Monday 4/9/12 - Sorry Peeps!

Sorry about being M.I.A. for so long.  It's been crazy here, to say the least.  I can't keep my head on straight, let alone remember what day it is.  I'm lucky, if on any given day, I get a shower & get to brush my teeth!  Clean clothes are optional!  :D  Every day is like being in a whirl wind!  One day, some one asked me how I was doing, raising 3 kids?  I told them, "Well, I've learned to fly by the seat of my pants on most days.  I'm tellin' ya, it's like a 3 ring circus at our house & I'm the ring master!"  Their comment to me was, "Well, atleast YOU'RE the ring master."  I can't say I am in control every day, but I sure try like the dickens to be!  I thought I would bring you up to speed and let you know what's been going on over here in the past several months.  This will most likely turn into a long post so I hope you're prepared!  As I go back and look at these picture, I can't get over how much Kyndall has changed.  She will be 8 months old in 4 days (4/13)!  I can't believe it!   Well, if you're ready...HERE WE GO!!!


Kyndall is 12 weeks 1 day old here. I forgot just how much of her hair fell out.  Now she has a full head of it!

These two like to play dress up.  Brianna usually gets her little brother to join in.  He kinda looks like a willing participant, doesn't he?!?! 

We went to the dentist for our 1st check up!  Actually, Brianna went last year, but she cried when she got her teeth counted.  This year, she did much better!  I let her go with me a few weeks ago, when I got my cleaning.  She got to see that it wasn't painful and she got a new tooth brush and a toy after she was done!  Our dentist reassured me that I was doing a good thing by not letting either of my kids have very much candy/juice/gum/sweets/soda.  I get a lot of flack from a lot of people for not allowing my kids to have any of these.  I've been told that I'm a terrible parent, all kids NEED to have candy & gum, "your POOR kids!"  If ONE person can prove to me that it's a horrible thing to NOT allow my kids have candy, but on only very special occassions, I'll change my actions.  Until then, I refuse.  Guess who's gonna have to go with them when they get their 1st cavity filled?  Yep, you guessed it...ME.  I want to spare them this trama as long as I can.  Yes, my kids brush their teeth twice a day too, in case you're wondering. 

I forgot to get a picture of Brianna, but I got one of this lil guy.  He was a champ!  They were gonna just count his teeth, but he was sitting so still, they decided to clean his teeth too!  He was very brave for his 1st check up!

Kyndall at 13 weeks old.  We've had to take this down now because she's out grown it!  She got too heavy for it and it had to work REALLY hard to stay swinging...lol.  It looks strange to me how little bit of hair she had.  She looks bald in this picture compared to what she looks like now! 

We painted

They both like to paint!

ANOTHER piggy bank was broken...AGAIN.

We read stories...

Went to birthday parties...

Brianna with her friend, Maris (the birthday girl)

Some of us took ALOT of naps!

We got to visit with Mrs. Claus

And Santa Claus!

We colored Santa claus pretty pictures and wrote a list of things that we wanted for Christmas

We got new ornaments for our Christmas Tree.  I'm trying to carry on a tradition that my mother in law did for her kids.  Each year she gave her kids a new ornament.  She would write their names & the year on the back of them.  When they got married & moved out, she gave them to each of the kids for them to decorate their own tree.  I thought this was a neat idea so I'm doing this for each of my kids.  Since this was Kyndall's 1st Christmas, I had to get her one.  Their very 1st ones all have their DOB stats on them.  (Yes, Aunt Sandy, I actually put up a tree.  It's a small one, but none the less, it's a tree).

We even decorated our house for the holidays!  Yes, Aunt Sandy...I DO decorate a little bit.  I'm not a TOTAL scrooge!  :) 

Looks like I will have to finish this another time...all hell is breaking loose over here...AGAIN!  Sorry!!