Been busy and not so busy...

• Trying to get all the end of school stuff done.
• My oldest son had to make a scrap book. He has known about it since Christmas. They started working on it the last 3 weeks or so. It started ok but I dont think he understands that its not just a bunch of pictures thrown on some different colored paper. It could have and should have looked better.
• Trying to reschedule all the games we missed for bad weather and the swine flu is a pain in the butt.
• The little ones soccer team hasnt really done much this season. It seems that games keep getting canceled and practices never seem to happen. We had a game tonight. That made the 4th game of the season and we have maybe had 5 practices.
• That is frustrating to explain to my little ones when they see their older brothers playing so much. Some parents are really unhappy about it. The dont usually reschedule the games for that age group but they also dont usually miss that many. :(
• The oldest soccer team is in the play offs. They have done really well. The one that broke his arm in the first 5 mins of the first game is going to get to play in the 2 play off games.(not in the goal though) I hope he does well.
• We had a baseball game Friday. They won. It was good for them. It game them some steam and confidence.
• We had another one tonight. We were winning. They postponed the game for 30 mins with 4 mins left in the game. Then they started again and then canceled it before it was over. We may have to go back and play the last 3 mins of the game. Not sure though because I thought that the rule was if they are past the 3rd inning that the game is called a full game. I hope so.
• We have 2 games on Thursday. Soccer at 5:30 and baseball at 7:30. We dont need to be early for the soccer game but the baseball we do. Sigh. Guess we arent having dinner that night.
• Looking at my schedule the next few days gives me stress head. I am not sure I can do it all and be at all the places that I want to be. I also would rather do all those things without my youngest 2 but the MIL is going to be with me so I dont have a babysitter but she can help keep and eye on them.
• The kids want to do alot of stuff this summer. I am trying to get it all put together. So that I will be able to keep up with them all.
• One of them has decided that he doesnt want to go to his other parents house as much. He has been asking me for about 2 or 3 months now. It is weird because he has always wanted to go before then. I am not sure if something has happened or if he is just getting older and wants to stay at home.
• He will be talking to them this weekend to see if he has to go this summer for all the weekends and if he has to spend a few weeks there. I am only thinking about this so much because I know that I am going to get the blame for it. The only thing I have told him is he is always welcome to be at home as far as I am concerned.
• 2 of my children have always been given the choice of where they wanted to spend the weekend. I have always thought that was a bad idea because they were too young (since they were 3 and 5). I think that they are getting old enough to make the decision every once in a while. Not all the time. I think they should know their parents. All of them!
• My hubby is working extremely late this morning. That means he will be home in the morning. He has more of these late nights since he started working for a different superintendent than he did before. I dont like it :(
• Sigh. Good Night!

New Story...

Ok so I wrote a note to the teacher and she called this morning after talking to the little one.

• They were playing on swings that they were not supposed to be on because there was water under them.
• He wasnt just a little wet. His whole head was wet and the top half of his shirt. (I am sure from the dripping) His head was so wet that it was still dripping after sitting out for half of recess.
• They were doing it intentionally. They had to be pushed really high so they could lean back that far.
• They did it more than once.
• His face looked like he had been mudding because he had so many splashes of mud all over it.
• She also said had it not been so close to the end of the year she would have sent them all to the office.

I will be having a talk with him. He will be writing the sentences tonight and depending on what he has to say he may be grounded for the lie. :( I think grounding is more punishment for me. (well maybe not with him, he can entertain himself with out any TV or video games. Humm. Is thats really a punishment for him at all?)

A Bit Excessive....

Today when my kids were doing their homework one of my 4th graders brought me a paper where he had started writing sentences. He got in trouble at school today. He was playing on the swings and his friends were pushing him side to side while he was swinging (they were playing). He leaned back to move away from one of the boys and leaned back to far. His hair and the top of his shirt got wet. He had to sit out the last half of recess for it (there were others too). When he got in they were asked to sit out in the hall while their teachers (he has 2 teachers) decided what their punishment should be (uhh what was the last half of recess). Here is what they came up with. They need to write this sentence 25 times:

"I will choose to follow the rules during recess by staying out of the mud and water and not dragging my head through the puddles as I swing because I know my teachers, Mrs. Fry and Miss VanHoose, have asked me all year long to stay out of the water."

• First off that sentences was typed for them on a piece of paper and it was 6 lines long. That means he missed half of recess and was to write 150 lines for getting his hair and shirt a little wet. (I cant see any water spots or mud spots on his shirt and its bright yellow so they would show up)
• Its really long and has a bunch of by, and, becauses in it. If he would have written this sentence for one of his practice Taks writing papers they would have asked him to break it up into more than one sentence.
• He has not been in any trouble at school before not even one note. He gets straight A's and E or S for conduct. The only thing that I have had that tells me he is any problem or ever even gets called down is a comment on his report card saying he talk frequently. (Not enough for them to drop his conduct grade though) This is also followed by he is a great student.
• I am all for punishing my children when it is needed and I will punish them at home if they get in trouble at school but I find this to be too much. I told him that until I talk with his teachers that he didn't need to write the sentences.

I've got the blah's...

• The kids are back at school!
• My MIL won a seat to World Series Poker Tour.
• The hubby booked a trip to Vegas. I am excited and worried at the same time.
• The kids are back at school!
• Last Friday we had a great baseball game. The little one got the last out:( but he played really well. He is getting better :) This was the kind of game that just came together and was fun to watch.
• Then on Saturday morning we had an awesome soccer game. They had to work for every point and it was a close game the entire game. By far the best game I have watched this year.
• After I went to a Bday party that I had forgotten about. It was fun and I enjoyed myself.
• I have no idea when I am going to have my own kids Bday parties. One was at the end of last month and the other coming soon. We always have one party for both of them. We have been extremely busy and so much going on we havent had a weekend to have one:( My poor kids.
• Mothers Day was ok. I got to stay in bed till noon. I was awake by 10 just didnt get out of bed. It was a nice lazy day!
• My dog is barking up a storm right now. That is very usual for him. I wonder if someone/thing is out there. I am not checking cause I am the only one up.
• My son didnt feel like getting all the trash cans from the street last week when he was supposed to. When the one he did bring up was full he just put the trash bags on the ground. There is trash everywhere now. He has to pick it by himself. He is unhappy and wants his brothers to help. They arent going to. (They switch chores every week.)
• I have added one for one of the little ones. He has to make sure all the clothes stay out of the bathroom floor after bath time. Sometimes he is excited sometimes not so much.
• I had a little one with an inner ear infection. Poor thing. Ear aches are the worse. He cried all night one night.
• Thats all I got for now.

Its been a while

• Ok so either I have been really busy or really lazy...you guess which one.
• I cant believe all this stuff about the swine flu.
• They have cancelled all of our youth sports until after May 11th.
• They will give a new schedule out sometime after.
• They cant even have practice.
• They haven't closed our school..yet. Someone told me today they wished they would.
• I am not worried about the swine flu too much. I wont be unless my children get sick.
• My son turned 5 yesterday. :( Big Mommy tears. He is super excited though.
• After getting his presents (and he was happy with them) he turns and ask where the rest of the stuff on his list was. I had to make myself not laugh because he wasn't being ungrateful he just thought he got every thing he ask for.(And he was so damn cute when he ask) After I explained that he only gets some stuff on the list and that other family would bring him some of the stuff but not all of it he went right back to playing happy as could be.
• He also got to remove his booster chair from the car.
• This morning he sat in the middle between 2 of his big brothers. Huge smile and talking about it the whole way. I am not going to be ready for him to start school next year.
• I have been super happy lately but really stressed.
• I have more to say but I will save it for later!

Pissed off

OK Driving home from picking the kids up we had to wait for a funeral to pass by. Both lanes of traffic stopped a good 5-7 cars deep.

1. An older lady in a truck slams into the car next to me.
2. The lady driving the car is half way out of the car screaming before she realizes she didnt put the car in park.
3. She put the car in park and starts yelling at the old lady "There's a fucking baby in this car!" Her daughter then tells her to move so she could get her daughter out of the car. They baby was in a car seat properly and she is just fine and laughing.
4. The old lady is very sorry and a little shook up.
5. They move the cars out of the road at the recommendation of the young mother. (She looked like she either she was in high school or just out of high school and they were in school traffic)
6. The old lady is looking at her truck trying to see the damage because when she moved it it made a rubbing noise. The lady that she hit is now yelling at her again about how her truck is fine but she just totaled her car. Now I am no expert but usually rear ending someone doesnt total their car. She is pissed off and yelling and cussing.
7. Thank goodness the old lady got back in her truck and waited there.
8. While waiting on the police to get there the lady that got hit is on the phone telling someone she was just in a MAJOR accident. (Sigh)

The truck didnt have much damage that you could see but something was definitely rubbing against the tire when she moved it.

The cars bumper was cracked and pushed up. The plastic bumper was also very close to the tire but I dont think touching it. Of course it could have messed up the frame but you cant really see that.

I know that it messed up her car but the old lady was in the accident as too. She didnt mean to hit her car and she didnt know there was a baby in the car and decide to hit it. There is no way she should have been talking to her like that. When I say old lady she was probably in her 70s or close too. The lady she hit was in probably in her 40s. I wanted to hit that lady.

Not To Bad...

This weekend wasn't so bad.

• Of course Friday stuff was canceled.
• Saturdays games were also canceled.
• That only left a Bday party. It was fun but I left the presents at home.They are still here :(
• We cleaned my bedroom this weekend. It included the closet.
• I also did the littlest ones room.
• I threw out a bunch of stuff. I felt bad for the trash man. They picked it all up though. They will have a surprise on Friday!
• We threw out a chair, a side table bottom and the glass for a coffee table, and the head and foot boards of a set of bunk beds. They all were picked up before the end of the day.
• Sunday we had a soccer game. They won. :)
• Monday we went to the doctor. They checked out the kido's broken arm.
• He got in a little trouble for being to active. It looked good though. The bone is growing over the break. We thought he was going to be able to play the last few games but the doc said even after he gets the cast off he needs to take it easy and that doesn't include soccer for about 4-6 weeks.
• We had a baseball game last night. It didn't go as well. We lost 6-1. There was drama. There seems to be drama all the time with on coach. He is not from our team though. He sometimes butts in even when no one ask. He isnt a bad guy as far as I can tell though. I just dont always agree with him.
• One of the kido's is having problems at school. If he get into trouble today I am going to have to go to school with him. Not looking forward to it.

Meanings of words...

As I have gotten older the meanings of words have changed. As I hear my sweet little ones run around and scream them I have to try really really hard not to laugh and tell them to stop saying them.

Kid 1: Who wants a shocker?
Kid 2: Give him the shocker!
Kid 3: I got the shocker now. Ha ha.

Now they are really talking about shocking each other with a fake teaser. (I didnt get it for them and I dont think that is what it really is but hey they have great imaginations)

I cant think of what he said but the other day another one of my children wanted to help me with dinner and as he was asking he was saying he wanted to do what ever it was with me. To me it had a sexual reference but to him none at all. I made him quit asking it.

Am I the only one who now automatically thinks of the perverted version of the word even when it is so innocent?

• Man this weekend was really busy.
• I had alot of fun though.
• I got sun burned this weekend :(
• We played kick ball after Easter Egg Hunting and lunch. It was alot of fun.
• We also went to the park to hunt more eggs on Sunday. It was after the rain and there was only one water puddle, of course my youngest fell in it. I was mad, not at him but that it happen.
• We have way to much candy now.
• I am tired of the weather. I either want to put up the winter cloths or wear them damn it. Having 5 kids and 2 sets of cloths for each of them = no room. sigh.
• I have something going every day but Sunday for the kids. Sports/School wise.
• My baby(not really the baby) will be 10 on Sat. I am not dealing with this well. I think its because the oldest one is beginning to act older. He has grown mentally alot since Christmas.
• Why is it big news that the Obamas got a dog? Yea it came from wise county. People get dogs every minute of every day. I dont understand the why it is such big news and that it needs to be an exclusive.

Happy Easter!

Have a very Hoppy Easter!

Oh man this week has been rough.

• My oldest broke his arm on Saturday. So that means I have to continually tell him to stop jumping around and horse playing.
• His cast was split for swelling but the more he move around the more it split open. He was home all week. (except today!).
• We had to go to the doctor yesterday. In Fort Worth. The appointment was at 1:30. We went back around 2:45.
• The doctor was really great though and once we went back it didn't take long at all.
• His cast is now bright yellow. It looks like the safety vest of the men working on the side of the highway.
• I got to drive home in traffic ughhh :(
• Between games, practices, tutorials, and UIL stuff I am getting really worn out.
• We had a baseball game Tuesday. They lost but it wasn't too bad. We have another on tonight. It should be better. They practiced batting last night. I think more of them will swing tonight. They all hit more than they missed.
• This weekend is BUSY. We start with a game(baseball) tonight. Then 2 more games(soccer) in the morning. Then we are having Easter with my family after. That's always fun! Finally on Sunday we are going to have Easter again with my hubby's family.
• Looks like there wont be any rest this weekend either...sigh.
• I love hanging out with my family. We have a few drinks, talk and watch the kids play. Ok OK we play more than they do. I think we are having a game of kick ball this Easter.
• I think its nap time now.

Do you know what the sun is?

My 4 year old does!

Its a flash light. A giant has it and it has one of those white things he saw me put in his big brothers room. He is going to see for sure if a giant has it one day because he is going to throw a rope around the flash light.


I just thought I would share this scientific discovery with all of you. It made me smile :)

Oh this weekend...

• I am glad it is finally over. Who would have thought I would be happy I have to get kids and the hubby up and going?
• The weekend started off pretty normal.
• We went to the little carnival that Grace Fellowship had going on at the park.
• Some lady made one of my kids go to the end of the line because he took 2 steps out to look up the line. I was mad and told him not to let people do that to him. (He didnt get to do the trampoline thing and he wouldnt have made it to the front of the line by the time his Dad picked him up) He was upset that he spent the whole time in that line and didnt even get to do it.
• There were alot of people there. It was fun to take the kids. I let the 3 older ones wait in line for stuff while we did other stuff but they had to tell me where they were so I could check on them and know where they were at all times. I didnt want to leave the other 2 there with their mom. She would watch them but I still worry about them running off.
• On Sat. morning I had to find a ride for one of the boys on the older boys soccer team. I would have done it myself if I didnt have other games to be at.
• We rushed around and got ready, dropped some money off for baseball pictures, picked the little boy up and went to the youngest soccer game. It was fun and they were cute.
• When it was almost over I went and watched some baseball. They did really well and have another game on Tue. I cant wait.
• This is where things go bad.
• I get to the Decatur soccer field and finally find a place to park. My mom is helping me with the kids and she gets a phone call.
• My oldest son is hurt. There are plenty of people there to help. Mom, Dad, grandparents, aunts, and cousins.
• I could tell his arm was broke when I got up there. You know when you lay you arm on the table its straight? Well his had a dip in it.
• There was a paramedic there. She didnt do anything for him.
• He was playing goalie and when a boy made a shot he jumped up and stopped the ball (hands full above his head). When the ball hit his hand it was kicked so hard that it broke both bones about an inch below his wrist.
• The mother of the little boy that kicked the ball was very upset about it. She felt really bad. It wasnt her fault. I am glad she cared though.
• We ended up with a blanket that wasnt ours.
• We went to Decatur Hospital. They transferred him to Cooks because they didnt have anyone there that could set his arm.
• At Cooks they put him to sleep to set it. It didnt take long.
• When he was in recovery I was worried. He would look at us and asked what happen. He didnt remember breaking his arm. Then tell us he loved us and that the was tired. He closed his eyes for less than a min and opened them again only to not know anything he had just said or talked about. They said it was normal.
• When we got home we had dinner and we all went to bed early. I was exhausted. It was 9:15.

Oh yeah while we were at the hospital my hubby told our son that something good came out of it. He didnt have to play his baritone for a while(this is before any pain medicine). This only upset more because he has a field trip on Thursday. We calmed him down and said he would still be able to go. It turns out he cant, thats when his check up is going to be:(

Sgt. Randy White

• I cant help but cry for the loss of Sgt. Randy White and for his family.


• He was only 32 and left behind a wife and 5 year old daughter.


• Its been a long time since I the last time I prayed. I did last night.


• This effected my husband in a way that I never imagined.


• Me to. To grieve for someone I dont know personally.


• I have a great deal of respect for our officers and feel that they do a great service for our community. I cant believe this happened.


• I hope the capital muder charge sticks and ends with the max punishment.

Bridgeport Officer killed

BREAKING NEWS - CAR CHASE LEADS TO OFFICER'S DEATH - Bridgeport Police Sgt. Randy White was killed when Stephen York of Bridgeport crashed a stolen Suburban into White's police car Thursday afternoon on Texas 114 at Farm Road 2123 in Bridgeport. York was transferred to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. White was parked in his police car on the west shoulder of Texas 114, clearing traffic for an oncoming police chase York was involved in when the accident occured.Prior to the crash, York had led officers on a chase that began about
2:30 p.m. on Hale Street in Decatur. He was driving a white pickup, and from
Hale Street, he drove southbound in northbound lanes of U.S. 287. Police lost him after he left the roadway near the Zimmerer Kubota dealership.Officers thought he crashed or fled on foot, and they searched for him in a nearby field before getting a call from a homeowner on FM 2264 who said a truck had just driven through her yard.At some point, York abandoned the white truck and stole a Suburban parked outside a home near Reunion Road. Officers resumed the chase in Decatur following York south on Farm Road 51. He went through Paradise and continued west on Texas 114 to Bridgeport. The accident happened about 45 minutes after the chase began. Texas 114 will be shut down until approximately 10 p.m. to recreate the accident scene. Wise County Sheriff David Walker said York was possibly involved in a hit-and-run accident near U.S. 380 west of U.S 287 minutes before the chase began.

I am very upset about this. I heard about it just shortly after it happen. It greatly saddens me. Please keep this family and other officers in your thoughts.

Last weekend...

• I cant believe how cold it got Friday and Saturday.
• All the soccer games were canceled. They told us Friday night. It was nice to know before we got up and got ready. I was a little disappointed though. It was their first games of the season and the first one ever for my littlest one.
• Sports are in full swing again. Its not too bad because they all practice in the same general area. I say general because they do have to cross a road if they finish before the one I am watching.
• I love that we I have known their coach for a while now and know if they do finish that he will walk the over for me. He is a good guy.
• I wanted to go on vacation this year with the kids but I am not sure that we can afford it.
• The oldest kido told me today that he was going to start saving so he could have a better car when he is 16. He will be 12 in August. They get around $100-200 a year between Christmas and Birthdays. I didnt have the heart to tell him that another 1000 wouldnt get him a much better car. I wish I could give my kids as nice of a car as I had when I was 16. I wont be able to but it wont junk either.
• I cant believe how big my kids are getting. I have one that will be 10 and another 5 in April and the baby will be 4 in May. When I think about it I get big Mom tears. :(

Stuff...

• My hubby forgot my Bday yesterday :(
• I feel awful today. Sinuses are killing me.
• My mom with the help of my step dad has created Birthday month instead of just a day. This only works for the women. I like it.
• I was told twice I answered the phone wrong yesterday because I didn't answer with "It's my Birthday!"
• While it may sound like a bit much it is all done in fun and the women in my family are very grateful for the things and life that they have.
• Did I say how bad I feel?
• The first soccer game is this weekend. Baseball is next week. I am excited.
• We have been close to late all week. I cant seem to get going this week.
• More than just my hubby forgot my Bday. Is it because I am getting older?
• My cousin was very nice yesterday and pointed out that I am now in my Late 20s. I just want to remind her that she will always be older than me! Oh and I still get carded everywhere.

It's MY BIRTHDAY!

Thats all that needs to be said today....well unless you want to say Happy Birthday.

Spring Break

Ok so I didnt post at all last week, even when I said I would. I enjoyed the break :)

• My SiL was in town for the first part of Spring Break (the Thursday before until Sunday evening).


• We had dinner out the first night she was here. While one of our kids were at UIL. He was a little up set.


• On Friday we missed soccer practice. Not because I wanted to but because I forgot. Instead we had dinner at the MIL's and played Monopoly. (I played this game alot last week)


• On Saturday we went the Chuck e Cheeses. It was fun but very tiring. After we played a game at the MIL's. My SiL threw a fit worst than the kids do because she was losing. She quit. It was bad. I felt sorry for her hubby. I would never to mine like that (well at least not in front of everyone).

• Sunday was long...We were supposed to go the Zoo at 10. Well we finally got there around 1. Once we got there it was really fun. The kids loved it. The little ones had never been when they could actually look and talk about the animals. The big kids just kinda took off with the hubby so didnt really get to talk to them about the animals.


• The oldest told one of his brothers that he comes from a monkey because he is so hairy. I told him that they didnt have his relatives at the zoo because they didnt have donkeys. He knew I meant Jack ass.


• Ok the rest of the week was not so busy.


• The older boys all went to their other parents Monday and came home on Wednesday.
• We played Monopoly with the boys Wed, Thurs, and Fri. and then they went back to their other parents for the weekend.


• 
• I had never seen the elephants play with all those stupid balls in there with them. That changed this time. It was really kinda cool to watch them play. One was playing with 3 different size balls, pushing and bouncing them everywhere.

• Our dog scratched and bit our neighbor on Thursday. I felt really bad about it. I think he was trying to play with her. Otherwise he would have really hurt her because he is huge. He is a Saint Bernard. There was a scratch on her back from his paw and little marks from his mouth (but it didnt break the skin)


• We built a pin for him to be in when there are people over and in the back yard. I think its 20' x 45'.
• I also got rock put in the driveway. Well they call it base I think. When it gets wet and drys it is supposed to set up and be really hard. I am super happy about this! It looks alot better too.


• The hubby also fixed the water faucet out front. Well put it back in. It leaked and his way of fixing it was to take it out so we havent had any outside water since.


• I am really happy with the hubby right now. He worked hard this weekend and promised to finish some other stuff next weekend.(even bet his mom he would) This is unusual for my hubby. Getting him to do stuff is hard enough but to finish it is a miracle. He always has the best on intentions but he works hard all week and likes to take the weekends and his time off for himself and to rest so alot gets half done and either I do it the best I can or it just stays unfinished.


• The kids were late to school on the first day back. (the alarm wasnt set right) :(


• One of them didnt do their homework even though I reminded him about it at least 4-5 times. I am not happy about it. The only reason he had homework is because he missed 3 days because he was doing stuff with the school (fun stuff). I am almost certain he was supposed to have it turned in on Friday but didnt do it.

**edit: Sigh. I worked really hard ot make this look good in the preview only to see that it didnt work because the preview area is wider than on my blog. Sigh. I dont really want to mess with it any more right now. So its staying like that.

Been TOO Busy...

to post and right now I am too damn tired. I went to check e cheese and the zoo this weekend. We also hung out at the in-laws because SIL was in town. Tell ya all about it next post...tomorrow.