The True Spirit Of Christmas Lies In Your Heart

Santa I even tackled the impossible.... I have a picture with all 6 kids and we didn't hurt any in the process!

Dear Santa,

I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor and sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.

Here are my Christmas wishes:

I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color, except purple, which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze, but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle in the grocery store.

I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my 4th pregnancy.

If you're hauling big ticket items this year I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music, a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals, and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.

On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes, Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools.

I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the living room","Clean your room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.

If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container.

If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely. It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.

Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is calling and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back. Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch cold.

Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet.

Yours Always,

MOM...

P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep my children young enough to believe in Santa.

Fall Family Fun!!

Oh my we have added another tradition to our family! The corn maize!! It was so much fun. It is hard to find things that an 11 yr old enjoys and a 2 yr old but we did!! And considering some guy was coming in with his date I don't see them out growing it!

As for Halloween we will have a gypsy, Daisy Duck (if mom gets busy making it), Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and a pumpkin if it cools off (if its hot she might be Claira Bell)


Yes that is my OLDEST on the hay!

Hard to believe Christmas is 2 months away... Oh my that's like 8 weeks!! YIKES!!

This and That!

Big C got in the car and told me it was his best day of school yet. He walked by a message board and saw posted his name as Student of the Month. We were pretty impressed because out of 350 some odd kids he was selected by his teachers for this.Plus his name was drawn to be "the big cheese" in GT for the week. And to top his day off his art teacher told him the principal picked his clay project as his favorite (I say project because I'm not sure exactly what it is)!! Gee it's great to have a smart artistic cheese head for a son!!


The fair was this past weekend! The older kids had fun working the petting zoo and the younger kids love viewing the petting zoo.



The big girls are doing well no real news for them- doing great in school and getting busier little schedules!

Little C is little C we just never know what he'll say next! But usually we look at each other saying "how'd he know that?" or "he's going to spend a lot of time in the office next year!"

Miss almost 2 yr old has learned the word NO and says it quite often and in such a I'm 2 years old tone!

Miss angel baby is still just that! Sleeps like an angel, talks likes an angel, smiles like an angel, she is just an ANGEL!!

What kind of parents does this boy have???

I let him keep it for a week. He's been talking back this week so I shaved it and told him he has to earn it back! Daddies got shaved too he figured he better not go to work like that!

Where has the time gone??

Well #6 (it's much easier than slipping up names) is already 2 months old! She is smiling and "talking" up a storm! She is such a wonderful baby!She still has most of her still black hair and her eyes just get bluer each day!

Oh poo with the tutu!!

OK I first saw pictures of these, then I saw one in the store for.... $28!! So I figure I can make some of these for next to nothing! So I got the material various colors because I'm planning on making a bunch because we do have 4 girls! So I decide Miss Priss would want to dress "pretty" like the big girls so I worked really hard to get a tutu made for the pep rally thinking she would love it.....

WRONG...




So we'll just let someone else have it!