch to find just the right one, it has to big, round and orange per Connor and Emma

The finished project with all our good fall finds

Muddy Mess

2009-10-10T13:22:00.011-04:00

Saturday Morning + Soccer + Fall + Rain = a MUDDY MESS, They were soooo muddy from head to toe even the undies. They had a blast playing in the mud today for their double header what a day:) Are those freckles or mud?

Is that your new white shirt maybe we should have choose a different color

Do I have to touch my shirt to get it off me " I don't want my hands to get dirty"
Do I really have to strip down in the driveway, not impressed with anything

I think the undies are supposed to be blue

Dirty right down to the toes

Big Cousin Fun

2009-10-03T18:50:00.005-04:00

Zack and Matt came over today to visist, Emma loves to play with Zack. The bigger the competion the better in Emm'a eyes.
All of them getting in on the action

Two against one

Thank You

2009-10-02T17:26:00.010-04:00

Our family would like to thank everyone for the generous gift that you donated in the fight to help find the cure for juvenile diabetes. Our walk was last Saturday September 26th. It was a beautiful day for the 3 mile walk. Connor had a walking team of 10 mom, dad, connor, emma, gigi, aunt erin, moose, kaden, dale and deanna thanks to all the walkers and riders :)

Connor sporting the Connor's Crew t-shirt

Showing off their fast walking shoes

O.k. so not everyone brought their walking shoes :)

Girls resting up their feet before the walk was starting

Connor's Crew

Can we fit 1 more?

2009-10-02T17:24:00.001-04:00

The Bunny Hunters

2009-10-02T17:10:00.003-04:00

We have found some new friends living in our front bushes, the kids are taking very good care of them feeding them carrot's and lettuce. Emmi just wants to catch and keep him for a pet. She is dying for a pet and is getting desperate and will take anything at this point. Mom said no to the hamster and puppy and so this is looking like the next best thing.

One Last Time

2009-10-02T17:01:00.005-04:00

A few weekends ago was our last time up to panther lake with the summer toys :( The kids made the best of it. One last look at the lake before the snow and ice come
One more dig in Poppy and Gigi's big sandbox One last butterfly sand mold before washing and packing up all the sand toys
Let's just cover our feet one more time with the not so warm sand where is the sun to warm it up
and most important one last ride on the boat could not end summer until that happened. It was a good summer and looking forward to a fun fall.

Apple Picking

2009-09-17T20:05:00.008-04:00

This past Saturday we headed out for our annual apple picking with the Bellinger family, such a nice day for it. Heading out to the apple orchard on the tractor
Looking for the good ones

I think I found it!!! The biggest and best one

The annual family photo

1st Day of School

2009-09-09T13:51:00.008-04:00

Come on big brother lets go the bus is here
Not so excited to be waiting for the bus

Waiting and ready for that bus at the end of the driveway

Best Buddies ready to head off for kindergarten

Connor and Emma had their 1st day of school today. Emma was heading off to Kindergarten and Connor on to the big 2nd Grade. My how they grow so quickly. Emma was very excited, Connor not so much. He had homework and it was fill in the blank, the question was I am happy when....Connor decides to write "when I am not in school" I told him that was not acceptable he did not know why, I think it is going to a long year, I thought to myself. By the time he was done with school he had all good things to say and was happy Emma did not find him on the playground to bug him. Emma had a great day as well. She did think she needed to have dinner right away and head to bed because she was tired and did you know as she puts it "I have to go to school again tomorrow mom did you know that?" Connor did break the news this morning at the breakfast table she has 3 more days to go she was not impressed, she was to tired she said.

Another Nice Day:)

2009-07-17T14:56:00.008-04:00

Can you believe it two nice days in a row in NY, that is just unheard of this summer. We decided to take advantage of it and head over to Onondaga Lake park for a little play time on the playground, a picnic under a big shady tree and a little bike riding down the park way. What a good day. Playing on the slide

Enjoying a little time out of the sun and some good lunch.

They are just too darn cute sometimes

Heading out for our bike ride down the parkway

A Day @ the Beach

2009-07-17T14:42:00.009-04:00

We finally had a day to head over to Oneida Shores in Brewerton with Deanna, Ethan and Nina. The weather hit 80's for the third time this month, we love NY. The kids had a ball, making mud pies, running thru the water as far as they could go before falling, making sand castles, sunbathing and having a picnic lunch what more could you ask for. Mud Pies are just the best

I would prefer to sunbath or sunburn because that is what I do

Hanging with my best buddy is also a good thing

or just lending a helping hand is ok too.

How far can I go before it gets to deep

How many people can I splash as I run by?

Just digging in the sand looking for treasure is good too:)

Fishing

2009-07-15T15:47:00.011-04:00

Saturday was the Panther Lake annual fishing Derby All the kids that had entered in the Derby after all prizes given out
Do you think this one is the winner Dad?
Oh no this one is it!!!!!

The live well 6 is the #I caught

Chatting about who is going to get the biggest one, after his sister had to get the worm for him out of the worm bucket, and show him how it is done. Sissy pants as Emmi called him.
1st Place winner of the biggest Pickerel, (thanks Uncle Nick)

A Day of Play with Mom

2009-07-09T16:37:00.011-04:00

Today we just hung out at home and had a good sun filled day.
Roller Derby here I come

Enjoying a little picnic and some shade

Not much happening down in the pool

Lets try to bug my sister instead
I think it worked

Having a afternoon snack with some good cartoons
Just can't hang with the big people

A Day of Play Away

2009-07-09T16:19:00.010-04:00

We headed over to Rochester to the strong museum and played. We did a little shopping @ Wegmans, played with sister bear, did a little rock climbing, hung out with big bird and elmo and much much more.

Hanging with Papa Bear
and Sister Bear

Something looking good up there

My Climber

My you look small over there girls Taking a rest on Sesame Street

Im looking for the good sales

@ Wegmans looking

for the Mac and Cheese

I'm off to Kindergarten

2009-06-16T14:15:00.008-04:00

Emma had her Pre-School graduation this afternoon @ Sunny Days Nursery school. We had the toes and nail painted, the hair straightend and the favorite headband in what a big girl, too big for Mommy. She was proud as could be with the offical diploma, she is now headed off to Kindergarten in the fall to the "Big School" as she calls it. My how the time flys by.

Who would have thought 2 years ago, this is what the hair would look like on pre-school graduation day!
Waiting patiently for my name to be called for that diploma
Proud Graduate
Thanks Bellingers for the beautiful flowers
The offical Pre-School Graduate with the "REAL DIPLOMA"

What a Life

2009-06-15T15:58:00.002-04:00

O.K........So life has been a bit busy around here lately and we have not blogged in a while and I am sorry for that. We hope that our life is going to slow down a little and we will be doing more of this. RELAXING :)

The 1st Haircut

2009-04-21T17:50:00.006-04:00

Emma finally got her 1st hair cut on April 17th 2009. We headed over to snip-its and got our first trim. Emmi was very impressed she was able to get the trim, moose, a blow dry and pick out a new bow for her hair. On Monday she had to wear her hair down to school show everyone the new do. It only took 5 1/2 years, big milestone here. We were sure to save the first curl and put it in the baby book. I think her book is now complete since it stops after the 5th birthday:)

Getting ready in the chair The first Snip of the hair Mom are you sure this was a good idea, am I really having fun? The Finished Product, sooooo cute

Need an extra Eye?

2009-04-21T17:44:00.004-04:00

The girls were in the project mood today, however they thought is was more fun to be the canvas for the google eye project.

Mom 4 eyes are better than 2 right?
The girls trying on some more eyes

Soccer Season is Here

2009-04-21T17:36:00.004-04:00

Connor this is going to be so much fun being on the same team, isn't it

All looking a bit confused on what they are supposed to be doing.

The weather does not know that it is soccer season here yet. Last night was our first practice with rain, wind and temps of about 50 something last night. However it did not stop the kids from having fun. Connor played last year and this is Emma's 1st year which she is loving being able to play on the same team as Connor as Noel and I are just as excited since only one practice per week along with only one game per week.

A day @ the Park

2009-04-18T18:10:00.004-04:00

We talked Daddy into taking Friday off of work, so we could showed him how us stay @ home people spend our nice weather days.

WEGMANS PARK @ ONONDAGA LAKE PARK

We have to Admit

2009-04-18T17:51:00.003-04:00

We had to hit the Ice Cream stand for lunch as soon as the weather got nice

Bowling

2009-04-18T17:43:00.005-04:00

We headed over to the bowling alley for little fun.

Look at that nice Form
Getting a running start
I think they could be twins which one is Emmi and which one is Deanna

The Bowling Crew

Outside Fun

2009-04-18T17:30:00.007-04:00

We finally had some nice weather to get out, it could not come at a better time. The kids had spring break this week. We broke out the GIGA Ball and the Bubble Grill, both were a big hit.
I can cook some good bubble steak

The GIGA Ball

Love the hair

Easter FUN!!!

2009-04-13T19:19:00.003-04:00

Happy Easter from our Family to yours
We had a great time this Easter, Saturday we colored 30 eggs up to camp with Gigi, Poppy and Uncle Nick. Sunday morning we were up by 6:30a.m. ready to hunt for those eggs. After a morning of checking out what that bunny brought and finding all those eggs we headed to Camp for dinner and another egg hunt. Erin, Seamus and Kaden also came to join in on the fun.

Dance, Dance, Dance

2009-04-08T20:56:00.002-04:00

Emma had her Dance recital on Tuesday night. She did Irish Step this year. She also danced the Chicken Dance and the Cha Cha slide for the last dance. She was too cute.
She was very impressed with all the flowers she rec'd at the end. Thank you to GiGi, Poppy, Moose, and Rhonda. Moosers were the best according to Emmi, "I just love roses" she said.

Windy Day

2009-04-05T19:43:00.007-04:00

The other day we discoverd that the kids had never had a kite. We ended up with two, a Barbie one and an Iron Man one. Connor said it was not windy enough for his but Emma was determined hers was going to fly today.

The next GOLD Medalist

2009-03-31T16:19:00.006-04:00

Practice, Practice this is what I do all day long:) Time for the rope, I am going to ring that bell soon, like all the big girls

I guess not today my arms are killing me maybe next time

I Love the balance Beam

Chic's Dig my Ride

2009-03-31T16:16:00.003-04:00

40 Years

2009-03-20T09:09:00.003-04:00

Who knew that The Very Hungry Caterpillar book has been around this long, any one who does not own this book should go out today and get it. Connor and Emma loved it as baby and to this day still ask me to read it. Love IT

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!

2009-03-17T08:51:00.004-04:00

Saturday we headed down city to watch the annual St. Patricks Day Parade. We could not have asked for a more beautiful day, it was in the low 50's with plenty of sun. The kids had a ball, Emma loved the "Pippers" as she called them and Connor's favorite were the Harley Davidson riders.

Is there really a green cow?

2009-03-13T16:04:00.006-04:00

Its not St. Patty's day until you have had Green Milk. Poppy stopped over yesterday with a bottle of it. He says it came from the Green Cow, however Emma is not convinced that is true.

Not too sure about this Milk @ first but sure does leave a good milk mustache:)

I'm all about this milk it taste just like Mint Chocolate Ice Cream

Does not look good but sure does taste good!!

Syracuse FAN

2009-03-12T15:08:00.002-04:00

Emma and her Dad went to a Syracuse Lacrosse game last Friday, and she was very concerned she did not own a Syracuse shirt to wear to the game. "Ya know I live in Syracuse Mom, how come I do not have a Syracuse shirt?" was her question. My answer... I have no idea you just don't. We were out and about the other day and got one and today was a good day to show it off since Syracuse won the basketball game last night against Seton Hall in NYC . She is a good supporter of her new favorite team, very proud to be a Syracuse fan.

What a LIFE

2009-03-12T15:04:00.004-04:00

They are all hard @ work :), Emma having them all watch her favorite show Jon & Kate Plus 8

Best Buddies

2009-03-10T12:40:00.002-04:00

The girls have discovered that they now have some clothes that are the same and have started calling each other in the morning before school to coordinate. I'm afraid to see what teenage years are to bring with these two. They are cute now :) I do not think they will be so cute in some years to come.

The Track Builders

2009-03-10T12:32:00.006-04:00

We headed back to Home Depot this month to build the Home Depot race track. We just would like to say a big thanks to Dale for all his help, since we all know that I am not the best carpenter in the world. We did end up making out just fine and the final project is pretty nice. Connor and Emma also rec'd their offical Home Depot aprons that they are to bring back each month and continue to add their pins too.
THE HOME DEPOT RACE TRACKS

AND THE WINNER WAS........

GETTING READY TO START YOUR ENGINES

THE OFFICAL HOME DEPOT WORKERS

Spring Fever

2009-03-07T08:25:00.011-05:00

Yesterday we hit 60 here in Brewerton NY, YEAH!!!!! The kids had a ball getting some of their summer toys back out especially the bikes and sidewalk chalk. It was a good day here in the Dempsey house.

Chalk and an imagination, you can build a whole city just ask Connor

Finally I'm free from the house I love to ride my bike

I love the barbie scooter from Santa, I finally can use it outside of the cellar

Thanks for the roller skates Aunt Erin and possibly a broken bone:) I'm still not to steady on these crazy things

I think we may need to upgrade to a bigger bike this year.

This signature could be famous some day:)

The Crayola Factory

2009-02-26T10:08:00.009-05:00

On our way to VA. we decided to make a pitstop in PA. and visit the Crayola Factory to see how all those Crayons and Markers that we love to use are made. They were able to make a picture out of melted crayon wax, paint a picture and send it through the drying machine, play with the magic dough and get a box of crayons and a marker with their tokens. We sat down and were able to watch some box of crayons being made and also the markers. Connor and Emma were impressed.

Connor the Cowboy

Emma the Cowgirl

The big melting pots of wax from crayon. Daddy was even getting into the action.

Where and how the crayons were made, Connor and Emma very impressed.

The New Addition

2009-02-12T14:59:00.003-05:00

We now have a new addition to Emma's stuffed animal collection from Build a Bear. We had used a little bribery for the 5 year old check-up. If she was good, her reward was to head over to Build a Bear with some of her birthday money. It worked good. Emma went on Wednesday to the doctors for the yearly checkup and the dreadful 5 year old shots. She was such a big girl, she was weighed in at 43lbs and measured in at 43inches tall (perfectly proportioned). The eye test went well along with the blood pressure and all the questions of do you know your letters, colors, address, phone number, and do you know about strangers. The hard part was to come with the 4 shots. Two nurses came in and gave 2 shots in each arm and was over before she knew it. She is officially ready for Kindergarten she informed me.

Who is that GIRL

2009-02-06T13:31:00.007-05:00

Can you Guess who this Girl is with all that hair?

Its me Emma Elizabeth, who would have guessed my hair is this long.

The Snow Tunnel

2009-02-06T13:29:00.001-05:00

Pamper Me Please

2009-02-06T13:20:00.003-05:00

If anyone is looking for a new stylist please feel free to call, Emma does it all from Hair, to nails to a pedicure. Appt. is necessary. Here is her latest make over.

You have to get your own toe jam out before this pedicure can begin

Lets try the nails instead

My Dad is going to love my new look, I just know it:)

Thanks to my new stylist Emma, Iam looking pretty fine from Head to Toe.

Not another 6 Weeks

2009-02-02T09:11:00.001-05:00

Groundhog Day: Phil Sees Shadow, Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter, I don't know if we can handle 6 more weeks.

The BIG Party

2009-01-31T19:21:00.002-05:00

Today was the big party, Emma was up @ 6:30 ready to party. She could not wait to put on the Party Dress from Gigi and Poppy. We had a great time, there was a make your own PB&J sandwich table with some goldfish, grapes, and chips per Emmi's request. It was a big hit. Our friend Jamie made the quitar cake and the cupcakes for us. (Thank-You!!) There was a Hannah Montana pinata and some goodie bags. What more could you ask for. She can not wait to turn 6 next year and do this all over again. I can defenitly wait, hard to beleive she is already 5. It just seems much older than 4, off to school and riding the bus, able to play sports now, play dates @ friends houses, Im not sure I want to let go. I guess you have to and just head on to the next chapter.

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY EMMA

2009-01-27T20:35:00.012-05:00

The Birthday Girl 5 years old!!!!!!!

Emma is all about the Birthday this year. I was to wake her up early this morning so she could have a nice long Birthday Day. She did get to open a few presents this morning and lite her yearly birthday candle. She then headed to gymnastics were they sang and gave her "birthday hugs" as she called them, we then headed over to Jaime's house for some pizza and then to dance class were she was again sang to. She was allowed to pick any two special people to take out to diner tonight and she choose Deanna and Lexi and the place of choice was Applebee's. I know now that we are very lucky to have only one girl, because after adding two girls to the mix the noise level goes to a whole new octave. One that I would not like to listen to every day:) She had a great day and is looking forward to her celebration @ school tomorrow with all her friends and as she calls it "the real party on Saturday, ya know the one where all the people bring presents." I have no idea were she gets the part of enjoying the present part from:)I do think she plans on stretching this whole birthday thing right through to the weekend

The Three Amigos plus 1, those pesky older brothers getting in @ the last minute

Me & my best friend Deanna Capri

Is that singing for me?????

I guess it was worth it for this Ice Cream Sundae

Bringing Home some Sunshine

2009-01-26T16:26:00.004-05:00

I'm back from the Sunshine and warmth. I think that I may have brought some of that back. Friday was a beautiful day here in Brewerton NY. I do believe the temps were the high of 49 here, which felt like a heat wave since we were getting highs of around 6 degrees not including the wind chill the week I left. Connor, Emma and I headed outside to make a few snowmen since we have not had good snowmen making weather all winter. I think we did pretty good:)

Beautiful Toes

2009-01-26T16:11:00.005-05:00

While Mom was gone, Daddy and Emma went to get a pedicure. Why you ask, does a 4 soon to be 5 year old need a pedicure. We need to give thanks to Jon & Kate plus 8 for that idea. All the little girls on there were able to get pedicures so what ever the little girls do Emma loves to follow. Daddy is going to be in trouble, already starting to pamper her. Her husband some day will have to thank Noel for making her such a princess. The first thing she said was "she got to put her feet into the real water, got a wonderful massage and got to have flowers put on her big toes." Her and Daddy has a good time, thats all that matters:)

The finished product.

I am re-thinking the baby sitting decision right now!!!!!

2009-01-19T08:38:00.001-05:00

What are you feeding Kaden? Beans, broccoli and any other noxious food?

Moms away!!!

2009-01-18T09:39:00.004-05:00

Well, So far we have made it a day and we haven't been injured and we have been eating all of our meals, or at least our interpretation of what a meal should be:) The kids and I have a much more loose definition of a well rounded meal. I bet you never knew you could get your fruits and veggies from a Smile snack.... Today the plan is to figure out what were going to be eating for the week and head out to the store. Something tells me I better feed Emma and Connor prior to going to the store otherwise we may end up with a cart full of junk food. Ill have to post some photos as evidence of our survival tomorrow...

Yesterday was a Low of 8 and a high of 19 - a whopping 8 degree swing... Compared to someone who had 73 degree temps... Hopefully Mom will bring some sun back home with her.

Disney

2009-01-14T15:48:00.008-05:00

This past Sunday we took the kids to Disney on Ice. They were celebrating 100 years of Disney. There was Pinocchio, all the princesses, Aladdin, lion king, small world, beauty and the beast, nemo, the Incredibles plus many more and of course Mickey and Minnie Mouse. Emma was very concerned that Daisy was missing all night. She is ready to go visit Mickey @ his house (hint hint Uncle Mike) I hope you are saving your money I think Brinn is almost ready too.

Emmi enjoying her cotton candy and her Mickey Ears.

Making sure not to miss any of that Cotton Candy or the show.

Another SNOW DAY!!!!!!

2009-01-08T11:59:00.002-05:00

Again another SNOW DAY for Brewerton Elementary and Sunny Days Pre-School. Three days in a row in the house with four kids, HELP!!!!!!!!!! we had a vote today in the house on an activitiy that would pass the time and that everyone could enjoy. After the big debate we decided on Finger Paint. Mom was out voted. lol I can only hope for school on Friday. While I was picking up Kaden decided to make one more mess for Aunt Holly in the bathroom to clean up and the "Little Gamers" Connor and Moose said we did not hear him other wise they would have stopped him and Emmi was busy getting the play-doh out to hear also and not to metion Kaden has shut the door and was being very quiet. lol I really need school tomarrow.

The Little Carpenter's

2009-01-03T13:54:00.004-05:00

Mom trying to help out the little carpenters, although Connor probably knows better than Mom when it comes to the tools.

Once a month on a Saturday, Home Depot has a children's workshop which allows kids to come in and use the tools and build something with their parents. Today we headed over with Deanna to make some football bookends. It took allot of concentration on Connor's part, as the Dempsey tongue says it all.

WARNING TO ALL WITH CHILDREN

2008-12-30T16:36:00.004-05:00

WARNING TO ALL.......Do not leave your child unattend with Uncle Noel. This is how he contains them. Summer time may be o.k. we will keep you updated when we think it is safe.

Happy Birthday Great Grandma

2008-12-30T16:30:00.003-05:00

We surprised Great Grandma with birthday diner and cake the other night. The kids had a great time helping Great Grandma with the candles. Emmi said that she thought Great Grandma turned 34, whats your guess?

Uncle Kevin Sings!

2008-12-29T20:46:00.003-05:00

Here is a clip of the next American Idol....

Dempsey Christmas

2008-12-27T16:36:00.004-05:00

O.K. so we have not been updating you on the Dempsey household so good this month. Allot has been going on from Great Grandma's Christmas @ the Cicero fire barn, the stomach bug hitting everyone but Connor, Breakfast with Santa, Connors football banquet, Sing along @ school, School parties, riding the polar express, baking Christmas Cookies for Santa, cutting down a Christmas tree, decorating the house, welcoming our new friend Henry (our elf on the self for those of you who are not in the loop) and you know just the day to day stuff to fit in around that. This holiday was the best this year. Connor and Emma really got into it. Henry was a huge deal every morning to find him and to see if he had left anything for them and of course to check the advent calender to count down the days until Christmas and get their treat from there. The Polar Express Train was also very exciting. Connor and Emma love the movie and I think may have it memorized from start to end. They each rec'd the first gift of Christmas, a Bell from Santa and of course the Golden Ticket, that they were not about to let go of. They were afraid of getting kicked off the train. We then headed back to the station for some Hot Coco and cookies. They were also sure to put reindeer food out for Rudolf and the others and put out 4 cookies and some milk out for Santa when we got back from Uncle Kevin's and Aunt Heathers on Christmas eve. We had a wonderful Holiday season. We wish everyone a Happy & Healthy New Year.

Our Little Football Star

2008-12-12T11:32:00.002-05:00

We also had Connor's Football Banquet on Saturday morning. It was done up very nice. All tables with cloth tablecloths, real silver and glasses and a very nice breakfast was put on @ the Central Square Middle School. Connor was very proud of his new trophy. He told his dad that his going to need a self in his room if he continues to keep getting trophies.

Santa

2008-12-12T09:05:00.004-05:00

We went to the annual Time Warner breakfast with Santa on Saturday. Connor was all excited to see Santa and give his wish of the Ben 10 alien maker. Emma on the other hand wanted nothing to do with him this year, she was happy just standing back by mom viewing Santa from a far. Connor was nice enough to let Santa know that Emma could use a barbie or two, however he said that was all he was telling Santa because Emma should have gone up there herself. Hey you take what you can get right? lol

What Holly and the kids do while were all working!!!

2008-12-10T19:07:00.001-05:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Magic House & Bowling

2008-12-02T19:05:00.003-05:00

Next on our stops, the Magic House in St. Louis and the Bowling alley the day after Thanksgiving. The magic house is hands on museum for kids. Connor and Emma had a ball. Connor loved the water works station and the car garage where you could take apart and reassemble a vehicle. Emma's favorite was the Pizza shop and the art center. They all enjoyed Mom's and April's hair at the static electricity ball, Connor tried but just not enough hair there. Then off to a day of bowling with Uncle Ian (mart), Jen, April, Brandon, Noel, Myself, Connor and Emma. Love the pose Uncle Ian:-). To answer the Uncle Ian, Emma about half way through the trip decided to start calling Mart; Uncle Ian (from the chipmunk movie) why you ask, who knows that is just Emmi. A jokester just like her dad.

Our St. Louis Trip

2008-11-29T20:38:00.006-05:00

We all went to Uncle Marts house in St. Louis to visit for the thanksgiving holiday. The first day we went to the Gateway Arch. The Arch is the tallest national monument in the United States at 630 feet.
Construction started in 1963 and the last section of the Arch was put into place on October 28, 1965. The Arch sways a maximum of 18" (9" each way) in a 150 mph wind. The usual sway is 1/2". We all rode to the top of the arch in the "Pods" which are part elevator and part amusement park ride because of the irregular shape of the arch. Take a look!

The 1st Ride of the Year

2008-11-22T10:15:00.005-05:00

Excitement today in the Dempsey house. We got SNOW!!!!! Enough to ride the snowmobile. P.J.'s still on, as no time to change we had to get to that snow, snowsuits fit well over top and outside they went. Emma got to go on the first ride with Daddy around the block on the new sled. Connor was excited to do the snow angels, shovel, snow blow and of course ride the snowmobiles. Bubba Dog was just as excited too. We are still getting snow, looks like until Sunday.

Girl's Day Out

2008-11-15T18:37:00.003-05:00

Emma and I had a girl's day out with Rhonda and Deanna. Emma and I started our day out with a trip to the hair salon to get Mommy's hair done. I asked Emma if she would like to get her hair cute for the 1st time but she was not in the least bit interested. Then we headed off to Carousel mall. First we had some lunch of choice, then to Libby Lu's were the girls got to dress up in fairy outfits and have their hair, makeup and nails done. They also got a backpack and were able to pick out 5 goodies of their choice to fill up their bags. After all that we headed out to mall to the carousel for a ride. Then to do some shopping for Emma, she thought she could uses some dresses. It was a success we found a dress and skirt. I think we may be in trouble in a couple of years with the shopping the girls are pros already. Deanna and Emma would say "oh how cute is this" they were even checking out the boy clothes for their brothers (we are in TROUBLE). It was a fun day.

Road Trip

2008-11-11T18:28:00.005-05:00

O.K not sure if you can call it a road trip maybe a quick one. Connor had no school Monday or Tuesday so we took Emma and Seamus out of school (school skippers) and headed 3 hours north to Great Poppy's and Uncle Jeff's house. We all had fun feeding the fish, checking out Uncle Jeff's new electric wheel chair and playing with Great Poppy. The kids were great in the car, I could not have asked for better kids. Thanks again Great Poppy and Uncle Jeff for a fun time.

Playing in the Leaves

2008-11-05T19:47:00.004-05:00

We have had a few nice days this week, and the kids have been bugging me to rake the leaves. As many of you know we do not have any trees in yard besides the small one in the front yard.

So as you can imagine not many leaves to rake but we managed to get a few and the kids had a ball the small amount of leaves we manged to rake up.

Monkey Munch

2008-11-03T17:40:00.004-05:00

To those of you who are followers of Jon & Kate plus 8 (other wise known as Aunt Char and Emma) there is a reciepe that Emma had seen on one the shows and has been bugging me to make. Tonight I finally said o.k. lets do it. If you like chocolate, peanut butter and chex ceral it is a great quick and easy snack, other wise known as monkey munch. My two monkeys above enjoying the Monkey Munch think it is something to add to our receipe box. Head to the following site for the receipe http://www.recipezaar.com/290434

Trick-or-Treat

2008-11-01T18:36:00.004-04:00

The witch and the Transformer Bumblebee had a good time Trick-or-Treating. We had a whole house full prior to going out. I think all togather we had 12 kids. This year they made it all the way around the block and then some. We even made a pitstop home to drop off some candy to start to refill our pumpkins. Gigi, Poppy and Great Grandma stayed home to hand out the candy for us.

SNOW

2008-10-29T16:27:00.004-04:00

We ended up with snow in October, crazy right? Not if you are 6 years old and have a snowmobile you are dying to ride and your name is Connor. Connor, Emma and I came out of the mall last night to find our car covered in snow and again this morning Connor woke with excitement because our yard had a dusting of snow on it. He was in great hope that there would be enough snow this afternoon for him to ride on the road around the circle, to mom's excitement there was not. Oh well says Connor maybe we can try again tomorrow. Mom did not have the heart to tell him that it is looking like 60's again by Friday.

Pumpkin Carving

2008-10-29T14:57:00.002-04:00

Sunday night we decided to carve pumpkins. Gigi and Poppy came to help. Poppy got the bright idea to tell Connor that he better take off his shirt, so he does not get messy. However Emma thought WOW poppy, that sounds like a great idea. They both did have very cute Halloween shirts on, planned out by mom so they would look festive. As you can see that did not work out so good. Who invited that Gigi and Poppy any who:-) All in all the kids had a great time, and we have nice looking jack-o-lanterns for Friday night.

Family Photo's

2008-10-23T20:01:00.002-04:00

A couple of weekends ago, we had some family photo's done that were well over due. The last photo's we had taken Emmi had very little hair. O.K. so some of you are saying that could not be that long ago. I do believe she was about 3 years old and Connor about 4, about 2 years ago. It is amazing how fast the time goes by. I feel like they were just 3 and 4 but Connor is 6 and Emma 4 1/2, getting to big to fast. The photo's were taken @ three mile bay on Oneida Lake, by a mom that we meet @ football who is trying to start her own photography business. We were her first attempt. If anyone sees a photo they would like please let me know, I can get a copy of it for you in any size you would like.

A Night @ the Zoo

2008-10-18T20:23:00.002-04:00

We took the kids to Burnett Park Zoo Friday night with two other families we meet through football and had a night @ the Zoo Boo. They were all very interested in the monsters and such but not interested enought to get close enough for a picture. As you can probably tell I did not get a choice in the Halloween costume for Connor the Transformer Bumblebee. No more cute fuzzy costumes and as for Emma, she had decided to go as a turtle still cute and fuzzy.

The FIREHOUSE

2008-10-18T20:12:00.006-04:00

Emma and Noel went on Friday to Emma's 1st field trip of the year. I'm not sure but that may be another career choice for Emma. She really enjoyed spraying the fire hose, hanging out in the fire engine and wearing her official fireman hat.

Rainy Day

2008-10-17T08:43:00.002-04:00

Today was a rainy day so we decided to make Halloween cookies. We made bats, ghosts, pumpkins and cats. Kaden was definitely more into eating then decorating but he still had fun. Emma loved the sprinkles. Moose took his time and spread his frosting very thin. (crazy kid) and Nina loved to frost, and of course all liked to lick the frosting from the knives, fingers what ever had frosting. We saved some cookies for Connor for when he came home from school so he was not left out. He missed the mixing and rolling out the dough but I think he was happy with just eating the out come.

The Last Soccer Game

2008-10-12T12:29:00.004-04:00

Saturday was our last soccer game for Connor, his favorite postion was goalie. He did not always pay attention but he was doing good here. After the game his coaches set up a party @ a local sports center for the trophy hand out. As you can see Connor is very proud of his trophy.

A Night Under the LIGHTS

2008-10-11T18:13:00.002-04:00

Connor and his pop warner team were invited to play under the lights @ the Central Square H.S. varsity team's turf field. Connor and all had a great time. They all looked mighty tiny compared to the "Big Guys" as the "Little Guys" called them. Hard to believe that some day that could be my "Little Guy".

A Day @ the Farm

2008-10-09T20:16:00.004-04:00

We had a great day up north @ Old McDonald's Farm. We went with Rhonda, Deanna, Ethan, Angela and Eva. We took a wagon ride, feed some goats, pigs, and cows. We took some pony rides. Had a picnic lunch, picked some pumpkins and even ventured into a corn maze that we all safely exited. All in all it was great day for it and after all that we ended it with a cup of ice cream for all. Who could ask for anything more.

Which Looks more INTIMIDATING

2008-10-08T20:36:00.001-04:00

Im not sure should I be a gymnast or a football player????? Please send your votes.

APPLE PICKING

2008-10-06T13:42:00.000-04:00

The Tooth Fairy Has Come Again

2008-10-06T11:30:00.003-04:00

If anyone has the book all about the Tooth Fairy you should know, that she takes a picture every time you loose a tooth. However the other night she must have forgotten her camera and used ours. Emma was not happy with the Tooth Fairy and Connor could not beleive he did not wake up to the flash. That Tooth Fairy sure is TRICKY.