AARRRRGGGHHHH!

My blog title is the sound I wanted to scream all day!

Kenny called me this afternoon to ask how my day has been, and this is what I wanted to say to him:

"This morning Cole woke up. He looked so cute all groggy like, so I was feeling like a good mom and make him pancakes.

Five seconds into eating the pancakes I left to get in my workout clothes. I hear a clank on the wood floor. Then "Um...Mom...Um." I run in to find his plate of pancakes all over my floor. Syrup and all.

I take a deep breath- because that's what the "good" moms do, and I tell him it's ok and that I will help him clean it up. Then out of curiosity I ask how it happened.

"I was sliding it and it fell." Oh. Well...let's not ever do that again. In my head I was yelling this.

A few hours later I decided to go run some errands. I ask Cole (who was wearing nothing but shorts) to go get a shirt on.

After repeating myself 3 times I finally had to pull out the old- "Go get a shirt or I'm leaving you here!"

He came back 5 minutes later with a shirt AND PANTS. I said, "please go back and put on your shorts, it's too hot for pants."

15 minutes later and after a few yells to his room to hurry up, Cole comes back with his shorts back on, AND HIS SHIRT OFF again.

I take a deep breath and ask Cole if he's planning on making it through this day.

I them precede to yell at him to get the shirt back on and get out to the van before mommy loses it. (Pretty sure I had already lost it.)

He comes out 3 minutes later with the shirt on and stomps (while glaring at me) to the van.

He gets in the van- I tell him to buckle up.

He stands there staring at me.

I say, "Buckle up now or mommys gonna do it for you!"

He stand there not moving.

I start to open my door to get out.

He hurries into his seat.

We get to the mall- run into the store and have no altercations in there:)

I'm happy again!

I buy him and all his siblings some candy while in there.

We drive to pick up the girls from school and while driving Cole eats his candy.

As we are waiting at the school Cole asks me for more candy- I simple tell him that he has no more and that the rest is for the other kids.

Three seconds lateer Cole is hiding in the back of the van. I ask him what he's doing.

With a muffled sound he says- "Nothing."

I ask him to stand up- his mouth is obviously full of something.

I ask him if he has eaten the candy- he just stands there not saying anything.

I yell at him yet again.

I start to tell him how mean it was to eat someone else's candy and how he disobeyed me and yadda yadda yadda.

We go get the girls and I tell him to get back into the van.

He stands there.

I say- Get in the dang van or I'm gonna leave you here!!!!!

He gets in.

We drive home in silence.

Once we get home we all start getting out of the van. Except for Cole. He sits there not moving a muscle. I then procede to tell him to get out of the van and into the house. He still sits there. I leave him there, walk into the house, shut the door, walk into the bathroom, lock the door behind me and sit in the quiet, small room for about 15 minutes.

After my "time-out", I come out and see the kids all watching cartoons (including Cole).

Cole survives another day.

Canning

Ok- so after 5 baskets of fresh strawberries, 32 ounces of raspberries, 32 ounces of blackberries, and 3 cups of blueberries I am finally done!

It only took me about 6 hours, but it was well worth it.

I now have strawberry jam, triple berry jam, and a little thing I'm going to call quadberry jam!

The last one was a little invention that I came up with- I need a few more berries and remembered some frozen blueberries I had from last summer. Hopefully it will taste better than it sounds.

So here's the exciting part if you are one of my true friends who reads even my most boring posts:)!!!!

Whom ever guesses closest to how many pints of jam I made in total will win a pint of jam of their choosing!

Unfortunately I have to hold this contest for those living near me- I would be worried that the jar would break in the mail. However, you are still welcome to try and guess:)

I'll add another clue to help you- I only used 3 1/2 of the baskets for the jam.

Good Luck!

Trying to Crawl

Logan has been trying really hard to move lately.  He has found this new way to lift himself off the ground, but he can't figure out how to move his feet or hands yet.  It's like his doing push-ups all day long.  He's going to have great muscle definition!

April 19. 2010

I'm doing the P90X workouts right now and I'm starting to wonder if he's trying to copy my plank position.  If so, he has great form:)!

Happy Birthday Cole!

Cole is 5! It amazes me that he has survived 5 years- and yes, I mean survived! For those who have boys, you understand:)

April Fool's

I am very pleased to announce that the Fool this year was not me!

Not for lack of trying- Kenny even tried to get his entire church class involved. But, I did not fall into his deceptive trap!

Furthermore, I vowed revenge and carefully planned my husband's demise.

First- I paged him around lunch time and made it look like it was his Chief who was paging him. (I decided to use his Chief's number not only to get Kenny but also to get his Chief. It was like a 2 in 1 deal!)

After the first page I patiently waited a few hours only to page his again.

Now, I was taking a risk in this because I have been warned to NEVER page Kenny unless a family member had lost a limb or was currently in the process of "kicking the bucket".

I knew that this prank would either end in a laugh or a stern "discussion". But after passing it by the Chief's wife I felt assured it would be taken well.

Well, after 4 pages Kenny called around 5 to let me know he would be coming home soon. While on the phone with him I preceded to use my cell phone to page him yet again- only this time I decided to use his own pager number to see if he would actually try to page himself back. He didn't fall for it, but while I was on the phone with him I heard his pager go off and he said, "Someone is screwing with me today- they are paging me with my own number right now."

Yes- it was very hard not to laugh at that.

I told him that it must be someone that he works with:)

We hung up and I started to plan the rest of the day and all my evil plans!

About 1 hour later Kenny calls again. He tells me that he will be later than he thought because his Commander found out about the pages and won't let him come home until he finds out who was trying to page him!

I have to admit- for a split second I thought- OH CRAP!

Then I remembered who I was messing with- and I know him all too well. So instead of giving in I simply said "that sucks!"

After I got off the phone with Kenny I immediately called my friend to find out if Kenny had heard it was me, which of course he had. The truth was out, but I didn't cave! I held strong until Kenny came home and finally called me out:) It was completely worth it!

Oh- and don't worry, he not only got that prank but I also created a "wonderful" meal for him that night!

Kool-aid- without the sugar added

and

Mash Potatoes- with just the hint of baking soda! Yum!!!!

Hopefully Kenny has learned his lesson- don't mess with the best!

Easter 2010

Easter 2010

The kids woke up all excited to see what the Easter Bunny had brought them!

Logan wasn't sure what to think about all the stuff in the living room, but he sure did like the easter grass!

It was a beautiful Spring morning- perfect for Easter.



Logan, Maddie, & Cole looking through their baskets.

Obviously he REALLY loves what he got:)

Katie- with her new jump rope

Cole- loving his new presents

Logan's beach hat

Maddie- carefully searching, she knows all the good hidding spots by now

Hunting for Easter Eggs in the backyard.

Found one!

Logan's first Easter egg hunt

Kate's bounty!

Playing Around with Mommy's Camera

My kids LOVE using my camera to take pictures and video of themselves.  Mostly, it drives me crazy because I'm afraid they will break it or mess the settings up.  That, and the fact that they are always running the battery down or filling up the memory card with random photos.

However, the one part I do like is when I find the most obscure pictures on my camera.  And most of the time they are pretty funny!  I can't ever figure out what I was doing at the time these pictures were being taken, but they can be pretty creative at what they do.  As an example below, where they figured out how to take really funny looking "action" pictures!

I love this next picture of Cole- he's so cute and mischievous looking!