little bit of Christmas

I have a lot of pictures I want to share on Christmas. Christmas morning the kids got up at 7:20ish, not to bad I have heard horror stories of kids getting up at 3am so, I'm glad the kids waited. I also way get a picture of the kids in front of the tree with their stockings and have taken their pictures like that since Jack as been a baby. (my mom took one of my brothers and I like that till we were out of high school.) This is the first year that Jack was in on "secret" and he helped in keeping the spirit of Christmas alive for the little ones.

Fastest 3 years ever!!!!!

Evan Turns 3!

I can't believe that my baby three! That goes so fast. Evan got up the morning of his birthday and just like his brother and sister he got a present to open and he was very excited to open.  He also got a balloon that seemed to be THE BEST THING EVER!(kids are so easy to please) We let the kids alway pick their birthday dinner and cake so, Evan said he wanted BBQ he loves him some BBQ and mac n cheese. Right now Evan is into anything that the older ones are into. So, Georgia's favorite show is Peppa Pig and so is Evan's. Evan said he wanted a George cake from Peppa Pig.  It turned out great! We had just had Grandma's and Grandpa's over for dinner and cake and ice cream. Evan opened his gifts but, the gift of the night was his own Beyblade set! Normally a 3 year old would not want or even know what Beyblade is, but when you have a nine year old brother and watch him and all his friends play it's the COOLEST GIFT EVER! This also helps in keeping the baby from taking Jack's Beyblades out of his room. Now Evan can battle his big brother! He is so happy!

Tooth Fairy TIme!!!!

As a parent there are times you want to pull your hair out and lock yourself in the bathroom (with booze and pills) But, there are times like loosing a tooth and all the excitement of the tooth fairy or Santa or The Elf on the self that make my job fun and worth every crappy whiney, tattle telling, my house is a mess, stop biting your brother moments I have to deal with as a mom!!! Georgia lost her first tooth and she is so excited. I think she feels like she just got into the big kid club. The tooth fairy brings two gold dollar coins under their pillow. ( inflation from my day for sure ) She was so excited that the tooth fair came. We heard her get up and look under her pillow. We heard the coins hit the ground on her floor. We then heard her go to the kitchen and get a flashlight and look under her bed for the coins. LOL! She is so funny. We then hear her run downstairs to Jack to show him what she got!! So cool.

A little late but.....

I know we are all thinking about Turkey and dare I say it, Christmas and all the shopping and parties that go with.  But I forgot Halloween!! Although I would like to forget it.  It's not that it was bad, but the weather just raining and cold and windy. As a parent all I wanted to do was march the kids to Meijer and just let them pick out all the half priced candy they wanted if they would just not go trick or treating but that wasn't going to happen. We went to Brent and Krissy's house like we do every year and all the cousins were there. I wish I had a group picture but my camera decided go missing and when all the kids were done posing I found my camera. So, the kids had fun and I don't even think the noticed the rain, wind and cold. Hopefully next year things will be better.

Our little Pumpkins

Miller/Barr annual pumpkin patch trip! It was a bit colder than normal but I don't think the kids even cared. We went to the same place we do every year over my Mom and Mikes house and had a blast! Afterward we went back to Grandma's house and had chili dogs and snacks. When we got back home we carved pumpkins and did roasted seeds ( yum)

She's Crafty

I have been busy on Pinterest  and this week I have done four ideas that I have been wanting to do. I'll post all of them when they are done because some of them are in various stages of done. But I did complete the homemade laundry soap and I'll have admit that I like it so far and it's going to save money ( not that laundry soap is kill me every little bit helps ) 

                                                     1 1/2 cup washing soda
                                                          1 1/2 cup Borax
                                                   one bar of Zote shredded

Shred the Zote

                           Add Soda and Borax and then blend so it's a fine powder

When done I put in a jar. I only use 2 Tablespoons per load and it works great. I'm thinking about doing this as little gifts for people this Christmas and attaching the recipe and a little scooper with a ribbon to the jar.  Will see

 

Hip, Hip Hooray! First School Day 2012

Jack and Georgia began there first day of school 2012 on September 4 the day after labor day. As fun as summer was I'm so glad that it's time to get back to it. Georgia is starting kindergarden this year and it's the first time that the State has required that they go all day. ( anything for the mighty buck) At First Georgia was excited and ready to go but, by Wed. night she had a complete melt down. Georgia thinks that school take to long to get back to me ( bless her heart I was almost in tears when she said that) Her teacher tells me that she is not the only one that is lost by 2 pm. She said that by Wed. afternoon she had seven kids that were crying. I think that all day is a long day for a five year old. I would like thank governor Snyder for my 5 year olds nightly melt downs all for the almighty dollars.

Jack is in the fourth grade this year and this is the last year he will be at West it's very sad. His teacher is Mrs. Armstrong and she is also my first cousin so, that is really nice to have a teacher that I know really well and I'm not afraid to ask questions and tell her what I think of thing. ( Please, when has that ever stopped me )

Don't Judge a book by it's Movie!

I watched all the hype around The Hunger Games this spring when it came to the movies. I thought that this kinda movie and book was not my thing, not my flavor of book. So, I didn't watch the movie and figured I would read the book and if I could make it through the book I would watch the movie. I have admit I ate these books up! I couldn't put them down and it took me about 10 day to read the series. Tomorrow the movies comes out on video and I really want to see it. I just know that because I'm so fresh off the books the movie is going to suck. They couldn't get the Twilight movies right  and I'm still pissed so, now I'm so afraid that the The Hunger games will be the same. But, I'm a sucker and I can't get these books out of my head so, I'll be renting it tomorrow night and will see.......

9 Years Old!!! Blows my mind!

Jack turned 9 years old on Friday! Nine just seems so old. We went to see BRAVE at the movies and went swimming at aunt Julies house. We got back home and Jack got to choose what was for dinner and he chose Pizza Hut meat lovers pizza (yuck) but he loved it. After pizza he opened presents (he's way into LRGOS right now) we an awesome cake ( thank you Pinterest) and ice cream.