all i want for christmas..................

Well blogger friends I am still here. I didn't go anywhere, I have been busy with school starting, and hoping to get better at blogging again! I have tons of pictures to share and a review comming up. So here we go..............


For a while now Katey's front teeth have been loose. Every so often I would ask her if I could wiggle them. She would let me. Then last Thursday when my mom and I picked her up from school, as soon as she got into the van she asked grandma to wiggle her tooth. Mom told her to wait until we got home and she would try to pull the one. We got home and mom wiggled her tooth and after one good tug her tooth came out!


Before she lost her tooth. Such a cute smile.

Grandma pulling out the one tooth. 1....2......3.....pull.........



Tooth fairy here we come..
After dinner I asked her if I could wiggle her other tooth, again the trusting daughter of mine agreed. Told her that tooth needs to come out tonight its very wiggly and I would hate to see the tooth fairy come back two nights in a row since she is such a busy fairy and all. She would let me try to pull her other tooth and just right before I could yank on the sucker she would pull her head back and pull my hand down, so I would loose my grip on the darn little thing. Then I told her if she let me try to pull it out and if I got it out then she could stay up 5 whole mins longer. Its amazing what 5 mins will do to a 6 yr old. lol! So one good yank on that sucker out it popped!!! whooohooo. Yes so that was 2 teeth in one night.

What a proud smile. if you look really close you can see one tooth already showing its little "head" The next day she was so excited to see tooth fairy dust all over her bed along with a note and some butterfly confetti in her tooth bag. She recieved $3.00 for both of her teeth, which she hasn't spent yet.

the boy VS the apple

About a month ago, see told you I was way behind on blogging, Camron asked me if he could have an apple. I of course told him go for it. He for some odd reason he don't like the peel of the apple, which is fine, but at times I get tired of having to peel the apple, so the good mommy that I am I told him to go and grab a knife and peel it your self. So off he ran to the kitchen grabed the knife and then I told him to grab the brown tray to catch all the peels. I tell you these trays have come in handy at times. He did do a good job peeling this apple until it became to boring.



Working on those small motor skills.




He has gotten some of the peel off. I know what a good mommy letting their 4 yr play with knifes while you are taking pictures of your child.


No I don't let my kids lick knifes, do you think I would let such a thing happen at my house?? How careless do you guys think I am?


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Please pray for Stellan he needs some more prayers.

katey's first day at school.

Today all the kids started back to school. Katey is now a first grader and she goes all day long. She got up kinda hard and she is NOT my morning person at all. So I am not looking forward to mornings with crabby. I took her to school to help her drop off her supplies and to find her classroom. She is loving her room, its full of girls! Yes you read that right, she is in a all girl class. The only down fall of today was she didn't remember to eat hot lunch today. She thought her snack was her lunch, so the teacher gave her a extra snack at snack time. Poor little thing was "Starving" by the time she got home. Yet she is ready to head back to school again tomorrow. For the most part I was alone today. All I had here at the house was Jacob and Nathan who is 10 months so it was really quiet. I wasn't really sure what to do with myself at nap time since Katey or Camron don't nap they are normally home with me so I got some extra computer time and laundry time in. Tomorrow Jerry will take her to school and the boys and I will pick her up, I just hope the carpool lanes will go by a bit faster since it took us 30 mins to pick her up! So maybe I will load the boy up sooner and maybe beat the "rush" to make it go by faster.



Katey all ready to walk out the door.



Katey and her best friend Maddie at school before we left.

Showing off her backpack she has this year.

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dumb heads

What a weird title for a post huh?? Well that's what Katey called them, I on the other hand picked out a different name but I will keep that one to myself. Now who is a dumb head you ask?? Well Katey and I were on our way home from her class tonight and I happened to look at the van next to mine, and what did I see?? A infant between the passengers LEGS. YES you read that right,I did a second look since I didn't believe my eyes to begin with. By the look of the baby's head I would say the baby was maybe 6months old. Then you could see that the had someone sitting behind the driver sitting backwards against the door. SO yeah the back seat riders were in no seat belts either!! WHAT THE HELL?? I called 911 in hopes to get this crazy driver off the road and maybe save the baby. Katey and I followed the driver until it turned and no cops were in sight, so I can hope that maybe the cop was going to meet them at their house since I gave the 911 driver the plate number also. I know car seats can be pricey but come on you can buy a nice car seat for 50.00. I will just hope and pray that these"dumb heads" get pulled over soon before they get into an accident!

camron school days

My little, well ok my so NOT little man started school last week. He is in preschool and so far LOVING IT!! He stared last Monday where he went for 1.5 hours. On Monday I had to stay at the school. After I filled out the paperwork I went back into the classroom just to watch, when Camron asked me "what are you doing my school. This is my school you have to leave." Well yes I was a bit bummed but I was also happy that he felt comfortable enough for me to leave. On Tuesday he went for 3 hours. When it was time for me to leave I asked him if I get bye hugs and kisses, He replied" oh play do" and ran off. Wed he went for 6 hours, again no hugs and kisses for mom, I guess he thinks he's too "big" for them. Then on Thursday he went all day 8ish to about 5pm. He is loving school, I just hope this will carry on for the next 13 and plus years he will be going to school. Camron will be going to school on Tues and Thurs from 8ish to about 5. I will miss my little man but then it will be nice to have a few hours or so to myself again, that is If Jacob keeps napping.


All ready to go. He was a bit dissapointed that his Mario shirt was missplaced and he had to wear this shirt but he got over it quickly. I just love the cheesey smile he had on his face.

Walking into his school such a big boy.

up on a soap box-venting

OK if you don't want to listen to me vent about car seat stop reading NOW! You have been warned.

I will say I am a car seat nerd. Why I am not sure but I am. I love seeing the new car seats that come to the market. I have taken two classes on car seats, I am not a car seat tech, so by no means I am I a car seat expert, I don't know everything about car seats, but I do know a lot. Some of my "education" on car seats have come from the classes that I have taken and also what I have learned from kyle david miller foundation and Out numbered by testosterone and just searching the web. So again I am no expert. Yes have I make a few mistakes with my kids and their car seats. YES I have. Which ones you ask. Well for starters when Katey and Camron were little I turned them around before they were one. At that point I didn't know what I know now. I am not sure if the information was out their, I am sure it was but I didn't know it, but with Jacob he is 2 and still rear facing. Does he care NOPE not one bit. Are his legs crunched no, he just hangs them over the edge or crosses them. When I see other babies/kids either buckled in wrong or the car seat not tight I will normally try to help and offer what I know, and its up to the the parent to make the choice if they follow my advice. Again I am not an expert. With me being a daycare provider I feel its my "job" to help the parents with not really raising their babies, but helping them along the way. I will offer my advice when they ask or if it looks like I can help out some other way. What I never understand is when you buy a new infant seat/car seat it comes with directions on how to use them. Most people don't even read these little books. WHY? Some people don't pay any attention to the height and weight requirements. WHY? They come with this information for a reason. You don't buy a new DVD player or a new game and just toss the directions away do you? NO you normally glance at them to figure out how to use the darn things. A car seat is no different than a new DVD player or a game. When you learn about car seats you can go crazy when you see someone with their seats wrong, harness too loose, forward facing too early, chest clip too low(people it DON"T belong down by their belly's) the baby sitting up on a pillow and more. IF you ask me, which no one ever does, before anyone is allowed to bring their newborn infants home they should have to take a car seat class on how to install them right. And when the child is ready for the next stage of seats they should have to again take a class on car seat safety. Yeah it seems like a lot but its OUR kids that we are keeping safe. Yeah you can over all your outlets in covers, put a padding around your coffee table, shoot even hire someone to come into your house to show you all the "hidden" dangers in your house but when it comes to your car seat most people are clueless! So for the ones who are still reading this, thank you. Now take the time out of your busy day and learn something about your car seat or take a class on car seat safety. If you know just something little about car seat safety share it with others. As parents we should help other parents when they need it. Its not just our kids that we are keeping safe its our kids classmates, friends, or maybe the next president.