3D

Colton today playing cars in 3D.
A few days ago Lydia and Colton picked at each other all day so Lydia got some time away from her brother and got to go on a Daddy Daughter Date. She said she wanted to go to a resaurant and chose Applebee's. She got all dressed up and left the house skipping. She returned with leftovers for Mom and Colton (Although Lydia made certain Colton got the box she had dropped on the ground.)
This was Halloween. Colton was supposed to be the Cowboy and Lydia had a cute little Indian dress. (This was so appropriate since Colton is always chasing Lydia around the house!) However, Colton didn't want to be anything and Lydia thought Colton's costume was the bees knees. The only thing I could finagle Colton into was this half finished Raggedy Andy costume.

Halloween still lives on in our house though. After the holiday we picked up another pumpkin bucket for Colton. If the children are reverent for family prayer, they get an M&M. I ask them "Do you want some candy?" and then they run to sit down and pray. However, since Halloween when I ask this question, Colton runs to find his pumpkin bucket and then sits down for prayer. After prayer he takes his bucket into the kitchen, where he is ready to receive his candy. 1 M&M rolls around in his orange candy receptacle as he walks happily away.
Thanks for the shirts Grandma! They fit great!

good, the bad, and the ugly

A friend of mine recently swore off blogs. She got tired of reading her friends blogs and having them depict this glorious, sugar-coated life that she knew was not realistic. I will admit, on a blog, you tend to put the fun things, the exciting things, something out of the ordinary routine of life. I can see how this gives a warped perspective. But if we write down real life, will anyone read it? Is it boring? Is it negative? This is where my dilemma comes in. I want to be positive and display fun things on my blog, but I want to be real. (Like my last post admitting the soup I made that flopped.) I don't care to write all the horrible things my children do. I don't feel it's uplifting, but if I'm honest, sometimes the kids do things that drive me crazy. (like draw on the computer screen) So hopefully, I can find a balance in what I post. I can write the truth and be real, but be optimistic about it. And now, I must be truthful with myself and quit putting off the mountain of dishes in my kitchen! But I'm going to be optimistic about it. Won't my kitchen feel so much better when I'm done!

Dinner was a flop tonight. I just wanted to let you know so that if your dinner was a flop tonight also, you don't feel too bad. Thank goodness I made some well done rolls to wash it down! The kids are upstairs serving a sentence of timeout. Lesson I learned from this- don't let the kids serve timeout in their room together. The sounds coming from upstairs frighten me. I'm afraid what greets my eye might be even worse! Oh, I would love to write more, for I am in a writing mood, but I think I had better change that into a "help clean up mood" I'm braving the upstairs and the two wild animals! Wish me luck! ;)