Saturday, March 29, 2008

Passing the Mom Test

I got this in an email from my Mom today. It's so funny I just had to share (since most people reading this are Moms)

Definition of a mom
I was out walking with my 4 year old daughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. 'Why?' my daughter asked. 'Because it's been on the ground, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty, and probably has germs' I replied. At this point, my daughter looked at me with total admiration and asked, 'Momma, how do you know all this stuff, you are so smart.' I was thinking quickly. 'All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mom Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mom.' We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but she was evidently pondering this new information. 'OH...I get it!' she beamed, 'So if you don't pass the test you have to be the dad. ''Exactly' I replied back with a big smile on my face.

When you' re finished laughing, send this to a Mom

Thursday, March 27, 2008

Random thoughts of a 5 year old

This was just too funny to pass up posting...

Carter is so proud that he is learning to read & sound out words (and we are too). Apparently he was bored one afternoon at my parents, so he decided to bust out the 'ole pen & paper and practice. I hope you can read the words he wrote inside his hand print that he traced. I've written the actual word beside it...mind you, these are VERY random...obviously stuff that was on his mind at the moment. The drawing is a picture of a soldier.
***Still waiting for more comments on your sleep habits... so far, the ladies are right there with me.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

How neat do you sleep?

As I was making the bed this morning, I was thinking about how easy it was for me to just pull the covers up & throw the pillows on the bed...2 minutes, max. I've been at my parents for the past few days & I slept in my old bed. I discovered that I'm a very neat sleeper. Meaning, I don't throw the covers everywhere & rip them from being tucked in at the bottom. When I got in bed on Sunday night, I pulled down the quilt & got in bed. I didn't even untuck the covers from one side of the bed. I didn't have to share it with anyone, so it stayed nice & neat the whole time. On the other hand, Corby is a very messy sleeper. I have to fix the covers nightly in our bed at home. (I have this thing about having everything even & in place... it makes me sleep better. I also, have to have the flat sheet touching me... no blankets.) He can't stand for his feet to feel trapped, so he almost always pulls the covers out from the bottom... this just sets you up for a mess of the covers. When he turns in bed, he takes the covers with him. Over the past 11 years, he is slowly learning how to turn without taking all the covers with him. It's still messy every day... and no, I don't hardly ever make up my bed at home, so it stays messy until we get in bed at night.

I'm curious... how neat do you sleep? I would love for you to post some comments. I'll do a wrap up when they all come in.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Happy Easter!




I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We've been gone the past few days making our rounds to both families. The kids are on spring break this week so me & the kids left on Friday to go to Statesville for a couple days. All the grandkids had a great time playing together on Sat. Corby had to work, so he stayed at home. We came home on Sat. night and we went to our church on Sunday morning. We had a wonderful service. Normally our church has 3 services each Sunday, but we combined them all into one... it was packed. We even had an overflow room that was full. After church we all headed to Granite Falls to my parents (I'm still here now). My aunt & cousin joined us for lunch on Sunday and the kids had an Easter Egg hunt. Mimi hid eggs around the house & the kids had fun finding them. Kensley loved it! It was her first hunt. She would get excited, giggle & squeal when she spotted an egg. They found lots of eggs with candy and even some with money. Corby went home Sunday night and me & the kids have stayed here the past few days. The boys have had fun with PawPaw Vern working outside. On Monday, they went lawnmower shopping with him...which will probably be the highlight of the trip for them. They went to lunch & saw some of our friends from Charlotte. They got to play on the playground at Chick-fil-A with them for a while. It was a nice surprise. Poor Kensley has a bruised cheek & now a big whelp on her head. She's hitting the clumsy stage. I'll have to post a picture of her tomorrow. We are headed home in the morning.
I posted some pictures of the kids from Sunday. Kensley is at the age now that she doesn't want to stand still for pictures. I'll be pressed to get a good one of them all together for a while.

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