10-28-15 Late Night

It's 10 pm and I just got my final kid to sleep. I had a mops steering team meeting this evening so I put my kids in awanas just for tonight and afterwards I was quickly reminded why I chose not to keep them in the Wednesday night programs. It's just way too late for my little ones.

Hopefully one day soon they will be up for it but we just aren't there yet, especially Big E. He was super fussy when I got him from his class and stayed that way till he passed out in his bed while C was brushing her teeth!

With the boys asleep I took s few minutes to start C's tangram book. She was surprisingly engaged in it. She wanted to know if China was very far away and was amazed to learn that it was further than both Arkansas and Ohio. She was also curious as to if the Tang Dynasty ever made it to Florida! Ha!

She learned some new words like 'Dynasty,' 'overlap,' and 'parallelogram.'

It was nice to get a few quiet moments with her this evening!


This fellow crawled in my bed this morning. Such a sweetheart!


Passed out this evening! Long day for my big guy!


Ha-ha! This one totally looks like a selfie!

10-27-15 Library Day

I think I've mentioned before that C loves library day. Loves it. In fact I think the library is her favorite part of school. So naturally she was excited when I told her that today was library day. I always look forward to seeing what she brings home. Well today's choice is awesome.

Yup... Tangram Puzzles. Describing and comparing attributes of plane geometric shapes.

Just a little light reading before bed.

10-26-15 Hat Day

Baby E was screaming this evening and when Tim entered the room and asked what was going on C said she accidentally hugged him. 

10-26-15 Pumpkin Patch Photos

10-25-15 A mom's dilemma & Baby E gets a toy

This afternoon I decided to make brownies with the kids. Tim was taking a nap, trying to sleep off his cold, so I thought it would be a quiet activity that would keep them engaged. I left them at the table to stir the mix as I was cleaning up the kitchen. 

C- Will getting pretzels in them hurt them? 

Me- Um, why do you ask?

C- Because I'm chewing and I accidentally spit some pretzel crumbs in it. 

Ugh! I briefly thought about just tossing the whole batch, but quickly scratched that idea when I realized how upset the kids would be, so I let them finish stirring and then I put them in the oven. 

In comes the dilemma. It's 10:00 at night, my children are in bed, and I am craving a brownie!! What's a mom to do?!? After all, five plus years of motherhood have stripped my brain of that filter that used to keep me from doing a great many gross things. For goodness sakes, I've picked boogers out of someone else's nose. I've kissed dirty feet that have gotten scraped up. I've wiped bums and cleaned up vomit. I've cuddled with children covered in a variety of bodily fluids. I've licked used spoons, eaten the last few bits of someone else's decimated dinner, and I've smelled baby butts to see if that odor is coming from my kid! So really, a few pre-chewed preztels covered in cooked brownie and sprinkled with peanut butter chips really doesn't sound that bad!! 

Ha! 

In other news... 

I still can't believe that Baby E is turning one in less than two weeks! He is starting to make so much progress with his motor skills. He is crawling like a champ now and he really wants to walk. He keeps forgetting that he doesn't know how and has face planted more than once. 

He has this bizarre habit of banging his head on things on purpose! Nothing makes him happier than sitting with his back to a door, or a wall, or a cabinet and rocking back and forth tapping his head against the hard surface. 

This evening he was playing with a new toy that Ms. Rebecca and Mr. David got him when they were on vacation. He got so excited when I place it in front of him. He got this massive smile and started 'talking' to it immediately. 

I love his cheeks. So adorable!