“Ok Mommy”
Jars
In addition to the happy face charts, we’ve started a new thing. My kids have begun to get back into the habit of huffin’ and puffin’ anytime I ask them to do anything. “I did it last time, it’s not my turn, humphhhh, Why do I have to do it? What?? But I don’t want to!” are the words I hear WAY to often.
So my friend mentioned something she’s been doing and it got me to try it out. And so far, the “Ok, Mommy” jars have worked wonders. My kids are working towards their own incentives, they’ve come up with themselves. Jaidyn wants to take a trip to Barnes and Noble for a book, Isaac and Kallie want a trip to the movies, and Dagen… not sure what she wants, but she really has done pretty well filling her jar. She’s has as much kernals as the others.
Everytime I ask them to do something, if their response is “Ok, Mommy”, they get a 1/2 tsp of kernals to put in their jar.
Mike’s New
Toy… I Mean
Scooter
Mike’s Dad came into town and brought the scooter Mike bought off him, the previous trip to Vegas. And he was like a little kid, talking about its arrival the whole week before it came. The kids were jumping up and down saying, “Now it’s my turn, my turn!!!” And off they went one at a time down the road holding tight onto their Daddy.
I LOVE
PICKLE JUICE
This is me, yesterday, finishing off the last of what’s left in this pickle jar.
If I COULD, I would eat an entire jar of pickles and then down the entire jar of juice in one day. My Dad would always say, “Don’t do that! It’ll eat your stomach. Stop that.” And I hear the words ring in my ears anytime I’m taking a little sip.
And what did my husband say when he walked through the door, coming home from work, and saw me downing another gulp of pickle juice? "Honey, don’t. That’s like drinking cleaning solution.”
Ok. Ok. Ok!
My Lil’ Helper
Kallie is always asking me if I need any help in the kitchen. She was REALLY thrilled when I put Dagen down for a nap and her and I were going to make freezer jam together. She helped me every step of the way, from beginning to end. It was a lot of hard work.
…and this was her an hour after helping me clean up. She fell asleep while coloring at the kitchen counter!
Here is the drool to prove it. Remember those days you’d fall asleep in school and wake up with drool on your desk and face?
Why???
I’ve never had allergies so bad anywhere, but here. I’m dying EVERY spring and summer! Who’d a thought too… in the desert?
Come on!
I don’t want to deal with this anymore!
Last year, I had to get a prescription for Singulair, Fronaise, an inhaler, for crying out loud!
I think it’s time I take it a step further. I’m desperate at this point. I can’t do anything without feeling awful the whole day and wanting to stay in bed all day. My nose itches, my throat, my ears, and my eyes! I’m constantly scratching my ears and itching my throat by making that annoying sound when you want to itch it. (Does anyone know what I’m talking about?) “Caaaaawwwwww!”
(I know… scary picture)
I’ve heard about this shot you can get that rids you of allergies for the whole year.
At this point, I don’t think I have any other choice.
Isaac’s
Field Trip
The whole 1st and 2nd grades took a field trip together on Wednesday, which I was able to attend, thanks to Mama Judy watching Kallie and Dagen for me all day. The bus arrived at 8:30am and we got back at 3:00. One bus was all it took for the two 1st and two 2nd grade classrooms and the few parents who chaperoned. We went to the Great Arizona Puppet Theater and then the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum.
Here’s one of the dads joking around about how loud it was on the bus.
This was my cute little group I was in charge of.
And yes… times were crazy.
This lady used these puppets to perform Rupunzel. She did all the voices and movement for the puppets and was really good!
Then we drove to a park near the rock museum, to eat lunch.
Here’s Isaac with his cousin, Collin. Two peas in a pod, I say. Heather and I were watching them eat and it was so funny to see them act just as Dave and Mike do.
This girl cracked me up. She is such a cutie. She picked up her sandwich and after the first bite, it fell apart on her. You can’t see it, but she had mayo all down her hair, on her skirt, her leg, and all over her hands.
The top of where we were eating was lined with spikes to keep birds away. Well, surprisingly, there were two bird nests there. Those would be some VERY PERSISTENT birds, wouldn’t you say?
The kids are all about finding lady bugs in the field at school. Jaidyn brings home a container with at least 10 inside, everyday. Well, the fields were full of them here as well. So this little girl found this pair here. All us adults were just laughing, and I said, “Oh cute. You found best friends!”
The little girl holding them responded, “Actually, their not best friends… their mating. Do you know what that means? That means their making babies.”
My jaw dropped at that moment.
1st grade!
The kids got to pick out 3 rocks each. And then they went home with a bag full of polished colored rocks.
Collin’s class (19 kids)
Isaac’s class (15 kids) and one I know was at home, sick.
