hiiiieeeeee-yaaaahhhhh!!!!

your kid may be a black belt, but mine is a pinkwithpolkadots belt!

 

 

you must always be on guard. he will do a drive-by karate chop...

 

hiiiiiieeeeeee-yahhhhhh!!!!!



owasso homecoming parade 2012

it's the homecoming band queen, kadee, with her prince and princess!

 

lilybug had so much fun waving as the parade went by and gathering candy!





band homecoming 2012

queen kadee and her court!

 

princess grace and prince cale

shhhhh... i might steal that crown... i think it would fit just right!

 

oh, and cinderella made an appearance at homecoming, too!

lily was pretty upset that she wasn't going to be a princess. so, kadee and debbie fixed that problem!



i am not the tooth fairy

i happened upon a conversation between the two little girls below who were discussing whether or not i was the tooth fairy at our house if cadence's mommy is the tooth fairy at her house.

the conclusion was that i was not the tooth fairy. i wondered how they knew that. so i said "maybe i am the tooth fairy, how do you know i am not?"

gracie and cadence, with all confidence, told me i was most certainly not the tooth fairy. so, just exactly how is it that are they so sure? 

i'll share their reasoning...

1. the tooth fairy has wings... gracie says i do not have wings.

2. the tooth fairy has a wand... gracie assures me i do not have a wand, either.

3. the tooth fairy has a poofy dress with a tooth on it... I can assure you i do not have a poofy dress with a tooth on it.

4. the tooth fairy has a bracelet made of teeth... i don't care what kind of fairy you are, that's just creepy.

so, if you ask the girls, i am not the tooth fairy.

ok girls...

this is what i found on gracie's door last night...

apparently she is looking forward to the excitement of summer break. 

happy birthday, lilybug

3... and it seems like yesterday. i enjoy your every day

and every new discovery you make.

happy, happy 3rd birthday to my little blessing!!!

i love you... to the moon and back.

~~ mama ~~

a (comm)ode to lily

and now, a short poem...

there once was a little girl named lily

she wouldn't poop in the potty, so silly?

her mom and her dad,

and mr brad

were tired of trying... no, really. 

(*sigh...)

potty training 101

"mom-eeeee, my baby need-a potty!" 

say cheese!!!

3... 2... 1... smile!

apparently when one uses the "mommy voice",

even the sheep obey.

the imagination of a boy

i know, you're thinking "what in the world is that?"

well folks, that is ingenuity at it's finest! this morning as i was getting ready for church, cale picked up the comb and my eyelash curler
and the finished product was a gun.
yes, really, a gun.

i think i very well may have the next macgyver on my hands...

land run 2012

apron... check. cowboy hat... check. bandana for the dust storms... check. boots on... check.

they are ready to stake their claim!

maybe i should have specified before the land run that i'd like to have about 100 acres...

let the games begin!

yay!!! i've finally received my new camera cord so i can download pics again, so...

let the games begin...

watching cale's team is hil-ar-ious! they look like a school of fish or a swarm, all in a herd together, following the ball. and, he loves it!

what has been so amazing is to see the transformation in gracie once she steps on that field. she looks like she's been playing for much longer than the few weeks it actually has been. and then there's me... i never thought i'd be the mom hollering at her kids from the sidelines. i am.

she says she can hear me when she is out there. that has to be so embarrassing.

if you look closely at all of the boy feet in this picture, you'll see a black soccer cleat with a tiny pink swoosh... that's gracie. apparently she ain't skerrt!
and yeah, about that whole "hollerin'" thing... this was about the point my filter had a slight malfunction, and i yelled, "GRACIE, DON'T YOU LET THOSE STINKY BOYS TAKE THAT BALL FROM YOU!!!"

yep, it was me. i'm that mom. but, in my defense, it just happens. something inside takes over.

it's ok if you're a little embarrassed for my kids... i am.

soccer mom... s.o.s!!!

well, it's official... i am now a soccer mom to two little players. really. for those of you that have known me more than 7 years, stop laughing. this is serious. not heart-attack-serious, more like i-don't-want-to-look-like-an-moron-serious. i need some advice... apparently there is some sort of soccer mom/sports team etiquitte, and apparently i know nothing about it... or so the look on my face said. one of the moms asked about who was bringing snacks this week for their first game, and then all necks whipped in my direction. why me, you ask? well, cause i'm the coaches wife. for both teams. yes, you read that correctly. my husband volunteered to coach both teams, so therefore that apparently commits me to some sort of soccer mom responsibilities i know nothing of. google it? nah. ask the other moms? never! blog it? heck yeah. so, help me... guidance? advice? 12 steps? where do i start? someone. help. me.

oh, and my reason for not blgging lately? some little magician has made my camera cord disappear. excuse me while i continue looking...

what am i gonna do?

cale got in trouble (actually cale and gracie got in trouble) on the way home a couple of nights ago for just being mean to each other. it culminated with a decree by the family matriarch... spankings for both.

so, we get home, i head to the mailbox and cale into the house. as i am walking back up the driveway, cale comes back out. he (very loudly and even a little excited) says, "don't worry, mom, i got it!" to which i replied, "you've got what?" he then explains, "my spanking! it's ok, i gave myself a one so you don't have to!"

what do you say to that one?

~~ the mama ~~

and this character award goes to...

lilybug!!!

for being "loving"... how sweet is that?

simple... it's just that sweet.

cardinal of character!

my sweet girl was the cardinal of character! woo hoo!!!

the trait for the month was "progress".

her first grade teacher, mrs vogel, said "grace is wonderful at reaching goals!"

congratulations, baby!

#3 and counting!

(mother, do not get excited... this doesn't mean there's a #4 coming... at least not from me.)

well, it's official. gracie has finally "lost" another tooth. actually she "lost" it with the help of our favorite dentist. that whole wiggling, twisting, pushing, and pulling is a lot of work. why break a sweat, when ms karla can get that sucker out in no time! so....

ta da!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that's right! check... it... out!

after "losing" it yesterday, gracie asked if her big-girl tooth would be in before school this morning. sadly, i explained, it would not. i asked if she was going to start working on the other one, to which she replied, "no! then i'll be like jordan, and i won't be able to say sausage. i'll say thausage." i like thausage... it's cute. plus, it makes jordy even cuter than she is, which is hard to imagine.

and with each lost tooth, i am realizing she's really growing and changing. yes, i know it's going to happen, but i don't have to like it!

~~ the mama ~~

our latest...

i thought maybe we should try an a-to-z approach to the blog update this time. it's been a couple of weeks, and as aunt kathy says, "i know cale has said something funny since the last time you blogged!" she's right. he has. well, maybe we won't do all of a-to-z... lets hit the highlights!

c is for... cale. oh, dear Lord, help me! he is all boy, just in case you might have missed any the blogs about him that have established that. he is still loud, everything is about superheros, and he is the sweetest little boy i know.


f is for... fish! meet our newest family members...


this is gracie's new fish. his name is rainbow. she came home from school with that one (the name, not the fish)... anyway, moving on...


and this is cale's new fish, frankenstein. yes, frankenstein. i think i'll call him frank for short... wahhhh-ha-hahahaha!!!!

h is for... hibernating. hibernating? yes, that's right. lily's class was studying hibernation, and this was their little hibernation project...



it was pretty cute, right up until it got a little creepy. everywhere i moved, little beady eyes followed. he had to go, ummmm... hibernate.

l is for... lilybug. that's the same lilybug who is now out of bed and has just proclaimed "i not tired, mama." do ya know what that means? it's now the end of my blogging for the night. gotta go... lilybug needs some mommy snuggles!

g'nite.

good morning!

the gorgeous sunrise... i think it's Gods way of saying "good morning, my love".

how times flies...

as i sit here typing, it hits me... seven years ago today, just about this time, daddy and i were headed home with our baby who was only 2 days old. wow. seven years. how much things have changed and how fast it has all gone.

from this...

to this.

i love you with my whole heart.

xoxoxo ~ mama

happy 7th birthday, gracie!!

happy birthday, baby!!!!

attention: cale

cale, honey, i'd just like to leave you a reminder, if you will, regarding the conversation we had earlier. just a few little points i'd like to go over again. actually, 2 main points for the moment...

1. i do not have "junk".
2. any further discussions or questions that you may have regarding your "junk" should be directed to your faaaa-ther or your poppy.

sincerely,
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