My Mothers Day Poem

Rici wrote this in my Mothers Day card:

How do you find the energy,
To do all the things you did,
To be the teacher, nurse, and counselor
in the year I was your kid

How did you do it all,
Be a chauffeur, cook, and friend,
Yet find time to be a playmate,
I just can't comprehend.

I see now it was love and greatness,
That made you help whenever I'd call,
Your inexhaustible greatness
And I thank you for it all.

Wish me luck....

Yep, yoo hoo, me and the kiddos head out tomorrow to see Auntie Lee and the Hopster. The kids have not met him. Casey-very excited. Connor-wanting to know if Hopper is old enough to play Call of Duty on playstation yet. Out to be fun, especially since we're gonna hit Schlitterbahn all day Saturday! Now, off to pack and find that damned swimsuit that makes me look 10 lbs lighter! HAHAHA!

Wassup?

Wow, I have gotten really lazy posting!! What's up with anyone left that still reads this? Of course we are winding down the school year and gearing up for hopefully a fun summer. I hope I haven't planned too much for the kids. Connor and I are going to the Indy 500 this weekend. Then they have one more week(or half week) left of school. Then we hopefully head out to Austin to see the Hopster the first weekend of June. The kids have their usual week of Camp Winnamocka in June also. Connor has managed to get invited to Branson again this year with his cousin. Sometime in July we hope to hang out and drink cold beverages by the pool before I throw the kids in the car and give Christian a real taste of handling the kids for a few days in Atlanta (Christian, Did I mention I may just drop them off?) hehe. But no summer would be complete if we didn't head down to the beach for some crab-stomping, which is in order for the end of July. Somewhere in the middle of all this Casey is doing swimteam again this year, and she's trying out for classic soccer. If she makes it (big IF) then I have no idea how we're going to do all this. Classic is pretty intense and goes almost all year round. So what's going on with everyone else?

A kid funny

Okay, my kids say hysterical shit all the time. They crack me up. But other people's children don't. I'm sorry, they just usually aren't near as cute or funny as the Mom thinks. I'm sure mine aren't as funny to other people either. Anyway, my friend Donna has the cutest freakin' kids in the world. She told me this story this morning and I chuckle every time I repeat it.
Her sister walks in and hasn't seen her 4 year old in a while and says: "Gunnar!! You've grown a foot since I last saw you!"
Gunnar: Visibly upset and looks around and says "Where? Where?"
(OMG- the kid actually thought a foot grew out of him somewhere and he couldn't see it!)

Weekend plans

We're headed in for another fun filled weekend of kid activities. What are you doing? We hope to squeeze the Fair in sometime between Casey's camping trip, Connor's birthday party and then Cotillion, and the air show that Blake is taking his buggy to. And sometime in there I hope to squeeze in working out and cleaning up this place. Casey will be 9 on Monday (wow) and we have her party next week as well. I'm just glad she has no soccer practice or game this weekend (we needed a break from getting our butts stomped). Have a great weekend!

Just when I thought it was over

I have missed certain things about having 'little' kids. Like hours in the park, kiddie pools that didn't require cleaning or funny little kid movies that I didn't have to explain some of the language or why grandpa was laying on the babysitter. Then there are the things I'm very happy to have been done with. Chuck E Cheese for one. But now there's Playtime Pizza. It's Chuck E Cheese on steroids or even better...crack. It's hell on earth is what it is and yes it costs a freakin' fortune. They don't tell you on the website or when you get there that it is required to buy the buffet to enter. So basically there's an entry fee, $9 adults and $7 for kids under 11. And then you have to put money on a card that looks like an ATM card for them to run around and spend in ten minutes. The kids love it. Fun. Lots of fun......just wait Stinkydog. Your time is coming!!

It's been a crazy day getting the kids registered for camp this morning. Yeah, I said crazy because it took almost 2 hours since the computers were so slow from everyone else in the country trying to get in there too. I guess it's worth it if your going to the neatest place on earth!

Weekend Update

So Casey kicked some a@* as goalie this weekend. She did great, I wish I could say the same for the rest of the team. The other girls played like they had lead in their shoes and were scared of the other team. They were a head taller than us. I can honestly say our first game is never our best. I put a picture of her after the game in the goalie jersey. The score was either 8 v 5 or 8 v 6, only two went by Casey. The rest went by the other goalie. Oh well.

Next Connor geared up for Cotillion by learning to tie his own tie. Picture is too cute! Next he went with the other Holy Souls boys and we got a great shot of them lined up in the front yard. Connor is the first one the left.

Weekend plans?

Whatcha doin this weekend? Oh, me? Hopefully sitting around on my lazy ass doing nothing. But sadly I know that's not the case. We're already starting out tonight with going to a surprise party for one of Connor's classmates. Get this. Hummer Limo for 2 hours for 15 kids ages 11 and 12. I got better shit to do with my money, but I'm sure the kids will love it. Then Casey has her first soccer game in the morning. She's been groomed for goalie. Cross your fingers, I just think her foot action is too good not to be on the field. Then we have another party tomorrow afternoon for Casey's friend. And sometime tomorrow I need to get Connor's shoes because tomorrow night is the first night of Cotillion!!!!! EEeeee! I can't wait to see him dressed up and wish I could be a fly on the wall the first time he has to dance with a girl!! Come Sunday I'm hoping the laundry fairy will come and do the 15 loads that are needing to be done. And surely the stick fairy will come and gather the 19 million sticks that are in my yard after the last two days of high winds and storms. If they don't I'll be forced to get off my lazy ass and do it.

Weekend Plans?

What's up with you this weekend? We're kinda busy, but not really going anywhere. Tomorrow is hangout and cleanup day. We're havin' my 'Old school swim party' as Fishdog is calling it here on Sunday. Then my niece turns 6 next week so we're having her birthday party here on Monday. Have a good one!!

Wilson

Okay, it wasn't Stinkydog's picture of this little cutie that got me hooked. It might have been this one or the fact that he looks a lot like Georgia. He's a doll, a little fat, but we can fix that. He loves Coco and just went for his first walk down the street with the kids and I to see how he would fair on a leash. He did well, shedding the extra pounds shouldn't be difficult. He ate all his dinner and so far hasn't taken a shit in the house. What a good boy Wilson!!!!

Phelps Phan

Mel had a good point over at fictionistas today. I agree, but when Casey came downstairs decorated like this we just had to watch our man pull in the gold for the USA! I do not agree with the Chinese government on a lot of things but we have chosen to watch our team and cheer them on.

Beach recap

Beach recap:

Day one- overcast but all day in the ocean we go. Kids had fun.

Day two- more sunny but the jellyfish came out of nowhere, we counted around 49 or so.

Day three- Connor meets 2 chicks that have a crush on him, we took them crabhunting with us.

Day four-day at the beach watching 2 chicks coo over Connor all day. Heh.

Day five- Chicks have to go home (thank God). Back to being by ourselves. Great day hunting shells.

Day six-last day, kids restless and sick of each other. Dolphin ride. pack up to leave in the morning.

Actually...

It wasn't all bad last week.

100

Brace yourself Stinkydog. This post is #100 for me! Woo hoo! I know it's not very exciting since Lee just recently celebrated 1000. BUT I have a lot to do. A lotta nothin'. Ha. Actually, I have nothing to post today. The kids and I survived last week in Branson, barely. I will spare you the details because my voice escalates and I begin to shake as I describe what we had to go through. I will simply say that I will never take part in any trip or event that requires me to be around anyone else's children, but my own, for more than 24hours. It's just safer that way. You know so you keep your own sanity and all. Not all kids are bad though, I took my niece to Austin last year and she was very helpful and actually fun, once she talked. It's funny how we don't really know our own families until we get stuck in a car for 8 hours with them or are forced to stay in a room with them for 3 days. As much as I love my family I am happy that we are going to the beach next week, alone. I can't wait too, it's been 3 years since we went to the beach. I need a good book to read while I'm there. Any suggestions?

cough hack sneeze wheeze

That's the sounds around house today. Casey has rubbed her eyes for a week now, I don't know if she has any eyelashes left. Connor coughed so much yesterday he barfed all night. I have sneezed today to the point my nose is raw. And please don't ask if we've taken anything. We have kept Zyrtec and Claritin top of the stock market this week! Ughhhh!!! Please let the rain wash it all away! Cough hack sneeze wheeze.

Oh yes we did!

Oh yeah, we did it. Got the kids picture made in one of those 'old time' settings. Casey had to have this picture. She was on a mission to get one of herself while we were there and Connor joined her at the last minute. Branson was fun. Definitely more fun for the kids, but overall not bad for us either. We hit the Branson landing, which is much nicer shopping than what they have had in the past. The Dixie Stampede was a hoot. Great show. The Titanic museum was awesome. I had my doubts going in but it was great. I have the movie from several years ago and have always be intrigued by the whole event. The kids loved it too. We moved on to outlet mall shopping and searching for a place to take this photo (not hard in Branson, only about 50 of 'em!). We even found a place that looked like a winery, but wasn't. We didn't mind taking the tour and drinking their wine though! Then we went to the butterfly palace, despite our ticket mishap (Major event scheduled there and public not invited) we ended up going back to be a little disappointed. The staff was extremely rude and the butterflies pooped out by late afternoon and didn't do much. Then last night we did the Branson Belle Riverboat. Okay show to start (knock off Broadway show), the food was good. But then the best was Todd Oliver, the ventriloquist that made his dogs talk. We laughed our asses off. That was it. Three days if fun filled action branson style! Now I need to rest. Whew!

The pimpin' snowman

This was the final result after all our hard work this morning. The 'pimpin snowman'! We were going to do a bikini babe but Connor got embarrassed when I put the boobs on it. Why not? What else was going to hold the bikini top on? The kids played outside yesterday until they were practically frost bitten. This morning we rushed out to make our snowman before it all melted. I believe right now all the kids in the hood are out there throwing the remains of our pimpin snowman at each other. Playing some sort of baseball with snowballs. When we were finishing the pimp Coco ran out in the street and got hit by a car. I took him to the vet and he's okay, just pinched a few toenails off and some swelling. The doc said to have him rest and give an anti-inflammatory for a few days.

Happy Friday

I know everyone has busy schedules but I'm sick of mine. Another weekend with two birthday parties, two basketball games, squeezing in a workout or two, having Casey's y-princess meeting here sunday (and coming up with a craft before then), laundry, and trying to get something productive around this house is about to get on my nerves. What do you have planned? Happy friday.
Oh, my older sibling needs to blog more.

V-Day '08

It started at 6:00 a.m. recieveing a text from a friend in El Dorado, Ar. saying 'happy vd!'. Yeah, same to ya buddy, but not at 6:00 a.m.! Then Connor hugged me (gasp) at breakfast and said I was his valentine (I better be the only one). Awwww. Blake and I exchanged our usual card and coffee mug, me being the recipient this year. And off to work. I was very surprised no one told me happy 'heart' day like they always do thinking it's cute because I work in cardiovascular areas. It's not cute so I was glad. I had clinic today, which I hate, and my sweety knows this so I got flowers. Pretty ones, no roses. Pretty tulips and Iris thingy's. This meant a lot because Blake is the type to be thirty minutes late getting home the day of the occasion because he is one of those guys in line at hallmark getting alast minute card that's seal isn't even dry by the time he gives it to me. He thought ahead and I loved it. I guess he needed to since he's in Shreveport today and we won't get to see each other until tomorrow night. Oh well, happy valentines day everyone!