Lesson learned...

Lessons we had learned over the last Month...


*hiding something under your bed that you broke and then saying you don't know where it is, IS a lie! Its better to just own up to it and be forgiven, than hide it and get into trouble for the lie!

*leaving your scooter behind the van WILL end with the scooter being run over and possible damaged. Its better to make sure than the scooter is put back in the correct place on the side of the garage, that way we will have it to ride for a long time!

*rolling down the hill in the yard WILL result in dog poop being smashed onto your clothing and children running away from your screaming...POOOOOOP! Its better to clean up the dog poop on a daily basis.

*talking, and playing around in your chair during your sister's performance at school WILL result in you having to carry her school bag for her for three days. Its better to just sit quietly and enjoy the show!

*waiting all week to do an assignment that is due on Friday and then not getting it done in time, WILL result in getting an infraction from the teacher. Its better to do a little at a time during the course of the week to ease up the load and avoid the infraction!

*eating a WHOLE GIANT JALAPENO on a bet from your sister WILL result in burning ears, burning mouth and sore stomach from drinking 5 cups of milk to ease the burn! Its better to JUST SAY NO!

*Yelling at your brother and throwing his toy on the ground in a big fit WILL result in you apologizing and going to bed early! Its better to try and talk it out!

*staying up late to see Daddy when he gets in late from work WILL result in THREE HAPPY CHILDREN AND A VERY HAPPY DADDY!! Also, one very tired Mommy!

Life is full of fun and not so fun little lessons, and I am thankful for all that we have learned so far. I know that some of the lessons we will learn in the future may not be so easily learned and may take some very hard time to get through, but for NOW, we are enjoying this growing and learning time....Together, Happy, Sad, Good, Bad, Funny...TOGETHER!

Pumpkin guts!

Last Sunday we did our "carving" of the pumpkins, and although this was by far the fastest it was ever done, I think we laughed and gushed the most! The kids are all so fun and happy in these little traditions that we have in place, its just wonderful to have them "remember" and "insist" that we follow through on them each year.
This year John only had to cut the top off of Katelyn and Jacob's pumpkins, they cleaned them and carved them independently! Katelyn, the planner that she is had a picture picked out from a magazine of the face that she wanted for her pumpkin and did a fabulous job creating a look alike of it!
Jacob just went with it and did "what his hands told him to"!! He kept saying "I am SO proud of myself"!! Those two have grown up so much over the last year, so great to see them going on to that new stage of Independence!
Emily needed a bit of help carving hers but that did not stop her from drawing the face she wanted and correcting if it wasn't right! She still ate the guts this year (Gross but true, she does it every year) although we didn't have to put it on the floor in a bowl this year so she could "eat it like a kitty"!! She also had to draw things on hers, like spider and words! Learning to spell has been so fun for her, and we see "Mom, Dad, Emily, Katelyn, Jacob and I love You" on a LOT of things these days!
John did a really nice job on our pumpkin too, I just love how it turned out! He is so good at making my ideas come to life. I think that will keep him around for longer that the "two more years" that he says I am going to keep him!

silly....

TAKE ONE:

Emily: "mom, Friday is Pajama day at school because we are learning about the sound a letter P makes."

Me: :thats cool, what Pj's are you going to wear?"

Emily: "I want to wear my purple flower ones and bring my blanket"

Me: "well, you cant bring a blanket honey, you are not sleeping at school"

Emily: "yes we are, it's Pajama day! It's going to be soooooo funny, because the boys are all going to wear underpants!!!!!"

(Jacob, obviously only sleeps in his unders)


TAKE TWO:

Emily: "mom, can you may please get me some fresh water with ice in it because that water is yucky and dry. I don't like dry water"


TAKE THREE:

We took the kids to the store the other day and let them pick something from the dollar section at Target. Emily picks READING GLASSES!!
we popped the lenses out of them, and she has not stopped wearing them. She even wanted to wear them to school today...and DID!! She said she loves her new glasses because now her and Katelyn look like twins!!

Take me out to the ball game!

After the game, fireworks


Tomahawk CHOP!


Jacob




Inside the park!




John took a customer to a Braves game last Friday and invited me and Jacob along! It was our first Braves game, and will NOT be our last! It was a great time! Even though they lost 9-3!
Thanks John for the great time!!!

swinging to "outer space"!!

John decided (after I asked him really nice) to make the kids a tree swing yesterday. It turned out great and only took a couple hours to do. A LOT of tossing the football (with rope attached) up in the tree, trying to get it in just the right spot!! It is a REALLY high tree!!! Because of the slope in the yard we have asked the kids NOT to walk back and get a running start until we are super sure its going to be o-k-a-y!!!
John was too scared to test it out, so I was was more than happy to give it a try, again and again!!
I'll admit, I went on it while the kids were at school today!!!!

They are having a ball with it! Emily said "daddy said no going cwazy and swinging to outer space"!!

GO BLUE!!

CEDAR POINT

Katelyn





Emily






Dan



Cool Cousins, riding the rocket ship





Christine and I



The Family hopped in the van and went to Ohio for some Cousins Campout and we all went to Cedar Point On Saturday. The weather was perfect, the group was excited and the cash machine was workin...overtime!!!! (only kinda kidding on that last one)

Our trip in numbers:

1. number on vehicles in took to get NINE people to Cedar Point (you had to see it)
3. number of kids who got face painting done
15. how much money it took John to win the boys basketballs
7. number of coasters Katelyn went on (Jacob went on 6)
50. number of times Jacob said he was "going to die" while riding the Gemini
5. number of minutes it took for my kids to fall asleep when in the van on the way home


That's all I've got...I cant think today!! SORRY! :)