Commercials

Do you ever watch tv and see that one commercial that makes you laugh! I saw this commercial for the first time the other day. I laughed so hard at this. I am not sure why I thought it was so funny, because it is kind of wrong in many ways, but it still cracks me up!!
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did and please stay away from your child's fish bowl!

Mass Chaos!

Do you ever look at other people and wonder how they do it??? I do!!! I see other mothers out there that manage to have a clean house, clean kids, clean laundry, dinner on the table, go to work, and still seem to manage to have time for family and friends! I would love to know how they do it! I have been living in chaos since the summer started! My house is a disaster, my homework is piling up, the laundry mountain is growing, and I feel like I have NO TIME!! I have a friend that had a baby a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to see this little guy. Not because I have not been invited or that they live in another town, but because THERE IS NO TIME!!!! To this mother.....please PLEASE do not think I am avoiding you! I just have not made it over!
I keep thinking that things will slow down, which I am sure that they will....in another 16 years when Brody is off to college. In the meantime, I am working on just making it through the day and continuously thanking God for every blessing that He has blessed me with. I may feel overwhelmed, but I also feel truly blessed to have a house even though it is messy, kids that are healthy and busy, a career that I love, and friends with growing families, and family that is close!

Kindergarten and First Grade

It was a day of firsts for Haden and I a couple of weeks ago. We both had our FIRST day back to school. Haden started Kindergarten and I started my first day of teaching 1st grade. We were both exhausted by the end of the day and slept in on that following Saturday. It was nice to take Haden to school with me! When school is over, he just walks down to my room or plays with some of the other kids whose moms or grandma's work at the school. It has worked out really well!
I have 23 students and they are a GREAT group. I am a pretty lucky teacher! I am really liking this change that I have made. It is certainly different than teaching special education, but I am adjusting! I miss my old students but I am busy keeping up with 6 and 7 year olds instead!
Haden is in Mrs. Hundley's class this year. She is also a friend of mine, so Haden is learning that he should probably not call her, "mom's friend" any more! I have also explained to him that he should not call her Heather either, even if that is her first name! He is loving it and thinks it is great that he takes his lunch and sits next to his friend Brayden. But best of all, he has 3 recesses!! I am happy that he is talking to his teacher and friends! :)

Great Wolf Lodge

Wyatt and I took the boys to the Great Wolf Lodge at the very beginning of August. We had a great time! The last time the boys stayed in a hotel, Brody was 3 months old! So the boys LOVED the hotel! Whenever anyone would ask Brody about the little trip, Brody would tell them that there were beds there!
The boys have turned into little fish over the summer so they loved being in the water and going down the slides. The liked to stand (at a good distance away) and get splashed by the huge bucket of water. It would dump GALLONS of water down on the people below. After we all swam, we got our clothes changed and introduced the boys to the arcade world. Skeeball was a little difficult for the boys. We had balls going EVERYWHERE! We then whacked a mole, which mommy loves. I seem to have gotten better with age! But the day could not be complete without a racing game!

Movie Night

The boys LOVE to have movie nights and I have to admit that I do to! We have the same routine. We get on our PJ's, make a "special" drink, pop popcorn (who has a movie without it!!), and veg out with our blankets on the floor! It is SO much fun!!! Sometimes some of us (Brody and Mommy) fall asleep and sometimes we don't. Either way it is fun!

Farmer Haden

Haden has been "farming" out at Grandma's house this summer. He has planted carrots, cucumbers, corn and an ENORMOUS sunflower (which I have no picture of!) The best part of his faming is that likes to sample everything out of his garden. GUESS WHAT!!! He loves it all! What a great way to get a child to eat his veggies!

Television

Sorry...no pics to go with my post! You will have to just read!! I remember when I had Haden I was going to be that mom that limits the amount of tv that he watches. Then....along came Brody! I decided that maybe an occasional television show would not hurt a thing. The occasional show has turned into Daddy and boys time! Hey, they are all entertained and I am able to cut my way peacefully through the mounds of laminate!! The TV shows are then turned into the daily games that they play during the day! We have gone deer hunting in the tree stand (they will shush you if you are to loud!) They have been swamp loggers and crocodile hunters. When they come to school with me, they LOVE to play Ice Road Truckers with my chains for my students art work and they think it is great fun to catch crab over the sides of the desks. Most of these shows are seasonal. We are now starting into the season of what Brody calls the "Storminator." We are now catching bugs and snakes just like Billy on Billy the EXTERMINATOR! Brody has also been showing interest in a new show call Mary and Pickles. No, this is not on Disney or Nick Jr. We learned that he is really talking about American Pickers.
I have not really understood why my kids really have no interest in cartoons or shows on PBS, Disney, or Nick Jr. But on the bright side, they will know how to humanely catch a crocodile if one were to ever make its way into the yard!