A Conversation with Carter

Monday morning, 9:50a.m.

Carter:  *Pops up from chair and walks over to me.*  Can I go now?
Me:  Go where?
Carter:  To the North Pole!
Me:  Really?  The North Pole?  Are you Santa?
Carter:  No!
Me:  Are you an Elf?
Carter:  No!
Me:  Are you a reindeer?
Carter:  No, I Carter!!!!
Me:  Then why are you going to the North Pole?
Carter:  So I can get presents for Santa Claus?
Me:  Really?  Will you bring a present for me?
Carter:  Yes!
Me:  What kind of present will you bring me?
Carter:  Ummmm....*thinks*  A COFFEE MAKER!
Me:  Wow!  I love coffee makers!  What else?
Carter:  Um....*hang on...goes back to chair and back to watching TV*

Dude left me hangin'!

Carter:  *Just as spontaneously comes back and continues with* Ummm.....a game for you!
Me:  Really? What kind of game?
Carter:  Shooting game!
Me:  What am I going to do with a shooting game?
Carter:  You'll press A when you play, Mommy.  We'll play Wii.  You'll be You and I'll be Me.  Well, not you.  Daddy, and Morgan and Carter and Daddy.
Me:  Really?
Carter:  Yep.  You're not Morgan, you're Mommy.

This has been Deep Thoughts...by Carter Matthew Day.

Day 4 & other ramblings

Yesterday was a swimming day again......the same as day 1.  It was much harder than day 1 though because I waited until the girls were at swimming lessons at 6:30 pm to do it and I'd already had an hour of strength training not to mention Carter wasn't feeling well and was the very definition of crabby and had worn me out all day long.

Thankfully, this morning is our annual Pamper Ourselves meeting for Mommy and Me.  That means, at 9am today, I get to have a reflexology appointment.  I'm not sure what they're doing other than massaging hands and feet.  I am so totally looking forward to it.  I'm going to tell them to find the part of my reflexes that increases my patience level since my son has decided he wants to be TWO!!! 

However, at the same time he's frustrating me, he is usually cracking me up.  Just now, Chris was helping me do my monthly measurements (for my weight loss/Fit Moms, Fit Kids thing) and Carter would step in each time and have Chris "measure" him too.  The last time, he had to measure my upper thigh, so I let my pants fall down to my feet while he measured it and so when Carter stepped in for his "measurement" he also let his pants fall down to his feet.  I haven't laughed that hard before 8am in quite a while.

Speaking of measurements....they are FINALLY all moving in my favor.  This exercise thing might actually be paying off!!!!!

A Conversation

Morgan:  Mommy, guess what?
Me:  What?
Morgan:  I know what song I want to walk down the aisle to at my wedding!
Me: *flashes ahead 20 years and begin to get misty just thinking the thought*
Morgan:  Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling!"
Me:  *realizes I am safe for a few more years at least!*

An awesome day

Yesterday my status on Facebook said "Molly often complains about having a day where nothing goes right. Well, today I am having a day where EVERYTHING is going right!!!!! Thank you, God!!!!!!!!!!" and I just wanted to give a little more detail than the 250 character limit on my FB status allows!  First of all, both Emma AND Carter slept in.  I was so very tired and wanted to lay back down after Morgan got on the bus at 7:30....so I did!!!  Emma came into my room around 8 and laid down with me until 8:16 (I know this because she nudged me and said "Mommy it is 8:16, can I please go downstairs?)  So, she went downstairs and I took my time getting myself ready.  Carter didn't wake up until about 9am.  We all were fed, dressed, and out the door at exactly 9:30 to pick up one of Emma's friends for preschool.  I dropped them off at came back home to work on our big Christmas gift for the girls.  A Barbie house (pictures soon)  Work on it went smoothly and it turned out even better than I had hoped (so far!)  I went back to get Emma & Grace and took Grace home.  My mom had called and offered to take Emma shopping for her own gifts to give to family so I dropped her off at my mom's and as I was pulling out, my phone rang.  It was Chris asking if I wanted to meet him for lunch!!  He rarely does that and I LOVE it when he does!  So, I met my favorite person for lunch at (one of) my favorite place(s)!  After lunch, we came home and I laid Carter down at about 12:45.  I went to work on the Barbie house some more until Morgan got home at 2:30. Around 2pm, the FedEx truck pulled up.  I couldn't figure what in the world would be coming to me via FedEx, but I walked to the door and received a giant CASE of PopChips!  I love PopChips but never buy them because a) they're expensive and b) no place I shop sells them.  My friend Kristen had replied to an offer in a newsletter go get a case sent to a friend and she won!!!!!  That alone would have made my day!!!!  Anyway, at 3, I saw a crock pot recipe online.  Since I knew we were going to go to the Y for spinning class, I decided to fix it.  Amazingly, I had all of the ingredients and just enough time for it to cook!  I decided to also have some instant mashed potatoes ready to cook as soon as we got home (I know, some people think "Gross" but I actually like instant mashed potatoes better than real ones!!!  That statement will horrify my mother.  She NEVER fixed instant mashed potatoes, always homemade!)  Anyway, I got everything mixed up in a bowl so when I got home all I had to do was stick the bowl in to boil and then add the potatoes.  I noticed I was running low on potatoes so I was afraid I wouldn't have enough for 4 servings.  I needed 1 1/3 cup of flakes.  I measured it out and had EXACTLY  1 1/3 cups!  Score!  Emma got back at 4pm and Carter woke up at 4:15 so I had quite a bit of very peaceful time!  When Chris got home, we went to the spinning class which was my 2nd time and went MUCH better than the first time.  The first time, I was just praising God that I had previously decided that I was done having kids because that class would have decided it for me!  


Anyway, that was my amazingly awesome day.  There were other small things that added to it to make it even better, but those were the highlights!


In other news, Monday night, Chris took Morgan and Emma to gymnastics lessons and I stayed here with Carter to fix dinner.  When they got home, Morgan walked in and sat down and said "Oh my gosh, Mommy, this dinner looks wonderful!  I love this...and I love this...and I love this! Thank you!"  I said "thank you, Morgan, that makes me feel so good!!!"  Beaming with pride, I turned to Emma who picking at her scalloped potatoes said "What's this nasty yellow stuff you got here, Mom?!"  D'oh! So close!

What is that alluring fragrance?

So, part of Carter's sickness has been vomiting and diarrhea. He's done both quite a bit. Today, I had to make a dessert for our Sunday School class' dinner and he filled his diaper right in the middle of the kitchen floor. I decided I was going to wait until I put dessert in the oven before I changed his diaper because #1. I was cooking...and...yuck! and #2. Based on past performance, he probably wasn't done. So anyway, Morgan gets off the bus during this time and walks in the kitchen. She walks in. Says hello. Walks over to Carter and then looks at me with this look of utter disgust and says to me "Mother! How can you even allow your child to stand here smelling like this?!"

She's been spending too much time with my mother.

Guess I better keep reading!

My children have been driving me batty lately. Not in an "oh well, they're just kids" way either. Like in a "oh my God, they're destined to become sociopaths" way. I know it doesn't help that school is out and Morgan & Emma have the definition of a love/hate relationship. They truly are almost co-dependent. They get on each other's last nerve 30 out of every 60 seconds and the other 30 seconds, they are hugging and treating each other like sisters should. If I separate them after one has hit/punched/kicked/pinched/pushed/you name it to the other one, the one who wasn't separated will find their way into the room where the one who was separated is and start playing. I'm like "dude, seriously, I put her there to leave you alone!" They just can't stay away.

Lately, I have felt like a horrible mother because I feel like some days all I do is yell and scold and say "no" and then when I go in to check on my kids when they're asleep and...you know, silent...I realize I went through most, if not all, of the day without hugging them and kissing them and giving them good quality attention. Despite my best intentions, I have almost caused their outbursts because they're obviously seeking attention. Then I'm really ticked since not only am I frazzled from the labors of the day's battles, I realize that I freakin' brought it on myself!!! Now, don't get me wrong. I hug and kiss them in the morning when they get up, and I hug and kiss them and tell them I love them if I leave or before bed...but is that really enough? I don't think it is. I want more attention than that, so I'm sure they do too.

So, my point in all of this, is that I know something needs to give. I need to have more great days than days where I fall into my bed in the fetal position rocking back and forth wondering what I ever did to my own parents to deserve this kind of evil cosmic joke. Today, I was in Christian Supply Center (a.k.a. Family Christian Store...for those of you who can actually call the Hoosier Dome the RCA Dome and have the ability to accept name changes) and I came across a book called "Have a New Kid by Friday....How to change your child's Attitude, Behavior, & Character in 5 days" by Kevin Leman. I was intrigued. I read a few pages. I was hooked. (I've only just now started but I'll be sure to report back with my official review)

So, the whole point to this long drawn out story is that today, I was reading my book when Emma came downstairs and came up to me and said "What are you doing?" and I said "reading a book" and she said "what kind of book?" and I said "it is a book to teach me how to be a better mommy." She didn't even pause when she said "oh! does it say to not spank our butts?!"

sigh.

(Disclaimer: I rarely "spank their butts" but often threaten to do so....hence the need for the book!!)

A conversation with my daughters....

I got tagged on this on Facebook and thought it was so cute that I put it on here so I could include it in my "memories!"

A conversation with Morgan, age 6 1/2

1. What is something mom always says to you? "I love you" (polishing my halo)

2. What makes mom happy? "A present" (too true, too true)

3. What makes mom sad? "When I fight with Emma and don't get along" (what? she DOES understand that!)

4. How does your mom make you laugh? "Tickle me in my whiner area" (lol...I call their arm pits their "whine buttons" so when they start whining I tell them I need to turn their whiners off)

5. What was your mom like as a child? "When you were born you didn't have any hair so it grew when you grew up."

6.How old is mom? "32"

7. How tall is your mom? "I don't know that question" (Me: guess) "4 feet"

8. What is her favorite thing to do?"what you're doing right now, using the computer" (guilty)

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? "watch TV" (ha, yep usually!)

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "having lots of friends" (oh, come on...what a sweet answer!)

11. What is your mom really good at? "baton" (I laughed hysterically at this....Melissa, back me up here, I was NOT good at baton)

12. What is your mom not very good at? "building houses" (well, she's got me there)

13. What does your mom do for her job?"type on the computer" (yep, sure do!)

14. What is your mom's favorite food? "cookies" (I tried to coach her for apples or green beans or something, but nope, cookies it is)

15. What makes you proud of your mom?"when you hug me" (don't think she knew what proud meant!)

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "You don't like cartoons, you like Gilmore Girls, so you can be that" (whoa, my child knows me well!)

17. What do you and your mom do together? "play games"

18. How are you and your mom the same? "we both have blond hair" (at least she didn't mention that I have to pay for my blond hair!)

19. How are you and your mom different? "we have different color eyes" (very literal today)

20. How do you know your mom loves you? "cause you kiss me a lot"

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? "for lunch is Carlos O'Kellys" (haha....no wonder I have a weight problem)

A conversation with Emma, age 4 1/2

1. What is something mom always says to you? "You have to take a nap" (uh, yeah, I might say that too much)

2. What makes mom happy? "Giving you stuff" (jeez, am I that materialistic?!)

3. What makes mom sad? "Not doing what you ask me to" (well, if they both get it then why do they still do it?!?!?!)

4. How does your mom make you laugh? "by tickling me!"

5. What was your mom like as a child? "that's a hard one...um...you took naps"

6.How old is mom? "82" (niiiiiiiice)

7. How tall is your mom? "the same number that I asked" (yeah, I don't know what that means)

8. What is her favorite thing to do?"doing the computer" (guilty)

9. What does your mom do when you're not around? "stay home with Carter and then pick me up from school"

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for? "singing" (HAHAHAHAHAHA)

11. What is your mom really good at? "taking care of us" (awww)

12. What is your mom not very good at? "baseball on the Wii" (she's got me there)

13. What does your mom do for her job?"type on the computer...I think"

14. What is your mom's favorite food? "corn-dog-a-roni" (HA! Corn-dog-a-roni is this vile concoction that Chris invented in college and still makes for the kids....it is NOT my favorite food!)

15. What makes you proud of your mom?"when you give me kisses" (yeah, she didn't get what proud meant either)

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be? "I dont know....Hannah Montana (ME: Why would I be Hannah Montana?) "because you sing pretty" (wow, got her fooled!)

17. What do you and your mom do together? "go to Dairy Dream with Amy" (HA! We haven't done that in months!)

18. How are you and your mom the same? "we have the same eyes"

19. How are you and your mom different? "because we have different hair" (they're so literal!)

20. How do you know your mom loves you? "because you give me kisses"

21. Where is your mom's favorite place to go? "Dairy Dream" (amen!)

Things I didn't know before I had kids

I tell you...it is a good thing I had kids. I was ignorant before. There are so many things I didn't know that my children have taught me. For instance, did you know that you aren't created at conception? Nope, you are in your mother's tummy from day 1 along with all the brothers and sisters you will ever have...fighting for space. Morgan informed me of this the other day when she and Emma were having a discussion about something that happened back when Morgan was a baby but before Emma was born. Morgan told me that she was really little and "Emma and Carter were still in your belly" I tried to explain to her that that wasn't the way it worked necessarily, but good thought. She wanted more information. Oh great. So, I see what kind of accurate but vague information I can give her without her asking for more. She says "if we weren't already in your belly, then how did we get there?" so I answer "well, mommies are born with eggs in their tummies and daddies are born with something called sperm in their bodies and when mommies and daddies get married, the daddy puts his sperm in the mommy and it makes her egg grow into a baby!" Morgan's reaction "ooooooooooookaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, then how does the daddy's sperm get into the mommy's tummy?" *long pause* "Well, when a mommy and a daddy love each other and get married, and decide they are ready to have a baby, and they love each other...and they're married....and they're old enough....really, really old....they do something calling having sex and that puts the daddy's sperm into the mommy's tummy and then the baby grows and grows and comes out 9 months later...but only when they're old and only when they're married and only when they really love each other...and they're married" Think that ought to do it? Last night at dinner, I was laying in the living room listening to Morgan explain this theory to her father. "Daddy, did you know that right now I have eggs in my tummy? and some day I will have a baby? but if I fall down and hurt myself the eggs will crack and come out of my belly button?!" Ok, so scratch OB/GYN off the list of things that Morgan will grow up to become.

The next thing I didn't know before having kids is that you can grow Arby's roast beef sandwiches. Yes! You didn't know that either?? I can't believe it. Yes, according to Emma, if you plant those little seeds on top of the sandwich you see in the picture below, a whole crop of Arby's roast beef sandwiches will pop up in the spring! "We even have some dirt in the back yard where I could plant them, Mommy!"
If you look closely, you can even see where she went ahead and picked a couple of the seeds off so she could plant them later when it warms up. So, scratch botanist off the list of things Emma will probably grow up to become!

F-O-U-N fun!

The scene: Morgan playing "Buffalo Bowling" on Wii (not sure why she calls it this but does)

Me: "Morgan, what are you playing?"
Morgan: "Buffalo bowling! and it is so fun! I love it!"
Me: "Why do you call it Buffalo bowling?"
Morgan: "Because it is so much fun....I just can't even begin to tell you how much fun it is. It is totally fun. Fun, Fun, Fun. F-O-U-N, Fun!"

Dramatic Pause....

We're eating dinner Friday night, and Morgan is shining her fork onto her cup and thinks its really cool. So, she says "Daddy! Look at what I'm doing!" Chris, ever looking for a teachable moment, says "that's neat Morgan, do you know what that's called?" Morgan just looks blankly at him so he says "its called a reflection!" Morgan gets all mad and says "DADDY! I knew the answer, I was just making a dramatic pause!!"

Oh Lord, the teenage years are going to be just delightful.

That's because I'm great!

As I'm sitting here doing some digital scrapbooking on the computer, Emma decides she wants to pick up the living room. She starts flurrying around picking up Carter's toys and putting them in his toy baskets, picking up random newspapers and magazines, etc. and I say "Emma, you are amazing! Thank you so much for helping Mommy pick up! You make me so happy!" and without missing a beat, Emma says "That's because I'm GREAT!"

Another one

The Scene: The van after picking Emma up from Preschool where she has just learned about road signs. She made a little book called "My Safety Shapes Book" and her "homework" was to notice all of the road signs on the way home so I decide to play along.

Me: Uh oh, there is some kind of red sign here, what do I do.
Emma: You have to stop, its a stop sign.
Me: Ok, I stopped, now what.
Emma: There are no cars so you can go
Me: Oh, great! *we go*
Scene repeats a few times substituting yield signs, railroad crossing signs, stop lights, etc. then when we were almost home...
Me: Emma, here is another red sign, you forgot to tell me what it is!
Emma: Here, Mommy, why don't you just take my book so you can look up the sign to see what you need to do....I'm tired.

I've just been patronized by a 4 year old. :)

My Flippin' Post

The Scene: Morgan comes in from school with a newspaper in her backpack.
Me: Why do you have a newspaper in your backpack?
Morgan: Mrs. Goldsworthy gave it to us.
Me: Why?
Morgan: (in a "duh-Mommy" voice) um, so we could READ IT!
Me: Oh really, you interested in local news are you?
Morgan: Oh look, I have to show you something that Bailey showed me (flips pages in newspaper)
Me: You looking for the classifieds?
Morgan: Here...(points to a picture of Britney Spears) This girl is FLIPPIN' HOT!
Me: *picks jaw up off the ground* yep, Morgan, she sure is.....hey, who is Bailey? (assuming Bailey is the jewel who taught my child this lovely little morsel)
Morgan: He's a boy on my bus.....*obviously impressed* he's SEVEN, Mommy!


Its only going to get worse from here, isn't it!??!? :)

My kids crack me up

A few funny things the kids have said lately that I need to get on here...

2 nights ago, while saying our prayers at bedtime, Morgan says that she wants to say a special prayer for Great Grandma (which is my Grandma who passed away in April) so I say "Ok, that sounds wonderful" Well, it was Emma's turn to pray first so she started "Dear Great Grandma, I love you and I miss you and please don't die again. Make the flowers pretty, Amen" I tell her that was wonderful. Then its Morgan's turn, Morgan says "Dear God, Please keep Great Grandma happy in heaven and let her come back down to the earth very soon. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen" I did go ahead and try to explain to her that Grandma wouldn't be coming back down, only Jesus came down from heaven. She said "but you said we'd see her again" and I said "yes, we'll see her again when WE go UP to heaven, not when SHE comes DOWN" I just didn't want her to think there was a chance people who had passed away could suddenly come back to life...that might be disturbing. Anyway, still precious.

Just a few minutes ago, I was attempting to feed Carter who has not wanted much to do with food the last few days. He's been being VERY picky. Evidently, I've expressed my frustration one too many times because all in a frustrated tone, I said "Carter Matthew!" and Emma finished the thought by saying in the exact same tone I'd just used "YOU'RE DRIVING ME BONKERS!" *head, desk*

The week in review....

This week was a little nutty but pretty good! Morgan went to school each day as usual. She had her very first ever spelling test this week! (I wanted to go take a picture, she wouldn't let me!)They take a pretest on Monday on brand new words, there are 15 possible words.....the first 5 words they get wrong on the pretest are their 5 words to learn for the week. So, its possible that every kid in the class has a different set of 5 words. I imagine that gets confusing for the teacher, but it sure is a very cool way of making sure each kid gets some individualized learning! The "posttest" was today and Morgan got an A+! She was so proud. She only had to know her 5 words, but she knew all 15....in case you're curious what kinds of spelling words a first grader has in the 2nd week of school, her words were at, I, a, cat, sat, go, on, and, we, not, now, way, in, that, and my. I'm just glad my kid wasn't the one who got stumped on how to spell "I" or "a" HA! While I'm talking about Morgan, she also had her 2nd cheerleading class and also her performance for the cheerleading clinic she did back in early August. It was so cute! I have a video that won't load....I'll try again later.

Here are Morgan and Emma after the game with Morgan's friend Brittany who is in her class at school! and following that are some of Morgan during her performance!

We also signed Morgan up for Girl Scouts which we've never done before (I wasn't even ever in Girl Scouts!) So for anyone who doesn't have a regular Girl Scout cookie dealer, let us know and we'll hook you up!!! This week, we also got a laugh at Morgan because she was telling us all about her day and what she and her friends do at recess. She informed that she and her friend Iris were spying on the "populars" Trying not to laugh, we said "what are the populars?" and Morgan explainsed to us that the "populars are these fabulous girls who think they're fabulous" Where does she get these things?

Emma had her preschool open house where she got to see a lot of her friends from last year. She doesn't quite understand just yet that she is in the 4 year old class this year and a lot of her friends aren't 4 yet so they'll be in the 3 year old class and she won't get to see them. I'm a little worried at how she'll react. She also had her second dance class this week, which she loves. She gets to take it with her good friend Victoria and starting next week, her good friend Kamryn will be in it too. We got to meet my High School friend, Shantell, and her daughter Liliana on Thursday at the park to play and walk. Afterwards, my friend Katy invited us to come to the pool with them so we went and Emma got to play with her very best friends Alden and Kamryn. Carter sat and splashed in the baby pool the whole time and LOVED it! Here are Emma and my Mom at the football game tonight watching Morgan cheer.

Carter had his 9 month well baby today and the doctor says he's perfect! He is 23 pounds and 30 inches. That puts him in the 95th percentile for height and 75th for weight. He is not babbling with consonants, though, so the doctor wants to check his hearing just to be sure he doesn't have a hearing loss. I know he can hear, I just don't know how well, so we will get that checked out just to be safe. My mom got a new Ball Stae cheerleading outfit for Emma this week and while she was there, found this jersey for Carter. It is tooooooo cute!

Here is Carter tonight before we left for Morgan's football game.....he just looked so cute, I had to take a picture! (he isn't usually naked but he had just slobbered all over his shirt and I took it off)

That's about it for the week....

crazy French

So everyone who works at the place where I go to get my nails done is from Vietnam. I imagine this is true for most nail places, but this was new for Morgan. She went with me the other night and I kept expecting for her to ask me about what they were talking about. After about 30 minutes and after the guy doing my nails walked away for a minute, she says to me very covertly "Mommy, why are all of these people.....(looks left, looks right, leans in and whispers) ::French?::"

birthday parties, rashes, and Spain, oh my!

Yesterday, we had Emma's 4th birthday party at Chris' parents house in Connersville! They were generous enough to let us have the party there since almost all of the grandparents live in Connersville anyway! It looks like a rather sad party from this angle, but there really were more people than this! HA It was only for Grandparents and Chris' sister and her family so we had about 18 or 19 people there. We had an "Ariel" party first and then went out to eat dinner afterwards at the really good Mexican Restaurant in Connersville.
Here is a sad shot from our camera which decided to die yesterday....thankfully it died a few days BEFORE we went to Spain, not after....so we will get a new one in a hurry before we leave. Any suggestions? Send them our way! Either way, here is the Birthday Princess with her Birthday Cookie (she saw it at the mall and requested it instead of a cake, so of course, I obliged her highness!)
Morgan, Emma & cousin Hannah eating their birthday cookie and ice cream. Morgan's face doesn't look too bad in this picture, but her Fifth Disease is now spread over her entire body! We woke up and took a bath Saturday morning and it had spread onto her bottom and she exclaimed "Mommy, Look! I have a polka-dotted butt!!!!" Hopefully it will be gone by Friday when Morgan gets her school pictures taken at registration!
Poor Carter had a looooong day and we tried to lay him down in Nana and Papa's bed, but he was too interested in rolling around. It was really funny watching him roll and then giggle. Anyway, he finally was able to find comfort and fall asleep in his Great, Great Aunt Patricia's arms!

After the party and after dinner, we headed home to get ready for bed! Today, Chris is at the Brickyard 400 with his Dad, Clay, and Clay's Dad. I am here with the kiddos and my plan is to start getting organized for our big trip to SPAIN in 3 days!!!!!! I'm soooo excited and sooooo not happy about leaving the kids....however, the thought of taking them with us exhausts me, so I know its a good thing to go without them. They'll have a wonderful time here with Abby! I have lists to make, things to wash, clothes to organize for the kids to leave here, shopping for food and other stuff to take and keep here, I'm going to need a vacation from my preparation for vacation! For the 3 day countdown, here is a picture of someplace we plan to visit in Valencia called L'Oceanografic it is the biggest aquarium in Europe and it looks absolutely amazing!

Randomness

A few random things.....

First of all, yesterday. Yesterday wasn't anything too exciting. Went to BSU for a meeting about the Children's Auction for Telesale. Had some good ideas. The kids went to Play Day at church and loved it. Got home, did naps, etc. Trying to sort through some kid stuff that didn't sell at the garage sale to sell on eBay.....took the girls to VBS. Funny story....Chris took them because he was headed out that way anyway and he called me afterwards and said "You set me up!" and I was like "what?!" and he said that Morgan threw a FIT when he tried to leave her. Acting like a crazy woman....clinging to him, crying, saying she wanted to go with him, getting down on her knees and holding her arms out to him saying "DOOOOOON'T LEEEEAVE ME DAAAAADY!" Seriously....soap opera actors were over in the corner rolling their eyes saying "What a Drama Queen!" Anyway, he finally got out of her death grip and left. I just laughed because they went to VBS 3 weeks ago at the church where Emma goes to preschool and I took them and she never even acted like she was going to think about acting like that for me. I told him "I think she's figured out she can get away with that with her Daddy!" So, tonight, I'm taking them.....we'll see if my theory is correct!!!

Back to randomness.....a few funny things the kids have said lately that I don't want to forget:

"Kamryn lives in Grandma's land.....the Grandma that is your mommy, not the dead one"
-Emma (explaining to me that her friend lives in the same neighborhood as my Mom not to be confused with my Grandma who just passed away who was also Grandma Swank....while she was living, Emma called them the Black Grandma and the White Grandma because my Mom has black hair and my Grandma had white hair!!!!!)

"I had a dream last night that this happened.....maybe I'm having visions!"
-Morgan

"I am so lame!"
-Morgan

"Mommy, you're so Italian!"
-Morgan (trying to tell me I was talented for braiding her hair)

"Daddy, you smell like Clint"
-Morgan (telling Chris he smells like the neighbor who usually has a beer in hand after he got back to the room from the party at our Regional Meetings)

"Daddy is so silly...just like Clay!"
-Emma (who evidently thinks Clay is much funnier than her Daddy)

Me: (in the hospital after Carter was born) I think he looks just like Chris!
My mom: Yep, I don't see any of you there.
Chris: I don't know, I think he looks just like Emma did when she was a baby.
Morgan: I think he looks like Clay!
Chris: That could be a problem!

Oh man, I know there are more, I'll have to add them in as I think of them....

Can't have a post with no pictures.....so, here are a couple just for fun....

Daddy and his clone at Bible School

Carter's 7 month picture

Carter enjoying the view on the boat..

Grandma's happiest place on earth....on a boat surrounded by all of her grandkids!

Emma wanted to hold Carter.....I'm not sure she's going to be able to much longer!!

Morgan opening her new set of junior golf clubs that have Barbie on them!! (I'm putting this here for you to see, Tia!!!) Click here to see a better picture.....they're TOO CUTE!!!

Morgan and Emma with their new safety friend to put out in the cul-de-sac when they're playing with the neighborhood kids. They named him Oliver!