Oops

This evening Blaine and I were sitting together in the living room when I noticed the front of his pants were wet. Blaine has been well potty-trained for over a year, so this was kind of unusual. I looked at him with a frown and said, "Blaine, what happened?" Blaine looked down at his pants and, after a pregnant pause, verbatum said, "I didn't quite make it to the potty."

Well...I guess that's the understatement of the week!

Day Off?

Today is Veteran's Day. A day set aside to remember all the veterans past and present and all they do to protect the freedoms we enjoy every day. I'm very grateful for those who serve.

I'm also grateful to have had a 'day off.' I italicize those words because I have now for almost 5 hours straight been cleaning my utterly neglected and dirty house. I am just sitting down now to rest. Ahhhh... One of the few days that the kids still have school but I don't have work. Even though I haven't done much of worth outside my house, it has been a great day. Sometimes it's good for the soul to just work with your hands in solitude...

Long Day

Today on the way to school I was reminding Braylon to be good at school today after a couple of 'touch and go' behavioral days last week. I told him, "I expect you to be good, Braylon, all day." Braylon just sweetly said, "But Mom...The day is sooo long!"

Nobody said he didn't have great reasoning.

Hmmmm

This morning before church I caught Blaine on the sofa with a pair of scissors. With an irritated tone in my voice I said, "Blaine, who gave you those scissors?" Without missing a beat, Blaine looked up and said, "God." I guess he was gearing up those Sunday School answers...

Busy Weekend

Last night Brandon treated the boys to a little neighborhood circus that Braylon had earned 3 free tickets for. It was across the street from Braylon's school, which is located in the 'flats' aka, the neighborhood known for poverty, crime and drugs. During the daytime, the thug-type people stay in hiding. I had reserves about letting them go after dark, but I figured the crowds at the circus may deter any of the usual dealings in the area. Anyway....the boys (all 3) had a blast and Brandon was pleasantly surprised that it was one of the best circuses he has attended, full with elephants and tigers.

While they were having fun and games across town, I was preparing all the last minute details for the garage sale that we did this a.m. Dave says sell! Our Financial Peace University class decided to do a garage sale, so about 6 families got together at the instructor's house to sell our 'treasures.' All 6 made around $100 or more, so the day was pretty well worth it. I tell you, though, that was the hardest $100 I've earned in a looooooonnnnnnnnnggg time. I'm exhausted now.

The day is winding and we are having family rest time tonight. Pizza, a good movie (Kung Fu Panda) and a sleeping bag on the floor works wonders...

Ethical Dilemma

The other night while reading our bedtime stories, I picked out The Three Bears. As usual, both boys crowded the book on either side of me and were all snuggled in for a good read. I got to the part of, "Papa bear's porridge was tooooooooo hot. Mama bear's porridge was toooooooooo cold. And Baby bear's porridge was juuuuuuuuuust right, so Goldilocks ate it all up." At this point, Blaine gently tapped my shoulder and said, "Momma, that's stea-wing."

Very good point. It was hard to explain that it wasn't, so we decided that Goldilocks was the real villain of the story. haha...

Halloween Fun

I'll get some pics posted in the near future - Keep checking back. Buttt... Here's the run down of our fun in the meantime.

We dressed up at the gang from Scooby Doo (minus Velma). Brandon was Fred, I was Daphne, Braylon was Shaggy and Blaine was Scooby. I had big plans to dress up the mini van as the Mystery Machine, but my plans fell short of my idea on that one. Everything else worked out just great. We participated in our church's Trunk or Treat where all the trunks are lined up in a horseshoe formation and the kids walk by and trick or treat right there. We had a great turnout of around 30+ cars and 300 kids, we estimate. It was so fun to see everyone dressed up and to just hang out in a safe place and let the kids play. We left there around 8:00 and hit a couple houses we'd promise to on the way home. We got the kids home and bathed and then 'treated' them to a Halloween movie (Spookley's Pumpkin Patch) in our bed. Our queen sized bed gets smaller every time we all 4 get in it! But we had a blast and some great family time!!