Against the wind....

YES finally some real showings of spring, the flowers are starting to bud, the temps are a bit warmer, even though it is hard to notice with the true trademark of spring. WIND. It is more than just a nice spring breeze, this will knock you off your feet, or if you are like Jarrett blow you down the sidewalk. That is exactly what happened to him today. He got home from school and we were just talking and a big gust of wind comes and there he goes rolling down the sidewalk. He thought it was funny and just kept guiding himself to see how far he would go (what a boy)

The great dress hunt

No, I haven't died, I'm still living (I think)Been extra busy this weekend. Friday night the hubby and I went on a romantic date, to Best Buy, Family Christian Book Store, Taco Bell, Menards and Walmart. Well, we take what we can get, not an easy task w/ 5 kids and one that is generally our side kick. But it is just a season in life, someday we will wish that they were still at home (or that's what people say happens ha ha ha) Best Buy was a trip to look at cameras, our decided to no longer work in the delivery room when we had little e, great timing huh? Too bad the hospital couldn't rush it to the ER. Let me tell you about Taco Bell, we had the funniest thing happen to us. We were leaving the parking lot (you know we only ever do drive thru) and this car full of teenage boys stops in front of us (if we hadn't been watching we would have t boned them) Anyway they all look at us w/ this serious look on their faces and then do this weird thing w/ their arms, kinda like they were dancing and doing the jerk but w/ their arms bent. I couldn't stop laughing after it sank in what they were doing, then they drove off. How hilarious! and dorky all at the same time. I still giggle remembering it. Then horror of horrors happened as we were pulling onto the street, my pop fell over, and the lid wasn't on tight ALL my pop went flying across the floor, I almost cried. That ranks up there w/ spilling a beer back in my drinking days. I was thirsty and CRAVING a pop. Thankfully my sweet hubby drove to a gas station so I could get a replacement. Whew.

Saturday I took Jeni on our second trip out to find a prom dress. We hit two consignment shops, she tried on two at the first, one was too tight, one was too short. At the second store I think she tried on 5 or 6, this older man comes over while she was showing it to me and said" I didn't know they had models here! I'll take you to the prom!" So funny, her face turned red. This man had to be old enough to be her grandpa! Finally we went to JCPennys, I figured maybe they would have something on sale since no one is her height and a toothpick too. We thought maybe we had scored big time b/c the dress she really wanted was marked way down but they didn't have her size, sniff. But we did find the super cutest dress, it is perfect for her! a cream color w/ gold glitter, its halter top style and has a cute little brooch on it. I did let her try some of the pricier dresses on for fun though after.

Sunday was busy as usual, Church then later that evening we got together w/ our Care Group. We really enjoy that time fellowshipping w/ others who love Christ.

Today, we finally did it. We bought a camera, so I will be able to post UPDATED photos! YEEE HAAAAAWWWWWWWWW. I cant wait to get some good picks of the kiddos. Gotta Run MOPS tomorrow and bible study w/ my dear Gladdy. Maybe somewhere along the line I can find my humor again, this post is a tad bit dry. Sorry.

violet= red+blue

Ahhhhh...forgetfullness such a great thing, when it is to your advantage. Today I got to experience to the max the no so great benefit of forgetting. Its a little thing call Genetian Violet, heard of it? Great stuff, unless it is the possesion of a two year old. Yes you read that right. Actually, there are not many things that are good in the possesion of a two year old. Especially when it is a substance that is bright purple and stains. I was getting little e to sleep for his nap and in walks Gretchen, handing me the bottle (isnt she thoughful?) with one hand and the lid with the other, her fat little fingers, purple. It took a moment to register what I was seeing. I yelled for Jeni as this was going to take back up. Dont let her touch anything and get her off the carpet. Personally I could care less if the diningroom floor was stained, it is on the list for replacement anyway. We find that the diningroom floor has a nice purple puddle on it, her foot also has a splash of color too, along w/ the pretty pink outfit that she got for her birthday a couple weeks ago. She got to wear it once and one hour, now she has a very pretty pink and purple outfit to wear to play outside in. grrrr. Not even hairspray works to take this stuff out. I may try rubbing alcohol, can you drink that? ha ha Needless to say my day that was going really good, went to crud, really quick. That took alot of cleanup and I was to say the least, seeing red and the ruined outfit made me a tad bit blue. Did I mention I left it out?

On a GOOD note, I got the girls bedroom clean, finally. I cant believe the amount of clothing we have accumulated for them. I put away TWO heaping laundry baskets of clothes, plus hung up I think 20 dresses (not really, it may have been 10) geez, time to sort out and purge the clothes. I am sure that there is stuff in there that fits neither one of them, besides, those are probably the ones that are procreating with the others and causing the influx of laundry in my laundryroom, they must go! If only that happened with socks...

Little e is on his way to moving up in the world, he is now the proud owner of a big boy car seat. He seems to like it just fine so far, but it is in the livingroom and motionless, we will see. The reviews for installing this seat were not that great, so we will see how great we think it is then. Well I gotta freshly shaved hubby behind me, gotta go smell him. Nite!

The Heartbreak Kid and the Lip Gloss Store

Today we went shopping for Eeeks, Prom Dresses. I never thought I would ever have a child old enough to go to Prom. Unfortunately we don't have a spare 105.00 laying around for the "dress of her dreams" so we hit a few consignment shops. Personally I think everything she tried on looked beautiful, but I may be a little biased. We were at this consignment shop in CR and Gabi saw a flower girl dress there that she just HAD to try on, sure why not, Jeni was trying on dresses. She came out of the dressing room in this way too cute pink dress w/ pretty little flowers around the bottom. The words angelic come to mind, she had this pretty little smile on her face, she was in complete princess world. Of course she wanted to buy the dress which was hard to tell her no but I had to. The dress by most standards was not very much, 17.50 and it fit her perfectly, but it fit her perfectly and she is a growing 4 year old, plus well we need to get this prom dress first. But this was one heartbroken princess. With tears. I felt like such a meanie. I am hoping we can find some clearance easter dresses somewhere.

So off we went on our rainy day adventure, and ended up at the lip gloss store, as called by a pretty little blonde I know, known to the rest of the world as Walmart. All through the store, what can I get? I finally broke down, she has birthday money. We came out w/ a disney princess purse (don't all 4 year olds need a purse? Mom's in training right?) and two wallets, one for her, one for Gretchen.

Well, gotta run since I have only been home for about 2 hours today, something has to get done other than supper before I leave for bible study. Sounding like it will be feeding Little E at least.

Hope everyone has a wonderfully blessed evening!

25 18 33.5 30

Yep, those are the numbers from the drs office today. Took the youngest two in for their 4 month and 2 year appts. Little E is not so little he is 18 pounds and 25 inches, the doctor mentioned something about a linebacker. Hmmmm heavyweight wrestler maybe? Little Miss Gretchen is getting pretty big herself 30 pounds (Gabs weighs 37) and is 33.5 inches. She is getting up there, actually her and Gabi can wear the same size shorts and some shirts, which is nice because I don't think anyone but me really knows whose clothes belong to who.

We have been trying for months now to get Gretchen to say her name, she can, we have heard it a small handful of times, but she prefers to call herself Gabi, or me. I have tried over and over, ok say Gretchen, and all that comes out is "me" or "Gabi" she either has an identity issue or her name is just hard to say. Sometimes I think she may just be confused b/c when we call Gabi she runs up and says "what." At least maybe one of them will hear me. Gabi and Jarrett have gone to trying to get her to say it by syllable which is funny. Gabi saying " say Gretchen grrrr grrr ee ee tchen gretchen" so today Gretchen put a little spin on that one. She repeated her alright grrr ah me. She was very proud of herself. She makes me smile. Most of the time.

Oh the things they say...

I tell ya, I love my kiddos. They are constantly keeping me on my toes with the things they do and say. Sometimes I just have to shake my head and wonder what is going on in their little heads to make them say the things they do. So last night I'm sitting in the chair getting Little E to sleep and my dear little Gabs comes up to me and proceeds to tell me " You know that guy who is giving J man a bath, well we were at his moms house..." Ok so I am about ready to crawl away because I am laughing so hard at her. Now, this was a very serious story I was getting! So I say to her, you mean YOUR DAD? Without a beat she says yes and keeps on with her story. That kid is a CRACK UP! My days are full of these sorts of things form her, which is great because I love her dearly and that is the personality God gave her to light our lives. But that also goes to show you the tremendous sense of humor He has as well, because he gave her blonde hair too. hee hee

Well, the buffet is in the house, and I am loving the extra storage it gives, it is a tad large. So that gives me a new dilema in this shrinking home. I have to find a new home for the computer. When we first got a computer, our 4 bedroom home had a spare room, so we got this nice size computer desk w/ the hutch to fit everything all nice and orderly. Well as the family grew it has been moved from the spare room to the livingroom, well then we got new furniture so it didnt fit as well, so it went upstairs to our room and the top came off so it would fit (that now resides in the storage area). I got tired of it being there an moved it into the dining room. Which is just as well because now Little E takes up that spot. So it is pretty much stuck in the dining room, and that is now a problem. The buffet is large (did I mention that?) and so the table really needs to be turned the other direction (which would be easier to use anyway) so that Bubba can get through in his wheelchair or walker. BUT there is this computer stand in the way. Ugh, running out of ideas. I think I may send out an SOS email to my bargain hunting, Goodwill and Garage sale successful friends, to keep their eyes out for something that would be smaller and work. Oh and that I am also in the market for a blender and an electric skillet.

Ahhh the sound of silence

Today, I got to have the best day a mom with lots to do can have. A childless one, well not completely, I still had Little E and Jen. Hubby took off with the middle three down to his parents to pick up some things and to my dad's to get the buffet we got off Freecycle. Now these sort of opportunities do not happen very often, hubby and the kiddos left about 9:45. Little E took a nap and Jen was babysitting. Jen got home around 12:30ish and E was STILL ASLEEP! You got it, mom got SILENCE!!!! Now, usually when I am working on things around the house I enjoy having some tunage playing. Not today, I kept the music off, FINALLY finished painting the aquarium stand (It only took abot a month) and the cabinet for the kids TV, the only sounds was the little birds that come visit our porch every spring. Poor things try so hard to build a nest, very persistant, but it never works. This momma got quite a few big things checked off the list of ever growing things to do. Crush the Turtle is now in his new home, the crib is up, the pack n play is down, the buffet is here and a lot more mess to take care of. Oh well, all in good time. Hubby came home, with all three kids he left with so they must have been pretty good. They had a great time at big grandpas helping him get his garden ready. Well, hear Little E stirring, gotta go!

Here we go...............

Ok, so a friend of mine has me itching to try this blogging thing. Seems I am addicted to reading everyone else's blogs (that's my window to the outside world!) So here we go! Of course right now my mind is blank and the little girls are fighting over the "mini piano" that Gab's got for her birthday. Trust me, a mental note was made as to which Aunt and Uncle gave that gift and pay backs will happen. Think loud popping, toys for Christmas! (insert sinister laugh)

I am a tad bit jealous of the eldest child getting ready to leave the house and go to a concert w/ her youth group. They are going to see Skillet, for those who dont know that is a Christian Rock group.

Ok so the sharing of the piano is not going so well, gotta run!