It's official!

We are no longer business owners! yippee yippee! I can't say it enough, "I am so happy!" Mike just has to look for a normal job. We will have more time together. And most importantly, when we leave work, WE LEAVE WORK. Our jobs won't follow us home. We don't have to worry about employees. We can have time off on holidays together. The list could really go on for days. Oh, we don't have to worry about taxes, it will just be taken out of our paychecks! Mike gets a PAYCHECK! Oh and here are some new pictures! Random pictures...

I am BANISHED!

This weekend Scarlett and Owen were playing, and Scarlett was not sharing with Owen and she was bossing him around. We had planned to go ride bumper boats at this place in town, and I told Scarlett if she wanted to go she had to be nice and quit bossing everyone around. As soon as the words left my mouth, she turned around and yelled at Owen that he could not "walk the plank".(I had rolled up a rug and it was sitting on the coffe table and she was using the rug as "the plank") So I had to say we could not go ride bumper boats. Then my sweet little girl runs to me and says, with tears rolling down her face, "It makes me so mad when you do that!" I said, "Well Scarlett, it makes me sad when you do not listen, I wish I did not have to take away the bumper boat rides, but you WILL learn to listen." Then she says, "Well it doesn't make me mad, I am just really frustrated and I just want to banish you." Yeah, That is what I have to deal with!

SAMPSON!!!!!

The other night a friend and I were talking. Somehow we started talking about salmon and My friend said, "Scarlett, how did you come up with that name?" (funny, I was sure I had asked her that question before, but apparently, because of her answer, I have not EVER asked that question!) Scarlett said, "I thought of that name because of Salmon in the bible." I started to think about it and this is what began to happen in my brain:
1."Well, because there were a lot of fishermen in the bible, I guess the word salmon might have been mentioned."
2."Where in her children's bible does it mention salmon?"
3."Maybe in her sunday school class they said the fisermen caught salmon."
4." hmmmmm...I am so confused!"
5. "OH MY GOSH! SAMPSON!"

I said, "Scarlett, did you mean Sampson?" She said, "Oh yeah, Sampson!" I said, "Sampson like the strong man who got his hair cut of and lost all of his strength...that "salmon"? She said yes! So we named our dog Salmon when it should have been Sampson! We can not change it now, he is used to it! But needless to say, I have learned my lesson!

Scarlett Scarlett Scarlett!

She cut her hair! I know that at some point most kids cut their own hair, or their siblings hair. I wish Scarlett had cut Owen's hair, but no...she cut a huge chunk out of the side of her head right behind her ear. No more pony tails, no more pig tails, no more braids. Just hair down in the eyes! When I asked her why she did it she said, "Mom, I just wanted a new style." What!? Who says that?! I said the next time you want a "new style" come talk to me and we can make it happen together.

Also, Scarlett is really in to art projects like drawing and painting. Our carpet has been painted, and a bed too, oh and some clothes! I do not want her to stop drawing and painting, so I had to get creative. She really loves to draw on herself too. Some people would frown on this, but I am supposed to choose my battles right? Well coloring on yourself is not a battle I choose to fight, especially if it saves my carpet and walls. My new rule is you can only color on yourself and paper.