My precious 10-year-old boy brought home a fill in the blank project for me. I just wanted to share.
My Marvelous Mom
If my mom were a flower, she would be a rose because she can be nice.
If my mom were a super hero, she would be Supermom because she is a super mom!!
If my mom were candy, she would be Sweet Tarts because she is sweet.
If my mom were a car, she would be a minivan because that is what she drives.
If my mom were a color, she would be red because she likes U of L.
If my mom were a TV show, she would be NCIS because she watches it all the time.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Hello, Mr. Sun
It has been raining here more days than not lately. I am not going to complain about it though. We are doing so much better than some of the others you see on the news around the country. It is so sad to watch. However, I have missed seeing the sun. A long time ago we made reservations to go camping this weekend. We have been watching the weather closely. It said it should be dry on Friday, dry on Saturday and 10% chance of rain on Sunday. So, we went camping! Yay!
3D chalk I found on clearance. The kids played with it until it was almost all gone.
My oldest brought a friend from church and we also had my nephew and niece, too. My in-laws were there with their camper. My sister-in-law also came down on Saturday with her two boys. I brought my tent. And we borrowed a small tent for the older girls. The four younger kids slept in the camper with Mamaw and Papaw on Friday night.
Here is Little Bit jumping out of the swing.
Saturday before lunch we found out that the weather had changed. It was now a 60% chance of thunderstorm on Saturday. We debated some but decided to go ahead and leave Saturday night instead of Sunday morning. It is hard to pack up in the rain. We also didn't want to sleep in the tents in a thunderstorm. We stayed until around 8:00 and then came on home.
My boy jumping out of the swing.
I loved being outside after I'm not sure how many days of rain and severe weather. I thought I was staying in the shade most of the time, but I did come home with a sunburn. I did not get a pic of that though. :)
3D chalk I found on clearance. The kids played with it until it was almost all gone.
My oldest brought a friend from church and we also had my nephew and niece, too. My in-laws were there with their camper. My sister-in-law also came down on Saturday with her two boys. I brought my tent. And we borrowed a small tent for the older girls. The four younger kids slept in the camper with Mamaw and Papaw on Friday night.
Here is Little Bit jumping out of the swing.
Saturday before lunch we found out that the weather had changed. It was now a 60% chance of thunderstorm on Saturday. We debated some but decided to go ahead and leave Saturday night instead of Sunday morning. It is hard to pack up in the rain. We also didn't want to sleep in the tents in a thunderstorm. We stayed until around 8:00 and then came on home.
My boy jumping out of the swing.
I loved being outside after I'm not sure how many days of rain and severe weather. I thought I was staying in the shade most of the time, but I did come home with a sunburn. I did not get a pic of that though. :)
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Memories
Some of my blogger friends are blogging about memories. It can't be about getting married or having kids. So any other memorable moment is fair game. I have a few that I wanted to share with you.
When my brother and I were in elementary school, we used to play all kinds of fun make believe things. I remember once we made a volcano out of sand in our sand box. It was pretty cool. We even got it to smoke! Now remember that we were just kids when I tell you this next part. We used some oven cleaner and other cleaners to make the volcano smoke. Oops! We didn't know that mixing chemical cleaners was dangerous. And, for the most part, we grew up just fine. :)
We also played games that didn't make my mom lose years off her life. We had a radio that you could record onto cassettes. We would make our own radio shows. Also when the batteries were running down, we would record our voices with the batteries and then play the tape with the radio plugged in. It made our voices sound very funny. We would make forts and play in the woods.
Then, I grew up and had kids of my own. When my teenager was just around 2, she found the lotion in her room. She loved lotion and decided to put some on herself when she woke up. She was always a do-it-yourself kind of girl. We woke up to an unusual smell. When we went to go check on her we saw a funny sight. She was totally covered in not lotion but diaper cream. And just fyi, that stuff is hard to wash off an entire toddler.
Cut to baby number 2. My hubby is taking a turn changing a diaper in the middle of the night. It is dark and this time instead of a smell, it is a sound that is unusual. “What is that sound,” my sleep deprived husband asks. I know right away what that sound is and explain, “he’s peeing on the wall!”
One more that is just cute. My little bit had such a cute way of talking when she was just learning to talk. We still remind her that she used to call mac & cheese, mokey. It was very cute.
That’s a couple of my memorable moments. Hope you enjoyed them. :)
When my brother and I were in elementary school, we used to play all kinds of fun make believe things. I remember once we made a volcano out of sand in our sand box. It was pretty cool. We even got it to smoke! Now remember that we were just kids when I tell you this next part. We used some oven cleaner and other cleaners to make the volcano smoke. Oops! We didn't know that mixing chemical cleaners was dangerous. And, for the most part, we grew up just fine. :)
We also played games that didn't make my mom lose years off her life. We had a radio that you could record onto cassettes. We would make our own radio shows. Also when the batteries were running down, we would record our voices with the batteries and then play the tape with the radio plugged in. It made our voices sound very funny. We would make forts and play in the woods.
Then, I grew up and had kids of my own. When my teenager was just around 2, she found the lotion in her room. She loved lotion and decided to put some on herself when she woke up. She was always a do-it-yourself kind of girl. We woke up to an unusual smell. When we went to go check on her we saw a funny sight. She was totally covered in not lotion but diaper cream. And just fyi, that stuff is hard to wash off an entire toddler.
Cut to baby number 2. My hubby is taking a turn changing a diaper in the middle of the night. It is dark and this time instead of a smell, it is a sound that is unusual. “What is that sound,” my sleep deprived husband asks. I know right away what that sound is and explain, “he’s peeing on the wall!”
One more that is just cute. My little bit had such a cute way of talking when she was just learning to talk. We still remind her that she used to call mac & cheese, mokey. It was very cute.
That’s a couple of my memorable moments. Hope you enjoyed them. :)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Two Paintings and a Fish
Here are a couple of pics of some art that my kids have created this year. This first one is by my oldest. She painted this while we were on spring break.
Here is a Picasso style painting by my boy.
He also made a clay fish at school. It is on display at our local library with other pieces from our whole school system. We were all pretty excited to see his art work in the display case.
I'm so proud of my little artists. :) I need to find a picture of something my little bit has made. That will have to be posted later.
Here is a Picasso style painting by my boy.
He also made a clay fish at school. It is on display at our local library with other pieces from our whole school system. We were all pretty excited to see his art work in the display case.
I'm so proud of my little artists. :) I need to find a picture of something my little bit has made. That will have to be posted later.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Stormy Weather
It has been crazy weather around here lately. Tornado warnings, severe thunderstorms, flash flood warnings, and lots of rain. We are very blessed to have a basement in our home. We also live near the sirens that go off when there is severe weather. They are loud enough to wake us in the middle of the night. Last night the sirens didn't go off but boy was the thunder loud. Today the rain continues and I think it is supposed to even rain tomorrow.
We went to Lowe's today to do a free kids' project. I have never been to one before. It was very fun. I hope we can go again. The younger two kids made a bird house that sticks on your window so you can see the bird that goes inside the house. It was really neat. They gave us a kit and a hammer and we joined all the others in the lumber section. Here is a pic of the kids at the end.
The opening is pretty small. It will be interesting to see what kind of bird, if any, try out the new houses. I am excited to see if they work, too.
After we finished our birdhouses, we went to Old Navy. They had polo shirts on sale for $6. I also thought I could find a nice shirt that my teenager could wear to church tomorrow. She doesn't usually wear dresses anymore. We found 2 shirts on the clearance rack. (Yay for 50% off!) I found polo shirts for the boy and the hubby. And of coarse Little Bit found 2 dresses she just had to have. I think we are all set for tomorrow.
The last thing we did while we were out in the monsoon was to go by Krispy Kreme and get free donuts. Krispy Kreme offers a free donut for each A on your grade card (up to 6). They even let you choose any donut, not just regular glazed. Ummmmm, donuts. I can hear Homer Simpson's voice in my head when I say that. :)
I still need to go to the grocery. I was hoping that the rain would slow down some before I went. We've been home for a few hours and it hasn't yet. Oh well. Luckily I won't melt.
We went to Lowe's today to do a free kids' project. I have never been to one before. It was very fun. I hope we can go again. The younger two kids made a bird house that sticks on your window so you can see the bird that goes inside the house. It was really neat. They gave us a kit and a hammer and we joined all the others in the lumber section. Here is a pic of the kids at the end.
The opening is pretty small. It will be interesting to see what kind of bird, if any, try out the new houses. I am excited to see if they work, too.
After we finished our birdhouses, we went to Old Navy. They had polo shirts on sale for $6. I also thought I could find a nice shirt that my teenager could wear to church tomorrow. She doesn't usually wear dresses anymore. We found 2 shirts on the clearance rack. (Yay for 50% off!) I found polo shirts for the boy and the hubby. And of coarse Little Bit found 2 dresses she just had to have. I think we are all set for tomorrow.
The last thing we did while we were out in the monsoon was to go by Krispy Kreme and get free donuts. Krispy Kreme offers a free donut for each A on your grade card (up to 6). They even let you choose any donut, not just regular glazed. Ummmmm, donuts. I can hear Homer Simpson's voice in my head when I say that. :)
I still need to go to the grocery. I was hoping that the rain would slow down some before I went. We've been home for a few hours and it hasn't yet. Oh well. Luckily I won't melt.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Family Time
We had a busy, busy weekend. Friday night we went to get some ice cream. The kids get a free scoop if they have an A on their report card. Since I didn't have a report card, I had to pay for my waffle cone of some buckeye ice cream. It was worth it. :) We met up with some family there. The kids were so cute playing together. They were playing and singing songs. So cute!
On Saturday, we got up early to go to the MS walk. I forgot my camera. I will blog about that once I get the pictures from my mother-in-law. It was a great walk. My parents came in for the walk. After we went to Chick-fil-a for lunch. It began to storm while we were eating. We were so thankful that the storm held off until after the walk. We waited for the rain to slow before we headed home. The kids love the play place there.
Saturday night we had the family over to celebrate my new teenager. She wanted hamburgers and hot dogs with lemonade cake and a cookie cake. It was a good party. I still can't believe we have a teenager. It seems like she was just born, just learning to talk, just starting school. Ahhh....happy memories. I try to focus on those when the struggles of being a teenager come up. They make you appreciate your own parents. :)
It was a great weekend. I love being able to spend so much time with our family, especially my mom and dad. I don't get to see them as much because they live a few hours away. I know that not everyone has such a great relationship with their families like I do. We aren't perfect and we might not always see eye to eye, but we have it better than a lot of people. I am so blessed beyond what I deserve. Thank you, Lord.
On Saturday, we got up early to go to the MS walk. I forgot my camera. I will blog about that once I get the pictures from my mother-in-law. It was a great walk. My parents came in for the walk. After we went to Chick-fil-a for lunch. It began to storm while we were eating. We were so thankful that the storm held off until after the walk. We waited for the rain to slow before we headed home. The kids love the play place there.
Saturday night we had the family over to celebrate my new teenager. She wanted hamburgers and hot dogs with lemonade cake and a cookie cake. It was a good party. I still can't believe we have a teenager. It seems like she was just born, just learning to talk, just starting school. Ahhh....happy memories. I try to focus on those when the struggles of being a teenager come up. They make you appreciate your own parents. :)
It was a great weekend. I love being able to spend so much time with our family, especially my mom and dad. I don't get to see them as much because they live a few hours away. I know that not everyone has such a great relationship with their families like I do. We aren't perfect and we might not always see eye to eye, but we have it better than a lot of people. I am so blessed beyond what I deserve. Thank you, Lord.
Monday, April 4, 2011
A Big Birthday
Thirteen years ago I became a mother. My oldest is now officially a teenager. As I have said before, where does the time go? Her dad and I took her and four of her school friends to dinner and a movie. It was pretty funny listening to the girls laugh and talk over each other in the back of our van. We went to a sub place to eat and watched a movie that was a remake of Beauty and the Beast. After we dropped off the girls we took the birthday girl to get an ice cream. It was a lot of fun watching her and her friends. We are so blessed that God has put her in our lives. Happy birthday, Doodlebug! We love you.
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