"Things They Said" Thursday

It's time once again for an entry of random things my kids have said.

Carter: As he is getting ready for bed, "Mommy, I want to hug you like this forever!" You can tear up if you want. It is sweet. However, I'm pretty sure he just didn't want to go to sleep. Even so, I stayed there a little longer.

Kaden: For some reason, Kaden loves to sing "Everybody Dance Now" not the whole song, just those words. I'm not even sure where he heard it but I know that I hear it at least 5 times a day. He decides to change the lyrics while walking down the hallway at the conservative, barely clap your hands in chapel, KJV memory verse learning school that the kids attend, and at the top of his lungs sings "Everybody pants down!" Luckily, he's too young for detention. We did get a few raised eyebrows from some of the parents though.

Emilee: This is my personal favorite. Emilee has become obsessed with Rock Band. She has figured out that she doesn't have to know all of the words of the songs to pass. She can just hum in close proximity to the tune. She rocks out! She loves to be in just pajama bottoms and have all of her long hair down like the singers on the game. When it was my time to sing . . .

"Mommy, you're not cool!"
"Why not?"
"Because you don't have your shirt off! If you want to be cool like us, you have to have your shirt off."

I quickly learned that she thought the singers were girls because they have long hair so naturally we should sing with our tops off like them. God bless hair bands! We have quickly taken care of that assumption and as you can tell from the photo of the band, she has changed her style too.

This is for you Nic Carver!

Enjoy the silence . . .

I think it might be time to . . .

go to the grocery store! What do you think?

I had been sick last week and we had picked through all of the food available and this is what was left last night. Each child got 1/3 of a granola bar, 1/3 of 2 snack boxes of raisins, 1/2 of a cheese stick (I ate the last 1/2.), a handful of cheese crackers and 1/2 a PB sandwich. I tried to make it look intentional by using some of their raisins to make a smiley face! Kaden and Emilee had a kool-aid that Carter had saved for them from a party at school. Carter got the last Capri-Sun.

I think, if anything, this is a wonderful example of creativity! Don't worry though, Wal-Mart got my business after the kids went to bed.

Christmas 2008

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year! It seemed to be calm, relaxing and fun. Those words are not usually used when describing a period of time spent with family and in the car with three little ones.

We started the kids vacation by baking cookies for our neighbors. They are all so sweet and I am so non-social that I thought this would be a good gesture. It was actually a lot of fun and I didn't even care that the kids were making such a mess! As far as I know, no one got sick from our sugar laden creations!

On Tuesday we drove down to Charlotte to spend the night with my brother and his family. This was the first time that we had all stayed there. It was so much fun! Our kids love Scott and Logan and they played together all night. Nick spent most of the night playing Rock Band. I love my brother and his family (I'm not just saying that because he reads this either!) and it was great to spend some time with them. On Wednesday we spent Christmas Eve with Nick's family. Each year the whole family gathers at someone's house for a Starnes Christmas party. It's always a treat to see all of the aunts and uncles. After spending some time with everyone, we headed home.

Christmas morning was a little different this year. We spent it at home. Usually we head to my parents for my dad's famous Christmas morning breakfast. We decided to stay home so that the kids could open their presents and play with them and so that we wouldn't have to get up and get ready so early! The favorite gift was of course Rock Band. The kids kept singing "Wanted: Dead or Alive" all day. Our evening ended with dinner at my parents and our annual trip to Bedford to see all of the Christmas lights.

This was a wonderful Christmas season! I hope that all of you enjoyed your time with your families as well!