Crazy Hair Day

This week is dug awareness week at school. Today's theme is...Use your head, don't do drugs. The boys wanted me to 'paint' their hair. I didn't have any hair paint and didn't want to go out and buy any. This is what we came up with.

A bit drastic, I know. But, he needed a hair cut anyway ;)

Ethan did his own hair. I just added the hairspray.

As if I needed anything else to do...

We are now the proud owners of a 30 gallon fish tank and 10 fish. We also went out last Saturday and bought 5 bunnies. Well, if we're gonna do we might as well do it right, huh? We already had all the cages and feeding supplies from our last adventure and that's the expensive part of getting rabbits. I would like to introduce you to...


Robin
















Robert














Shortcake














Tink














Remmington
















We haven't even had these hoppers a week yet but the kids have loved handling them. The first thing Katie will ask when she gets up in the morning is if she can hold her bunny(Shortcake, Remmington, Tink). It's hard to tell her no but she's not real reliable with the bunnies just yet. She'll learn =) The boys will bring one in and watch a show with it sitting on their lap. Ethan got peed on the other day, so funny! Anywho, it was my idea to get a rabbit. Bu tonce we got out there Aaron just couldn't leave the others. And we might be gettign another from the same place in a few weeks. We'll see.






These are JUST pets but we will be breeding to sell. If anyone is interested in an Easter bunny let me know.

Nursery Rhymes

So, I know it's been a while. I've been busy. There's something about having 4 kids that keeps you on your toes =) Now on to the subject at hand...



Have you ever really paid much attention to nursery rhymes? I hadn't until I had kids and someone gave us a book of nursery rhymes when Evan came along. Some are ok and some are even kinda cute. But there are others that are down right creepy! I shall give examples ;)



The Queen of Hearts


The queen of hearts
she made some tarts,
all on a summers day.
The Knave of hearts,
he stole the tarts,
and took them clean away.
The King of hearts
called for the tarts,
and BEAT the Knave full sore.
The Knave of hearts
brought back the tarts,
and vowed he'd steal no more.

What was that?? A lesson about stealing!

Here's a classic you all know.

Rock-a-bye Baby

Rock-a-bye baby, on the tree top.
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall.
And down will come baby, cradle and all.

Horrible! Singing about a baby falling from a tree!?

And last but not least. This is the one that really caught my attention.

Goosey Goosey Gander

Goosey Goosey Gander, whither shall I wander?
Upstairs and downstairs and in my lady's chamber.
There I met an old man who would not say his prayers,
I took him by the left leg and threw him down the stairs.

What were these people thinking when they wrote these so called nursery rhymes? These are just a few of the ones I found. I won't subject you to all of them. I'm waiting on the Christian Mother Goose book from my mom. I'm ready to start reading sweet sing-song story's to my kids again. Before oyu know it they'll all be too big and not want to listen to that.

And now I shall finish getting things together for our Fall Break camping trip. That's right! Aaron and I are taking Ethan and Levi camping while Katie and Evan hang out with my parents for 3 days. I AM SO EXCITED!!! I shall post pictures and tell you all about it sometime next week =) Until then....

One Year

Today is Evan's birthday!! Can't believe it's been a year already. I have had so much fun with him an dthe big kids LOVE him. They beg to get him out of bed in the mornings or after his nap so they can play with him. Makes me smile =)

Because I wasn't blogging a year ago I'll tell his birth story today.

I woke at 1 in the morning because I couldn't sleep. I was getting a drink of water and the first contraction hit. It wasn't bad but I knew it was the real deal. I got pen and paper and laid on the couch ready to keep track of how far apart they were. My contractions stayed 8-10 minutes apart until about 10:30. In that time I did laundry, took Ethan to school, boiled and deboned a chicken, and made sure the house was picked up. Aaron's mom got to the house about 12:30 and we were checked in an hour later. When my doc checked me at 2:00 I was at 4 cn. and 80% effaced. She came back and checked me at 4:30( I was asking for stadol) and I was at 6 cn. and 100%. I got the stadol and was asking for my doc to come back at 5:00 because I WAS HAVING A BABY! The nurses did a great job of helping me control my breathing so I wouldn't push. Because it was a Friday I told my doctor I would try to deliver so she could be home in time for dinner.

Evan William came into the world at 5:12 p.m. He weighed in at 7.4 pounds and was 19.5 in. long. He was perfect. And I mean PERFECT! That boy got a 9 and 10 on his apgars.

He has been making me smile every day since then. He came home a very fiesty little guy and would get so mad that at 2 weeks was rolling himself over. He rolled over officially at 10 weeks. Crawled at 5.5 months. Took his first step a week before he hit 9 months.and is marking his first birthday almost running. He's a little on the short side so he looks funny walking around. He brings me joy every day and I don't know what I would do with out him.

Happy Birthday, Evan!! You make my heart happy and I love you so much it hurts.

It's just a plant...I think I'll be ok

For those that know me, you know I LOVE plants and color. I could totally blow our budget on landscaping. Well, last night while I was bathing Katie Levi came in and informed me that Ethan had 'broke' my tree. The 'tree' he was referring to is one of my newer crate-myrtles in the back yard. I have one really big one that must have been planted not long after the house was built in 1960. And I planted 4 more along one of our side fences in the back.



So I told Ethan to come with me and before I looked at the damage done I wanted him to tell me what happened. I wanted an explanation before I got upset(I have lost count on the number of times I haev told the boys to stay away from my plants.) I was hoping that knowng why my plant was destroyed would ease the hurt when I saw how bad it was. Levi said it was laying on the ground =(



Ethan said that Levi told him to fall on it. I started getting irritated. I thought my almost 7 yr old was smarter than that. Maybe the reason I got irritated is because he IS smarter than that! When I got to the back yard this is what I saw....

















I didn't do anything to Ethan. I just told him how sad I was and that I was dissapointed in him and now he needed to go shower and get ready for bed. It was 6:15.


There is still some of the plant that survived so I don't think I'll have to replace it. I just keep telling myself...It's just a plant, it's just a plant. My kids are alive and healthy. It's just a plant!!

It still makes me sad.

Wordless Wednesday

The questions of a 5 year old

While making dinner Levi asks what we're having.

I tell him,"steak, mashed potatoes and green beens."

He then asks..."what kind of green beens?"

Are you kidding me? How many kinds are there? OH! how I love my kids. They make me laugh so often =)