Happy New Year!

May your days be full of love and laughter and be thankful everyday for all that God has blessed you with!

thankful.....

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with Thanksgiving just around the corner I have so many thing I am thankful for-

first and foremost I am thankful for my Lord and Savior that has saved me from all of my sins and blessed me beyond what I deserve.

my husband that loves my unconditionally and says I am beautiful even though I feel and look my worst

my children that are my gifts from God- they are my joy, my life, my loves, my hope, my angels

my family, my wonderful family that loved me the first time they laid eyes on me and even though I was not blood they have never thought of me any different- they have taken care of me, cheered for me, cried with me, been there good and bad and prayed for me every day of my life

my friends, old and new- my friends that I grew up with me have stuck with me through thick and thin and have loved me through the good times, bad and the ugly- they have loved me even when I did not love myself- they have encouraged me and been my rock- I smile every time I remember the good times we have had .... my new friends, they have taken me in as one of them- they have listened to me, supported me, laughed with me and by their example make me want to me a better mother, wife, friend and sister-

my health and my life

"Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever."

Psalms 107:1

Booooing..........

I have to first thank Allyson Lee for introducing us to the boo basket. My kids have had the time of their life with this boooing stuff.

Friday night was so fun.... we made spooky halloween cupcakes- eyeball ice cubes, spooky decorations for the house and silly lips- we were ready!! The Hardee's came over for pizza and friday night movie night... while they were here we got booed... Now that was so exciting....

The next night was our turn... We all dressed in black,,, Ava drew a map to our neighbors house (got to have a map), we had our plan and we were off.. only problem... our neighbors were outside at their fire pit... so we had to really sneak- we ran home as fast as we could and waited... then we went to the road and watched- they happened to walk to the front of the house and saw their basket... we heard them screaming and yelling- their dad read the letter very dramatically- it was so funny....

Last night we did our other neighbor and Daddy came along.... it was so fun! I just love this idea!

M&M's and the Potty don't mix!

Cullen has shown a big interest in going #2 in the potty- so I got a bag of M&M's to give him a treat when he goes potty- I did this with Ava and Ethan and they liked it and it worked. I don't know why I did this with Cullen b/c he is going to the potty on his own (not every time but every other day) but I thought a treat would be good-

So today after his #2 and we sang our song and clapped our hands I opened the bag of m&m's and gave him a few-

#1 mistake: don't let him see where you hide the m&m's

#2 mistake: don't leave him in the bathroom with the hidden m&m's

I go downstairs to throw away his diaper and I come back to find this....................

he used his potty to store all the m&m's he dumped out-

cullen, cullen, cullen ......... what am I going to do with you?

million dollar question........

Will Cullen sleep in his new bed? or on the floor at the door?

is that soap? oh NO it's not.....

Ava wanted Cullen to take a bath with her the other night. They were playing and all the sudden i hear her screaming- "I THOUGHT IT WAS THE SOAP, YUCK IT'S STICKY!!!!!" I ran in the bathroom and Mrs. dramatic Ava was out of the tub and Cullen was in the tub standing up laughing.... She was acting so crazy he thought she was funny. She was trying to find the bar of soap and picked up something that was not soap... Cullen had stickied in the tub.... He has been stinking in the potty but I guess that day he had not quite finished!

needless to say, Cullen is no longer allowed in Ava's bathroom-

new sleeping arrangements

I originally was going to do a post on how I am so, so sad because we took down Cullen's crib. He has started to jump out of it/fall out of it- I was going to talk about reconsidering baby #4..... and then this happened...........

Cullen does NOT like the idea is crib is gone.... He is sleeping on a mattress on the floor right now until we can get a bed. He will not stay on the mattress- and he can open his door so I put up a gate that he can not get over but he can still see and hear which makes him madder! So last night he decides he has had it, he gets everything he can pick up and throws it over the gate, he even gets naked and throws his clothes and diaper over. He was in some sort of rage- Have you heard the phrase "Let them cry it out". Well that does not apply to my child he will cry for hours - I finally rocked him to sleep and laid him on his mattress and at 12 he woke up- then again at 3 then again at 5.... I am trying to be consistant but the life is being sucked out of me very, very slowly.... So let's talk baby #4!