Mom, can we get one of these?

After spending a week in the hospital, Kris' new baby, Macey, came home from the hospital on New Year's Eve. I finally got the chance to go see her today. I was planning on spending a few hours there while Jake and Kyson were both in school. When I got to Kris' house, she was giving Macey a bath and I was eagerly waiting with open arms to hold her. Before I got the chance, my cell phone rang. It was Jake's teacher letting me know that Jake had pooped his pants. I was mortified and very upset that I had to leave. When I got to Jake's school he told me it wasn't his fault. His teacher said he thought he was "tooting" but apparently it was poop. It was diarrhea all down his leg and into his shoe! So, I took him home and gave him a bath. By the time I got back to Kris', I only had 1/2 hour till Kyson was out. When it was time to go get Kyson, I really didn't want to leave so I called Dale and asked him to go pick up Kyson (it's just across the street). A few minutes later he called me to inform me that Kyson had peed his pants at school. Apparently the mother who was in charge decided to just put Kyson in some of her son's clothes and washed Kyson's. I was so embarassed! Anyway, before we went home Jake wanted to hold Macey. He loved her! He just kept putting his cheek next to hers and didn't want to give her back to me. I asked him if we should take her home with us. He said no because it was Kris' baby but asked me if we could go buy one for us. I asked him where and he said "Wal-mart". If only it was that easy!

Fun times at Burger King!

My sister, Lisa, and I went to Burger King with our 2 little kids for lunch today. We were having a nice lunch. I was showing Lisa my scentsy candles so that she could decide which one she wanted to give her friend for Christmas. Needless to say, I wasn't paying enough attention to my little Kyson (age 3). I looked up at him and he had his Ketchup container smashed to the side of his face. It was one of those little cups that if you pull all around the sides they come out to form a flat circle...just perfect to stick to the side of his face! I started laughing and then really laughed hard when I pulled it off and it looked like he had been in a terrible car accident or something. I think the people in Burger King got a kick out of it. His older brother, Jake, didn't like it very much and kept telling me to wipe it off. It took several napkins to get it all off. He's going to need a bath for sure because his whole head smells like Ketchup!

Jadon & Kierra are in their school choir called Harmony. This year the choir was invited to sing Christmas songs for a Toys for Tots concert. That concert ended up getting cancelled and the kids were really bummed about it. Luckily, the director made arrangements for them to perform at other places. This picture was taken at Macey's one crazy Saturday afternoon. They crammed all the kids into a little corner and had them sing 4 Christmas songs. The songs were actually really pretty and it was fun that they got to sing about Jesus. There were a lot of unhappy people there that day because it was hard for shoppers to get in and out of the store with the choir kids in the way but I was in a great mood because of the songs and I always love to watch me kids perform!

What great Friends!

A little over a year ago my dear friend, Amy Bailey, invited me to join a "ROOK CLUB" that she started with her sisters. We get together every month at someone's house and have dinner and play ROOK...well sometimes we actually take the cards out of the box. At Christmas time we go out to dinner together. This year we went to Outback Steakhouse. It was so yummy, especially the cheese fries! We had such a good time together. After dinner we went to Target and Toys R Us to do some Christmas shopping. We had lots of fun. I haven't laughed that hard in a really long time! I have really come to cherish the friendship I have with these ladies and look forward to Club night every month!

Trust your KIDS!

Trust your kids to always tell you how it is. I was having a shower and Jake burst into the bathroom because he had to poop. I didn't want to damage him by letting him watch me have a shower but I didn't have much of a choice since he was already on the toilet taking care of business. So I turned around. I figured the back view wouldn't be as bad as the front. All of a sudden he yelled "YIKES...your bum is looking at me. It's wiggly mom." What a way to start your day!

Tonight Jadon and Kierra had their annual Harmony performance. The Theme was "We Rememeber America". It was awesome! This was the 3rd time I had seen it because I went to the performances at the school. I could watch it over and over. The songs were so neat and they had a slide show of some very neat pictures from American History playing on the wall while they sang. It brought tears to my eyes every time I watched it. There aren't many things neater than when you take songs about our great country and have your children sing them!

Kierra the Party Girl!

My daughter, Kierra (8), is turning into quite the little party girl! She is currently been off track and has kept herself busy. She and her cousin, Kamry, have decided to start their own school. They have signed up about 8 kids in the neighborhood to come to their school. They are going to teach Math, Science, Art and Gymnastics. I'm not sure how she is going to teach gymnastics since she's never taken gymnastics. I'm sure she'll figure it out. So she went around the neighborhood and told the kids that if they wanted to come to her school, she had to have their parent's signature. On the form that the parents signed, it said "Kierra's mom will be there and she is nice." Kierra arranged for the kids to come to our house every Thursday. Since Halloween was coming up, her first class was, of coarse, a Halloween Party. I found this out AFTER she had given everyone their invitations. Well she has better luck than me with parties. EVERYONE she invited showed up with their treat to share with all the kids. I had already planned to do some wallpapering in Jaxon's room with my mom that day so I told her that I couldn't help her very much. She told me that she had it all planned and didn't need any help. She did a great job! She had a lot of outside games planned, including a get to know you game. The house actually wasn't that messy, except for all the fun dips that a parent thought would be fun to send for everyone...blue sugar all over the floor! I told Kierra that it's fun to have a party but part of having a party was cleaning up. So she and Kamry sweapt up all the blue sugar. I was very impressed with the little party animal!