March: A day in a life

March: A day in a life

It was suppose to be on the 4th.  All 14 pictures were taken.  It was a great day but I am sad to say that all of the pictures from my fun Dr. Suess filled day were deleted, our 11 year anniversary, massive school projects, and first soccer practices!  So, my day in the life for March was taken on the 19th.  My 5th day into Spring Break.  A cold windy day, the sun was starting to come out so the kids, by late afternoon, were starting to play outside!  This month I was pretty close.  11 out of 14 were taken.

 Ainsley was invited to a Frozen premier party near Edgerton with a new friend.  The invitation was so cute and she was excited!  White hair spray was a must!

 For some strange reason Andy thought a bulk case of plums were something Tate would love.  Yum Yum!  No, No!  Tate wanted nothing to do with them…Blah!  It was from a book Andy had been reading to Tate every night.  Still, a blulk case?  

 Caleb loved the plums!

 After the Frozen party we picked up the Horspool girls and a couple of the Flins.  I loaded the tabled with crafts and life couldn't be better!  It was like dollar store magic!

 Then the acting started.  Parts were distributed and while I was making cinnamon rolls the kids acted out Frozen line for line, song for song.

 On the floor hiding are the 2 boys who also had parts.  It was an awesome thing to watch.  Very entertaining!   Afterwards they played kickball and capture the flag followed by an intense game of cops and robbers!!  I didn't get any yard work done.  

 Tate is so cool, he has his hat.   He has his rabbit.  He has his jacket.  He is cool!

Tate is also in loads of serious trouble because he continues to dig holes in the yard with my forks!  NOT COOL!  By the end of the day I was able to locate 10 of my nice forks that Andy insisted on buying a couple of years ago. I just do not think we are mature enough to have nice things… Tate is a destroyer!

 Ainsley and Maddie!  Not pictured is the bath they took in their swimsuits.  When these two girls get together they always hop in my big bathtub.  At least someone uses it.  Every time I think about taking a nice quiet bath that though quickly leaves. 

 Tate and Winston exploring.  Winston will follow Tate, keep him safe and out of trouble (or he ends up in trouble with him).  

 Ainsleys cape from her Frozen premier party.  It was pretty cool.  The mom had her entire front room decorated and everything!  During the party I tried to take the other 3 kids to buy socks and under ware… it didn't happen.  It was a pretty pointless outing, and no one wanted to buy under ware with me!!

Aubrey bands.  After months of vacuuming these up, I have decided to let Aubrey buy her own and be responsible.  They are kind of a pain though.  I think they have taken the place of those other bracelets from when Aubrey was in kindergarten, ya know the ones that were different shapes, but I guess if you earn the money yourself, you take better care of it.  I haven't seen a single one on the floor!

If you get a chance follow the link and it will send you in a circle. You'll get a chance to read blogs of other women from around the United States who took pictures on the same day.  It's pretty neat, especially this amazing mom and author!
http://kristiknight.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-day-in-my-life-march.html

The Shirt, The felon

What do you do when your child has a favorite shirt?

Ainsley is a interesting little girl.  She gets in her mind that she love, LOVE, LOVES something and then everything is all about that.  Last year it was her Hello Kitty Dress that she wore at least 2 times a week.  It was a really cute dress from H&M and she is now really tall and we passed it on to another little girl that can love it.  This year it is this shirt.  This is not a new shirt.  She got it Winter of 2012, but she was determined to wear it everyday.  I try to hide it but on Sunday she was determined to wear this shirt every day for a week (those were her words).  I thought about this for a second and said that would be fine as long as it gets washed after school.  This was just not something I put on the "battle with your kids list" so I said yes.

 Day 1

 Day 2 (also bear measurement day).  By the time day 2 came it hit me that I will be at the school every day this week…what a week for Ainsley to decide to do this!

 Day 3 (Andy was singing for the class about kindness and from her favorite book…he also sang a little Jonny Cash).  

By day 4 Ainsley just woke up and put on different clothes and she was done!  I had a picture of her but Andy deleted 2 weeks of pictures.  She looked so fresh and so clean clean!

Confessions of a felon.  aka.  TATE DELTON GRINER.

1. Coloring on the dog (evidence…Tate first colored all over his legs)

2. Digging holes in the backyard with a shovel ( evidence…the dirt in his hair from trying to throw it behind him, not to mention the shovel in hand)

3. Yellow hand print on the garage door (evidence, yellow water/smashed chalk on his shoes…his hand print size).

4.  The complete and total room destruction instead of taking a nap (verbal confession about how his is practicing be a "worker" meaning construction builder/worker, caught in the act, and it was clean when everyone left for school).

This kid is driving me crazy!!