Little one don't sleep

So we finally got our ears checked, thanks to advice from Kim. He did have a small amount of fluid on both ears. The doctor gave us the option of tubes or nasonex nose spray. I decided on the nose spray to buy some time to decide, but we are still very restless, not sleeping (me, Rick or him) and very irratable at night, so I think we are leaning toward tubes. My feeling is it is too simple of a procedure to split hairs over. If it will give him the chance of some relief, I think I am willing to take the chance. Please pray we will make the right decision.

The picture is of Evan in our car. The kids got a DVD player for the car from their special sitters (second family) and Evan has really began to enjoy it. We have been playing one of Aiden's movies, "Angel Wars", over and over, just for the sake of not having to change the DVD and the kids don't seem to mind. Evan is so spoiled now. He gets in the car and starts pointing. When he is watching, he is mesmorized, as pictured above. Now, he will NOT watch TV or movies in the house!!!! Too funny!

Nursery Rhyme Week

This week was nursery rhyme week at preschool. We new we were having dress up at the beginning of the month, but I always wait till the last minute. Aiden wanted to be humpty dumpty and Allee wanted to be Cinderella (not a nursery rhyme). Ms. Crystal told us that SLT was wearing her old fashioned day dress, so I thought that was a great idea. So we looked for a character that I thought would fit her dress and came up with "Mary had a little lamb" and Rick talked Aiden into being "Old MacDonald." Aiden thought he was the coolest with his hanky in his pocket. He isn't squinting his eyes in the picture (he says), he was looking like a farmer. (whatever! and the crossed arms was apparently something to do with a farmer too.)

My little princess

Allee had a special day last night and today. She got to go home with Ms. Missy and NaNa Jan and spent the day shopping and at Chucky Cheese. She came home with all types of goodies. This all came about Sunday night at church when she invited herself over. She couldn't go Sunday, so they promised to come get her Monday. She had it all planned out. She wanted to take her Dora tent and sleeping bag so they could camp outside. That fell through. LOL. When they got here to pick her up, she had her bag packed and practically ran to the door. Her middle name should have been "go". With Allee away, Aiden was able to have Mommy and Daddy to himself after Evan went to bed. Rick and I were watching CSI and thought he would go to bed, but he wanted to watch and eat popcorn. So, although not a kid show, we let him watch some of it. He is fascinated by the different gross stuff on there. He also ate two bags of popcorn and asked for a third. It was a little weird with just him, but we had a blast. Brought back some old memories. Thanks NaNa and Ms. Missy.

Can you spare a square?

This post will be a little different from most, but I hope you can all find the light hearted humor...

Typical night at the Taylor home that we call a circus! We ate an early supper, Rick went to play basketball, so I am alone with the three kids. They are playing, or two are playing and the baby is following me around whining like a puppy with pacy in mouth and froggy in hand. The issue of a potty break comes up for Mommy. Now, all you mothers of little babies, toddlers, or kids of any age under 10 can probably relate to this moment. You need privacy, you want privacy, privacy is expected, but do you actually get it? Now, Rick...YES! Newspaper in hand, he WILL get his time, if for no other purpose but peace and quiet and you had better not interrupt, bother, talk to...etc until he is finished reading, or whatever. Now, Me on the other hand, I don't get that nice quiet time alone (unless Rick is here and I ask him to "GET THEM OUT OF HERE!"). I have to wait until I can't wait any longer, then try to catch them in another room playing, run to the bathroom and pray they don't figure out where I am if only for a minute, only to be met by a door opening in my face and a conversation striking up! Any of you relate? Now since Evan has been mobile, even all of that is difficult. I usually have to take him and a toy into the bathroom, and even then he usually ends up in my lap (especially if we are the only two in the house and he has no one to play with). Well, tonight was just that scenario. I was going to make a really quick bathroom stop (with Evan in lap) and then off to more Mommy duties. I ran in so quickly, I didn't notice the missing toilet paper. The spare roll holder that holds 5 rolls...EMPTY! So I did the logical thing...I yell for my 4 year old to come rescue me! As I am trying to explain how to get toliet paper off the roller in the other bathroom, he is telling me he heard a noise in there and is too scared to go back without me! NOW WHAT! Just as I am about to talk Aiden out of being scared, Evan crawls out of my lap and shuts the opened bathroom door. As I am about to scold him, I look to see him playing with a NEW roll of paper sitting randomly behind the door! I just thanked God and laughed.

Now, if you can't thank God for the little things in life, something is definately wrong with you! I sure thanked him for my little things, especially the babies in the bathroom today!

P.S. Hope this didn't embarrass any of my readers! Most of you who are reading know me well, and very little embarrasses me. If you know my husband, don't tell him what I wrote about him! LOL! JK! AND my whole scenario could have been prevented if the person who used the last of the paper had replaced the roll in the first place!

Southern hospitality

Just a thought! I had to run in the grocery store real quick the other day and as I was rushing around, I took note that out of 3 teenagers that I came into contact with while they were checking out my groceries and working, all three had good manners. Now, I know some of you northerners do not think manners and respect are of any importance, but this southern girl loves it! I love being called ma'am, people saying thank you and please...etc. I used to wander why I got in trouble for not saying "aunt or uncle", but now I how disrespectful is sounds for a child to not put some kind of prefix before addressing an adult. I know this is preference, but I like it...ex. Ms. or Mr. First name....

All that to say, I am very proud to live in the South where hospitality is still being used, even if not used the way or as often as it used to be, thank the good Lord we still have some parents teaching manners to their children. Those parents are to be praised....it's not going unnoticed! Let's focus on the good in people rather than always trying to find the bad!

Praise God!

God is so GOOD! Our church has been really growing since January when we decided to take a leap of faith and offer two morning worship services to allow for more seating room for our current congregation. We had 176 people in worship this morning. Now, for some of you that attend large churches, that may not be a big deal, but to us....it is GOD....simply amazing. It just proves that God can AND WILL do anything if only you have the Faith to Believe in Him and put it in His hands! Thank you, God, for the amazing work you are doing in our community!

I just realized how long it has been since my last blog. I worked the week before and spent this last week catching up! Our church enjoyed a V-Day banquet with Fireproof movie and Rick and I enjoyed a night away at the beginning of the week for a Pastor's Worker's Conference in Forestdale. The speakers were magnificant and we had a great couple of days to ourselves. Thanks to the family who kept our kids! We love ya'll!

Upward is almost over and it has been wonderful this year. This is only our second year and it is lots of work, but we seemed to have more people pitch in and help. We also had some great coaches. Thanks to all of you who helped make this year a success. We will have Awards Celebration on Friday night. Please pray with me that we will see the results of God's work with at least one profession of faith! That would be a perfect ending to the season.

If you don't hear from me for a while, don't worry. We have a PRINCESS that will be turning 3 on March 14 and is already wanting party details, so I have to get busy. I'll keep you posted.

Praise God for 70s

We had a blast yesterday in the Sunshine! Thank you God! Allee went home from church with NaNa BooBoo and Evan was down for a nap, so Aiden and I rushed out to enjoy the day. We got to ride 4-wheeler, play golf and wash the 4-wheeler. It was so much fun. I forget what it is like to have one on one time with any of my children. Then, when Evan woke up, he couldn't wait to get outside too. They both found the nasty sandbox, so I let them play for a while. It was a great day!

Shelby's First Day of School

We welcomed BFF Shelby to Chapel Hill Preschool last week. Even though she isn't in Allee or Aiden's room, they were so excited to have her come with them. We got to bring Shelby to school because her Mommy is in school, too! She did great! I felt like I was running a preschool myself be the time I got home! We love you Shelby!

Abbi wins!

Last weekend, my neice Abbi was in the Fayette Middle School Beauty Pageant. SHE WON the 5th grade division! Allee thought she was a princess. Allee had a ball picking out her favorite dress in each category and who she thought look the prettiest. We didn't always agree, but it was fun. Of course, we both thought Abbi was the prettiest in her purple dress! Congrats Abbi! We love You! AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

A "little Behind"

I was posting this as actually being "a little behind" on my blog, but then I remembered this cute pic of Evan I took last night. Allison bought him some cute jeans for his birthday, and although a bit to big, I let him wear to church last night. When we got home, he was playing so hard, he couldn't keep his pants up. This picture is a little more than "bustin a sag".

Allee's Hair Isn't that Bad!

Okay, thanks to having a sister as your hair dresser, Allee came out with a cute little haircut and if you had not seen her hair before, you probably couldn't even tell! Although, last night when we were in the bath tub, Rick came in after I had washed her hair and said, "I smell something burning." Aiden quickly replied, "No, Dad, it's just Allee's hair." It does still smell when you get it wet. Just like when you get a fresh perm. Ladies, you know what I am talking about.

Here are a couple of pics, before and after. Look closely at the before and you can see a wad of orange hair at the very bottom. When Janet brushed it out that afternoon, it went in a perfect angle up to one side...we cut about 3 inches to even it up and left some burnt up underneath (almost to the scalp) to grow out and cut out over several haircuts!

Allee's Hair

We had an interesting morning at the Taylor household. We were getting ready for school and Rick and I had an appointment to do our Taxes (yuck) after dropping the kids out, so the morning was busy! Allee and Evan were ready, Aiden was in the process. Rick was fixing breakfast (juice cups and pop tarts) and I was with Aiden. We have recently cut our heating unit off and have been using our gas wall heater, due to the rising power bill and our poorly insulated older house. Allee, for some odd reason, backed up to the heater to warm. Rick smelled a funny smell and looked up to see her standing to closely. When he told her to move, he saw her beautiful, long blonde hair all singed (or however you spell that) up in the back in a big ball of burned hair! It was awful. After panicking and near tears, I realized it was just hair that would grow back and made the call to MiMi for an emergency haircut. I couldn't get her on the phone and finally resorted to brushing the burned parts out and sending her to school. We are at MiMi's now about to examine the damage. I just praise the Lord that she didn't catch fire. So, be careful! Heaters are still hot, even if they don't touch!!!!! Will post pictures and more details later!