Am I boring?

or just getting old? When Joey called last Saturday he said, "I have your Birthday present. Is it okay if I come home with it?" (My birthday was still a couple of weeks away)

Me: "Sure. Do you want me to close my eyes while you hide it?"

Joey:"Well, I can't really hide it."

Me: "ummm...okay." Thinking, what on earth did you buy? I can think of a million practical things that I would love to spend money on. I hope he didn't get something that I don't need. Then he pulled up with this:

I was so excited. I've been wanting a new mattress for a year and I was completely surprised. Soooo happy. I never thought that a new mattress would be one of the best birthday presents ever.

I love love love going to bed even more :)

Science Fair

Olivia wanted to participate in her school's science fair. First graders aren't required to do a project, but her teacher said that if anyone wanted to do a science project they wouldn't have to do homework for 2 weeks. That was enough to inspire Olivia. I listed off a few of the suggestions that were in the science packet and Olivia lit up when I said, "color mixing." So our "science project" became a little bit more of an art project. She mixed color after color and wanted to display everything on little hearts of course. We cut, painted, and came up with a pretty stinkin' cute art, er science project.

It just looks like Olivia. I asked her questions and typed up her answers. It was a lot of fun to work on together, but also messy and she was painting all day long. She was very proud of her project, though she didn't win anything, she still felt special for completeing it.

Having a great hair day

I think it must be all the rain, but my hair looks so awesome today. I needed a good hair day. I'm tired. My body hurts. Didn't want to get out of bed. I've been in my "comfy" clothes all day that I will probably end up sleeping in tonight. I haven't left the house once, not much makeup, sick kids, the house is a disaster. Grateful Olivia was sick so I didn't have to get everyone up and out the door this morning. Husband had a long day. I feel bad for being so annoyed with my kids this afternoon. Worried too much about stuff I can't control. But I love my hair today.

8 Months

How can it be that in only a mere 8 months we go from tiny newborn that fits in your lap and curls her fingers around your thumb and can barely keep her eyes open to....

THIS:

A lively 8 month old who crawls around the house, gets mad at her sisters when they shut their bedroom door, yells "ma-ma" when I leave the room, sits, reaches, eats crackers, holds a bottle, does push-ups, sleeps with her bunny, laughs, and gets into everything now?

It's an amazing miracle.

Sooo...What are you trying to say?

Olivia drew this really cute picture of her and Sammie when they are grown up moms. They are talking to each other on the phone however, notice the details. One side has a little girl tugging at the mom's skirt. The other side has the baby screaming on the changing table while the mom happily chats away on the phone. Both moms look completely oblivious to what is going on while keeping a lovely smile. Nice, huh? I swear I don't completely ignore my children.

This is what 7:30 PM looks like

Night Night :)

"Bear bum!"

Bear bum! Bear bum! Bear bum! ha, ha, ha ha..." Livy and Sammie think this is so funny.

I wonder what Abby thinks...

"I want my hair cut."

Opinions. Everyone has an opinion about something around here. Sammie's latest was her hair. "I want my hair cut to my chin." I gave in after a couple of weeks, not because I don't want her hair short, but because I am getting a little scared of cutting my girls' hair now that it is longer and thicker. I could take them somewhere, but they insist that I do it...and it really is more convenient when I can plop them in front of the tv with a sucker. So with Sammie's faith in me, I did it. It doesn't look too bad either. I still have to even it out and the a-line isn't as deep as I wanted it, but hey, I'm an amateur. Actually, not even that. I really have no idea what I'm doing. So here she is last Sunday when she became a Sunbeam... I can't believe it.

and here she is today with "hair up to her chin."