Recent Pictures

Carson playing dress up as usual. I think he was an explorer this time. Conner got a team picture last week and we got some shots of him during the game. Kylee hanging out at the ball field.

Cool Easy Fruit Dessert

I just made this up and it was a huge hit with my kids and one of Conner's friends that was over for dinner- and from what I understand he is a VERY picky eater.

I took Strawberries amd cut them up and bananas and cut them up then added cool whip and a little sugar to taste and stirred it all together and then let it chill for about 30 minutes and yummy yummy for the tummy tummy. Give it a try y'all.

Movie or the zoo?

Well, originally I thought it was supposed to rain all weekend long so I asked the kids if they want to go to the movies today. Now, it looks like it is supposed to rain tonight not all day, so I am trying to talk them into to going to the zoo. It is not working so far with Carson. LOL

Lost at The Park.

I have a feeling I am not the only one to blog about this today. Shannon and I took the boys to the park today in Edmond. The one that has the new really nice space ship/rocket play scape. When we first got there a group of (I guess) 20 children and 2 caregivers were lining up at the water fountain to leave and go back to their daycare center. Apparently within walking distance because they all made a human chain and walked across the street. Now, all of these children must have been around 3 because they were all the same size. I am thinking that ratio is a little high for only 2 caregivers to be watching at a public park. I don't know what is legally correct but that seems horrible to me.
30 minutes or so later I saw this little girl standing by the water fountain getting herself all wet. I wondered if one of the other Moms present just didn't care if she was playing in the water and I didn't think about it again. Well, moments later one of those Moms was asking this little girl "Where is your Mommy?" " Did you come here with other children?" This totally caught my and Shannon's attention. This little girl was all alone and unaccounted for. This other Mom asked her how old she was and she said "3". We asked her name and she said " Anastasia". I am amazed that she wasn't scared and crying, but she was just fine and kept playing alone under the play scape. Immediately this other Mom called the police and they were there within 5 minutes or less...mind you no one from this daycare has even noticed that she is missing yet and it has been at least 35 minutes if not 40. How scary is that? I was so freaked out. I cannot even imagine if that had been my child. The scariest part is how this little girl could have just wandered off. These are the little kids that are so vulnerable to harm. She wasn't afraid of anything or anyone. She let this other Mom pick her up and hold her and get her a drink out of the faucet. Never showed one ounce of fear. While the police were there another couple arrived with their children and the father mentioned that they redid this park and added a new play scape because they were having a problem with gang activity in the evenings and night time. WHAT?!? So , it makes you wonder who lives over there?
A few minutes after the police showed up here came one of the caregivers sprinting down the street toward the park. I was so happy to see that the police would not let him take this little girl with him. How were they to know if he worked there or not and if that is where she was supposed to actually be. They were very diligent and called her parents to come get her. At least someone knows how to do there job correctly. Such a scary thing and I hope her parents are going to move her to somewhere else.

Good Morning.

I woke up early today to get a little alone time and to feel less rushed. I have been waking up so late ever since I started boot camp. Conner had a game last night and he hit and ran all the way to 3rd. He did great. I only got to stay for 1/2 of it because of working out. I am already a little sick of baseball. The season is so long. It started in March and goes until mid June. Yuk. That is long. Well, my alone time just ended. Kylee is awake.

Ugly Weather

OOOO....it just turned ugly outside. It should not be this cold in April...late April. I just want to go back to bed. I guess we are skipping church today to finish cleaning out the garage etc.. I just went to wake Lee Jay and he showed very little interest in going this morning. When he does that I don't even try because that means I am on my own getting the kids and myself ready and he will just drag himself out of bed in time to get a shower and a cup of coffee. So, I am usually stressed out and ehausted by the time we get in the car and in a bad frame of mind to be going to church...so we will just stay home.

Good Sunday Morning.

Good Morning. Well, it is a little rainy and windy this morning but I think it is blowing East pretty quickly. Maybe it will be clear by the time we go to church. LeeJay got the garage cleared out and organized yesterday. He bought new shelves and a workbench and a storage shelf with doors for the back patio. I got lots of toys etc.. cleared out and donated. I cleaned out closets and organized a whole lot. Feels great. Well, kids are begging for food so I better start breakfast now.