Adyson's new ride

Not Me Monday

* I did not make a "bribe box" for my nephew and 2 girls, it is not filled with tons of their favorite toys, and I would never reward them with those toys only if they helped me pick up misses and even sweep at times, that would be child labor right? Not me, no way Jose.

* I did not have thoughts of spanking my son after not once, but two times of taking his clothes off and pooping in his bed, the first time he had mashed it all around, and peed making it into a slop. The second time it was like a hamburger patty and he threw it out onto the floor. I would never think anything bad of my sweet little Kanon, no way, he is way too precious for a spanking, or a time out.

* I did not take the kids multiple times to the snow cone stand just because really Mama wanted one. It was all the kids ideas, I can control myself from sweets, especially light, crunchy grape and strawberry snow cones, yum.

* I did not do any late night shopping this week with my credit card, No way would I have got on Gymboree and baby gap and filled my online cart full of goodies for my kids. I already know they have way too many clothes and would never buy all that stuff just so they can basically sit in the closet with all the rest of their thousands of clothes, I have way too much self control to be a shopaholic.

* I also did not buy my daughter *Ady* a new riding toy months before her birthday. Im the type of mom that waits to give gifts on their birthday not months before, even though it would be so much fun to see her ride this new 24 volt ATV the whole summer long, I would never break down and get it early, Not me, maybe some of you would but no way not me.

Gotta love days like today...

I have had such an amazing weekend with my 3 kids. Had alot of time to sit in my lawn chair , watching them play together, chasing my boy, rocking him, kissing him. Summer has finally made it here and I am loving every second of it. Tonight we stayed out til dark, watched the kids swim, played with Kanon in the sand and slide, pushed Ava in the swing. After all the fun I took them in and threw their booties in the tub. Kanman had sand caked to his scalp, Ava had grass in her buttcrack hahah, poor Ady was stuck in the tub with these 2 little crazies! Here are some pics from tonight.

Sleepy

What a day it has been. Today I had Peyton, Luke , Ady, Ava, and Kanon. They were all angels however those little dudes wore me out so now I am headed to bed. We drove to Dexter tonight to watch Luke play ball, he was great, got an awesome hit, we are proud of him!!! I am loving getting to keep Luke, he makes me laugh and smile and we are forming an even closer bond than we had, same goes for Ady & Luke, they have yet to argue, they are best friends and they have something so special. Anyway I have a blog Im gonna write about in the morning so stay tuned .

He is gorgeous right? How lucky am I to be his Aunt. So So blessed!

That's Just Crap!

Woke up at 7:30 am to the smell of feces. Usually the smell is smothered with a diaper, however this time it was all over little man's crib. Kanon sleeps in a crib- a smaller one- like the ones you get in hotel rooms. I like to have him near me at night but not in bed with me because we are already over crowded anyway. Kanon apparently had woke up, taken his diaper off, pooped, smeared his poop everywhere, stomped on his poop, painted with his poop, decorated his crib with the poop, even had poop on the plastic matress. After gagging for 20 minutes I scooped him up and put him in the bathtub, while bits of poop floated around in the water *gag* He kept trying to grab them and I was so close to puking all over myself. After getting him clean and all the poop bits down the drain, I slapped on another diaper and put his little booty in his other crib and began scrubbing the crap crib. So far my day is crappy, I sure hope this is no idicitation of things to come. I will be taking 5 kids today to the waterpark , and meeting my friend Kim there with her too kids for a day of fun in the sun! Wish me luck and lets hope to a crap-free day!

Jon & Kate plus 8

I have been wanting to blog about this subject for a while, but was waiting to see the season premiere. My thoughts on this? ....well first and foremost it doesn't really matter because its none of my business. However I felt I needed to blog because I have been a fan from day 1. Seriously since the 1st episode, not just recently jumping on the bandwagon, I have been on the ride for a long time. I love the kiddos, they are so adorable and such good little kids. I can't imagine if I had cameras on my kids, you guys would probably be thinking we needed to be on SUPERNANNY. 8 little kids in a house should be pure chaos, but it never really is , always fairly quiet. I really hope they stay together, they have done so much as a team for so long. Every vacation, trip, even little outings they are always together. I think it would hurt the kids so much not having them together. I just hope the media calms down and stays out of their business, its gonna do nothing but hurt those poor little kids. So sad that when they go into a store or supermarket they are gonna be bombarded with magazines of their parents on the front page with big headlines calling them CHEATERS. They need to think about the kids, the ones who are going to suffer from their magazines and pictures. Anyway the premiere was great as usual, was sad to not see them on the same couch the whole interview but I am still happy they were at the party together. I can't believe the sextuplets are another year older, they keep getting cuter and cuter!

Onto happier and smellier things. About a month ago it was mentioned on someone's blog about Goat Milk Soap. I thought I would give it a try, I am a sucker for things that smell good. When I got to the website there were all these comments from customers, and that's what sold me! People had wrote how soft it made your skin, how you can shave with it, it feels like you have been using lotion on your skin, and the smell is very yum. I ordered right away. My favorite is Ocean which I will post a picture below. I have also ordered, Milk, Honey and Oatmeal -thats a great one too, and Fiji Island is good, haven't ordered anything that's not good but definitely would recommend OCEAN, I just got done washing my face with that and my face is softer than Kanon's butt, and that is really soft! Adyson, who has always been big on the tube of body soap has made the switch. She loves her goat milk soap and I catch her in there washing her face so many times a day hahaha. Please check out the site http://www.goatmilkstuff.com/ I received the soap very quickly after ordering, it is packaged very neatly and I will never switch back to regular soap again!!!! Hope you try it out!

Last but certinately not least is a pic of Ady & Luke playing in the water on Sunday. What a pair they are, there is so much love between these cousins. They are the best of friends, it has been a joy watching these 2 grow up together.

T'was the night before summer vacation

I am so excited that tomorrow is the last day of school.....Schoool's out for summer!!! Yahhh. Adyson can't wait, gonna be such a great one I can feel it! Here are some things I love about summer.

* Staying up late and sleeping in

* playing outside til dark (our subdivison is full of kids)

* playing baseball and tball

* the sound of crickets

* catching lightening bugs with my kids

* bbq's and visiting with friends

* picnics at the park

* Bluff Falls

* camping at Sam A. Baker -can you believe it? I do sleep in a tent and its so much fun!

* taking pictures of my kids playing in the river

* bike riding

* watching the kids in their little pools

* sweet tea

* Great Movies at the Theater

* Overnight trips to St. Louis

* Six Flags & City Museum trips

* Ice cream truck -even if they are 3.00 -who cares...its summer!

* Going to the Lake

* Visiting my family

* Library visits

* Late nights at Mcdonald's playland

* Snow Cone Stand yum

The list could go on and on. I am so excited!! Bring on the summer!

Please leave a comment, I am getting discouraged at the lack of comments, however I know I have alot of people visiting due to my stat counter. So I know you guys read , please don't be rude and leave a note. Even if its a "great blog" or "crappy blog" Anything would make me happy. I just need comments. Anyway I will leave you with a pic of my middle child swinging at Ady's play day at school yesterday. I love this pic, my friend Kim took it and I want to order a big one of this! Enjoy