Random photo

John begged me to stop at Worsham Market (what's left of it) in Hendersonville on the way to White House to take this picture. I'm not really sure what he's going to do with it but it is odd so I thought I'd share. The market burned down and someone left a shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot - why, I don't know. But nature decided to turn it into something somewhat pretty. -random

More to come. . .tomorrow.

My boys

Boys will be boys, right? I swear my boys are determined to have me go grey within the next year. It's always something with them. One minute they are getting along (either by playing together or getting in trouble together) and then the next they are at each other's throat.
Last night while I was cooking dinner, Silas decided to pour a full 20 oz bottle of Diet Pepsi and a full 20 bottle of water all down the stairs. He never explained to me his reasoning for doing it. I asked Aidan why he didn't bother to tell me about this since he jumps at the chance to tattle on Silas (which we're happy about). Aidan's excuse was that I was busy cooking dinner. That has never kept him from bothering me before. Anyway, my stairs that were a beige/tan color now have a nice dark brown stain half way down them.

Here they are playing Lego Star Wars II on Gamecube. They are getting along for now. I expect them to be fighting in about 10 minutes.


Here's Aidan taking a break long enough to smile at me.


And of course, Silas didn't want to give me a smile so he pouted.


I must bring this blog to an end. Savannah just passed out on my lap. Poor kid was too pooped to blog with me.

Good night!

Our new babies

Here are our new critter babies that we're fostering. They are already drinking water and hopefully will start on solid food any day now. They love running and bouncing and wrestling with each other. The kids can't get enough play time with these little ones. We visit them in the morning and at night. The rest of the day, they are locked away in the upstairs bathroom so no one can bother them.

Is it Christmas break yet?

Here we are into week two of first grade. It's going to be a long semester. Silas was ready to go with no problems on day one. By the end of the week, he was literally being carried out of the house. I feel bad for him. He says he likes his teacher and he gets to spend time with his buddies on the playground. He's not a morning person - never has been - so he may always be a difficult child to get out of the door in the morning.

Poor Aidan. I swear that child is accident prone. He's always tripping over his feet, bumping his head or getting wounded when all three of them wrestle. Last Friday Aidan decided to flip out of a shopping cart in the parking lot of Target. I'm not really sure what happened because I was putting Savannah in the van. John said he flipped out of the cart because he was standing up (after repeatedly being told to sit). I freaked out (as usual) and was worried about his spine so I took him to the ER where I was treated like I was an idiot. By the way, they won't do an xray or CT scan on them for falls like that. Anyway, Aidan's fine. He has a bruise but is jumping around like normal.

Here's Aidan being cute (not sure why he's wearing gloves and the hat).



Savannah is still being Savannah. Bossy, stubborn and such a DIVA! Here's my little Princess Diva striking a pose in all her cuteness.



My good deed for the year: Like I don't have enough to take care of already, but now I have a mommy cat and her 5 babies to add to the mix. I found animal control in our neighborhood digging the family out of the storm drain. They were going to take them and put them down so I stepped in. They are living in our upstairs bathroom for now. The kittens are healthy and the mom looks healthier too. We've had them a couple of weeks now. They are walking around and climbing out of their box. They are absolutely adorable. Now I need to look for homes for them. So if anyone would like a blonde kitty, let me know! They'll need homes in a few more weeks. Hopefully I can post a picture some time this week.

Some pictures - finally

Good grief - picture problems again. Now I remember why I stopped posting pictures on this thing. Half the time it doesn't show them.
Anyway, supposedly this picture is of Savannah and Silas. Savannah got herself all dolled up in her "Hantana" makeup and clip on bows. Silas jumped in the picture and made his normal photo face.




Well it's doing the same thing on this picture too. Good thing I know html to actually edit the code. Anyway, this picture was taken back in March or April of 2008. Here's my gang at the Gallatin park one late afternoon.





Here are some pictures of one of our zoo trips. I think this was when I went with Silas on a field trip.




Here's an old one. December 2007 at their Neena's Christmas party.

June 2008 Update

We're still here. I just suck at updating. New job, house work and kids trying to kill each other leave little time for blogging.

Silas will be a first grader in August. I can't believe it. He loves reading and math. He has issues with wearing clothes and leaving the house though. Hopefully he'll outgrow this before August 7 when school starts. Silas's new love is Legos. I'm tired of finding them everywhere and stepping on them. They hurt!

Aidan just turned 4. He's still a momma's boy but I'm not going to complain. He knows how to peddle a bike now (with training wheels). He's learned to enjoy the swimming pool this summer which is nice. Last year he wouldn't go in the big pool. Aidan is still facinated with critters. He's going to be an elephant doctor when he grows up. He tells me I can take care of the lions and tigers. :)

Savannah is almost potty trained! We're not making it through the night without a pull-up but she goes potty during the day. It's awesome!! No more diapers!! Savannah loves Hannah Montana and the movies Enchanted and Alvin and the Chickmonks (as she calls them).

I do have a funny to share. It wasn't funny at the time but other parents may enjoy my pain.
Back at the end of May, I was dropping the kids off at Grandma's so I could go work. Silas was not in the mood to leave the house (it was his first day of summer break). We were already running late since John and I had to fight Silas to get him dressed and out the door. Anyway, while I was getting Aidan and Savannah out of the car and into the house, Silas thought it was be fun to lock himself in the van, along with my keys and cell phone. I literally spent 15 minutes arguing with him to open the door. John's mom even tried to get him to open the door. I threatened to call the police and fire department but Silas just sat there enjoying his own little world he had escaped to. Finally I decided to call John to have him come and get this kid out of the car. Luckily John's cell was on and so was mine. I was able to get a hold of John and he called my cell. He talked to Silas a couple of minutes and then the kid opened the door, got out of the car and went off to play with his siblings. He acted like nothing happened. Anyway, I found out later what John said. It was nothing that I expected. He said he asked Silas what he was doing and he told him he was sitting in the car. He asked him to unlock the doors and that's it! I spent 15 minutes yelling and threating the child and he didn't budge but all it took from his dad was "Open the door for your mom." Why is it children listen to their dad's but completely ignore their mom's and treat them like crap?! Anyway, I finally got to work, 30 minutes late. My coworkers got a good laugh at my misfortune. I'm glad someone did.

I need to do better at updating with funny stories about the kids. They are entertaining when they aren't fighting with each other.

Here's another one John got to experience. John, the boys and I have been playing Lego Star Wars 1 & 2 on Gamecube recently. It's the boys favorite game. Anyway, Aidan was trying to explain Chewbacca to Savannah one morning when they all woke up, but she kept saying, "Bacca?" and Aidan would say, "No, hoobacca!" and then she'd say, "Me bacca? My not Bacca," and he'd go, "No, sister! Hoobacca is my favorite, not yours," Then, Silas sat up and said "CHEWbacca, chew, chew, like with your mouth!"
Also, Aidan thinks Wicket, the Ewok, is a kitty who shoots hairballs (he shoots dirt/rock balls with his slingshot). Aidan will tell the bad guys, "Eat that hairball!"

Well my B key just popped off my keyboard. Savannah keeps picking my laptop keys off. I'm on my 3rd keyboard in two years. Luckily, the keys pop back on this one pretty easily. Toddlers and laptop computers don't mix.

Ok, I will do better with blogging. I have so many pictures to post. Fourth of July is coming up so I should have some good stories to talk about after that - along with pictures.

May the force be with you always,

Dana

Spring is almost here!

March is half way over and spring weather is already here! The kids have been getting to spend a lot of time outside and at the park recently. Here are some pictures from our many trips to the park and feeding the "gucks."

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Savannah and some of her cousins received matching dresses for Christmas. Here's our attempt to get 4 little girls to sit still long enough to get a picture. We at least got one good smile.




Silas turned 5 in February. I can't believe it's been 5 years. They have gone by so fast. This year Silas decided to have his party at Chuck E Cheese - we survived. He also got a bicycle for his birthday.




Savannah has discovered the joys of video games. Here she is attempting to play a Ninetendo game with Silas - which she actually managed to do a pretty good job considering she wasn't looking at the tv and just pressing buttons - but she was being a big girl!



Aidan - what can I say. . . he's so dang cute . . . and he's potty trained at 2 1/2 years old!!



Savannah's first time with the ducks. She was enjoying trying to give them hugs until she saw the camera and wanted to play with that instead. (I love the little belly)



John will kill me for posting this . . . here are the kids doing their nightly ritual of "rocking the boat." I'm usually the one that's the boat. They all sit on one of us and we row their arms and sing "Rock the boat" until the crash onto the bed. And um the colors? Well Silas got into my scrapbook markers - which are washable - and drew tattoos all over himself and others - even I received a few.




And finally - a way to end this blog. Savannah taking the road less traveled.

Sesame Street Personality Quiz

You Are Ernie

Playful and childlike, you are everyone's favorite friend - even if your goofy antics get annoying at times. You are usually feeling: Amused - you are very easily entertained You are famous for: Always making people smile. From your silly songs to your wild pranks, you keep things fun. How you life your life: With ease. Life is only difficult when your friends won't play with you!

The Sesame Street Personality Quiz

My Snowbabies

We finally had a good snow - and it's about time. Last good snow was when Silas was a baby.
Here are some pictures I took of my little snowbabies.



Aidan enjoying the snow (he took his hat off). He spent a good 2 or 3 minutes walking around a tree making footprints which he later viewed from the upstairs window and thought were pretty neat.



Savannah enjoyed the snow for about 5 minutes and then decided it was too cold and wet for her.


This is the only picture I was able to get of busy bee Silas. The camera lens appears to have some snow frozen over it.

Savannah's First Birthday!!!

Savannah had her birthday party Saturday.  She seemed to have a really good time.  She loved all the clothes and dolls/animals that she received.  She gave each one of them a big welcome hug.

Here she is at the beginning of the party with her Daddy.

She's excited about all of this!

After eating her cake.

Trying on one of her new outfits.

Hugging one of her new pals.

Aidan checking out her birthday cake.

We took her to the doctor Friday for her 1 yr checkup.  She weighs 22 lbs 6 oz and is 30.5 inches long. (The boys were this size at 9 months).  She's gained 14 lbs over the past year.

My little Diva! Savannah 10.5 months old

John and Savannah waiting for the tire swing

Rachel, Leyton and Lawren at Gentry Farm, Oct 2006

I'm how tall? Gentry Farm, Franklin, Tn, Oct 2006

Cousin Bryce being silly - Oct 2006

Silas at the Gentry Farm, Franklin, TN Oct 2006

Savannah checking out the pumpkin Oct 2006

Aidan's first time on a tire swing! Oct 2006

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Savannah

Savannah turned 8 months yesterday. I can't believe how quickly she's growing. It just seems like yesterday that I gave birth to her and was holding a tiny little being. Now she's scooting across the floor, pulling herself up and eating "big girl" food. My kids are growing up so fast. Here are a few pics.