Since my last post

So let's see what all has happened since the last post

Well I turned another year older which makes me another year into my 30's-ugh! But it was a good birthday despite the fact I am getting old. Hubs and I went out alone the night before, he took me shopping for my bday gift, which is just fine with me. I got 2 new pairs of great shoes! We also went to dinner at my favorite spot-Bone Fish Grill and a to movie. On my bday he and the kids made me breakfast-Chocolate gravy and heart shaped biscuits.

As breakfast was wrapping up Wyatt got all excited over his chocolate moose. He had to take a pic;)

Nope not done on purpose!

Then later that I day I dropped Shane at the airport, yes he left on my birthday for a week long work trip. To top it off the oldest of the girls I watch was out of school on fall break all week, I only babysit her now when she is out of preschool. So I had an extra kid all week, oh and Tuesday was only a 3hr school day for Wyatt & his buddy didn't have anyone to pick him up, so that brought my number up to 5 kids!! Yep I am that crazy. Luckily Shane made it home Friday night, unluckily he made it home late as his flight was delayed and he didn't touch down til 11:50pm which didn't put us back home from picking him up til 1am. Wyatt thought it was great staying up that late though, Abby not so much she didn't have a clue he was home til the next day she said "did we get daddy I can't remember." I wish I slept that deeply that I could have a coat and shoes put on me, get carried to the car & buckled in, drive to airport and back home, carried out of car, coat off, shoes off, and carried to bed and NEVER wake up!

I went to Target one day and saw this.

yep that would be Halloween on the left and Christmas on the right-SIDE BY SIDE!! I did not crop this picture.

Like I mentioned we are headed to DISNEY! (2weeks) can I get a wooohooo? anyways I am wanting to learn how to do some new stuff with Abby's hair that is easy and will keep it out of her face all day. So I have been studying and trying to channel Heather, since she claims to be a hair savant (I have to agree with her). I have been very pleased with my results but I am still long from being great. I am just glad she helped me figure out the bang french braid (the trick she says is to only pull from the front). Well here was my latest attempt.

A braided headband:) She loved it btw and it really held up and she wore it all day.

Abby and I have spent some time at Wyatt's school this week. I helped tie dye shirts with all the 3rd graders on Monday. Abby had to have one also of course. This week is Red Ribbon Week (say no to drugs) at his school they got to wear their shirts today for the parade at his school. every day has a theme and today's was 60's style.

I thought Abby was rocking the 60's with her flower pants!

Then she and I headed to the zoo since the weather was gorgeous today and from what I understand glad we enjoyed cause it is gonna change drastically. They are all decorated up for Halloween.


Well that about sums it up. We are also all ready for Halloween-costumes have arrived in the mail and they fit and are liked by all. We will be tricking and treating at a friends house again at was has become our annual Halloween party-can't wait!

Alot of Randomness from the past few days

So after this past Friday there will be no more making of the babies here. I know what you all are thinking "but you guys make such cute babies"
Wyatt
Abby, gotta love that hair!
I am not gonna argue with you.

But the fact is babies as cute as they are, are expensive and alot of trouble. Also I really enjoy sleeping all night and not changing poopy diapers*. Our lives have gotten way to simple to go back.

After Saturday we are down one kid for a week as the oldest went to the beach with his friend-yep this momma is jealous. I told him to have fun and behave and he would have to suck it up if he started missing us cause we couldn't drive 9hrs to come get him, to which Shane spoke up and said "I would come get you buddy." I swear Shane was more worried about him being gone for an entire week than Wyatt was. For the record this is the first time he has been away from us more than a couple of days. We have talked to him everyday and he seems to be doing just fine and having alot of fun.

I have gotten a jump start on Christmas shopping and am trying to find as many deals as possible. Abby and I went shopping over the weekend (which really makes xmas shopping complicated) cause I was on the hunt for a Strawberry Shortcake remote controlled car, it was on sale at TRU and when you combined it with a store coupon and manufacturer coupon you could get it for a little over $2! well of course they were out of them, but I did score the new Tinkerbelle dvd/blue ray combo for $14 (actually Abby did since it was her money)I used that store coupon and a $10coupon I printed on the Disney site. So I grabbed their sale paper and headed to Target. I was in luck and they had them in stock, I picked up one told Abby we were getting it for the oldest girl I watch (which is true). Then I quickly hid another one in my shopping bag when I distracted her for a minute. On the way out she wanted to look at movies and picked up a SS which just happened to have a $5 coupon on it when you bought it and a toy (which I already was doing.) I told her no since she had just got another movie, then when she turned I quickly shoved it into the bag! :) I checked out then headed over to customer service to get them to price match the TRU ad and get the difference refunded, since they can't adjust the price at the register this is what you have to do.

Here's the breakdown of my deals:
(2) Strawberry Shortcake RC cars on sale @TRU for $14.99
(1) SS movie $9.99
I used (2) $10 coupons for the cars and the $5 coupon for the movie! got each of them for $4.99 a pc!

I also hit up CVS where I spent $30something but saved over $70.

Have I convinced you yet on the greatness of coupons yet?


*disclaimer: sure I still change poopy diapers but only because someone pays me to do so, and it is not in the middle of the night!

Berry picking and other radomness

I know I have mentioned our blueberry bushes before and how much we love them, but this summer we have a serious overabundance of them. The kids actually enjoy picking them, well enjoy may be a stretch but they will do it. I just tell them they eat them so they need to pick them.

The other day Abby actually willingly went out to pick them and I couldn't help but snap a pic, she was hilarious looking.

don't you love how she is rocking the hat and pink boots?

We have eaten our weight in blueberries this summer mainly in pies or pancakes but I am still putting them up in the freezer. Yesterday Shane mentioned making jelly so I decided to try my hand at it and OMG let me tell ya it is so good. It was so easy I would like to make some more and give it out and make everyone believe I have slaved over this jelly when really the hardest part of it was not burning my hand while tightening the lid, which is exactly why I had my manly hubby to do it for me:) oh and if you like blueberries and want a fantastic pie or jelly recipe let me know I promise you won't regret it.

PS It is freaking HOT here, I try to not leave the comfort my AC during the hours of 8am and 6pm. My inside dog can not be out for more than 30seconds without having a heat stroke, he is content to lay on the kitchen floor all day without moving.

This face doesn't dig the heat


PPS The boy will find out who his teacher is on Wednesday and it is Back To SCHOOL on Monday! can I get a woohoo j/k, sorta. I do feel bad that his summer vacation is already over but I think deep down he is bored and ready to go back.

PPPS he finally lost another tooth after over a year of not loosing one and let me tell you the tooth fairy has lost her freaking mind she leaves him $5! wth where was my $5 per tooth? unfortunately his teeth tend to fall out in pairs and another is loose so it is only a matter of time before that crazy fairy is scraping up some money in the middle of the night so as not to disappoint the toothless boy.

lots of bragging to do

Humor me, I have to brag a bit

Last week was awards day at Wyatt's school, he was picked by the PE coach out of all the second grade to get the PE award. I was was so proud of my little man.


We went and picked up his report card the other day so he is now officially a 3rd grader! and OMG that is kinda freaking me out a bit. See there are alot of changes for him, he will be on the "big kid" side of the school so that means he is one of the big kids! I am not ready for him to be one of the big kids.

We took a little trip this weekend to reward him on such a wonderful year at school (more on that later). He had fantastic grades and never ever got a behavior mark all year (in fact he has never gotten one all three years!) not sure what goes on there that makes him such an angel at school but I wish they would let me in on the trick.

Now onto the next topic-Baseball, but more precisely the dominant 4yr old Diamondbacks!


this one just happens to be my favorite Diamondback

We played the final regular season game last weekend and ended up in 1st place!! Tuesday will be their first game in the tournaments since they didn't have to play in the first round. If we win we will play Thursday and if we win that we will be in the championship game! Our little guys and girls are so cute out there I really hope they make it all the way! They LOVE it and have so much fun I hate for it to be over. Wyatt season is also almost over his tournament also start Tuesday night-get this @8:00! yep we will be in for an all nighter.

Tuesday officially starts summer vacation which means by Friday I will be wondering when school starts back:) I have tried to make lots of plans for them to keep them busy this summer and thus keep me from loosing my mind due to their boredom.

We have a few things going on with baseball, he has a nature camp for a week, she is going to VBS with a friend, and of course we have our annual beach trip-that is if BP doesn't ruin it for us and let me tell you I will be hostile if my beach trip gets messed up. BTW you all should be boycotting BP, do not buy their gas!