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I'm a Soccer Mom

We had our first day of soccer yesterday, and we all survived.  :)

We started out by decorating cars.

Crazy #1 played his game. He was a bit confused about how the positions worked, so he just stood there afraid to move for awhile. The coach finally explained that he could move on that side of the field, and he got into them. But he ran out of steam not to long after that. Then he sat down and picked weeds. "It was just a little too easy" for him, so he didn't want to do it anymore.  Glad he doesn't have a confidence issue.

Crazy #2 had a ton of fun.  He was hustling to stay up with the ball.  He was a a little timid about actually kicking the ball with all those people around, but he had a big smile the whole time.

Sweetness did pretty good.  Thank goodness for snacks!

Badges and Wrestling

Sweet boy, Crazy #1, was so excited to get his Bobcat badge the other night.  These boys are crazy when they are all together.  Makes me feel better that my boy's not the only wild child.  :)

A little fun wrestling.  Get 'em Sweetness!  She is tickling the boys.  They all think it is pretty funny.

 My sweet princesss!

Feelin' the Breeze

Or the winds of change that is...  I'm so excited about the new floors we are getting.  They had to level the floors today, but will be back tomorrow to put the floors in.  Yay!  Now to find a place for all those toys.  I still have to get this wall mount system up, but I'm saving that for another day. I can work around it until I get the kids back to school next week.

I turned the fan on it to help it dry out which caused Sweetness to respond by stripping down to her diaper and running up to put her belly in front of the fan.  I love that fat baby belly.  She is too cute.  Now to keep the dog and3 kids off the floor until tomorrow.  Wish me luck!

Busy, Busy, Busy - It's that time of year

The Christmas holidays are always pretty hectic.  Lots of activities and program and functions.  It is nice to finally start to slow down and take a break.  So here's to a large post with lots of pics. :) 

 First up, Crazy #1's winter party.  I got to organize and plan the party for his class.  The big hit was the paper bag snowmen.  They were a little difficult and time-consuming though, but very cute.  He had fun and was really glad I was there with him (especially without the other crazies).

 Then on to Crazy #2's Christmas program.  He was so stinkin' cute in his 4th of July tank top.  He sang more than any of our kids ever have.  They usually aren't too into that sort of thing, but he did great.

 He really loved the stick when those came out.  It was all smiles. :)

  Happy boy!

 We had to make cookies for Santa, so we baked up some sugar cookies.  The boys made quite the mess, and then they had a roller battle which I had to break up.  On a side note, I'm quite proud of myself because I actually made the cookies from scratch and even got them rolled out.  I have major rolling issues normally, but I was determined this time.  Yay - score one for the mama with the rolling pin.

 After Sweetness woke up from her nap it was time to decorate them.  There was a lot of icing and sprinkles to be had.  You can ignore Mt. Vesuvius in the background that looks like it may explode at anytime.  That's just the art center.  It explodes several times a day thanks to Crazies #2 & #3. 

 Notice all the little hands in the photos.  They were always stealing cookies.  :)  I think Santa will be enjoying them too.

 We headed to the Dickinson Festival of Lights too.  It was lots of fun, and we got there just before the crowd got too crazy.  The lights were beautiful.  The kids got run off some energy too from all that sugar (see above).

 So many lights.  It really is a great thing that the city does.

 Now it's time to set out cookies for Santa and write him a few notes.  We've got carrots for the reindeer and a bowl of water for them too.  Santa is getting some of those delicious cookies and chocolate milk.  Evidently that's his favorite.  Crazy #2 is giving Santa a little soemthing extra with his nose pickin', and Sweetness is her mother's daughter with her tongue out for concentration.  Ha!

 I love how intense they all are.  Crazy#1 is saying Thanks and asking what Rudolph looks like.  I think he is just testing Santa to see if he knows the answer.  He was very determined to catch Santa in the act and not go to sleep all night.  He still claims he never went to sleep.  Uh huh...

 Santa came anyway.  Despite Crazy#1's lack of sleep.  The boys were excited to get a sno-cone maker and a batman cave.  Sweetness got a stroller that she loves. 

 Then we tried out some of the new toys.  The sno-cones were a big hit.  Crazy #1 is even trying to start up a sno-cone stand to make some money.  Ha!  It was a good Christmas.  The crazies had a great time and we just enjoyed our time together.  Until next year...

It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

It's official - it's Christmastime.  the cheeseball is made.  :)  Crazy #2 made the cheeseball while Crazy#1 made the rice krispie treats.  I got chocolate covered pretzels made for all the kids classes.  Things are getting done around here.  Yay!  The boys had lots of fun making their foods.

Grammy was swingin' Crazy #2 and Sweetness "high".  They loved it.  they tried to go fishing today, but were attacked by geese.  Ha!

We then enjoyed some pb&j with baked Cheetos.  Yummy!  That's a pretty good day all and all.

Flyin' High

Nothing makes a better jungle gym than Mama and Daddy.

This one makes me a little sad though.  Look how skinny Crazy #1 looks.  He has lost so much weight.  I'm hoping we figure out what going on soon.  For now, he had a great day at home playing.  He doesn't ever want to go back to school.  Great!

Hmmmm.....

Well she seems pretty happy all things considered.

Winter in Texas Ain't Like Other Places

Yep, the kids had the hoses and supersoaker (provided by the neighbors who are into throwing their toys over the fence right now) out in full force right now at the beginning of December.  Crazy #2 shows his brains by coming out with the umbrella to protect form attacks.  Unfortunately, it didn't totally work out as planned.  You see there was an inside attack.

Sweetness got into the act too.  She found some trash in the yard, and she really did not like that yuckiness.  Can you believe she is in a diaper in December.  Weather was perfect until we were attacked by mosquitoes.  We are not supposed to have mosquitoes in December. :(

Then I came in to find this.  yep, that's my breadmaker.  Apparently, someone thought it was the perfect place to stash some magnets.

Sweetness Goes Crazy

My little Sweetness is getting to be quite the handful.  She is getting into everything.  She is such a mess, and she makes herself know.  Whether that means pushing a boy out of my lap to have it all to herself or changing channels on the tv or emptying the fridge.  Needless to say I'm exhausted.  Chasing behind her is wearing me down.  Crazy girl!

Just Another Day - Just Another Outfit

I wanted to get a snap of Sweetness' new outfit.  I love having a girl to dress.  And I love that she is still to small to protest my choices. 

However, this is the fastest way to get one of the other children to want their picture taken.  Crazy #2, the Ham,  decided to start pushing his sis out of pics to get his picture taken.  "Take my picture, Mama," said in the deepest baby voice ever. 

Not to worry, she took matters into her own hands and started pulling his hair out.  Yet, somehow she is the one that ended up crying about it all.  Such a Drama queen.

She is so beautiful though...

Ugh... I have sizing issues on this blog.  I need the figure out that so we can have bigger pics.

Last Chance: Get It While It's Hot!!!

The other day I told the kids they had until the end of the evening to eat all the Halloween candy they wanted.  Whatever was left over would go in the trash (except for what Mommy pulled out for her own little treat.)  Sweetness took the warning to heart.  In about 2 seconds, she had all the lollipops unwrapped all in her hands, and was sucking on different ones.  No messing around.

She was pretty proud of her work.  On a sidenote, I've really got to start keeping my flash on my camera.  It is getting so dark here.  Although I do love that I can shoot at ISO6400 and still have a usable snapshot.

Halloween Festivities

Let the fun begin.  We (I) carved 3 pumpkins, decorated a trunk, made goodie bags,  and trunk or treated to start off the weekend.  The kids had lots of fun, and they all picked a perfect pumpkin for their personalities.  Spooky for Crazy #1, silly/happy for Crazy #2, and well I pick an easy design for Crazy #3.  The boys actually did pretty well at carving.  I think they turned out pretty well.

 Then we headed off to trunk or treating.  The kids had a great time and showed off their new pumpkins.  Oh and Crazy #1 pooped in the parking lot.  Yep, once again he had to go potty almost as soon as we got there.  Great.  Luckily someone else had a portable potty seat to use.  An of course, he was in a costume which he had to get all the way out of to go, so he was out for the whole world to see.  And of course, it's never a quick process for that one.  Hahaha!  But a fun time for all.  I'm tired!!!

PCS - It's a serious disease

So yep all photographers dearly wish to have amazing photos of their children to hang on their walls and adorn those beautiful albums. Alas, these poor children are constantly forced to look at the camera, move to better light, skooch away from that background (mama needs some bokeh), or wait while Mommy changes lenses to capture that perfect vision in her head. Hence these children can quickly come down with a bad case of Photographer's Child Syndrome (PCS).

I'm pretty sure Crazy #1 is seriously contemplating whacking me with that stick in this moment. Ha! Meanwhile my reflector holder (Crazy #2) had left his station - I thought that giving him a job would keep him busy. It didn't work! Crazy #3 crawled out of the stroller and found a small mud puddle to walk/jump in in her brand new dress and shoes. And no I didn't get pics of that. I was to frustrated at the time to just take some fun snaps and enjoy them later. But here is the one keeper from the night.

Not the keeper I was hoping for, but a keeper none the less. And poor sweetness is riddled with mosquito bites because I didn't have spray, and I was determined to get some decent shots.

Pretty much the same old stuff

Sweetness is still making a mess. I really wish those boys would close the doors back on the tv unit. The battle over the cd cases strewn all over the floor is really wearing me down.


The Crazies lost in the world of video...

Introducing...

Ladies and gentleman, I have the dubious honor of introducing the creator of this: The cause of this:

That's right ladies and gentlemen, we knew it was coming. I give you Crazy #3 (formerly known as Sweetness).

She managed all this destruction in approx. 5 minutes hence earning herself a new title. She worked the room like a pro - moving from one mess to the next as I tried to fix the last one. Can you tell she's quite proud of new place in the order (or lack thereof) of things.