A Day At The Races

So since we got rained out last night, we decided to load up and head to the track. Well last night would have been a LOT more comfortable. Today was just CRAZY HOT!!!! Well we all arrived at the race track and the fun started. Of course the boys just HAD to help prep the car. So this is what took place. It took about 10 times as long to change 4 tires as normal LOL.




After everyone was settled in. We had a wonderful relaxing afternoon. Josh's buddy came out and hung out with us. Jake informed us all that he "owned" all the race cars and they were all his to take home. I am sure his daddy would love it if that were true LOL. There were definitely some beautiful cars there!!! Jake is probably going to end up doing something along those lines when he grows up. I really feel for his future wife LOL. JT says that Jake can be the pit crew, Savannah and I can do the drinks and snacks, Daddy can drive, and JT can run the computer operations on the car LOL. So I guess we have a family business in racing now. But while JT was imagining things today, this is what really took place.

New Tires = Headache!!!!

Ok so for the last...well since I have had my car I have had a tire that goes low every once in awhile. Well last night it decided to just quit LOL. So I had a flat. No biggie b/c I was at home. So Josh being the wonderful husband that he is, calls and orders tires for me really quickly and all I have to do is go take the car in and pay. No big deal right... I will just get up get things done and get there first thing in the morning.

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Things can't go like that. Instead we have to wait until 1:00-1:30 for them to get there. I call and of course the guy that answers has no clue what I am talking about. So I head down there and get there at 2. Now had I known it was going to take 2 FULL HOURS to put on tires I would have told Josh "Ummmm, no thanks you can have fun sitting there tomorrow". But me being the good wife I am, sucks it up and sits and sits and sits some more LOL. Remember I have a 3 yr old right. A 3 yr old that take a nap from 1-3:30 or so. Well since we missed his WHOLE naptime just imagine the fun we had at the tire shop. I am sure they were so glad to get rid of us. Finally I changed the channel from the ever so cheerful CNN to Disney. House of Cory seemed a much better choice for whiny, bored, out of control kids LOL. Jake was a mess...climbing on the chairs, throwing Legos at JT, riding on JT like he was a bike, and then proclaiming that he wanted gum and he didn't want to wait until the car was done and they needed to hurry up!!!! Now we are home and supposed to be getting ready to head to Reynolds to the racetrack. This should be a WONDERFUL fun night LOL. Jake who has had no nap (I HOPE he has one on the way, since its an hour and a half away.), JT who is in a fine mood today (his 7 yr old brain is mis-firing today) and Savannah who is not the biggest racing fan in the world and last about 30 minutes hahaha!! Hopefully since Dad is racing, she will be a little more interested. Speaking of which I better continue this later since I have forgotten to plug in the camcorder and charge my digital batter for tonight!!!! Oh yes and JT says he is praying for no rain because he wants corn dogs and nachos for dinner LOL. Can you tell we spend some time at the track???

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND IT!!!

I have finally found something that will work with disciplining Jake. Of course he still will probably end up in the corner for hours at a time, 90 times a day..but hopefully this will help a little LOL.

It all started with JT laying on the floor and Jake riding his bike like a crazy man. He came tearing around the corner and proceeded to run over JT's hand (so I was told...I was folding laundry) I hear JT SCREAMING at Jake "WATCH WHAT YOU ARE DOING, THAT HURTS!!!" Then JT crying...now when JT cries he is really hurt. So time to intervene.

Me...What happened

JT (while sobbing)...Jake ran over my fingers, look!

Sure enough he sure did LOL.

Me...Jake you need to watch where you are driving and be a little more careful.

Jake...BE QUIET AND STOP BEING SO MEAN TO ME!!!!!!!

Me...Now Jake you need to stop that attitude or I will take your bike away (and never return it heheheeheh)

Jake...DON"T TOUCH MY BIKE...ITS MINE AND YOU ARE MEAN TO ME!!!!

Ok now when does a little be more careful warrant a full-blown temper tantrum??? I LOVE 3 yr olds LOL.

Jake....Imagine now kicking his bike, slamming his hand on his handlebars and screeching at me.

For those of you that actually know Jake, know that he is the worlds best tantrum thrower. It is actually rather funny to watch, except for the fact that he is my child and well that is just not acceptable in my house. Sooooo

Me...pick him up off his bike... grab the bike and take it outside. (yes my kids ride inside LOL) Jake you can not throw fits like that and you may have your bike back after nap.

Now really what was I thinking saying the nap word???? I really must have wanted a challenge this morning because that word is like a dirty word in this house LOL.

Jake..."GIVE ME MY BIKE BACK NOW!!! I NOT TAKING NAPS TODAY OR MORROW"

Me..."Go to your room until you calm down and can talk to me like a big boy"

10 minutes later....

Jake..."Mom I a big boy now...I have my bike back now?"

Me..."Not until after lunch (notice no NAP LOL) "

Guess what he was fine with that!!! Ok so now seriously can someone PLEASE tell me how to rewire a 3 yr olds brain...they seriously need to come with instruction manuals on how to rewire brains at 3, 7, 11, and 13-16 LOL. We went from a simple be a little more careful to a full blown bike removed and in trouble situation LOL. A simple "Yes Maam" Would have been suficient, but I guess we must like drama here.

He has now been a wonderful little boy and keeps reminding me he is a big boy so he can have his bike. I have finally found the key to his behavior for the next 2-3 days...then I will be in search of something else again I am sure. At least I know the next few days will be a lot less of a challenge LOL.

Jakes Cake!!

This year I decided to do Jakes cake as a real cake...like one you could buy in the store and this is what I came up with :)


The start of Jakes frosting for his cake :)




The first frosting step in a buttercream transfer.




Now we are cruising along.



HMMMMM Is this really gonna work???



WOOOHOOOO The transfer worked!!!!



ALMOST DONE!!!!



WOOHOOOO The final product!!! It was SOOOO good too!!!

Jake's Birthday

We had a wonderful fun-filled day today. It of course is a fun day because it is the 4th, but also because my sweet little baby was born 3 years ago today. I will never ever forget the phone call from Josh or the laughter from PJay and I as we had a baby together LOL. She is a person that will always be close to my heart. As she said today...tell our baby Happy Birthday. In a sense he was hers too for awhile. She was the first one to snuggle him, the first one to feed him, the first one to really take care of him for a little bit. She stepped into Josh's place without any hesitation. You know you have a real friend when she sits through labor and delivery with you and laughs at you saying...OK DRUGS LOL and then holds your hand through it all.

Jake as a new baby

Jake at 3yrs

So today as I watch my baby ride his new bike and be a typical three year old, I couldn't help but smile and enjoy every minute. He started off the day by being mad when my mom called to sing him "Happy Birthday" because it wasnt' MORGAN!!!! Ok now Morg, you really must be important LOL. He proceeded to throw a fit and had to be sent to his room. What a wonderful way to start off his birthday. I was not happy until my mom explained to me ever so gently that "He knows today is a big day and something is going on, but he doesn't know how to handle it, so be patient". I LOVE my mom...she gives the best advice when I really need it. I need to be reminded sometimes that 3 yr olds really are still babies that like to act like big kids. Anyway, so the rest of the day went really well. I rushed to get everything finished and get ready to go. I finally finished Jakes cake (which I will show tomorrow) and off we went to Waverly Hall leaving my house spotless...ummmm I mean TRASHED LOL.

We had a wonderful day of Southern BBQ with all the sides, sparklers, cake and ice cream-with NO candles LOL. Sam, Kelly, JT, Nan, and Jake had a wonderful day. It was so nice to see Pam and John again...I really wish we lived closer to them. It is so nice to be surrounded by family and know that my kids are so well loved by more then just us and our real families-(well they are our real family now).

Jake today was so cute. We all sang Happy Birthday to him and as we finished the first Happy Birthday to you...Jake jumps in and starts singing in his loud singing voice and sings to himself LOL. Of course most kids this age do...but at the end he sings..."Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" As long as he could go without stopping LOL. What a character that one...so we of course had to have an instant replay so that Grandpa could get it on video LOL. Then he proceeded to blow out "pretend" candles because we didn't have any LOL. I left mine at home and figured no biggie Grandma will have some...but she didn't LOL. But he still LOVED blowing out his pretend candles LOL.


All in all it was a wonderful, stress-free, relaxing day! A real small "family" birthday party that is so much more normal to us!!!

I LOVE On Post ERs

Ok sooo it all starts yesterday when cute little JT decides to tell me his eyes hurt and they have green nasties. Well he was doing a good job and keeping it hidden LOL. So everyone knows what that means!!! I call at 2 pm to the clininc Pffft like that will do any good right. So I get the usual...We can't fit them in but take him to the acute clinic, because we are closed the rest of the week!!! Ok cool...Josh gets home...I take him to the clinic-SO I THOUGHT-but guess what the clinic closed early!!!! Sooo now I get to do a real ER wait. Oh how fun...good thing I brought us each a book. Well this is at 8 pm. So yipee skippee anyone want to guess what time we got home??? Yep that would be 2 AM LOL. I LOVE THE ER!!!!!

We did see some interesting things while we were there though. Of course there are privates everywhere, which usually the ones that are there are the idiots that just want out of training LOL. (most of the time not all the time!!!) But last night there was 4 pvts in there. Two of them were cool and talked quietly and just chilled...you could tell by looking at them that they were good kids. The other two on the other hand well yeah LOL. They talked quite loudly and one wore his pants sagging the worst I have EVER seen ACUs sag...hell I didn't even know they could sag LOL. I so wanted Josh to be there LMAO. But then in comes a lady and her husband and they sat next to us. We just kept looking at each other and laughing at the stuff they were saying...oh so much to learn LOL and this lady's husband was drill LOL. We are getting closer and closer to being seen and guess what!!! A drill comes running in the door w/ 2 pvts...one holding his hand. He is saying his hand feels like its on fire now. Ummm ok...there is major commotion for this one. Turns out the poor kid was sound asleep in his sleeping bag when a lovely copperhead decided to eat his hand for dinner!!!!!! JT wakes up and is FERIOUS b/c he came in just now and was seen LOL. I told him ummm DUDE he has a copperhead bite...He replies with "Oh! Well that is understandable then. We wouldn't want him to drop dead right there from it." Then falls back asleep LOL. Lord help me with that one LOL. Needless to say it was an interesting night. For JT he now has 8 drops a day in his eyes and has a nasty virus going in his eyes, throat ears etc. Swimming just irritated his eyes w/ the virus, so now it is time for some new swim goggles!!!!!

Now today I need to tackle this house with bleach and make sure it doesn not spread!!!! Any takers on helping??? Josh of course has day/night land nav with his new babies, so no help there LOL. I guess I will put my kids to work cleaning LOL. So much for a nice relaxing day of getting Jakes cake done!!!! Time for me to get to work I guess.

What was I thinking???

Deciding to cutdown weeds and nasty plants all day??? LOL. I decided for some odd reason I needed to edge the edge of the house. Well I am surrounded by a big old forest on 3 sides of me hahahahaha. Soooo now after chainsawing and bush wacking I have a MESS!!! So now I am taking a short break to blog and then back to work. In the process I found 3 ant beds!!!! Now mind you I hate ANTS EEEWWW EEWWWW EEEWWWW lol. Sooo out came the insect spray...then the ant powder and now I am letting it take effect before I go finish raking.

What else has happened this week??? Well lets see....
~Yesterday was my birthday!! WOOOHOOO I am 29. It was a very relaxing and bum day. I did nothing but clean house hahaahahahaha.
~Saturday was the fireworks show on post. Ok so I can understand now doing the fireworks during a weeknight b/c well the soldiers have to go back to work. But this year the 4th is on a Friday and so can someone PLEASE explain to me why it can't be on the 4th??? Maybe it has to do with the Hoochie Fireworks in Columbus I don't know.
~Friday was a LATE day. It was a wonderful day of just hanging out. Then I took the kids to Iris's house where they were spending the night. I ended up helping her w/ her homework and then staying there until 430 AM LOL. Even Josh came over and hung out after he finished his "Ride" at 145 AM LOL. That made for a very exhausting Saturday though.
~We had some wonderful fun over the last week, but a lot of just hanging out too.

The kids only have a few more weeks before it is time to get in the school routine. YIKES School already!!!!!

On a more somber note. A girl that I know had her child pass away this last week. He was 2 and was found with a plastic bag over his head, which in turn caused brain damage from lack of oxygen. So PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE everyone keep those plastic bags up and out of reach from little curious hands. The warning is there for a reason, though most of us tend to ignore it.

Well I guess it is time to get back to work and go kill some more ants and try to get something done!

Baseballs OVER

Well another baseball/softball season has come and gone. It was a little bit more insane, well umm crazy, then last year. With two kids playing, it felt like it was run, run, run. I most definitely would not have traded it for the world. I am so blessed to have three healthy kids that can play all the sports and enjoy them. Of course at the beginning, Savannah wasn't all that coordinated, but her improvement was amazing. She now hits the ball everytime, can almost catch a pop fly, and knows exactly what to do in every position on the field.

She has turned into a full blown baller, a softballer, but still nonetheless a baller :) She is finally so comfortable throwing and catching, she doesnt look at all like all she wanted to ever do was cheerlead (not that cheering is a bad thing, just not a good idea with my family LOL).

JT developed into quite the player himself this year.

It is absolutely amazing to watch children grow and change not only from year to year, but from the beginning to the end of a season. We were so blessed to have wondeful coaches who took great care of each and everyone of those little guys.

It will be nice knowing that he will have at least one if not two of the same coaches next year. His confidence in himself and exploded and he can now face many situations that would have terrified him a year ago.

Now poor little Jake learned over this season to have patience and to enjoy himself and his sudoku books LOL.

Now that baseball is over, we are looking for a short little break until ummm, well July LOL. Yep a month and a half off is all!!!!!! YIKES!!!!! Then it is back to the fun Georgia heat and some more balling for JT.

Well Ooops LOL

So I said I was going to try and blog everday, but it seems it is all I can do to sit down for a few minutes. But well today I have a minute. So it was a busy week. We had, of course, baseball and softball. JT won his game on Thursday and Savannah did awesome at hers. You can most definitely tell that she is playing with the boys all the time. She was playing on second base and sure enough she got the ball. Well, the girl beat her to second, but kept on going and then turned back. Everyone is yelling at Savannah to tag her, so she does. Not only does she tag her, but she pretty much punches her with the ball. Everyone in the crowd chuckles and thinks it is so cute. Well I am sitting there thinking "Oh man, we will have to talk about that one. " So into the dugout she comes (I am dugout mom , so I am there also) and I tell her hang on. I said, "That was an awesome tag Nan, but next time try not to hit her so hard." She responds with, "But Mom, that is how the boys told me to tag someone!" So I had to explain that when she plays with the boys, she can act like a boy but while with girls she had to be a little more careful. Sometime playing with boys 24/7 is not such a good thing.

JT had another game today and we beat the rain!!!! He played really well. He got a hit everytime. His uniform is very dirty today though. He decided that while running to first, he would try and eat some red dirt LOL. His coach told him he just needed to watch out of the dirt monsters because that little boy sure went flying!!!! So of course he was out at first LOL. He is really improving all the time. It must be because he pretty much eats, breaths and sleeps baseball. I sometimes wonder if it is us pushing him, but it really isn't. We have been trying to get them to STOP playing baseball and all they want to do all day long is play ball. I am sure by the end of next year we will have at least one broken window. The roof may have a good grove going down it from the constant thump and roll of the ball. At least I know all my kids are outside and safe when I hear the constant "Thump, Thump, SMACK (into the side of the house from Jake)" Then "OH Man I missed, Almost or WOOOOHOOO Good Catch"

Josh is on 24 hour duty today (First time in a LOOONG time). He has no privates to watch, so he will get to sleep WOOHOOO!! That means tomorrow we can go do something fun since it will be our last weekend before the chaos of getting ready to leave starts.

Speaking of leaving we have now pushed it off until the 15th. JT came home from school and was the top Accelerated Reader in his class. I am so proud of that little kid. He is sooo smart, it just amazes me. He is now reading on a 5th-6th grade level they say. Anyways, for being one of the top, he gets to go on a trip to Atlanta with the other top readers in the school. They are going to the aquarium and doing a behind the scenes tour. Soooo, I had to put leaving off a day. Now we will leave here in the afternoon and drive up to Atlanta and pick him up at the aquarium before they head home. Then off to St Louis for a few hours rest. Then off we head to Rapid City, SD. Then HOME WOOOHOOO!!! I am sooo excited to be going home. I am still debating on when to come home. I am thinking I will just play it by ear and just come home when I feel like it LOL.

Other news Hmmm...Oh yes I GET MY NEW CAMERA WOOHOOO!!! Soooo I will be putting all sorts of pictures on here soon. WOOHOOO!!!!