Family trip to the zoo!!

Wow, I realized I haven't posted in awhile. Yikes! Not too much has been happening. We did take a family trip to the zoo on 03 26 06. The kids loved it. We saw a dolphin show and it was fabulous! Jon wanted to see the bird show as well, so we checked that out. The birds just flew right over the audience. Your hair moved when some of them flew by. gulp. Just a little to close for me. :0) After the zoo we had to go to the mall to get Jon a new cell phone and to get Dustin one. OMG. It took us 3.5 hrs to get Jon's updated and to get Dustin's. Needless to say the littlest native was getting a bit restless. So we left about 5:30pm from the mall and we get a voicemail from the Verizon guy saying he forgot to give Jon his driver's license, credit card and insurance card back. AAAAHHHH! The mall closed at 6pm and we were over 30 minutes away already. Long story short, the guy gave Jon 2 extra car chargers and we were able to get his stuff that night. After that we had to eat supper and we eventually returned home around 8:30pm. But, we still had a lot of fun that day.

This weekend the girls both have dance contest in the cities and they are so excited! Not much new with Lincoln other than he had a haircut on Tuesday and he screamed through out the entire thing. I told Ann to use a #1 (so he's almost bald and it feels just like velvet!) so we didn't have to go through this so often. lol. Honestly, he looks adorable.

Peace.

Mom, can I go to Prom?

I had Lincoln's 2 year pics taken on Saturday and the girls went with. Mom and dad met me in that town and we ate together and shopped at Herberger's. I hadn't really brought the girls into a real store other than Walmart because I get all of their clothes off Ebay and I don't bring them with me when I shop for myself. So, Sierra was just besides herself that she was "at the mall". lol. First thing you have to understand is that Sierra is all about glitz, glamour, sparkles and being the center focal point. She acts and looks much, much older than 7 and we have had numerous people tell us that. So, we walked into Herberger's and Sierra was soooo extremely excited. She said, "MOM! LOOK AT ALL THE PROM DRESSES!" She started talking in an accent and was touching the dresses and telling me which ones she liked the best, etc. There were high school girls with their friends or moms and they just smiled at Sierra and as we walked away I heard several different people say, "oh, isn't she cute? She's just adorable!" As we were walking through Herberger's, Sierra kept saying (in her accent), "Oh, Mother, this is just sooo me. I love all these beautiful clothes. We just must try them all on." She kept asking how old she has to be to go to prom. Poor little thing, she has sooo many years to go! We were at Payless 2 years ago and she found these real, ladies size 5 high heeled shoes. They are silver and I bet they have at least a 3" heel. That little nut has been able to clod around in high heels ever since she could walk. I have always bought these little princess shoes for her to wear and they've all had heels. Well, needless to say, Sierra can run in these pumps. No lie, she looks just like a little lady. Trust me, she is not allowed to wear these shoes outside of our house, so she doesn't wear them "out", but she runs all over our house with those shoes on. So, she is just so excited for prom. I told her maybe we'd go to watch the daycare daughter in her prom and then Sierra can at least see "all the pretty girls". You should just see us when there are awards on TV or Miss USA or something. All 3 of us girls are critque-ing the people on what they are wearing, how beautiful or ugly the hair is and what kind of shoes the people have on. It's just so much fun with the girls!

Sierra has been asking to get her ears pierced and Jon and I keep telling her she has to wait a few years. Sierra's big thing is going to Claire's. I've bought Claire's things off Ebay, but never brought Sierra to the store. Well, there was a Claire's in the mall on Saturday and Sierra was in Heaven! Mercedes loved looking at the Dora The Explorer stuff at Claire's and Sierra was all about the dangly earrings, necklaces, rings, bracelets, etc. She is definitely my high maintenance girl. Anyway, she found this magnetic, dangly earrings and just had to have them. Mom bought them for her and bought a Dora necklace for Mercedes. They both absolutely loved their stuff! Lincoln was sleeping in the stroller outside with my dad. Dad said I just had to buy him a cup of coffee and he'd be more than willing to sit out there. :0) Woo hoo! Honestly, it was so much fun going there with the girls. (Jon was working on Saturday and Sunday so he couldn't go with us.) Lincoln was so good the entire time, too. He just sat in the stroller and was a gem. They had some play things in the mall and so he actually did run around a bit there as dad watched and mom and I shopped in Herberger's with Sierra. Mercedes was also with dad and Lincoln in the play area.

That was our weekend.

Peace.

Grey, like an E'ol day

I have to tell you. Mercedes has this Winnie the Pooh book and you press buttons on the side of the book to match what you are reading. There are colors that say, "Blue, like. . .", "Red, like. . ." and then there was a Grey one. For the life of me, I couldn't understand what Mercedes was all saying, but she said it with a Southern accent "Grey, like and E - Ol Day" and the more we laughed, the more she said it and it was honestly the most hilarious thing. Everyone that would come to our house we asked them what she was saying and they didn't know. Now, I don't know Pooh hardly at all and so another friend came over who is a daycare provider and Mercedes brought the book to her and she knew right away. (Previously, we kept pressing the Grey button and we thought she was saying it right, but we couldn't understand exactly what she was saying because it sounded just like the book.) She said, "Becky, it's 'Grey, like an Eeyore day'." Heck, I didn't know Eeyore days were Grey. Well, now I do. :0) Note: This story with Mercedes happened probably 6 months ago, but I didn't want to forget it.

Peace.

Lincoln is a fashion guru

There was definitely snow today, but not the white out conditions we had on Monday so school wasn't even late. Bummer!

We were rushing this morning as I woke the kids up earlier as I told them we needed to leave approx 10 minutes earlier because I anticipated the roads to be bad and we needed more drive time. So. . . all 3 kids were in the truck and Lincoln has 2 hats. One is a red one with 3 pointy things with tassles on the top and then he has a Timberwolves one with just the ball on the top. I was in a hurry, so I had him in his carseat and then put his red hat on. He just screamed and screamed. The girls were asking what I was doing to him because he just screamed when I put his hat on. I said, "Lincoln stop." He stopped so I could say, "Lincoln, what on earth do you want?" He said, "hat" and pointed next to his carseat. I said, "Not the red hat, this hat?" He was all excited and said, "yeah!". Oh, Heavens. He was all happy once I took of the red hat and put on his Timberwolves hat. Wow. A fashion guru at the age of one. Amazing, isn't it? lol. The girls both said, "wow, mom. He was crying that hard because he wanted to wear a different hat?" I told them that he hears the girls do that when they don't want to wear something, so he thought he'd try it out and see if it worked. Everyone laughed over that one.

He also cries if he wants a "neminem" translation: M&M and doesn't get one. So, he continues to cry and plop himself on the floor and then I tell him he's going to "the chair" if he doesn't quit. "The chair" is the recliner in the "new room" aka porch. He cries the whole time we're walking over there and then I set him in the chair because it's too tall for him to get into it. He's still crying when I put him in there and then I say, "Lincoln stop" and I put my hand out motioning the "stop". He literally quits crying to hear me say, "Lincoln, when you're done crying, you let me know and then you can get up." No lie - as soon as I'm done saying that, he just starts wailing away. The tears are there and everything. The girls and I then walk to the kitchen and sit at the table to see how long it takes. Normally it's under a minute or two, but suddenly he quits crying and yells, "MOM!" I don't answer the first time so he knows I'm not just waiting around for him to quit crying. lol. So he yells again, "MOM! MOM!" I hollar back, "What Lincoln?" and he says, "All done! All done! In nere?" Translation: I'm done crying. Can I come in there?" I hollar back, "Yep, you can get up now." You can hear him slide out of the chair and then he runs in the kitchen and says, "HI MOM!! HI RA-RA (Sierra)!! HI ECECES (Mercedes)!!!" and then we say hi and then he runs off to play like nothing ever happened. Honestly, this is just hilarious. It's as though he needs me to know he's going to make his point by crying, but yet he knows it doesn't help, so he doesn't cry long because he wants to get back to playing. I bet this happens on a weekly basis and this is just funny. The girls laugh when he's saying hi and we all give him hugs and kisses when he's back in the kitchen so he thinks it's funny I guess, too. What a kid.

Peace.

Possibly another snow day tomorrow

You know, it's just so weird that we haven't had much snow at all this season and now we have 2 big storms in one week. Yikes! As you know Monday was a snow day and now they are predicting one more storm with a potential of 5-7" overnight tonight and tomorrow. Gosh, I like snow days, but 2 in one week kind of takes a hit on the vacation time. We'll see, maybe I'll end up being able to still come in tomorrow or maybe Jon will be able to bring me to work and bring the kids to daycare. Wow! There is a beautiful blanket of snow and we ended up with about 6" on Monday when it was done and now to maybe add an additional 6". Crazy! I'm trying to get as much done as possible at work today in the event that I do miss tomorrow, it will be ok.

The girls have dance tonight and then I have church Council tonight at 8pm. Ugh. Wednesdays are always so hectic and then to add Council on top of it makes it kindof overwhelming sometimes. Mercedes has dance at 4:15pm and then Sierra has it at 6pm. We get back to town at 5:10pm and then have to pick up Lincoln and get home quickly to eat and then be back on the road by 5:45pm at the very latest. Then we get home around 7:40pm and then I'm back on the road by 7:50pm for Council. Ugh. Seriously - ugh. My last meeting will be January, 2007 and boy am I excited for that! Then in the summer the meetings interfere with swim lessons and T-ball. I tell you - it's hectic! I can't understand how the parents with more than 3 kids do it.

Peace.

Snow day yesterday - 03 13 06!!!

It was fantastic yesterday. We had a snow storm and I didn't go into work and I was able to stay home with the kids. We played Go Fish with Mercedes' Dora cards, baked choc chip oatmeal cookies, washed clothes, emptied the dishwasher and filled it again, and put clothes away and just played. Lincoln was able to take a long nap in the afternoon and I told the girls they could stay up in the afternoon. Sierra was excited for an extra day off from school. Mercedes has school only on Tuesdays, so she was happy that her school wasn't canceled today.

Peace.

Slumber party results are in!!

Oh, my goodness. It was a total blast at the slumber party. The girls' friends were so good to eachother and all of the kids more than welcomed Lincoln to play with them. At one point, Jon and I were downstairs and the kids were all yelling, laughing, screaming and running around and then you heard Lincoln's little scream just to be a part of the group. I could hear the kids telling Lincoln to come over by them and play with them. What a great group of kids! Tucking so many kids in was a little crazy, but well worth it. I think it was after 1am when they all finally fell asleep. We watched a movie before bed and a few kids fell asleep, but most were still awake. In the morning Jon went to Casey's to get donuts and they loved that. The last kid left around 2:30pm. Jon and I said the kids can have an end of school year party. They were just so good, that we are definitely going to let them have more kids over again.

Peace.

The "Big Slumber Party" is tonight!!

Sierra and Mercedes are having their first slumber party (together) tonight. Yikes! There will be about a dozen kids sleeping overnight. The girls have had people sleep over before and have slept over at their friends houses, but never have we had this many kids over at once to sleep! lol. The girls are just besides themselves and are so extremely excited. Yesterday in school Sierra said she, Leighton and Jade made a list of things to do. lol. There were 12 things on that list! Last night the girls and I set up the tents in the Library. We just put on a rather large addition and the addition included a "library" (not quite sure what we'll use the room for yet) that is fairly large so I told the girls that everyone sleeps in the same room. Their bedroom isn't big enough for all of the kids and we only have a few chairs and Lincoln's chest in there, so the whole floor is available. Plus, there are French doors in the Library, so it will feel like a bedroom when they are sleeping. I'm hoping that we don't have any issues with kids wanting to go home in the middle of the night. Ugh. The kids that are coming should be fine. Did I mention that there are boys and girls coming? Sierra and Leighton have been best friends ever since they were 3 in Preschool Discovery class. (Leighton's parents and me and my husband all went to high school together.) So, they have become very, very close and have been staying overnight at eachother's houses for years. Now, Leighton's little brother, Hawken, and Mercedes have become friends and doing the sleepover things as well. Mercedes tells me that she is going to marry Hawken some day. :0) We never know what's going to happen in the future, but it's just so weird that Leighton and Sierra are such good friends and now Hawken and Mercedes are. Leighton and Hawken have a little brother, Brevon, but we broke the trend when we had a boy instead of another girl with Lincoln. Brevon and Lincoln are fairly close in age as well, so who knows, maybe they will end up being friends, too.

I get off work at 4:30pm, pick the kids up from daycare and then try to make it home by 4:45pm as the parents are dropping the kids off at 5pm tonight. I told the girls I'm just making pizza and then they can have snacks and stuff while they are upstairs. It's just so nice with the addition done that they can be upstairs and I don't even have to hear them when I'm downstairs. It will be even nicer when the girls rooms are done on 3rd floor. We transformed the attic into 2 bedrooms and a full bathroom. Each girl has a dormir in their room and each girl's room is about the size of the room they currently share. Both girls have awesome views. We call it the dorm floor. :0) We also have put a phone system in our house such that we can call the different extensions since the house is so big and then we don't have to yell. There will be a common phone in the hallway on the girls' floor, but each girl will also have a phone in their bedroom. There are also TV hookups in each of their rooms, but there won't be any TV's hooked up. :0) Everyone who comes to see the house just loves it. I'm anxious for the girls to move up there. They are just too excited! They could pick out their own color for their rooms and Sierra picked Pink (of course) and Mercedes chose Green (of course). It's just such great rooms!! When they have sleepovers, they will definitely have room for everyone to sleep in their own rooms. Woo hoo!!

I wonder what Lincoln will do tonight with so many kids over. He will probably just want to play with everyone and feel part of the group. He's just too cute.

I'll let you know how the party went next week.

Peace.

Mercedes cracks me up. . .

I know I swear way too much in front of my kids, but for whatever reason my oldest, Sierra, had never repeated the "bad" words, but occasionally Mercedes, my middle child, sometimes would. We are on our way to school, daycare and to work and yesterday she had a good morning. The day before it took her FOREVER to get ready and she was screwing around and so she had to leave for daycare without breakfast. She learned her lesson as yesterday morning she was ready with her coat, boots, etc on and we had 20 minutes before we had to leave. She had even eaten already! I told her I was proud of her to learn from the morning before, etc. So, we are in the truck driving and talking about what a good morning it was. Then, without missing a beat, Mercedes said, "yep, no bitchin' today, mom!" lmao. I honestly started laughing and after I was done, I explained to her that I swear way too much in front of them and that "bitchin" was a bad word and she would get in huge trouble if she said that at school or daycare. So, I stressed the importance of knowing which are bad words that she shouldn't say. Honestly, she totally cracks me up.

Quick note about my youngest, Lincoln. He and Mercedes have the funniest personalities. They are just crazy, wild kids. They come up with the funniest things and are just fun. Sierra is definitely the oldest and that's quite evident. She has more of the mother personality and thinks she shouldn't be so goofy. Anyway, on Valentine's Day, I picked the kids up after work and Kim (daycare) said, "Becky, tell Lincoln Happy Valentine's Day". I didn't know where this was going and so I did and he got the grouchiest face and put his face down. For whatever reason, Lincoln does not like to hear "Happy Valentine's Day". We can say Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, Happy Easter, Happy anything else, but Valentine's Day. For good measure, I said it to him last night and he responded the same way. Isn't that weird? He got a ton of presents and treats on V-day so I have no clue why he's doing this. All I can say is, "yep, that's definitely my son!"

Peace.

A little about myself. . .

I just checked my last update and it doesn't look too bad. I already received a comment! THANK YOU! If I figure out how to respond, I will! lmao. Seriously - when I figure it out. :0) I don't want to get too specific, but I'm 30, married and have 3 children. My oldest two are girls and the youngest is a boy. Ages are 7, 4 and 1. I work outside the home full time and my husband and I own an electrical contracting business. I also do the bookwork for the company. So, needless to say, I'm kept quite busy with the business, working full time and my 3 kids. There's not much time for me to do my own thing, but when I do, I love eBay. Wow, I'm so addicted to it! I buy everything on there and I have sold some of my husband's tools and stuff and what a cool thing it is. If you haven't ever checked it out, go to www.ebay.com and you will be addicted. My sister called me last night and over the phone we got her an account number so she's all set. lol. I'm spreading the ebay love, can you feel it? I could so quit my job and buy and sell on there full time. There have been so many people who ask me questions about it and I could make a living off of giving speeches on the "how to" stuff. I could sell so much stuff on there, but it's just finding the time to do it, you know? I definitely need to get the high speed internet at home and then I think I will start selling more. Right now it takes forever to get a picture posted so I wouldn't get so impatient with high speed.

Ok, I have a few things to do at work before I leave so I'm signing out and I'll try to publish more tomorrow.

Peace.

This is just the beginning-

Ok, this is all new to me. I have no clue how this will actually look to the outside world, but I guess that's ok, right? I'm sitting at work right now and was checking a blog of someone and I thought, "you know, I should get one." lol. I have always felt so bad for not filling in the kids' baby books and I wished I could have a site for them to see. It's easier for me writing in a journal type of thing instead of filling in their baby books. I have written letters to them, but this might be a better deal, right?

I'm going to post this so I can see what it will look like. Ugh. Bear with me. . .