What do you do..........

What do you do with a child like this?
He looks deep in thought but I am sure he is just coming up with his next form of motherly torture.

He can also look so dashing in his new school attire, but behind it all is my greatest trial in life.

Oh yes, he looks so innocent. I know all about this innocense.

This year my dear monkey #1 made it a whole week before his teacher called me. This is probably a record. If only the things she had to say were good. But no, she only had the words you never want your teacher to say. They are " Monkey #1 threatened to beat me up today." Now I know that this is a serious thing to do. I kept my laughter all in. It was hard, considering my poor Monkey #1 is seriously behind on the growth thing. He weighs in at a whopping 41 lbs. and he is in 3rd grade. So you can see why this would want to make me roll on the floor.

Come to find out he wasn't finishing any of his school work besides threatening his teacher. I am not the kind of mom that thinks that this is acceptable behavior. So my whole labor day weekend was spent helping my little monkey to finish all that work that he hadn't done. Let me just tell you how much patience that takes. Too MUCH!!! He is doing much better now, after a change in meds, and a few visits with the principal.

This morning, as I was dropping him off to school, all my hard work paid off as he said "Goodby most gorgeous mom ever!" Now that is the way all kids should be.

The trouble with Sheep

These plus
This =A lovely black eye. The trouble with being married to a cowboy man is that the little monkeys think they should be cowboys too. Recently our town had its little buckaroo rodeo. This is a rodeo where only kids participate. My 2 oldest monkeys decided that riding sheep was a great cowboy thing to do (that is until they were bucked off, layed on, and trampled!) Monkey #2 got this great prize after losing grip on his sheep! We talked him into thinking that is was cool though, and then he was as proud as any cowboy could be.
We also met up with our real hometown cowboy, Jess Davis. I am pretty sure he rides bareback. And no that doesn't mean he just rides around on a horse with he back all bare. It is a event in the rodeo. He rides professionally and is ranked #2 in the world, I think. Well, Monkey #3 saw all the commotion of autographs and pictures and decided that he needed a picture too.
Then he decided he needed to be a cowboy. So up he went onto Twinkle Toes' horse. I am such a good cheerleader for Twinkle Toes that I didn't even get a picture of her. She did 2 events in the rodeo. First she did the poles, which is an event where you weave your horse in and out of a row of poles as fast as you can, then she competed in the barrel racing. She did so awesome, especially considering she was the youngest in her age catagory of 11-15. She took 5th in the poles and 7th in the barrels. I didn't even get a shot of the Bearded Lady. I should have he was all dolled up in his cowboy finest.

Oh the slacker that I am

So I have been a total blog slacker. There are no excuses for my slackiness. I just am a slacker. Thats it enough said.

Summer is coming to a close

The good times are almost gone.

For some reason I am glad. Maybe because this week has consisted of (and it only gets worse) too much stuff. Three days of dancing workshops and auditions for Twinkle Toes. Three days of Soccer camp for the boys. Practice for the upcoming Rodeo that Twinkle Toes and her brothers will be in. Scouts. Church Activity. School shopping. And to top it all off it is our City Celebration week. There are activities every night and some in the day all of this week.

So, we did most of Twinkle Toes school shopping online (thank goodness), but I had to take the boys to get shoes. This was sooooo not fun. The mall+ a frazzled mom+ three boys= A even more frazzled mom. We did accomplish the task. New shoes for three boys, even though the youngest will not be in school this year, some pants, and some shirts. I also bought Twinkle Toes some shoes. Wrong size, what the heck. So I made 2 trips to the mall today with those boys. I do not like to shop for school. That is all there is too it.

The only good thing about school is that I get my sanity back. A schedule. I am sooooo much better when on a schedule. In these weeks before school I have been known to have panic attacks. I don't know why. Maybe my internal timer just knows that I cannot take anymore. I will be sad though. And who knows what I am to do with Monkey #3 when all the others are gone all day.

The Best Helpers

Don't mind that my Laundry/Sewing room is a bit messy. Here is a great view of me trying to do some quilting. Monkey #3 thought he would come in and help a bit.
What do you do with those quilts that are laying around waiting for binding? You toss them on the floor for the helpers to relax on, and before you know it they are asleep. My little dog Jersey just found this spot and plopped right onto Monkey #3.

I did get something accomplished this time.

Quilt giveaway

Make sure to go to Old Red Barn Co. and sign up to win a cute quilt.

Birthday

Yes, it is true this last week I left the age of 32.

I have been too busy. I have been working, sewing, and trying to entertain the little circus people. In the midst of all the craziness I did find time to have a birthday. I got some fab gifts.

The Angel in my life gave me these awesome dishtowels. The ones on the right she even made herself. The bottle is full of dish soap. What a cute way to be able to leave it out on the counter.

My children, with the help of my mom of coarse, gave me this book. It is called The Host, by Stephanie Meyer. I can't wait to get into it. My mom gave me a bunch of stuff, including these chocolates. Yum, Yum. She also gave me the windchime that is shown below, and some much needed kitchen supplies from the Pampered Chef. She also brought me fresh cinnamon rolls for breakfast and went shopping with me. She is Great!!! I bought myself the new shoes. I think you should always be able to purchase something for yourself on your B-day.
My Aunt also crocheted these dishrags for me. She knows I love them. And the little wood things are used to hang a quilt up on your wall. The knobs unscrew and then you stick the quilt between the blocks of wood. I will sure be putting these to good use.

So it turned out pretty good, even though my dear Bearded Lady husband purchased a lawn mower and no birthday presents. What is up with men anyway!!!!