This is what it looks like.......

To be officially 4!! Grant picked this shirt out at Target and insisted that he get it to wear on his birthday.

We celebrated his birthday at the Jump Zone along with a request for an army man cake. This will be the second time an army man cake has made an appearance at a Morgan boy birthday and it probably won't be the last. Grant had tons of fun sliding and jumping and running with his buds.
The adults even got their fun on! This is Trac just before she blew Chris away on the obstacle course. Can't you see where Grant gets his mischief? And, just kidding, Chris. I know it was defeat by a narrow margin.
Grant got a Webkin from his cousins and it has been a permanant fixture on him ever since. He doesn't even know that you can do things on the computer with it yet. We haven't gotten that far. He named him "Sherman" and he has been everywhere from Lowes to Publix and to school today as his sleeping buddy.Both Cade and Rhett had a blast celebrating Grant's birthday, too. Being that every family in Spring Hill has a mandatory 2-3 plus kids, there are always enough playmates for everyone. No matter the age!
Here is the crew at the end of the party. I know this is a boy party but come on! We've got to get more girl power in this group! Happy Birthday, Grant! Hope you had fun!

And Reality Hits

My boy is growing up. It wasn't so long ago that he stated that he is a man and should therefore use the men's bathroom because he noticed he had hair on his arms. Then today, this short conversation. But first, a little background: Today is the 100th day of class for Kindergarteners. They were all suppose to dress as though they were 100 years old. I jokingly said that I should put Cade in a 3 piece suit and arrange a box around him because most of the people I know are dead and in a coffin at 100. I know there are those few people that Smucker's takes pictures of on the Today Show but other than that.......... Anyway, picture him in hiked up dress pants, white button up and a bow tie. He refused to wear the beard I bought and would not let me make his hair look grey. Right now you are probably picturing Steve Urkle because that's exactly who he looked like only white. He had to wear a belt to keep his pants hiked up so high and I said

" Cade, are you going to be able to go potty with that belt on?"

" I don't say that anymore, Mom."

"Say what?"

" Potty. That's SOOO Pre-K. It's 'use the restroom' ".


So Pre-K?????? I just cracked up. I mean, I've heard "that's so nineteen eighties" or whatever but I had no idea about this whole "so pre-k" thing. I guess from now on I'm going to have to get used to being "mom" instead of "mommy" and using more grown up words in conversing with my five and a half year old. Actually, I'm going to pull this one out and use it to my advantage the next time he cries over having to take a bath at night............ "Seriously. That is so Pre-K. Get in the tub."

Jambo Day! WaaHOO!

Rhett and Grant have been waiting for this day for the entire school year: Pajama Day. Cade has had 2 to their zero and they were getting torn up about it. Today Mother's Day Out came through for them and they were thoroughly excited about it. Shout out to T and C for the cool Batman pj's that got to make a public appearance. Capes and all went to school and luckily all returned home with them as well.

They were SO happy about being batman's today that we had a moment of LOVE at the Morgan's. Rare occassion here, folks. Take a picture while it lasts..............

Yet another use for........

Toothpaste. Who knew you could paint a sink bowl using a brandnew tube of Crest and your toothbrush? This is the aftermath.
This is the in-denial culprit. Who, in spite of the blue sleeves and being at the crime scene, stated that he did NOT in fact do it. Then he decided to fess up and make cute of it. The fact that I ran to get my camera and between snaps gave him the "angry mommy" face didn't help much either. This is the one to watch these days. I never know what I'll find him in. In fact, it wasn't even me who discovered him this time. I was trying to be good host to a superbowl party here and my friend happened upon the mess. There's no telling how far it would have gone had she not caught him!!
Bright side? The bathroom had a nice, clean, minty smell for a couple hours.

Snow Day??..............Maybe?

Frankly we're all rather perplexed. School was called off today after a teaser of a 2 hour delay. We're assumming it's due to weather.........the only problem is that there is none. I always thought that a prerequisite for a "snow day" was, well, snow. Seems logical. I guess the school board doesn't feed into that same school of thought. So today we have enjoyed our "cold day" off of school doing things such as organizing our playroom, having an indoor picnic with all the premade lunches I spent time making this morning to send to school with my children, and whining and hitting each other a lot..........the kids hitting one another, not me hitting the children :) As for now, it is mandatory quiet time at the Morgan's and I'm soaking in the silence trying not to ponder the many errands I had planned for today that took a backseat when it became "too cool for school".........

Not so Update Update....

I finally got to talk with our case manager yesterday regarding our dossier (adoption paperwork in El Salvador for all you non-lingo-ers). I have been waiting for forever to hear from her but as I knew from the get-go, communication with her is quite slow. Anyway, she informed me that our dossier was "officially submitted" to the government in ES on November 9th and made it through the "pre-approval" process (which really means a whole lot of nothing other than someone purused it). However, it was then sent back to the attorney with 4 other dossiers to be basically reorganized.........they didn't like the order of the paperwork. So, he fixed all of that, got it recertified and resubmitted. I don't know what effect, if any, that snafoo will have on our wait time. I guess now we are for sure officially waiting to wait............Ahhhh, adoption. So many unknowns, so much wondering, so much waiting.

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you: He rises to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him! Isaiah 30:18

Here we are, Lord! WE'RE WAITING!!

Beds Are Overrated...........

Last night as I prepared to get into the bed, I noticed a glow coming from Rhett's room. I went upstairs to check it out and this is what I found. After checking for a pulse, I ran to get my camera. I know a blog-worthy moment when I see one! This cracks me up because we just moved him to a "big boy" bed about a month ago and just about every night he points his finger at me and says in a whisper "Don't wet me get out my bed." As if reminding himself of what I tell him just before I leave him for the night. He must have forgotten our little talks last night.

He obviously spent a lot of time removing each item from his bed and strategically placing them around himself for the perfect palate. And, alas, leaving an empty bed. Who needs a bed anyway? Isn't it so much more fun to let your creative juices flow and create your own sleeping environment?
My parenting experiences have led me to believe that someone should create cages for big boy beds. It would cut out a lot of escapee drama.....................