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my girl

This is my girl.

She does not get near the publicity here that she deserves.

She is kind, loving and sweet. She is my #1 helper.

I love her.

Us gals have to stick together in this house of men.

By the way, is it just me or does she look way too old in this picture?!?

Tell me I didn't!

Oh my...what a night!

Sometimes I am glad the children do not hear exactly what we say.

Tonight while getting the kids ready for bed, Lemon Drop came to tell me good night. As she was leaning down, I see that she had not yet brushed her teeth.

I say, "You have not brushed your teeth."

Her: "Uh"

Me: "Well, I guess you are going to have pecker speckled teeth!" (In my head, "WHAT? Pecker speckled teeth! What did I just say to my child???")

That is what I said...

This is what she heard: "Well, I guess you are going to have paper teeth!"

This is what I meant to say: "Well, I guess you are going to have pepper speckled teeth!"

What Daddy heard: EXACTLY what I did say!

I thought I might have to go and pick him up from the floor in another room. He grinned and took off for another bedroom for what I can only imagine was stifling his laughter!

Boy I sure am glad my kids do not always hear exactly what we say! Wheew!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from our family to yours. Hope you have a wonderful RESURRECTION Day! These first few pictures, with the cross, were taken last night after Church, and what a wonderful service it was, very powerful. We were blessed to have some special friends join us as well.

These bluebonnet pictures were taken by my good friend, Shannon. Didn't she do an awesome job? Of course it does not hurt that the subjects are such gorgeous children either, now does it? And no, I am not one bit biased!

I have nothing profound to say, but if you would like some great Easter reading material, check out MckMama's or Brent's blog for some awesome stuff!

Not me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where we can be brutally honest with each other, and live to tell about it. When you are finished here, head on over to MckMama's blog to see a list of more not me's. You will be so glad you did!

This week, we most certainly did not celebrate Lemon Drop's 11th birthday 3 different times on 3 different days. That would be just plain crazy, I mean people only have one birthday, right? Well, obviously not at our house...and we certainly do not have cake twice!!! Seriously people! So...you will never find evidence of Boog shoveling in eating chocolate ice-cream cake.

We also did not have a sleep over with 3 extra pre-teen girls...WOW...so glad we did not do that. That might have been insane. Speaking of that kind of insanity...does anyone know when the head jerks and eye twitching will subside?

Ok...so maybe it wasn't that bad.

Oh yea, I did not meet a photographer friend of mine this weekend to take some awesome pictures of my little monkeys in the gorgeous bluebonnets. Nope, not me. That might have been a good idea and we all know, I rarely have those! Intentions...that is what I have! Almost forgot...while not taking pictures, it was soooo not me who was standing within arms reach of Tutti-Frutti when he did not flip over head first out of his basket, right into the bluebonnets! Nope, not me! I am a way better mother than that, and a whole lot more careful too! I would never let anything like that happen to one of my babies! So, no, that is not road rash you see on his head!

Speaking of not taking those pictures, remember my Not me! post from last week with my baby not in the leg of a pair of boy's shorts...Well, the jumper we did not make from those turned out absolutely perfect. So, all 3 of my boys most definitely did not have the cutest matching shorts for the pictures that we did not take. So this is surely not the little sneak peak she teased me with this morning! I am not just dying to see what the rest of them look like either. Nope, not me! I have way more patience than that!

Wednesday, we did not show up at Grandma and Grandpa's house with said jumper in tow, begging hoping for Grandma's help with sewing them for us. And, since we begged asked so nicely, she was more than willing to lend a helping machine hand. But then again, who could say no to our precious little Tutti-Frutti? Have you seen that face?

We also did not have a fantastic dinner with some dear friends of ours Friday night, nor did we have the best baked ziti EVER, along with great conversation and lots of laughs. The kids absolutely did not have a great time playing, especially Boog, he might have had a terrible time, if we had indeed gone. Since we were not there, we did not get home at midnight THE NIGHT BEFORE OUR WONDERFUL BLUEBONNET PICTURE EXPERIENCE! I mean seriously, who in their right mind keeps their kids out until midnight the night before family pictures?

Upon waking...Boog did not have a major melt down, proclaiming that, "I wanna staaaaay hooooome! I don't wannnna go taaaaaakkkke piiiiicccctures at the paaaaark!" Only to be the most photogenic of all of the children! Nope, not him.

Oh yea, and in case you are wondering...still no pirate ship!

Ok, well that is it for me and my Not me's! Not that there aren't anymore...I just cannot remember them all and I would hate to bore you past tears. So...while you are still clear eyed enough, head on over to MckMama's and see what everyone else has not been up to this week. Of course, that is if she has had time to put up a link to Mr. Linky this morning. She has had poor sick babies this weekend and is not feeling great herself, keep her family in your prayers, little Stellan has already had RSV once this winter, I would hate for them to have another hospital stay. So, if that is the case, I guess you are stuck with me. Have a great week! Y'all come back now, ya hear?

Happy Birthday Lemon Drop

Today our baby girl turns 11...where does the time go? She is such a sweet loving child, no parent could ask for a better helper, daughter or big sister...but as for a little sister, well...that is debatable. She is growing up so fast, right before our eyes. She is not our little girl anymore. Or at least she doesn't think so. She will always be our baby girl in this house of men. This time last year, turning 10! This year she became a big sister once again!And 9, looking more grown up each year.

8, she loved going to Libby Lu for makeovers...love the pink hair. She wanted to wear it everywhere! 7, the year she became a big sister. It was one month and 4 days later that she was no longer the baby of the house.

We are so proud of the young lady she is becoming, foot stomping, eye rolling, door slamming and all...she brings such joy to our lives. We are proud to call her daughter, our baby girl. Happy 11th birthday sweet girl. We love you!

Weekly Wednesday plus four...

The smallest, most adorable member of the family...sharing his day of the week, again.

This time we have a Tutti-Frutti with a side of Lemon Drop. Aww, sisterly love...

She loves him, even though she cried when she found out that he too would be a brother, not sister. Once again...

Oooh, hair...

Our gorgeous little lady.

The family ham...

Mr. Cheesy McSmiley Pants

Best I could do last minute with several uncooperating participants...

See what I mean...no help at all! Ha!

The name game...

Ok everyone...we are going to play the name game. After much thought and consideration on the subject of names...we decided to make this blog more anonymous. I did not want to just make it private because I enjoy writing and sharing. Since I will hopefully get more readers, it just makes more sense to us to shield protect our identities! Now that you understand...it is time to make the introductions. So...from now on...

I will be known as either Mama, Mommy or Mama Jelly Belly. Daddy will be Top Banana! His idea of course...well, not totally. When searching for the Jelly Belly names, I just chuckled when I read it and it just kinda stuck...

This one will be known as Sour Apple...and NO, it is not a bad thing! That is my favorite flavor of any kind of candy, hands down. So, it is only fitting that it goes to the first born!

The little lady of the house will now be known as Lemon Drop.

This cute little creature will now be known as Little Booger or Boog.

And of course this precious thing will be Tutti-Frutti, which is in fact one of the MANY nicknames he already goes by at home.

Hopefully this has not caused mass confusion to any of you! It might just make my life a little easier!