sneaking in One last post....

before I leave town for the weekend. Just a few snaps I've taken over the last few days. I've been trying so hard to get one of my kids to cooperate so I can play with my camera. Hmmmm.... maybe I should just start taking pics of myself....maybe not! :)
Have a great weekend! "See" ya on Monday! :)

Big Big Ow-eeee

Poor J flew off the slide last week and hit his head on a brick. It split it right open all the way down to the skull. I did take pics of it, but i won't share them cuz i don't want to make anyone pass out.
Anyway... Cliff was gone so I had H call our neighbor while I held J. She came running down so that I could take him to the hospital to get stitches. The girls were screaming more than he was cuz they were so worried about him. H was sure that it was all her fault. Well... as soon as J saw me put my shoes on he started screaming that he was all better and to take my shoes off. There was NO WAY that I was going to get this kid to the hospital by myself. After finally getting a hold of Cliff, he suggested that we call our other neighbor, friend, and surgeon to have him come take a look at it. He told us it would benefit from stitches, but instead of traumatizing J any further, we held him down and let the neighborhood surgeon apply steristrips to the gash.
They were supposed to stay on for atleast a week without getting wet. To try to help with that I went to wal-mart and bought every kind of boyish band-aid I could find. Well... That worked for a few days, but last night he ripped that whole dang thing off. Ewwwww.... it was ugly and I'm sure is gonna leave an ugly scar. We're still trying to keep it covered while it tries to heal. He insists on being his own doctor with the band-aids and today I found him like this......
I'm not sure how many band-aids are on his head, but i'm sure I'll have to buy more soon.

So Gross!

but i had to share. J had been playing outside (apparently without shoes) and I brought him and laid him down to change his diaper and this is what I found...
I couldn't pass up taking a picture of those cute, dirty feet. I don't think i've ever seen them so black!
but hey - I still love those sweet, dirty little toes!

lots and lots of FUN = lots and lots of PHOTOS

Jack and I finally got out for a little photo adventure for his 3 year pictures. He was such a good little dude for me. We had a blast going from location to location. I let him choose where and how he wanted to pose and it was so fun to see what he came up with. We got some fun fun ones and some i can't wait to blow up and put on my wall. Happy Birthday again big boy! I love ya!


i don't know what the grumpy looks are about... he really was in a good mood the whole time...



I'm not sure what kind of pose this is, but i'm pretty sure he thinks he's cool stuff!



At one point, I asked him to put his elbows on his knees... well... this is what i got :)

First Day of School!

Woohoo! Everyone (yes me included) was excited for this day to come. Today we all rose bright and early to get ready for the first day of school. Even Bellla was up by 7 (VERY rare for her) with a smile on her face!
They weren't, however, thrilled about letting me take their pictures. I'm sure you can tell but what i have to share.


Happy School Days girls!!!

Thwee Odles....

Is what Jack will answer when asked, "How old are you now?"
Yup- JackJack turned 3 yesterday and to celebrate, we had a big bar-b-q with our funfun friends.
We added a little spiderman theme to the mix...

When It was time for cake, we gathered everyone around (about 40 people) so that we could sing to him a blow out candles. I get my camera out and Jack starts freaking out. He jumps off the stool and announces, "I've gotta get my hair ready!!!" and runs off to the bathroom. 2 minutes later he comes out with dripping, slicked hair. I swear I had nothing to do with that.
So... up at the bar again, candles burning, and the whole party singing Happy Birthday and my CAMERA DIES!!!!! I was sooo ticked! my friends are asking... do you want us to start over.. we can re-light the candles...etc... But I'm convinced I won't be able to fix it so the party goes on.
Well.. My dear friend Stephanie takes over and gets some GREAT pictures with her CELL PHONE! Yay!!! Thanks Steph!!!


Notice how he refuses to look at her too? :)
Well... then shortly after cake and icecream time I get my camera back working. PHEW!
I run outside to grab one of him on our new swingset that my Cliff worked so hard on to get done by the party.

Then it's Present time which was mass chaos. He didn't want to look at me for any of the pictures or even stop to show me what he got. I had to get a picture of this though.... A couple of weeks ago I asked him what he wanted for his birthday... His response = A elephant!
Okay.... So I find this cute fluffy elephant and pick it up for him. He Opens it, takes one look at it and hands it to Bella saying, "Here Bella, this one's for you." Hahaha... I guess it looked girly to him or something.

Then we had Pinata time! Woohoo...
Jack absolutely LOVED having the freedom to WHACK the crap our of something! I had a hard time getting the stick away from him so other kids could have a turn...

His favorite new thing is the Star Wars electric ride-on 4wheeler. He wouldn't let me take a picture of him on it, but some other cute kid was all grins for me on it. :)

So Happy Happy Birthday mr. JackJack! I'm so glad that you're finally thwee odles!
LOVE ya!!!

Part 3.... PEPSI anyone?

Okay - I guess this will be my last post of these guys. I hope you don't miss them. I know I will though.
We just had to hit this pepsi machine before the sun set. I sent the 2 oldest girls into albertsons with a $20 to grab a six-pack of pepsi and off we went. We literally shot til the sun went down. SOOOO much fun!!!
Thanks again guys! It was a blast!!!









until next time...