i've lost my way to my blog

i'm slowing i know...life seems to be taking over. and by the time night rolls around i begin to roll around. :) plus all of last week was me trying to remember how to be a parent again now that my inlaws were gone. so here's some updates from last week.
ronan started his 'intro to sports' class thru la mesa rec. i thought it was a non parent involvement class but when i got there apparently parents were helping a lot. dang it...i don't do involvement...especially with my fifty pound baby girl toting around. not easy! but ronan became a shy little boy and kept playing with his mouth with his head down. that is, until we actually started playing baseball! he smashed the ball off the tee and had fun running around the bases. he caught pop flys and grounded balls like an alligator. it was cute to watch, but again, jade + hip = extreme pain. he loved it and was so excited to tell anyone who would listen about it. it was a fun time together and i enjoyed watching him play. he's definitely my sports child.
jade started walking thursday night. of course the one night that ben wasn't home... she kept standing up by herself with nothing to hold on to and then all of a sudden off she went! she was sooo proud of herself! she's still hesitant but i see her taking steps by herself all the time now. we also took her to the doctor on friday and she will be having tubes put in her ear on may 11. she has just had way too many ear infections and rounds of antibiotics. so hopefully this will help. but she's still a happy well adjusted little girl and full of it!
zander is learning and learning and learning. i cannot keep up with his questions but i am sooo grateful for google! he loves bugs and animals and anything science related. we have been watching the series LIFE on the discovery channel and its amazing! i highly recommend it for anyone who has science kids! i love to watch his mind at work. my mom took him on friday while i was at the doctor to get bugs for her garden. they got lady bugs, praying mantises, and red earth worms. there were 1500 lady bugs in the container that they bought! the boys then got to release them into geegee's garden and some in our garden. of course ronan stepped on quite a few. but zander thought it was amazing. also, zander is froggy of the week this week at school which means it's all about him this week. all of us (except jade) helped make a poster about zander and his favorite things. it was a lot of fun and zander is sooo giddy about getting to share tomorrow. he also gets to bring whatever book or toys he wants during the week. my lovely science boy is bringing his 'sea life encyclopedia' book for sharing time. :) and his mellinium falcon toy. hahaha...
funny thing zander said the other day: 'dad's getting old, he's almost a grandpa'.