I'm that mom that my kids' teachers talk about!

Let me give you a little background here. Last year the mother's day out program that Koby attends had a mother's day luncheon. So I get my neighbor to keep the babies so I could go. Well, I get there and I had missed it by an hour even though I had written it on my calender, I guess I wrote it down wrong. So, while all the other kids were eating with their moms, singing for their moms and then giving their moms the gifts they made them, Koby's mom was not there. Besides that, all year I had forgotten to send things on time that the teacher had asked for. But at least last year I had an excuse because I had my second baby in a year's time and we moved all in the same month. My brain was not all there. But as this school year was beginning, I realized that I couldn't use that excuse anymore and that I would have to get it together, step it up a notch, etc. I've tried to get my money in on time, write correct times and dates on the calender, go to the parties, all that jazz. So, about six weeks ago, I got a note in Koby's backpack telling us to send 12 candy filled eggs for the Easter egg hunt they would have in April and to have them in in two weeks. So I thought, I will go ahead and send them early, be responsible. I did just that and I wrote it on my calender. So the day for the Easter egg hunt came and on the way to school I got Koby all excited about it and dropped him off. Then at 2:00 I went to pick him up and to my horror I saw all the other kids coming out with EASTER BASKETS full of eggs and even worse, my child was walking out with a WAL-MART sack filled with his eggs. I forgot to send his EASTER BASKET to hunt the eggs with! Idiot!!!! He said, "Mom you forgot my easter basket!" I felt horrible.
Okay, so fast-forward five days later, time to take Koby to school again. I get up early, get a shower rush all the kids around trying to get him ready, get his lunch packed. Right before we left, Maci dumped a box of frosted flakes all over my carpet. I was mad and spanked her and was just all frustrated ya know. So I put Maci and Kole on my hip and take them to the car, get them all in. I put the car in drive and Maci screams out "Shut my door!" I look back and she is not buckled in her car seat and the car door is wide open! So I go buckle her thinking to myself "I am losing my mind, literally", shut the door and drive Koby to school. As I'm driving I'm talking to Jill on the phone laughing about what just happened. I pull into the school parking lot and I see no cars and so I confirm with Jill that it is actually Tuesday, and ask her "Why is there nobody here?", as if she would know three states away, and then it dawns on me, IT IS SPRING BREAK!!!! The sad thing about it is that we are tiling our kitchen floor and the whole reason Troy took off work to do that is because it is, YOU GUESSED IT SPRING BREAK!!!! Idiot!!!
I used to never forget anything and be organized and have it all together. Those days are long gone!

Easter Pics

Since Troy has to be at church early on Easter and the kids are ready for naps and grumpy when we get home from church, we decided to take our Easter picture on Easter Eve. So we got dressed, took some pics, changed clothes and went to eat supper. There are some pics from Easter morning (whatever I could snap while trying to get us all in the car). I also included the pic of Kole wearing Maci's dress shoes around the house (he wouldn't take them off for about two hours). Hope this doesn't predict a cross-dresser in our future. The only other news is that I started a new job today. I am going to do 12-15 hours/week physical therapy at a nursing home nearby for some extra money. Someone is going to keep them in our house while I work. Oh, and Troy is putting tile down in our kitchen so my refrigerator is plugged in at my front door, my washer and dryer are on the back deck, and my stove is in my den. But it will all be worth it. Bye Bye now.

Spring is Here!!!!

These are pics from our spring carnival at church last weekend and playing outside with our neighbor Faye's grandson. Maci loves our neighbor's dogs Jonah and Zeus. She definitely takes after her Aunt Jill in that regard. If Maci and I had it our way, we would have a big dog like Jonah in our house. Troy promises me I can have a dog again when Kole graduates from high school. I had to take a picture of Maci walking and holding Wally's hand because if you know Maci, she hides and covers her face with her bunny if anyone walks in the room except our family. She loved Wally and let him play toys with her when he came for a visit last week. Of course, who doesn't love Wally?

We're back from Colorado!

We had a great time in Colorado and got much needed rest. We stayed in Littleton outside of Denver, which by the way, is where Columbine High School is. We drove by and saw it and it was so weird - it didn't look much bigger than Minor. Seeing it in person after being in that community(which is just like communities we live in ) for a few days made me realize how something like that could happen anywhere. We went skiing for a day, which was awesome, but made us realize how out of shape we are. That was the first time I had been in three years - last time I went I was pregnant with Maci and didn't know it. Then Troy had to check out a bunch of sites to take the youth to when they go to Colorado Springs in June, so we spent the day there riding around and seeing everything. It's good to be home - I missed the kids. DeeDee and Captain came to stay with them while we were gone and so I'm sure they got to do lots of things we would never let them get away with! Well, that's all I got - back to life as I know it tomorrow!

Fun in the Snow!

Here are some pics of the kids playing in the snow last week. We couldn't believe it, but schools stayed open! That was unusual for Arkansas - they are like Alabama in that when snow comes usually everything shuts down.

First haircut

Troy gave Kole his first haircut Saturday. You have probably seen from the pics that he was growing a pretty serious curly mullet. Troy said it had to go. I was very sad because I think it took away his baby look.


Koby dressed Kole up in this cape and sunglasses and made him walk in the den. I thought it was funny.