What's in that box?

Here are some pictures of how my children spent their Sunday afternoon. So nice of Daddy to help out. (Since the box is usually full of toys, they had quite the mess to clean up later).

Start Your Engines!

Today was our AWANA Grand Prix. With Daddy being gone last week, he didn't have time to make a new car for C this year. This year our Grand Prix had a "Classic Car" category. So C entered a car that Daddy had used when he was in AWANA many years ago. This car wasn't the prettiest car out there, but it was pretty fast. C actually came in 4th place for speed and won several of the heats that he was in. It was a fun but very long day. We were at church from 10 am to about 3 pm. And the entire time I had a headache the size of Texas. And of course the cheering didn't help any. Oh well. C had fun. K was a pretty good girl. We got nachos and cheese. I got to help register some cars. Daddy got to take pictures. All in all, it went well. Here are a just a few pictures from our day.

This is C's car already over the finish line--taking 1st for this heat--and the other cars haven't even reached the finish line yet.

Poor beat up ole' car. But you did well today. May you rest in peace tonight. (Maybe we will pull you out of retirement again next year).

Potty diaries

I borrowed the title from a friend's blog. Thanks-you know who!

I've started trying to potty train K again. Wednesday went pretty good. I've discovered her "reward" She likes to have her toes painted, but I haven't done it since warm weather. So I told her that if she peed in the potty, I would paint her toes. She kept her pull-up dry all morning and peed twice in the potty. So I painted one foot the first time and the other the next time. (Funny side note: did you know that girls can spray just as well as boys? yeah, I got sprayed) I told her that if she did the other in the potty, I would paint her fingernails (minus the one she sucks). But alas, that never happened. Instead the did that in her pull-up. So as "punishment" I took off the polish on her toes and told her that we would try again. I have decided that if I have to paint and re-paint her toes and/or fingernails every day, I will---if it helps get her trained!

Thursday was not such a good day, but we were gone all morning. I always have issues once she gets up from her nap, I think cuz I'm busy getting dinner and forget to ask her. We will keep trying as often as we can and see what we can accomplish this time.

My fingers are frozen!

Pardon me if there are errors in this post; it is bitter cold here! My fingers aren't working properly! When I turned my computer on this morning, the temperature said -2! (Wonder if my brother wants to come visit?) We had to go out this morning, and when we left the temp in the car said 9. By the time we came home it was up to 18. I don't think it's going to get much warmer than that.

And why did we have to go out? I took K girl to the doctor. I was pretty positive that she had an ear infection. She has been complaining that her right ear hurt and she has been so, very, extra, (etc) moody! Last time she was like that, she had an infection. But alas! No infection! And no strep! Nothing to justify her moods! But the doctor did say that one of the tubes in her ear is starting to move. That is probably why her ear "hurt." And she might have a touch of a viral infection. But nothing major. The dr said to keep her on Tylenol if need be. You bet! No hesitation on my part!

We also got to eat lunch with Daddy, get K's hair cut, go to the post office, and pay a bill. Oh the benefits of homeschooling! Now that I'm home, I don't plan on going anywhere for the rest of the day! I am staying inside and getting warm!

Comics

This is a short post, but hopefully it will make you laugh.

Here's a sentence I never thought I'd say: "Elmo doesn't live in fridge." "But Mommy he was just taking a nap." So that makes it OK.

Check out 2 blogs I follow for more smiles

1. My sister's "There's poo in my shoe"http://www.bergerbites.blogspot.com/

2. My blog-savvy-momma-friend "He did what?!?!"http://allthisistrue.blogspot.com/