tripp and the barbie.

so, tripp just approaches me with a barbie in one hand and the barbie's missing the skirt and undies in the other...

He hands her to me -

He says: "Fix this, mom."
I say: "What happened to her skirt and her panties, Tripp?"
And he says: "I was playing with her, and it was on accident."

news about nothing.

Well, I just finished school - for the semester, anway- last night at 8 p.m. I had a final that started at 9 am yesterday morning. It came from Satan. I believe it was the worst final ever. Long and tedious essays - over Central Asia and lots of stuff that makes my brain hurt. Over and Done!! Yey! I have three weeks before summer school begins. It will take me that long just to wind down.



The kids only have a few more weeks of school left. Tripp gets out the 15th of May.. and Eli and Emma get out the 22nd of May. After that, it is up in the air. What does a mom do? My mother in law is going to help me out on Mondays and Fridays. So, that leaves me with three days unaccounted for. I can't really afford daycare. I am just going to pray, pray, pray and I know I will get it worked out.



Summer for us usually means lots of pool time, outside play time, playdate time. This year is an adjustment - now that I am working. I have had a couple of moms ask about playdates this summer as well as pool days. Ugh, I am gonna miss the pool. It wont last forever. The kids go back to school around the 7th of August.

Eli has soccer tournaments that start tonight in Cookeville at 6 p.m.

One month from today, my baby will be four ! years old. We are in the beginning stages of planning that Somolian pirate party that he dreams of. Ahoy!

Eli's good day.

Today was an Eli centered day... many times, all the kids are intermixed in activities. Today we got to spend the day doing just "Eli stuff". Tripp's soccer game was cancelled due to rain - so we started off staying in the house till almost 11 am. *I even got to sleep to 7:30!*
First on the agenda was scholars bowl.. Eli was on a team of five boys representing his school against other schools in the county.

This is Eli answering in the beginning round that is used to choose the top two teams.

His team won! He went on the stage to compete for first place. See the look of intensity on his face? He is so serious and so competitive.. and so smart. :)

And his team placed first! Yey Eli!

This is the face I get when I ask him for a pic.

We moved on there to a soccer game. Here is Eli in action. These are the first pictures that I have taken of him playing this year.

He is #12.

They ended up loosing.. but they played - or really just slid around in the rain.

I enjoy watching him. He is a good soccer player too.

Following that, we came home and then the little kids went to grandmas for a couple of hours. Dave and I took Eli with us to an adult birthday party. There were some little kids there, but it really wasn't the place for them. It was nice to spend the day with Eli and focused on Eli.