December Festivities

Tacky Christmas Party (My mother really wore all this...)

Angels

Christmas Card Pic

Dolled up for the Coterie Club Dance

Ashlin was not a fan of the snow (it got in her diaper)!

She was a fan of staying inside and looking out!

Mary would have played all day if I had let her.

My sweeties

Playing with the train by the tree

Happy November

November was full of fun!  The first weekend of November we had 6 birthday parties to attend.  Way too much cake and ice cream for one weekend.  Thanksgiving we went to Mema's for dinner and had fun raking leaves into piles and jumping into them.  The Friday after Thanksgiving, we got our first set of stitches.  Ashlin was playing in our bathroom and slipped on a step and hit her head on the bathtub.  She was a brave girl, but cried, "Mommy Owweee!!!" over and over again while they gave her the stitches.  It was awful! 

Halloween, Birthdays, and October Fun!

October was a crazy month!  We celebrated my father's birthday, Mary's 3rd birthday, and Halloween. 

Babo and Ash at Mary's birthday

Our favorite Party Place

Chancellor Clan

My dare devil

Happy Halloween

September Fun

Labor Day and Aunt Jean's 90th Birthday!

I can hear the tune to "The Andy Griffith Show" in the background!

The fish didn't bite as well with the drought.

All the Smith Family cousins

This girl loves the outdoors

Cousins relaxing with Babo

Ride with Daddy

Janie and Babo getting a spa treatment (Mary painting their feet with water)

My turn!!!

My my my Mary...

She will be trouble someday!!!  This was the conversation that occurred at breakfast the other day.  I did not witness it, because I was resting my eyes (see previous post on blindness), but Kevin swears he told it to me word for word. 

Mary:  Daddy, you need to listen to me.

Kevin:  I will always listen to what you have to say, but you also have to listen to Daddy. 

Mary: Daddy, you NEED to listen to ME.

Kevin:  Mary, I will always listen to what you have to say, but Daddy and Mommy are the bosses, and you have to listen to us and do what we say. 

Mary:  I can tell you are going to be a problem for me.



Really?!?!?!?  She is about to be 3 at the end of this month!  Where does she get this???

Gripefest and blindness

I really have a bunch of stuff I wanted to blog about, all the way back from labor day, but whenever I think my life is going to calm down, something stirs it back up!  The most recent stir was created by the quick temporary exit of a teacher, and the just as quick replacement of her, with me!  I won't get into details, but I did threaten to quit my job so that I could live in Las Vegas and be a professional gambler... Did I mention the first two weeks of my new gig, my kids both had the tummy bug and one had an ear infection.  Writing sub plans for a sub when you are the sub gets complicated!!!

Anyway, I am about to be finished with my "temporary" English teaching assignment.  But to complicate things even further, I broke my glasses.  My prescription was out of date.  My vision insurance basically sucks.  LASIKs is something that has been on my mind for a while.  I did some research, went in for an eye exam to find out about it and/or get a new prescription and new glasses.  Long story short.  I had epi-Lasik eye surgery last Friday!  So not only has teaching been challenging, just reading has been challenging.  Fortunately the procedure went great, and I no longer have to wear glasses.  This is good, because I feel muh cuter without them :)