Happy birthday Emily

Today is our middle daughter's 15th birthday. Can't believe she is that age already!!! As our tradition goes, on their 15th bday they get to go to Woodfield Mall with some of their friends to go shopping for their bday. They also get to eat dinner at Rainforest Cafe. This is a real fun place to eat.They also get to have a volcano at the cafe-which is a mountain of ice cream and brownies. Yum!!!!!(she is the one in red:)








Here's a picture of the yummy volcano we got for her birthday.
Have a very very happy birthday Emily.We love you!!!!!!!!!

saturday photo hunt- Windows

vacation day???

The kids have today off if we decide it's ok. I know that sounds strange but there was a threatening note given to the high school and another of the elementary schools yesterday and the teachers all called and said if we decided not to send the kids today it wouldn't count against them because of the situation.The schools will all be on lock down but that still doesn't stop someone from doing anything stupid. It is sad that the world has changed so much that you feel afraid to send your own kids to school because of some whacko that wants to scare everyone.
So, today i am letting them sleep in. We decided that they can stay home. I would like the help today with the daycare kiddos anyway:) Besides i may have extra kids if their parents decide to not send them:P

wordless wednesday

Beware of wild animals :)

Hope you all have a safe and happy halloween.

monday madness

1. From bev:
Small town or big city?
Small town and wouldn't trade it at all.

2. From turtlemoonwave:
Do you have a favorite childhood memory, and if so, would you share it?
I loved going to my Grandma's house at Christmas time. It was always a lot of fun getting together with our cousins and Grandma would always buy DQ Dilly bars for the kids. We had a lot of fun playing on the farm where she lived.

3. From cat:
How do you calm down when something has really upset and/or angered you? Do you swallow it? Call a friend and rant? Go in the bathroom and cry? Punch a wall? Walk around muttering to yourself, complete with scary hand gestures?
First i count to ten...I know it sounds silly but that really gives you time to calm down. I just try to deal with whatever angered me. After i calm down i may call my friend for advice on how to deal with it.


4. From dna princess:
What attracts you to memes?'
I just think it is fun to do and i like to read other people's answers. You can get to know other people really well by some of the questions that are asked.

5. From mads:
How reliant are you on computers to get through your day?
Reliant on computers..... not really just like to get on the internet and blog or play games or chat with family.

6. From tizzie:
In a crisis, are you calm or do you panic?
I have really tried to keep calm during a crisis. Taking care of young children you really have to learn to keep calm otherwise you are going to have a house full of upset people.

happy halloween

Busy weekend

Sorry no Photo hunt today. Our Firefox went down for a couple of days and had to use IE instead so I just didn't post. I have all my things on Firefox and like to use it.
We are getting pumpkins this weekend for Halloween. I know we are late but just too busy around here to get things done. Every weekend there is something to do. If it's not band it is a concert or have to go to dr. appointments. Today i took the day off and cleaned. Finally have a weekend to get things done around here.
Will get back to regular posting next week.
Everyone have a great weekend!!!

wordless wednesday

monday madness

1. From: cassie:
Dramas or comedies?
I like comedies more but every once in a while a good drama is just as good.

2. From: nutmegnine:
Your neighbor has frequent noisy parties on nights before you need to get up early. Do you confront him directly, call the police, call your landlord, join in the debauchery, or seethe quietly and do nothing?
If they continue to have the loud parties and it disturbs our family I would call the police.


3. From sherle:
Are you more comfortable in big crowds or small groups?
Probably smaller groups.

4. From zeno:
Do you prefer Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox?
I don't mind Firefox but some games can be played better on Internet Explorer.


5. From briar:
They say you learn something new every day. What new thing did you learn today?
Let's see....I learned that working out early in the morning makes you have alot more energy for the day.

satuday photo hunt-Dreaming

Grab the Scavenger Hunt code. Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants.

Dreaming of our trip we are taking in November with our kids to Disney. Our son has not been to Disney and he is soooooo excited. We have an M&M jar for him and he eats one every day until the day we leave. This year will be lots of fun because he is still young enough to enjoy the magic of Disney.

friday feast #116

Appetizer
What is your favorite beverage?
Ok i have two...iced tea and water with lemon.

Soup
Name 3 things that are on your computer desk at home or work.
Pen and pencil holder,my digital camera, computer paper


Salad
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how honest do you think you are?
9. I think I am a pretty honest person.

Main Course
If you could change the name of one city in the world, what would you rename it and why?
I can't think of any.Guess I wouldn't change any name.

Dessert
What stresses you out? What calms you down?
What stresses me is people that drive right up on your bumper,bad weather driving,and money...
Music,reading or a nice long walk calms me down.

Sorry won't be blogging for a couple of days. Am not feeling well. Will be back soon.

monday madness

1. Name 10 things you would do if you had more time.
-Get all the laundry done.haha
-Go to the gym more
-Get all my house cleaned-including closets and those places you don't like to clean:P
-Go shopping
-Go to a movie with my hubby
-Get the garage cleaned out
-Wash the van
-Plant my flowers
-Play my piano
-Start a craft project

satuday photo hunt-lost

We went to the corn maze this month and got lost.Took us a while to get out. It is our favorite place to go in the fall. If you would like to see the maze go here and then click on the corn maze. It is a lot of fun!! They even have a haunted maze that the kids love.

Five For Five
On the Rock tagged me on the Five For Five meme.

1) Five Minutes to yourself. How would you spend them ideally?
Wow I don't get that much time to myself so lets see......
I would read a book
Start on my cross stitch
Just sit and relax with my favorite music or movie
Go on a walk

2) Five Dollars to spend right now. How or where would you spend it?
Go to the coffee shop and get a chocolate mint coffee
Buy milk...always need that here:P
Probably spend it on someone here in the house

3) Five Items in your house you could part with right now?
Several old bikes in the garage
Old,or not used clothes
The trailer in the driveway
The old swing
Our stove...we need a new one;P

4) Five Items in your house you absolutely, positively could never part with?
My computer:)
My comfy rocking chair
My piano
All my pictures-I love family pictures couldn't live without them
My music cabinet with all the old music from my grandma and mom


5) Five Words (or phrases in my case) you love?
I love you Mom or I love you honey:)
Let me do that for you
My Julie-It's a game we play with one of my daycare kids
You have the day off
Let's go out tonight

Am not sure who to tag but if you want to do this meme feel free and let me know you did it so i can visit.:)

The Pumpkin Prayer

Dear God,
As I carve my pumpkin help me say this prayer:

Open my mind so I can learn about You;
(Cut the top of the pumpkin)

Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do.
(Clean out the inside)

Open my eyes so Your love I will see;
(Cut the eyes out in heart shapes)-The picture i found used stars.

I'm so sorry for turning up my nose to all you've given me.
(Cut a nose in the shape of a cross)

Open my ears so your word I will hear.
(Cut the ears shaped like the Bible)-we did rectangles

Open my mouth so I can tell others You're near
(cut the mouth in the shape of a fish)

Let Your light shine in all I say and do! Amen.
(Place a candle inside and light it)

wordless wednesday

monday madness

1. From amaranth:
Name three people you would pick (and why) if you could choose who to be stranded on a deserted island with.
I couldn't just pick three people because then that would leave out some of my family. I would have to take my hubby and 4 kids. Just wouldn't work:)

2. From julie:
What is your favorite genre of film and what is your favorite movie from that genre?
I enjoy romantic films, drama, action/adventure. The only kind i don't like are the horror movies.

3. From tiffany:
Which country would you like to visit and why?
I would love to visit England some day. Have met many people from there and just think it would be a nice place to visit.

4. From wil:
What are you driving these days? What's it's (their) good and bad points? Would you buy another one, and why or why not?
We just bought a 2006 Ford Freestar. I love it. It drives well and has all the bells and whistles-those are just fun:) Yes i would buy another one.

5. From cindy swanson:
"Lost," "24," or both?
Neither one. Tried to watch both but didn't catch my interest.

6. From lady starlight:
You've been very good this year. What should Santa bring you for Christmas? (the sky is the limit)
I would like to go to Hawaii with my hubby.

Our Anniversary

Today is our 18th wedding anniversary.Doesn't seem like that long at all. Man how time flies. We knew each other from high school and met up again after high school. My hubby came to Pensacola Florida with my mom and brother to pick me up from college and when we met again, that was it:)That fall we were married and bought a house in a town about 20 minutes away from our families.
Today we have four children. Three teenage girls and a six year old boy. I wouldn't trade my family for the world.

satuday photo hunt-sleeping

This was taken a few days after we got our now very spoiled shih tzu. Her name is Sadie and is the "princess" of the house. The one holding her is my hubby:) Aren't they adorable????

friday feast

Appetizer
Name a song you know by heart.
I have many songs I know by heart but the one I have been singing lately is "Your my little girl" by Go Fish. Love that song!!!

Soup
What will you absolutely not do in front of another person?
Sing. Don't like getting in front of a lot of people.

Salad
How often do you use mouthwash and what kind do you like?
Every night. We use scope.

Main Course
Finish this sentence: I am embarrassed when...
I say or do something wrong and my kids catch me.


Dessert
What was the last food you craved?
I craved a Dairy Queen blizzard the other night. Yes, I broke down and went and got one. Boy was it ever good!!!!

Not so wordless Wednesday

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Ok I know it was suppose to have no words, but I thought this was cute.

I got tagged by Flip Flop Floozie

1. Favorite memory of your mother?
Favorite memory...hmmmm. I remember that my mom was always there for us. She stayed home to raise us as long as she could. That is very important to kids. I remember almost every summer we would go to the strawberry patch and pick strawberries and then have to come home and take the stems off and then she would make strawberry jam. Yumm;)Mom always had things for us to do to keep us busy.Now she is a wonderful grandma to all of our kids.:)



2. Favorite memory of your father?
Dad has always been a hard working dad. He made sure that we had everything we needed no matter what. I remember one time my brother wanted to get a jacket from school and Dad sold something very important to him to get it for my brother. Dad has always sacrificed things for us kids to have what we needed.Dad is also a wonderful Grandpa to our kids:)



3. What one skill would you like to wake up tomorrow and be able to do (though you'd never learned it)?Well, lets see. I would like to be able to know more about the computer. I would like to be able to run in a marathon just once. I would like to be able to play the guitar.

4. Which one of your dreams has come true. My dream to have a wonderful family. I am very happy with my hubby and kids and wouldn't trade them for anything.

Don't know who to tag so if you want to this let me know. Haven't done too many of these myself:)

monday madness

1. From amanda f:
What do you do when somebody complements you?
a. Smile and say Thanks
b. Ignore it and change the subject
c. Complement them back
d. Turn red in embarrasment at the attention and look around to see other people's reaction
e.Take it as you're due.
When someone complements me i smile and say thank you.

2. From shelly:
What color are your eyes?
My eyes are blue.

3. From kia:
What do you like most about yourself?
My personality
4. From julie:
How do you spend Christmas?
We used to go to my in laws house for Christmas eve and have dinner and open presents. Then we would go to my parent's house on Christmas morning for Christmas with them. Now both parents have moved so now we have Christmas morning with our kids at our home. Have a big breakfast and then go to my sister in laws house about an hour and a half away and have Christmas there. This year we are going to my parents house in Georgia.
5. From wide imagination:
When do you normally blog? Day or night?
Usually blog in the morning because i get up earlier than everyone else and can have time to get it done without too many interuptions.:)
6. From rach:
What song can you relate to your personal life? Share a line or two of that song.
When God made you by New Song Just thought about this one b/c our wedding anniversary is next week:)
It's always been a mystery to me
How two hearts can come together
And love can last forever
But now that I have found you I believe
That a miracle has come when God sends the perfect one
So gone are all my questions why
And I've never been so sure of anything in my life
7. From sherle:
What is your favorite color for a sleeping environment?
Don't have a certain color but if i had to pick I would say blue.

Birthday party

Today was our youngest daughter's birthday party. Her actual birthday was in August but with school starting before her birthday now,we don't have any free weekends to celebrate her birthday.So, it ended up today was the first day we had to celebrate. That is pretty sad that you can't even celebrate a birthday because you get sooooo busy. Guess that is what happens though when you have 4 kids:).This first picture of the girls is from the corn maze that we took them to for part of the party.
When we got home we had mostaccioli and other snacks and then the kids played guitar hero and dance dance revolution. Yes, it was quite loud in the house for a while today. They had a lot of fun and the kids didn't leave until about 9pm. Now i have to go clean up.

One.. two ...hut!

Yesterday my oldest daughter had a marching band competition. We told her we were going to all her competitions this year since this is her senior year. Well, this competition was in Chicago-not my favorite place to drive:P and the only way I was going to be able to go was if my hubby would drive. Well, he had to work so I just went about my work at home. Our friends came by about 1pm and asked if we would like to ride with them to the competition. I was thrilled!!! He said they were leaving soon, so i got on the phone to my hubby, told him they were taking us and we left. We just got there in time for the competition to start. I had called my daughter to let her know we were coming. She was very happy.
They did not place but it was a very tough competition. This was their hardest competition of the whole season. It was very good practice for them though.
Their music selection this year was from the movie The nightmare before ChristmasThe drum majors dressed as characters from the movie. It was cute.
We ended up leaving after the awards ceremony, which was good because there was a storm coming. We got hammered with rain on the way home.The band members had to stay at the competition. We felt soooo bad for them since it was pouring. Half way home, our daughter called us and said they were coming home too. I was glad. All of us got home safely and had a great day.(click on pictures to see them better)
*****The date on the camera says 2003 but it really was yesterday..Found out the date was wrong on my camera after i had taken all the pictures..Ooops:P********

Saturday Photo Hunt-Comfy

Daughter #3 with her teddy bear from her boyfriend. Teddy bears are pretty comfy.:)

friday feast

Appetizer

What is your favorite herb or spice?
garlic and Italian spices


Soup

Name a song you like but haven’t heard in a long time.

Lean On Me

Salad

If you were to take just one minute to write down as many things as you can think of that you need (not want) to do, approximately how many things would there be?
1.Get all the laundry done...haha that's a dream
2.Clean out all the closets
3.Go through all the old toys and give away what the kids don't want any more
4.Finish the back porch
5.Way too many things to put down...there's always something to be done around here:)
Main Course

Tell something interesting about one of your family members (nothing scandalous, please, just something unique).
My husband has been going through our family tree and found out that they belong to the Huguenot Society. Only a direct male of the family and their children can become members. I can join but only as a spouse. He also found some really cool necklaces that are from the Huguenots.Go here to see the necklaces. http://www.manakin.addr.com/hcross.htm


Dessert

What’s the latest you’ve ever stayed awake?
Probably about 2 or 3 in the morning when i was in high school. Now I only stay up until about 10-10:30. Gotta get that beauty sleep.:)

wordless wednesday

monday madness

1. From jstar: Holiday in Europe or Asia?Have never been to either place but would love to go some day:)
2. From sherle: How do you try to change a behavior pattern you don't like about yourself... whether it's chewing fingernails, overeating, smoking, or picking your nose? I really focus on whatever problem it is and try to over come it. Never really bit my nails, haven't smoked and don't ever want to,picking your nose eeeewwwwww.Overeating is a problem that comes with stress around here.I try to drink more water instead of eating.
3. From tricia: Have you ever successfully completed a Sudoku puzzle?No. My daughter and dad have though. They love math... math and I don't get along:)
4. From caylynn: What website do you visit the most often? I have a lot of websites i visit. Don't really have one that i visit more than others.
5. From michael morgan: What was your favorite thing about high school or college?High school....hmmmm....I enjoyed it when i was able to drive...Enjoyed my senior year the most i guess. Has been awhile since i've thought about high school.Was engaged my freshman year of college but that didn't work out. Thank goodness. Am happy with the husband i have now wouldn't trade him for anything.

Saturday photo hunt-Eyes

friday feast #112

Appetizer
Measured in minutes or hours, how much exercise have you had in the last week?
30 minutes a day. We try to go to the gym as many nights as we can.
Soup
If you had to change your blog title to something else, what would it be?
Am not sure. I had a difficult time coming up with the one i have. Would like to change it though.
Salad
Name one television show you watched when you were 9-12 years old.
Was trying to think what TV shows were on when i was 9-12...... I think Remmington Steele was on then. I watched that all the time:) Gotta love Pierce Brosnan.:)
Main Course
If someone gave you $50 to spend with the one condition that it had to be educational, what would you purchase?
Would probably buy books for the kids since all the girls love to read and our son is just now starting to read.
Dessert
Do you tend to prefer dark colors, neutral shades, or lighter/pastel hues?
I like the fall colors....green, some browns, teal, not so much of the oranges though.

wordless wednesday

Future Cubs Player?????;)

monday madness

1. How do you eat an oreo cookie? (from tricia) I take the cookie apart and eat the white middle first then eat the cookie part.
2. How long does it take you to eat lunch?about 15 minutes if i get a chance to sit down and eat.My lunch is in the middle of feeding kids and getting them down for naps.
3. Caffeine or decaf? Decaf...defintely. I am allergic to caffeine.
4. Chicken or beef? Prefer chicken b/c it is better for you. We also use ground turkey instead of beef.
5. Pen or pencil? Pen
6. Autumn or spring?Autumn...it is my most favorite time of the year!!!!1
7. Baseball or basketball? Baseball
8. 'Survivor' or 'The Amazing Race?'Don't watch either one but if i had to choose i'd guess i would pick survivor.
9. Come up with one question I can ask our Monday Madness participants in the weeks to come. How do you spend Christmas?

Our weekend

My Hubby,Dad and daughter and other daughter's boyfriend went to a cubs game on Saturday and this is how close to the field they were.They had a great time!!!!! They got to eat at Grand Central Station after riding the train to Chicago. The weather was beautiful and the Cubs won!!!!!!! What a great present for my Dad who has been a Cub fan since i can remember.My daughter even got her picture put on the Cubs website for the fan photos with our middle daughter's boyfriend. I'd say their day was perfect.

The rest of us left at the house got to go to the mall and shop for homecoming dresses for our freshman and senior girls. We had a ball. The only one that didn't like the day that much was our 6 year old son. He was very good though and got to pick out a toy at KB toys for being so good. Today, if the rain holds off, we are going to watch my oldest daughter march in a parade and then go to the apple orchard. We're praying for another nice day. The weather has been perfect since my parents came to visit.

Saturday Photo Hunt-looking up

wordless wednesday

Cat and mouse????

monday madness

1. How long have you been blogging? I've been blogging since April of this year and am very addicted to it now.:)
2. How many times have you taken a break from blogging?None yet. Just don't post every day b/c some days i can't think of what to write.
3. How long is the longest you've gone, so far, without posting on your blog?Usually just a day or two. I like to try to keep current that is why i do the Monday madness, Thursday thirteen and saturday photo hunt. Gives me something to post about.
4. How many fellow bloggers do you keep in touch with, through your blogs, on a regular basis?Right now only about 4-5.
5. Have you ever met, in person, a blogger on your blogroll?Actually yes,but not sure if mine counts since one of the ones on my blogroll is my mom.:)
6. How often do you update/change the 'extra' stuff on your blog?I like to change things and add things but don't do it that often. I really like the blinkies.
7. Do you think you'll be blogging for years to come?Not sure...hopefully will.

revised post......ooops:P

If you see the previous post about september 11th song, it will not take you there.I thought i deleted it but it is still showing up when i go to my site from other sites. I didn't realize that it was not to be linked. I just wanted to share the song on my blog.If you want to go there yourself the website is http://www.september-11th.us/silentnight2.mp3.

Honoring the 9/11 Victims

Name: Stephen J. Colaio
Age: 32
Killed at: World Trade Center
From country:
From city: Montauk
From state: N.Y.

wordless wednesday

monday madness

1. Which holidays (if any) do you consider more as a day off from work, than anything else?They are all a day off to me because i work in my home and any day i don't have people coming in the door for babysitting is a day off:)
2. Which 3 holidays are most celebrated in your family?Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's day.
3. Do you have an organized filing system at home?Yes.
4. Do you clip coupons for groceries? If so, do you remember to use them? If not, why?I don't clip coupons as much as I used to probably because we don't get the paper any more and there isn't that many coupons that come in the mail.
5. How many magazines do you subscribe to? 0
6. Do you play any computer games on a regular basis? If so, which is your favorite, and why?Yes. I love computer games. I go to Miniclips, Grab.com, Shockwave or whatever site i can find that has new games. yes i am a computer junkie:)
7. Have you watched any movies worth recommending, lately?I watched Tristan and Isolde. It is in the medieval times where these two fall in love but are not able to see each other b/c of imperial politics. Very good movie..

Saturday Photo Hunt-on the road

Ok,so he's not technically on the road but he's close.

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Just wanted to wish my dad a very happy birthday today!!!!! Hope you have a great birthday Dad!! I love you!!!!!

Thirteen of my favorite movies
1. Walk in the clouds
2. Raising Helen
3. Message in a Bottle
4. Man in the Moon
5. A Walk to Remember
6. How to lose a guy in 10 days
7. Lake House
8. Sweet Home Alabama
9. Tristan and Isolde
10.Daddy Daycare
11.Finding Nemo:)
12.The Passion of the Christ
13.While you were sleeping

wordless wednesday

Katie is 13 years old today. Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!

monday madness

1. Do you do dishes by hand or do you use a dishwasher? By hand. Don't have a dishwasher unless you count all my girls-but those dishwashers are broken:)
2. How many people have your cell phone number? Only family and a few friends.
3. Do you shower in the morning or at night? Morning because if I did at night i couldn't sleep.
4. Do you ever have a song 'stuck' in your head? Yes!!!!
5. Do you pay your bills when they arrive, or do you wait until closer to the due date to pay them? Try to pay them when they arrive but most of the time have to wait for the money to come in first;P
6. Are you obsessive about anything in particular? I don't like a dirty house Can't stand when it gets out of hand.
7. What one thing would you say you have a zero tolerance for? bad attitudes.

saturday photo hunt-blue

Eeeeewwwww

I found one of these leaf bugs in our bathroom this morning. You have to know how much i dislike bugs in the first place to really see why i am posting this. I have always been one that doesn't like anything that flys or crawls and is part of the insect family. Insects and I don't get along.Then to find this in my bathroom this morning when i was getting ready. Agh!!!!!!!!! I still don't know how it got inside the house.That thing made it all day in the upstairs bathroom and i finally got rid of it tonight when our son was screaming that the bug was still in there and mom-killer of leaf bug- got rid of it. It took all i had to actually smack that thing.:)So now the saga of the big green bug is over and we can all go back to our regular life.:)

wordless wednesday

How can you resist a face like this:)

first day of school

We are back in the full swing of school today. All of the kids went today. Our high school started last week,which included two of my kids.This week the other two went. They only have to go til 11:00 and then the rest of the week it is 2:00. Crazy hours i know. Our youngest was the only one that was excited to go this morning.Probably because he is in first grade and still enjoys going;P. The girls know what school really consists of. They don't get to paint, play at recess or play with playdough any more. I really enjoy when school starts b/c my days are alot quieter and any mom knows how nice quiet can be;). In the craziness of this morning i forgot to get pictures but will take some tomorrow and post the smiling faces getting ready to go to school.

need help......

Anybody know how to make and use those expandable boxes for the blogrolls??? I have tried and tried and i can get the box to come up but don't know how to add the names to it. Do you have to add the whole address of a person's blog or what do you do??? I need someone to help!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks:P

saturday photo hunt-youth

Corn maze

Has anyone ever gone through a corn maze????Yes, this is an actual corn field. We go here every year during the fall. Our favorite season is fall with the start of school and the cooler weather. I love the smell of fall,especially in the morning when it is nice and cool. I also love the fall colors of the leaves.
This corn maze is at a smaller apple orchard not that far away from where we live. They plot out the picture they want every year and people really enjoy trying to get through the maze. They have a sheet with questions on it and if you answer the question right you will go the right way to get out of the maze. They also have flashlight night where you can only bring your flashlight to guide you through the maze at night. The favorite of our kids is around Halloween when they have the scary maze. Half of the maze has no one jumping out at you but the second half is scary. They only do that close to Halloween though. It is a lot of fun. Can't wait to go this year.

Thirteen things we have to do to get ready for school

1. Go shopping for whatever is needed before school(and with 3 teenagers in the house you have to be careful how you phrase that statement)
2. Buy school clothes(you know they seem to grow 2-3 inches every year and nothing ever fits right:)Hopefully we are done with the growing soon:)
3. Go to schools and make sure the kids know where their classes are
4. Meet the teachers
5. Buy....many pairs of tennis shoes b/c the school wants you to have 2 pairs each:)
6. Make sure there is plenty of lunch meat snacks chips etc.......
7. Start early bed time for the younger of the kids(my favorite time):)
8. Get sports physicals
9. Make sure everyone gets enough sleep so we will keep to getting up early for school schedule
10.Set clothes out the night before.
11.Make sure everything is in the backpacks before they leave so mom doesn't get the phone call saying "I forgot...... can you bring it to school for me?"
12.Keep on the kids to get their homework done before they watch tv or play game cube or get online-the last one is a BIG one around here
13.Pray that we make it through another year without too many probelms.

wordless wednesday

monday madness

1. How many "people" pictures do you have displayed in your house? Too many to count because i love to put up pictures of my family
2. How many times a month/year do you rearrange your furniture? I like to rearrange the furniture in the living room about every 6 months or so or when i get around to it:)
3. Do you check your email every day? If so, how many times a day? Yes, i check it every day. Maybe 3-4 times a day. Yes i am addicted to the computer:)
4. How often do you generally look at a clock/watch on any given day? Am not really sure.I do know i can't go without wearing my watch.Drives me nuts if i don't have it on and don't know what time it is.
5. How do you handle telemarketer phone calls? I don't answer them. If by chance we do answer them we tell them no thank you and take us off your list.

Remodeling today

Will be gone from blogging for the weekend because we are remodeling the bathroom. Will post pictures of it when we are done. I am soooo excited to get this remodeling done. Have waited to do this for a long time. See ya on Monday. Have a great weekend.

Thursday Thirteen

13 things moms say to their kids

1. Close that door were you raised in a barn?
2. Don't cross your eyes or they will stay that way.
3. Don't put that in your mouth,you don't know where that's been.
4. Don't use that tone with me.
5. How can you have nothing to wear, your closet is full of clothes.
6. I don't care who started it, stop!
7. If i catch you doing that one more time I'll......
8. I'm going to give you to the count of three
9. I'm not your maid.
10.I'm not a taxi service
11.I don't know where your socks are it's not my day to watch them.
12.When i was your age.....
13.Remember I will always love you.

not so wordless wednesday

this is a chalk drawing. I thought it was sooo cool.I found this in an email and they said people were walking around the "hole" all day.

our little superman

Three years ago we were approached by this little man's grandma about adopting him. We had had him in my daycare since he was about 11/2 years old. We weren't sure how to take the news since our kids were in their teens and we weren't ready to raise another child.
We ended up adpoting him in August of 2003 and we have had our ups and downs with raising another child but we are,by the grace of God,making it through. I had a really hard time with the first few months having him here. I think since he took so well to dad,it made me a little jealous. I had that bonding process with the girls but not with him which made it harder to get to know him on a family level. Don't get me wrong i love the little guy,but it has taken a while to get to know him.
This fall he is going into the first grade and is very excited about it. Can't believe how fast kids grow up. We have a senior,freshman,and also an eighth grader this year. Makes me sad to see them grow up so quickly but i love to see how they have blossomed into such wonderful kids.

monday madness

1. Are you working on any big projects around your house right now?
We are suppose to be painting the house but it got put off b/c hubby had to work during vacation:(

2. If so, tell us about it; if not, do you have any plans to do so in the near future?Plan on painting asap:)

3. How do you generally pay for merchandise at your local store? Debit, credit, check, or cash?
Cash or debit sometimes checks. It depends

4. Which month of the year seems to go by the fastest?
I don't know which month goes faster but this year the summer has flown by.

5. Which day of the week seems to go by the fastest?
Saturday b/c i like to get caught up on my laundry cleaning etc. on Saturdays and it goes by too quickly.

6. Have you taken up any new hobbies lately?no. Just keeping up with the family and housework and everyone's schedule is my hobby right now:)

mom's dictionary

Mom's Dictionary

DUMBWAITER: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.
FAMILY PLANNING: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.
FEEDBACK: The inevitable result when your baby doesn't appreciate the strained carrots.
FULL NAME: What you call your child when you're mad at him.
GRANDPARENTS: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they're sure you're not raising them right.
HEARSAY: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.
IMPREGNABLE: A woman whose memory of labor is still vivid.
INDEPENDENT: How we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.
OW: The first word spoken by children with older siblings.
PUDDLE: a small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.
SHOW OFF: a child who is more talented than yours.
STERILIZE: what you do to your first baby's pacifier by boiling it and to your last baby's pacifier by blowing on it.
TOP BUNK: where you should never put a child wearing Superman pajamas.
TWO MINUTE WARNING: when the baby's face turns red and she begins to make those familiar grunting noises.
VERBAL: able to whine in words
WHODUNIT: none of the kids that live in your house...

wordless wednesday