Back to School!

Back to school. Back to school, to prove to Dad that I'm not a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight. Ohhhh, back to school. Back to school. Back to school. Well, here goes nothing. - Billy Madison

Today is Reese's first day of Kindergarten! All-day Kindergarten! Reese has been so excited for today, she has been talking non-stop about it for the past month (I have been equally excited for it also). While Reese was getting ready this morning, Ashlee kept having fits about not being able to go too. She kept screaming, "What about ME!!" Poor Ash, she starts school on August 26th, then I am going to have only 1 kid at home!

Goodbye Summer...

Summer is now officially over. The pools are closed and drained and school starts tomorrow. I really wonder why they close it at the beginning of August, it's so freakin' HOT! This summer was really great, we spent most of our time at the pool. We would meet up with our really good friends (Adrienne and Stacy and their kids), stay there for a couple of hours and just have a great time. I am really going to miss it!

I finally got some pictures of the girls at the pool...

Like mother like daughter...

I know, it's all my fault. I've passed on to my child the most horrible aliment that one can experience in life: Shortness Syndrome. I grew up being tormented about my physical mishaps. I am only 5 feet tall and still have problems in everyday situations. Example: The Kitchen, I can't reach anything. Stores, why do they have to put everything I need on the top shelf?! Jeans, too long for my short legs and Capri's look like pants on me.

Yesterday Reese had her Kindergarten Physical. The doctor looks at her chart, and then decides to measure her again. He comes back saying that she is a little on the small side. Actually, alot on the small side, she is way below the average height of a normal child her age. Nothing to worry about, she's just short.

Poor Reese, I'm sorry!

Biting

We are having a little problem with biting in our house. This is the present that Reese left. I really don't have any tolerance with biting, when I was about four years old some brat bit my face and left a scar about 1 1/2 long under my right eye, which I still have! (Come take a look!)

This is the 3rd time in the past week that Reese has bit someone... Maybe I should bite back...

Mammoth Cave

Last Saturday while my family was here, we took a trip to Mammoth Cave. We took a cave tour. It was a lot of fun. Most of the kids really enjoyed it. Before the tour started the "Cave Ranger" told us what to expect while we were down in the cave, right before he ended he wanted to warn everyone that this tour is not for you if you have a fear of heights, bats, small confind places and spiders. As soon as Reese hears that she starts freaking out, and doesn't want to go on the tour. Then the "Cave Ranger" explains that we would be traveling on a bridge about a foot wide over gapping holes 100 ft below us. Then I start to freak out because I think that my kids are going to fall in to the hole.

Well, turns out that it wasn't at all like he said. It was really cool.




My goofy family...




Cave stuff...

Newspaper

Somehow my sister and brother got their picture taken in the Evansville Courier and Press. They don't even live here...

Holy Flying Fungus Batman!

My family arrived here on Friday. Brian and I thought that it would be nice to take my parents out to dinner and a movie. We saw the Dark Knight. It was really good, everyone should go see it! After the movie, we went to The Nagaski Inn (my favorite place in the world). Our chef comes out to prepare the food and immediatly starts a food fight with the other chef two tables down, well the other chef tosses a steaming mushroom and it lands down in the front of my shirt and he yells score! That thing was really hot, I finally dig it out of my bra, and throw it back at him, and smacks a bald guy in the head with the mushroom. After that dinner was pretty quite.

Baby number FOUR!

Here are pictures of baby number four! Yep, four kids under the age of six...

Lemonade Cupcakes

These are super easy to make and really tasty!

Ingredients

1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 (18 1/4 ounce) box white cake mix
1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 eggs
1 (12 ounce) can whipped cream cheese frosting

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Remove 2 tablespoons lemonade concentrate from can and discard or reserve for other use. (I mixed the reserved tablespoons in with the frosting.)
3. Combine remaining concentrate, cake mix, sour cream, cream cheese and eggs in large bowl.
4. Beat with mixer until well blended.
5. Spoon batter into paper-lined muffin tins, filling 3/4 full.
6. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until cooked through.
7. Cool completely before frosting.

Another trip to the ER...

Last night we had another trip to the ER, and yes it was with the same child...

My In-Laws arrived yesterday from MI so the girls were super excited. Bedtime was horrible, they didn't want to stay in and they wanted to play with the Grandparents. Ashlee got out of bed (again) and was standing in the hallway playing with her "money" (two pennies). She saw Brian walking towards her at the end of the hall and quickly shoved the pennies into her mouth. Immediately she started choking on them really bad! Brian tries to fish out the pennies and give her the Heimlich at the same time. Finally one penny emerges. She swallowed the other penny. So off we go the the ER!! (We left our house around (9:30 and didn't come home until almost 2:00 am!)They gave her an x-ray and saw that it was in her stomach. No worries. Now I have to "play" with her poop just to make sure she passes it. If she doesn't pass the penny, back to the doctors we go!

I know, I gave birth to monsters. My parents just laugh and say it's payback.