every wife’s dream

This past sunday, Michael did a message on parenting and how we are supposed to model good behavior in order to teach our kids. He used a book called “Have a New Kid by Friday” as a source for a lot of his points. I have read it and used a lot of the tips and wisdom from it. I recommend it to parents.
Anyway, it was a good message, but I told my friend Heather that “it must be every wife’s dream to hear a sermon on parenting techniques from her husband”! LOL

Halloween

I must say that Halloween my become one of my favorite holidays.  My family had such a great time this past weekend.  I didn’t get to dress up much as a kid, but I think i am making up for it with my own.  We didn’t just have a Halloween night, we celebrated all day!  Emma and Lauren both wore their costumes to school and paraded around the place.  My mom flew up for the weekend and we had such fun.  We dressed up Matthew and took him to Emma’s party.  Later in the day we went downtown trick-or-treating and then back home for the traditional neighborhood run.  All three kids really got into it.  They even helped hand out candy and OLC invite cards to the other neighborhood kids.  We had a great time and we now have more candy than we could ever consume.  I don’t think I have laughed that much in months!

Here are my cuties

Emma as a china doll

Matthew as a pirate

Lauren as Hannah Montana

Focus Group Invite

A new place for children to play and parents to relax is coming to Cartersville! This new facility will combine supervised interactive kids play areas with a relaxing café-style environment for their parents and caregivers. If you are a parent, caregiver, educator or small business owner, we value your thoughts and ideas when is comes to forming this business.

In order to ensure that this facility meets the needs of our target market, we are hosting two Focus Group Meetings on the following dates: Thursday, March 20th, and Monday, March 24th. Each meeting will take place at 1010 N Tennessee Street, Cartersville, GA (Fuddruckers shopping center) from 7 to 8:30pm. Refreshments will be served.

The purpose of this meeting is discuss ideas and plans for a new business. Receiving input from people who will one day enjoy this facility is key in the formation of this exciting new business. Your attendance and participation at this meeting would be greatly appreciated.

If you haven’t already completed our brief new business survey, click here to do so.

New Business Survey

A new place for children to play and parents to relax is coming to town. In order to ensure that this facility meets the needs of our target audience, we are doing some research. Please click on this link to complete the survey. Thank you for your participation.

Hannah Montana

I heard that Hannah Montana was making a guest appearance at Oak Leaf Church this Sunday. She came by my house for a quick photo shoot. Isn’t she a cutie?            

Fun at the Big Top

Yesterday I took the girls to the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Baily circus. They both had a lot of fun. We got the tickets from one of my friends in my small group. We went with some other families so the kids all had a blast. Lauren and Emma both liked the man and women being shot out of the cannon the best.

I knew ahead of time that the toys, candy, refreshments and drinks were going to cost a lot so I told the girls that they could only get one thing. They picked cotton candy (of course!). $12 dollars later we had a small bag of the fluffy stuff and a cheap hat used for decoration. I guess a long as parents are going to be suckered into paying $20 for a light-up toy or $10 for a drink they will continue to charge outrageous prices.

The acts were no different than when I was a kid. Elephants, tigers, horses and dogs doing tricks; Trapeze artist and a high wire act, never ending silly clowns and a few daredevil acts. All in all not a bad show.

Cookie dough bliss

One of my favorite memories is my mom and I baking cookies. She taught me how and I have always loved baking. Now that I have little girls we are carrying on the tradition. Lauren and Emma love to watch and they take turns dumping ingredients into the mixing bowl. Emma is harder to handle because she always wants to take a taste. As a kids my favorite part was licking the beaters and so in keeping with tradition, the girls each get to have one after the mixing is done. Of course, now I don’t get one because there are only two.

Doctor, Doctor

Don’t you just love taking your kids to the doctor. I had to go twice this past week with my two littlest ones. Both had ear infections and chest congestion. I recently had to switch pediatricians due to insurance changes, and I must say I miss my old place. The new waiting room has nothing for kids to do and then it is worse when you get to the exam room. The only things to keep my kids occupied are the various medical insturments and devices. As you can see here, Emma’s favorite is the disposable otoscope covers. She looks a little bit like a Shrek baby don’t you think.

Veggie Tales movie

I must admit that I didn’t used to be a huge veggie tales fan. I thought they were sorta goofy, but now that my kids watch the movies I actually enjoy the stories and the lessons they teach. My daughters like to dance to the songs (big surprise!). The new movie about pirates looks great. I am sure that Michael will be taking Lauren soon. The website for the movie is pretty good. You can watch the trailer and get a lot of free downloads. There are coloring pages, activities, games and more. Check it out.

Jumping on the bandwagon

I have been reading several blogs these days in which everyone writes about their “favorites”. Songs, websites, shows, etc. So I am jumping on that bandwagon and sharing some of my favorites with you all. I figure I have a lot to be thankful for so…

I will start with my new favorite recording artist and my favorite song. Colbie Caillat and her song Bubbly. As soon as I heard it, I was hooked. We used it this year in our family video. I know the song is meant to be a long song, but I sing it to my three little darlings all the time. It really sums up how I feel as a mom sometimes.