When Mom is Gone....

Well, here is what happens in my house when Dad is in charge.

Weekend Fun

Anthony spent the weekend camping with the boy scouts. It was the big competition weekend. They had to build snow caves the weekend before and they got to go back and sleep in them this weekend. Some of the boys slept in the caves. The others slept in this huge parachute tent. Glad it was him and not me! :) Me and the girls had a fun girl weekend! We got a movie and happy meals and had a slumber party! Fun! Fun!

The girls have been putting puppet shows on non stop! A friend gave us some cute puppets and then when Grandma came last weekend she brought a few more with this cute stage. So I got to watch plenty of shows this weekend too!

Emma also told me that it was "time I learned what fashion was all about." And just in case you all need a fashion lesson from the fashion queen herself.. "Fashion is all about having a good pair of sunglasses. If you have a good pair of sunglasses then you are set."  Good to know.

Tooth Fairy Time!

              

   

What a Happy Valentines Day! Emma lost her very first tooth! Boy was she excited! 

Then she lost it for good when she dropped it on our carpet which is impossible to find anything in! Believe me we searched for at least an hour! Where could it have gone?! Well, we wrote a letter to the tooth fairy explaining the situation and she is going to bed dreaming happy dreams so that she will smile in her sleep and the tooth fairy will see that she really did loose her tooth. Poor Emma! She still went to bed excited though.

Broken Glass and Watermelon Seeds

I have never considered myself too superstitious, but I have to admit the more I think about it the more I realize what ridiculous things I find myself doing. After all I do find myself knocking on wood quite a lot, and just the other day Tabitha was all excited to find a penny in the parking lot and I found myself shouting, "Don't pick it up! It's heads down! That's bad luck!" I got the look I know I deserved -the my mom is crazy look- and she picked up anyway. I don't think that her day was filled with bad luck either. As if my children don't think I am crazy enough they occasionally get salt thrown into their faces if they come up behind me while I am baking. And since I can't remember which shoulder to throw it over they get a double shot thrown at them just to ensure all my bases are covered. I have yet to break a mirror (knock on wood) but I have read that after you break one you can reverse the bad luck of seven years curse by burying the broken pieces of glass. I am not sure I would go this far but knowing me I just might.
I had to ask myself what would make me do these things. Being a mother I know now that children usually blame their poor mothers when they are messed up but this time I am blaming my dad. :) After all he was the first person to put a superstition into my head. He told me that if I ate a watermelon seed a watermelon would grow in my stomach. When you are 5 you believe what your dad tells you so I made sure I carefully picked out all the seeds, including the white ones, just in case. So dad, you get all the credit if my children ever find me digging in the back yard to bury broken glass.
Happy Friday the 13th!!!!!

Crooked Smile

                   

Last night Emma asked me if God still loved "Bad people." I said, "Yes God loves everyone, even people who do mean things." Then I added, "I think it just makes him sad when people are mean." Emma thought for a second and then she said, "Oh I get it mama, God has a crooked smile." I said, "What do you mean?" And then she put one finger on one side of her mouth and pulled it down and a finger on the other side of her mouth and pulled it up and said, "Half of his mouth smiles because some people are nice and do good things and the other side is frowning because some people are mean and do bad things. God has a crooked smile." I love how children think!

Just like old Times...

What fun the girls had today! Jeff got called in to work so little Syd got to hang out with us! My girls thought it was the best surprise ever and poor Sydney didn't get left alone! I think she had fun too though! The day was filled with running around the house and lots of giggling! Sydney didn't get a nap so  I know she was tired when her daddy came to get her. I hope she sleeps good through the night for them! 

Emma was the most excited. She is pretty convinced her little cousin is her baby. She did a good job taking care of her and Sydney let her for the most part. I had to make Emma go to her preschool class today because she wanted to stay home with Sydney. And while she was gone Sydney ran around the house saying, "Where Emma? Emma!" Tabitha distracted her with a Wonder Pet video though! It was fun to have her here again!