1st Causality of the Holiday!

So we have had our 1st causality of our 3 week vacation. I had run to a speech evaluation with Nathan and returned home to poor little Bryan and yet another black eye. For those of you who have been with us for years....... you know that because of his hearing loss Bryan was notorious as a toddler for falling and getting black eyes. We were very proud that we had made it a couple of years without one. Unfortunately, one of his lovely partners in crime thought that flying binders were fun and clearly mom did not mean, "don't throw binders" when she said "don't throw toys." :>

Not too bad, really. All I could do was shake my head and wonder........ really all these boys for me? Couldn't I have had a few more girls that sit quietly like Cassie and watch TV??!?!!?!?

Stay tuned. I am sure that we will have more "adventures". I have to say that Christmas song that we sang growing up, "Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again" ...... Whole new meaning!!!!

1st Grade Program!

What a handsome group of kids!! Thursday was the 1st grade Christmas program. They were supposed to wear something nice and these are the outfits they chose. I was impressed to say the least. They do clean up pretty well!!!

If you notice that the blinds are open and it is still dark outside!! These poor kids have to get up way too early for their school day. The program was very cute and it is always fun for me to be able to watch them perform. They love it as well. We were lucky enough to have no homework last week , instead we practiced our songs and poems each day. So funny. I did get some video that I will try to post in the next couple of days.

We are on a 3 week Christmas break and we are taking advantage of sleeping in!!!!!
Well my friends, I am off to try and find the floor of my laundry room. It has been missing for about a week now, as we are running faster than our legs will go to trying to and get ready for the holidays. Have a great day!!

Favorite Picture!!!

So my brother got married a couple of weeks ago!!! He actually lived with us for many years when the kids were small. Cassie loves her Uncle Adam!!! When she was little she would find him every night and give him a hug and kiss and tell him how much she loved him. When he moved out, it took months before she would quit going from room to room looking for him in hopes that he would be around the next corner. (Heartbreaking!!!)

I love this picture of her dancing with him at the wedding. The way that she is looking up at him reminds me of their special bond when he lived with us. And the best part of the picture is that you can see that bond..... is still there!!!

Have a great night my friends!!!

Poor Natey!!!

I am bleeding!!!!! Please don't make me get stitches!!!! I am going to die!!!! These are the very panicked words coming from my son as he came running 100 miles a minute into the house this evening. Here is what I saw!!!

As it turns out....... head wounds bleed a lot!!! Now I know this from some previous head wounds. So I cleaned him up, trimmed the hair, rewashed it out and looked for my own super glue. Did not find the super glue but he is no worse for the wear. He was just relieved that I did not drag him to the ER. For those of you who are not familiar with our war stories, we have gone down that road before and many hours later, we usually end up with one staple or super glue and a very stressed out child. And rest assured..... if it had been bad I would have gladly taken him to the ER!!! I don't want anyone to think that I am a slacker mom. :>

Needless to say, my poor kids were not eating dinner until 6:30 tonight and we did, in fact, not finish homework. Oh well, there is always tomorrow. We needed cuddle, relax time more than we needed study for spelling test time. Have a great night my friends and rest well!!! (I hope to!)

P.S. And our motto is "chicks dig scars"

Happy Halloween

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What is going on at my house?

Alright, if the previous post was not enough........... I just found out that Woody has a girlfriend!!! (I am still unsure of her name yet, however they are hanging out on the bed together!) Are you serious?!?!?!? I knew that my kids were growing up.......... but I thought that 9 and 7 year olds still believed that the opposite gender had cooties. I think perhaps I have missed something. Furthermore, it makes me wonder what I am going to do with them when they are 16?!?!?!?! Maybe it is time to check into that nunnery now! LOL. Have a great night my friends!!!

Hmmmmm

Here is your Saturday laugh!!! One of my children (who will remain nameless, until he/she reaches 16 and I need bribery.....) brought this home from school last week.

Even though it is not the right answer, it is a good one. Sorry for the delays in blog updates, but as usual we have been so busy it is all I can to do keep up with the everyday things. However, we have had some fun and some great birthdays. I will update soon. Have a great weekend my friends!!!