Happy Birthday to Dr Seuss!

My sister and brother in law took her kids, along with my kids to the library last weekend. They were having a special hour of celebrating Dr Seuss, since he has a birthday coming up - (it's today actually!) They had story time, a game and craft all centered around Dr Seuss.


Now I have PROOF that my kids CAN be good at the library! I've taken them a few times, and always left upset or in tears. Seriously, I thought it was just impossible for my kids to behave well! IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK??????

Ok, I'm over it now. But my sister did say they were all very good. And they seemed to have a good time.

Maybe I should try it again and take them...........................nah, I'll just let my sister do it!! :D

i'm just gonna air out all my dirty laundry....

I need parenting help. Desperately. Is there a "Parenting for Dummies" class somewhere that I can take?

Daddy is gone. Again. Isaiah is acting up. Again.

What do I do when he yells at me "I hate you" and "you poopy butt"? What do I do when he growls and screams at me and hits me? What do I do when Lilly is constantly sticking her tongue out at me and her brother? What do I do when I ask Isaiah to do something and he flat out tells me "NO"? What do I do when I threaten to throw away all his toys if he doesn't pick them up, and he tells me to "throw them away, i don't want them anymore", and actually goes to the trashcan to throw something away?

Spankings and time outs do nothing. What is the next step? I mean, you know, something legal?

I need parenting help. And lots of prayers. Please. Or someone might not get out of this alive.

I'm just sayin'.

Kids exhausted.....Mission accomplished....

...however that also means the adults are exhausted! O well........we will all sleep good tonight then I guess!



After church this morning, we took our kids, plus Matthew and Jonathan to the Great Mall of the Great Plains to Zonkers. Kids were ecstatic and had a blast......

We stayed there several hours before heading back. (I even got to sneak away to shop a bit at the Childrens Place Outlet......couldn't go to the mall without a little shopping don't ya know.....) :)

Kids are now in bed........and I am following shortly..........I'm zonked out!

Until next time...........

Randomness

* My son is STILL driving me crazy. Today, is the "ING" problem. Hitting, throwing, pinching, spitting, screaming, kicking, slamming (doors).......yup, all those fun action words. :/ He's in his room for his 1,000,000,000 time out. Seriously, can I just run away and come back when he's 18?!




* We are knee deep in garage sale hoopla over here. Currently we have 10+ tables set up in the garage and 2 hanging racks full of stuff. (Granted, it is not all mine....my mom, my sister, my cousin and my sister-in-law are all participating as well, and have added their stuff. ) Lots and lots of treasures. :) Our "opening day" is tomorrow. :) Wish me luck. I'm hoping to get enough to pay for us to repaint our living room/kitchen/entry area. And with what's left over after that, I was thinking about looking in to buying a hot tub for our patio outside, or possibly putting the kids through christian school. Or maybe even putting a down payment on a mini van. :) Hey, it could happen, right? (it really and truly would be a miracle though, since the most expensive thing I am selling is only $30!)

* Some great thoughts to ponder......

...........why does a round pizza come in a square box?





............why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

............if corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?

...........did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride; he sticks his head out the window?

...........why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Things that make you go HMMMMMM.......

Santa

Lilly is officially on Christmas break now, until January 5th! Today was her last day of preschool for this year and she brought home all kinds of artwork and fun stuff in her backpack today. And tonight was her Christmas party in Rainbows. She came home with some goodies from there too, and told us that she sang Happy Birthday to Jesus in class.

Isaiah didn't have quite as much fun in his class. Him and another boy were playing I guess, and the other boy poked Isaiah in the eye (on accident, I think). Isaiah's eye has been red, a little swollen and watery ever since. He has been having a hard time opening his eye tonight while we were reading stories, and told us he wanted to go to bed. Poor baby. :( Say a prayer for him, if you think about it. If he still can't hardly open his eye by morning, I'm calling the doc.

I'm making this short tonight, it's nearly midnight, and I'm exhausted. Just wanted to update you all on the whole Santa issue. Do you want to know what we decided? I'm sure you are all just on the edge of your seats in anticipation. ;)

We are not going to do Santa in our house. For many reasons actually. And no, I don't think Santa is "bad" or evil, but for personal convictions and reasons, we won't be believing in him at our house. Obviously, because they are kids and live in America, they will know of Santa. But they will also know he is not real, and mom and dad buy their presents-- not Santa! We will do our best to train and teach our children, and make sure they understand, that Christmas is not about Santa or presents or 'what I want'. It's about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I don't have the energy or time to go in to it more in depth right now. If you really want to know- I'll put that in another post!

busy few days

It feel like I've been so scatter-brained lately. Can you tell by my blogs? Their just kind of random, out of thin air, blubberings. My kids are exhausting me. Ha, at least that's my excuse.....that's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

So we put up our Christmas tree last Friday night. We have a 9 foot tree, and have the lights strung through each branch, and keep the lights on it all year, packed away like that. So it takes us usually a good 3 hours at least to put up our tree--- not including decorations. So Friday night was spent putting UP the tree, with a Pizza Hut break in between. Then Saturday morning we decorated the tree, and put up our 2nd tree in the dining room. The kids LOVED helping decorate it.

Saturday, we went to my nephew Jonathan's, 4th birthday party. (who celebrates his actual birthday tomorrow, I might add!) The kids were pshyched all day and ready to go play with their cousins. The pinata is always fun at bday parties, and this was no exception. I thought this picture was a classic.........I actually caught a photo of it being broken. I didn't even realize it until going through my pictures just now.

Matthew was sure to inform us that HE was the one who broke it, because he's bigger and stronger than the other 'little kids'. lol

Before I go, wanted to share with you a frustrating moment for me today. Just what you wanted I'm sure. ;)

Whenever I leave the kids by themselves for any length of time, I'm taking a risk. (especially Isaiah). I was doing a few things upstairs, and came downstairs to this today.

Isaiah had helped himself to our tree in the dining room, and taken off several ornaments and scattered them around.....

....notice the bottom half of the tree is rather bare?

And then he proceeded to play ball with a few ornaments, and tossed them in to the entry way. Here is some "shrapnel" left over.

*sigh*

Enough about my woes, I had a great bible study this morning, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and definately needed. I had an MPact meeting tonight, which was fun, even to go to a meeting, just getting away is nice. My bro-in-law watched my kids, since Jer was working late. He worked late tonight, to compensate for taking off a half day tomorrow. The nicest day this week, so he is taking off early and going to put up our Christmas lights outside. :D I love this season.

Yes yes, I know, it's not even Thanskgiving yet. And no, Christmas did not "kill" Thanksgiving this year. I have no Thanksgiving decorations, so I put up my Christmas stuff early, so that we can enjoy them longer. I absolutely LOVE Thanksgiving (probably as much {or even more} than Christmas), so we are NOT skipping Thanksgiving this year. Just in case you were concerned or wondering. :)

A last shout out, to my adorable nephew Jonathan, who as I mentioned before, will be celebrating his 4th birthday tomorrow. Happy Birthday, "Cha Cha"!!!! Love you!!

Monday Business

Hello again, blogging friends!

Here in KC, the weather has definately turned cool, and more "fall-like".

I started this morning off by getting me and the kids ready (yes, both kids, Lilly had no-school today-- honoring veterans day). I took the kids to my sister-in-laws house, who has graciously agreed to watch them for me while I go to my much despised OBGYN appt. Last time I was there was June '07, so I suppose I was due. I love my OB doctor though- she is the greatest, and of course asked about my kids (she delivered Isaiah) and gave me a hug before I left.

I had gotten Jen's permission to have a "play day" without the kids all day, so after my drs appt, I grabbed some lunch for my mom and I, and met her at her house. We ate real quick, grabbed what Christmas lists' we had, and headed out to the stores. yes. I have officially started my Christmas shopping. =) My mom got a good amount of stuff, and I didn't get a whole lot. But I didn't have very many peoples lists to work with. (note to family reading this: I'm ready for your guys' lists!)

In other newz:

• Other than Christmas, my other favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, is coming up quickly. A mere 16 days! Can you believe it?
• I have started to put up my decorations for Christmas! I think this is the earliest I have put Christmas things up, but I decided to get them up early this year, to be able to enjoy them longer. My BF Brandi made a comment, about you know, another holiday coming up before Christmas, but I just can't help it. I love Christmas! And it seems to take me forever to get everything out that I want. Just thought I'd get a head start. =)
• After the end of the year, I am no longer going to be selling Avon. I'm excited and sad at the same time. I think it will be a nice change though. Although now I need to find an avon rep for those products I still want!
• Jer just got home, and I have no dinner ready yet, so I'd better get off here and feed my hungry hubby. ;)

Hope you all had a great weekend.

Friday is FINALLY here!

After a horrible last couple of days, I'm finally getting some down time today. ah. I think I really worried my mom and my sister with my last post- the rant and raving one. My wonderful sister has graciously offered to watch my kids, last night after our bible study, and all day today, and tonight, while I attend an MPact sleepover.

Yesterday was another not-so-good day over here. It was mostly Isaiah. I don't know what I'm going to do with that child. He is in this hitting, throwing, screaming phase. I do the whole counting thing, spanking, bare bottom spanking, time outs, send him to his room.......what else can I do???

My sister in law is sick with some kind of stomache virus, so I watched Braden yesterday too. Which was fun- he's no problem. (Until Isaiah comes along and starts trouble.....)

Anywho.....I finally got some adult time last night, when I went to my "Organic God" bible study. I bid the kids farewell afterwards and sent them on with my sis and bro in law. (Valerie, I owe you guys BIG TIME!) I ran by Target after church and picked up a few things before coming home. Today, I am relaxing, enjoying the quiet, enjoying some computer time, before I go get lost in my latest book. This afternoon I will be going up to the church to help decorate for our MPact sleepover tonight.

It's been a long, stressfull week. And I'm glad to see it end. Just being honest. I am looking forward to the weekend, when Jer will be home, and I will get some kid-free moments. Although it will be busy, as we have something planned for Sat AM, afternoon and evening, and Sun AM and a mtng in the afternoon. If we keep busy, maybe it will at least keep us out of trouble. Lol. Hm......maybe I should use that tactic for Isaiah too???

the countdown continues

Lilly's preschool countdown......only 5 days to go!! We've got her supplies and backpack....all ready to go. Tomorrow night we will go to the school for "Meet the Teacher". Hard to tell if she's excited yet, or really knows what I'm talking about, but I'm talking it up big time.

Did you all read the post previous to our family photos? I typed it right before I did our family photos. So I was thinking some of you might not have seen it. Check it out.