Look Mom!!!

A pregnant cherry!

Deja vu....

What is it with my girls and ink stamps?
Caroline came downstairs looking like this:

It took me back to last summer when Savannah came downstairs looking like this:

Ironically they both were crying knowing they were about to get in trouble. LOL

Caroline did not let it take away her cool factor though.

Savannah wanted to help clean her all up.

Great minds think alike I guess!

Our week of water fun!

Here I sit on this Friday afternoon with laundry coming out the wazoo, dirty dishes in the sink, and dog hair all over the floor.

I am tired.

My sister's visit has worn me out.

Sooooo, I decided to update the blog.
Problem is....blogger is messed up and won't let me shuffle my photos.
Random photos in no order.
Literally in no particular order.
Should I post now or not?
What the heck!
We went to our old house to go swimming one last time.
(We closed on our house yesterday!!!! Can I hear an AMEN!!!!!!)
Afterwards we camped out in the family room to eat lunch.
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On Memorial Day we went to the club to do some swimming and eating!
The weather was perfect!

The kids had a blast!
Jackson even participated in a cannonball contest. He made it to round 2!
And guess what?
No one got sunburned!!!!

Brent and his women.

My sister left yesterday and took Jackson with her.

He was going to be picked up by my older sister today and brought back to her house.

Jackson has the LIFE in the summer.
I miss him already.

Here the kids are again at our old house swimming. (The house we closed on yesterday!!! YES!!!!)

Sweet little Graceyn!!!
What a doll baby!

I have some good news about Caroline.

She is NOT the daredevil this year that she was last year.

She seemed a little apprehensive of the water and wanted to be held.

Last year we could not keep her from constantly jumping out of our arms into the water.

It was scary the way she wanted to be under the water.

Let's hear it for being apprehensive!!

Woohoooo!!!!

Yes we brought Lulu.

And yes we pushed her in.

She also was apprehensive.

I thought she would love it; I mean she is a retriever.

Go figure.
Upon our returning from somewhere, Lucy did this. Sigh.
She has to stay in the laundry room now when we go anywhere due to her shoe chewing.

We picked up some Happy Meals (yes, we feed our kids that junk) and took the kids to the sprinkler park.

Being the slacker mom I am, I forgot MY kids bathing suits.
So, they played in their dresses.

It's just water, right?

Of course the kids had a ball.

We did not stay for a long time because a storm was moving in.

My sister darkened her hair and now looks like my older sister's twin.

They even have the same haircut.
My hair has always been the lightest, but this is ridiculous.

Savannah is my cautious child, but did manage to get a little wet.
Unlike Avery who was soaked.

This is the result of too many band-aids on one's arm.

That rash is from the band-aid, not the "wound." (which I think was originally a mosquito bite)
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I think it will take me a week to catch up on my sleep.

And then.....

We leave for Tennessee to see my parents.

Oh and my sister's and their kids will be there.

The vicious cycle continues.

That is how our summer goes!!

No Wednesday is wordless with 4 toddlers....

Keepin' it pithy.....

My dinner at Fudrucker's.......Holly's dinner at Fudrucker's.
Whatever!!!!

One of the things Holly and I do when we see each other is exchange kids clothes. Graceyn and Caroline are about 15 months apart. As Caroline grows out of clothes, Graceyn grows in to them.
It's sick the amount of joy this brings us.

Jackson and Brent spent Saturday at the Byron Nelson golf tournament in Los Colinas.
Maybe you saw them on TV (as your eyes glazed over) sitting next to your spouse.

Savannah's precious ball (#2)..... RIP.
Darn you Lucy Lu.
What does your trip to Old Navy look like????
Do your kids lock lips with the mannequin's?
(What I don't have on camera is Savannah accidentally pulling the mannequin's arm off.)

Do you hang out in the dressing room for an hour or so.... going through a bazillion of sale items, while a small army of toddlers in your relation hang out reeking havoc on the dressing room and it's inhabitants???
We sure do!
What's a 3 hour trip to Old Navy without making other shoppers miserable and you want to jump off the nearest cliff?
BTW, the sales were INCREDIBLE!!

Let the fun begin....

My sister, nephew and niece are in town for a week!

With five kids under the age of 6, it's bound to be crazy.

Meh....I am used to crazy! LOL

Adoption....what a beautiful choice.

This cat says it all for me....

I do not know what my deal is lately, but I can not stop eating.

The 15 pounds I lost during our long and torturous adoption experience is slipping back on.

Darn all of those cakes and cookies!

My "skinny" jeans are giving me muffin top.

My stomach screams for mercy when I wear my jeans out.

And WHAT time of year is stalking me around the corner?

Smirking every time I shove my mouth full of gluttonous crap?

Swim suit season. Gulp!

I have never been much of a bathing suit person, but you can forget it now.

Flabby and white is NOT a good combo.

Sigh....

Time to cut out the sugar.

Time to cut out the carbs.

Time to.........exercise??? GASP!!

(Don't worry, that will be my last resort.)

LOL

My sister comes in town from Alabama tomorrow and is all like, "Do you have a Fudrucker's? We HAVE to go eat there. And oh my gosh, you live in Texas, we HAVE to go get some real Mexican food!!!" Drats!! That is my kryptonite. That and chocolate cake.
Oh, and cookie dough.

....and pizza.

Did I mention wine? Holy cow I am in trouble.

On a happier note.....
(which my spouse says I need to focus more on in this journal... errr...I mean blog)
So.....
What could possibly make Caroline smile like this??

And Lucy cover her nose like this??

And Avery Grace make this face?

Well, Avery decided that she would not be out done by Savannah and wanted to change a diaper.

She almost backed down when she opened it up, but braved it out and continued on.

Caroline thinks all of this is just hysterical!

She usually laughs the whole time. Goofy girl!

We have a band-aid bandit.

They sneak into the pantry and open all the band-aids looking for their favorite design.

How will we ever figure out who this scoundrel is????

Like it was ever a real mystery.

Pa-leaz sista!!!

That Nana is a mess.

She will put band-aids on mosquito bites. Seriously.

BTW, at printing time, she had added one more band-aid to her arm and two on her leg.
Time for an intervention I do think.

What is all of the rage in our house the last couple of weeks??

Trail mix.

This tasty one included: gold fish, peanuts, almonds, Cheetos and strawberries.
See the chunks???

You know your mouth is watering for that combo.

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Truth time!
How many of you laughed your butts off last fall when I said I could not wait to have a dog so I would have a clean floor?

Can I just preface this with--Sweet Pea did not shed.

That being said....FOR THE LOVE OF PETE---Golden Retrievers shed like the dickens.

No really, they SHED. In chunks!
I have become obsessed with sweeping my floors.

Lulu is losing her winter coat and it is EVERYWHERE.

We have done this:

Three times.

Getting amounts like this:

Every time.
To tell ya the stinkin' truth, she needs to be done again.

You can stop laughing at me now my fellow Golden owners.

Avery and her bugs and snails.
She loves them!

Caroline is my sweet little doe eyed porcelain doll.
She has big eyes and a petite nose and dainty mouth.

It is so pretty.

All of our girls have a very different look from each other.

Equally beautiful, but very different.

I forgot to brag on my Jackson.

On his last day of school he got a metal for being magna cum laude.

95 average for the year! Go Jackson, go Jackson, it's your birthday, it's your birthday!

Not bad for his first year in middle school and in a new school.
He also got a certificate for "loyalty".

Not a bad trait to have!!

Guess what?

I got an award from my blog friend Kristine over at I love you more than peanut butter!!!

I feel so honored.

It's nice to know that even a slacker mom like me can get an award.

LOL

I think my middle sister syndrome is coming out.

Not the tallest.

Not the skinniest.

Not the smartest.

Not the oldest.

Not the youngest.

Not the most popular.

Hmmmm.....

I'll save the rest for psychotherapy!!!

Look mom!!!!

I got an award!! :)