What a weekend....

This weekend was a major milestone in the lives of my boy's...they both killed their first deer. W.W. started out the weekend with a nice eight point that he was so proud of. He thought it was perfect to kill an eight point when you are eight years old.

Then this evening Q brought home deer number two for the weekend! He killed a five point and I don't think he would have been any more proud if it had been a thirty point.

I am so proud of both of my boy's. While I don't care anything about hunting, I am so happy they do. I love you boy's!

You have got to be kidding me....

I am sitting here and not really believing my ears...it is thundering...AGAIN! I however do know my ears are not deceiving me because I looked at the radar and yep..it is almost here. Not only that, I just found out that there is a chance of rain four day's this week. I am not sure how I am ever going to get back into my walking routine if it is going to keep doing this. I think we are like 15 inches above the state average for rainfall and we are approaching all time records with two full months left to go.

Not much else has been going on. Michael rarely works anymore due to the fact that the whole state is almost a pond. They seem to work about one or two days a week for about the last three months. He is suspecting that it will quit raining now that deer season has arrived and he wouldn't mind being off of work. I really do hope it dries up some, it has been terrible for so many businesses.

Last night an amazing thing happened...I had the whole house to myself! I am not sure the last time that I was alone in my bed for the whole night but it has been many years. Tinkerbell and Q went and stayed the night with their Aunt T and W.W. and Michael stayed at deer camp. It was a great night! I cleaned and everything stayed clean..I turned off everything and listened to the silence. Nothing exciting but I enjoyed every minute of it.

Tomorrow the boys go back to school after a week of being home. It will be nice in some ways to have my old schedule back and to have my one on one time with Tinkerbell. Not to mention that the boys get bored with me quickly now that they are older. I think I will try to get some cleaning done in the back half of the house...otherwise known as nightmare zone or the kids half of the house. I would like to purge before Christmas and there is a chance that we may have company in the next few weeks. I am sure it will be time that I will never get back and it will be totally wasted but I suppose that I have nothing better to do than waste my time.

Well, I am off to bed...at least rain makes for good sleep. Until next time..April

Caught in the act...

This is an old picture but I found it today and it made me laugh so I thought I would post it. This is my Uncle Kaywood and it is a picture of him doing what he loves to do...harass young children. I love him very much though...

Has anyone else noticed???

That it is just a little over two months till Christmas?

How in the world did it already get to be that time of year? It has really caught me off guard this year. I am normally ready for Christmas sometime in June but this year I haven't bought much of anything in advance.

I have had the boys home from school the last two day's due to some kind of unknown illness. They have not been sick enough to take to the doctor but they have ran enough fever to get to stay home and fight all day long. I am hopeful that tomorrow will be the day they can go back because otherwise they will miss the whole week.

Thursday is parent teacher conferences and the have canceled school for the whole day. Then on Friday the school is taking one of those no parent allowed field trips that I refuse to let the kids go on. I may be a mean overprotective mom but I just am not letting my eight year old and especially my six year old go on a field trip without me. I have a hard enough time letting them go to school without me.

This weekend will probably be a long boring weekend but that is good I suppose, before long we will have ball games taking up our weekends so I need to enjoy our home time while I can.

Well, I am off to bed...tomorrow will be my first day taking the boys to school myself since I started taking the heart medicine. I am not used to getting up anymore and leaving the house before ten in the morning so it may be interesting. Wish me luck....April

Things that make me happy....

I wanted to make a list of the things in life that make me happy. Sometimes it is easy to focus on the negative and forget all the small things that make you smile so I thought it would be nice to make a list...

My kids.
My newest family member..Nessie the kitten.
The sunshine.
Nice cool days.
The smell of vanilla.
Being in the arms of the ones I love.
My Uncle Kaywood and the fact that he is on Facebook.
My dog Baby.
When Q talks about Deer "Sneezin" almost being here.
When Tinkerbell sings and dances to her own tune.
When W.W. tells me that if he could he would take his heart out and give it to me.
Listening to my kids laughing and playing together even though they are supposed to be cleaning.
My flannel sheets on cool nights.
Music.
My cds that were made with just songs that I love.
Walking in the park.
Swinging.
Pictures...old and new.
Oak Bower.
Watching the boys read and Tinkerbell pretend to read.
A long hot bath all by myself.
A short cool bath with Tinkerbell telling me not to forget the "air conditioner"..meaning hair conditioner.
Great friends.
Great family.
My flower beds.

That is all I can think of right this second, although I am sure I could go on for day's. It makes me proud to know that if I was to sit down and write out a list of the things that do not make me happy it would be a much shorter list. Thanks for reading! April

Long Time No Blog....

Well, lets see...I guess it has been over two months since I last blogged and I have no excuse. We have had plenty going on to blog about but I just haven't. Life has been very full of stuff and for some reason I just haven't cared to write about it. I will try and give a recap of some of it.

I will start with the boy's starting back to school. They are almost to their first nine weeks and so far everything is going great. They both have wonderful teachers this year which I was so excited about. A teacher can defiantly make or break a year and this year they are making ours. W.W. is in second grade this year and it thrills me to see all that he has learned. I watched him tonight sitting on the couch reading to Q and it made me so proud. His books are getting longer and his words getting bigger. Q is also doing great in school. He is reading alot and started taking spelling test for the first time last week.

On the home front I have been full of sickness. Almost two months ago I discovered that I was have some small heart issues that I was going to have to start taking medicine for. The medicine was not pleasant to start and it was also not pleasant when I had to increase my dosage. However...it is working and I am so happy. I spent several day's scared for what my future would hold but it looks like while it is not the best case scenario that I will be back to normal. We have also had several bugs going around the house. The latest is strep throat which Michael had last week and I have had the joy of having this week. I hope that once we get over this that we can stay healthy for a while. It get old being sick every other week.

Tinkerbell has been staying busy talking up a storm to anyone that will listen. She loves to ask "why" repeatedly until not even I am sure of the answer anymore. If I live through her questioning stage I should be able to witness one smart little girl. I think since I last blogged she has turned four years old. It is amazing to me that she is that old already. When I look back at pictures though it was almost as if she was stuck in time. One of our friends said that she had been three forever and it really does seem that way. I am starting to notice more every day how she is starting to look like a little girl instead of a baby. Her face is slimming up and she is getting so tall.

Q also had a birthday which made him a whole six years old. He was so excited for that day to come and as soon as it got here he was ready for seven. He got his first bow and arrow for his birthday and he has spent every spare minute outside shooting it since. He also lost his first much anticipated tooth. I think he was the last one in his class to loose one and he was beginning to question if he would ever loose one. I am not sure that the tooth was actually quite ready to come out but he would not let us rest until it did. As soon as it was out he was ready for bed so the tooth fairy would come. He was not pleased with what she left him, he expected dollar coins like she had left W.W. and he got dollar bills. I could not make him understand that they were the same and that the only reason she left W.W. dollar coins was because she was out of cash and didn't want to write a check....oh well he got over it once he could spend it.

W.W. had a birthday just on Monday. He turned a big eight years old. This seems almost impossible to me. Eight is only two years from ten and there is no way it has been that long since I had him. I still remember every second of the day he was born and it just doesn't seem like it could have been that long ago. He is also almost as tall as I am and can wear my shoes...well he could if they weren't girls shoes. I can not believe how time had flown by with him. It scares me to know in another ten years he will probably be ready to leave me. My time with him is almost half way over. He is going to start playing basketball this year which we are very excited about. I hope he does well with it. I think it could really be a big help to his confidence which he needs.

Anyway, life around here is busy and I love every minute of it. This weekend deer season or deer sneezen as Q calls it begins, which means Tinkerbell and I get to spend lots of one on one quality time together while our men move to deer camp. LOL! No really it is not that bad but we will get to spend lots of time together which I love. This time of year is one of my favorites, I love the weather if it would ever quit raining. I especially love getting ready for the holiday's. I went to Walmart the other day and they had Christmas trees out. There is part of me that is disgusted to see them already but there is also a part of me that can't wait to put mine up. I love seeing how excited the kids get this time of year. There are so many great times in the fall!

Until next time...hopefully before Christmas! April

So, it's been awhile....

Well, I have not done as well with my blog as I had wanted to. Sometimes there just isn't much to say in life. I think that at times we all get in a slump and draw into ourselves and that is the way I have been the last month or so.

The kids are great, growing like weeds and making me laugh at something they do everyday, it is so great to be a mother and be able to experience that. Then there are the other times like the time I had about two seconds ago where I turn around and scream...STOP...at the top of my lungs. At times it seems that all they know how to do is fight. The thing that reassures me is that I know that it is normal and that I am paying for my raising. I can remember the look in my Mom's eyes at time when my brother and I could do nothing but fight.

We haven't done much this summer but at the same time I feel like we have been on the move all summer. Tinkerbell and I went to Texas for a week to help take care of my Great Great Aunt. It was a great trip, the flight both ways was great and Tinkerbell was wonderful. It was a week that I worried about but wouldn't have traded for anything. I learned so much about myself in those eight days. I learned that I can make it without my boys, while I missed them I was not the wreck that I was afraid I would be. I learned a lot about my family history that I never knew before. I learned that when I grow up I want to be a pilot. LOL! Anyway, there is no end to the things I learned that week and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

After we got back it took me a week to really recover but I am back to the grind now. I spent yesterday getting school supplies bought and I took W.W. to get him a few things to start school with. Next week I will take Q and get him a new outfit also. The week after that they will start. I can't believe it is already here, it seems like that just got out in some way's and then in other way's it seems as if though it is a whole different world now. I believe this is the first year that I am actually not dreading them starting. I feel bad that I am not dreading it, I feel like it means I don't want them here but that is not it. I just feel like I am at a point that I am ready for some me time. Plus I think school is good for them, it gives them time away from me.

Well, I will try to do better from now on but I doubt I will ever be perfect at keeping the blog up. Sometimes it is hard for me to find any words. Thanks for reading and maybe it won't take me a month to post again. I hope ya'll have a great rest of the week. April

Summer fun....

Today I took the kids to the water park. We had a great time and got some great sun. I thought I would share some pictures with you while the kids are knocked out asleep on the couch. Tonight I will try to post about my getaway this past weekend.

And we are off.....

Actually we are not yet but we will be leaving in the morning. Three days in beautiful Gulf Shores with just my two best friends and my Husband. I am having some mommy worrying time but I am doing a little better than normal. I trust the people that my kids will be staying with but even more importantly I trust God. I have to believe that there is nothing wrong with taking a few days break somewhere without your kids...I hope so anyway. This will be the first time that they have ever celebrated any kind of a holiday without me and that makes me kind of sad but at least it is not a major holiday. Please say a prayer for us on our travels and more importantly please pray that my kids will be safe here.

Oh, one more thing. I will be using Twitter to update so you can follow me on my side bar.

I hope everyone has a great Fourth and a wonderful long weekend. Until I return.....April

Fathers Day

Well, since it is midnight I thought I would write my Fathers day post. My ear hurts and I need to go to bed so it may not be that great of a post but it comes from my heart so I hope you will enjoy.

I have a wonderful Father, a Father that loves me to the end of the Earth and always has. Even in times that I know he was disappointed in me he always let me know that he still loved me. I can remember being a little girl and going to work with my Dad, I can remember being a teenager and having major fights with my Dad, I can remember the day I got married and how happy my dad was and I can remember when my Mom died and my Dad and I got so much closer. Dad and I didn't always have the greatest relationship, I suppose Mom was right in saying that it was because we were to much alike. Now that I am grown I can admit that the day that my Dad gave me the nickname that has stuck with me all of these years "Princess April" he was right. I am sure I was no bundle of joy to live with. LOL!

Dad did not have an easy life and so much of his life was really on the job training. He was never really taught how a loving marriage worked or how to properly raise kids but he figured it out. He was a wonderful Husband a husband that loved my Mom to the end of her days and beyond. He was a great Dad, a strict Dad but a great one never-the-less. Now my Dad gets to be one of the best kinds of Fathers...a Grandfather. My three kids love their PopPop so much much.

I pray that my Dad always know that no matter the choices that his kids make that he still did a great job. I love you Daddy and I am very proud of the person you are. So many men come out of lives so much better than you did and never became half of the man you are.


I also wish my Husband a Happy Fathers Day. A day that I intend to make a great day starting with a huge breakfast in the morning and if that is the case I better wrap this up and carry myself to bed.

Happy Fathers day to all of the real Fathers out there! April

The Love Dare....

I just wanted to write down that tomorrow will be my official first day of starting this challenge. I thought Fathers Day would be a great day to start since what greater gift can you give someone than a better marriage. Even though I have no intentions of telling Michael I am doing it.

I doubt I will update on here through all forty days but who knows...I may. I pray that this will breath new life into my marriage. Wish me luck....April

One day at a time....

Whew what a summer of nothing. We have really not done anything much this summer but I still feel like I am wore out. Maybe yelling at the kids to get out of something ten thousand times a day is more draining than I realized. I am trying to enjoy each day that we have at home because before I know it we will reach our busy month of July and then after that the kids will be back to school.

Today was actually a nice day or it would have been had I not had blood coming out of my ear. I got up several times through the night to take medicine to ease the pain of my ear infection but it was really not much help. So after very little sleep I got ready to go to town when Tinkerbell and W.W. declared that they didn't want to go. I called my Sister-in-law and she told me that she would be happy to keep them while I went. It was so nice just to have one kid with me, and Q has actually reached an age where he can be reasoned with. I only had to spend about $3 on him and he was happy go lucky for the rest of the trip.

I was once again amazed at how I can never stay within my grocery budget while we were gone. I set a limit every week and I can not even remember the last time I stayed in it. It is rather disgusting to me to know that Michael has to work in the heat to make money and I can go spend a chunk of it on just food. All of this and I swear I am a very frugal shopper, you can ask anyone and they will tell you. Oh well though, I guess that is life and we have to eat....or maybe we would be a little better off if we didn't. I know I sure look like i could miss a few meals. LOL!

Anyway, that was our day. We came home and picked up the other kiddos then I ventured out in the incredible heat to work on cleaning the swimming pool. I fixed a fancy dinner of Frito chili pies and then went and stood in the mirror and asked my ear what I have ever done to make it want to cause me so much pain for over a year now. I am undoubtedly entering permanent hearing lose by now and it is kind of a sad thought. I hope the blood will be gone by tomorrow because it is a little disturbing to me.

Two weeks and two days till Michael and I leave for the beautiful coast and I can't wait. I know I will miss my kids dearly but it will be good for Michael and I to have some time with adults. I may need to come back and read this post the night before I leave to remind myself but I will make it. Lots of parents leave their kids over night and they all make it....I can to. LOL!

Enjoy the rest of your week and your upcoming weekend, and remember that life is so much easier when you take it one day at a time. April

Music.....

Sometimes in the busy pace of my life I forget about one of my favorite things in life....music. I think music has a different effect on most people but to me it is like medicine. It is good for my soul and can often give me just the background music I need to think about life.

I am so blessed to have a best friend with almost any music that you can want to make you the best of the best cd's. I have about five mixed cd's that I adore, and adore the thoughtful person that made them for me. Long gone are the days of listening to the radio and waiting for your favorite song to play.

I have found that I can relate to almost something in every song. If I listen to the words of the songs I can normally get some kind of message out of it. It is really a release for me and I am so happy to find that release sometimes.

Well, I am off to listen to my music and cook some yummy squash casserole. Until next time...April

I love my life...

You know there are times when I forget just how great my life is and I hate that I do that. I really have a wonderful life, a life that I wouldn't trade with anyone even on the worst days.

I have three wonderful children. Three kids that make me smile everyday for some reason or another. Sometimes they say or do the sweetest things and I adore those moments. The other night Michael was going to bed and Q looked up and said "I love you Big Daddy." I laughed so hard. It was so cute and I have never heard him say anything like that before. I have no idea where it came from but it made my night. I adore my children and I try to remember how much I adore them even when I am spraying water in my hair only to realize that the kids have replace my water with Listerine mouth wash. LOL!

I have a great Husband. A husband that works so hard in the heat all summer long to help make my dream of staying home with my kids possible. We don't always get along but I never want to forget how blessed I am to have him.

I have wonderful friends! That statment is really a huge understatment but they are really the best. I read somewhere one time that friends are the family that you pick for yourself and my friends are really my family. I have no idea where I woud be without them.

I have great parents. My Dad and StepMom are wonderful. I am so proud to call them mine and feel so blessed because most people are not so lucky to have such great parents.

So, with all of these factors combined it is no wonder I love life. I hope I never become a person that fails to see how good that I have got it. We could have more money, a nicer house, better cars or fancier things and I probably wouldn't be any happier than I am right now.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and never forget to look at the good things in life. April

So I made it...

Well, I finished reading Twilight, four books in four days. It was wonderful and one of the best romance stories I have ever read. The books were so clean and I was shocked, they were not what I expected at all! I still hope she continues on with her writing, it was such a fabulous story.

We had a wonderful weekend. The kind of weekend that memories are made of I hope. We did nothing Friday night except hang out together, which is alway's great. Then on Saturday we had a yard camp out with family and friends. We roasted hot dogs and made smores. We played games and the kids just all ran in the yard and enjoyed each other very much. Then came time to sleep in the tent which was not my favorite part but the kiddos loved it. Sunday we caught up on our sleep since we didn't actually get in the tent till after 3. It was a late night for the kids so we all napped the next day.

Today we did some cleaning and then we decided to go to D's baseball game. It was hot but I am glad I was able to make it to at least one game before the end of the season. The kids enjoyed the first half but by the end they were hot and ready to go.

Well, I am going to go outside and water my plants while the kids catch lightening bugs. I love summer and the lazy days it brings. The pool time and sunshine. Oh one last thing. I am battling another ear infection. It seems as if all it takes is for me to look at the pool to bring one on. I am having a hard time getting rid of it but maybe I can get it gone by the end of the week. It was about this time last year when I got my first one and let me tell you I have had my fill of them.

Until next time....enjoy your week! April

This blog has been interrupted by...

Twilight! I started reading the books and now that is all I can do until they are done. LOL! No it is really not that bad but I am very interested in the story and will probably finish them all by this weekend. Which is great because then I can move on with my life. I have a feeling that 100 years from now people will still be talking about these books. Until I am finished...April

Crazy Mom...

If you were to ask my kids last night what kind of mom I was there is a very good chance that you would get an answer along the lines of bipolar...if my kids knew what that meant. As I innocently got up to cook last night I had no idea that a chain of events was about to unwind that would change my mood for the weekend. Nor did the kids....

Yesterday was a beautiful day, the sun was out the weather was warm and the kids were excited, they knew that this was almost a promise that they would get to swim. So, I got up and piddled around the yard, watering my plant, planting some plants and just all around enjoying the day. After I came in I cooked the kids lunch and then announced that we would go swimming. They were very excited and could not wait to get outside. The pool was great, the water temperature was perfect and the kids played wonderful together. We stayed in the pool for about two hours then we decided that we had enough for the day.

At that point we came in the house and I took a shower. The whole time I was in the shower the kids would pop in one at a time and announce their hunger to which I assured them that I would start cooking shortly. Apparently this was not enough for W.W. and when I got out of the shower he was eating strawberries. When I seen him I got on to him and told him to put them up. I had no idea but I had started a chain of events.

As soon as I told him to put them up I started cooking and didn't pay much attention to what the kids were doing. I thought they were outside with Michael...he probably thought they were inside with me. Once I got done cooking I immediately started looking for W.W. since I knew he was so hungry. I found Q and Tinkerbell playing in the front yard but no sign of W.W.. I yelled at Michael to see if he was with him and he wasn't. Michael called his Mom to see if he was over there and he wasn't. I checked all of the bedrooms and walked all over the yard screaming his name. Michael rode the four wheeler around looking and calling for him. My MIL and SFIL came outside looking and hollering for him. All of this and still nothing. By this time I was crying and praying almost ready to call 911. Michael decided he was going to check the house one more time when what do you know but there is W.W.....asleep in the laundry room.

Okay, so by the point I was over the edge, I made him get up and explain to me why he was there, I knew he was mad after I made him put the strawberries up. I had a sneaking suspicion that he heard me screaming but I can't prove it. I have tried everything I know to try to make him confess but he is still sticking to the story that he never heard me calling his name. I was so happy to have found him but I still spent the next hour crying and thinking about the way my heart felt during those five minutes that felt like hours. I am not exactly sure what happened to me but I felt on edge all night after that.

So, on to the crazy mom part of the story. My kids through most of the day yesterday had a happy mom, a fun loving mom, a mom that was very tolerant of most anything. That all changed in just the few minutes that I searched for my son. While searching for him I went to their bedroom, a room I don't visit often due to the fact that we disagree on how it should look. I think that it should look like human children live there, not perfect but reasonably clean. They think it should looked like a landfill where people have taken years worth of trash and junk to dump. Well, when I visited the room I found that once again it looked like a landfill, I knew that if W.W. was in there we would never find him so I left the room to go look in more hopeful areas. After finding him however I came unglued I told the kids that I was tired of living in a pig pen and they were fixing to change!

That was at about five last night and the only time I have seen my three children since then has been for them to eat, for them to go to sleep or the times I have walked back there to check the progress on clearing the landfill. On most of my trips back there I have ended up standing in the door and lecturing them on how life isn't fair and how it isn't fair for me to work my butt of cleaning up after them while they don't even appreciate it but it still has to be done. Every time I give one of these speeches I get the same result from the kids....they stare at me like I have lost my mind.

I hope after the rooms get clean that I can go back to being happy mom again. I really hate being the way I am today but it seems as if I take and take and take then they do one final thing that pushes me over the edge. Then I become the crazy mom and they probably go to church and ask for prayer for me. Oh well, at least they are all safe and sound. I am so thankful that W.W. was okay and that all I was left to worry about was the landfill in the back half of my house. I hope that when the kids grow up that they can remember the happy times and not just the times when I went nuts. I would hate for those to be the memories they hold on to.

Well, I am off to check the progress once again, if they are cleaning they are doing it very quietly and that would be hard to believe. I hope you have all had a great weekend and here is to a wonderful week ahead. April

Just another day in paradise....

Today was a great day despite the ever changing weather. We took the kids fishing and a great time was has by all. I took some wonderful pictures that I will share with ya'll. Enjoy...





















Thanks for reading...April

Wow...9:45!

9:45...that is what time I slept until this morning! Let me tell you it was nice. Since I have gotten up I have done nothing, yep you read that right absolutely nothing other than taking care of my childrens basic needs and I haven't done great at that. We have all been rather lazy today and it is great!

As bad as I hate to admit it though I have already gotten my first "There is nothing to do" of the summer. To which I responded to with the first "The room needs to be cleaned" of the summer. I haven't heard much from the kiddos since. They are hanging out in the bedroom doing who knows what but I am willing to bet that it has nothing to do with cleaning. Ahh the great days of summer!

I have got so much to get done in the next few weeks but I doubt I start any of it for the next few days. I really want to just hang out with all three kids and enjoy our unplanned days. They grow so fast and it seems like with all of the activities that go on around us sometimes we don't get to enjoy the little simple pleasures of each day. Things like sitting on the couch with them all sitting on or around me and cuddling while watching something mind numbing on TV.

I honestly believe my kids are blessed that we have as much of a laid back life as we do. I look at some other families that spend all of their time running from one activity to another and it makes me sad. I am so glad that my kids don't have to be entertained really. They can play with each other in the yard for hours and that is great.

Well I guess that is enough for now, I would hate to break my lazy day off by spending to much time on here thinking. I hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy your kids, each day that goes by is one that you can never get back....April

How did the time fly??

I just got home from sixth grade graduation where my wonderful nephew D graduated. When I met Michael D was not even three years old yet. He was the light of our lives, sunshine on a cloudy day. He was the first, the first nephew, the first grandchild, the first son. I was young and fun back then, and nothing made me happier than taking D and spending the day with him.

I remember when he started school, so tiny with his backpack that looked to big for him. He was so excited but we were all a little sad. It was just another sign that he was growing up. There were times that we worried if D would be okay in school. He was never a big fan of it and I even remember him telling W.W. that he would hate school once he started. However as the years went on D found his little spot in school. He found a love for reading and a love for being the class clown.

I was so proud of him tonight as he sat on the stage with his other classmates. He has come such a long way in the time that I have known him and I can't wait to see how far he will go. D has had one of the hardest lives in so many ways but he has kept a smile on his face through it all.

I can't believe that the little boy that stole my heart ten years ago will be going to the big scary world of high school next year. I love you D, and I know you will do great in life. You will go far and you will always be my sweet little boy.

Presenting the Graduating Class of 2009....

Well, my baby boy made it. He graduated from kindergarten. He did a really good job and I was very proud. His class actually made history. They were the largest class in the history of the school. I was a little misty eyed over it all, Q didn't understand what the big deal was. He just wanted to get home. Here are some pictures and video, I hope you enjoy.

Q's Fun Day....

Today was kindergarten fun day at the school. When I woke up this morning everything felt like it was going to be hell day. My head hurt, my nose was pouring and my eyes were watering. Somehow I have ended up with a head cold and spending the day with fifty-eight screaming five and six year olds did not sound like my idea of a good day.

Lucky for me Q decided to bless me with a morning of no arguing, it is a rare occasion but I guess he decided since school is drawing to a close that he could handle one more full day. So, I got the boy's ready and took them to the school. When I came home the bed was calling my name but I resisted thinking that I had to be at the school by nine. I got in the bath and got ready, I called Annette to see if she would watch Tinkerbell till noon and she said she would. After I sent her on her way I headed back to the school.

When I showed up I thought it was odd that I appeared to be the only parent there for fun day. I soon realized that since I kept the boy's home yesterday that I missed the note to let us know that fun day had been moved to this afternoon. After many apologizes from Q's teacher she asked if I would stay and help. When I said I would I had no idea what was in store for me. Do you know what hell it is to tie off 450 water balloons? Do you know the kind of damage it does to your fingers? LOL! Well, that is how I spent my morning.

At about eleven the kids started streaming towards me. I got to then get up and open about a hundred juicies. At this point I decided to skip out and go pick up Tinkerbell. We then came back and actually got to watch the kids have fun. As much as I dreaded the day it actually wasn't that bad. Q had a blast and that is what mattered the most to me.

Today was his last real day of kindergarten, where has the year gone? I am so happy to be able to have the boy's back home with me but I am sad that it means they are growing up. Next year I will have a first grader and a second grader. Some day's it seems as though I just had them. Tomorrow I will attend graduation....that is if I remember to pay that $.75 that I owe the school. They sent a note home today informing me that Q could not graduate if I didn't pay up. I mean come on....$.75 could change my childs whole life. LOL!

W.W.'s last day will be Friday if I decide to send him. Tomorrow they are going on another no parent allowed field trip followed by another on Thursday. I am pretty chapped about the whole no parent thing but I will let it slide since it is the end of the year. Not only that, they as a class will have taken four field trips by the end of the week...crazy if you ask me.

Well, I guess that is all the news that is news for today. Tomorrow may be a sad day for me but I will try and post pictures tomorrow night. I am off to take some night time cold medicine and maybe it will knock me out till morning. Until tomorrow....night night!