Angei-ese

I braided Angie's hair and she said, "I yook yike Mary Puznle."
What?
"Mary Puznle. She wived in a cassle and she had a bwaid dat was berry berry wong."

Oh right!

Gone

This is what our yard looks like 24 hours after we went out and played in the snow yesterday. It's gone! You can barely see what's left of our fort and snowman. Nice day, I wore short sleeves and had the windows cracked open.

Did I dream it???

Say it like it is!

I hardly ever read anymore. And when I do it's in snatches. In consequence, it takes a long time for me to finish a book now a days. Anyway. Today was so nice, I had the windows open and listening to all that snow melting so fast it sounded like rain coming off the roof. So I sat in the beanbag by the window and read a book today while the girls played nearby. Angie saw me reading and asked if I was reading a book, I said yes, she said "you aren't saying anyfing! Ohhh, are you weading wif your bwains?" Yup, that's it.

At bedtime we've been reading the old story Caps for Sale. It's from the 1940's, in it a peddler tried to sell his caps for 50 cents a cap. He calls, "caps for sale, 50 cents a cap" Said all that to say Amy was 'reading' it to herself today, (outloud NOT using her brains) and she was saying: "sixty dollars! sixty dollars who wants a cap for sixty dollars?" It's just possible that a hat from the 1940's would now cost around $60 so she was just adjusting for the times. :-)

March weather madness

It rained for 2 days and then it turned to snow this morning and it snowed very heavily all day. We have around 9 inches of snow but it's melting fast because well spring was already here, the ground is warm and saturated with all the rain. It's a slushy mess, but we let the girls go out this afternoon and play in the snow. Brent built his first snowman ever. My flowers are very cold and my rose bushes are bowed down by all the snow, I hope they don't snap. it's supposed to freeze tonight. It's 7:30 at night and it's STILL snowing. Crazy.

Would you, could you, in a box? -Apologies to Dr. Suess

Playing with my new camera

Now who says the IRS doesn't have a heart?

Good grief, they think of everything!

tax credit for kidnapped child

Kite flying

We took the girls to a ball field across the street and flew some kites today. What fun!

Somebody's got nothing better to do

Seriously! We get a stack of letters like this from our insurance company once or twice a week. This stack came in the mail yesterday. No we don't go the the Dr 20 times a week. They just send us that many letters a week letting us know any little thing that is going on. I much prefer a once a month statement. What a waste of paper.

The most refreshing time of the year; The first day of Spring

For the ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it,
and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for,
receives a blessing from God

-Hebrews 6:7

credit where it's due, these pictures were taken by Brent's dad at our first country home in Huntsville, Tx

Lucy has a chip on her shoulder

Reasone #46 that girls are better than boys

We get to shop in the girl's section AND the boys' section for clothes.

It's a Star Wars Clone Wars shirt.

bargains

Just had to show off my new shoes I bought last night at Rue 21 for FIFTY CENTS! Oh, I'm a good 5 inches taller when I put them on too. :-) I thought of you Felicia!

haircut

Lucy sporting her new unauthorized haircut. Ahem!

Bubbles

Beautiful day today. The girls had fun blowing bubbles.

love this picture. Amy and her aunt faith playing dress up this afternoon.

You too can come home from the hospital looking like this

Karianne went ahead and had a little work done while she stayed in the hospital with Amy last night

Home!

We are home from the hospital! Amy is so happy to be home, so am I! Last night Karianne and I stayed the night with Amy. The girls had a lot of fun together. I don't think I got a wink of sleep. Next door to us was a very large noisy crowd having a lot of fun- all day and well into the night. Didn't expect to have a problem with noisy neighbors in the hospital.

When it was time to bed discharged Amy got her IV out. The nurse told her she'd be taking it out, Amy didn't want her too, she didn't want any more pain! The nurse said she had to take it out anyway, it may hurt a little but then it would feel better. Amy had tears well up in her eyes and put her hand in front of her face and turned her head. She said bravely, "I not going too look, I not going to look so I won't cry." it just about made me and the nurse cry! She got it out and it didn't seem to hurt her at all. Yeah! then she had to get the dressing changed on her back. She REALLY didn't want anyone to mess with her back, she told me, "momma I will cry and cry a lot!" We said oh please don't cry baby, or we'll cry too!" She was very brave and winced a little but didn't cry. SHe liked telling everyone that she has a BIG bandaid on her back. It's like a badge of honor that she withstood a BIG owie bravely and got a big bandaid to prove it instead of those ordinary little bandaids. She IS a very brave little girl.

Happy Birthday Angie

Angie turned 4 yesterday. We took her to Build a Bear where she picked out a pink Monkey whom she named Ariel. We then went out to her favorite- The Incredible Pizza Company. She couldn't decide if she wanted a Barbie or a Little Mermaid cake so she got both a Barbie Mermaid cake. She had a great day. At the end of the day she sighed a big sigh and said, "I can't wait to turn 5!"

raw talent

I was trying to get the girls out the door this morning. Dress, do their hair and get their shoes on. The last thing I usually do is get my shoes on and head out the door. Everything was ready to go, I grabbed my shoes, put the right shoe on and then the left- WHAT! Who in the world did that to my shoe?? One of my Little Einsteins are experimenting with knots. I had to find another pair of shoes. I couldn't even find the ends of the shoelaces. I still haven't found time to sit down and untie my shoe. Departures from the Peak house went from "on time" to "delayed" just that fast.