sign me up

If you are my mother, or our babysitter
that's coming tomorrow, this is not
for your eyes.


I was talking to my bestie this morning
telling her how awesome I am.
Read on... you'll see why.


Looking at the calendar, I realized why my
house looks like this:

Not only are these rooms sparkling clean (HA!),
but here are two bulletin boards I've been promising
the girls we'll hang up- since last weekend.

 You'd think that would be enough to
stress a mother out! But, the icing on the
cake was last night when I saw a spot on
Jada's arm. I asked her what the spot was from
and she replied, "It's paint!"  Thinking back
to this week and when they might have
painted, I remembered it was WEDNESDAY
when they painted at Bethel with Chad.

WEDNESDAY.  

And they hadn't had a bath Monday or Tuesday.
Which meant I didn't bathe my children
ALL WEEK.  
Just sign me up for the Wife/Mother of the Year 
Award, now.  I'm on a roll...

2nd day of conferences

I'm sitting at my desk waiting for my last conference.  It went well tonight- minus the two that didn't show up.  No one made me cry.  YEAH!  That's when you  know it's been a good night.  Ready to leave after a 12 hour day. 

Time's almost up

Yo, Vacuum!

You've been sucking up our

dirt for what?  like 3-4 years?

But, honey, you're time's

almost up.

If you're going to continue to

suck up whole pencils that I 

don't bother to pick up before 

vacuuming, you're gone.

Why should I have to worry about

toy cars, or Barbie clothes.

Geez!  Get a grip.. or... don't!

And by the way, can you just

stay standing for once while

I vacuum?  

  You are my love/hate relationship.

I love how you clean my floors.

But, I hate how I might get

electrocuted by you someday.

Vacuum, go away.

I mean, come here- 

Trey stepped on a cracker again.

pumpkin patch

PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

conferences

First night of conferences.
Went well until the last one.
Why do people have to act so
ugly sometimes?  I'm an adult.
I'm sitting right there.  I speak
English.  I know what you're saying
about me to these parents.  Grr...
So frustrating sometimes. 
You big BULLY!

(This is the conversation I would 
like to have with a certain someone.)
But, I challenged my youth group
yesterday to pray for the "ugly" 
people in their lives.  Not ugly, as in 
appearance.  Just ugly as in how they 
act or treat you.  (Jeremiah 29: 1-14)
Hmmm.. maybe I should take my own 
advice.  Seems better than the rant 
I would like to go on with this 
particular person.
I must go.  Pray. Love. (and maybe
eat some chocolate...) 


p.s.  Gracie did a few cheers with her friends, Sophie and
Victoria, today at recess.  They were super cute.  I think they
might have a chance at making the team in HS!  Cute!

Mini-Vacay

The Childs family were in need of a vacation.

Should they go to Disney World?
No.  Too expensive.  Not enough days off.
Although I'm sure Mickey and Belle would
have done just fine in Chad and Jody's job
positions...


Should they go to Omaha to visit family?
No.  Again, not enough days off.  And they're
headed there next month.

"Where should we go?"  they thought.
How about somewhere local?
Once Jody found out about "free day" at
some local museums, and Chad booked 
a room at a local hotel... they were set.
A mini-vacation just with the fam.

Exploration Place summed up in 
5 words:  free (on Saturday, with a coupon
from the internet), castle, train track,
pilot, and water.

Gracie mostly liked riding on the play equipment

cute decorations

snack time!

Pilot Chad

veggie stand

tornado (above photo)

Trey as receptionist for pet doctor

Vet Gracie

The train that Jada hid from Trey

She feels safe enough to leave the train set
now that her train is safely hidden.











Local hotel: restaurant eating, swimming, 
board games, popcorn, SNL

Two of her fav things: popcorn,
and a good book

Grapes!

Things that make you go hmm...

Things that make me go hmm...
1.  The fact that some second graders know the "s" word.
And that they make up stories about this kid having "s" with this kid.  Gross.  AND inappropriate.  

2.  Why is my son having screaming fits in the middle of his nap, or in the middle of the night? Is he getting sick?  sucky.

3. Why are my kids growing up so fast?  Stop it right now!

4.  How am I so lucky so have such a good class this year?  

5.  Why doesn't money grow on trees?  Then my kids could be in gymnastics, ballet, have new clothes for Fall (!), supper...

6.  Today is the last day of summer.  What was it that I didn't do this summer that I could do for the last few hours of Summer?

7.    Bed bugs are the rise.  If we go to a hotel this coming weekend for a short get-away... are we going to bring bed bugs home?  That's sick man, that's sick.

8.  Should I ask for gift certificates to Bed, Bath, and Beyond, or just save up money, for Christmas?

What makes you go hmm...?