Pictures of Mallory and Carter... What do you think?

For my memory...

On Sunday the kids were playing outside after supper as Clint and I sat at the table having an adult conversation in peace and quiet which doesn't happen very often in this house when Cavin came in the house to see Clint eating a brownie so he sat up on the chair to see if he could get a bite (surprise surprise) and so Clint being the nice dad he is gave Cavin a bite, Clint says to him "Cavin I love you" and Cavin says back to him" No Thanks I love Mommy"!!!! It melted my heart and broke Clints!! I am sure tom.. he will have a totally different answer!!

Last night Mason and I were the only ones left downstairs as it was almost bedtime and Clint was upstairs brushing teeth and playing with the other kids. Mason told me he got a post card at school for his flat stanely project from Grandma, I said which one (he has4 he knows well) and he said the one with PaPa and then broke into song "papa the sailor man" (you know like popeye the sailor man.. It was so darn cute!!!

Maxton learned a new word yesterday "WOW" he says it so funny!! So at 15 months he says
MaMa, DaDa, Buba, CarCar (carter), bad,no,dog,ball,baby,Wow,that, hi, bye, and others I am sure I am forgetting... He signs more and is working on the sign for milk.. he follows directions like get me your blankie, go find carcar, where is sissy?, get a ball, go outside, go bye bye.. He seems to be doing pretty well. At his well child check last week he weighed 24lbs 5oz and was 32 1/2 " tall... so everything is okay for now. He does have a few new spots on his right elbow which seem to be making the area on his little finger flare up, but they assure us all is okay. He will have another set of MRI,ultrasound, xray when he gets a little older to check the status of the malformation.. He is also bowlegged but our Doc says there is nothing proven to correct that only time so we will just wait and hope that he isn't bowlegged forever or I guess maybe he could move to the ranch and be a cowboy!!!!

What if?

What if two siblings seem to HATE each other... How do you teach them to love, respect, play nice and just bee good brothers to one another? My middle boys Cavin 3 and Carter 41/2 seem to HATE each other.. My Monday and Wednesday mornings are so peaceful the reason for that is Carter is at Preschool, but the minute Carter gets in the van to come home the fighting,crying,name calling,hitting, punching, spitting, screaming chaos begins and doesn't end until Mason comes home from school at 3:15.. It makes for REALLY LONG DAYS.. And well I am at a loss for what to do to fix it? My other kids all get along Great even Wonderful on most days but these two don't have good days together. Once in awhile they have good moments of quiet happy play, but those are short lived and few and far between.. I am not sure what to do I have of course explained, punished and separated but nothing seems to work.. It is breaking my heart and to be honest my ears!! I am sure this to will pass and hopefully quickly in the meantime I am looking for solutions so if you have some please leave me a comment!!!
Sincerely Heartbroken and Going Crazy Mommy of 5

cute pictures

I've spent my day...

Taking care of a fussy baby who doesn't know if he wants held or put down to play, who has a yucky cold, at least 4 teeth coming in and is spoiled anyway.. A toddler who we now know to have a virus of some sort, but that wasn't without a urgent trip to the "ER" to rule out meningitis and strep throat after two hours of crying,screaming, limbs flailing, a low grade temp and a "HORRIBLE" headache.. I am now really far behind on my days duties and exhausted mentally and physically and I still have LOTS of dishes to do, a kitchen to clean, a floor to vacuum popcorn off of, kids to bathe, stories to read, teeth to brush and kids to tuck into bed.. I need to say thanks to my wonderful group of friends Amy for rushing over when all you did was call to chat for organizing the "posse" for kids to be picked up from school and drooped off where they need to be, To Stacey and Jennifer for being the ones to pick up and drop off.. Thanks Ladies it is so nice to have GREAT friends I couldn't live without you all.. Hope we don't spread the germ since all of you were here this a.m. for coffee :(

Well it is time to finish this day if I am lucky I will hit my pillow by 11!!!!

I spent my day.....

At the NASCAR Races with Clint.. I know it doesn't exactly sound like something I would enjoy but the FREE Alcohol and food (we had suite tickets) is hard to pass up and to tell you the truth I kinda like the "races". The Atmosphere, the noise, the people to watch, the speed, picking your driver it is all kinda fun oh ya and my favorite part spending alone time with my husband!!! We had a great time, too much to drink and best of all new the kids were in great hands ( Clint's sister Jamie came to watch them how do you repay somebody for that? Jamie thanks a million we look forward to paying you back in a few years!!) Anyway we had a great time and are looking forward to our next race!!!

What A Crew!!

This is "the crew" at the Fall Festival Parade!! Wow I have a good looking Family even if I do say so myself!! I love you guys!!! xoxox