In case he reads this blog........

Should I be concerned??????????

My eldest child has taken a sudden interest in this book. I'm afraid he's learning how to tie me up and hoist me out to the tree house he's learned to erect by hand, all the while using morse code to contact pirates to sell me to....................... Let this information be used in court should I turn up missing anytime before Christmas.

Chefs in a Christmas Musical??????

Now you've seen it all! Four chefs instead of the 3 wisemen. Our preschool choir at church had it's Christmas program but it was really more of a Thanksgiving theme. Cade was proud to be nominated as a Chef making a "thank you meal" and sang a song by the same name as a quartet. Also, now that I mention it, the quartet was also 3/4 the same name: Cade, Cade, Cade, and Kodey. I know. Who'dathunkit?? Grant did surprisingly well. He was very excited and sang all of his songs. He did lean down several times and ask me if it was almost over. His attention span was waning but he hung in there for the piece of chocolate I had promised him.
This is Cade's stage debut. I was very proud of the way he sang. I'm sure this is the very same way Justin Timberlake started out....................

Christgiving Extravaganza

We had the whole kit and kaboodle at our house to celebrate the holidays. Over the years our family has really multiplied! Present this time were 13 kids. The oldest are both 7 ( I think). Talk about a mad house!! We managed to snap a photo of the crew. Believe it or not, the house was still standing when everyone left. The craziest part is that there are for sure 3 more kids being added to the group. Look out Christgiving 2009 (I'm hoping :) cross your fingers that there will be another little brown skinned, brown eyed girl sitting on that couch that year!!)

Because I thought it was funny......

Please take a look at what I made the children do. I really do have meaningful things I could spend my time on but sometimes you just need a good chuckle.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1112918964


Just click the link!

Good Ol' Saint Nick.........

Today was the annual trip to the mall to visit Mr. Clause. I did not dress the children up in Christmas costumes because any time I have ever tried that it has backfired on me. Instead, we went "as is" which in turn meant that no one dropped ketchup on themselves while eating at Chick-fil-a and they all left just as clean as they came in. Rhett, however, even though it's not so noticeable in the picture, left the food court with a massive static cling fro from where he insisted on rubbing the top of his head on the booth seat we were sitting in. Why? Why would he want to do that?? I'm still not sure, but as I stated in an earlier post: "Oh me. To be 2 years old....". Rhett did not want to see Santa when it came right down to it. Although, the whole trip there he was as excited as could be. When he saw him he said, "Dat is weerie, weerie scarey." But he decided to go only if Cade would be by him. Rhett asked Santa for a "Spirit" which is referring to a horse in his favorite movie also by the same name. Cade asked for Star Wars and Transformers. And Grant, army men and army stuff. All I've got to say is, "Better watch out. Better not cry. Better be good. I'm telling you why!"

Turkey and Trees!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We had lots of friends and family over and had a big feast. We were thankful for Chris's family that got to come and spend some time with us. I always love having a houseful of people. I am officially a bit tired of turkey sandwiches which would shock those of you who know me well. I have eaten a turkey sandwich for lunch for 98% of my lunches since 1989. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating. Once Thanksgiving comes to a close I give the go-ahead to start decorating for Christmas. Last year I gave the boys all their own tree to decorate. I figured a ghetto Christmas tree is okay if it is hidden in a bedroom. Anything to keep it out of my living room. Cade wanted to pick out a new ornament for his tree and this is what he left Lowe's with. My little patriot.
Grant was the most excited to be decorating his tree. He left Lowe's with a really annoying Santa ornament that you can see hanging from the bottom of the tree. The best part of all of it is he's been attaching it to his beltloop so he can experience the santa's singing without delay.... I'm so happy about it.

This was Rhett's first year to decorate his tree. His is the second-most ghetto (Grant's took the prize) as he wanted to put his own garland on..............all in one spot on the same side. Whatever. It's not my tree.
I could not, however, convince him that the little sucker ornament was NOT real. He tried to eat it at least 4 times. You would have thought that he would've starting trusting me after the second time at least! Oh me. To be 2 years old!! Tis the season! It will be here before we know it!