A New Fave

When I think of a mad scientist and then I think of their hair...currently I think of my little brain his hair is something else. From the middle of the top of his head forward wants to do just that fall forward and is thinner hair and from the middle of the top of his head it grows together like a kewpie doll and is thicker and on the crown of his head it grows in a swirl, thus leading to hair issues to say the least. I have shaved his hair short but it takes no time at all for the kewpie doll issue to begin and I have let it grow longer and thus the front is falling in his face.

After many hair putties, gels, pomades, and the like I have finally found the stuff to lick is hair issues in to shape.

AXE Clean Cut Look Pomade and it works magic on my little guys crazy hair and another great thing is you can get it free this month at Walgreen's!!!

Click on my blog and it will take you to a picture of my new favorite thing!!!

Cupid's Prom

The room we are in the midst of painting is the Princesses room. Did you know there are about a 1,000 pink paint colors ...well after a long deliberation our Pretty Pink Princess picked out Cupid Pink and Prom Pink so her room will be forever referred to as Cupid's Prom...JK! It will most likely be referred to as her Fancy Nancy room.

She currently at a request of herself and her older brother is sharing a room with him as well as her younger brother. Which has worked out fabulously!!! However she has been requesting a girly room as of late so goodbye home office dreams and hello girly girly sweet pink fancy room!

This is of course a huge process(which I can't even begin to explain the horrible carpentry skills that occurred in this room) and when completed I will of course post tons of before and afters as well as my new mini home office!

Adventures in Painting

I have painted many rooms in my life. Alone, with kids in the house(always an adventure), with help(of the grown up sort), but until today was a first I had the help of my children. They were so excited I was going to be painting they just had to help! I readily got my 6,5, and 3.5 year old dressed in painting duds and gave them each an area to paint. Now painting is a job when you do it alone but it is more of a job with extra helpers around. Here is what I learned:

* You have to paint over whatever they painted

* You have to make sure you know where they are in your working space at all times or you will be painting more than just walls

* Be ready to wipe up the floor at any moment

* It will take you twice as long...clean up of exra brushes and people plus painting around little helpers, fixing their drips etc...

* And last but not least they will have so much fun helping you do such an important job

Yes at times I thought I was going to lose my mind and possibly yell everyone out! Then the thought came to me if I were to lose my cool when they painted the back of my arm or got paint all over the floor what would I be teaching my little ones the Lord has entrusted me with? Working with mom is not fun, working is stressful, shame, they need to be perfect or I don't accept or even love them or do I want them to learn working together is fun, yes we spill(make mistakes) sometimes but we can fix it, the sense of accomplishment of a job well done, and even my mom loves me no matter what!!! Even though it was hard to paint with the little guys helping I am grateful for what we all learned in our Adventures in Painting!!!

GLIMMERS 5

* I lost my first tooth

* Myself and Jensen had the flu and I couldn't walk for almost 2 whole days

* My mom lost her voice again

* Julianna went to the local pizza place for preschool, they made their own pizzas, went back where the dough is made, went into the freezer, and got to watch their pizzas go through the oven

* Mom taught preschool about the letter T this week mainly T is for tooth, the sound th make the sound oo makes and all sorts of toothy fun

* We went to see the lizards again with lizard sundaes to follow

* We had lunch with Granny and played at the mall

* Mom has been a crazy organizer lately I think we might not have anything left when she is done and Dad has been her right hand man or handy man

* I have a new cousin

* The teen had an interview at the local university for a leadership program

A Conversation That You Do NOT Want to Have With Your Six Year Old Son!!!

*just a back story we went to the mall to eat with our Granny and she took my Brain and Princess with her to the bathroom and on the way home this is the conversation.

The Brain: Mom we found something in the bathroom where the glo sticks come out and we had to throw it away(Granny did let me know what they had discovered) Why?

Mom: It is not for kids.

The Brain: Who is it for?

Mom: Women(you will notice my answers are short because quite honestly I wanted it to end here but knew it wouldn't).

The Brain: What do women use it for?

Mom: To stop bleeding.

The Brain: Where does it stop the bleeding?

To be quite honest I was speechlessly searching for away out of this conversation at this point or a really good answer, a good car accident could have done the trick neither came.

Mom: It stops them from bleeding in their underwear.

The Brain: Oh their underwear...(very long pause and then with much alarm) Do boys need that!?!

Mom: No

The Brain: Good(you have no idea)

Thank goodness this is when we got home!!!

How Do You Know You Have a Girly Girl?

*at age 5 getting dressed is a full blown event, right down to the matching shoes and socks(but how hard is it to match PINK)

*out comes the hair box and so it begins what matches the outfit and works with how the hair is going to be done-pigtails, braids, pony tail and the list goes on and on....

*lip gloss is next

*nails painted

*body spray finishes the morning routine

I do have a girly girl! Which is great with a houseful of boys! However I had not imagined at her ripe old age of 5 I would be supervising the above everyday!

Flu Survival Kit

1.DVD's

2.Snuggly Blankets

3.Buckets, Bowls, Trash Cans

4.Pull ups

5.Baby and Clorox Wipes

6.Tylenol or Advil

7.Lysol

8.Antibacterial Soap

9.Hand Sanitizer

10.Bleach and hot water

11.The B.R.A.T.-Y. Diet readily available Bananas,Rice( our new way to do this is 2 cups rice 4 Cups water 2 TB chicken Bouillon Granules into the rice cooker), applesauce, Toast, and Yogurt-it never ceases to amaze me that when I child is vomitously sick they still get hungry thus the above options

12.and last but not least patience- it will end won't it? and I suppose a good sense of humor can go along way. And who can't laugh when your child comes up to you and says there butt is leaking!

How do you know you had a day off....

1. I watched 3 movies with the kids guilt free

2. I was served breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the same spot on the couch

3. I only ever got up when I needed to use the restroom

4. I read a 374 page novel in one day

It is just too bad I was sick to get it!

Our First Valentines Day

David did the sweetest thing our first Valentines Day! He bought Valentines cards for every year from when we would have been in Kindergarten together until the present Valentines Day! I had Valentines with Blues Clues on them and Winnie the Pooh to Teenage ones and then more sentimental ones at the end. He said I was always his Valentine and had to make up for all the years he couldn't find me! I wonder what Buckets of Love Inc has in store for today!?!

Kids say...........

The teen was around 7 and we went to Bronners around Christmas time and he found money on the ground and without hesitation he said we needed to give it to the lady at the counter. I must have looked surprised at his honesty and told him I was proud of him for making the right choice without being prompted. His response was just the pat on the back any mom needs...
"What do you expect you raised me right!"

Kids say.............

"Mom I want to help you hatch the eggs!"

The laid back boy


* as a side note yes I let him help me CRACK the eggs..it was so cute to see him knocking it on the counter and me saying a little harder and he did crack it then as I start to show him how to put his thumbs into the crack to open it he just squeezes it as hard as he can and cracked that thing right into the bowl no shell too...but a huge mess on both of our hands...Did I mention I LOVE BEING A MOM(honestly no sarcasm intended)!!!!!

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS

1. It Looked Like Spilt Milk(but it wasn't)

2. Little Quack- I read this for David's class and they all loved it!!!

3. I'll Love You Forever(sniffle, sniffle)

Up at 4:30am Due to Over Crowding

My honey started working his overnights last night and when he does the kids all take turns sleeping in my bed. In which order is done by drawing names out of a hat. Well, my princess got first draw and to be honest I was quite glad, she is the hardest to sleep with due to her intense need to snuggle so close. I don't know exactly what time child number 2 entered the picture I just remember hitting a head with my foot and realizing it was not a girl head. Then the next thing I knew the D4was right in my face exclaiming,"Jensen was missing from his bed" and I replied "he is in here" which I guess was an invitation to join us. Needless to say soon after the new edition to the bed I was up!!! The one good thing about getting up so early is I feel like I am way ahead of the game today but somehow I still managed to get the teen to seminary late...UGH!

GLIMMERS 4

* only one person in our house got the flu!!!(how did this happen we don't know)

* we were evacuated from our house

* we went with Granny to see Lizards Alive

* I got to try to eat like a lizard(dad went 1st to show us how fun it was), I raced Jensen and won! It was a lot of fun!

* we went for lunch with Grandma K and Granny

* I was the Ringer Bearer in the Q and U wedding at school, I went down the aisle first and hooked arms with Lucy

* we had lizard sundaes at McDonalds

* I lost my first tooth and the tooth fairy came

* we saw Ronald McDonald and he gave us a coloring book

---Composed by mom and dictated by the Brain

"Mom I need some "moose" for my "cowlick"!"

-the Brain