Catch Up

Well I never intended to take a week off blogging but last week was CRAZY busy so I think taking one thing off my plate was needed.
This week get ready because I am playing catch up.

First up a little bit of random info that you may or may not care about :)

~ Baby A is still doing great on potty training. We had a church picnic at a park yesterday and she stayed dry the whole time and told me when she had to go. She even used a porter potty (SO GROSS!) and now calls it "going potty in the little house". She is still in pull ups at night and during naps but we are ato the beach when we go in a few weeksbout to conquer that too. This may make for a very interesting ride for our upcoming beach trip . Not sure about that yet.....

~ The 4th grade at Scooter's school changed things up a few weeks ago. They now have two teachers everyday. One teaches math and his homeroom teacher teaches all the other subjects. There was no exact reason why they did this but let me tell you why I think it happened.
Scooter's weakest subject is math. He aces the rest of the subjects and even exceeds his grade level in some but math, he just wasn't getting. Last year was a rough year and it slowed him down big time in math so all summer long I prayed and prayed for this year to be the year he "gets it" and that he has such a great year! We started school off just fine and really there were no problems. It was kind of early to tell how things where going to go or so I thought. Then they changed things up for the first time ever without any exact reason. The first week that Scooter had this new math teacher he came home EVERYDAY excited about math and he told me "mom, I get it now... Mrs. L makes math fun and I understand it now!" Well if that isn't just a God thing!!!! God is GOOD! Then last week he came home with his progress report and he has a B in math right now!!! He has never had that high of a grade in math. I am so proud of him and so thankful for answered prayers!!

~ Speaking of school, take a look at the boys school pictures:

I am CRAZY BLESSED!!!

I know I am partial but those are some seriously handsome boys! You can bet these pictures were purchased. They deserve to be framed on my wall!!

~ Rascal goes today for some allergy testing and blood work. I am not 100% sure what all is going to be done but I do know that it won't be the most glamorous testing. If you could please keep him (and me) in your prayers I would greatly appreciate it!

~ I have been SO READY for fall!! I need cooler temps stat and since that isn't happening soon enough I decided to go ahead and start adorning my house with fall decorations anyway.
Here's what I got so far:

My planters on my front porch steps are filled with mums and I LOVE them!!

I am pretty proud of this wreath I made. It took FOREVER to make it since you wrap yarn around the wreath form til it is covered. VERY time consuming but worth it in the long run.

I have a few other things I have made but I am not quite done with them so I will post pictures of them another time.

~ Baby A got new boots for the fall and she LOVES wearing them. Now we just need to get her some fall clothing so she has something to wear them with.

~ We had a little incident with bear! You see a certain brother got in trouble for fighting with his brother and he got a little angry. What did he do..... rip the arm off the beloved bear of his brother. Yep it was a LOOOONNNNGGGG day that particular day and this sent me over the edge. Thank goodness Tim walked in the door not 2 seconds after it happened so he handled the situation while I locked myself in the bathroom and cried! One day my boys will show love to one another but right now.... we are not in that phase!

Rascal was heartbroken about his bear so I performed surgery on him that night before bed and sewed him back almost as good as new. I even added a little stuffing to him to make him a little less flat. Rascal wasn't so sure he liked that I did that but oh well at least he is all intact again.

~And then this morning they both sat together comparing Pokemon games on their DS. See they do love each other but I wish I saw this sweet side a little more.

~ Sweet Baby A...... oh how she knows how to melt my heart!! This girl LOVES to have her nails polished (she even knows it's called polished and not painted... you polish your nails and you paint a wall). When she asks I can't resist and I tell her to go pick out her color. I promise you she runs back to my bathroom grinning from ear to ear and squealing like what can best be described as a piglet squealing for his momma. How could I deny her such a simple joy and the joy I get in return...... It's like none other!!!!  

Man I love that sweet girl!!

~ The girl loves to "help". She has to be under my feet ALWAYS and she has to have her hands doing whatever I am doing. This results in her knowing where dishes belong, how to load the dishwasher, how to switch the washer and dryer and her most favorite.... helping cook! Just look at that smile!!!

~ Baby A is in a phase where she hates when her feet get wet from the dew. She will step into the grass, feel the dew on her toes (when she is wearing sandals) and then have a complete melt down about being "dirty"! Can we say dramatic???

But then you give her some toys and a pile of dirt and what does she do?? Well she takes handfuls of it and rubs herself down with it including her hair. When asked what she was doing she said "I takin a baf" !!

So the dew is NOT ok but rubbing yourself down from head to toe with dirt is ok??? Go figure!

(notice the socks... that's so she doesn't feel the dew on her feet!)

Hope that catches you up on the "crazy" that we call  life.

I will be back this week catching up on posts.