Being silly with my girls!

Happy June everyone! It's been a while since anything was posted about the Kopetski household so I thought I'd make an update. Hope all the mothers out there had a great Mother's Day celebration with their families and little ones. Our family went out to eat the night before (to beat the crowds at Bob Evans), gave hanging flower baskets to both Mom Sue and Mom Linda and spent some quality time with each other.

Our family would also like to extend congratulations to several "new" or "improved" families out there with little additions in the month of May and June. Our friends Jen/Brad welcomed Macey on 5/11 and Beth/Nick welcomed Jillian on 5/14 and our latest (my cousin) Tessi/Joel welcomed Wini on 6/1. We can't wait to see all of them!

I also wanted to post some newer pictures of Evie and Elly cause their just growing up so fast! Evie is 2 1/2 and Elly is 1 1/2 and their both talking, walking, running, throwing tantrums, and anything else little toddlers do. Everyday is a blessing being with them. We are going to go through some changes soon. The girls will be leaving daycare as of 6/12 due to affordability but will be carefully watched by loving family members from both sides of our extended family. I am going to miss the school atmosphere for Evie because she really enjoys going. But that just gives us the opportunity to make that environment at home with more learning and arts/crafts. So if anyone has any cute ideas, send them our way! By now you're probably starting to wonder about me and my RN test. Well, I'm waiting on the candidate ID # in the snail mail to let me set a date to take the NCLEX. After that it's job interviews, passing that stinking test and starting work. That's another reason why the girls are leaving daycare because I'll be working only 3 days per week (hopefully if I pass the test), and if I don't pass the test this time, well I will be home then anyway.

So what about Pete? Pete is being Mr. Outdoors. He's mowing, fertilizing, weeding, cutting down limbs and making little paths for the girls throughout the yard. He's also started walking/running again in order to potentially run at the BunRun in Frankfort at the end of July. It's a 3.2 mile run through the streets of Frankfort and he could get a medal in his age group for a good running time. This race also gets him geared up for the Blueberry Festival Stomp in Plymouth on Labor Day (which is 9 miles). Pete is being such a great dad and husband.

To end on a good note, I hope you like these pictures posted and forgive me for the blurry one of Elly-she was running by me!

Two old (fabulous) women in the future

To all friends and family this post is meant specifically to one person who recently sent me a great and hillarious birthday card-Teresa. I started laughing the moment I saw two old women in the black and white picture with one woman's hand on the other's shoulder. The card goes on to say that the one woman with her hand extended is telling the other that she'll remind her it's her birthday and that they are best friends even through memory loss. OK, my post does not do it justice and you'll just have to take my word for it! To sum up, the card was great and so is my friendship with Teresa-you're the best and thanks!!!!

Close but no cigar.....

Just to let everyone know who was thinking of me and/or praying for me concerning my upcoming NCLEX test for nursing, I did not pass. I took the NCLEX on March 20th-last Friday-and found out on Monday the 23rd. So what does this mean? It means I'm going to study again, pursue and pray some more! When I found out that I did not pass, it got me angry and wanting to have a wack at it again like a pinata! I've got a new quote from the "Water Boy" (you know with Adam Sandler) and I'm going to use the bad news as my TACKLING FUEL! (when you say tackling fuel in your head pretend your from the south and you're talking to the Fonz).
So, remember that water is better than gatorade and to keep praying for my success!

Are we at Disney?

No....just teasing, we're at Walmart! Did we fool ya with our Sponge Bob Square Pants background? Evelyn noticed right away the S.B. displays of games, books, toys, pillows, etc in our local Walmart and she had to take a closer look. She was standing infront of the large poster of S.B. and jumping around. I had to snap this quick picture of her before she came out of her happy place mood. By the way, when you look at the pictures, pretend you hear her saying "Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeese"-she's so cute!

Playing with Elly

Elly is such a fun girl! Whether it's dancing, jumping, running, laughing or smiling, she's so much fun to be around! Her smile's and laughter are very contagious! These pictures are some of the many fun and happy days we have with her. She's our little firecracker!!

Sooooooooooo far behind!

Hi everyone who probably was on the verge of deleting our blog from their computer because of no new updates! SORRY!!!! Life after the last blog got extremely hectic (not to mention my computer when ka-put). This is just a mini-update because I'm actually suppose to be studying for my NCLEX exam instead of surfing the net. Yes you read that right I GRADUATED!!!!!! And currently studying for the boards in order to work as an RN. So thanks real quick for the kick in the butt from Katie to "update the blog"! Soon there will be pictures and new news the next time I blog but for now take care and keep checking back!

Time is flying by!

Life is so busy and time is flying by faster than I can document it on the blog. So many things have happened since the last blog entry and I'll let you read on about some. This picture was taken at the end of April for my Aunt Sandy's birthday party-as you can see, Elly is sitting up by herself now (with a little help and reassurance from a pillow) and Evelyn is being Miss Tude-"Atti Tude" that is.

I have finished my spring semester classes at St. E and are now enrolled in 6hrs for the summer course. This course requires 12hr Monday clinicals, and 8hr Tuesday clinicals for 5weeks! On top of that, there's no prep the day before and multiple patients!! It's just like the real world-so far I've stayed on top of things and have had two successful clinicals.

I've also just returned from my first ever SMWC Reunion Weekend!!! It was a blast! I had an awesome time with great friends and some new ones ;) and felt reunited with the college. There's a new president of the college, the first male pres ever, and I believe he will take the college and all facets into the future with pride.

Pete has had a busy several weeks too. He recently went to a bachelor party in St. Louis with some guys for baseball, food and beer ;) He's also been pulling the weight of parenting around here with me concentrating on school so much he's really stepping up the be the rock in the family. He took the girls out several days before Mother's Day and helped them pick out some flowers and other presents. Evelyn picked out some orange Celosia's and Elly picked yellow African Daisies. He's busy mowing the yard and pulling the girls around in their red wagon.

Evelyn has been busy too! She's recently moved up in school to the 1yr olds class which allows her to walk around and get on some big kid toys, climb in and out of chairs around the snack/lunch table and sleep on a cot for nap time! I was really worried about that one because she likes to roll in her crib at home. So far she's taking to the cot and she's down to one nap per day. She loves bubbles both inside and outside, loves to take a ride in the wagon to check the mail or around the block, and loves to get into everything at her eye level ie the cookie drawer. She wants to do everything on her own, for example, she won't take a bite of corn off the spoon when offered, but if you pour it on her tray in the high chair, she'll pick each piece one at a time. Tedious but very cute!

Miss Elly has learned to sit up on her own and is enjoying first stage foods! She's not liking the babyfood yet but we keep on trying! She is also doing well in school and receives complements from the teachers all the time. They tell me they want more cuties like her! Elly also enjoys sitting in the wagon with big sister and going up and down the sidewalk. She has grown two teeth on the bottom middle and loves showing them off with her big smiles.

I hope you enjoy the blog and keep checking for more Kopetski Family Fun Info!