Naptime Fun

Honestly, naptime is my least favorite time of day. How is it that when we are little we fight so hard NOT to have to take a nap, and then when we are grown up we have to fight so hard NOT to fall asleep?

Mackenzee is like this. She hates taking naps. So, every day after lunch the battle begins. It really gets old. Today was no different. I put her to bed and went about doing my other things. Mackenzee must assume I am deaf because I could hear her running back and forth across the floor upstairs. So, I went upstairs and found her with her cat inside my bathroom with the door closed. I'm not sure why she chose the bathroom...but perhaps she thought this would be the "safest" place to hide.

Of course, she gets in trouble and is given the usual threat that if she doesn't go to sleep then blah, blah, blah...{the threat changes from day to day depending on my mood} Well, today wasn't one of my better days. I was doing ROCK homework and was NOT in the mood for naptime problems. So, I left her in her bed and went back to my homework. AGAIN....I hear running. The entire process gets repeated numerous times over the course of an hour. And, at this point...

I am SO done.

She gets the ULTIMATE threat. Yes....a swat on the bum if she doesn't go to sleep.

Guess what she still didn't do?

So, I delivered on my threat. That's right....I'm a mean mom that way.

At this point, you'd think she would be in tears because her mom had gone ALL THE WAY this time. You think she'd hurry and try to go to sleep so it didn't happen again..right?

Wanna know what my daughter did instead?

I swatted her on the bum and she looked at me with her most defiant look and said, "I should have farted on your hand!"

Sigh....such a princess I have...

I blame it on her brother. :0)

{Just so you know, it still took another 30 minutes for her to finally go to sleep}

Just say no to weirdo freaks

SO, after much deliberation and discussion, I have decided to go private. For those of you wanting an invite, please let me know and I will add you to the list. If you are not sure if I have your email address, please add that info to your comment so you will be sure to be included.

I figure it is better to be safe than sorry. My kids are so dang cute, but the pictures I take of them are for me and close friends and family members. Not for weirdo freaks who stalk blogs looking for cute pictures of kids. :0(

If anyone is unsure how to set up a google account in order to gain access to my blog after receiving an invite, let me know and I can help.

Thanks all!

Blessed

Sometimes....

every now and again....

I get a warm and fuzzy mommy moment like this.....

See? They DO like each other! :0)

BTW...please ignore the really dirty floor they are snuggling on. They watched a movie and ate popcorn the night before, which inevitably means the popcorn gets scattered across the floor. :0)

Happy Valentine's Day

Just wanted to share the love with all of you!

Happy Valentine's Day!

The Pout

So, we had our usual mother/son argument this morning thanks to Jaysen. Landon has a SERIOUS addiction problem when it comes to video games. I'm not kidding either. It has caused a lot of problems. So, We took the Playstation and hid it and told him that he was NEVER playing again. Sigh. Then, Jaysen comes home from work last night and asks Landon if he wants to play Tiger Woods golf with him on the Playstation! He told me that he just wanted to spend some time with Landon. Ummm...yeah. So, they played for about an hour and then it was bedtime, so at least they were able to finish up nicely without huffing and puffing from Landon.

Landon got up this morning and the Playstation was still out. He asks Jaysen if he can play it today and Jaysen says, "It's up to mom." What??? Now I have to be the bad person and say that it was a one time only thing. Not fair! I tell Landon he's got chores to do before I even consider it. He seriously asked me if he could play it five different times in thirty minutes. And I'm not kidding. No attempt at getting his room clean was made. Yeah. Then the argument began. Why do I have to be the bad parent? Argh!!!!! So, when Jaysen called this morning he got an earful. It's a good thing I love him, otherwise I would have beat him up!


This picture is what Landon did after Jaysen told him he wasn't going to be playing video games today. He stomped into the back yard and pouted behind this tree. Because by doing so, he is going to end up convincing me that he should be able to get his way. It always works. YEAH RIGHT!

The point of all of this, is that Mackenzee...who copies everything that Landon does...marched outside right behind Landon and sat behind the tree right next to his. The goober! She is so silly! She just sat there watching him to see what he would do next.

She would get up every now and again and go stand next to him, crouching down to see into his face...and then walk back to her tree and sit down. She just adores him.



She saw me snapping pictures and gave me a cute grin. Do you like the red paint all over her legs? yeah....she got into Landon's paint pens this morning. good thing they are washable.

Kids!!!! It's a good thing we love them otherwise.....I don't know...It's just a good thing we do!