Thanksgiving Break!

Well, the girls are out of school this week all week, so I am trying to keep them somewhat busy! I love Thanksgiving, but hate that all the Christmas decorations are already up everywhere! Baylee said today that she didn't know why stores had them up already, because it wasn't even Thanksgiving yet!

Yesterday, we went to eat lunch with Poppa at his school. I try to do this on days they are out of school and he's not, because Baylee and Madison are always in school when we do this. The girls love to go back to his classroom and draw on the boards. Britton decided to be his normal show-off self and when he'd snicker and scrunch his nose up to smile, the class would laugh, and he'd do it over and over as long as someone was laughing at him. He went to several of the girls in class, and Poppa warned him to stay away from the cheerleaders! ;-)

Kinsey had her Thanksgiving feast at school the other day, and afterwards, I wanted to get her picture by the teepee. She went over there to pose, and a little boy, one of her many boyfriends, came running over wanting to get a picture made with Kinsey. Right as I was about to snap it, another little boy came running over wanting his picture with Kinsey and jumped in the picture and put his arm around her just in time for the snap. Of course, this made the first a little upset, but she's completely oblivious to the fact they fight over her. She has 3 other girls in her class and hardly plays with girls, but is right in the middle of the boys all the time. This concerns us if the trend continues over the years....ha ha ha. She has a "husband" in there too, and they've been "husband and wife" for over a year now....

Sweet little Madison got in trouble for the first time the other day. She had to move a "card" from green to blue. I decided at the last minute to go up to school and eat lunch with her, and boy am I glad my mommy radar must have gone off. As I walked in school, her teacher let me know what had happened. Apparently, when leaving guidance class, which was in a portable, about 8 kids ran to the sidewalk. The guidance teacher told her teacher that some had been running, and when she asked them to stand if they were running, Madison stood. Her teacher said her heart sank when she saw Madison stand, but had to be fair and made them all change a card. Now, up until that point, she hadn't gotten upset, but when she saw me she lost it. She cried half of lunch and was SO heartbroken. She really took pride in that she had never changed a card through Kindergarten and up until this day! She was afraid her teacher was mad at her, and after lunch they had a long talk about how she wasn't mad at Madison and would forget by the next day that she had even changed a card. Of course the most heart wrenching part for Madison was that she wouldn't be able to get a treasure out of the treasure chest at the end of the week. I finally got her calmed back down to go back in class, and that Friday, when she was getting ready to leave, her teacher told her to get a treasure, and Madison reminded her she had been in trouble that week. Her teacher told me it blew her away that she had told her the truth when she had forgotten. I was very proud! :-) One thing about Madison, you can rest assured she'll NEVER run anywhere in school EVER again! ha ha ha...

Let's see...as for Baylee, well she's SO much more grown up acting lately. It makes me so sad, but she's a lot of fun to be around now. She also had her feast last week and had a test over the pilgrim unit and simulation they did in class. It blows me away some of the things she comes home telling me she learned in school. I mean, really! By high school I will have no idea what she's doing at this rate! She still loves for me to eat with her, so I try to take advantage of this as much as I can, because I know I only have a few more years until the embarrasing stage sets in and she won't want me to eat with her. That may kill me....

So long for now!

Family Pic taken July 2008

Learning New Things....

The past few days have been some fun ones with Britton. He is learning all those cute things that you forget about. He learned to throw a ball, and thinks it's especially funny that the girls will bring it back to him to do it again! He has started to pull up and cruise around the furniture and when you hold his hands, he's off!! You can just tell he's raring to go, and when those feet catch up to his coordination, he's gonna be running!

I decided to introduce some sign language to him as that has become a new big thing with babies now. They say you can communicate with your baby long before they begin to speak by teaching some sign language. SO....I tried, and it's so cute! The only one I've been working on a lot is "all done", when he's eating and ready to be done. Now when I think he's ready, I'll ask him, "all done?" and he smiles and kicks, and as I am picking him up, he's using his hands to do the all done sign! Amazing what little sponges they are!

Bedtime has become a special time as well, more so in the past 2 weeks because.....drum roll.....I FINALLY WEANED HIM!!!! Hear the "hallelujahs" as you are reading this? Yes, my son was by far the most stubborn when it came to giving it up! I just didn't have problems with the girls taking a bottle, but not him. After the first few nights of not letting him nurse were through, which he was down to that one feeding a day anyway, we are past it now! SO, it it's place has become the bedtime story. He's become attatched to the same book the girls did, and wants me to read it over and over and over. I think last night was at least 20 times! If I put the book down before he's ready, I sure hear it!

10 months old today, and I just can't believe it. I found out just how fast time goes after I had children, but I must say, the 4th goes by in a blink!!

Halloween 2008

Well, it was a very eventful Halloween. The girls had a "trick or trot" fun run at their school, and each ran almost 2 1/2 miles. Needless to say, they were very exhausted, and the night had yet to begin. Madison had a halloween party to go to, so for the first time in her 6 year life, she wasn't with us trick or treating... :-( . BUT...I survived! ha ha. Once the pink kitty was off to Gracie's party, I came home to get the rest of the gang dressed and ready to go out. We were supposed to cookout in our culdesac, but it took so long to get everyone ready, we had a quick bit before we were off!! Baylee was Alice in Wonderland, Kinsey was Strawberry Shortcake ( a costume mom had made me when I was little), and Britton was a horse. After walking for a while, we ran into Madison and her party, but she didn't want to join us, she was busy socializing with her friends! After almost 2 hours of trick or treating, they decided they were tired and we headed home, just to get in the car and go to their great grandmother's house, Mamaw, to show her their costumes! OH, and I forgot to mention, Seth was the Joker from Batman....yes that scary guy Heath Ledger played. Needless to say, he scared many children and babies along the way, but not Britton! Britton knew his daddy! We headed home, watched part of Night at the Museum, and off to sleep they all fell. I was completely exhausted, but another Halloween had come and gone. How I wish I could slow down time!!!