Princess Mia

Mia's friend, Avery, had a Princess party for her 5th birthday. It was a really royal event. All the girls got to pick out ball gowns and then had their fingernails and make up done. They were then presented to the commoners (parents) and had a royal tea(pink lemonade) party.
A special guest appeared, Cinderella. She sang with them, played games and read them a story. Mia had a great time.

(Note to self: Gold is a great color on Mia: remember for prom dress one day!)

Mia and Avery the birthday girl

Just what I need...

Just what I need.....another hobby.
Actually it's an old hobby that I can do differently. I've been wanting to try digital scrapbooking for a while. But I kind of felt like I would be cheating on my supplies. Kind of like I already have the other stuff, why learn a new way.

But I am LOVING the new way! I don't have to pull out anything..... I constantly find myself with 15 minutes in between picking someone up or making it to an appointment. One of the cool things about digital scrapbooking is I can just save a project and move on until later.

Cool.

So I signed up for classes on-line. http://www.jessicasprague.com/

I have had so much fun. Learning to do this and really just learning something NEW!

We Got Boo'd

It's that time of year. When the doorbell rings late at night and you wonder, "Who in the world could that be?" We had actually just minutes before gotten home from Zane's football game.
Anyway, I opened the door and there on the front step was a Boo Bucket. This year we got a Neon green Jack-o-lantern.

All the kids like Candy but I think Candy may be Ty's Love Language.

You're suppose to put a sign on the door that indicates to your neighbors that you've been Boo'd. That way everyone in the neighborhood gets candy. But Kaylee wouldn't let me hang the sign this year. "Mom, if we put the sign up no one else will come boo us!? Don't you get it mom? No more candy that way"

Um yes Kaylee,I get it.

I went along with her because a. The people that Boo'd us live 2 miles away and b. Most of the people on our street are older without kids. So it's not really a "neighborhood" thing around us.

Which is why last Sunday night we let each of the kids pick 2 people to Boo. We loaded all the bags and buckets and headed out. We spent an hour and a half driving around town to drop off Boo's. The kids absolutley love it. Running back to the car before they get caught is thrilling each and every time.....

Who'll be laughing?

Trent 7 Ty 4

Today I made corndogs for lunch. When we were almost finished Trent asked for another one and so did Zane. But we only had one left. So I said OK, I'll heat this one up and you two can half it. Then they both began fighting over who would get the 1/2 with the stick.

I have really had a hard time learning about all this sibling stuff. I never had to fight over anything, ever.... David assures me that it's normall. I trust him, he's one of five, I'm one of one...

So anyway at that moment that I could not believe they are fighting over the corndog STICK....this conversation happened.

Me to Zane: " I hope when you get married, that you have 10 kids, so that one day you'll call me and apologize for fighting over a corndog stick"

Kaylee: You know if we all have 10 kids then you'll have 50 grandkids.

Me: Ha! That will be funny

Zane: Then we'll drop them all off at the same time and tell you we're taking a 5 day cruise together.
"Who'll be laughing then Mom?"

He doesn't know I have to agree to keep all those kids for him to be able to take a 5 day cruise. He better be nice to me between now and then (and learn to let his brother have the stick)....

Local Missions

Our church hosts a local missions work day twice a year. Not everyone can go away for a week to a foreign country. But most people can give up 3 hours on a Saturday morning. It's a day for each of the adult classes to find a mission project in the area and then work together to complete it. Our group decided to help out a single mom who works hard to support herself. She needed a bunch of shrubs removed from the front of her house. They were a safety concern. She plans to put a rock garden in place of them (smart woman)

She also had some damage to her back patio from Hurricane IKE. (It leaked) So all the metal had to be removed and then new metal put in it's place.

The time for the project was 9 - 12. At 10:00 all the shrubs were removed and we were looking for other things to do. Dave H. went to get his power washer and we were able to power wash her driveway and sidewalk. Plus her front entry way. (I love to power wash, it's so gratiftying)
It's amazing what 20 people can accomplish in such a small time. Our teacher compared it to an "old fashioned" barn raising.

I've decided if we ever need a barn raised I know who I'm going to call.

After we were done, the men sat around for a coke break and discussed the fine job that was completed.

The speech is getting better

and unfortunatley more and more honest...

Ty went to speech therapy today. He has therapy with Mrs. Amy twice a week for 30 minutes. Today when they came back to report the work they had done she told me what he had said.
Mrs. Amy: " Ty what did you do today?"
Ty : I went to school, everybody in my house goes to school
Amy: Even mommy and daddy?
Ty: No they stay home, they don't anything

Amy: Are you sure? Doesn't Daddy work?
Ty: Yes, Daddy works
Amy: And mommy works too..she drives you to school makes your meals
Ty: Yeah and sleeps too