Things I'm too old for.

I'm not as young as I used to be or in shape, but I know there are things that I just shouldn't do at my age. Such as pigtails, pink hair, frilly dresses (not that I was ever really into that) which brings me to the next thing that I'm just too old for. You have to see my son to know that the kid can talk me into almost anything. When you hear "aw come on mom its not that scary" or better yet, "is your butt to wide to fit thru". Ok well we went for a walk around the track at school. Took Chase over to the playground, they have what I call the firemen's pole. I tried to talk him into sliding down, I managed to help him on it and Gordon helped him to "slide" down. Chase decided that I needed to try. So I couldn't not do it after convincing him that he would have fun. So I did, made a straight drop to the bottom and fell on my "wide" butt, was funny, hurt my heals a bit. But I made it. He wanted to go again, so again I climb up to help. He made it down a little more by himself this time. He then told me that I needed to go again. Can I tell him no, when I'm always telling him to pick himself up and try again.... Ok well I climb on, decide to hold on a little firmer on the way down, I should've probably gripped more with my legs.... but no I tried to hold on with my hands. Not the smartest thing to do, so needless to say I "burned" my fingertips on the third and fourth fingers. For future reference, I will admit to Chase that YES my butt is too "wide" and I'm just too old for some things.

Flowers

We took some flowers to the cemetery today. Everything looked so good. We had a family reunion of sorts.. Ran into Uncle Lloyd and Earlene, then Shelly, Shawn, Jake and Bailey. Was so good to see them. I miss them so much, the older I get the more I miss my family.

Trip w/kids and NO I didn't get lost.

Saturday me and the kids went to Mena, Ar. All by ourselves, I made Bethany stay awake, told her she had to be the co-pilot. I do ok driving, I'm just the type of person that panics if I don't have a map. I gotta see where I'm going.

This is my neice Maddie, she's adorable. She didn't get too far from me while we were together and then when it came time for her to go home she got very sad. Bout broke my heart. She looks so much like my sister its just scary.
And here's Sarah and Bethany, can you tell they're related?? Uncle Bill and Aunt Linda both told her she was getting more beautiful. I think so , but them I'm a little biased. I think everyone in our family looks somewhat alike.
I enjoyed being with my family, but I was ready to be home.

Wisdom of Chase

Last Tues night Chase got to be the catcher. We had a little trouble due to his glasses, but finally figured it out. I usually help him with his helmet, gloves etc... Gordon didn't make the game, he was in OK City for a glass, but went to a Redhawks game, he made a comment that he didn't see any of the players moms in the dugout helping with their helmets. I told him he just probably didn't see them. He did really well, better than I thought. He just needed to keep him mouth closed, he kept saying O she gotta a foul, and another one. The poor little girl just kept looking back at him. I'm behind the fence behind him, trying to tell him to stop talking so the little girl can hit the ball..... BOYS!!

He had practice on Friday, Brian let them hit a few thrown to him (coach pitch). I was worried, but after about the 3rd pitch, he hit it. I was so excited. It was awesome. I told Chase that I knew he could. He thought it was pretty cool. Said he "smacked that ball"

After practice, we took him to the Sonic for an ice cream, the girl brought us the wrong order, she had to go back, then brought out the order and we were shorted one item, so she went back to get it, hands it to Gordon. Chase is the back seat says "Is she not bery smart?" I tried so hard not to bust out laughing and just handed him his spoon.

Then Saturday we went to see Elesha's baby (he said she was cute) went to several places, at Sams we were checking out and Chase says "What's he got in his ears?" The cashier just smiles and didn't say anything, I just scooted him along. He had earrings.

At some point during the trip he's being extremely mouthy, I turn around and tell him that he'd better not open his mouth again. So what does he do.......... He opens his mouth really wide, he didn't say anything..

He's a smart kid, I just really didn't expect this to start so soon.

Poor Dog

I had to take the dog (Bisket) to the vet to be groomed. Her fur was about 4 or 5 inches long, and she was matted VERY badly. Every time I try to brush her she snaps at me. Then she took off with the brush somewhere. So anyway told the vet to do what she could. This is the result. She looks like a hairy version of the Taco Bell dog. She's a Yorkie,but you sure can't tell from this picture. I think she looks pathetic in this pic. So we put a new collar on her and bought her a dress so she'd feel all pretty and girly, She don't have enough hair for a bow. She walked around like she felt nakie or something. What makes this whole thing funny is that this dog really belongs to Gordon and he's gone this week so he hasn't seen her yet. She misses him, she went and laid down in the floor on his side of the bed.

Pre-K Track Meet

Chase had his track meet Friday, it was rainy, cold and wet. Here's his class getting to do the softball throw. (my camera had been idle, so I missed the actual throws, darn it.) He here is running the I think its the 50 yard dash, He's grinning so it must not have been too bad. He's not the fastest, but he's getting better.
Tricycle race. He actually pedaled. Last year he couldn't pedal and used his feet like Fred Flintstone.
The was the high jump, I apparently had the wrong setting on my camera, because this was the best pic and its blurry. The long jump pictures were horrible. All blurry. Guess I shouldn't take pictures when I haven't had much sleep.
This is a group shot of his class after all the events. You can barely see his face, first one on the second row from the left.
He had a good day, had fun which is most important. On the high jump he thought it was cooler to knock the bar down.

Hands

I was holding Chase's hand the other day and decided to take a picture. When leaving the house he grabs my hand as soon as we start out the door, in the store and at school. Some day he'll think he's too big to be holding mama's hand. Bethany saw the above picture and decided that she wanted to do one as well. As you can see her hands are now as big as mine. She of course would be completely embarrased to be holding my hand in public.
I know that God placed these two children in my hands to care for and love and at the end of the day I can say I did my best.