Just playing around with my camera…my fav for today.
I will say that this picture sure looks brighter on Picasa than it does here on
Blogger. Not sure why!? I made it black and white with just her eye staying in color.
I will also note that I definitely am in need of glasses, everything looks blurry to me lately and again, a new camera wouldn’t hurt.
Mother’s Day?
Just kidding sweetie…
He has a “girlfriend” now, so he is always making sure he is looking and smelling (whaoo! Too much cologne Sam!) his best. Cody keeps telling him a “little goes a long way”, but the kids doesn’t get it. He is cute…growing up and very much a gentleman. He gets that from his daddy.
Mallorie is smiling in this picture because, she is going on her first field trip and first bus ride today! The first grade class will be going to a nature preserve here in our city. They will be hiking and learning about all the native plants that grow here and probably some bugs too, Mallorie tells me. Hmmm…fun!
This girl was extremely excited…she got up and ate her cereal at the counter, because she thought it would take too much of her time to walk over to the table and eat it. She was in a hurry! All she did was talk , talk , talk this morning. When I took this picture, she already had on her jacket and backpack , we haven’t fixed her hair or brushed her teeth yet, and this girl was ready to hit the road. Needless to say, we did brush teeth and hair before she actually, hit the road! Lots of fun to be had and I’m sure I will fill everyone in on all the happenings that went on.
Let’s see, Madison is doing well…sometimes I catch myself starring at her…in awe, that she is so darn beautiful. I know, I’m her mom and I’m supposed to think that, but JIMMINY CHRISTMAS she is gorgeous! I think it’s also hitting me, that she is turning into a young lady and is not our little girl anymore…ok I’m going to cry!
Grissom is keeping me busy…as usual. We are both just havin’ fun doing our thing everyday, thank goodness that involves getting outside…finally!
This happens to be one of Little G’s favorite things to do…
Almost everyday, after I vacuum up all that stupid dog hair, Grissom takes off the cushions on my couch and stacks them up on top of another, along with anything else cushiony he can find…like bean bags!
He will then try and squeeze through underneath saying the whole time “I’m stuck momma, I’m stuck!” This is when I have to stop myself and leave whatever cleaning project I was doing and save the boy from the terrible couch monster! I am so lucky to be able to share fun times with my kiddos. My cleaning project will always be right there where I left it…
Well, Grissom has informed that he is hungry and checking the time it’s time for lunch…so off I go to make chicken tenders and hopefully get this child to eat a piece of fruit or a veggie…I’m not sure how he manages to grow at all…the junk food eater that he is!
*FYI~new construction of our fun idea has officially started…you know how construction is though…might take a few weeks to get it just right!
I have a couple of Grissom funnies to share:
Cody and I use our cell phones for our alarms in the morning. We can’t stand the beep beep of our clock…anyway the other night Cody set his alarm for 6:00 am but, not telling anyone (me) that he changed the sound of his alarm to a WOLF HOWLING…it freaked me out and poor Grissom, well this is what we heard at six in the morning…”all the wolves are gone now guys!” AWWHH! What a sweetie, letting us know that the wolves were gone. Our little protector…I can only imagine what was going through that little head when he heard that howling.
Needless to say we don’t use the wolf howling sound for our alarm!
This morning Grissom gets up and tells me that he would like to have “dirty donuts” for his breakfast?! What? Where does he come up with things like this? I still can’t figure out what he really means…anyone?
OMGoodness, it has been about TWENTY years since I have played tennis…I am feeling so old!
The family, well we have been trying to get outside (now that it’s not so flippin’ cold) and get some exercise on the weekends…we do live in an area known for it’s outdoorsy recreation like hiking, biking and skiing (I’d much rather be outdoorsy on a nice sandy beach somewhere).
Sam has been begging us for a tennis racket and some balls, that’s were this all started…off we go to the park with the tennis courts to let the kids hit some balls.
Ya know when your sitting there watching somebody do something fun and you have that urge to just get up and do it too?! Well, that’s what happened to Cody and I today…we had so much fun trying to play tennis…we’ve never laughed so hard. I think the kids enjoyed watching their (out of shape) mom and dad having some fun.
I played tennis in high school and other than basketball it was my favorite sport to play. I got to play on the doubles team with my best friend Shelley. Anyway, that was almost twenty years ago!!! Needless to say my brain knew what to do, but my body was like, um, no, I don’t think so, sweetness! What?! My brain kept trying to go for the ball, only to find my feet still planted safely right were I started. I’m sure I looked quite silly.
We had a blast though and have made a promise to keep it up…ya know, the getting out with all these other crazy outdoorsy people, getting in shape and having some family fun.
Madison & Derrick & Derrick’s twin Dylan…
Sam checkin’ on his big sis…
Keep going you’ll see a lot more of these two…
**Video on it’s way**
The conga starts here with Madison, Sam & Derrick!
Derrick is the ONE! Cody is keeping an eye on him!
Kara, Mallorie & a new friend start their own conga…
Looky here: Sam is that you? Yep, he decide not to be a
wall flower after all…
This is Mallorie’s BFF…Kara! They talk on the phone
as if they were teenagers…EVERYDAY!
In the background you see Mallorie & Kara meet…AHH!!
Dancing the night away… Those girly girls know how to
have fun!
Drummer Boy…
He thought of this one on his own…pretty clever!
I know, in his underwear again. That’s how he rolls.
Cody and I wonder everyday how he will do in school.
Grissom is a hands on learner, tactile and doesn’t sit
still for nothing. We will see…
More Mallorie bloggie time…this child has given
us our share of gray (white for me) hairs in her lifetime.
This morning she woke us up screaming and crying
and saying she is going to die in two days!?! I have more
white hairs now thank you very much…
Poor thing, I guess this was her second night
dreaming that she was going to die…the night before
she dreamt it was three days and to dream it again with
two days, it felt real to her. Very upsetting!
I’m sure most of you guys know that Mallorie
has always had a kind of “sixth sense ” about
things…
Last year she came running into the house
from our backyard saying she saw a small plane
on fire in the sky and that it was going to crash.
I ran outside to look and saw nothing…
I just shrugged it off and went about my day…
Mallorie on the other hand was very adamant.
The next day in the newspaper, there was
a plane that crashed about 20 miles from
our house… Mallorie was the one that saw it
in the paper first, she said mom that is the
plane I saw on fire! We were a little wigged out!
So, when this girl says she had a dream she
is going to die in two days, we stand up and
take notice! We always keep a close eye on
her as well as our other kiddos, we plan on
keeping a tight leash on this child for now.
Please say a little prayer for her, that she will
have sweet and happy dreams from now on.
Have a super day!
