A not so fabulous testament to my cooking

Okay, I think I am going to be banned from the world of blogging, but we have been busy, fill in your own excuses here….anyway, our life has been full of all kinds of things.  So I am just going to pick up at a dinner conversation from the other night. 

Okay, so here was the conversation as the kids were setting the table for dinner the other night.

Sophie:  Mitchell, do you believe this is chicken?

Mitchell, as he is staring at his plate intently:  No, Sophie.  I do not believe this is chicken.

Were they in court? J

Sophie:  Me either.  Are you going to eat it?

Mitchell:  Yes, are you?

Sophie:  Mom said it was chicken, so I am going to try just a bite of it, but it looks gross!

Mitchell:  I agree; it does look gross.

They both ate it, and enjoyed it.  Mitchell had two helpings.  By the way it was King Ranch Chicken that I had cooked…yummy, especially on a cold day!  I will try to be better at blogging…Christmas break is coming up soon!  YAY!

Happy Birthday, Sophie!

This post is one day late, but this is the first time I have had the chance to sit and collect my thoughts about her birthday yesterday.  Forgive me if they come out jumbled.  She turned 7 yesterday!!!  We did whatever she wanted all day long…she got to pick where we ate, what we did, just about everything about the day was all about Sophie!  Where has the time gone?!?!  It seemed like just yesterday the doctor said…would you like to have this baby tomorrow or the next day?  She was breech, so he had to do a c-section.  I just remember sitting there thinking…WHAT?  Um, which day should I go for…August 30th or 31st.  It was a Wednesday when he said that, and I thought…Friday seems good…that way I’ll get to go home on Labor Day Monday.  Thursday at the hospital was “booked”, so Friday it was.  Matthew and I went out to dinner the Thursday before she was born.  Our conversations had always been about the baby…but it was like…Wow, this time tomorrow we will have a baby!  It was a really exciting and anxious feeling.  Matthew even went to work for half a day on Friday.  We were living with my parents because our house was having remodeling issues, so we didn’t even get to bring her home to our house.  She didn’t mind!   
Seven years…she is the light of my world.  Her little laugh, the way she treats her brother, her voice singing, her feet dancing, her little hands coloring…one of her favorite things to do.  I love it all.  I cannot believe that God blessed me with this little girl to love.  I have so many dreams for her ( and Mitchell).  I want them to follow their dreams.  Sophie still wants to be a ballet teacher, and today Mitchell wants to be a race car driver.  The night before she was born, I didn’t sleep hardly any because my mind was too full of all kinds of thoughts.  I still have all kinds of hopes and thoughts for them…but most times I can sleep.   

Happy birthday to our little dancer, Sophie!!!  We love you!!!

From 10 pounds to 48 pounds!

Today Mitchell turned 5.  He woke up at 6:30 this morning and was ready to go!  He has spent the day doing all kinds of fun stuff, and I have spent the day remembering this day 5 years ago.  I have almost cried several times during the day just thinking back.  He was born on a Monday, and for some reason that just makes today seem even more special…I’m not sure why.  Anyway, he had donuts for breakfast, then it was off for his 5-year Well-Child check.  The pediatrician said he is perfectly healthy!  He is 48 and 1/4 pounds and 44 inches tall.  He was current on all of his immunizations, so no shots!  Yay!  We came back home and opened up all of his gifts.  All he wanted was CARS, Hummers, and Wii stuff.  Then, we went swimming.  He and Sophie love to go swimming.  I used to enjoy it more…but now the shade is my friend!  Tonight he got to pick where he wanted to go to dinner and then dessert.  He wanted Joe’s Crab Shack and Cold Stone Creamery.  Who could argue with Cold Stone?!?  No one in our family!  I think he had a fun day.  I hope so. 

I thought all day about how big he is getting.  He will start school in the fall, and I just can hardly bear it!  Everyone teases me, but to me he will always be my newborn baby.  When he was first born, he was not a tiny little thing like other babies.  To me he was small…I mean he was still a newborn baby after all, but to others he looked like he was 2-3 months old.  People would ask me how old he was, and I would say however old he was….the reply was always….He’s SO big!!  Well…what do you say to that?  Thanks?  He came that way?  I got somewhat used to it…anyway…  Now, he is the big 5!  He loves to play like he is a dog and Sophie is his owner…odd, but funny!  He even has a name…Speck.  He likes to run “super fast”.  He wants to drive a Hummer, and he can spot an H2 or an H3.  He cracks me up with the things he says and does.  He loves to play tennis with his daddy and Sophie.  I love to watch Sophie and Mitchell play.  They are the joy in my life.  When he is sleeping I still see his baby face.  When he gets an owie, he still wants his mommy to kiss it.  He is starting to pray at dinner.  I love to hear him say his prayers at night (Sophie, too); I think it is the sweetest ever.  I know this was all about Mitchell, but it is his birthday, and he only turns five once!  Happy birthday, my little prince!

By the way…Sophie’s birthday is August 31, so although I do plan on posting before then…you can plan on a definite post on 8/31!  Hee Hee Hee!

Program 2 second video

Okay, so here is a test to see if I did the video thing right.  It seriously is 2 seconds. 

TAG!

Okay, so I was catching up on reading everyone’s blogs (taking a break from WebKinz), and I discovered I had been tagged on my friend Amy’s blog.  So here is more info. on me that everyone wanted to know.  Hee Hee hee!  By the way, if you are reading this and you have a blog…TAG!!!

1. What is your occupation? Homemaker, and I have to shamelessly promote my little at home paper/invitation/announcement business, SoLUXE…it’s so cute and fun
2. What color are your socks right now?  barefoot 
3. What are you listening to right now?  K-LOVE and the kids actually working puzzles together
4. What was the last thing that you ate?  a Reese’s peanut butter cup…my fave

5. Can you drive a stick shift?  yes, my dream car that I drove was a stick shift in high school

6. What color would you be if you were a color?  hot pink or zebra stripe

7. Last person you spoke to on the phone?  Matthew

8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? you bet

9. How old are you today?  I forget                 
10. Favorite drink?  I have given up caffeine, so I now must say water.  I have become quite the bottled water connoisseur

11. What is your favorite sport to watch? NBA basketball

12. Have you ever dyed your hair?  uh, yeah….slightly
13. Pets?  Paisley the cat and Jackson the fish

14. Favorite food?  Fried ice cream

15. Last movie you watched at a movie theater?  okay…this will tell everyone how often I go to the movies…Alvin and the Chipmunks

16. What do you do to vent anger?  Walk away as Kelly Clarkson says…just walk away!

17. What was your favorite toy as a child?  Barbies and my cat
18. Cherry or Blueberry? Cherry

19. What is your favorite fall or spring? Definitely Spring!

20. When was the last time you cried?  Sunday morning
21.  Favorite smell?  vanilla and baking 

22. Plain cheese or spicy hamburgers? cheese

23. Favorite cat breed?  Calicos

24. Number of keys on your key ring? 1
25. How many years at your current job?  6 years as a mom, 9 months doing the paper business

26. Favorite day of the week? I can’t pick just one…Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday is Sweat-pant Day!
27. How many states have you lived in? We lived in Oklahoma when I was little and now Texas.

I juat want to remind you that if you are reading this, and you have a blog you have been officially tagged!!!  Come on!  Participate!  It’s fun!  I want to know more about you!