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Aubrey Said: Redneck Sledding

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(Photo via Joy Wright Photography)

After school today Aubrey and her best buddy John Heston were talking about Spring Break. John Man was talking about his family’s upcoming ski trip and Aubrey was telling him about our beach trip.

JH: I can ski so good. I can ski as good as my dad.
Aubrey: How do you know how to ski so good John Man?
JH: I have a teacher.
Aubrey: Oh.
JH: Have you ever been skiing before Aubrey?
Oh yeeeeaaaahhhh. That’s my girl.
What are you doing for Spring Break? Taking your 3-ring circus on the road and counting the days until school starts back? Or staying home and counting the days until school starts back?

Sadie Gets Silly

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Sadie makes her “siddy paces” for you. In case you were wondering that’s chocolate and half a tube of ChapStick smeared all over her “pace.”

Emma’s Essentials

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It’s been a weird day. Tonight I just wanted to chill with The Hubster and watch a little TV while my kids chilled in the next room watching some Old School Looney Tunes. But I couldn’t because one of the little monsters lost the remote to the TV that actually has cable and TiVo. The input select on the TV was set to some flippin’ AV-nonsense which meant I could only see a blank screen and with no remote there was nothing I could do about it.
Emma(4) swore she didn’t touch the remote. Aubrey (6) was at a friend’s house so I couldn’t ask her if she had seen it. Sadie (2) just nodded and said “Yeah, wee-mote,” every time I asked her about it.
So I cleaned Aubrey and Emma’s room in a desperate attempt to channel surf. I did not find the remote, but here’s what I did find…

1) A cereal bowl in Emma’s pajama drawer.
2) An artist’s palette under her covers.
3) A knitting needle under her pillow.
4) And what four-year-old DOESN’T have The Handbook of Knots on her bedside table? (I’m just guessing this is how she learned to rope her baby sister like a cowboy ropes a steer.)
This just further fuels my brother’s theory that Emma is going to be a female Jason Bourne one day. Be afraid people, be very afraid.
What’s the last thing your kids did that left you shaking your head and muttering, “Whhhhhaaaat the… ?”

A Day In The Life

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THIS is just one of the many reasons I’m off my blogging game. Sadie is everywhere. She is everywhere all at once. Right before I took this picture she had opened the cabinet, grabbed a bag of coffee and ate a handful of coffee grounds. Sadie is busy, therefore I am busy. Pretty much any time she is asleep or immobile, I collapse in a heap.

My freelance work has picked up some which is awesome, because they pay me in DOLLARS, and I’ve started working on edits for Book 2. I got my notes back from Agent Jenny & I’m really excited about getting this book finished and sent to her so we can move forward. (Sometimes I really have to pinch myself that this is even my life. I am writing and people are READING it? Other people are PAYING me to do it?? Jenny Bent is my agent?? Shut. Up.)

At any rate, I’ve been crazy busy writing and chasing my kids and I’ve gotten involved with an AMAZING program. YoungLives is a mentoring program for teen moms and we are getting geared up to really start making a difference in these girls lives. I’m super excited to be involved and can’t wait to tell you more about it!

I just wanted y’all to know why I haven’t been obsessively blogging!

What’s been keeping you busy lately?