Last night we were resting in bed before actual bedtime. Silas was in between me and Todd and we were talking. Here's part of the conversation:
Silas: Mom, I was gonna play a trick on you but I decided not to.
Me: Really? What was the trick?
Silas: Well, I found this dried up lizard.
Dried up lizard??!!
Me: Yes. And?
Silas: I took it and squeezed it with my pliars. It was so cool! I squeezed all its guts up to its head. Then they all squirted out.
Ewwww!
Me: Where did you do that?
Silas: In the bathroom.
At this point I recall cleaning some type of gooey substance off of the toilet lid. I thought it was a worm.
Me: Okay. Well, let's do stuff like that outside okay?
Silas: Okay mom. So I was gonna put the lizard on your pillow. I thought it would be funny, but then I decided it probably wasn't a good idea.
My pillow?
Me: Very good job! Great decision buddy. You are right, that would not have been a good thing to do.
Silas: What would have happened?
Me: Mommy would have screamed and then you would have been in trouble. It would not have been worth it. Believe me.
Silas: Oh. So I made a good choice then?
Me: Yes.
Oh my! I am so thankful he had second thoughts.
Have a blessed day!
~Tammy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Kids~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Fun out of the Sun
Our first couple days in Florida were colder than we wanted for the beach. We took advantage of some other great places though.
On Sunday we went to the Floating Chapel. While it wasn't what we would call a real church service it was a fun novelty.
You can see that it was quite windy. So windy in fact that we didn't get to leave the dock! Oh well, it was still fun.
The inside was lovely.
We went for a quick walk at a local park before it closed. The kids got to mess a little in the water. Silas was so excited to collect shells. Once we had been on a few more outings he figured out that they were abundant down there and stopped hoarding them all.
This concludes Part 5 of our Florida trip.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
On Sunday we went to the Floating Chapel. While it wasn't what we would call a real church service it was a fun novelty.
You can see that it was quite windy. So windy in fact that we didn't get to leave the dock! Oh well, it was still fun.
The inside was lovely.
We went for a quick walk at a local park before it closed. The kids got to mess a little in the water. Silas was so excited to collect shells. Once we had been on a few more outings he figured out that they were abundant down there and stopped hoarding them all.
This concludes Part 5 of our Florida trip.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
Groceries!
We needed to head to the grocery store before we could do much else. It's funny, we ended up going to the grocery (several groceries to be exact) at least once a day for the duration of our trip.
As a side note, none of the grocery stores in the area were open past 10:00 p.m. Crazy. I guess it's because most everyone around there is retired and they are all in bed. LOL
We somehow didn't take any pictures of those trips. We probably should have as much as we went!
Great grandma couldn't believe how much food we went through each meal. One day we came home with 28 bananas. We know because she had us count them. They were gone within a couple days. :) She also took pictures of some of our dinners. She could not believe that all that food was for one meal.
I'm hoping to have great pictures in the next post, don't worry.
That concludes part 4 of our Florida trip.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
As a side note, none of the grocery stores in the area were open past 10:00 p.m. Crazy. I guess it's because most everyone around there is retired and they are all in bed. LOL
We somehow didn't take any pictures of those trips. We probably should have as much as we went!
Great grandma couldn't believe how much food we went through each meal. One day we came home with 28 bananas. We know because she had us count them. They were gone within a couple days. :) She also took pictures of some of our dinners. She could not believe that all that food was for one meal.
I'm hoping to have great pictures in the next post, don't worry.
That concludes part 4 of our Florida trip.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
Vacation at last!
One of the items that we shipped ahead of time was our queen air mattress. We put Silas, Avrie and Evelyn on the air mattress (They can all be sideways on it and still stretch out.) and Ellie got the twin bed right next to it.
Grandma had found a nice pack-n-play at a consignment shop for Sadie. It fit perfectly in a closet right next to the bed Todd and I slept in.
They had us all set up and ready for a good night's sleep and boy were we ready for one!
When I had packed the box to ship I wasn't as organized as I should have been. (Imagine that!) I somehow messed up the pajamas and Evelyn ended up in jammies that were a bit small for her. She didn't seem to mind though. See her little belly sticking out?
Sometime during the night I heard Evelyn crying. She came in and said her ear was hurting. She cried and cried for quite a while. I have used some natural remedies before when her ears have hurt, one of which is onion. She usually doesn't like me to do it, but she marched into Grandma's room, woke her up and asked if she had any onions for her ear. She didn't have onions but there was some garlic. I got a bit of juice from the garlic on a q-tip and lightly dabbed her ear. That seemed to help. Here is where Evelyn and I spent our first night on vacation.
At some point Evelyn felt better, so she left me sleeping here.
That concludes part 3 of our Florida trip.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
Grandma had found a nice pack-n-play at a consignment shop for Sadie. It fit perfectly in a closet right next to the bed Todd and I slept in.
They had us all set up and ready for a good night's sleep and boy were we ready for one!
When I had packed the box to ship I wasn't as organized as I should have been. (Imagine that!) I somehow messed up the pajamas and Evelyn ended up in jammies that were a bit small for her. She didn't seem to mind though. See her little belly sticking out?
Sometime during the night I heard Evelyn crying. She came in and said her ear was hurting. She cried and cried for quite a while. I have used some natural remedies before when her ears have hurt, one of which is onion. She usually doesn't like me to do it, but she marched into Grandma's room, woke her up and asked if she had any onions for her ear. She didn't have onions but there was some garlic. I got a bit of juice from the garlic on a q-tip and lightly dabbed her ear. That seemed to help. Here is where Evelyn and I spent our first night on vacation.
At some point Evelyn felt better, so she left me sleeping here.
That concludes part 3 of our Florida trip.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
The flight.
So we left off after we had boarded the plane for the first time.
Even though Evelyn doesn't use a sippy cup anymore, I brought one for the plane. I thought it might help with take-off and landing. She had been a bit congested for a few days and I was concerned about her ears hurting her.
We were buckled and ready to go. Evelyn leaned over and fell asleep on with her head on my lap. Just as we were taking off she jumped up and screamed! Then she proceeded to cry quietly. She said her ear had popped and it was hurting. Poor thing. I tried to calm her down and rub it. She fell back asleep.
The rest of the light was uneventful except for the occasional trip to the bathroom. Evelyn was scared to death to use that toilet. I think she thought she would fall out of the plane. Then of course the flush was horribly loud, so that didn't help much.
At the end of the flight we waited until everyone had gotten off the plane before we attempted to leave. It was funny when we got to where all the gate checked items were the attendant couldn't figure out why all that stuff was still left when most everyone was gone. It was all ours! Todd again loaded up the car seat mobile and we were on our way.
We called the rental company and they picked us up and took us to our chariot (aka 12 passenger van).
We pulled into Grandpa and Grandma's driveway a little after 10:00 p.m.
Now it was time for the vacation to begin....right?
That concludes part 2 of our trip to Florida.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
Even though Evelyn doesn't use a sippy cup anymore, I brought one for the plane. I thought it might help with take-off and landing. She had been a bit congested for a few days and I was concerned about her ears hurting her.
We were buckled and ready to go. Evelyn leaned over and fell asleep on with her head on my lap. Just as we were taking off she jumped up and screamed! Then she proceeded to cry quietly. She said her ear had popped and it was hurting. Poor thing. I tried to calm her down and rub it. She fell back asleep.
The rest of the light was uneventful except for the occasional trip to the bathroom. Evelyn was scared to death to use that toilet. I think she thought she would fall out of the plane. Then of course the flush was horribly loud, so that didn't help much.
At the end of the flight we waited until everyone had gotten off the plane before we attempted to leave. It was funny when we got to where all the gate checked items were the attendant couldn't figure out why all that stuff was still left when most everyone was gone. It was all ours! Todd again loaded up the car seat mobile and we were on our way.
We called the rental company and they picked us up and took us to our chariot (aka 12 passenger van).
We pulled into Grandpa and Grandma's driveway a little after 10:00 p.m.
Now it was time for the vacation to begin....right?
That concludes part 2 of our trip to Florida.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
What is it about scissors?
What is it about scissors that make children want to cut their hair? I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. I'm pretty sure Ellie and Silas both cut their hair at an earlier age. I was thinking maybe Avrie was learning from their mistakes. Apparently my soon-to-be six year old girlie would rather learn first-hand why it's not such a great idea.
Sweet Avrie found a small pair of scissors from a sewing kit and lopped off a 6 inch long hunk of her hair in the front. Of course not exactly in the front where we could incorporate some bangs. Nope. Sort of in the middle/side/ish part of her head. I admit it could have been worse. Like when Ellie cut her bangs down to about 1/2 inch long. I really should look those pictures up.
Here she is in all her glory.
Thankfully you can't really tell when it's down. Sadly I can't pull it back in the constantly-asked-for-all-up-pony-tail that she loves. Her bangs had just gotten long enough to make it work. Poor thing. As soon as she did it she knew it wasn't too smart.
Live and learn.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
Sweet Avrie found a small pair of scissors from a sewing kit and lopped off a 6 inch long hunk of her hair in the front. Of course not exactly in the front where we could incorporate some bangs. Nope. Sort of in the middle/side/ish part of her head. I admit it could have been worse. Like when Ellie cut her bangs down to about 1/2 inch long. I really should look those pictures up.
Here she is in all her glory.
Thankfully you can't really tell when it's down. Sadly I can't pull it back in the constantly-asked-for-all-up-pony-tail that she loves. Her bangs had just gotten long enough to make it work. Poor thing. As soon as she did it she knew it wasn't too smart.
Live and learn.
Have a blessed day! ~Tammy
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