Lagoon!!

A couple weeks ago, Sara & Caleb came up and we all went to Lagoon. The kids went on most of the rides several times. We had to stand in line for quite a while to get on "Wicked" but it was worth it. It was going so fast I had to hold my sunglasses on and then the straps of my shirt kept coming off my shoulders so I must have looked like an absolute wreck when it was over. I was laughing so hard that I just had to close my eyes because I didn't want to see the big drop!!! Dennis had fun beating everybody on the go-cart track... he was all business!!! Later in the day the kids wanted to play in the water and I had told them that if they got soaked I would beat them. (Ya right). They were having so much fun that we let them stay and play in it for a while. Needless to say they were soaked clear through and didn't get their beating after all. They all had plenty of junk food and treats and Dennis won them all the baseball hats for the teams they are playing on this year. We even left with a few of those stupid stuffed animals.

That brings up a whole other subject. What in the hell are you supposed to do with those things anyway?? I know, I know, I had a bunch when I was a kid too and then got so attached to them that I didn't want to throw them out when I got older. I only let my kids keep a few of theirs and I secretly throw the ones out that have been in their toybox for a long time. Here I was thinking that I had finally gotten rid of them all and now the kids have been giving theirs to me as presents. I think they have it figured out and know that if they give them to me then I wont throw them away. I have a whole closet full of little baby shreks, bunnies and dogs from the "claw" machine at the movie theater. I think they should ban those things. Weston will spend all of his alloted video game money trying to pick up one of those stupid things and then bless his heart..... he will come bat his eyes at me and say that he won it just for me... I know.... aaaaahhhhhh how sweet. They don't forget what they have given me either. Garrett asks me at least once a week where the gum drop worm is that he made me and I have to produce it as proof so that he is satisfied that I didn't throw it away. I got in trouble a few months ago because the worm's toothpick antennae had broken off and he informed me that I needed to be more careful with it!! He is not as trusting as the other boys because he found something in my bathroom garbage one day that he had given me. He came marching into the kitchen with is hands on his hips and asked, "Why did I just find this in your garbage?" Being the quick thinker that I am, I told him that I had it sitting on the bathroom counter and that Dad must have knocked it into the garbage can on accident. That's the way I like to do it at our house... blame it on the man who isn't home to defend himself!!! It has gotten me out of trouble with the kids more times than I can count.

TTA-Smell

Some of my favorite smells are Salt City Candles, Bath & Body Works Wall Flowers (which I have everywhere in my house!!) fresh flowers, baby lotion, Downy Lavender & Vanilla fabric softener, fresh cut hay and believe it or not.... the smell of a farm, yes even the poop. There is just something about it that calms and relaxes me. Maybe that's why my parents and brother work so hard on their ranch. I'm sure if asked, they would say it was all about the "poop"!!!

TTA-Sound

TTA for this week was Sound. The only sounds I have heard the last 2 weeks are my kids running around upstairs. I thought moving my office to the basement would be easier and quieter but the kids running around and sliding the stools on the hardwood floor drives me CRAZY!!! If it's not that, then it is one of them running down every two minutes asking if they can go somewhere, call someone or eat something!!! I have also heard alot of Spongebob, Drake & Josh and ICarly. If it's not coming from the tv, then it is being repeated 500 times by my boys. The funniest though was last week when I told the boys that we were going to the mall with Trina. Weston replied, "Are we going to Build-a-Bra where you can get flourescent straps and titanium hooks?" I laughed so hard I nearly swallowed my gum. Apparently that was something he had heard on ICarly. He picked the perfect opportunity to break it out too!! Those goofy kids!! Another thing totally off the subject of sound is the fact that Weston and Garrett like to look for bugs everyday. They make a little bed of grass on the back patio and then put the bugs in it and cover it over with a glass. One would think that they would choose to use one of the many plastic cups in the pantry, but not my smart boys. They climb right up on the counter and get one of my good GLASS glasses out of the cupboard and use those instead. Their theory is that they need to "see" what the bugs are doing, regardless of their mother's disapproval. Today before we could go to Braxton's game, Garrett told me that he had left his caterpillar at his friend's house down the street and needed to go get it. Silly mother that I am, I told him that we didn't need the caterpillar brought back to the house. That of course is when Garrett told me that it was in one of my glasses again!! Needless to say, we were late to the game so that Garrett could retrieve the glass with the caterpillar!

TTA- Sight

This is my first time doing the "Tuesday Tell All" and the topic is Sight. One of my favorite things to 'see' are my children. They forever amaze and inspire me. Nothing makes me happier than to look at their freckled faces and crooked smiles. Even though I am with them everyday, I am continually surprised at how much they change. I also love to see my husband as he walks in the door. Even though he is dirty, ornery and tired, I know that he has worked hard for us and for that I owe him so much. An obsession of mine is to see a spotless house everyday. Every chair around the table has to be evenly spaced, every throw pillow turned just so, and that annoying sign that hangs over my pantry that always tips ever so slightly to the right has to be adjusted 2-3 times a day. (OCD I know). Lately, I love to see a fresh bouquet of flowers in the middle of my kitchen table. I make a trip to Costco weekly to make the purchase. And on a lighter note, when I have the time, I love to see "Rachael Ray". She is just so dang cute!!