Down & Derby

So proud of our boys! Big Boy and Mr. Fix It took 1st and 3rd place, respectively, at the tri-ward Pinewood Derby last night! Big Boy goes on to District now, and he is mighty excited about it. The boys (with some help from Big Daddy, of course :) worked really hard on their cars this year, and I'm very proud of them! Way to go!

Crazy Kid!

So it's bedtime at our house...my least favorite time of the day, by far...but, oh, the sweet rewards that follow!!! But that's not the subject of this post. This post is about the ridiculous, sometimes out-right dumb, things my kids do around bedtime. For instance, here is the exchange I just had (keep in mind that they've already been in bed for over 15 min...supposedly sleeping)...

Big Boy: Mom, Mr. Fix It tied his legs together and can't move.
Mom: (Going in to examine the situation, I find that, in fact, Mr. Fix It has tied his legs together with one of those loop thing-a-ma-jigs you use to make potholders, and he can not untie it) Why did you do that?
Mr. Fix It: Sweety Pie (who is "sleeping" on their floor) told me to.
Mom: If Sweety Pie told you to jump off a building would you?
Mr. Fix It: No. How am I going to go to school tomorrow with my legs tied up.
Mom: I guess you'll just have to hop, but the most embarrassing part is going to be you showing up in pj's or half naked because there's no way you can get pants on with your legs like that. Good night!

I would like to say that scenes like that are atypical...sadly, I can not. Heaven help us! :)

Happy Birthday, Angel Baby!

Well, today is Angel Baby's 4th birthday...not much of a baby anymore, huh? She's so easy to please. When I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday party she said she wanted to have it at her daddy's office. So...lunch at Daddy's office with the family and one of her little friends, Jet, and she's good to go. After bbq sandwiches (we are Texans, after all), hot dogs, and cake we headed to the park where we played for a couple of hours. She loved it! Can I tell you, I love low-stress, lots of fun birthday parties! Happy birthday, sweetie! We love you!

Hello, Blogging World!

Well, here we are! Months ago my dear friend, Deena, suggested I start blogging. Big Daddy and I had just adopted Mr. Fix It and Smiley from Ethiopia, and we were all going through a little bit (yeah right, a whole lot) of adjustment issues :) I think she thought this would be a healthy way for me to express (i.e. vent, rant, and rave) about all that. Things are much better with all of that, thank goodness, but I've decided this whole blogging thing might be fun...so...here we go!