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This week has been aweful, as far as mornings go. On Tuesday, thursday, and Friday, my kids go to day care. This means that I have to make lunches, get them dressed, brush teeth, check what they ate for breakfast(mike is in charge of breakfast, but I can't always trust that he feeds them well) and get them to daycare before I get to work. The last few mornings, Owen has decided to poop when I am ready to walk out the door, so I have to turn around, go back in the house, and change his diaper. On top of that Scarlett is going through a phase of not wanting to listen to anything I say. I have taken things away from her, put her in time out, and spanked her, and none of it is working! I feel like I am loosing my mind, because I get so irritated. I want to be the best mom I can be, but this is truly testing my patience more than anything else has since I have been a mom. So when I tell her to get in the car, she does not listen. Which brings me to the ice. It snowed a boatload recently, and it has all turned into a nice thick layer of ice in my driveway,and front yard. Mike has already fallen twice, and thank goodness he just scraped his knuckles. Owen will not walk in it, he says "it too slipily mom", "carry you". So I have to take everything to the car, start the car to defrost the windows, and go back and get Owen. While I am doing all of that, who knows what Scarlett is doing? I do know what she is not doing, and that is not getting in the car. After getting the kids in the car, and all the drama starts to settle, I have to make several trips back in the house to get all of the stuff that we forgot. Then I finally get in the car and drive away so frusterated, I am in tears. So my solution to this is that I need to work with Scarlett some more on listening. I need to try to get more organized. I just thought that if you are consistant enough with your kids, things will be easier. Wrong! some kids are just not easy children, and you have to keep readjusting your parenting style to relate to them. Scarlett is my more difficult child, but I love the heck out of her, and if I have to be even more consistant, then bring it on.

Ringworm?

Last night when I picked up Scarlett and Owen from my MeMaws house, I noticed a perfectly round, red circle on Owen's head.I asked what happened, and Scarlett said he hit his head on the table. I examined the table, and there was nothing round about it. I said, "Scarlett, if he hit his head on the table, he would have a red line, not a red circle." I would normally not be worried about a mark on Owen (he gets bumps and bruises every day), but this one looked a lot like it could be ringworm. I asked Owen what happened, and he said a bee "bite" him, and then he said a baby bit him, so I knew I could not get a good answer from him. I went home, and googled a few pictures of ringworm, and his mark looked identical to ringworm. I decided to see what it looked like in the morning to decide if I needed to get some ointment for him. this morning it still looked like ringworm. I decided to ask one more time before I called the doctor. I said, "Owen, what happened to your head?" he said, "Scary ghost did it". Still, no help from Owen. I said, "Scarlett, If you know what happened to Owen, you need to tell me, because I am thinking about taking him to the doctor." She looked at me for a minute...(I knew the answer was about to come out) she said, "well, I do know waht happened" "I hit him in the head with a marker, because he was not sharing" So It is marker, not ringworm! thank goodness.

some recent pictures...

I am sorry I have not posted pictures lately, I have been busy. At night when I have time to post pictures, I am too busy doing homework or reading. I am going to admit that I have become a twilight nerd. I am on the last book, and I can't put it down long enough to post pictures. But I am finally posting some. hope you enjoy.
Owen and his horse.

Scarlett loves to make "sculptures". She took my pinapple and grapes, and stuck the grapes on the leaves of the pinapple. The pinapple is stcked on a bunch of cans of beans. Now that is talent!




Scarlett makes the best faces! She is really in to dressing up lately. She loves to go into our closet and put on our clothes, but I have to say, the outfit below is one of my favorites.


Me, Keely, and Mary. I have so much fun with them!

Do rags make normal guys act silly

Mary and Keely the picture below is for you two...

My little Owen is so cute! I can't get enough of him.

Me and Mike in Phoenix

It is FREEZING!

It is 14 degrees and snowing. I can't feel my toes...and I am indoors!