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we have no computer. you have no posts.

a blessing

davis, will you say the blessing?

yes.

god is great. god is good. thank you for our christmas tree. amen.

seriously?

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cherubs. sweet little darlings. angels. precious. your children are soooooo cute. many of the phrases i hear from random people, people i know and even myself sometimes. but not today. i feel a little guilty sitting at my computer for the first time is ages and writing about my little house of horrors today. oh well, so be it.


we start the day great. our usual routine.....breakfast, dress, book, game, etc. but today i NEEDED to send out our christmas cards FIRST THING! PRONTO! NO EXCEPTIONS! so i try to review the morning's agenda before we set out on our outing. first stop = post office. second stop (if you're good at the uspo) = treat. third stop = play in the snow at gardner-webb. review the rules. "listen to mommy. follow directions. no hitting, spitting, pushing, fighting, yelling, etc." everybody in the car, even darby. okay we are on our way.


we're doing great until it's time to leave the post office. allison wants bubbles. bubbles are hand sanitizer. and i like that the post office keeps a bottle at every cashier..........until today. the bottle at our register is empty. allison throws a fit. falls on floor. mom tries to retrieve bottle at next counter. allison wants empty, purple bottle of bubbles. it's time to go. allison continues to throw fit and yanked down the vertical blinds at the door. (this is where i literally had to catch my breath.) i may have just walked out the door without her if this wasn't the one day when the smallest post office in north carolina wasn't packed full of people. where did they come from? they weren't there when we walked in? so yes, i was the mom that people just stared at as if i was octomom. i'm sure they were thinking, "what are you doing in public with more children than you can handle?" sure, as soon as we get out the door and start loading up into our car, both allison and davis turn to me without being qued and say, "I want to say I'm sorry mom." i wanted very badly to turn to ALL those staring people and say, "did you hear that?! my kids DO have manners and the CAN be polite and sweet and good!!!!" ... they just don't do it in front of others. except when you give them money to put in the kettles.

next year will can there be a salvation army kettle at the post office please?

seven eleven

says allison:

one, two, three, four, five, six, eleven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, eight, nine.....

we are multiplying

our pictures that is.......thanks to no storage limits and no fee (it's free!) our photo gallery is moving to shutterfly.

click on the new link, photo gallery ll, to check out many many many many more halloween photos of our little peeps.

trick or tweet

finally. here you have it. after weeks of infected computer and virus after virus, i'm sneaking online to quickly post a couple halloween pictures.

i find it very ironic that i used to call myself "super chicken!" when jumping in the pool at my grandparents growing up. most people just shouted, "geronimo!" and here i am 30 years later dressing my children up as chickens. guess it just stays with you. now, davis calls himself "super davis!" and allison? of course, "super allison!" much better for the psyche.

a quick summary. davis chases our neighbor's cat down the sidewalk. allison won't keep her 'feet' on. four straight nights of halloween festivities = ruffled feathers by saturday night.

honkshoo

so stinking tired right now. stayed up last night to organize my coupons for harris teeter's triple coupon week until tomorrow. packed up the kids for a trip to ht, walked around the store 3+ times.

first trip- let davis and allison push the little buggies to pick up "light groceries" for their carts.

second trip - switched all of D and A's groceries and traded up for the double buggy XL race car cart. such a love/hate relationship. they are great for pushing around two kids in the store, but impossible to drive and NOT bump into the aisles.

third trip - while standing next in line at the cashier, i realize my debit card and pile of coupons that i REALLY wanted to use are at home. back around the aisles to put BACK everything i just spent the last 1 1/2 to 2 hours picking out while directing 2 miniature drivers. ARGHH.

and you all know, that 1 trip around the grocery store really equals two when you have little passengers with you. either you skip aisles you need or walk right past items on your list. not a fun day. thank goodness for the little extra cash in the wallet to buy the kids their strawberry milks and clams for tonight's dinner. or all three of us would really be ill.

davis decided he doesn't want to nap today although he is walking around with his EYES WIDE SHUT. poor guy.

THIS is why i don't get to regularly post to the blog like a good little blogger should.

and yes, stay at home moms have LONG mondays too.

it's the most wonderful time of the year!

happiness

5 years

=

3 year old

+

2 year old

=

1 grateful, happy momma

4 a weekend off

thank you! thank you! thank you!

thank you! thank you! thank you!

love you!

love you!

love you!

so a friend finally called me out on not posting anything for an entire month. like i wasn't feeling guilty enough already. kids already ran in and are climbing all over me and computer after two sentences. i'll try to upload a few pictures reeealllll quick.

to be continued.........