Full House

Meg's direct line to God

2009-04-19T03:15:00.000-07:00

It sure seems that Meg has a direct line to God. This time Megan's dog got SICK. he was neutered on Monday then started V&D EVERYWHERE! He is only 3#'s so he can't domuch of it. Wednesday we went to the vet, the vet said not good, probally gonna die, most likely Parvo. Now 2 things happened here- 1. is I realized I really like Pepe Lopez and 2. is I thought, oh Lord, you can't do this- we've spent money on him and Meg would be crushed, plus she needs a dog to come home to after her belly button surgery on 5/8/09. I told Meg after the doc left to let the test run that Pepe is very sick and may not live. She said "God won't let that happen, let's pray." She prayed that God make Pepe all better. the vet came back and the test was negative! We took Pepe home and he was still not himself, put him in his crate as we went to church for our life group, not knowing of he would be alive when we got home. Well we came home and Pepe was FINE! The next morning he was totally normal, in all ways. I'm telling you, first Meg prays for her own pet, then she prays he will get better- despite all odds. Meg has a direct line to God. Now if only she could pray us into winning the lottery. Guess we'd have to play it... Meg said "I asked God to make him better and he did it, just for me!"

A little update on Holly

2009-04-19T02:40:00.001-07:00

Holly is such a character! She is sweet, funny, adorable, fiesty, and a little stinker all rolled into one cutie! She reminds me of Mark & Megan. She loves to snuggle and sit on laps. She usually doesn't mess with Jenna, but was trying to push Jenna off my mom's lap, so she could have Grandma to herself. She almost always will push or kick or hit Mark &/or Megan off of me and tell them "Mine Mommy."
She loves to be a little mommy, to her doll and Meg's chihuhua. It is so funny to see her pick up and carry around this 3# dog.
Holly is potty training right now and that is going very well. She refuses to use the little potty, but must use the big one. She says she has to go "Peep". I love it! She has 1 or 2 accidents a day, sometimes none, it depends on if I have to go somewhere, as she is great for me.
She calls Meg & Jenna "Sissy", Mark by his name, Tilly is "Dog-Dog", Pepe is "wah-wah" (for Chihuhua). She is really talking a lot, it is so fun to hear her talk. That's our Holly Berries!

Obsessed

2009-04-19T02:32:00.000-07:00

Megan is obsessed with getting her hair dyed "magenta". For now I have her satisfied with getting her hair sprayed with Hot Pink hair color spray. It is pretty cute. I am thinking of buying wash out hair dye for her. The funny thingis every time Meg gets her hair done, Holly runs in and says "Mine pink, pease" and taps her head. It is so cute, of course she gets her hair done, too. Just like "sissy".

2009-04-19T02:20:00.000-07:00

The 2009 Awana Grand Prix at CBC. Megan won 1st place design for her class- "open class" which was younger than Kindergarten and older than 12th grade. She also took The Best of Show trophy for her chocolate bar. Very fun for her! however Mark (and Brian) are very disappointed that Mark did not win an award for design of his X-Wing Fighter. He came in 2nd several times during the races, too. I think Brian was more upset than Mark. But I must say this does not encourage the brother sister relationship, as Mark is still waiting to lose a tooth compared to his little sis who has lost 2! Yikes! We had a lot of fun and that's what counts! Right?

2009-04-19T02:16:00.000-07:00

Jenna & Pepe hanging out at CBC's car show

Brian & Pastor kevin with Pepe & Bella
2 men and their dogs!

Holly's 1st haircut

2009-04-19T02:14:00.000-07:00

By the lovely Melissa L. A very cute 'do!

2009-04-19T01:37:00.000-07:00

Our recent trip to Disneyland with Rebecca & Josh. Fun times!

Happy 1st b-day, Tilly!

2009-04-19T01:36:00.000-07:00

3/25/3009- She is 1!

"NOT FAIR!" and other things

2009-03-26T22:59:00.001-07:00

Mark is so upset! It is so "not fair" that Megan "lost her other tooth before" Mark! Do you hear the whining? Brian and I do! Poor guy- his sister has lost 2 teeth and he barely has a loose one. It may be months till his come out. She lost this tooth at Grandma and Papa's while we were watching Staci perform in Little Shop of Horrors. Good job Staci! You may have a career, yet. Here's the pictures, sorry not of Staci- just the darling "God's little princess Megan". yes, that is what she calls herself, now that she is 5. Speaking of "God's little princess", Holly is obsessed with Gigi- God's little princess dvd's. Cutest thing, especially when she asks for it, she says Gigi as though she's french. Very cute! Megan is hoping for a wardrobe for Pepe. Help us, that poor dog... Enjoy the cute kids!

Pepe Lopez Goudge

2009-03-26T22:55:00.001-07:00

Here is the dog or "wah wah" as Holly calls him with the kids. Mark & his cat Jack, too!

Megan is 5!

2009-03-24T13:33:00.000-07:00

Well she is telling everyone that she is 5 and got her ears pierced. Meg can really turn on the charm! We had a great time at Disneyland with The Lefotu's (minus Ray), The hill's (minus Brennan), and The Cordova's, and of course Grandma. Good times! Meg bought a charm bracelet (Donald's body has already broken off), and 2 play sets- Jasmine & Tinkerbell (like Polly Pockets). She still has $20.00 she can spend at Disneyland. Here are her 5 year old pictures, she did great!

Earrings

2009-03-18T02:28:00.000-07:00

So, we took Meg to get her ears pierced for her 5th b-day present. She has been begging for it. We totally suprised her and took her on St. Patricks Day. She picked out the Rainbow Crystal Flower earrings (and then purchased several pairs to have for later- flowers, animals, diamonds). She was so excited0 she climbed right up on the chair and waited while I signed the paper work. 5 signatures and 6 initialing spots later the lady said "Okay you'll feel a little pinch" and she did it! meg looked at her and said "Is it in yet?" NO tears or anything. The lady said yes, do you want to see it? Of course- give Meg a mirror anyday. Then she went to the left ear and did it again. No problem from Meg, no tears, no fighting, nothing. The lady said "It's so easy when they want to get it done." I guess so, cause Meg was amazing. If anyone cried, it was Brian. Then we went to Starbucks and got a FREE vanilla milk- love the Starbucks girl, and iced tea, and a mocha drink for Brian. Next we went to See's candy- hello CHOCOLATE! Then into Bath & Body Works for Brian's "kitchen lemon" soap. Everywhere we went Megan told random people and all the sales people she got her ears pierced for her birthday. She would stop and look at all the mirrors. We finally made it to the car where Meg had to llok at all the mirrors in the car to see her earrings. She is so funny and adorable. When we got home she showed Grandma christie, Jenna, Holly, Mark, and Pepe Lopez. I am glad I let her see the episode of Jon & Kate plus 8 where Maddy got her ears pierced, I think it really prepared her well.

Pepe Lopez

2009-03-18T02:15:00.001-07:00

I am a victim of a lost dog. Well, actually a lost dog found us. He won't leave us. I posted ads in the paper, the shelters, and vet offices by our home and no response. get this Megan has a Chihuahua named Pepe Lopez. He is now hers. Can you believe it? I am still in shock. He gets his shots on Friday and then will get neutered soon after. He has his own bowl, collar, leash, and crate. He will soon get a tag. Tilly thinks he is fun, but he doesn't know what to do with friendly, playful Tilly. I tried getting my friend Dana to take him, but no luck- so I am stuck. Meg told me "I am in love with Pepe. I love him so much my heart hurts!" The funny thing is Meg has been praying for 3 months for a cat or dog of her OWN. Was this dog from God? I don't know. I can not figure out WHY God would send me a Chihuahua. I thought Meg would get her own dog when Tilly has puppies in about 1 1/2 years. Oh well, now I have a 6 month old Chihuahua that is house broken, not nippy, and lets Megan do WHATEVER she wants to him- even dress him, carry him, and drag him around on a leash. Pictures will come later. Welcome the newest addition to the family, Pepe Lopez.

Meg's party and my time away

2009-03-18T02:03:00.000-07:00

Megan shared a party with Katie at a gym. They had a cheerleader party. Meg did not want to participate at first. She hid behind brian till she warmed up to it. Her eis a pic, but she is not inti- as she was standing behind Brian. She ended up loving it. I'm so glad she got to have a special party with her friends. Gracie, Madison, Jayden, Diamond, Talia, Katie and 3 of Katie's friends were there too. Of course my camera died, as I wa sout of town. Free scrapbooking weekend, can't not go, since it was about to expire. I had a amazing time, always good times with Eve. Scrapbooking, a massage, and food always makes for great things. Completed 53 pages and a mini album for Brian for Fathers Day (shhh). Very rewarding weekend, but I still feel guilty. Mommy guilt gets you ALL the time.

So while I was out of town- the kids were KIDS for Brian. I almost felt sorry for him, ALMOST. He had to mop the floor 3 times in one day. They are usually nearly perfect for him when I am gone, but alas they were not. Jenna was the best then Mark, then a far Megan took 3rd and Holly was by far the worst, he said. Holly was spilling things, removing her diaper and then going to the bathroom (at least it was on the tile and not the carpet), getting into things, climbing on things. Too funny! He had a little insight into my EVERYDAY. Gotta love my fabulous husband!

Jenna

2009-03-18T01:32:00.000-07:00

Our sweet baby girl is finally 1! She loved her cake and fun presents, the kids all play with them. From markers, to books, to a Little People house, to the Busy Ball Popper- they all love it all.

Tic Tac's

2009-03-18T01:28:00.000-07:00

Holly lOVES tic tac's and on jenna's b-day she wound us up in the Urgent Care because she had a tic tac stuck up her nose. The doctor got it out, but it took 4 of us to hold her down. We made it home in time for jenna's cake and presents. Good times in the Goudge home.

Can I just tell you!

2009-02-15T19:08:00.000-08:00

I HATE HOSPITALS!! Especially Emergency Rooms. So in the last week I have been at the doctors 4 times, the hospital once-outpatient, and the ER 2 times. Jenna got sick with RSV and pneumonia (cause you know, RSV isn't enough). So she had to get iv's and breathing treatments and tests at the hospital then the next day her breathing was really bad so we spent the day at the ER getting breathing treatments, etc... Well then on Tuesday I took Holly in to see our wonderful pediatrician, Dr. Poh, and Holly has bronchitis borderline pneumonia. This means 10 breathing treatments a day, about 10 diaper changes, and feeding the family all day long. No time for anything else! So, here I am thinking all is well, we're on the mend and then saturday night we get home from a night at the Havnen's and Mark hurts himself. He runs and jumps to jump onto the fireplace and missed ! He gouged his shin! So, Brian grabbed him and said He needs to go to to the ER, so off we went. Turns out, we could have gone to the Urgent Care, but it ended up he has a dime/nickel sized hole in his shin. They couldn't suture it, so I have to clean it. Ugh! Oh well, just another day at home.

Waiting at Libby Lu

2009-01-31T11:52:00.000-08:00

Good bye Club Libby Lu, we'll miss you

2009-01-31T11:40:00.000-08:00

Megan went to Libby Lu, again... For the last time. It was so cute and sad. Meg had the girl do her her "Sassy"- fit Meg perfectly! Anyways, Megan told the girls "Thank you for doing my hair everyday. I'll miss you." Oh how I will miss having Libby Lu around, it worked great as encouragement. Here are the pics from our last trip to Libby Lu. Mark was BORED, Jenna was joyful, and Holly was so happy. Too bad Holly doesn't have very much hair- she couldn't get a Libby Lu Do. I wish I could have gotten a Libby Lu Do, too!

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-01-31T10:59:00.000-08:00

This year forValentines Day I am trying to make the focus on loving your siblings. We need some work in that area. There is too much teasing, arguing, and being rough in our home. Here are our pics, which prove they CAN get along!

2009-01-29T22:45:00.000-08:00

Jenna just ate a cookie and loved it!

Holly and Cam

Dana and Elias- feel better Dana!

Club Libby Lu

2009-01-29T22:13:00.000-08:00

Yes again! For $4.13 how could you not take your little princess? Today we went with Madison, Jayden, Gracie, Holly, Jenna Eve, Dane, Cameron, and Elias. Mark and Carter opted out of the experience. Who can blame them? We were there for a little over an hoyr. the girls had a ton of fun. Meg & Jayden had there hair done as a Glitzy Movie star, Gracie was a royal princess, and Maddie was the rock and roll hair style. Too cute! They all got mini cookies from Mrs. Fields. Thank you Dana- even Jenna was thrilled! At one point Meg asked me if I would go to Starbucks and get her a drink. I told her I couldn't because I don't have my gift card on me. You should have seen her face "WHAT???". I explained that I left it in the car and we could get a drink with Grandma in the drive thru- which mae it all okay, but still. My Meg has attitude. Maybe she is 4 going on 10, like she told Brian's aunts. I found darling Valentines shirts for the girls, super cheap, a coordinating red shirt for Mark. Can't wait to get the pics. Love the free coupon and yes I can say no to the rest of them. Anyways- I am so sad Libby Lu is closing. What a bummer. Even sadder that they sold all their heart shaped mirrors to another store. i really want one of those. No more glitter, glitz, and pampering for the girls- at least not at 4 bucks. Oh wait, at least not until tomorrow! LOL!

Home Schooling

2009-01-28T16:06:00.000-08:00

So, we have decided to home school Mark, possibly before this school year is over, but for sure in fall. Everyone seems so shocked. No we are not doing it on our own, I am terrified of messing up. However I have found a charter to work with and am thrilled at all the opportunities. I know it will all work out, it will just take time to get a routine. Pray for us as we start this adventure. I believe this will help Mark with his speech and reading, I am excited to learn with him. No, I will not be home schooling Megan for kindergarten- she is going to Ms. Svenson (Mark's k teacher). But things can always change.

Another trip to Club Libby Lu

2009-01-23T18:02:00.000-08:00

I'm sure all you mommies with daughters are saddened with the upcoming closure of Libby Lu's on January 31st. We took Gracie and Meg there for a make over for Gracie's 4th b-day today and had a great time, got great deals, and loved it. The girls wsh they could go there "everyday"! Not much of a suprise, I'd love to have someeone do my hair, nails, and make up everyday too... Enjoy the pics!

Contentment

2009-01-23T10:49:00.000-08:00

Okay, now I am going to give you my opinion. Contentment starts in the heart. We need to work on being content. It has to do with having an attitude of gratitude despite your circumstances (thank you Pastor). I feel like I am constantly surrounded by people who want, want, want- and it is really hard to teach contentment when those people are 6,4,2, and 10 months. Americans have a real problem with being content, we all want MORE. More is not the answer, the answer is found in Jesus Christ. Despite my circumstances, my hope is built on Jesus blood and righteousness. When we put our focus on HIM, everything else comes into focus. He died that I might live, this life is not "MINE", but HIS! We need to pray to be content, be satsified with what we have, not be envious and yearn after what our friends and neighbors have.

Megan

2009-01-23T10:46:00.000-08:00

Meg just learned that Aunt Joyce and Aunt Net are at Grandma G's and we are going down to see them. She is so excited and has requested scones. Now these are not "scones", but yummy soft, hot fried breads. Oh my, they are so good! I told Meg I don't think we'll have scones, but we will have cinnamon rolls and she said "Tell G.G. to just give me the cinnamon frosting and forget the roll!" That's our Meg- just give her the sweet stuff and forget the rest!

Mark

2009-01-23T10:24:00.000-08:00

Our Mark- He is getting so big! I can hardly believe he's 6 1/2! He loves to play games- Video games : Lego Batman, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Sar Wars, Rayman's Raving Rabids; Board games: Sorry, Life, Monopoly, Connect 4; Card games: War, Crazy 8's, and Go Fish.
Mark is full of fun! He is ALWAYS teasing, joking, and playing. This week on his night we played WAR, snuggled, and talked.

Mark just received a award at school for reading and he was listed as advanced in math! Way to go, Markie Mark! We are so proud of our man. Mark is struggling with reading and I with him. He is still in speech therapy, making improvements, but he still has a way to go. Mark still likes to snuggle me, rough house with Dad. He works hard at memorizing his bible verses.

We love having our nights with each of the kids, it leaves all of us feeling like we've been able to enjoy one another's company and really talk with them. i would challenge parents to do it, make it work for you, but enjoy a time with each child alone- so its just the three of you, it makes for a lot of fun.

Holly's newest words!

2009-01-23T10:12:00.000-08:00

Holly loves chips and salsa, just like her daddy. She was eating them and after each bite she says "Spice", it is the cutest thing. We have to give her, ehr own bowl of salsa, as she likes to dip her chip and lick or suck the salsa off until the chip dissolves- it's pretty nasty, but adorable evry time we hear her say "Spice". Of course now she says spice for anything hot or spicy.

She has also started saying Bubble. It's a lot of fun to hear her talking more and more, as we were pretty worried. She can say or yell mine very clearly, and she means it! Watch out- here come Holly!

Family Traditions

2009-01-23T09:51:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post about our annual family tradition of decorating a gingerbread house and tree. We had yummy hot chocolate and lots of candy. It was very exciting, M & M decorated the house all by themselves, Holly had a litle help from Dad and Jenna was content watching.

Megan's bedtime stories

2009-01-23T09:40:00.000-08:00

Tuesday night was Meg's night to stay up alone with Brian and I and she wanted to tell stories. Mind you, not be told, but TELL them. She always tells great stories! She told us one about a beautiful princess (that looks like mommy with pretty red hair- what a sweetie!), brownies, ice skates, waterfalls, and her daddy- the prince saving her. She has a great imagination- must be all the "coffee" she drinks! Then Megan said "It's late, can I go to bed now?" and then her "superhero" flew her to bed, where we tucked her in soundly and kissed her goodnight.

My how time flies

2009-01-20T17:04:00.000-08:00

Let me tell you- the days are LONG, but the years are sooo short! Holly is 2! I can not believe she is 2! She totally acts like it!!! My Holly Jolly was promoted to the 2 year old room at church, and it kind of made me sad. I actually thoht I need another baby- then I realized Jenna was still in the nursery, so Brian can relax! LOL! We didn't do much for her b-day- we'll party over the summer. My brother feels bad for her, but we are not forgetting her b-day, just waiting till June to celebrate it! Holly is a fiesty little girl. I told her she is now responsible for her actions- her grace period is OVER!!! I think she is testing me to see if I will correct her when she acts up or let her get away with it! Here is happy Holly's 2 year old pic.

Jenna

2009-01-20T17:02:00.001-08:00

Here is Jenna's 9 month old picture. My tiny baby is getting old! She gets all over the place now. She is affectionatelly known as trouble. She is a precious joy, loves to be held, and smiles at EVERYONE! She says dog, mama, dada, and Hi (twice).

As you can see, I have lots of scrapbooking to do!

2009-01-20T16:55:00.000-08:00

Christmas!

2009-01-20T16:34:00.000-08:00

Christmas was GREAT!!! We celebrated Jenna's first Christmas, Holly's 2nd b-day, and Jesus's birthday! It was a success. We had some friends over for Christmas day and sang happy birthday to Jesus, played games, and celebrated. The kids each got their Christmas ornaments after finding the pickle on the Christmas tree. Mark got a Batman ornament, Meg got Princess Aurora holding a crown, Holly got a Tinkerbell ornament called "A little bit of Tink!", and Jenna got a Superbaby ornament and a baby's first Christmas ornament. I really love getting each chikd their own ornament each year, they really are personal and the kids love them too! It's a fun gift to begin the Christmas season.

Thanksgiving

2009-01-20T16:22:00.000-08:00

So, Thanksgiving was great! We went to Grandma G's and had a great time. We had NO luck doing our black friday shopping, I mean NO LUCK! It was horrible!

Okay, okay, okay

2009-01-20T16:20:00.000-08:00

So my dear friend told me I need to update my blog, so here it goes. I will try my best not to be a slacker and regulary update. I hope this will make you happy...

Holly potty training herself???

2008-11-21T21:43:00.000-08:00

Holly appears to be potty training herself. Meaning she takes her diaper off right after she goes to the bathroom for the last few weeks. Well now she took off her diaper and went potty on the tile by her toilet. I'm not sure if I'm ready for this...yet...

I still love you!

2008-11-21T21:42:00.001-08:00

After Meg does something wrong, like draw on a wall, she says "I'm sorry, but I still love you!" Very cute way to make us laugh.

Princess Megan's request

2008-11-12T13:10:00.000-08:00

Meg was snuggling with me and said "Hey mom I have an idea, let's go get ice cream and then a pedicure. That's a good idea, huh?" Yes it is Meg. Brian and I were just laughing. She is such a cute princess, a total girlie girl.

Yesterday we had to decorate a Turkey for Meg's school as a family- Megan made it a pink Princess turkey, including diamonds and other jewels and lots of flowers. Mark even had fun putting the bling on it. We had all my scrapbooking supplies everywhere. Thank God Holly and Jenna napped.

Always fun at the Goudge house especially when no one gets their hair cut!

Megan's charming Thanksgiving picture

2008-11-10T23:06:00.000-08:00

Halloween pics with the Hills

2008-11-10T23:00:00.000-08:00

School pics

2008-11-10T22:42:00.000-08:00

Megan

2008-11-10T21:57:00.000-08:00

Megan's parent teacher conference went very well. Her teacher reported that she is the most polite, respectful, and helpful child. She gets along well with everyone and is very secure of herself. She has great self esteem and a great outlook on her life. There is a little girl who tries to get kids to not play with anyone but her and Meg tells her "I am everyones friend and I will play with all my friends, not just you." or if she is the one the little girl is telling others not to play with Meg tells her "I don't care if you are my friend today, I have other friends and my best friend is Gracie!" Good for you Meg! She was able to piece together her first and last name correctly from cut out letters and her teacher said she needs to practice cutting more, but I told the teacher she will have to cut at school, as Meg has given herself too many hair cuts and I don't want her to try to cut anything else. Meg is doing great! PTL!

Mark

2008-11-10T21:48:00.001-08:00

Mark is staring to read! All it took was some bribery from his teacher and competition from me. We race to finish his homework, the loser clean up after the dog- but of course I don't actually clean up after the dog, so when I lose Brian has to do it and Mark thinks that is really funny. Mark is earning pizza coupons from his teacher for his reading. 3 weeks ago he read 17 words in 1 minute, 2 weeks ago he read 33 words, and last Friday he read 74 words in one minute- ythe most in his class! Great job Mark! We are so proud of his hard work. practice does pay off. Also, Mark received a award at school this week for his fall Math test. He scored advanced in math. We are so proud of our young man.

Mark had a excellent report from his teacher for his parent-teacher conference. She said he just needs to work on his reading. He gets great scores on his spelling tests- usually 100% plus his challenge words, excellent on math, listens very well, is respectful and polite, and loves to play tackle football. WHAT??? My son loves tackle football, what will I do? Pray, pray, pray.

Brian and his Pearlie girl

2008-11-10T21:43:00.001-08:00

Brian called Megan into the bathroom, to admire her new artwork on the bathroom door. Meg loves to write her name on anything and everywhere she can. As they were looking at it Megan looked at Brian and said "Sorry I drew on the door, Dad, but I still love you" and with a hug she was off to play with Gracie.

2008-11-10T21:15:00.000-08:00

Mark, Jenna, Holly, & Meg together Holly is very proud of her creation- that Daddy carved.

Mark and his "Jack Skelenton" pumpkin

Jenna and her first pumpkin.

Megan wanted to give her pumpkin a tiara, but chose a scarf so it wouldn't get cold.

Happy Halloween 2008!

It's hard...

2008-11-10T15:55:00.000-08:00

Megan and I were driving to school and she said "Mommy, its hard to be the Megan." What??? "It's hard to be a good princess, it's easy to be bad." That's my girl!

Disneyland at Halloween!

2008-10-20T16:51:00.000-07:00

I actually went on the teacups! Me with the silly kids by Winnie The Pooh

Eve and I with Carter, Cameron, Gracie, Holly, Mark, Megan, and Jenna. The first four looking adorable in their matching shirts, actually all 7 of them were matching and looking great. Brennan and Brian were veryy happy we didn't include them. Maybe next year we will make tye died shirts for all!

Super kids!

2008-10-20T16:50:00.001-07:00

Chicken Clucks

2008-10-07T17:29:00.000-07:00

I had to rush to Mark's school today because he was getting a rash that was spreading quickly and he "needs to go to the doctor or hospital" per the school nurse. Well, I got there and said hey buudy, whats going on? He said "I have chicken clucks" What??? I looked at him and said no, its not chicken clucks. We went to see the doctor and found out he had "Hand, Foot, & Mouth disease"- which apperantly is a virus that shows its self in rash form and thats it! No vomiting, diarrhea, fevers- I like this virus. My pediatrician said "of all the viruses out there this is the best one for the kids to get." Megan & Holly are almost certain to get it, Jenna is iffy. We'll see if they get spots! LOL!

Mark vs. homework

2008-09-24T13:05:00.001-07:00

Mark HATES homework and I don't like it either, but I try to keep a good attitude about it. Mark said "This homwork is from the devil, its evil." My poor little guy has so much work to do- we have 5x each spelling word, 10 minutes reading high frequency words,1 languauge/writing page, 1 math page, plus reading a book everyday. It is a lot for my poor boy and for me!

Meganisms

2008-09-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

I think I need something dedicated soley to things that Megan says. She is so funny and adorable. She asked me if she lookes pretty (after she out on make up) an dI said of course you are pretty, but you are pretty before the make up. Make up does not make you pretty. And she replied "No, but it makes you sparkle!"
Thats my sparkling princess Megan!

Literal Megan

2008-09-04T11:25:00.000-07:00

I was driving Meg and Josh to school and they were bickering. I was trying to stop the bickering when Josh whispered something to Megan and all of a sudden Megan reached out and (tried to) hit Josh. Josh said "Ms. Pam, Megan hit me HARD" and he told her that "I got you in trouble" and I started to tell Megan that we don't hit, etc... and she said "Mom, Josh told you a lie- I didn't hit him, I couldn't reach him. I did this" and she hit the car seat. She procedded to explain that she tried to hit him, but she couldn't get to get him! With the issue resolved Josh announced that "Megan is my princess girlfriend! And I am going to take her." Megan said "Am I your girlfriend cause I'm a princess?" He said "Yes" and She said "Mom, I am the princess!"
We know, Meg, we know!

Jenna

2008-09-04T11:10:00.000-07:00

Jenna gets to have food! I get to add an extra hour into my day, we'll see where it fits in. Here are a few pics of her first meal- rice cereal- yummy?

Disneyland

2008-09-04T11:06:00.000-07:00

We went to Disneyland on Sept. 1 for our anniversary- we had the BEST time! We didn't even stay to close down the park, we left before it closed and everyone left LOVING Disneyland- which I know is unbelievable to some, but never to us.

Here we are with Mickey. My how our family has grown since we were married 7 years ago.

Old woman who lives in a shoe

2008-09-04T11:04:00.000-07:00

Eve was telling the kids nursery rhymes and told them about the Old
woman in the shoe who had so many kids she didn't know what to do amd Megan asked her "Was the shoe very big or were they little people?"
That's my girl always full of questions.

What is it with my girl & Spicy?

2008-09-04T11:02:00.000-07:00

We were eating dinner and Megan asked for "milk because my toungue is spicy" and I said ok, as I was pouring the milkshe walked up to me and said "Can you see the spicies on my tongue?" I said no and she said "Well spicies are poking my tongue all over!"
What a cutie!

Its Spicy!

2008-08-21T00:06:00.000-07:00

I completely forgot this, but I saw it on our MOPS yahoo group.
Megan was 28 months old-

When she hurt herself and I was cleaning her knee with Hydrogen Peroxide and she told me to stop because "Its spicy"

SOOO cute, I love my Megan!

Megan's first day of school

2008-08-20T13:18:00.001-07:00

Meg went to Pre-K, Tuesday Aug. 19 (she goes from 8-11:30) and Holly loves it! Meg came home and I asked her how was school- she replied "REALLY AMAZING- they had playdough there!" I said "We have playdough here" and She said "It was totally amazing, mom. Can you leave me there for a long, long time?" Her teacher has said thet she is a joy to have in class, she listens very well, and is a great helper. Are we talking about my Meg? That's our girl!

Back to School

2008-08-20T13:13:00.000-07:00

How many more days till scholl is out? 177! I am already tired of waking up extra early. Mark went back to school on Monday Aug. 18 and had a great day. He was very happy that he had 4 recess times. he likes his teacher and his class. The best part is hid friend Kenny sits next to him. He thinks he is never going to play with Carter, but at least I know Eve is hearing the same thing from Carter. He rode the bus and said "It took like 10 hours to get home! I never want to do that again!" That's okay with me, I don't mind getting my boy home quicker. I sure do miss him when he is gone. Its a very long time to be away from me, or should I say for me to be away from him?

Oh, how I miss Jill

2008-08-18T00:36:00.000-07:00

Jill has gone back to Cedarville (OHIO) for school and the kids miss her sooo much. I think I miss her more. She was such a delight and a pleasure to have around. She was great with my children, taught them how to swim, and was always willing to make them tired, even when it was 110 out.

The kids call her "Jiily Beans"- what is it with them and cute made up names? Holly Berry? Jenna BennaRose? I guess they get it from me- Monkey Bones? or Brian "Meggie Pearl?

Anyways-I can not wait- she is coming home for Thanksgiving and Christmas break. The kids want to take her to Disneyland- which of course sounds great to me. She really endeared herself to me, going to Disneyland with Eve and me. The kids fell in love with her there, too. Mark wanted to ride all the rides with Jill, he started the day wanting to ride with me. (I lost all my pictures from that trip, and no one else had a camera. At least we have our memories.) An added plus is that Jill gives me a lot of hope. Her mom and her have told me how much like Megan she was- ornery, strong willed, a diva princess and to know her now- you would never know she spent lots of time in time out! We all know Meg is wonderful and I treasure her dearly, but boy oh boy does she have her moments of personality! The Lord is amazing and can work miracles (as we know). He is in the business of change!

Mark's "Late" night

2008-08-18T00:27:00.000-07:00

Tonight was Mark's night to stay up, 30 minutes later then the girls, and he wanted to go swimming. Brian and I took him swimming and we had biggest splash competitions (Brian won), Smallest splash (Mark won), and a ton of swimming races that Mark won- though some were under protest. *Thanks Jill!* Competition comes so naturally to him, sometimes I am guilty of using it to my advantage (I bet you can clean up more/faster than Meg). He wanted to do a mini Olympics in our pool. We had so much fun, then we all floated around. Mark had fun spraying Brian with the hose and vice versa. He really loves diving! He dove in, off the diving board, and touched the bottom of the pool! Way to go, buddy and he said "How do you like that one mom?Jill taught me that!" Jill really taught M&M a lot this summer. Mark was finally showered and it was 8:30 so as I snuggled with Mark he said "I don't want to go to first grade, it won't be any fun." I asked him why? He said "All I am going to do is go to the playground then learn then lunch, then learn then playground then learn, learn, learn! I just get the playground two times." I reassured him it will be fun playing and learning. I can not believe my little man is going to be in 1st grade tomorrow! Aug. 18, 2008- seems like he was just born. Then I kissed him goodnight and tucked my little man in.

The Nut Farm? No Meg, its the Zoo!

2008-08-18T00:23:00.000-07:00

Today we went to church and as a suprise to the kids we went to lunch and then took them to CALM (Bakersfield's California Living Museum). We felt like we needed to do something special on the last day of summer vacation. But not too special, don't want to set the standard too high.Calm is a small zoo- takes us about an 1 or so with Brian- 30 minutes max with the kids and me, if we don't play at the playground. So the kids ask where we are going and I say its a suprise. Meg asks "Are we going to the nut farm?" She did not mean Knotts- she actually ment a nut farm. Of course we reply no and she continues to guess where we are going when Mark says "This is dad's way of going to CALM, silly". Brian did comment on how maybe he should take a different route, as the kids seems to know the back way as the only way. We had a great time, despite it being 105 (at least). We had lots of water, met a snake named Jewel- red to black: friend of Jack, red to yellow: will kill a fellow. Meg tried to get a kiss from the deer (YUCK!), but it nibbled on her dress, instead. Holly yelled "Bear" and enjoyed seeing the bears, Jenna hung out- being her joyful self, and Mark just wanted to swing from the monkey bars.

Knotts Berry Farm

2008-08-17T23:56:00.000-07:00

Naturally it had to be HOT! The internet said it would be 84/65, more like 96/85! We had a blast. There were 19 of us in our group. My mom, sister, The Maciels (6), The Hills (5), and our family (6). Boy we were a slow moving group. Mark loves roller coasters! Montezumas Revenge, Sidewinder, Ghost Rider, Big Foot Rapids, etc... he loved them all. Loved going upside down, spinning- you name it- he loved it. Staci- not quite as excited as he was. Brian and I finished the night on the Accelerator- pretty crazy, very glad we didn't die! We had a great time celebrating Mark's b-day. We finished the weekend by going to IHOP for b-fast- turned out to be brunch. Mark ate an entire smiley face chocolate chip pancake thing- it was huge! The we finished our trip with a visit to Brian's parents and had a great time with them. I even found a new table- which is being stored in their garage (thank you, Nancy). :) We had a wonderful time and Mark is 6! Mark loved his b-day presents and he had a great time with all his friends at the Nut farm! He really loved the berry juice, like his mom!

2008-07-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

Glasses & Libby Lu

2008-07-25T14:39:00.000-07:00

Today Megan & Gracie went to Libby Lu, their friend Diamond joined us. Megan chose the "Royal" package, with a headset accessory & clip on funky hair extension. Gracie chose the "Sporty" package with the same accessories as Meg. Diamond did the same as Meg. The girls had their make up, nails, and hair done. They loved it. It was even fun for us mommies to watch. After Libby Lu, we went to the eye doctors to pick up- SURPRISE- Megan's princess glasses (for reading, coloring, watching TV). Meg is very excited and Mark was a little upset. he said "I want to get glasses, too!" Little does he know that once your in them you rarely get to stop wearing them. The eye doctor thinks Meg will only need them for a little bit, we'll see.
What a day- I am ready for a nap, wish it could happen.

Our newest addition

2008-07-24T13:23:00.000-07:00

Waltzing Matilda is our red merle puppy and Red is the Hill's red tri, the brother of Tilly. We love our Aussie!

4th of July Family Pic

2008-07-24T13:22:00.000-07:00

Lipstick

2008-07-23T16:21:00.000-07:00

Megan said "Mommy do you know why God made lipstick?" I replied "No, why?" She kissed me and said "For mommies and daughters to kiss!" and gave me another kiss.

That Man?

2008-07-23T16:20:00.000-07:00

Back in April 2007, as we were getting ready to go to Disneyland, Megan looked at me and said "Is that man going with us?" I said of course, your daddy is going with us. Brian decided to shave right after we got back!

The Nut Farm??

2008-07-23T16:14:00.000-07:00

Mark was at his Grandma's house and told her that "Papa needs to go to the nut farm". My mom said "What?" (She's thinking what have my children told Mark?) and Mark said "He needs to go to the nut farm, for my birthday." My mom realized what he ment. Knotts Berry Farm- he thought we were going to take him to a Nut farm!

Dentist

2008-07-23T16:11:00.001-07:00

Today Mark had to go to the dentist to get a cavity taken care of. We had prepared him, sort of. Brian told him they would rub gel on his gums and then he would get a shot, but it wouldn't hurt. Mark went in, not to happy, and came out 30 minutes later smiling and happy! He said "That was fun, my doctor is a funny guy!" Apparently, they rub gel on his gums and gave him laughing gas- NO SHOTS! He was a bit silly for a while, but isn't he usually.