Thankful

We celebrated Thanksgiving at our friends' parents' farm this year. The kids (and adults) had a blast and it was a beautiful Texas day. We have so much to be thankful for in our family and we don't take our blessings from God for granted.

Unfortunately I didn't feel 100% on Thursday and by early Friday I had a full blown stomach virus that knocked me down! However, I did get sweet notes from the kids!


And I'm beyond thankful to have a hubby who steps right in and cares for the kids without any complaining (and even did laundry!).

Hope you all had a great holiday weekend too!
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School Is Out!!

Movie Monday with Wreck It Ralph.


Terrific Tuesday at the zoo with friends.





Check out that cheetah! Hailey said his big teeth looked dirty if you were wondering!


And now....it's Tired Tuesdsy for Mama!
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News To Me

After church, we went to lunch.  Here's what I learned:
1.  Reese wants to marry a boy named Underwear.
2.  Hailey wants to name her first kid Martin Luther King Jr.  And her second kid will be Martin Luther King Jr. Jr.
3.  Hailey thought Trey's full name was Richard Kathleen.
4.  Hailey only wants two children when she grows up because "you can't have just one so you need a playmate for the first kid, but that's it.  If I have more then I'll probably go crazy like Mom does sometimes because our house is so NUTS!"  Trey's response, "What's so wrong with a nutty house?"
5.  Landry is going to have all girls some day and she's going to name them after her mommy.....oh how I love this three year old.

All this information to take in.  I'm going to need a nap.

Guilty Conscience

Landry has strep.  Poor girl went from feeling tired Friday morning to a full blown fever, body aches, sore throat, headache, nausea and full on attachment to Mommy by 5:00pm.  After a trip to the doctor and confirmation of strep, they gave her good meds which helped turn her around quickly.

We told the girls to make sure they didn't share toothbrushes, drinks or anything with Landry.  They understood.  Then, I caught Reese telling Landry she wanted to kiss her.  Put the squash on that.  Had a family movie night of Toy Story 2 and off to bed they all went.

Fast Forward to 1:30AM.  Reese walks into our bedroom crying.

Reese:  Mom?  Dad?  *sniffle sniffle*
Me:  What Roo?
Reese:  I couldn't help it.
Me:  Huh?  Are you sick?
Reese:  No.  I couldn't stop myself.  It wasn't my fault.
Me:  What the heck?  Are you asleep?  (as if that's going to produce a good answer)
Reese:  No.  But....ummmm.....I KISSED LANDRY DURING THE MOVIE!!  I COULDN'T HELP IT!!  I JUST HAD TO!!!  I AM SO SORRY!!!
Me:  uhhhhh....ok.  Go to bed.
Trey:  Huh?  What's going on?

End scene.

Goodness gracious, I love the girl.  She may have a delayed conscience....but it's in there!!!!

Reason #892...

I love 8 year olds. They write the funniest and cutest notes and send 5 year old sisters to deliver them!


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Life With LuLu

This is what it's like talking to Landry. She's a chatter box, is very animated, thinks she's 8 like Hailey, but is still figuring out the details of life. For example, over the past few weeks, she kept asking me what a holiday was. I would define it, she would tell me I was wrong, then she'd ask again. She also couldn't decide if Halloween was a month, a season, or a party. And she interchanges the words Halloween and holiday since they start with the same letter.

She's a mess....a cute, spunky, mess!

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Halloween

Vampire, pink power ranger and Izzy from Jake and the Neverland Pirates! Ready to go!!


Trey kept saying, "look at LuLu...she is so cute!"


This one loved curling her hair and wearing make up!


It's hard to get a non blurry pic of Roo because the girl sprinted from house to house to collect candy!


Love these two.


We had friends over, chowed on pizza and topped it off with candy. Great night!

I may have had two Snickers and multiple brownies for breakfast today....whoops!
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