Sorry, no pics today!

Today was an interesting day. I got up at 7:00AM to take all of the kids to school after which I came home and sat on my bed to go online a bit at which time I fell fast asleep and woke up 3 hours later! If you know me, you know I hate to sleep a day away! And, my immediate thought was oh my I hope Stepha got Sophia out of bed. I ran upstairs and there I found Sophia singing as she sat on her bed. She said, "Mama, I got up and went to the potty all by myself." "Then I come back to bed." I was praising Jesus that I trained her early on that she couldn't roam about the house until someone told her she could get out of bed. Then this tired mom fed my angel baby a late breakfast and kept telling her how proud I was that she went potty and was singing in bed. :)

After this, Sophia and I went out back to play in the water. I basically put her in a bathing suit and gave her power over a running water hose. She loved it and had a great time for a good hour. We followed that by a bath and later went to pick up Zack and Josh. Once we picked them up we followed Auntie Gina's instructions to "GET THOSE BOYS A HAIRCUT"! Yes, she did call me and say that their hair was looking "shabby." For those who know Gina, she typically doesn't pay close attention to these things so I was surprised! I will post pics tomorrow. Basically, they don't look like chia pets anymore!

Sophia begged for a haircut, and I kept explaining that she gets to grow her hair long. I think she'd be happy if I had gotten her hair cut just like the boys! Someday she'll grin at these stories. Sophia's latest thing is to say, "Turn it up, mom." She loves to listen to music and sing along. The other day in Target, she sang "Good Morning Baltimore" the entire time we were there! The other phrase she keeps saying is "I'm too little." So to make up for that she tells me and the boys, "When you are little, you can't go to school." "When you are little, you stay home." At some point, she'll realize that none of us get to be little again. If only...

I had put some chicken and bbq sauce in the crock pot for dinner and asked Stepha to make mashed potatoes and some green beans. We are a good team! She did so and wouldn't you know at dinner Zack says very proudly, "Stepha YOU MAKE A GOOD LUNCH"!!!! Stepha looked at me and grinned. She said, "Mama made the chicken." He said, "No, I sawl you cooking." We laughed hard!!!!

This evening we hit the pool which the kids love and then Ken and Mike went across to the park and challenged some guys to a game of bball. In their words, they have "schooled" three teams now. It is cool to see Ken learning some skills on the court. They have a good time together. And, don't tell Ken I told you, but he already has his eyes on a girl at school who he ran into and was bragging that he talked to her when he said, "Excuse me"!!!! So jr. high, huh? I just said, "That's a start" and smiled.

And, Josh said I really love school. My teacher is so pretty. She got married though - frown.

Zack says, Miss Brown is funny. She was playing with me on the grass.

And, tonight right before bed Josh taught Zack the song, "I'm in the Lord's Army."

That is pretty much today in a nutshell with the exception of my attendance at a band meeting at Kenny's school. It was rather dull. Ken didn't really want to be in band, but art was full so he is in band by default. It looks like he'll end up playing the French Horn. Anyone have any ideas as to how much I should charge Gina for having me attend meetings such as this while she is still in Cali????? :) As long as I don't have to be a chaperone at band camp, I'm cool!!! :)

The band teacher sounded a lot like a friend of mine, Richard Babbcock. It was uncanny.

Kim, congrats on your trip to Russia!!! How excited you must be! My prayers are with you as you travel and on every step along the way!