Sabotage!

This morning, Pantera requested that I do her hair like she "is going to a fancy ball." I told her that I really didn't feel like it and asked her if we could just do it regular. She scowls at me and says "So, you want everyone at church to just look at you? You just don't want anyone to think I am beautiful and everyone to think you are beautiful." How did she figure out my evil plot??? Her uncle Alex was deployed to Afghanistan yesterday, her response "It was nice knowing him, wasn't it?"

We are doing storytime at our library every week. They gave Pantera a monthly reading sheet to log every book she reads and she gets a prize at the end of the month. I have never seen a kid get more excited about reading! I hope she keeps up this motivation for school.

Ezekiel...this kid drives me CRAZY!!! I say this with a big smile, he is so funny! He loves to get caught getting into trouble. He loves the pot of Vaseline I keep next to the bed, he waits until I am in the room and sticks his hand in it, waits until I am watching and puts one little finger of the stuff in his mouth, then laughs at me! He likes to pretend to go potty, if you put him on the toilet he gets a big grin and says "SSSSSS." This morning Jess got home around 5 and was whispering to me so he wouldn't wake the kids. I guess Zeke was awake because he looks at Jess and pretends to whisper back. He is so fun to be around, even if he is giving me gray hair!

Spooky Stories!

Polka dots

I've probably had a hundred panic attacks this week alone. Zeke had oral surgery yesterday and they had to put him under to do it. I have pretty bad anxiety and a great imagination, so I made myself absolutely miserable over it. Worrying he would not wake up and feeling guilty his teeth were bad to begin with. It's over, we made it and he is doing great. Here is a puffy post-op pick of my sweet little man...
Real men wear headbands (this one's for Talmage)...

Pantera has this polka dot shirt, that I hate. I kept it so she can paint in it. Jess knows how much I hate it, so he told her that he loves it. Jess asked Pantera on a date this week, so of course she had to bust out the polka dot shirt. What goes with a polka dot shirt??? Hmmm, most likely a cow print skirt and different colored polka dot tights! She insisted that I put eyeshadow on her and kept coming back saying it wasn't dark enough. "I look so hot for our date!"

And this is why dads are better then moms, I would not let her out of the house looking like this.

Headboard

I made a headboard on Saturday, it cost $28 for everything! I have a cute bedset coming from amazon...I can't wait!
Doesn't he look comfy?

Someone gave me some little wife beaters and someone else gave me the worlds smallest pair of boxer shorts. I couldn't resist! He looks like he is ready for an episode of cops!

Luckily he's pretty level-headed, so I think we will be ok...

Tera's room

Thank goodness I melt everytime this little guy smiles, otherwise I might look like my yard...

Can you believe all this snow? It started yesterday afternoon and just hasn't stopped. I think we have 18 inches-ish so far! We are one of the only houses around here with power, I am so grateful we still have it. I just feel really bad for those who are stressing without it...my house is open people!

Here is a picture of Pantera before church last Sunday. She is so pretty. She informed me that she is going to marry one of the Jonas brothers. I asked her which one and she said "Whichever one's left!" Then she drew a picture of her holding hands with her future hubby as she is drawing she is explaining to me what is in the picture "Here is my lovely dress and here are his tight pants, I think they are hot!" Ewww! I asked her what she is going to do when her Jonas brother tries to borrow her pants, she didn't think it was funny.

Here is Zeke after church last Sunday, he was so tired! He has been a little chatter box this week, although I don't understand most of what he says. A couple days ago we were all in the kitchen, Jess and I were talking and Zeke starts talking a ton and really fast. He had stacked the spices and was so excited to show us.

Here is Pantera's room. I did chalkboard paint on the lower half of her walls. It is so much fun! We are making progress...