Country Bob's Giveaway

Okay, so I admit, I'm a giveaway junkie. Here's another one! One person will win one bottle of Country Bob's sauce! So many things you can do with it. Check out the giveaway here!

Yay, I figured out the link thing now! I'm feeling good!

Anne Bradshaw giveaway

If you like music and books, check out this giveaway. One very lucky person will win this weeks giveaway. The lucky winner will get TWO prizes! C.S. Bezas (author and musician)is donating her relaxing CD - A Time for Ana - and a best-selling book she wrote for teachers. Check out the giveaway here.

So, I'm not entirely sure the link in my post is going to work. So the title of my post will link you to the giveaway too!

Storytime at the Bookstore, etc.

In celebration of turn it off week, Barnes and Noble is having a few activities for the kids each night. Tonight was storytime and crafts.

So the night started out like this:

I had something to give to Jaime so we all piled into the car and drove over to Jaime's on our way out to Barnes and Noble. This was supposed to be a quick trip to drop off some papers and head off. On the way to Jaime's, Amber begs and pleads "Can Natalie come too? Will you ask Jaime, please?" My initial reaction was no, but then I thought better of it. So I asked. Natalie wanted to go!

Jaime quickly made Natalie a sandwich. She hadn't had dinner yet. Oops, I didn't think about that! While making a sandwich, Brayden came home and was standing in my Tahoe waiting to go too. Oh no! This was not going as planned. But we can deal with it, right? So Brayden learns it is just Natalie going. Major meltdown ensues.

Jaime decides to just pack up Brayden and Connor and meet us at Barnes and Noble. Yay, we get the whole troop! But I was really feeling bad now because I had just interrupted Jaime's whole night! Oh why do I keep doing this? I so didn't think about it before I asked. Sorry Jaime.

The first story was "If you give a Pig a Party." Then the kids got to choose the next book. So Emma said she wanted "If you take a Mouse to School." This is one of our favorites! Emma pretty much told the whole story before the lady could read it! Oh no, you couldn't tell at all that we have pretty much the whole collection!

Then the kids made party hats and colored a cupcake. Then the lady pulled out their favorite, stickers! Oh my, she was their favorite after that! I mean, stickers, how much cooler can you get? All in all it was a fun night. The kids were very well behaved even after we got home.

We got home, put the kids in bed, said family prayer, and oh no! I realized I forgot to turn in the redbox movie! Oops. 8:00 p.m. the kids should be in bed. I have to get that movie back. John won't be home for about an hour! What do I do? So, I pile the kids back in the car, drive to the nearest redbox, return the movie. Simple right? Oh, except Emma slipped on the puddle of water that Timothy made when he dumped his cup. I hadn't cleaned it up yet. Off to the bedroom for her to find new pajamas as her behind was all wet! Timothy slips in the same puddle, off to the car with him! No time to change pajamas right now!

Whew, got the movie turned in! We came home, the girls went to bed, Timothy went to bed. All was good. We had a successful bedtime with no major meltdowns! Yay, success! What more can I ask for today?

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I really have very little to update you all on. Our life has fallen into a routine. School, exercise, play, eat, sleep, etc., etc. The past couple of weeks I have depended on a lot of people to help me get things done. I am grateful for those who have stepped in and helped me. I am also grateful for my family who has been patient with me as I've been learning to juggle new activities. I have also been blessed with the opportunity to help others along the way too. Thank you to all those who let me help you!

Pay it Forward!

Pay It Forward Exchange is based on the concept of the movie "Pay it Forward". I will send a hand made gift to the first three people who leave a comment to this post on my blog requesting to join the PIF exchange. All the gifts will be made and posted out 'sometime within the next year'. How exciting to not know when your surprise package will arrive! What you need to do in return, is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog. This Exchange is only open to those with active websites or blogs.

I'd love for you to join me! Will you be one of first three?
Other comments are welcome, but only the first three will be my Pay It Forward recipients.

April Fool's!! HEHE

¡ƃuısnɯɐ ʎןqıpǝɹɔuı ǝq pןnoʍ ʇı ʇɥƃnoɥʇ ı sɐ ʇsod ǝןʇʇıן sıɥʇ ʎoɾuǝ os ˙ɹǝʍsuɐ ǝɥʇ ʍouʞ ʎpɐǝɹןɐ ı ʞuıɥʇ ı ¡ʇɐɥʇ ɹǝʍsuɐ ʇ,uop ¿pǝssǝnƃ ǝʌɐɥ pןnoʍ oɥʍ ˙ʎzɐɹɔ ǝןʇʇıן ɐ ɯɐ ı ǝqʎɐɯ os 'ʎɐʞo ¡ʇno sıɥʇ pǝɹnƃıɟ ʇsnɾ ı ʞuıɥʇ ı ¡ɐɥɐɥɐɥ

Don't cross mom!

I have been caught. I say things that my kids don't understand. I don't think about what I am saying, I just say it thinking I understand, they should too, right? So maybe not! Yesterday Emma reminded me how different her perception and understanding are from mine! Let me illustrate with this little story. I hope it makes you laugh because I am still laughing every time I think about it. Be patient with me as I try to describe the events in this story. If I had a video, it would
be much better, however, finding myself struck with a bad case of dumbfoundedness, I wasn't thinking fast enough to video this exchange. At the time, I couldn't think much beyond "did that just happen?" or "did she just do what I thought she did?"

So yesterday morning, I got home from a meeting and had a pounding headache. Of course the girls were intent on being uncooperative and had been from the moment they had opened their eyes! Not being able to think straight, I told the girls, "Mommy has a headache, and is tired, so you better not cross me today!" Can you see where this is going? Of course I didn't think twice about what I just said, and I definitely did not think about how the girls would interpret my statement. I guess that joke was on me. I just happened to glance over at her. At first glance it looked as if she was just waving her hand around in the air as she has been known to do on occasion. A few seconds passed as he continued. I soon realized exactly what she was doing. She had one finger out as if she were writing with her finger. She was moving her finger the in the shape of a T or a cross. She was crossing me! I couldn't believe it! Luckily for her I saw the humor in the situation. I couldn't stop laughing (and am still laughing!), the whole thing was too funny! I quickly forgot about my headache as we were consumed with laughter.
Maybe I should think about things from their perspective more often!