I am outta here...

well in the morning!! I am heading to ATL for the 31 conference with Rachel.

I am so excited:
1-to get away for a few days
2-meet new people
3-check out all the new product

Will post pics when I get back, until then dad is in charge (or Kyndal will let him think he is)!!!

Pool Party time!!

pool party treats

THey must be good he ate 3!!

Singing her Happy Birthday

woohoo for presents!

swim swim swimmin

3 amigas!!

Birthday Girl!!

It is so hard to believe Brooklyn is 4!! The Diva Princess has grown so much in the past year!!

She wanted pink pancakes for breakfast--I made hearts

Blowing our the candle

she was so excited when we gave her the Jeep

she is a crazy driver--seriously

she LOVES it

and they sang to her at Texas Roadhouse!!

No more training wheels!!

Aydan is so excited he doesn't have training wheels anymore!!! But here is the funny thing..this bike with training wheels has sat in the garage for 2 years--he wouldn't ride it cause it wobbled too much...then yesterday Q calls me out and there he goes--Just like that!!! NOW he is an expert!!

Ms Independent

oi vey--here we go again with a very independent little girl!! She now climbs on EVERYTHING--top of the table, top of the couch and so on--keeping me on my toes for sure!! Then this morning she refused to eat her yogurt as I scooped it to her--she wanted to do it herself! Although this causes a HUGE mess, I let her do it!!

Jammin

I LOVE homemade jam, nothing tastes better!!! So I peeled the peaches and chopped the strawberries and made peach/strawberry jam--38 jars worth (big and small jars) and half of them set up the other half is a little runny but still oh so good!!

jars all ready

Fruit all chopped

YUMMY!!!

My kids make me laugh!!!

Aydanism:

While I am talking to text in the car...
A-Mom what are you doing? talking to your phone?
Me yes I am
A-you are the weirdest mom ever

Brooklynism: (on a different day--I am talking to text--I am trying to stop texting and driving)

B-Mom nobody is talking to you
LOL

Quintinism:
Q-mom we are out of milk
Me-I know
Q-and that buttermilk is bad
Me-(laughing) did you drink that?? it is not for drinking it is for baking-DUH

Zachism:

Mom so we had this sermon at church...and so you had me at 15 right?
 Me: hahah NO, what makes you think that??
 Z-well you are almost 30 right, you are 29 (I tell everyone that) Me- yes I am 29 but I had you at 20...
Z-but WHAT? your not 35 are you?
 Me: no I am 29!!
Z-well the sermon was about abortion and I was just wondering if you ever thought that
Me-Nope sure didn't
Z-oh good....(as he is leaving) why do women always lie about their age--hahahah

So the other day I open the garage, there are 2 extra bike in there..
Me-Zach whose bikes are these
Z-OH so these 2 kids came by and asked if I wanted a couple free bikes
Me-UM son um no one gives away bikes, I am guessing they are stolen and those kids had to get rid of them
Z-OH I didn't think of that

Oh this was one on me
Today at Hobby Lobby with Domma
Me-Do you know where I get those toothpicks with umbrellas at? I have an idea for B's party
D-mmm I am not sure
Me-I look RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME--OH like these right here hahah
(ok maybe you had to be there but it was pretty funny!!!)

Shakes my Head!!!

Dear Quinnie

Although we understand you are busy...some of us LOVE to see some blogs and pics of M's days!!! Love ya :)

Cover it up

So like 8 or so years ago I got this tattoo...and my bff at the time got one too--and we havent been friends sincce about 6 months after we got them--lesson learned!!

So I have been wanting to cover it up with something else!! and here is what I got--I LOVE how it turned out (even though it HURT SO BAD--lol) and In latin it says LIVE LAUGH LOVE

shaving creme isnt just for shaving

To entertain K while B and I did another craft...I sprayed shaving creme on her high chair tray and added some food coloring--she loved it!!

melting crayon art

Good thing she's cute

 Her 3 am "I am hungry" encounters would be worse if she didnt greet me when I went to get her "from sreaming" with "HI" in her chipper voice, then she signs "eat please"

She is changing so fast, In the past few days she is jabbering more and more! and her animal sounds just crack me up--can't wait for her to see the cows and pigs at the fair this week!

She now says: mama, papa, dada, ach, up, cup, gabba, out, no, top (stop)--There is more but I can't remember

she was not to sure about the flash!

Let's Paint

 We went to Angelos this morning to paint!! Kids love that place!!

K wanted the "ack ack"

Miss Aubry joined us and pained a bowl

B's Dolphin

she was a paint mess, but she loved it!!

CALGON....take me away

ok maybe I just aged myself with that title hahah....but woah has it been a day!
First K was up alot of the night, screaming, then at 3am she wanted to eat and was up till 4, then screaming again at 6-so I layed down with her in B's bed (bad idea, killed my back and already throbbing shoulder) so she was up at 7-to eat (go figure)
Then dad left today--here goes another 2 weeks (lots of luck and prayers)
So K was fussy all morning and I was exhausted and the others just want to knik pick at each other all day long. Finally got K down for a nap at 11, and I layed down but not for long cause we had a Bday party at 130 (and I still had to go get the present)
So took A and B to the party, left K sleeping with Q and Z. that was fun and they swam all the energy out!
So get home, and K is still whiny (ugh) after dinner they are all out of sorts. k whining (still) she wants up, no she wants down and so on. A and B are fighting and fighting, B refuses to eat dinner again--so she will go to bed hungry (and she keeps trying to sneak snacks that she WANTS to eat--um no), Q is arguing with Z as always--seriously I am TIRED, and my tummy hurts (not sure what that is about either)
So by 8pm 3 out of 5 kids are in bed and asleep, the other two are close behind and as much as I would like to stay up and enjoy the quiet, I am too exhausted to!!!
So here is to tomorrow being a better day and I get some sleep!!!!

On a GREAT note we got some rain--I love the rain!!!

Night night!!!

Duckies!!!

This mama duck and her 10 babies were in the pool this morning when we went to lessons..The funniest part was watching the life guards trying to "herd" them out of the pool!! They did finally get them out and to safety!!

Jump Aydan

So Today was diving board day for Aydan, he was scared the first time but the second and third time he jumped all by himself!!

Pasgetti anyone?

To the lake we go

We had so much fun at the lake, kids love it!!

Lisa floating with the kids

HA Lisa toting all her stuff down

she loves mud--in the hair

Pretty girls in yellow dresses

Swim Fishies Swim

 Brooklyn with her swim class--she is doing so good and loves the water.

Aydan has made the most improvement since last year, he now goes under water, does his back and front floats!!

Kyndal loves to walk around the splash pad playing in the water. She is so quiet and walks around with her mouth open and laughing--so cute to watch!!