I'm Crabby......

about these new pets my people brought into the house. When they go in the room to play with them they shut me out. I just want to "play" with those new things. Can't they hear me crying when I get lucky enough to sneak in and get by their house? I just want to "love" on them. One more thing.....when did they decide I wasn't enough!? I'm the only pet they need.

HMPH!!!!!

July 4th

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

Fishing

Brave.....

Not so brave......
and the freak out.....

"DADDY IT'S BLEEDING!!!! GET IT OFF, GET IT OFFFFFFFF!!!!!"

First 5K

Today I ran/walked my first 5K(Race For The Cure) with a group of wonderful ladies.

All along the route people had their houses decorated or sat and cheered us on. I loved this breast cancer garbage can.
A shot of me before the BIG race. All the wonderful ladies I was able to walk with.

My 4:30 am breakfast. I asked one of the trainers at the Y what I should eat the morning of the 5k. It looks strange but it gave me the energy I needed to get thru the morning.

I came home and rested and took at Gentle Yoga class with my Hubbie this afternoon. I can't wait to do it again nest year with my family!

The Naked Scanner

Our entire family went on an airplane yesterday(even the dog). Yes we are crazy! We get over to security and I see new scanners. I ask the lady if they are the naked scanners and yes they were. I am told that I need to take the dog out of his crate and walk with him thru the old scanner. I follow the rules and wait for my family on the other side. I wait, wait, and wait. I finally see them grab their shoes and I'm ready to go. Oh no....."Do not give your children their shoes and do not touch them. They will need a pat down." I'm like what?????!!!!!!! Madison begins to cry and cry and Syd thinks this is the best thing. Thomas also had to get the pat down. I'm asking why do they need to get a pat down? They refused to do the naked scanner. "GOOD GRIEF!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!????" I'm just thinking why would you not just go thru the naked thing. Sydney and Madison: Daddy said not to.(Syd says this while laugh and Madison while sobbing.)

They begin the pat down and Madison just keeps crying. Poor thing. Syd just kept laughing and then she says to the lady............"this is great it's just like a massage!"

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!

Paddle -to-the-Sea

We started using Beautiful Feet Books for our Geography study. The first book in this study is the story Paddle-to-the-Sea. If you've read the book......we are at the pond/marsh part of the little boats adventure. Sydney has a VERY difficult time just being still while I read. I had them make their own leggo pond/marsh scene. So cute!

Springs Has Sprung!

The Hubbie has been pleading with me to take the girls pics by the trees. I'm not even joking a little when I use the word pleading. He was ready to take them out in their pj's this morning. When we got back from co-op today I asked them to go get a dress on and make Daddy happy. It is now pouring rain outside and I'm sure the flowers will start falling off. Happy Spring Ya'll!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

Good friends, chocolate, crafts, and ummmm way too much makeup. Oh the stories I could share.....but.....what happens at the Girl House stays at the Girl House. FYI the pics were before the thickly applied makeup.

Hughette Hefner

Syd LOVES to be in jammies. I have even let this child wear them to the YMCA, store, and library. She has even been known to wear them under her regular clothes. She has even asked for a pair of pajama jeans. Have you seen the commercial for pajama jeans? Crazy! We have started to call her Hughette. She has know idea who Hugh Hefner is except he is this man who is so rich he wears jammies all day long.

She has been reading American Girl Doll books and her favorite is Kirsten. She decided she didn't like the way the Kirsten series ended. She is now writing a book. I'm like you go girl you write that book. It's great spelling practice. We are even going to mail this story. A girl can dream. Right?

Back to the jammie thing. Syd has decided she wants to be a writer. Have you guessed why? You can be in your jammies all day!!!!

YOGA

I have been doing yoga for a little over a year. I got Thomas to try it and he really liked it. He wouldn't go alone. I got sick and he decided he would try going alone. He did it and survived! Ha! Every Sunday our YMCA has family fitness. A couple of weeks ago they had family yoga. They offered this class back in October and it was packed. We decided to get the girls their own yoga mats. A certain store had them on sale. I went in with instructions on what color everyone wanted....pink and purple. The only ones on sale were pink and navy...ugh. I grabbed the pink one and then started looking around and whala there was a purple one in the clearance section. We are a yoga lovin' family! You should see the yoga moves my youngest child can do. It's crazy how strong this child is.

Creamy Macaroni and Cheese on the Food Network

Over the weekend we went to a potluck. They are not one of my husbands favorite things to do. We all survived. LOL! When I was younger our church had a potluck the first Sunday of the month. I always remember all the ladies with their crockpots filled to the top. Fast forward 20 years and I'm bringing my crockpot filled with food. I've noticed not everyone seems to....ummm.....bring enough food to share let alone feed their own family. We have been to potlucks where there hasn't even been enough food for everyone there. An email went out to our small group to bring a dish to share. They even said make sure it is enough to feed your family and more. We all were also asked to bring a drink to share. I brought my crockpot filled with mac & cheese and a gallon of lemonade. Most of the older ladies ladies brought a lot of food and few ladies my age. Then there were a few ladies my age that well didn't share the load. One family came with this little 8 oz. container of slaw. Another family(mom and dad w/ 3 kids) came with 2 little subs and 3 soads.

Do you do the potluck thing? If you do what is your go to recipe? Do you share the load? Okay you don't need to answer my last question. At the bottom of this post is the link to the mac&cheese recipe I made. Paula Deen and you cook it in the crockpot. It was so good.

Creamy Macaroni and Cheese on the Food Network

Da Bears!

This is what our family is doing today. Seven minutes into the game and it's not looking good. We are all dressed in our Bears stuff and blue/orange. Are you ready for some football? Who are you cheering for this weekend?

Happy New Year!!!!

Syd in some of our New Year Tree decorations. This year I decided to decorate the tree for New Years. Got the idea from my dear friend Melonie. I would link her name to her blog but I have no idea how to do that.

Some yummy snacks fro the celebration. A few weeks ago our store had 24 packs of soda buy 2 get 3 free. When I came home yesterday with more soda my husband said I had lost my mind. I have some fond memories of drinking soda from glass bottles when I was little.
Happy New Year!!!!!

When Life Gives You Lemons.....

You make a lot of lemonade, lemon bars, lemon cake, bar-b-q sauce, and lemon ice cubes.

A week before Christmas a friend on facebook posted she had 200 lemons and needed to sell some. I bought 40 and was wondering what I was going to do with them. I used them up fast and wished I had some more. She posted again saing she still had lemons and I bought 30 more.

I have been making the Paul Deen lemonade recipe and it is so good. If you have a great lemon recipe please share.

SNOW

Cake In A Cup!

Today we decided to try this recipe we found. It isn't great and yet it isn't awful. It was fun and will be a do again. I think next time we will have a few more yummies to add to it.

Cake and egg nog....what could be better?

I had some larger mugs that the girls used to make their cake in. My mug is just your regular coffee size mug. It also worked great.

1 coffee mug

4 tablespoons flour

4 tablespoons sugar

2 tablespoons baking cocoa

(mix dry ingredients well)

add

1 egg

3 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons oil

mix

You can mix in a few chocolate chips or anything you think of.

Mix everything in the mug and then place in the microwave for 3 min. Top with whatever you think would be yummy. Enjoy! Warning the mug is very hot.

An 18th Century Christmas

Today the girls took some classes at the Museum of History. The class Sydney and I took was on 18th Century Christmas. It was really good. Syd made the swag in the above picture. They gave us a card with the legend for each one. I thought I would share that with you today.

Merry Christmas!!!

Holly: Whoever first brings holly into the house at Christmas rules for the year! (I've already told Syd that won't happen here.)

Ivy: Wearing an ivy leaf in the hair or hat was thought to prevent intoxication. Placing an ivy under the pillow may make one dream of true love.

Cedar: Small leafed evergreens at doorways and windows were thought to discourage witches, for it was said that a witch must stop and count each leaf before entering.

Rosemary: A popular Christmas green. It symbolizes remembrance, love, and loyalty.

Mistletoe: Each berry of the mistletoe is supposed to hold good luck for one kiss.