10 Reasons

I was reminded this evening that without the stories my children have given me I would probably lead a VERY boring life.  I do think that is true, so in honor of my spunky kids...
10 Reasons I love Charlie
1.  She loves to be girly.  (Drives me crazy but I love to give her special little gifts that I know she will love.)
2.   She sees magic and wonder in EVERY LITTLE detail of the world, like Florida having straight tall trees.
3. She LOVES God and isn't afraid to let everyone know who he is and what he has done for them.
4.  She more than not points me to Christ reminding me that I am missing something but does it in a manner that really isn't rude and disrespectful but honest. 
5.  She has the BEST laugh.
6.  She loves to do special things for others to let them know that she loves them.
7.  She listens.  I mean really listens to what you are saying.
8.  She loves stories.  Not the ones found in books but the other ones, the oral ones about life. 
9.  She really takes to heart correction. She has such a repentant heart.
10.  She is mine!  All mine. She is creative, fisty, friendly, and I just LOVE her to pieces.

10 Reasons I love Brantley
1.  He LOVES life. 
2.  He loves to help (pick up toys, do dishes, sweep, mop, laundry.  He is going to make a great husband someday.)
3.  He says "Hey mom, I love you."  As he dashes out the door.  I am praying that I get random "Hey mom I love you" calls when he is an adult.
4.  He LOVES his sister.
5.  He loves to laugh.
6.  He sings EVERYTHING!  He knows the words to every song no matter if he has heard it   a 100 times or 1 time and ALL styles of music.
7. He says " I am going to put this in my music bucket mom." about anything that makes a sound.  He loves to bang things together or move them just so to get a sound out of them.
8. He just likes to be with the ones he loves.  To the point of suffocation at times, but, I love that he loves me!
9.  He likes to play the "I don't love you game." Which when he first began playing it I had no idea.  He says "I don't love you."  I say "That's okay, I love you enough for both of us."  He giggles, then he says "Now you say it."  I tell him "I am not going to tell you that I do not love you.  I don't every want you to think that it might be true."  He laughs and says "Yep you love me nuf for boff of us."
10.  He is mine!  And as I am writing this I got to thinking yes, he is all fast and loud and doesn't seem to know how to slow down.  I should have gotten some kind of warning from that while I was pregnant. Any time something with a beat (music) came on he would begin to turn summer saults.  His delivery was 3 hours start to stop.  He came before the bed was prepped.  He came before the doctor was in the hospital.  He came in just enough time for the nurse to catch him as she came in the door.  Why would I not think that he would live his life hard and fast. 

Project Life-July version

 July 14th-Charlie is drawing fairy's for her fairy garden.  This is Rosetta.  Isn't she beautiful!  Oh, and look at her letters.  She got M and W right!!!

 B actually played in his room today after C made his track. He kept breaking it.

11:45 pm.  She has my number.  "Mommy can I just sit here with you and do Bible study with you?" It's  summer.  How can I say no?

 July 15th-  Thank you so much for going with me to get these when you are in town.  Didn't they turn out so super cute?

July 17th-  Charlie moved in today.  What do you think of their bunk beds?  They are pretty excited!

Project Life-2nd May post

 May 16th:  Monday Mud day.

May 17th:  Family Game Night.  

 May 18th:  B had a bad dream.  I have to be careful not to step on my kids in the morning. :)

 May 19th:  We had tornado warnings this evening.  We had to make sure we were prepared.

 May 20th:  We were waiting for Daddy to finish with the insurance guy.  Who can say no to such great puddles?

 May 21st:  Jeanna's baby shower.  I am in love with all the cool stuff that Laurie does.  Look at those super cute chalk boards and the shot glasses for fun desserts.  I think I see shot glasses in my future.

 May 24th:  Grandma and Grandpa came over for C's graduation that was canceled due to the weather.  The tornado missed us but it destroyed many homes and families in Piedmont.

 After the weather subsided, one of C's classmates came over.  We had a "pretend" graduation for the kids.

 May 27th:  I work work with the BEST people!

 I LOVE technology for this.  We had a Nana date!!!!

 May 28th:  We went to the science museums today.  This is B's look when he is concentrating.  I love how is tongue sticks out just like mine.

 May 29th:  We had play ground dedication at church today.  B loves this teeter totter.

May 30:  This has become tradition now.  It was very important to Grandma Jindra and has become important to C as well.  She loves placing flowers on her grave.

May Project life

Life hit in May.  I have fallen off the picture of the day.  But, I have a few random photos for you.

May 2nd:  This is a piece of "my" life. Many years ago, I heard a saying about teachers.  "The best teachers steal everything they can get their hands on."  So, I stole this idea from Charlie's Pre-K.  We had a Pirate day.  Here is one of the 6 maps I made.  And to think that at one point I thought I could not draw.  :)

May 4th:  Charlie had her award night for Awana's.  She did a great job.  She learned all of the verses in her book for the year.  She can memorize anything that is set to music.

May 7th:  This is one of those days that I have a LOT of pictures for.  We went for a bike ride.  Doesn't it look like both of my kids are riding their bikes?  Well, don't be fooled.  B can ride his better than C.  But, neither one can really ride their bike.
Both kids wanted to do some Yoga before bed.

My two silly astronauts were eating their "astronaut" dinner (snack) inside their spaceship while they watched Backyardigans Mission to Mars.  I just love their imagination.

May 8th: Happy Mother's Day to me!  Charlie made me breakfast in bed.  "I gave you an apple because I can not cook by myself yet."  So sweet and thoughtful.  I did not feel that way when B spilled the ice cold water on me in my bed before I was awake.

May 12th:  I brought volcanoes home from school to bake for my kiddos.  We had such a blast "erupting" them the next day.

May 13th:  We went to the ice cream social at school.  C calls this amazing redhead her big sister.  This little girl (who is not so little any more) was in my very first pre-k 4 class.  

May 7th:  After B went down for a nap I found this in the bathroom. I  thought it was so funny that just HAD to take this picture.  I am guessing that the toilet was on fire.

May 14th:  We had some unexpected family news and decided to take a family day trip.  We LOVE red rock.  I hope it is a place that my kids remember from their childhood and take their own kids.  We just always have the BEST time.

Project Life-2nd April post

 
 April 13th:  Dusty bought the kids a new swing.  Now they fight over the blue one.  I resorted to mom's solution.  Charlie has even days.  Brantley has odd days.  Every day C asks is today an even.  Every day B sits on the blue swing chanting.  "I odd, I odd, I odd."  I know his meaning but it just makes me giggle.

April 14th: This is Monica.  She has been a gift from God this year.  She watches the kids on Thursday afternoons for me.  Her daughter Bella was in my class last year.

 April 15th:  Today was a VERY windy day in Oklahoma.  So windy in fact that it took our trampoline and blew it over the fence into the next door catty-corner backyard neighbor's backyard.  Brantley was trying to lasso it back into the yard.

April 16th:  We made soft pretzels to surprise Daddy.  I love that B's tongue is sticking out.

April 17th:  We found ladybugs!

 April 19th:  Charlie wanted to take pictures of Dusty and me.  Dusty wanted more pretzels so we made them together.

April 21st:  This is the part of being a working mom that I hate.  Charlie had a zoo trip on the 22nd,  Good Friday.   I did not feel that it was right for me to take the most "important" day in our school year off, so she went without anyone.  I know that she was/is fine but I really wanted to go with her.  I think I went overboard on her lunch to make up for it.  I had a blast stamping her sack.  I wrote rebus sentences on each of her bags so she could read them.  Which she did not.  Dusty gave her two drinks.  I laugh at how "not" typical her lunch was.

April 22nd:  Good Friday.  We had a great time being the Easter Bunny to several friends.  This year we left 12 eggs filled with pieces to tell the story of crucifixion.  We had a great time collecting things for our resurrection eggs and even more fun hiding them.

April 23:  We died our eggs.  This was not fun to do with a 2 year-old.  I love this picture though because it shows his concentration.  Can you see his little tongue sticking out of his mouth?

April 24th:  The Easter Bunny!  He brought them chocolate and a Bible.  The kids were so excited.  We got up and made Resurrection biscuits.

April 25th:  The reason for our trip to Bass Pro,   Dusty's new gun.

April 26th:  B dressing sharp for dinner at the "restaurant." He loves those silly shoes.  Daddy was the cook.  I got to re-visit my waitress days.

April 29th:  Mommy was VERY tired today.  The kids watched TV while Mommy took a nap.






April 30th:  We went to dinner at PF Changs with our friend Mark and Shaa.  We really enjoy spending time with these two wonderful people.