Christmas shopping

I went shopping a little today. I was surprised that I didn't have too much trouble with crowds.

For our Christmas, we do the 3 gift rule. We did it two years ago, but last year I got in the wrong frame of mind and went too over board. I got competitive with the girls mom and wanted to "out do her." I know....bad me. Well, this year we are back to the 3 gifts. The three gifts are to remind us of the wise men's gifts.

I went to WalMart and got a full length mirror for Ashley. That's what she wanted. I also got Trevor some of the cutest shoes. I was planning on getting his pics done, but there was a lot of people there. Maybe later this week.

Then to Hobby Lobby. Another gift Ashley wanted was some masks to paint. She also wanted a bear that you stuffed yourself that had a John Deere outfit, but I didn't get that. It was 35 bucks. Sorry....don't see paying 35 for a bear.

I also got my best friend her present, but just in case she reads this still, I'm not telling what it is :)

I have Trevor's gifts, have 1 more to get for Ross, Mark, and Ashley. So I only have 6 more gifts to get cuz I haven't gotten Emily hers yet.

I don't think we'll get to have a Christmas tree this year. We don't have the room :( Oh well, one less thing to worry about Trevor trying to pull up on hehe

Crafts for Christmas

The boys are making key chains for Christmas. It's so easy and they love it.

They make a ball of clay. Then smoosh it flat. Then use a stamp to make an impression in it. Add a hole in the top for the ring. Cook for 15 minutes. Add ring and keyring. Walla. Key chain Christmas present.

I'll take some pics of them. They did really good. I haven't finished putting in the rings or key rings, but the clay they did turned out great. I'm so proud of them. I'm actually wanting to make some things with clay. I've seen some cool things that can be done and I'm reading up on it.

Movies

We have been to the 2 Dollar Theatre twice this month.

First we saw Wall e. It was cute. I think I was expecting too much, cuz it kinda let me down, but it was good.

We saw Dark Knight tonight. It was good. Very action packed. Lewis was expecting to take Mark, but I said no. Halfway thru the movie, I looked at Lewis and said "And you thought we could've brought Mark?" And he laughed. It is defiantly not a kids movie. Heath did a great job being a very bad Joker. He was so talented. So sad.

Oh..and we have also went and saw Kung Fu Panda. I liked it. Mark had a nightmare that night about snakes~ which in the movie, was a good snake. Which is one reason why I said no to Dark Knight.

Jamie photo game

Jamie posted a photo game. Go to your fourth folder, 4th pic and post it. This is Trevor the first time he sat by himself. I actually forgot to post it :)

He can actually climb out of his Bumbo



Sitting in a highchair for the first time

Reaching for a glass

"I think I've seen them do something like this" hehe

Gonna get you!

Trevor and his juice

Mark ready for the parade

Notice a resemblance? hehe

"Helping" with the laundry

He crawled!!

He crawled! I was so happy. I was feeling sorry for him there for a while, since he kept going head first into the carpet. It happened all of a sudden. He wanted to get to my magazine. So he crawled to it. So cool.

I tried to get a video of it. But he's such a ham, when he sees the camera, he sits up straight and smiles. It's funny, but was driving me nutz since I was trying to get him crawling. hehe

Hasn't learned how to do the arm part of crawling. He'll move his knees, then fall on his face cuz he hasn't gotten the arm part down hehe

My smiley baby

He sometimes has a "doe eye" look and I finally got it on camera. I love it :) Click on the pic to see it better

Tired of teachers

Had to have another conference with his teacher. And because of that I had a talk with the Asst. Principle....and she's not happy with Ross' teacher. The Asst. Principle is supposed to be having a talk with Ross' teacher and letting us know what happens from it.

Last conference, the main thing we came away from it was that she was to take Ross' agenda the very first of the day..look at it for notes from us....and then write back. Well......she's not doing that.

Then she has 3 things that she doesn't look at for 9 weeks to grade, so if the kids aren't doing it...she doesn't know til then. Well, Ross wasn't doing them, so his report card showed it. We didn't even know about the things, so we couldn't have him do them. It ticked us off. She said "Well, he knew and was supposed to tell you" He's 8 years old!!! It's not his job to tell us...it's hers. And to expect a third grader to keep up with something for 9 weeks by themselves is crazy. The parents have to know!! She said she wrote about it in his agenda. I looked...nothing. So we're fed up with her.

The 3 things were~ a writing notebook~to write 3 stories a week and share one on Fri. Well he wasn't sharing, so shouldn't she have thought something then?; a math folder~doing a test every other week~ he's only done one; and a reading log~ he thought it was just something they did at school (it had places for how much he read in class) But we knew of none of these thing.s We found out about the reading log and he's been doing it since we found out about it. But we can't help him if we don't know. She doesn't seem to get that.

Pumpkin that Mark carved at school.

Pumpkin Mark painted at our church

Trevor is rolling around all the time. The other night, he rolled and got stuck under the tv cabinet

Mark's first lost tooth. And he actually lost it hehe. He smiled at me when we were talking and I realized there was a dark spot. I thought he might have had something on his tooth. I told him "Smile at me again" He did and I realized he had lost his tooth. I asked him if he realized that he didn't have a tooth there and he was like "Really?!" He was so excited.

The funny thing is~ the tooth that Mark lost is the tooth that Trevor has poking out hehe

Mark did good on his report card. The only thing he got a - on was his talking. He talks a lot in class hehe. He knows all his supposed to know at this point, but if we can get him to calm down, he'd do a lot better.

I've done some reading on ADHD and having the tonsils removed. I saw a program on it, so I looked it up. It has to do with how much sleep they are getting. Unlike adults being tired and grumpy, if kids don't get the right amount of sleep, they get overly hyper. Well, Mark tosses and turns, snores a bit, and wakes up a lot during the night. "In one recent study, at the University of Michigan, 22 children with ADHD and sleep-disordered breathing had adenotonsillectomies. After one year, 11 no longer battled ADHD." I'm going to talk to his doc about maybe having his tonsils out.

The world’s a better place because Michelangelo did not say, “I don’t do ceilings.”

The world’s a better place because Martin Luther did not say’ “I don’t do doors.”

The world’s a better place because John Wesley didn’t say, “I don’t do preaching in fields.”

The world’s a better place because Moses didn’t say, “I don’t do Pharaohs or mass migrations.”

The world’s a better place because Rahab didn’t say “I don’t do enemy spies.”
The world’s a better place because Ruth didn’t say, “I don’t do mothers-in-law.”
The world’s a better place because Samuel didn’t say, “I don’t do mornings.”
The world’s a better place because David didn’t say, “I don’t do giants.”
The world’s a better place because Peter didn’t say, “I don’t do Gentiles.”
The world’s a better place because John didn’t say, “I don’t do deserts.”
The world’s a better place because Mary didn’t say, “I don’t do virgin births.”
The world’s a better place because Paul didn’t say, “I don’t do correspondence.”
The world’s a better place because Mary Magdalene didn’t say, “I don’t do feet.”
The world’s a better place because Jesus didn’t say, “I don’t do crosses.”

The world exists today as a better place because Noah obeyed God instead of letting common sense and personal convenience prompt him into saying, “I don’t do arks and animals.”

And the world will be a better place only if you and I don’t say, “I don’t do...”

Nuttin new here

Nuttin much going on here. I have a boring life sometimes hehe.

We are having another conference with Ross' teacher on Wed. The paperwork she sends home is not reflecting on his report card and we don't understand. We'll see what happens.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner!!! Wow this year has gone by too fast!

OOOO~~Mark lost his first tooth on Fri. I took a pic...I'll post it another day.

Lewis took Mark and Ross out in his blind to see the deer. Mark got to see 8 deer. One even walked up to the blind. Ross only got to see 2. Lewis was kinda upset. He wanted Ross to see more.

Has anyone read the Yada Yada Prayer Group books? They are so awesome. They really make you look at your prayer life and how you pray. I recommend these books to any and everyone. I want to buy me the set now. So many scripture references that I wish I had right on hand. (I got these from the library)

Guess that's it for now.

Good News from AFA

From AFA e-mail:
No doubt, it was a disappointing night with overwhelmingly bad news. But there was some good news for those who support traditional marriage. In the states of Arizona, Florida and California voters said no to homosexual “marriage.” In fact, in the Sunshine State, 60% of the vote was needed to keep marriage only between a man and a woman, and our side was able to garner 62% of the vote.

We won in Arizona, too! This is significant because a couple of years ago the marriage amendment was defeated when the pro-homosexual marriage advocates played the fear card with senior citizens.

Finally, in California, our country’s largest and most liberal state, the citizens voted 52% to 48% to overturn the state Supreme Court’s decision to allow same-sex marriage. This is BIG news! Radical homosexual groups, Hollywood celebrities and the liberal media came together to try and defeat Proposition 8, yet the pro-family and pro-marriage citizens of California won a huge victory and, if I might add, put the arrogant California Supreme Court in its place.

So despite some discouraging news on the national front, 30 states have adopted a state constitutional amendment preserving traditional marriage since the legalization of same-sex “marriage” in Massachusetts.

Election

I just had to get this off my chest. My spirit is really uneasy. I'm praying and praying for our country and it's coming years. I know that God is still on his throne. I have to keep that in the forefront.

I cried this evening as I watched the votes being recorded. I guess this all scares me. I was hoping McCain would win, tho I knew that is was a long shot. I worry about how our country will change. I know Obama is bringing "change", but I don't think it will be a good change. I see a lot of things going wrong.

I just read Crystal's blog and I agree with her. I will respect Obama, for God has put him in this place of authority. I know God has His reasons (tho I wish we knew why hehe), but I will still be in prayer for this country and the road we are about to go down.

I'm not much of a prayer. In fact, in my list of gifts, it is way down on the list. I struggle everyday with it. But this has kinda opened my eyes to how much prayer is needed. (plus the books Yada Yada Prayer Group~ but that's for another post)

Us Christians need to bond together in prayer like we never have before.

5 months

He is 5 months now :)

He weighs 15.4 lbs and is 26 1/4 inches long

He loves hamming it up

He loves to smile

*He has his first tooth breaking thru now. You can feel it's edge.

*He has all the youth at the church wrapped around his finger.

*He is rolling all over the place, but if he gets too far, Mark is sure to carry him back hehe

*He is in 3-6 months old clothes. 6 months are a bit big still

*He has fallen off the bed twice and the couch once......we put him on the floor now hehe

*He has a "crinkle book" that we have to take with us all the time (it's a teething book that....well....crinkles hehe)

*He gets aggravated when he can't crawl.

*He likes to be standing up.

*You sit still, he'll rock himself.

*He likes to feel your face (although he sometimes ends up pinching ya)

*Hasn't really gotten into liking baby food. Not rushing it tho.

*Giggles now and then

*Still hasn't figured out what to do when tickled hehe