The Best Part

I forgot the best part of the glasses story.

One day Madelyn had hers on and goes "Mom, do you know why I wear these?"

Me: Why

Madelyn: Cause they help me see better!

Me: Interesting.

Glasses

Madelyn has found a new accessory. No not shoes, jewelry, or a purse. But these awesome frames that Ben's mom wore in the 80's. (We are uncertain why she still had them.)

She loves them so much that they have been seen on her at school, Walmart, Dr. G's office, at the park, and more. My mom told her that she looked like a teacher in them, and she has changed her profession of choice from dentist to teacher. Thanks Mom, I could have had free check ups.
Ellie has also become obsessed with her sun-glasses. On a semi frazzled trip to Walmart she dropped her glasses and she was hysterically crying out for her "asses" on the aisle. Just what a mommy with a large hind end needs her kid screaming. Could not find Ellie's asses pics so I'll just do a few cute ones!

Sprung Thumb

I know everyone has enjoyed all of my blogging sprees latley, but I am sad to say, I think my thumb is sprung. Sprained, I mean. I have no clue how. But it hurts. Do you realize how much we use our thumbs? Blah.

Open Eyes

Today we have been in our house exactly a year! I remember the first night we moved in how giddy we were to have an electric garage door and a light in our shower. There is recollection of not having enough stuff to fill our "massive" house. (hey we went from 800 sq. ft. to 2000+) It is easier to take things for granted the longer we have been here. Like the garage sensor wigging out every time I am home alone. The dog that chased us on our walk tonight. Even the musty smell my garden tub leaves after using the jets. But I was brought back down to earth when Ben told me that last night someone was murdered execution style less than a block from my old house. LESS THAN A BLOCK! (see I told you it was the ghetto) What is even scarier is that it may have been a random murder, could have been us. We originally wanted to stay there until we could afford to build... say another year or so... but Ben got "antsy" and we decided to just buy for now. As of late I have been sensing God's hand trying to move me closer to him. I have felt it with my dental praise, with all the undeserved financial breaks we have got, with my weight struggles, through my bible study, in my Sunday attendance backsliding, on now with this. (may have be acting a little more like a sailored mouth hooligan more than I care to admit). If I am honest I can see it all around me. He is really trying to open my eyes. I guess I ought to respond while it is still gentle. Praise you God for taking care of me even when I don't see it.

Oh yeah, that spooky dog that chased us was a border collie!

She gets it!

Madelyn: This blanket has Winnie the Pooh on it

Me: umm-hmm

Madelyn: I wish it didn't have it on there

Good job, Madelyn, good job! A girl after my own heart. I never have figured out why manufacturers put characters on so many things, especially baby things. It's not like it is the kid picking them out. Seems like they just start training them for the battle of the character from day one. I try to limit our characters to pj's and panties, but occasionally someone sneaks in a hand me down Dora shirt or a Winnie the Pooh baby gift. At least Madelyn gets it that Pooh actually detracts from the overall look of the blanket... So proud!



(I have been blogging in clusters again... make sure and read the 2 I did yesterday)

Put On Some Pants

Do you ever want to wear a disclaimer on your shirt explaining why you are doing things a certain way? You know like when your two year old is lying in the grass in front of Cheddars throwing a wall eyed fit and screaming extra loud when on lookers walk by. I wished my shirt would say in that instance: Please excuse her, and us, we are trying to teach her that attention for fits is unacceptable. Also please remember that your child was a brat sometimes too. Love you E, but you earned us a bunch of unfriendly attention.

Well tonight I wanted a disclaimer for an entirely different reason. My sister had to run her kids to some birthday parties, and I tagged along. Thinking I would mostly be in the car except for a quick dash into Target, I wore my brown fleece sweatpants (yes, AGAIN) and a ratty top. Working at PDO I get boogers, spit up and much nastier things on me all the time, so I tend to wear super casual gear to work frequently. I am somewhat embarrassed that our moms come in all cute and dressed up, and I am rough looking, but I get dirty up there all the time. I have also fallen into the sweat pant trap due to the expanding size of my derriere lately, but I try to look cute when I know I will see other cute people outside of PDO time. So much to my chagrin I ran into the following roll sheet of people.

• Shanna S.
• Chad C.
• Fernihough Family
• Crystal and Brynn
• Sellars Family
• Mary E.
• Mike K.
• Susan C.

Seriously they all must think I only own two pairs of clothes. One consisting of my high water brown pants, that are fleece, and STILL being worn in May. I know they were all waiting for the weather to get too hot so I would abandon the fleece, but no I'm still going strong. It did not help that Miss Priss April was freaking out because people saw her in..gasp.. tennis shoes!

So here here are a few of the disclaimers I would have loved to have had:

• I did not count on running into you, thank you very much!
• Yes, I do own jeans (they are just really tight right now)
• Feel sorry for me and buy me new clothes
• I promise I don't sleep in this too
• These are supposed to be capri fleece pants, not high waters
• My sister kidnapped from my house and MADE me go in these clothes

As if I wasn't ghetto enough on my own I had Ellie with us when we picked up Kaegan, and she had on a gown and no shoes.

The moral of the story: Even if you are feeling fat and lazy put on some jeans!

Fillings, healings, and miracles...OH MY!

So I was set to have four fillings on my previously never had a cavity in my life teeth this week. After nerves, prayer, stress over money, flossing like crazy, and a lot of fluoride mouthwash I headed to my appt. When I got there (it was a new dentist) he said I did not have cavities!!!! Praise Jesus!!! The other big praise in the matter is that this scare forced us to get a dental savings plan, so my whole family can go to the dentist every 6 months! (I secretly love going to the doctor!... for real) (not the eye doc. that air puff freaks me out) I don't know if I had a drill happy doctor before, or if my teeth were healed, but I do know God had his hand on my teeth! I cried many tears over ruining my perfect dental record and now I can proudly say, STILL NO CAVITIES!

This one's for Justin

I am making a huge sacrifice right now, due to the fact that my Boy Friend Justin Timberlake is on SNL right now and I am multi tasking while his awesomeness is on. He is killing it! ....

OK it is commercial so I'll have to type as fast as I can. I think I have a speedy keyboarding time of about 30 words a minute. Move over secretaries, I'll smoke you with my keyboard pecking.

Well blog-ville I have missed you so. I spent a minimum of 2 hours reading blogs tonight and feel so out of the loop. (What happened to the days that I dare not admit how boring my Sat. night was?) I literally read about 30 blogs. I longed to comment on so many of yours (especially yours), but due to volume I refrained. I have had a major case of computer apathy lately. I may get on every 4 or 5 days. I am still fervently blogging in my head, oh and there have been some good ones, but once I sit in the desk chair I lose all motivation.

Since it has been so long here is a spew of randomness:
BTW blogger is being a punk right now and I can't load all the pictures I want which is really cramping my style.

• Ellie Button is 2! She does everything your two year old can do, so I am skipping the run down for now. We had a simple yet sweet party for her. She really lights up my life. On the eve of Mother's Day I feel extremely blessed to have her as my baby! (yes she is wearing some concealer in this picture we have a few scratches and bumps and you can see the cover up in these close up pics)

I love these girls! Happy mother's day to me! Also so excited about the mommy crafts I got!!!


• B and me went to see Ghost of Girlfriends Past last night at the drive inn and it was a huge cheese fest. On the flip side we decided to stay for 17 Again and I was pleasantly surprised! I made Ben touch me(hold hands, arm around etc.) for the entire 4 hours we were out there and my love tank was brimming over.




• Madelyn has been calling Ellie "Baby" for a while as a nick name, yesterday whenever I would call her "Ellie" she would correct me by saying "No Ellie, I Baby"




• I am really not sure what all the attachments on my blow dryer are for... esp the really big round attachment.




• Why is it that being a cook at restaurant is a somewhat demeaning job, but being a chef is fabulous??




• I ran out of proactive for a week and defaulted to some Mary K. stuff that I had. Now I have a constellation of acne on my face... Too bad that swine flu thing did not take off I could have covered most of my pimples with one of those masks.




• My sweet ballerina Maddi-lou-hoo had her last class this week. She may not have a future as prima ballerina (given that she was quiet prone to doing her own thing in class ALOT), but she was darn cute in those little tutu's. Next we move onto Cheer. Say a prayer for me, this is not what I wanted to put her in, but she is eager and it works with my schedule.

OK I will really try to come back sooner next time, but it is imperative I get off now because I am missing Justin...