Roly Poly's

Today I had to take the kids to church by myself because Mike was working. I HATE taking the kids by myself because Owen gets a little crazy during church, and it is hard to keep him in control. I always take things to keep them both busy. Today I gave Owen a car that has a little launcher thing on it. I looked over and noticed he was launching what looked like a rock in the air. I grabbed his arm and pulled him to me and said, "Owen what is that?" and he looked up at me with his sweet little eyes and said, "Its my poly mom!" It was half squished, but I was shocked that he would smuggle bugs into church.

the difference between scarlett and owen

Owen has become such a little comedian. He is so cuddly and sweet, and funny. He loves to play me songs on his guitar and dance. He does not like to get in trouble. Scarlett on the other hand thinks that if she is in trouble there has been a major injustice against her. God forbid she do anything wrong, and that might be the reason she is in trouble. Owen sits in time out and in less than 5 seconds I hear his little voice saying, "i sorry mom, i listen now". Scarlett would be saying, "it is so rude of you to put me in time out". tonight I heard a loud crash and I went to see what had happened, and the coffee table was up side down. I walk in the room and I see scarlett running to the couch saying "Owen! why did you do that!?" Owen sees me and puts his head down and starts to cry. Any outsider would watch this scene and say to themselves, "Owne must have pushed the table over." But I know that this is not what happened. I know what took place had a LOT to do with Scarlett.
I said, "Scarlett, what happened?"
She said, " I was just sitting on the couch and Owen pushed the table over!"
I said, "You expect me to believe that this little 2 year old boy flipped a 40 pound coffee table over by himself?"
she said, "it is possible"
I said, "I highly doubt it!"
She said, "oh, all right, I whispered in his ear, lets push it over. And then I flipped it over by myself"
I spanked and then made her sit in time out for lying.

While in time out, she is saying things like, "this is the worst day ever, it is not fair" just the usual.
Owen on the other hand is all hugs and "i'm sorry's"

Also scarlett told us this morning that last night when she crawled in bed with us she felt like "a piece of smashed ham" between me and mike. Mike said, "and that is why you should be in your own bed.

sprinkler fun

things I do not love about spring!

BUGS!

my little smarty pants

She did this giant puzzle the other day all by herself.

growing

Everything in our garden is starting to grow! It is so cool to watch this with the kids!

Green thumb

We decided we were going to have a garden this year. We had one last year, but it was not very big. This year we went crazy, and I am hoping to have enough veggies to can for the winter. I have planted everything I could think of. I will keep posting things as it starts growing. I am just praying that the deer do on jump our fence and eat everything like they did last year.

motherly love

Happy Mother's Day to me! This is what Mike got me for mother's day. Let me just say that they are the best tasting ANYTHING I have ever had!

kite "festibull"

We have a kite festival every year in Ruidoso. My kids think it is the best thing ever.

Life's little pleasures

There is no scarier feeling than sticking your hand in between your couch cushions, feeling something odd, and saying to yourself, "do I pull this thing out and look to see what it is, or am I better off not knowing and acting like this did not happen?" These are just a few of the things I never pictured, in my wildest dreams, that I would have to confront. Thing I have found...
1. A practically petrified carrot.(I thought it was an old hot dog at first, but on closer examination I figured it out to be a carrot)
2. At least 17 cups of dog food. thank you Owen!
3. A wet paint brush. this was one of the scariest!
4. a piece of turkey
5.a sharp jet plane sicking straight up!
6. A shirt (a grey kids shirt, that does not belong to either of my kids) with a giant Lemon Drop stuck to it.
The list could go on forever, but these are the ones that are popping into my head at the moment.

These messes are worth it.

AHHHH!

I am NEVER posting a post like my last one! I think that Satan gets a real kick out of taking me from my happy place to a crappy place. Things are still going great, with one little hiccup that will be out of my life and on to ruin other lives as of the middle of the month.