Sweet Babies

Beth has got me into the blogging thing. She does this thing called the Blog Hop. I had to do it too, it seems kind of fun. Here is my favorite picture. The sweetest moment between my babies. I don't catch these too often!

TANTRUMS!

Ok. So I have a three year old princess, drama queen. My friend Kristy Riddle warned me but I thought to myself, not my sweet girl. She wasn't bad at two, but boy has she changed in the last month. I believe in terrible 3's. Ok so here's the deal. We had to go to walmart to buy a few things. I get Karlea out of the car. She doesn't want to ride in the buggy, she doesn't want to walk, she doesn't want to hold my hand, she wants me to carry her. I know she's petite, but you can imagine Walmarts parking lot today. We're at the end of the lot. Not really, but you get what I'm saying. Anyway, Karlea is not extremely heavy but too heavy to be carrying and trying to pull a buggy. I put her in the buggy. She screams bloody murder. Everyone is looking. I just keep my cool and proceed to the front of the store. We get in there and she is so loud. I begin to lose it. I told her she had two choices, ride in the buggy or walk. I take her out of the buggy. She throws herself in the floor. I try to keep walking to see if she will come on. Nope. By this time I have totally lost it. I could feel my face getting hot and my nostrils were surely flaring. I grabbed her up, left my buggy and took her to the bathroom for you know "the talk". She was not listening so I had to blister her bottom. Still nothing. She screams even louder. What do you do? I know people were thinking stuff. But what? I wonder are they thinking "she needs to blister her end" or "i'm going to watch this lady". You never really know these days. Everyone who knows me knows that I would never beat my kid. I just wanted to scream back at her. I decided that this wasn't getting us anywhere. I held her and took her outside to get my buggy. It's gone! Great just what I need to stand in line to get another buggy. I noticed on the other side are buggies. We run into Mr Mike and Mrs Sandy. Sweet people! I was so embarassed. I know they probably heard her screaming. I wanted to melt. Well we get to the other side. I set Karlea down to pull the buggy out and she starts up again. I told her the same thing. Buggy or walk. She screams even louder. I could feel the peircing of people's eyes on me. I couldn't take it any longer. I grabbed her up screaming and just left. No groceries, no nothing except elevated blood pressure. Some days you just have to pick your battles. Today, Karlea won.

Cleaning Day

The kids and I (mostly me) decided that we would do a thorough cleaning of our house on Mondays so that we would have the rest of the week to play or do whatever. The first Monday worked out really well. The house was spotless, which those of you with kids and a husband know that it didn't stay that way for long. Last week we totally didn't even start. Today I've done some cleaning. As you can tell, I'm on the computer. Oh well. I would post a picture but I would be embarrassed for you to see my house, even the playroom! I have so many projects and jobs I wanted to accomplish this summer. Doesn't look like I'll get to it. I've gotten hooked on blogs and facebook. Life is good. That's all I can ask for.

Apologies

I'm sorry that my blog looks a bit awkward. My friends' blogs have their little stories and pics all lined up together with titles. I am still figuring it out. My apologies for the craziness. Maybe one day I will get it. I told my friend Beth last night that we needed to have a blog party to teach me what the heck to do. Maybe we will.

Home from the Beach

We went to Gulf Shores this past week. It was awesome. Everyone got along and nobody (Brandon) had their butt on their shoulders this year. He's not the beach person. We really did have fun though. Brandon's sister and her family went with us. I had a good time playing with the kids in the pool and getting some sun. Connor finally decided that he could swim underwater. He still has a tough time swimming on top of the water. Got me? The kids enjoyed the sand. They buried themselves in the sand and made all sorts of stuff.

When we got back home Saturday our power was off. Luckily I had washed all of our clothes while still at the beach. I played on my new iphone. I am SO glad I bought it.

Rain Rain Go Away

Ok, I love the rain, but not this much. It makes you feel down. I hope that it slacks up some before tomorrow. We plan to go to the lake. I know we'll be getting wet anyway if we get in the water, but rain is different, it's cold.

At church this morning we did things a little different. It was awesome. Brother Adam spoke about Memorial Day, but not in the way you think. Today we honored Jesus by giving his life for ours. I never really thought about it that way. Good service.

This past week Karlea turned 3. She is quite the princess and ball player. She is going to be like me. I love to dress up but I like getting dirty too. She got a pink dress up set from her Ganny and PawPaw Wilson. Connor gave her a t-ball set.

Connor got his diploma from Kindergarten this past Thursday. I couldn't be there but mom got some pics for me. He is not real happy about going into the first grade. He wants Mr.Key to be his teacher next year.

I have a few more days to work and then I'll be finished for Summer Vacation. Yippy!!! I plan to spend a lot of time with my kids and do some home improvements. (I'll try anyway)

Karlea's sayings

Something funny Karlea said the other night: First off, our pastor's name is Adam. So the other night she was "reading" her Bible to me. It was the story about Adam and Eve. And she said, and there's Brother Adam naked as a jaybird. I explained to her that Adam was different that Brother Adam. It was funny anyway. Kids say the funniest things. I've tried to remember some of the things that my two have said. I told myself to write them down but I didn't. She also says "oh man" when she's frustrated. I need to get back to getting the fam ready for bed.

It's been a while.

Well as you can tell it's been right at 2 years since I blogged. There seems to be no time for it. I am going to try to get one post in a week. We'll see how that turns out. Anyway, my Karlea will be 3 on Tuesday. I can't believe how fast the time has went by. It seems like every time I turn around something is going on with her. I think she is my accident-prone child. She ran into the door at church this past Sunday, Mother's Day. She had a huge knot which is now turning the yellow-purple color. I'm so glad no one called DHR. She looked awful. Connor is finishing up kindergarten. I can't believe this school year is almost over. Even more unbelievable than that is that he didn't get sent to the Principal's office not one time this year. His is sad about going to 1st grade. He loves his teacher, Mr.Key. He only wants to go to the 1st grade if he can be his teacher. Kind of sweet I guess. Connor lost his first tooth on Wednesday. I cried. I cried when it began to loosen up. I don't know why. I didn't even shed a tear when he started school. Losing teeth to me is growing up. Well this should get me started back up. Hopefully soon I'll be posting something new.