GOOD Mother Item of The Day

Yes, I know. I'm a GOOD mother! Because, a good mother runs to get her camera, instead of putting him back in bed!

The JOY of Christmas card pics!

Every year, we line the kids up, and take pics for our Christmas cards. Well, the first year with Jack was hard. Then, last year was a little harder. But, nothing prepared me for this year....The first day was, BAD. Jack was crying. I was screaming. And, Izzy was falling out of Parkers lap. Then, we tried one more time. It was ok, other than Parker wasn't happy this time, and Jack was making funny faces. So, when you get your card, just understand that I have no hair left. And, that we love them even if they look kinda "special".



2ND day. Jack has candy in his mouth.



1st day. Can you see the tears? And Parker, well we are not sure. Poor Izzy.



I think Parker was trying to bite Jack.




And, this will be the photo you get! Sorry.

Sunday Picnic

We decided that we should head up to our 5 acres yesterday. And, have a picnic. Well, the boys played. Jesse took pics. And, Izzy and I relaxed. But, after the boys played out, Parker laid down next to Izzy on the blanket. I had to sneak up and get this pic! Later, when we are going through the pics on the computer, I show Jesse. He starts laughing. And, asked Parker why he was being so nice to sister. He said he was trying to keep a bee from her! HA! Likely story!

Scary Bunk Beds

So, we find Parker and Jack a bunk bed. We buy Jack all new bedding for his "Big Boy" bed. Jesse comes home and puts the beds together, and Jack and Parker are SOOOO excited. Everything was fine, until we go to put them to bed last night. Jack has this weird look on his face, when Jesse tells him he is sleeping in the new bed. He starts screaming! Not a normal scream. But, the kind that a wild rabid animal makes! Jesse gets him up, and lets him pee. Jack runs into his old room, and starts trying to climb up into his crib! Jesse goes to grab him, and he is hanging on to the crib screaming, NO!! He finally lets go, after Jesse pries his hands free. He continues to scream like a wild animal for about 30 mins! I guess he gave in, maybe to Parker singing Thomas to him, but he feel asleep!

TRIP to Idabel.

So, Friday I decide I need to run to Idabel. I need to go get a prescription at Wally World. So, on the way, we stop at Sharps. I find a good deal on some Cruel Girls, and we go to leave. Well, if any of you have ever shopped at Sharps, you know that they follow you around like you are going to steal them blind! Well, both of the boys decide that they need to pee. I tell them to wait until Wal-Mart, because IF sharps had a bathroom, they would follow you in it to make sure you wasn't taking their stuff! So, I head out to the van, and I tell Jack to stand on the sidewalk. I can see his little head over the hood of my van, but nothing else. When I head around the van, I see that Jack has his pants down, peeing in the street!!!!! I start screaming, STOP! STOP! STOP! I then proceed to spank him for something we just trained him to do. I then explain to him that, you cant pee in town. Only at home, in our backyard, IN TOWN! So, I get them loaded up. We FINALLY get out of Wal-Mart, and I turn around to back out, and I notice black ink on my very back seat. The one that Parker sets in. I ask him why he wrote on my seat. He tells me that he wanted to write his name. I calm down enough to look, and not only is there a BIG BLACK circle drawn on my seat, but BIG BLACK Parker drawn on the head rest!!!

This is Izzy eating sweet potatoes and applesauce. I don't think she likes the applesauce!

Blue Icing?!

Oh, thank you Toaster Strudel! I'm guessing that whoever decided to put BLUE icing on these, didn't have kids! But, I did buy them. I've learned my lesson!

You know the scene in Finding Nemo? The one where Darla is tapping on the fish tank? And, all the fish are screaming and shaking? That's what the first day was like for this poor fish. All thanks to Jack. He would tap on the bowl over and over. And, then he would growl at the poor fish. I'm giving him 2 days before he commits fishy suicide.

Lindsey's Bucket List

Well, I was told that I needed a Bucket List. And, after I thought about it for awhile, I decided that it was a great idea! These are things that I want to do while I have time here on earth. These are in random order. Although, I would like to do the number one thing first. Here we go......

1. Travel through Italy.

2. Take the whole family to Destin, Fl.

3. Eat at the Lady & Sons restaurant.

4. Travel to Louisiana and eat REAL cajun food.

5. Travel the East coast.

6. Go to Germany.

7. Head to Austin to see the bats(I love bats).

8. Swim with the dolphins.

I'm sure I will be adding more in the future. But, for now this is all I REALLY want to do.

Over used toy.

At what point do you think a child has been playing with a toy too long? Maybe, just maybe, she has.................

Isabella talking to her daddy

Yes! Two posts in one day! No, I don't sit around eating BonBons! Although, my waistline looks like it! Anyho, here is what makes the late night screaming worth millions!

Yes, I am a Mother. No, really!

Well, it is Fall Outage time at the Ol' Power Plant. Which, they like to call "Load Reductions" now. Anyways, this means that Jesse gets home at about 7:30 PM, and works weekends. My son Parker, who is a little comedian, says this.....

Parker: "I wish Daddy was home."

Me: "Whys that?"

Parker: "Because."

Me: "Because why?"

Parker: "Because I want him here."
(this is a normal conversation with Parker)

Me: "Why do you want him here?"

Parker: "Because, that way we will have someone to take care of us."

Yes, this was a great day in the life of a stay at home mom.

Crack for candle lovers.

So, its been awhile. Didn't feel like I had anything interesting to say. Well, I thought I would tell you about this thing called Scentsy. Its wonderful. If you love candles, and most women do, you will LOOOOVE these! They are waxes that you burn in these warmers. Its not your regular tart burner. It warms with this low watt bulb. Which means, you can leave it on all day. You can also forget to turn it off, and not worry about it on the way to Wally World. They have all kinds of scents and burners. I have 2 in my house. And, I counted $5 in change to buy another wax today! Sad, I know. And, if this is Jesse reading this, I didn't use Parker's ice cream money! So, go to www.scentsy.com. Or, run up to Wildflowers here in Valliant. You wont be sorry! In fact, I just put in Pomegranate Orange. :)

Hurrican Ike-AKA Mass Panic Night

So, my husband and I run to Broken Bow Friday. To do some bunkbed shopping. We get to noticing that all the gas stations are packed. And at the first gas station, we make the comment about they must have cheap gas. The further we went into Broken Bow, the weirder it got. People lined up at every station! Some of them lined out into oncoming traffic! Then, it dawns on us! Mass Panic! They have heard that gas is going up to $5 a gallon due to Ike. Well, what these McCurtain County idiots don't get, is that $5 a gallon is price gouging. And, if worse comes to worse, and it does hit $5.......YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE IT! Unless, you buy a horse and buggy and wear black dresses. Which, sounds good to me! Save me that $130 budgeted every two weeks for gas! But, that's another story and rant! Anyways, my friends were calling me(not all of you!) and telling me to run out and get gas! OMG!!!!!! WE ARE ALL GONNA DIE! My thing is, if gas is $20 a gallon, and I NEED to go somewhere.......Guess what? I have to pay $20 a gallon! Or, get the horse out! IDIOTS! And, for those of you reading this that ran out and bought gas on the mass panic night.....I would tell you that you were stupid! Like I did all the other friends that called me. Anyho, Parker made $300 selling cookie dough for his school! Actually, Momma made $300, but we wont tell him! He will get the Spongebob flip phone for his prize. I kinda wanted the strobe light, but I'll let him pick!

Going out to eat tonight. Might sound like a small thing to you. But, we dont get out much. Sure, we are going out with friends of ours. And, they have 2 kids. So, Four adults and five kids. Should adults be out numbered by kids in a public setting? Then we call Jesse's mom. AKA WONDER GRANNY! Yes, I love my mother-in-law! She is GREAT! But anyways, we ask if she wants to meet us there. She says she might. But, then asks who else will be there. We tell her. She says she might pass, due to so many kids. I think I might as well.

So, I made a trip to Idabel to pick up some meds. No, not that kind of meds! I wish. Anyways, I run into this little store, to look for jeans. Fun thing to do for us women. But, they normally follow you around, like you are going to steal them blind. Well, Jack starts throwing a fit. And, by fit, I mean full blown in the floor, me dragging him! So, I do what all "good mothers" do. I spank him! Not once, not twice, but three times! I started to hand them the phone, so they could call DHS! They didn't follow me around anymore though! Then, I end up a friends store, and in walks a DHS woman! I asked her if she came for me! Oh well.

Ok, so here is my Good Mother story of the day..... I get up and fix Parker and Jack Oatmeal. And, I'm a really good mom, so I fix the microwave kind. Weeeeellllll...... Did you know that it comes out hot enough to burn your skin off? Yea! Jack finds this out! I'm such a good mother!