The Horrible NO Good Very Bad Day

Hello blog again!!!!!



It's been a while but we will catch up quickly......last week I get an email from Kyle's teacher asking us to come into a conference! I forward the email with the quote of Your son is in SOOO MUCH Trouble!!!! or something like that. (It was worse but I do not want to go to jail! haha!) I know Clark is having a BBQ at work and probably not checking his email so I call him on the cell. Check with him that yes he can stay home in the morning and go to school with me at 7:30. Nothing like learning your kid is doing awful in 2 subjects and has been lying to you!!! This is the part that bothers me the most....lying is not acceptable. If you screw up I feel you should own up to it and admit it and then move on.

This pretty much puts me in a bad mood. We are supposed to go out of town to celebrate Clark's 40th birthday and now what to do.....cancel our plans?, go without Kyle? who stays home?

We talk and it pretty much puts me behind in my work and I have plenty of time to think about it while getting my haircut and then talking to my mom and Clark. We decide that my mom will stay home and make Kyle go to school but we will continue on with our plans. It is a priviledge not a right to get to miss school and have family fun! Come home and pick up the kids. Wait about an hour and Kyle comes to me and admits he lied and is upset that Grandma has to stay home and miss out on the fun. Told him it's his fault and not much we can do about it at this point. He said he is ruining his dad's b-day celebration and I pretty much agree with him. The Little Miss knows that we are upset and that everyone is pretty much on edge so she does a pretty good whiney act!

Clark finally gets home late and goes to talk to Kyle and tells him what I told him and expresses how disappointed he is that Kyle is lying and will miss out on his b-day trip. Final straw was for me to make dinner for myself at 8:30.....going to have a little salad and pull out the grape tomatoes.....yep, they spill ALL OVER THE FLOOR!!!!! I was so mad but then laughed and went and got the camera. Yep, one pictures of spilled grape tomatoes all over my kitchen floor will remind me of the horrible, no good, very bad day that I was having and remind me that this too is a parenting challenge that we will make it thru!!!

We have the conference the next morning and learn quite a bit about the lying and the three adults who control Kyle's time have come up with a plan for him to make his goals and have his only focus being on school! We will be at Open House next week to find out if he is indeed sticking to his side of the plan.

For now just thinking of the grape tomatoes makes me laugh.....it could have been worse-they could have all broke in half and splattered!!!!

Savannah Swim Class

Savannah is monkey walking into the class. She loves to do this so we only let her do it on the way in and the way out. It's Daddy's turn again so I can take some pictures and stay dry! I'm sure boy scouts will cause me to get back in the water at least one time in the next session!!
using the kickboard to get somewhere
Our buddies! Rose and Marie decide to go solo with the floaters. They moved up to the next class for the next session. Savannah will follow next time I'm sure.
Having a fun time with Daddy! She will probably be a fish like Daddy and Kyle and Mommy will be happy to shop or relax on the beach!
Getting much more comfortable. Nice to have this class and get ready for the water. Our next session takes us until the end of May and by then Grandma's pool should be warm!

2 1/2 already!!!!!

Our little girl is a pro at taking pictures. My mom usually takes her in the morning, then they email them to me and I go back and order and pick up in the afternoon. These pictures all took about 20 minutes, including wardrobe change. Everyone always says she should model but I bet the first time we took her to model she would pretend to be shy and not want to do it!





This dress was bought by Grandma at EPCOT in France. We had been shopping earlier in the day and I told her I had almost bought a dress in France but was not sure if it would fit since they only had European sizes. Grandma went back and bought this dress which was the one that I would have bought! Hopefully, the weather man is right and we are moving into warm weather and can start wearing more of our summer dresses!


Love ya Savannah!!!!! We can hardly imagine life without you. You are doing so much and everyone loves how animated you are. You definately love to talk with your hands and facial expressions. You have started to watch t.v. and movies now but it is not your main focus. You will play with your kitchen and store all day and love to be outside especially to help water or plant new flowers.

You love your brother the most and love to spend time with him either watching t.v. , which is how you know Hannah Tana and Corey in the house and Zack and Cody, or you watch him play guitar hero and cheer him on! We are finishing up Gymboree class which you imitate at home for your babies or us! We are almost done with swimming lessons which have been fun but I think one more round is needed before you go off on your own in the big girl class.

Your potty training is started but you really have no interest in going on the potty full time. You prefer to use the little potty and sink at the mall or you tell us you will start on Thursday. Never seems to happen. But Mommy knows when you are ready it will be quick and painless! Just like your brother.......

You love to play with your friends and started asking to go to school which will be here before we know it and it will be hardest on Grandma to let you go!!!!!!

You always ask when we can go to Disneyland and I think it is a good thing we are 6 hours away or you and Grandma would go everyday!

Thanks for the many kisses, hugs, and "Your the best Mommy ever!" It makes my day and just have to say "You are the BEST Savannah EVER!!!"

Looking forward to what the next few months will bring us!

Love you! Mommy

How does your garden grow?

Savannah helps me water our plants.
Ta dah! This is what you look like after you water the plants and yourself!
Brother and sister give me a smile.
See how much she loves Kyle!
Okay, this is the crazy picture. I said before that Kyle was starting to do this every time I get the camera out but now the little one is copying him too! I think they are being monsters!

Today Savannah is 2 1/2 years old. She will be going to take pictures for us and we will once again be amazed at how quickly time goes by and how much she has grown.

Kyle is going on a field trip to Quimby to check out the Junior High life. Another reminder that they are both growing up!

Dove choclate sayings.....

I took a bag of Dove chocolate pieces to work to have for the random chocolate break and I have been saving the funny wrappers. Inside of each wrapper is a saying and they crack me up more then fortune cookies......here is my desk collection:

Dare to love completely. ( Okay this one is nice)

Keep the promises you make to yourself. (Like new year's resolution? I personally do not make any to break! HA!)

Naughty can be nice. (Not it you are a two year old!)

You're allowed to do nothing. (When you come to my messy house I will just shrug and tell you the chocolate told me to do nothing!)

Remember your first everything. ( This is why I started my blog.....so I can actually remember stuff.)

Smile-people will wonder what you have been up to. (You might be a stalker-see below)

Wink at someone driving past today. (sure if you want road rage or a stalker!)

You know what? You look good in red. ( How do they know what you are wearing?)

Temptation is fun...giving in is even better. ( Too bad they don't put extra chocolates in the bag for You!)

Send a love letter this week. ( okay I will try and fit that in....somewhere!)

I might just keep buying the chocolate to see what else they might tell me to do. Wonder if they change for the season or time of year?

My other funny chocolate story of the week.

Clark brought home a red velvet pouch of Ghiradelli chocolate. He got it from a customer. He called Savannah into the room and said "look I got you a purse." She said "Yah! Chocolate I will take my shirt off Daddy! "We laughed.....I know she loves chocolate but who knew she could read Ghiradelli!!! genius child!!!! and Clark said "that's pretty sad that my daughter will remove her shirt for chocolate! " This phase had better not last. We always make her take her shirt off if she is going to eat anything messy. She is beginning to hate to wear a bib, but I as a Mommy am not quite ready to wash each piece of clothing 10 times to get the stains out.

Ranch Camping....

Stephen, Josh, Seby and Kyle ready for adventure and finishing some merit badges.
Getting ready for the one mile compass hike.
Toby instructing Kyle and Seby on how to build a useful thing. These were sticks to hold up their lanterns at night.
Going on the 5 mle hike, walking sticks and water bottles were required.

The useful thing plus boys and dads that went camping. It was successful hopefully they are on their way 2nd class!!!!! Go Blazing Arrows!!!!!!!

Snow boarding or sitting on your butt in snow!

Clark and Kyle decided to go on the Troop Ski Trip for the weekend. They got up very early Saturday morning and drove to Dodge Ridge. Here they are at the snow boarding lessons they signed up for. Kyle thinks he wants to try skiing next time! Clark and Kyle spent quite a bit of time crashing. Clark did not wear a helmet because his Frankenstein head was too big for any they had!
Clark swears he is going down a hill......looks pretty flat to me!
WOW!!! Kyle is up and attempting to go down the hill. GO KYLE!!!
Notice this is in the Lodge. I think they might have spent a lot of time here. I also notice that most of my Kyle pictures are going to have goofy faces on them now. He prefers this look to normal smiling!
Kyle digging a snow cave at the cabins they stayed at. Their group was in charge of dinner and they had chicken, broccoli, salad, mashed potatoes, veggie burgers and more. Kyle had a really good time playing in the snow with his buddies!