It is that time of year!

They are having a blast! Cindy Lou, The Grinch and Rudolph! This was all for the local Christmas parade a few weeks ago. The oldest and youngest were in the Parade for their dance company. I am still not sure how the middle child wormed his way into a costume and onto a float!

All of the children are looking forward to all that is going on. The parties, pageants, etc. They are also looking forward to a Christmas tree. Knowing there Grinch of a mother we will be lucky to have it up before Christmas Eve. Working on that one.

Now as for the rest of this weekend we will be participating in (at least two of us) in The Dancing Grinch That Stole Christmas and talking about going to get the Christmas tree that just never seems to get done.

Hope everyone is enjoying this time of year and the season.

It's been a while.

What can I say? Not much, very busy few weeks in this household. One day in the distant future things may settle down to something similar to a routine with some spare time in it. What a dream.

All the children have made it through their first two weeks and at least 1/3 of them is happy with the school year. The school has helped me out by giving all three of them teachers with names beginning with the letter B. Wonder how they will all react to the letters to school that begin with Dear Mrs. B. This will be fun keeping them all straight.

I would love to share pictures of everyone's first day of school. Especially since it was Tater's first day of Pre-school. However, when you do not realize the settings on the camera have been changed by said Pre-schooler and don't actually look at the images until you get home; you can't. I have 25 plus images that are wonderful shade of grainy black. I am sure I will appreciate them later. But such is life.

Lot's of other exciting things going on with all of the children that I hope to share soon. Time allowing. Completing a few projects for them as well that will be shared. Mostly for George at the moment since she is the one involved in so much right now. Trying to complete a costume for a production of The Wizard of Oz that she will perform in next weekend. So looking forward to this performance.

Hope everyone is have a wonderful time doing whatever you are doing!

Back to school!

It is getting very close to that time of year again. We are two weeks away from the first day of school. There is still quite a bit to do before everyone is ready. But each little thing that gets accomplished just builds on the level of excitement for the three young ones in the household.

The oldest is getting a little nervous about this year. She finally got around to thinking about the extra work load that she would have this year along with her extracurricular activities. However, as the days pass she is becoming more and more confident that she can accomplish everything that will be put in front of her. She is also very excited to be able to see all of her friends again.

The middle child is excited to go back just for a change in scenery. Summer apparently is not all that fun if you do the same think over and over. He too is excited to see all of his friends, meet his new teacher and see what this year will hold.

Last but not least the youngest child in this family is just plain excited. Everything will be new to him this year. This will be his first time in a big school. The first time he will attend school with his siblings. I hope the school is prepared for what is headed their way.

All in all we are very excited about the upcoming school year. All of us for different reasons can not quite wait for the school year to begin.

Hoping that all three of these wonderful children have a wonderful school year!

I Bet You Can't!

I have been shamelessly eavesdropping on my oldest two children. Today's topic of conversation started with betting that one could not live with some electronic device or another for a week or more. This went back and forth for quite sometime.

When they finally got serious. The oldest one says "I bet you can't be nice to me for a whole week." The response I heard was "I probably can but let's start with just a day." So of course I have to throw my two cents in here. If one of them is going to do this I think they both should. (I give this a ten second life span) So back to negotiating they go. It is finally decided that they both have to go one full day without being mean to each other.

The girl has decided she will just lock herself in her room that should keep her out of trouble. The boy has decided he will win because he will nicely pester her to death. Last statement on the subject from the boy is "We need to start tomorrow. I can't do this today it is going to be to hard!"

Maybe by this weekend I can post about one peaceful day!

Happy 3rd of July!

What a wonderful day! We started our morning with some really wonderful weather and a stop for doughnuts.

Then off to the parade. I can honestly say I do believe Tater will make a great politician one day. We had lunch and came back home to rest so we would be able to make it to the fireworks later in the night.

After a nap or two we made our way to the fireworks. Enjoyed our picnic and the sights.

Wordless Wednesday

Time Flies when you are having fun.

Wow! Where did it all go? The time? Yesterday George was only this big. With huge blue eyes that had yet to see much of the world.

Now in less than one months time she will turn 9 years old. What happened? She is truly becoming her own unique young lady. I am blessed on a daily basis by her presence and charm. I could not imagine how dull life would be without her.

What a precious child and my absolute favorite first born child of all time! I don't know what I would do without her. Not sure what to do with her some days but laughter is to be had if she is involved. Of that there is no doubt.

I am Truly Blessed to be this young lady's mom and can not wait to see what the next year has in store for us.

Now if we can just get her brothers treat her as the Princess she knows she is life would be so much quieter.

I LOVE YOU!

Butter

Walking my oldest two into school this morning and having a normal conversation about paying attention to the teachers, keeping our hands to ourselves, not talking out of turn, not running in the halls, leaving all contraband items in my care or in the car, etc. This list could go on forever! This is why we park at the far end of the parking lot as far from the school as possible so we can cover all topics before actually making it to any ones class room. We are to the sidewalk in front of the building walking behind the teachers and administrators that are out to help get the car riders safely into the building. When my daughter decides to announce at the top of her lungs "Well butter my butt and call me Biscuit!", Uhm WHAT?!

Please take into account that she also has a very south Georgia accent that I am not quite sure where she acquired it. None the less, I then turn to my son who has been in trouble for most of his elementary school career and tell him in no uncertain terms I do not ever want to hear you repeat that. Today of all days I do not want a phone call, a note, an e-mail or any other correspondence from your teacher and/or the principal, understood? "Yes Ma'am"

This is when he drops about two steps behind me and in his most conspiratorial whisper which is heard by the same administrators and teachers "Hey that means your a butter butt!"

NICE!!!!!!

Now that I am safely ensconced in my car with none of my offspring around I am laughing so hard I am not sure that I will make it back home.

Where does this stuff come from?