Wow, It's Wednesday!

I can't believe Wednesday is already here! What happens to the days when the kids are in school?

I'm adding a link to an auction we have on ebay. I bought a ring at the apparel and gift market in the fall, and thought i could have it sized. Well, no such luck. It fit my pinkie and i wanted to wear it as a band with my wedding ring. It needed to go up a little over one full ring size. SO, we're selling it. If you know anyone interested, please send them here . . .

http://www.ebay.com/

Item #: 130279334310

It is a great deal, and it's never been worn!

As for the rest of our week. . . we have quite some exciting news, but i have to wait for the kids to get home from school before i post that news here! Check back later or tomorrow for pictures!

Camden's naptime just ended. . . when you have hair like this. . . it MUST HAVE been a GOOD nap!

The camera really didn't do it justice, now that i see it posted here. . . it's too white to take a good picture! It was Albert Einstein Crazy!!!

Another Book Entry!

Seems like i'm writing my book every day . . .
I'm eating an orange with my dinner tonight, and Griffin LOVES oranges, so he say, "Mom, are you going to finish all that or do you need help?"
In other words, (i had already shared about 4 slices with him) he'd like to know if he can have more! Why didn't he just come out and say it?

We un-decorated today. Is there any day as dreadful and dreary as the day you take down all the Christmas decorations? No trees left, no pretty ornaments, a bare mantel, no cutesie tutesies all over the walls signifying the most wonderful time of the year! My front porch is still decorated. . . much to my neighbor's dislike I'm sure. But i just love the front porch greenery, bows, and lights, so i'm not going to take it down yet! It has nothing to do with the fact that it's been raining here off and on for 3 days! HA!

Happy New Year, to my yucky, blucky, plain house!

Add This to the Book!

I always say i'm going to write a book! Between my teaching years, my assistant director years at the preschool, and my years as a mom, i have so many quotes and stories, i truly could compile them and write a book that I'm sure could be a topseller . . .

Well, here's one entry for the book, enjoy the story . . .

While in Florida, Griffin was watching a lively episode of "Jeopardy" with my Uncle. (Yes, there are people out there that actually still watch this game show.) Well, at the end of the show, the winning fella won some enormous amount of money - something like $33K. Well, Griffin being curious asked, "Mom, what would you do if you won that much money?"

My response, "Well, I guess i'd put half of it in savings . . .(then after a second or two of thought). . . well, okay, probably not that much, because honestly, Uncle Sam would take half of it before i ever got home with it."

Griffin's response to my money plan, "Well, if i won that kind of money, I SURE wouldn't drive by Uncle Sam's house on the way home!!!!!"

Movie Day

We decided while we were in Florida that because the kids were so good while we were there, that we'd hire Morgan (our favorite babysitter) to keep Camden and go see Marley and Me today. Well, late yesterday, Griffin got an invite from his best buddy - Zachary - to go see it with his family. So, we invited our whole family, and we all went together. What a great movie, but don't leave home without a box of tissues. For those of you old enough to remember, let's just say, "Old Yeller." It definitely made us realize that we'd love to have a big dog that would wait at the mailbox for our kids to get off the school bus every afternoon, but we don't have a fence yet, so i guess that's not going to happen anytime soon. It was definitely good. Jeff and i are wondering how come it wasn't PG-13 as it had some moments in it that Griffin should not have seen, but still a warm-fuzzy, yet sad movie.

So, here's a quick pic of the kids all together at the theater. They all loved it, ate enough popcorn to make their tummies hurt, and are ready for round 2 of movies . . .next on the agenda . . . Bedtime Stories, The Tale of Despereaux, and some dog movie that starts in a couple of weeks.

We spent yesterday at the World of Coca-Cola, then went to Ikea for a little while, and then to The Spaghetti Factory for dinner. The pictures weren't great, but here's one of the kids as we went in to see the 4-D movie at Coke . . . Molly HATED it, Griffin loved it. Story of our lives! We are done doing . . . a busy couple of days. We'll spend the weekend getting ready for back-to-school --- Un-decorating, shopping for groceries, and getting bookbags ready to go, among many other things, i'm sure.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Wishing you and your family a Happy New Year!

We've been in Florida and out of the loop, then spent the day at the World of Coke yesterday. Headed to the movies now. . . .more to come soon!