Wordless Wednesday

Changes

I LOVE sunny days like today. Days where you don't need even a light jacket to walk into work and the sun is shining so bright you need your sunglasses right when you hit the front door. Because of this I had no reason to think that today was going to be one of those off days-not bad just I can't believe I did that days. It started as I was driving to work. I am one of those people who take the same route everyday and never deviate my path and because of that I'm not the most observant-I see the same things to and from work. So there has been a sign saying that a section of the road would be closed on Wednesday and Thursday and please find an alternate route. Fine no problem. Wednesday no problem, I remembered coming out of our subdivision. Today however I really was not paying attention and I was driving a long my normal route and thought there is something off, kept driving, then BAM it hit me, there are no other cars on the road. I drove right up to the construction-didn't remember a thing about the road being closed. Have you ever had 13 construction workers all stop what they are doing only to shake their heads and laugh at you. Oh well, at least it was sunny and I got to wear my cute new sunglasses.

I have a question that I really need some feedback on. Is Spongebob Squarepants REALLY as bad as I think it is? Matthew and Gracie have been telling Mark and I for months that of the 14 kids in their class that they are the only ones who not allowed to watch it. When they were younger it seemed too advanced for them. The language and subject matter but now that they are a little older and understand more, I am wondering is it really that bad? So, please give some feedback. If your kids watch Spongebob, what do you think?

Wordless Wednesday-Dance like no one is watching

Daddy's Girl

This is my sweet and sassy girl, Gracie (Graciebug to her daddy). One thing you have to know about Gracie is that she LOVES her daddy and her daddy LOVES her. She is the only person that Mark will let fix his hair (complete with pink color streaks),fix his face (an entire array of make-up) and paint his toenails (they both agree that hot pink is his color). I do have to admit that this angel has been known to get her Uncle Marty in on the nail salon practice.It really is cute. Gracie is all girl and recently added stylist to Mom to her list of accolades-she will let me know when she doesn't think I am "super cute and everyone will love you". Now, recently I have noticed a bit of, for lack of better word, Mark coming out in her. Like, her loving to eat at the Waffle House and sitting thru an entire Cubs game, with Mark and Matthew,only to get up at the end and sing "Go Cubs Go, Hey Chicago what do you say, the Cubs are gonna win today" at the top of her lungs while dancing around the living room. It sounds like I don't love this but that is very far from the truth. I have a number of things that I am thankful for with this:

*That she has her Dad in her life and that he loves her enough to play beauty shop with her. She may not realize how special that is but she will one day.

*That a date to Waffle House with Daddy makes her entire week. Again she may not realize what a gift this is but she will one day

*That she has Friday night living room cot & movie night-who knew sleeping on the floor could be so much fun

*Her interests are wide and varied-dance, baseball, beauty, and barbies and laughing (she LOVES to laugh)

*That she has loves her brother enough to cheer him on at his Dodger games and he loves her enough to help her with Ballet.

*That I can see her Pops sassiness, PaPaw's sweetness, Nana's kindness and MeMe's generosity in her more everyday


I have been so blessed by having these precious people in my life. They all love and support each other unconditionally. It is amazing and it just gets better all the time.

Guess Who? aka Peanut Butter and Gum

Tonight-Everything is quiet, the kids are settled in and Mark and I are flipping between the Cubs and USM baseball and chatting about our day and schedules for the weekend and week coming up-this is my favorite time of day, mainly because I have my man's undivided attention-when I hear a bedroom door open and out comes a little Windham. Now, this precious child comes and stands directly in front of me and as I am asking why they are not a sleep, I notice this green streak going from the crown of their head to the top of their forhead. I also happen to notice, as I am about to bust out laughing, GUM in their mouth. Like a lightbulb going off, it hits me, it's 3days before Easter AND this child has to be in a wedding in about 4 weeks. This child will not recover from cutting this gum out in that amount of time, so a HAIRCUT IS NOT AN OPTION! So I begin to think, how am I going to get this gum out of this beautiful red hair. I remember that my own mom(being the smart woman she is) used peanut butter to get gum out when I was a kid. So, off to the kitchen we go, where I slathered my kids head up. Please remember that I have a child who is VERY emotional ( ok actually-bawling their eyes out hysterically)because 1.they think they are in BIG trouble(they are supposed to be a sleep and for sure NOT CHEWING GUM BEFORE BEDTIME) 2.their entire top half of their head is covered in an edible food product that mom puts on crackers and sandwiches. So I rub,they cry and I rub, they cry and I rub, they cry and I rub some more they cry harder. After about 20 minutes, what do you know, that gum came right out. It was really cool! Now comes the hard part, getting the child to calm down enough to play hair salon to wash out the peanut butter. When they finally realized that the water spout in the kitchen sink was not going to drown them, they actually loved getting their hair washed in the sink. End result: beautifully clean and suprisingly shiny red hair.

Now here is the part that I would like your help-Can you guess which Windham kid this was? All you have to do is leave a comment-Matthew or Gracie?