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I couldn't help but laugh!!

This afternoon I was lying on the bed (same thing I've been doing for the last week because of a bulging disc in my back) and Ashlyn was in the floor in front of my bed. She had been watching Little Bear on Noggin but she evidently got tired of that and started talking to herself. She carried on quite a conversation about all kinds of stuff and then I heard her say, "Darn it, Dang it", then she paused before saying, "I love those words....they're my favorite....but I don't think I'm supposed to say them!" : ) After I caught my breath as I was trying not to laugh outloud I let her know that NO she isn't supposed to say those words. They just don't sound very nice!

Happy Birthday, Ashlyn!!

Wow!! 6 years old. It's hard to believe that Ashlyn is already past the half-way mark to being 10. Time sure does fly.

We love you Ashypoo and hope your day is wonderful!!

April Fools!!

Everything today has been a joke. It didn't matter what it was, it was a joke. Some were funny, some weren't funny, and some were just plain hard to understand. Ashlyn had no idea at 10:13 this morning when she rolled out of bed what April Fools even meant. I made the mistake of telling her that April Fools Day is a day when people like to play jokes on people or tell people things that aren't true and then say "April Fools!". Well, she decided she liked that a lot and used the phrase after EVERYTHING she said.

Ashlyn: "Mommy, I'm drawing!"

Mommy: "You are?"

Ashlyn: "April Fools!"


Ashlyn: "Mommy, I'm not hungry!"

Mommy: "You aren't?"

Ashlyn: "April Fools!"


Ashlyn: "Mommy, I'm ready to go!"

Mommy: "OK, let's go!"

Ashlyn: "April Fools!"

Each time she would say it she would hold her head back and just die laughing. I couldn't help but laugh at her everytime because she was so proud of herself for making another April Fools joke!

My mom called me this afternoon to tell me three things. 1. She hasn't been feeling great and she received a HUGE flower arrangement from some friends back in Virginia. 2. Some nice person called today and wanted to bring her a meal because they know she hasn't been able to be up cooking. AND 3. Hillary Clinton dropped out of the Presidential race! WOW! You are kidding me. I think my jaw dropped to my feet. I said, "Why? Why would she do that?" (Not that I minded!). My mom responded, "Because it's April Fools!"

What a day! I feel like I was tricked every time I turned around. To make myself feel better I think I'll go tie my kids up and put muzzles on them so they can't say April Fools again!!

By the way.....APRIL FOOLS!! : )

You want to see what we did today? Here's some pics! : )

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Just some stuff....

I haven't posted in a while and my sister said I need to update so here is some stuff for ya!

1. Morgan has a boyfriend. I'm really trying to imagine it all. She probably gets sick of me asking her questions about him. I ask her everyday if she talked to him and she always replies, "yes, mom!" in a sarcastic voice. I guess I just find it hard to believe that she is old enough to even say she has a boyfriend. She wants to call him on the phone but I won't let her. She says I'm weird for that. Oh well....she'll just have to think I'm weird!!

2. Madyson now has a boyfriend as well. She actually liked this litte boy last year in 5th grade and he "asked her out". She thought about him all summer but didn't really talk to him so I wasn't sure if they'd still be going out when school started back this year. Well....they were but not for long. He decided that if she was going to be shy and not talk to him then he wasn't going to like her anymore. They broke up for a while and just this past week he had two of his friends tell Madyson that if she would talk to him this time he'd like for her to be his girlfriend again. So...she took a few minutes to ask several of her friends what she should do and they decided she should say yes! Now, the two are officially a couple again!

3. Ashlyn's teacher walked her to the car the other day. Usually this means that Ashlyn has been talkative all day and she wants to let me know so I can remind Ash not to talk when she should be doing her work. On this particular day, however, Ashlyn had been really good. Her teacher wanted to tell me that she was so proud of Ashlyn and that she couldn't believe that a 5 year old could spell so well. She said that Ashlyn had spelled hippopotamus, smarties, octopus, and several other big words for her that day. Wow!!! She must have gotten all her brains from her daddy! It's funny though...she is very interested in learning to spell. Yesterday we were reading a Dr. Seuss book together. She read most of it to me and then got to the word rhinoceros. I had to tell her what it was and from that point on she didn't want to finish reading. She was set on memorizing how to spell rhinoceros!!

So....that's the stuff I have for you. We're on Spring Break this week so I'm sure something interesting will happen and I'll get back on and share it with you. Until then, here's a few random pics for you!!

He is Risen Indeed!

We hope each and every one of you have had a wonderful Easter celebrating the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior! He is Risen, He is Risen Indeed!