Nothing a Little Duct Tape Wont Help!

Daddy and Lil E have been busy working on the race car, when we are actually home! We have spent a lot of time away lately. Between looking for a new place to live and the time with our family. But whenever we are home, they are busy working on it. Daddy wants to get the the body off the other car onto the race car, before we move.

Anyway, Daddy was driving Mommy's car one night, and he hit something on the highway! Of course it damaged (cracked) the front bumper cover and the piece under... All the sudden it got worse this week, dragging and the crack is now fully busted!. Daddy put it back up the day before and said he thought it would be alright, OH BUT it wasn't!!! You know we live in the boondocks! So it's not like we always have the smoothest terrain! (Yes, I know, why do I have a small care in the country?) Really, we are an hour from a Wal Mart! We were in a town that had a Wal Mart, (not much more either!) all the sudden it started dragging again, and when I stopped the split was over doubled in size! I'm like what I am to do???? My friend says, do what we do back home (meaning Oklahoma), and duct tape it!!! I laugh, but really what else could I do? So I called Daddy and told him what was going on and he said to go ahead and tape it until he could patch it this weekend! (We will soon be getting it all fixed up at the dealer!) So Mommy had to go Redneck, and DUCT tape the car! !!! I ran into Wal Mart to get some duct tape, and now that there are so many colors to offer, was looking for black! But NO, it was a shiny silver chrome like color, bright colors, a really ugly camo (looked like a bad photo shop project), traditional grey, or this fashionable cheetah print! Since no matter what was bought, it was going to show up, it was decided (by mommy and her friend) to be the most fashionable with the leapard! Now purple was a close 2nd, because it could have been used for the race car next year! But I wanted to be a fashionable redneck! Check out these other prints and colors of duct tape available!!! I really wish they had had that zebra printed tape, that would have been what I bought! No doubt about it!!! But the tie dye one pretty much matches my bowling ball! Oh wow, they even have a PINK line that supports BREAST CANCER! WOW! Now I need to find me some of the pink line products! They can be used for our upcoming move! (no this is not a paid advertisement for Duck tape, this is a true story about our day yesterday!)

After we got home, I decide, that since Daddy hurt Mommy's car, how about going ahead and numbering his race car for him!!! You guessed it, with my new leapard duct tape!!!!!!!!!! So do you think he will like the colors? ;)

Even Lil E helped me!!!!!

So there you go, my fancy duct tape work!!! and I'm sure you are wondering just what he thought, well he laughed, and said he knew before it was over, I was going to play some sort of trick on him, so this wasn't as bad as it could have been! hehehehe He said I should have done the purple, it would have matched not only his race car, but the checkered flames on my little puddle jumper!

You never know just what we might be up to around here!!! But not matter what, we try to have fun, even in the less than desirable situations! From this fashionable redneck, hope yall have a fun weekend!!!!

Hugs and Blessings,

Man do we have it bad around here????

How bad do we have it, I ask myself?? I can't believe how bad my Lil E really has the racing bug! That girl loves racing, maybe even more than her Momma, and I have to say that is something that I never thought was possible! But, I'm here to say, she may really have it worse than me! What a mess!

Finally here to share those pictures I promised a couple of weeks ago, plus some other new ones. But they go together so well! It's all about racing for her, as you will see below!

Oct 9, it was a nice pretty fall day! After making cookies and all we decided to go outside and play! And guess what is they are playing! Now don't let that wagon full you! It's not just any ole regular wagon, it's Lil E's super fast red race car! And she pulls her sister all around and way fast! Lil K decides often it's too much for her and bails out! Lil E will run as fast as can and it doesn't matter over what terrain!

Since sissy bailed, she takes advantaged of the time, and makes a much needed pit stop.

The bubble mower is now her jack, to raise the car!

She is totally hard at work out there! She has to get it fixed for the next race, she says.

Lil K wants no part of racing with Lil E so he takes the baseball bat and is playing golf! Who would have thought my wild and crazy toddler wouldn't want anything to do with racing with her sister!

Fast forward to Oct 21! Once again, we are super busy racing! But this time it's much more!!!

All I could say was OH MY, I'm in for it!!! Lil K is giving Lil E a push start, just like in the sprints! Then Lil E would race as fast as she could!

They were racing each other for a bit even!!!!

But at this point, I knew, she for sure was much worse than Momma! For the non racers, in sprints we call the the it bicycling when you only are on one side, and let me tell you, this has become her new favorite way to ride, oops I mean race!!! She would keep on and on and ON getting it up on one side!!!! Momma is in trouble here!!!! I foresee a Racer in the making!!! (but really it makes me so happy!!!)

Wait, we aren't done, she parks her race car, and is going to push sister (Lil K) in her car! I'm shocked! But it wasn't but a few inches, and Lil K was bailing out! She isn't a fool, she knows her sister is pretty extreme!

I laughed so hard this day! I couldn't stop! I was hurting I had laughed so much and so hard!!!!!! It was a riot!!!!

Oct 26, and we are at it again!!!! This time, check it out, Lil K is racing with her big sister!!!! Yea!!!!

But now it's time to work on the race cars in the pits again! Now our jack stands are basketballs! What a hoot!!!!

This is the product of hard work on race cars! She let me know she looked just like Daddy and the other people in the pits!

So there you have it! This is how we spend most of our time outside playing! Even if for a few, we usually are playing racing in some way or fashion! And this Momma is beaming with smiles!!! And usually lots of laughs!!!

The girls are my everything, and it makes me so happy to see them be so creative in how they play too!!!

Hope you enjoyed a little glimpse of our backyard racing!

Hugs and Blessings,

My Crazy Kinda Day

First off, we are moved in and settled! I Have lots to tell yall about what has been going on and such! But before I totally catch everyone up, I just wanted to share with yall, my day yesterday!

Well I had an appointment to go get my car serviced. It takes about an hour and 15 minutes or so to get there! We had over slept by about 45 minutes! OH NO! So it was a full rush just to get us girls out of the house! Forget meeting Daddy on the road for breakfast as our paths crossed!

Rush rush rush!! Out the door we go! We have to stop and get gas too. Ok, now we are west bound on the highway and heading to the big city! We are nearing the big city and guess what I see in my rearview mirror! Are you ready for this? Could it be a kid! Yes that is right, my lil toddler whodeenie has come out of her car seat and jumping across the back seat to wake up her big sister!! I hit the shoulder, and get her back in her car seat! And scouled her! Shaken to the core, as I was driving 75 mph on the highway! What am I going to do? Yes this is her very first time, but believe you me, when she figures something out, there is just no stopping her!

I call the dealership and say I am running late, the guy was so nice and said not a problem and they would just work me in! Thank God for this! So I am on my way and what do you see happening now? We got there they start on my car and the girls and I are sitting in the lounge! If you have spent much time with any hyper active little toddler you know this is a FEAT! Well you can guess they are ready to see us head on out of there! For the 2nd time in a row, my car was taken right away and they get it done super fast, to get us on out of there! I have soon to be 2 year old that is jumping in the chairs, and giving me all kinds of fits! To the point that Mommy is in tears! All because Lil K hates to sit still! It just isn't in her! I try giving her fruit snacks, but instead I have to take them away, because she would rather spit on the chair and draw in it! Yes you just read that right! I try reading to her, and playing games, and doing the draw deal. Nothing is working! She is hollering out, Hi at everyone and Ugh Oh! And just being loud! He says Ms F, they will be bringing your car right out, let's get you checked out, so you can be on your way! Once again record time at the dealership! Man they must hate to see us coming!

We are to have lunch with my friend, but we have a little time to waste, so to Hobby Lobby we go! How fun you maybe saying! But that is not the case! The worker did not block the isle off, as she climbs the latter to get something from the top and BAM! A Box of ornaments come crashing down and hit a customer in the head, the point of the box did! So I tend to be very nervous and worried now! Like is something going to hit us, as they were so busy and workers getting this and that down! So I move on! And are you for reals! This is like black friday shopping crowd! It is crazy! And guess what? I have Lil K trying to undo the strap in the shopping cart to reach all the stuff! So I can't even look at things, because what, I am saying, no, stop that, sit down! You guess it, Our trip was cut short! Mom was more than ready to get on!

Now we go ahead and drive on over to the place to meet my friend for lunch! I tell the girls be good! blah blah blah! What do you think they heard? for me, I really think Lil K heard "It's ok to do what you want, mommy wont be mad. You can throw food and be hateful." At least in her mind this what I must have said! We get in and sit down! Well Lik K is totally acting up! Worse than ever! She has never been a food thrower, so I don't know what the deal was! But believe you me, she was totally going at it! Then because all mommy's attention is being spent telling K to stop it or let's do this or don't you want to eat some yummy food! OH and Don't pour your sippy cup out! Yes we had a different sippy and guess what, it wasn't spill proof like it said! Now with all this, Lil E is starting to act silly and trying herself, just to steal the attention back! Even my sweet friend could see this! She was so patient and kind! And didn't make me ever feel like she didn't want to be with us, just because my girls were being onry! I can't ever Thank her enough for how she kept her cool and didn't make me feel so bad!

Well we leave there and I decide we will take a trip by the small zoo, to let the girls run and get some energy out before we do anything else! So the trip to the zoo was as normal as could be! This should have told me, something was going to get even more crazy!!!

We leave the Zoo and start to head to one more store before heading home! And guess what happens! I'm in the middle lane going 70! And for those that know the speed limit yes I speeding a little! But all the sudden it sounds like a gun shot! Are you ready for this! I just have a blow out! So I get to the shoulder and then I take my exit and get into a parking lot! Now if you have known me for very long, you know that I was taught long ago how to change a flat, and all kinds of stuff to a car! Then guess what happens, all I have is the stupid little jack deal that comes with the car! And it isn't working! So I panick! And i mean big time! I call my friend that I had lunch with! And i am crying! I ask her to come and help me! So says to me I'll be right there! So I try to work on it and isn't working! So then in all this time, only 1 man stops to help me! And guess what, he can't even do it!!!! So I tell him, Thank you for trying, but I have help on the way. Then I start freaking out again, because he said he would get me more help! I was like no! All the bad from growing up in a REAL big metreo area kicks in! And I'm really getting upset! I start to realize it has been just a little bit since I had called my friend, so I start to think does she realize where I am? All the sudden, this black sports car zooms up! Pop goes the trunk and out jumps my friend! Never in my life have I been so glad to see help! Guess what, she says to me, get that rinky dinky jack out of there, we are doing this right! OH MY! What would this mean? She came prepared!!!!!!!!!!! Just see the picture below!

As I feel really stupid that I should have been able to do this, but couldn't get it to work and know that my daddy is going to say, girl I taught you to handle this and do it yourself! She gets this changed! And the girls are getting so restless! My friend tells them, she is going as fast as we can, but she isn't a NASCAR pit person this can't be a 15 second change! LOL It was funny! So as you can see we have the works in tools here! The reason it took my friend a little longer to get to me, is she left her house and went to the race shop to get the tools needed!!!!!!!! So you see racing has it's benefits in more ways that one, because only a RACE CAR DRIVING Mary Kay Girl Friend would have come this prepared to save the day!!!!!!!! And that is for real! I'm so thankful for her friendship and for her help!

So we head to go get a tire! So we pull into discount tires, and there are several folks sitting and waiting! But they as you guessed it, my girls aren't going to cooperate! T hey see chairs and cars and freak, they fear we are stuck for a couple of hours and don't want to do this again! So they are acting HYPER to say the least! The guy says they will get me taken care of, and it would be like 30 minutes! And my friend and I both are thinking yeah right! Well you see my kids were wild in the chairs again! Fiesty isn't the word! Again Lil K thinks it is her right to jump and act a fool! It has been like seriously just 20 minutes and they call me to get to the counter and get my receipt. Mind you the car hasn't even rolled out! This is the fastest trip ever at any tire shop! So we leave and I put my kids in the car, and I tell my friend, I guess through this all today, I have learned something! Can you guess what it is, bad behaved kids have a great purpose, they will cut your wait time down! So we laughed!

They both feel asleep on the way home! And this is very rare! So I call my friend who not only saved the day, but was so sweet and understanding about my girls! And didn't make me feel so bad or uptight about how they are! And Yes Lil K has hit the terrible two's at full force!!!! Anyway, when I call her to hear that I have peace in the car now! I tell her, man I could drive forever and at this point I just love how relaxing this is and I don't even want to wake them to go home! We laugh!

Now just to prove to everyone that I am fully the airhead, I pass my town up! I am into the next state! Yes you read that right, I'm 4 miles into the next state and realize UGH OH! I have just messed up! LOL So yes I went a full 30 miles past my town! Never realized it! I was just having a GREAT and peaceful drive!

I must have needed that near extra hour of peace after the crazy and chaotic few weeks I have had! I'll have much more to catch yall up on! But sure hope yall enjoyed the chaos of my day!

Hugs and Blessings,

Froggy Potty

I have to tell yall a funny. Once again my sweet Lil E totally cracked us up! A few weeks back, when we were in another town (who has a froggy pizza), Lil E wanted to eat at the frog Pizza place, her daddy said no, they may tee tee on the food. We both had forgot about this. She is so into fifty questions, and he was just saying anything to stop the questions that day. Nothing else has been said since then. Today while there again, we stopped to eat at the froggy pizza place. I pull up and park and Lil E says no way we can't eat here. I am like why? (not remembering the conversation a month ago). She says "because daddy said yast time that the frog will pee on my food!" I bust out laughing.... James tells her, no, the frogs lick up the bugs so the bugs don't pee on the food! she is like oh ok! it was hillarious! I laughed so hard! Just had to share another silly moment in our world!

I'd like for you to meet.....

Captain Growl

Have you figured out just where the "Growl" comes from? Let me share that with you. One of Lil E's favorite movies is, The Grinch. And we watch this all the time. But to her, it's The Growl. And she is forever pretending to be him! She will even tell Lil K, you can be my dog with those horns. So we have way lots or pretend play at our home!

Anyway, last night I'm cooking dinner and she comes in there and says to me, LOOK MOM, I'm Captain GROWWWWWLLLLLLL. I turn around and couldn't help but get the camera and share with everyone! What a combination! But we had gotten a hooded baby town out and was using it as a cape, and of course the bright green gloves, oh no, they are not gloves to her, they are growl hands! The rest are gloves to wear when it's cold, but these green ones, are growl hands! She even wiggles her fingers like he does!



Have a great day!

Hugs and Blessings,

What a fun day!

We had such a great day today! We had a lot of fun! It started out nice and sweet. Lil E and Lil K were in the same bed snuggled together! Now if that isn't sweet, I don't know what is! Then it was low key and just hanging around the house in the morning time! Then the real fun began!

(although I had to share this picture, it was taken yesterday, but it was a favorite of mine, so I wanted to share it.)

Then we had some fun painting with finger paints! Lil E has started in with the mixing the colors all together. But hey she had some fun. I asked her if she was Picaso, and she has now told me, no she is just Caso! What a silly girl! She ended up painting herself too!



Mommy and the girls hit the town for some late afternoon errands! We went to get the oil changed today, and I was so proud of the girls! They both were so good and sat and played with the blocks nicely! Then, when it was time to go, Lil E says to me, "Is your car going to go faster like JT's?" Mommy kinda laughed and said, "no sweetie, I don't think so." Well that must not have been the right answer, she then says to me "If they worked on your car, and when they work on JT's it makes the race car faster, then your car has to be faster" I said "But mine is not a race car." Well mom's car isn't as good as her race car buddies! Everyone laughed so hard! It was just too funny!

Then this evening Mommy and Lil E went to the park for Relay for Life! Lil E had her face painted up like spider man! She had to have something red! Her and her buddy Ryan had a great time! We went around and let them do all sorts of fun things. They played games, bounced, face painting and all! What a is better than seeing so many out for a great cause! It really was wonderful!

Here's a picture of her face when we got back home!

At first lil sister wasn't too sure, but once she realized it was her sissy! Oh yea, then it was time for some hugs!

Oh no, who is lose in my house????? SPIDERMAN GIRL! (that's what we called her) She was busy climbing the walls tonight!

Yesterday ended with a great game of football with Daddy and his girls and then another terrific night tonight! What a way to end the week! We will be traveling back home this weekend, my youngest niece is Graduating High School! We are all so very proud of her! She is a great girl and really is just too sweet!!!!! A Great student, a wonderful daughter and sister! A loyal and true friend! Way to go girl!!!!

Hugs and Blessing,

Our weekend!

Sorry it did not get out of draft until Tuesday 6/2. I left and came back and totally forgot to publish it when I was done, I left off in a hurry and just didn't do it. That is why I don't like leaving things in draft, if I can keep from it. Sorry!

Mommy and her girls, in our Team Jolene, 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk, Mark Noble shirts! Yes that is a long name, but it's all part of it! Mark Noble is the driver of the modified on the shirt, and he had his car in pink for the 3 day walk to bring awareness and help raise more money! Team Jolene is who teamed with mark for this cause! So these shirts are dear to my heart!!! I will wear mine with great pride for all those who have been affected by Breast Cancer. This one is for you Virg! You rock girl! I'm so very thankful that God healed and saved my sweet friend! But it was a battle for sure, for her! We all 4 have a shirt and will sport them proudly!

Here's a picture of the back of Lil E's. She loves hers! And look, my friend did her hair! I love it! I can not french braid for the life of me, but she did it for us, Saturday and I am so thankful!

Just a picture from Saturday Night Short Trackin Baby! The car to the far left is my sweet friends. She rocks!!!! and I did say she! This was from the heat race! It was an exciting night! And Lil K even loved it more! But I have share what she did with yall. She stuffed her shirt with popcorn! Then she would reach in and grab a piece out and look at you with the biggest grin, like look what I just did! She kepts us laughing! Daddy came and sat with us for a short part of the night! So that was nice! He is on the pit crew for my sweet friend!

Oh I better back up, I drive there and Daddy drives home usually! (each way is 2 hours). So Anyway, on the way there, I speed up to go around some slow slow traffic. They are going like 10 below the speed limit on the high way, I'm running behind and do not have time to go below the speed limit! So hubby tells Lil E, "Baby girl, when you start driving, if you drive like momma, I'll have to take your keys!" She says I'll drive good and fast. And we just leave it alone and go on about our night! Now we have not said anything more about this, and we are now heading home! He speeds up to get on the highway, and guess what Lil E says? Here you go....."Daddy, stop driving fast like momma, or I'm going to take your keys!" I busted out laughing! It was just too funny!!!

At the races my girl, informed me she is for sure going to drive a race car, and her race suit is going to be blue! There went Mom's hope of a purple or black with pink suit! But hey, you know she could change her mind! Right now it is all because she wants to be like our friend, Jennifer (the one that races).

And today, was not much of anything all day long, and then tonight we were blessed with company for some family game night! Our friends and us play all sorts of games together! Everyone has so much fun! We played several rounds of top toss and then several rounds of sequence at the table! The dessert was out of this world, yummy!!! I'll have to get the recipe and share it with everyone!

Hugs and Blessings,

Another Beautiful Day!

Happy Wednesday! Hope yall had a beautiful day! We sure did. It was overcast and a bit humid here, but it was nice! Not to hot. I did some more spring cleaning and reorganizing things today. I did each of the girls chests. The cleaning brings me to ask a question here. Kids see things advertise and so on, all the time. They make all the marketing to bring us in and buy their perfect cleaner, but has anyone else had this issue? There are so many cleaners with the lemon scent, so what appears on the lable, but a picture of a lemon. Well since we eat lemons and drink lemonade, guess what? Lil E was sure, we clean with lemonade too! So all these cleaners are to her, but a form of lemonade. We were in Wal Mart earlier this week, and I had to explain to her, no, that is a cleaner with a lemon scent. We never drink them, they are poison! And I think I have it clear to her, and guess what she does today. No it's not that bad. But I'm in the restroom, and where does she go? To the refrigerator! You know what she got out? Lemon Juice! Now here is the kicker! She pours it on her play kitchen and on her foot and leg. When I say to her, "Oh sweetie, E, what are you doing?" She says "Mom, I poured it on to make it all clean and shinny! See My leg is going to be really shinny!" So this was not a danger, and I keep all our cleaners, under child lock. But it really made me think, are we making cleaning and other advertisement so appealing that innocent Children could be harmed? So what do you think?

Then we went outside for some fun time! I just love watching the girls play! Lil E was showing Lil K how to run after the bubbles! Lil K loves bubbles, but she doesn't normally chase after them, like big sis. But today changed that. Lil E had her running after with much excitement and teaching her to catch and pop the bubbles!


Oh my, look at the excitement!

It was time to make dinner. As I start to prepare, I get into my pantry, and of course, nothing is in place. I simply say, "Why do yall love rearranging my pantry?" and my precious Lil E says, "Because that is what kids do." I couldn't contain it. I had to laugh. I was like it sure is! Then after dinner tonight, we went back out for a bit, and took our friends a treat, Carrots! Oh they sure love to see Lil E with a special treat! Here is Pretty Girl and Buddy! Aren't they beautiful? It's funny, as Buddy will eat and eat and eat, but Pretty Girl, not so much. Everyone once in awhile, she will take a treat.

Buddy is always so gentle. He really loves Lil E. Just look, I love this picture of them kissing! Super sweet! She loves that horse!

There's another day in our life here at home. I'm so thankful for this opprotunity that I am given, the one to be here each day and teach them, and watch them grow. I to see them learn new things and grow up. Lil E has decided to tell her sister, "K you can't do that, you have to what until you are big grown up like me, or all grown up like mommy and daddy. You are only little grown up!" It cracks me up! Makes me laugh so hard! Then I can't help but reflect on myself, and think, I'm not really grown up at all. I have many more years to learn and grow! I need to grow even closer in my walk with Christ, and need to grow years more of experience and knowledge. I want to know more than I do now, I want to become a better person. I love the process of growing, maybe that is why I love watching the children grow so much! I'm sure I have rambled on enough for yall today.

Hugs and Blessings,

A not so busy week around here.

How has your week been? Ours has been ok. It's been a house full of sickies this week. Lil K has been teething, and then all of us have been sick with allergy colds. It's been crazy for sure. So Momma has been busy taking care of her babies! We went ahead and took the girls pictures as schedule. And I'm so so glad we did! They turned out wonderful! We are very pleased with the pictures! Here's some of them for you to see too!

I just love when Lil E is hugging on Lil K. Warms moms heart! Even though she has been a bit under the weather, she (Lil E) is still the lil comidian. I have to tell you a lil story! She is always amazing with her logic and all she is figuring out on her own. Well she has learned from other little ones, that boys do stand to go to the potty, so she has decided that since your hiney area can't reach the the toilet while standing up, that boys must pee from their belly buttons! I can't tell you how hard I laughed! Once I walked away from her! It was the funniest thing! ... ... And last week, I forgot to share with you all, she was just a chattering away, and I asked her, "Lil E, do you ever stop chattering?" She said no, without skipping a beat.... "No Mom, because my mouth wont let me. My froat is fixed now, so I can keep talking." It was too funny!!!! We did go to the park for a bit today, we had a cold front coming through today, so I wanted to get out in the fresh air for a bit. As we are going to have a cold weekend, and then some much needed and appreciated wet weather next week. I hope and pray we do get the rain we need! We live such a simple and plain country life, nothing exciting, but we love it!

I hope everyone has a happy and healthy weekend!

Hugs and Blessings,

Silly Moments

Just thought I'd share some hi-lites from out week! They are just too funny not to share. First off we started out Monday, with Lil E fixing her daddy's hair! Now he would not look at me, as he knew I'd share the photos. And I am going to. Then Lil E was busy getting daddy with silly faces and wiggles of her hands. And then today, she was eating her snack and drinking her juice, you know she has to tell you something funny, so what else, than "I'm getting a sto ummy ache". Meaning she was getting full, but I couldn't help but laugh at how she said it. She is just so fully of silliness! Hope you had a great week! Have a blessed weekend! Don't forget the silly moments, they sure make life happier!

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Hugs and Blessings,

Happy October 1st!!

Wishing everyone a Happy 1st of October! I hope everyone is begining to enjoy some fall weather and colors!

We had a great day! Ran some errands and such, then we had lots of fun time! While Lil E and I went to the grocery store, she wanted to stop and smell every pumpkin we came to. She loves the smell of the Febreeze Pumpkin air freshner we have. She was trying to find a pumpkin to smell like it. Then we are walking along and she says to me, "Mommy, when I get big, my husband is going to have kitties, and they will use the litter box too. Your husband wont let us have kitties." I said sweetie my husband is your Daddy and he is allergic to them and they make him sick. She simply says "oh ok". The things that come out of their mouths, out of the blue, just crack me up! We spent some time out side playing today, after our errands had been ran! Both girls played and had the the best of time today! Lil E mowed some, both girls took a stoll in their lil red convertible, Lil K took a ride in her stroller, and more playing! We had so much fun! We all took a ride in Daddy's truck! Lots of giggles, lots of laughs, and lots of great memories! So here are a few photos of our day!

I cooked the entree for our dinner in the crockpot today! I'll be sharing the recipe with yall tomorrow for Slow Cooking Thursday. It was a wonderful fall dish. Then I made some cinnamon streusel quick bread from the Cinnabon Cinnamon Streusel Muffin mix, by Betty Crocker. The recipe was on the box. It turned out so yummy. And the house smelled great!


We are planning to take the girls to a pumpkin patch this weekend! I can't wait! I love going to to pumpkin patches, playing in the leaves, warm hearty crock pot soups, and baking warm desserts!!!


Hope you all had a wonderful day! Again, Happy 1st of October!


Hugs and Blessings,

M & M's

Lil E's favorite candy is Lemon & Lem's. That is how she says it. I can't believe she is about to be 4. She was chatting up a storm tonight and wouldn't go to bed. So we got on the subject of the things she likes to eat. And at the top of her list is Lemon & Lem's. It cracked me up so much! We are looking forward to a nice weekend at home. We need some down time to relax and just hang around. That is always nice. Maybe we can go to the park if it turns out nice here this weekend. Just wanted to come and shae a lil something tonight.

Hugs and Blessings,

Proud as a Peach

Well Lil E has finally started and continued to poop in the potty like a big girl. Last week she attended a VBS and they did the Surfin his Scripture theme. Well so they were talking about fish. Well They thumb painted fish on to a flower pot. So she is in the restroom doing her business and she says to me, "Mommy look, is that fishies?". I answered her no honey they aren't, and went on about fish. I couldn't help but share this funny lil story! One day she will grow up and be like, Mom why did you share so much. But for me it is my way of documenting our lives!!! And that does mean the good, funny, and not so good times too!

Hugs and Blessings

Lil Stinker

Just thought I'd take a quick moment to share a lil story with yall. As many mom's do, I call my girls lil pet names. they each have a few names. Well I was calling Lil K ~ "Lil Stinker", when Lil E gets as serious and grown up and tells me, Momma sister does not stink, only her poop does! I laughed so hard!!!! Lil E is truly a character. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Hugs and Blessings,

The Funny Moments while Potty Training

I'm working really hard at getting my Lil Princess potty trained. What a feat it is. Nothing has been working, not the special treat, not the m&m, or other snacks. Not even for a big toy if you go potty for a week in the toilet. So I have been reminding her all the time, that big girls go potty in the toilet. Today I said ok, no pull ups at all. You are a big girl and you love big girl panties, so it's time to only use the toilet. The second half of the day was much better than the first. I'd praise her every time she would go in the toilet and she was so proud. Than when she saw daddy tonight and wanted to share with him what all she did, we had a really funny moment......

she asked her dad, since I am a big girl and need to tee tee and poop in the potty, can I go fart there too.

What a HOOT for sure!!! Remember it's the lil moments like that that bring a smile to your heart!