Week in Review

Just want to forewarn you...this post may be a little long. It was a long week!

First, we had Punka's birthday party. Sleepover with 5 girls. Yeah...that's what I thought too, but it was fun. Fashion show, Kitt Kitridge, cinnamon sugar popcorn, pastries for breakfast, a lot of giggles and a little sleep. It was fun!


Then, Goldilocks needed "arm freshener" (code for deodorant) and Gigi loved looking at herself in the mirror. Runs in the family. The mirror thing not the deodorant thing, although we do wear deodorant. OK. Nuff said!

Hottie had an exam an made an 89.3! Yah! All the legal stuff gets confusing. We are happy with the score.

Gigi discovered the laundry room and her warm diapers! It was very exciting for everyone involved, I'll tell you. Now she cries if I close the laundry room door. She is all alone in that!



Thanksgiving Day brought A LOT of helping! We could have washed 100 pounds of potatoes for all they were concerned. They LOVED it!


Guaps and Grams, Honorable Readers of the day, reading the "thankfuls" and being the first to know!


Friday, the UPS guy (or the brown man as the kids call him), brought a package to the door. Who knew a new hand knitted hat could bring so much joy!


And I shopped Friday. Got stuff for the kids, friends, parents, Mom's stuff. It was good. Shopping usually is! Then, the youngin's got to spend the night with Guaps and Grams so Hottie and I could celebrate our 11th anniversary. Pretty cool, huh. Wish they could have stayed just 1 more night. Oh, well.

Hottie is the super best husband. No other could match him. We laugh. We cry. We pick at each other. We drive each other crazy. We couldn't live without the other. It's cool how God does that. We finish the other's sentence. I love him. He loves me. That's all there is to it! And that's all you need to know!

So, I'm off to bed somewhere over the edge. Maybe I'll crawl out tomorrow after the sunrise...I know...wishful thinking!

I wrote this on Thanksgiving Day and never published it. It looks like I started several post and never published them. I'll do that now!

I am up to my eyeballs in turkey, cornbread and kids!

They're everywhere! They're everywhere!

I asked Punka and Goldilocks what they wanted for Christmas if they could only choose 1 thing.
Punka: A Barbie house!
Goldilocks: Mittens!
Gigi: babble, mommy earrings, babble, babble, babble

Did I mention Gigi is really picking up the important words! And the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is fun to watch. Maybe one day we can go there "for real" as Punka says. That would be a blast!

My family is coming over for dinner. It will be different, but I think it will be good.

Big Friend P helped the kids make a Thankful banner and we added our own "thankfuls" to it. It was a fun way to remember what life is all about. Not stuff. Just family and friends.


Happy Thanksgiving Day to you.

Oh, and I am thankful for you too!

Back to the turkey over the edge...

CHAOS

This morning was utter chaos in my house...or was it just me?

This was my kitchen this morning:

The news playing on the t.v.

Grits in the microwave.

Eggs in the frying pan.

(Starting to sound like a country song, isn't it?)

Hottie telling me what was going on today at work.

Goldilocks playing cars (with sounds, of course).

Gigi crying for food (please, someone give her a cheerio!).

Punka reading her book really loud because she couldn't hear it in her head.

And, don't forget the dogs barking at the neighbors dog!

This was my kitchen this morning.

This morning was utter chaos in my house...or was it just me?

Happy Birthday , Punka!

Our first born turned...breathe...breathe...7 today. It is amazing how fast they grow. How much they change, yet don't. Punka does so many of the same things she did when she was a baby. The comfort things babies do. It's those things that bring me back to this moment and so many others like it.

Punka is an amazing girl herself.

She is smart.

She is beautiful.

She is talented.

She is brave.

She is strong.

She is sensitive.

She is peaceful.

She is funny.

She is life.

She is love.

She is mine.

Happy birthday.

I love you, Punka.

Forever.

Love, Mommy

Oh, Happy Day!

Last night, Punka had a friend (SD) spend the night. They had a blast. We let them go outside after dark (brave you say!) with flashlights. They thought that was sooo cool! Who knew! When they came in they thought it would be a great idea to put shaving cream on Hottie. Only problem was he needed to be asleep. I talked him into "going to bed" as only a loving wife could do and Punka, Goldilocks and SD sprayed 2 whole cans of shaving cream on him! It was the most fun they had I was told. The girls played outside for about 2 1/2 hours this morning. Punka informed me they were building a fort. I suppose to protect them from the dangers of Goldilocks. Unfortunately, the 2 foot brick wall (without mortar mind you) will not keep him from taking their baby dolls captive. But... it was a good try. We went to the mall after dropping SD off and shopped for her birthday gift without Daddy knowing (or so she thinks)! Very mad I didn't purchase something from Limited Too. She'll get over it. I did. I wore her out. She was begging to go home. Sweet!


Have you ever been lived in or been to a house that has an obvious horizontal line about 3 feet off the floor? The only things under that line are toys belonging to a small child, the rugs and the legs of furniture. You know where I'm going with this , right? Welcome to our house. Gigi has figured out how to pull herself up and get herself back down to the floor again. We are constantly saying "No, Gigi." Rather, I am constantly saying that. The kids are constantly say, "Mommy, look at Gigi" or "Mommy, Gigi is eating my stuff." Yeah, that's always good to hear. PICK IT UP ALREADY! Okay, got that out of my system. Gigi is always smiling. She has this real high pitch squeal that reminds me of my Grandma S. Maybe that is where she gets it from...just so we won't forget.


Goldilocks got to ride his bike, which is one of his favorite pastimes. He and Hottie went to the race tracks too! The go cart race track. However, if you mention it to Goldilocks he will politely (hopefully) inform you it is the RACE CAR TRACK in which you are referring to and to please refer to it as such when discussing such matters with him. Learned this the hard way. Just giving you some pointers. When they got home I was making Baked Apples to go with our dinner. Goldilocks wanted to help. He decided he would help me by eating the apple peels (because they don't like them on baked apples) while standing on my left foot. He told me he loved me and he was never getting married. Hearts are breaking wide all across the world tonight (from Top Gun if your from that era, if not go rent it), especially Big Friend P's I'm sure! Word to melt a mama's heart. He is asleep now. Looks like he was waiting for me. Kind of propped himself up with his hand holding his chin, squishing the left side of his face up. Just perfect for kissin'. It was a happy day today according to Goldilocks. I have to agree with him.

Finding my bed over the edge.

I can't upload pictures from Photobucket.

What am I doing wrong? I am copying the blog link in photobucket and pasting it into the URL space in the upload pictures button. It won't come up. I must be missing something. And until I figure it out you won't be able to see the picture. So if I'm missing a step please let me know!

Hello Stranger...

I'm back. I know...story of my life!

I was out of town and this week has been CRAZY!

Hottie just told me Goldilocks was caught helping a friend put a tricycle at the top of the slide at school today. When asked what they were doing, their reply was "going down the slide." DUH! Who asks 4 year olds that question? Then they tried to do it again! And you ask "Whose in charge?" Actually, I would not trade his teachers in for anything. They are great and are doing more than I could do. Thanks Mrs. V and Mrs. E!

Punka wants to move...upstairs. She told Hottie to move his stuff so she can move up there. I think she spotted a new bedspread she wants. We'll see what happens.

Gigi is standing. Pulling herself up onto whatever she wants to pull up on. She laughs a lot...happy baby. Those are the things you want to bottle up and save for another day.

Well, I'm signing off. It's late and I'm tired. This post is dedicated to Raquel...thanks for reminding me I hadn't posted in a while! Love ya!

Over the edge and out.

photobucket is cool!

Chicki: Photobucket is cool!

You: Where have you been?

Chicki: Over the edge washing diapers, playing pirates and cowboys, and painting finger nails for the 73rd time today.

You: Oh...yeah, photobucket rocks!

Chicki: Sweet. Check back for some cool stuff created with photobucket.

You: I will. Can't wait!

Chicki: See you then then.

Pumpkin!

We had a crazy busy week last week! I'm sure everyone else did too! This is apicture of the pumpkin Hottie carved for the pumpkin carving contest at our church's event. He didn't get 1st place there but we (the kids and I)still think it is amazing! It took over 3 hours to do! I would have quit at about 30 minutes. Oh, wait...that's why HE carved it!Gigi is ready to eat again. Post more later...over the edge!