Bad girl!

Two new K girl stories for you.

Let me give you the back story. Friday the kids and I went to Wal Mart. The kids were very good. We got home ate lunch and watched TV. The kids were good. K got put down for her nap late. NOT GOOD! She never slept. She laid in there and played for about an hour. For about an hour after her "nap" she was in an OK mood. Then it all hit--if ya know what I mean. She wasn't just bad; she was awful! She was told that she WOULD be going to be early. At 8:30 we got both the kids ready for bed and she was in bed about 8:35. As I kissed her good night, I told her not to get up AT ALL (she's been using the "I have to go potty" thing lately and I didn't want her getting up in the morning til we got her. C was allowed to stay up and watch TV for a little longer. About 9:00 I heard her talking, pretty clearly I might add. So Daddy ran up to check on her. At the top of the stairs, lined up very neatly were her play Princess figurines and there she went running back to bed. Daddy was VERY mad. He applied the stick very well. Plus a very stern talking to. Plus a cuddle talk. She makes me so tired.

Totally different story, different day. Daddy was reading the paper and K was standing beside him looking too. She pointed to an ad that showed a girl laying on the beach in a bikini. "Mommy needs those" (we think she was talking about the bikini at first) Daddy: oh really? "Yeah but I don't think those are real." Daddy and I laughed and laughed. If she only knew.

And that is my blog for tonight. I will be out of town next week and have no idea if I will have internet access. Please pray for my dad as he will be having surgery next week. We will be back next Saturday.

Barbie, Snow Slide, Jedi, Egypt

What do all these have in common? These are all exhibits that are currently at our Children's Museum. I thought the Barbie exhitibit was over in February. It is. February 2011. The Snow Slide is part of the Holly Jolly Days. The only thing we missed was Santa. We walked through the Egypt exhibit before but didn't see everything. We have seen the Star Wars stuff before but there was something new this time.

They had some costumes from Star Wars that the kids could dress up in. This is C's Jedi face. Too cute! Here is our woman preacher. Just kidding.

In the store, they had the word Barbie spelled out with--Barbies. Kinda cute.

C and K taking a ride down the Nile on a crocodile. Isn't it huge!

C went ice fishing. And caught a fish! (Like his sports glasses? His regular glasses broke the week before-courtesy of his sister, so he had to wear these. Poor guy.)

K thought she was a princess up in her high tower, waving to her loyal subjects. She is something else.

C really liked the G.I. Joe display. He was excited because he actually has some of the ones on display.

I am not a shoes person, but these were on display in the Barbie exhibit. I think they are beautiful! So shiny! But I probably would never wear them. But aren't they so pretty!

Here the kids are pretending to be the DJs for the BArbie fashion show that is happening ont he pink (of course) runway.

And here is my fashion-esta. She was working the stage.

They had so many Barbies on display, some I recognized. It was fun to see all the different ones.

One Barbie with another. Here is K on the snow slide. I didn't go down it but it looked pretty fast.

C on the slide. I think they went down it 3 or 4 times.

I fianlly finished this post! I have been trying to finish for a very long time! I think I set it to post 3 times and had to delete it because it posted before I finished it.

We had such a good time that day. The kids were so good. And it's so much easier for me to take them by myself. They are at a great age. how fun!

C's 7 year pictures

Today I got C's 7 year pictures. Once again, I spent way too much money, but they turned out so good! He did great! Here are just 2. Remember, they are scanned. In real life, they look so much better.

Question: How do I rotate a pix once in Blogger? Or is that a no-no?

Snow Days!

For Indiana, we have had A LOT of snow lately! Compared to some of you, it's not a lot. Compared to some of you, it's too much!

Daddy has gone in late to work or come home early at least twice due to the chance of bad weather. The first big snowfall (according to C's measurements it was 4 inches) melted and left nothing. The second snowfall was about the same and is still here. That's when I don't like the snow: when it's brown and yucky and slippery.

The kids have gotten to go out and play twice this year. They had much fun, but were very cold. Thankfully they have snowsuits, but they don't have boots. So we do the "poor man" substitute: baggies--one pair of socks, baggie, another pair of socks. Works OK, at least for the short time they are out there.

Here is a downside to homeschooling (at least in C's eyes): he still has to do school even if everyone else cancels for a snow day. Poor guy. Actually I don't think schools have cancelled much this year due to weather.

Here are some pictures from our first big snowfall this year (that's C in the 1st picture and K and Daddy in the 2nd). Daddy even got in on the action. I was stuck inside with babysitting kids. I was warm. Maybe I'm the smart one?

The Long Winter

Today only you can go here to get a free audio download of Laura IngallsWilder's "The Long Winter." Sounds like an old timey type broadcast. Too fun! I love Laura Ingalls! And very appropriate for our weather today. It's cold and flurry-ing. Enjoy!