Bodey caught Red Handed

 Bodey loooves to paint his toenails. Although he gets supper embarassed about it. He will paint them and then refuse to take his socks off if we are in public. It's funny. I came downstairs to make him go to bed. And this is what I found.

Dead asleep. But his feet look lovely. He makes me laugh.

Dishes and Laundry are the Devil

My children and my husband were irritating me tonight. I spent the entire day trying to clean up the house. Bodey helped me do dishes for at least 2 hours today. Not joking. We have fruit flies and they drive me Insane. Sometimes I feel like I am drowning in laundry and dishes and no one will throw me a life jacket. 9 o' clock came and I still had a dirty house, plus none of my children were in bed. I became extremely irritated with everyone.
 
A picture I took earlier today. He was being a really really good helper. Bless him.

I'm still trying to wind down. So I sit here and look at pictures of Keppy Baby and I remember why I am doing this. Thank Heaven for this baby. Seeriously I love him.... and all of them. But holding Keppy calms my soul. Please don't grow. Please please!! 

Go Cardinals

On the last day of summer

I took my kids to the snow wizard. For their only snow cone they have had this summer. Because I believe in vegetables not in sugar. But anyways! It was fun.

(ps these posts are all out of order but I'm just trying to play a bit of catch up here and there)

Bodey and his narcolepsy

I love this kid.

2014 1st Day of School

Back to School Night. Jadyn was headed to a swim party afterwards. Pat hadnt gotten home from work in time to go with me and I was a bit stressed. As I got the stroller out of the car (my brand new expensive stroller I might add), the brake broke off in the wheels making it impossible for me to use it. It irritated me and made us run late because I spent 10 min trying to fix it. I finally gave up and carried Kep in along with the other 3 following like a train.  I felt like everyone was staring at us as usual. I know we get stared at alot. In Kansas a family of 6 is a Large Family. I can't tell if people think we are clowns, or maybe they just stare because they think we are a cute family. Either way I left feeling unusually irritated. Mostly because I had planned on Pat coming and he was still at work. And partially because I get tired of sticking out. I long to live closer to my family. By other familys who share the same faith. By other familys who have more than 2 children. Anyways.... Such is my life. "Come what may and love it."

 Jadyn and Maddux on the other hand for the first time all summer began to get excited about school! They begged me all summer to home school them. They even threatened me. I told them not a chance! I wasn't considering it one little bit and I made myself clear. By the end of this summer I was counting down the days til I could have some peace and quiet and a clean house. 

Maddux got the teacher I really wanted him to get. She is good! Jadyn got the supposedly "mean" teacher. But she saw some of her friends that she hadn't seen all summer and I saw her excitement. 

First Day. Mornings are hard. My goal this year was to be on time! And since I am blogging this a month later. We have been! So far we have not been late once! And we are actually early most mornings. This is a big deal for us. Especially since last year they sent a letter home letting me know my kids had been tarty more than 10 times in the 2nd semester. OOOps! My goal is to be on time the entire year. This is a big goal. I find myself yelling alot in the mornings... Mornings are hard.

I gave them a long speech in the car, mostly about making good friends, being a good example and choosing the right especially at school. And then I said an extra long prayer, (we pray in the car in the drop off line every day) it made me start to cry. After I dropped them off I came home and rocked Keppy on the front porch. And I cried and prayed a little bit more because thats what I do every year. I thought about how I wished they had received priesthood blessings this year. Then Kepner fell asleep and I decided it was time to quit my crying and go mow the lawn. So thats what I did. 

Bodey actually started a week before Jadyn and Maddux. Bodey was a pill all summer long about school. Every time I would mention it. He would go into a crying fit. All summer long I consistently told him he didn't have a choice. I was firm about the fact that he was going to go. I think this made a difference with him. We went to get back to school supplies and he would not pick anything out. His words "I don't need pencils or scissors, I'm not going to school."

I was super duper nervous about his first day and what it would entail especially since he was starting before Jadyn and Maddux. That morning I had to force him to get dressed. Actually I had to wrestle him and pull his clothes on him myself. Then I spanked his butt when he tried to take them off. After we got through the clothes dilemma, I made a big deal about going out for lunch. His pick since it was his first day! He choose McDonalds and turned into a completely different child. He was happy and nice and even smiled for all these pictures.

I could hardly believe I was walking out of the preschool building without leaving him screaming and crying. I was in complete shock. 

Here's to hoping for a great 3rd, 1st, and preschool year!

First Day of School 2014

On the way to school in the van.

Me: "Are you guys nervous at all?" (me feeling nervous for them)

Maddux: "I'm not nervous at all. I'm Happy!"

Jadyn: "I'm nervous. I have a stomach ache. I think I need to go pee again, but I just went."

Me: "Are you excited at all too?" (me trying to change the subject)

Maddux: "I am!"

Jadyn: "I am a little. I just don't want to have to sit by Cooper. He is the worst kid in the school!!! He is soooooooo annoying! He does this. OOOOO. AAAAAAA. OOOOO. AAAAAA. All the time!"

(me laughing and feeling amused)