Fun Fun Fun Fun Kids....

These past couple of days the kids have been a lot of fun. Don't get me wrong, they are still a hand full and fight like crazy, but they have been equally fun. Some of the things they have done this week are worth documenting...

Wednesday morning, I was in my closet getting dressed for work and Cameron walked in.

Cameron: What you doing mom?

Me: Getting dressed so I can take you and Gracie to school and then go to work.

Cameron: Why?

Me: Because I have to wear clothes so people don't see my business.

Cameron: Because why mommy?

Me: If I don't put my pants on, people are going to see my chones (undies) and my business.

Cameron: Can I spank your business mommy?

Yes, I fell down to the floor laughing. I really have no idea what he was thinking when he said but he said it.

This morning, Dad took Gracie to school to partake in the Rogers Breakfast with Dad so Cameron & I loaded up alone. Cameron has been carrying this racing teddy key chain Kenny bought me years ago. This is our conversation from today.

Cameron: Mommy, where his fiend?

Me: Whose friend Cameron?

Cameron: My little bear.

Me: I don't know Cameron, I'm sure he's at home or somewhere.

Cameron (talking to his bear): It's ok little bear, we buy you a fiend at Target.

Cameron: Mommy, can we buy him fiend at Target?

Me (wiping the tears from my eyes): Yes Cameron, we can buy him a friend at Target.

Cameron: Yay, tank you mommy!

Tonight...both kids requested Daddy tuck them in. As we are rounding up the kids for bed, both Kenny & I look over towards the refrigerator and Gracie is drinking milk from the jug! I am shocked! Gracie has never done anything like this. We asked her what she was doing and she said, "I just needed a drink".

Love love love love my kids.

I had no idea what had happened today until Kenny got home. He asked if I had watched the news and heard about what happened at Ft. Hood. It's surreal. After watching a little of news, I am thankful for my wonderful husband, children, family & friends.

Happy Halloween!

It was an extremely busy week. We had lots of things to do before Halloween! Thursday night, we made cupcakes for Cameron's class. Getting two kids to work together is nearly impossible. They fought the entire time and made a huge mess. I think the only time Cameron was not saying "Mom, Gracie not sharing with me" was when he was licking the bowl, spoon or bowl. Stayed up way to late decorating the cupcakes and finishing his costume.
Friday morning was NOT a good morning. I won't go into all of the details other than we were running late, Gracie lost her first top tooth, it was raining, Gracie and I fell down while running into the school and got wet, had to go home to change clothes and then arrived tardy! Whew, I was glad when the morning was over...When I picked Gracie up after school, Ms. Fowler, her teacher, told me Gracie had to visit the nurse because she was having trouble eating her cookie at snack time. She said she looked over and Gracie had these huge alligator tears rolling down her cheeks. My heart broke into a million pieces. Saturday morning, Gracie came downstairs to show us what the tooth fairy left her, $5 and a mini muskateer Barbie. Her other top tooth is hanging, barely, but she refuses to let us pull it out. It has been drama with this tooth all weekend! In her defense though, she is afraid the kids will tease her about not having any front teeth. Kids are mean! I think for now, we'll let the tooth be.
After arriving late to work I turned around and left early. After the crazy morning we had it was nice to have fun with a bunch of little kids.

My little scarecrow! I have been going to Bent Tree for 4 years to celebrate Halloween, I was really sad my Gracie was no longer there.

Ms. Nikki and Cameron
Cameron & Friends
Cameron getting ready to enjoy his cupcake. (He went to bed wanting to eat one)

Yum Yum Yum...
Princess Mariposa
Yo Gabba Gabba...our neighbors Mark, Jessica & Milo. Such great costumes!

Cameron wearing Daddy's costume mask.

Principal's Office???

This morning after my meeting, my cell phone rings. I see the number from Rogers Elementary and immediately think Gracie is sick. I answer and hear, "Mrs. Mueller, this is Ms. Sherry from Rogers Elementary and I have Gracie here in the office with me". My heart STOPS! For some reason I panicked and thought OMG, Gracie got in trouble. It is SO not like Gracie to get in trouble so the thoughts in my head were racing a mile a minute thinking what she could have possibly done. Then I hear my little Gracie say "hi Mom" in such a sweet proud voice, so then I start thinking ok this is something else. Ms. Sherry begins telling me that Gracie received a Positive Referral from her teacher. A Positive Referral is given to a student who is recognized by a teacher for various reasons. You get to go to the office and get an office Positive Referral letter from the Principal and receive a Live Happy T-Shirt. Then, the next morning, the Principal annouces the recognition in the mornings annoucements. It's sort of a take on Lance Armstrong's "Live Strong". Rogers Motto is "Live Happy". H-A-P-P-Y stands for Have A Positive and Productive Year.

This is what Gracie's Positive Referral Letter reads. It was read to me by Ms. Sherry with she & I on speaker phone so Gracie could hear. She was so proud of herself. All I wanted at that moment was to hug my little sweet baby.

The reason Gracie is being sent to the office is because you should know the wonderful news...

Gracie has exhibited such a genuine joy for the people around her. She congratulates others' accomplishments instead of envying their success. She encourages other students and seems whole-heartedly invested in our classroom community. What a wonderful addition to my class! I wish there were ten of her!!

Ms. Fowler

Yep, I am one proud momma. I was even prouder when I picked her up after school and she informs me she has worn her shirt all day long. Here is a picture of her in her oh so very bright shirt!

Love you so much sweetie.

Weekend Wrap Up

This weekend was a very busy weekend for us. Friday night, Kenny watched the kids so I could go get my hair done. I am so thankful Zoya was kind enough to take a late appointment. I got home at 9:30. Saturday morning we were off to gymnastics. Since Gracie has made a new friend Lucy, she goes with me instead of Dad driving her to her class and we swap kids. So after a 9:00 a.m. and 10:50 gymnastics class, we head to Toys R Us to buy a gift for Jadyn's birthday party which was today. We got home a little later than anticipated so Cameron was NOT able to take a nap. He is usually pretty good if he can get a power nap but we had tickets to Walking With The Dinosaurs, so he and Gracie were VERY excited. I have to say, it was an amazing show. Here is the link to the trailer http://www.dinosaurlive.com/. We made it home around 5:30 only to get Gracie ready to attend "Parents Great Escape" at GymStar. So we got her dressed in her costume, Thumbelina, and headed out again. I stayed for awhile since this was a first for Gracie & me. I was trying to take pictures and she kindly asked me to leave. So I left! I had no idea what to do with myself, I drove down Preston trying to stay close by just in case. For those of you who don't know, Parents Great Escape is offered to allow parents to go out on a date, dinner or watch a movie. Kenny was at home watching Cameron and I was driving aimlessly down Preston. I pulled into the new Market Street to get some fruit. After about an hour, I decided to drive back to check up on Gracie. Momma's intuition I guess, but Gracie was about to start crying realizing I really had left the building! I opened the door and she came running towards me with smeared make up all over her face. That was the end of the night, we packed up and headed home. Not sure when we'll try that again, at least not any time soon. We slept in a bit this morning and out the door again to Jadyn's birthday party at Pump It Up. It was a lot of fun. I think this was the first time Cameron was not afraid and jumped around for 2 hours. Needless to say I had to be right there with him so we were pooped. We normally don't have that much going on on the weekends and I'm hoping we don't have to cram so much into two days anytime soon. I have to warn you, there are a lot of pictures!

Getting ready for the show to start. Cameron watched most of the show on my laps with his eyes covered. Gracie was in heaven listening to a real paleontologist narrate the show.

Night at Parents Great Escape...
Jumping at Pump It Up

Big Girl & Big Boy!

We could not be more proud of our children. This week, we had Gracie's Parent Teacher Conference. Ms. Fowler told us that we have done such a great job with Gracie, and that we should have 20 more kids. Ha, not sure that will happen! They did the basic Kindergarten Assessment test to gauge where the children are, and Gracie tested off the charts. She said she normally does not recommend parents test children for Gifted and Talented but stressed she would recommend Gracie with our approval. Ms. Fowler will work with her more in identifying the characters, problem and solution of a book. We are going to give it more thought but we are so proud of her. She is currently reading at about a 2nd grade level, amazing.

Cameron has also been a big boy this week. He has made 3 BM's in the big potty and today made a peep in the potty. Funny story yesterday, Ms. Nikki (Cameron's teacher) called to let me know that she had told him they would get "stamps" if they sat on the potty. Right before lunch yesterday, Cameron sat and sat and sat on the potty but nothing. Ms. Nikki put his diaper back on and he kept staring at the stamp pad and she said "Cameron, why are you looking at my stamp pad, you didn't make a peep in the toilet". She said he looked down and looked up at her and said "But I tried"! How precious is that? He had stamps ALL over!

We will continue to make progress but once again, I'm not sure I am ready for them to grow up anymore.

Birth Verse

I found this website from another blogger. I have seen many blogs post their birth verses so I thought I would do the same.

Mine: For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
Proverbs 9:11

Kenny:
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills, Deuteronomy 8:7

Gracie:
Then he said to them all: “If any would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23

Cameron:
We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20