Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Why? Why? Why?


I have been terrible about posting to this blog...going to try to do better.

In the meantime, I thought I would post these interesting and humorous questions....that we have probably all experienced at some time! They made me laugh....hope you enjoy them too!

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost

Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they already know there is not enough money?

Why does someone
Believe you when you say there are four billion stars; but have to check when you say the paint is still wet?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all right?' Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That really hurt, why don't you watch where you're going?

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Mothers Day Faves...

God has blessed me with a wonderful Mom and Mother-in-Law and with 2 wonderful girls of my own. I got to spend Mother's Day with my Mom....which is something I never got to do while living in Florida.

Here are a few of my "faves" from this Mother's Day...
  • Matt and the girls took me shopping the Saturday before Mother's Day to buy some new clothes....my favorite kind of gift....the kind I get to pick out!

  • Brit made me this cute card....

You can't read it, but part of it says "If you were a flower, I'd pick you." How sweet! Maybe she does like me! :)

  • Avery made me this place mat...


On the back her teacher asked her some questions about me and she answered them. Here is what it says....

  1. What does your mom do while you are at school? Avery: She works. She does work for our house to sell.
  2. What's your mom's favorite thing to do? Avery: Go outside.
  3. What do you like to play with your mom? Avery: Games like Candyland.
  4. What kinds of things does your mom do to take care of you? Avery: She gets food for me.
  5. What do you like about your mom? Avery: She likes to play with me.
  6. How old is your mom? Avery: 16 (I love that!!!:)

As a mom who works from home and goes through a lot of "mom guilt" about trying to do my job AND spend time with my kids, these kinds of "words" get me through the tough days!

I am so blessed!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The Finger

Yesterday when I arrived to pick up Avery from school, her teacher motioned to me and said she "needed to speak" to me....never words you want to hear from your child's teacher!

She went on to tell me that earlier in the day she looked over to see Avery in conversation with another child and holding her middle finger up at the little girl....and not to show her a "boo boo". She quickly walked over to them to remedy the situation and overheard Avery explaining to the little girl that this was very bad and you should not do it!

I, of course, assured the teacher that she had NOT seen that at home but that about a month ago her older sister had heard someone talking about the middle finger and asked me what it meant. I told Britlyn that it was very bad and she was never to do it. Little did I know that Avery was listening and felt the need to share it with her classmates!

Needless to say, I sent an e-mail to a certain classmate's Mom to warn her that her daughter might have learned something new at school....and I was very sorry! EEK!!!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

School Stuff

With the girls being at a new school this year, we have had a lot of adjustments. Don't get me wrong, we LOVE their new school and cannot say enough good about it...

BUT....the difference academically has been a bit of a shock to Brit's system! One of those differences being projects. They constantly have a project a new project due!!

Now, if you are one of those Mom's who is just good at this stuff....stop reading! I am not. I have NO creativity! And as for Brit, her motto is "just get it done!"

So, I thought I would share a couple of the projects we have done so far...
This was a family heritage project. She had to pick one side of her family and research their heritage. She chose Matt's mom's side....Czechoslovakia....I can't even spell that word if that tells you how much I know about it! Matt is WAY more into his heritage than I am, so about 3 weeks before the project, I asked if he would take the lead in this project. He and Brit could do the research and then I would help her with the large paper doll that had to be dressed in traditional Czech clothing.

Needless to say, that will be the last project I ask Matt to take the lead on since we were up until 10:00 the night before working on it (I got a little glimpse of Matt's mom life with him as a student!). :) The above picture is of the doll dressed in traditional Czech clothing. This is before it was completely done....I guess I was too tired and frustrated to get a picture of the completed project!

Another project was a book report and mobile on a historical figure. Brit chose Betsy Ross. Matt's mom was in town when we started the mobile. She is crafty and creative...I am not. She came up with the idea and got Brit started and then Brit and I finished it after she left. I wish she were around more often for these projects!
















Lastly, I thought I would share Brit's report card! Although it's hard to read in this picture, she got all A's!! Like I mentioned before, the work and homework has been a BIG change from last year and we are sooooo proud of Brit for getting all A's!!! She has worked really hard and deserved it!


Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Fall Recap

I originally started this blog as a "diary" of my life with my husband and kids...something I can look back on in the future and remember. Unfortunately, it takes time to keep up this diary of memories and I'm not doing a very good job! Anyone who has been around me at all over the past 3 months knows I am a bit overwhelmed and am just lucky to get done what HAS to be done each day! Anyways....since I haven't had time to blog much lately, here is a recap of our fall, which included.....


A fun Halloween as a Snow Princess and Twister Board Game....













A very restful, wonderful, much-needed family trip to Red River Gorge, Kentucky (what a beautiful
place)....
















Avery's first school friend birthday
party at a tea room...so much fun!!...














A great Thanksgiving with Matt's parents...any time with Matt's mom always
includes a craft project with the kids!....













And TONS of school project (more on that to come)!

Christmas is just around the corner! Hopefully I can post again before that!

Monday, October 19, 2009

A is for Astronaut....or Avery

Since Avery has started preschool, her conversations have changed....one of which has become what she will be when she "grows up."

The other night Matt was putting her to bed and she informed him that she wanted to be an Astronaut when she grew up! "Really?!" he said...quite surprised. Avery then said, "Daddy, what is an Astronaut?" Matt told her it is someone who goes into outerspace...like to the moon. After a moment of silence Avery said, "Will Mommy be at the moom?" Matt said, "No, Mommy won't be there." Avery's response...."Forget it then....I don't want to be an astronaut!"


Another thing that Avery has discovered is that "A" is "her" letter. She truly believes that because her name starts with A...it is her letter. I tried to convince her that my name starts with A also....she's not buying it! :)