yard sales...hobby or addiction?

I'm not sure about the answer to this, I am beginning to think it might be the latter I'm afraid.
I get up at 6:30 am. Get dressed and head out pocket full of change, to find amazing deals on others peoples well loved stuff.
 I have found some wonderful finds at yard sales. I can not think of any at the moment, but i have! I find lots for the kids.

I love pulling up to the yard and seeing everything laid out before me ( I do not dig in boxes..yuck)  I guess it is a addiction, I would totally be willing to knock someone out to get that item for 25cents! Just joking...maybe.


There are some yard sales though, that I must say, should not be had. I call these "drive by's"
you know the ones, they look nasty. Dishes that look like they have never been washed, clothes that lay in a pile on the ground. ugh....these are always the ones that we drive 15 miles outside of town for!


BUT, the draw will always be there for me. The hope that I will find something amazing...well at least to me.

Their little hiding Place...

Luke and Lydia now have a little hiding place, it is under Lydia's crib. They sneak snacks that I leave out on the counter, under the bed. If I cant find them, I will sneak in there and pull up the ruffle...
There they sit. snacking and giggling!


They have got to be the closest young sibling I have ever seen. They share everything and play so well. Luke "reads" to Lydia and Lydia sits and listens to Luke.If she is crying because she was told no, he will hold her and say..I know siser, I know.

If we are riding in the car and she is crying, he will hold her hand and make her laugh. I am so blessed!

Maybe they are the ones that are blessed. They have each other!

You crap me up!

Luke says the funniest things. Yesterday we were riding in the car and Lydia made him laugh, he looked at her and said "siser you crap me up!" This is one of those times that I know we should correct him, but its so funny! I get a kick out of it every time he says it!

He also has become a huge fan of saying "that isn't fair" or "its just not fair, mom" while shaking his head in dismay at me. He says it when I ask him to play with his sister, eat his food or clean his room. Really? These things are not fair?

But, after a week of not really being able to understand a word he said because his lip was three times its normal size....I will take, and listen to whatever he wants to say!

New mommy skills

I over the past few days have become nurse mom. I have been cleaning boo boos and getting up in the middle of the night to give pain meds. holding little hands at doctor appointments, calling doctors to make appointments. Stressing that I'm not doing something right.

Ugh... This makes a mommy very tired. I am learning a lot about what I can handle and what I will handle when it comes down to it. I am not good with blood, never have been. But I am having to buck up and deal with it. I am a worrier by nature, I am learning to let that go. I can not control everything. I have to give my son over to God and let His will be done.

I will have to continue to let go and let God for awhile yet. Luke has to have surgery in two weeks to fix the inside of his mouth. I'm not happy that my baby has to be in more pain, I am happy though that they will be fixing it. He is having a hard time speaking. that bothers him. hoping surgery will fix that.

Luke is acting like his old self! bouncing around and playing with his sister. I'm so happy about that. He has faith that we will make it all better , and that is all he needs to know. I need to learn to be that way with my Jesus. To trust that He will make everything ok.

Luke's first trip to the ER

We took the kids to Muskogee this afternoon. We were having a great time. We took the kids to the mall, they were playing in the big alligator slide when he fell off and hit his face on a bench in front of him. Mark went over, picked him up and turned around and said "we have to go, now!" I followed him,while carrying Lydia. I caught up to him at the costumer service desk. To my horror, my sweet baby's face had blood all over it!! He had bit through his lip.

The mall cops called the ambulance. They came and said he would need stitches. Luke and I got to ride in the ambulance, Luke thought it was cool that he didn't have to sit in a car seat.
We got to the hospital and after a closer look, they decided he needed stitches inside and out. I took Lydia out to the waiting room while my rock of a husband stayed with Luke to hold him down so they could work on him.

I could hear him screaming. I never want to hear him scream like that again! It was the most pained scream. I broke down, the nurse came up to me and said, not to worry...he was screaming more from fear then from pain. Yeah, I know she was trying to help. It didn't!

After three stitches on the inside and three on the outside we went home. He is doing ok for the most part. Mark and I are both drained! My baby has had his first big boo boo. I'm hoping its his last, I know that's not going to happen....but a mom can dream!

a burping button...really?

So, Burger King is back on my black list this week. They now have a burping button toy. Really? That is all I need in this house. Like my three year old son doesn't have enough yucky nasty noises all on his own?
He carries it around and pushes it again, again....and again!

But, when he does get tired of it on the rare moment, There is Lydia picking up the job, the "lets make mom crazy" job! She came in today and sat next to me, smiles and then pushed the ever so annoying little green button. ugh...
 So, To the person that picks out the toys that they put in big kids meals at Burger King,
I would just like you to know that I am not your biggest fan. I do not for one moment find this toy funny!
Now, my husband on the other hand would probably like to tell you how funny it is. And, thank you for making his life less stressful. He now can take more time playing with the kids and watching hot rod shows and less time worrying if his son is going to grow up knowing how to do manly things...like burping! Because you, have that covered!

Burger King

Today we took the kids to burger king on Mark's lunch break. Lydia is at the point, where she doesn't enjoy just playing at the bottom of the play thing. So I being a wonderful mommy, decided to climb up with her. Has anyone else noticed how tall I am? I thought I knew this already, but today proved it to me in a whole new way! I get her to the top! She ran around up there for awhile. Then we slid down the slide. I can honestly say that was the highlight of my day! She loved it! Giggled all the way down.

She decided that she wanted to go again, so up we went. This time she decided she wanted to head straight to the slide, to her mothers horror.
I took off through the tube after her as fast as I could. She is one fast kid! I probably sounded like a stampede of wild hippo's, crawling...and falling through those things! Yelling in a whisper, not to be quiet and lady like, but because I was out of breath! "Lydia STOP!" "Please wait for mommy!!"
Well also to my horror as I came up right behind her, I lost my grip and fell on my face THUD in the tube. Only to see her go face first down the slide! Giggling and chatting! I grabbed her foot with my ninja mommy reflexes! Pulled her from the clutches of death...well at least from a bumpy ride.

I pulled her back up. Sat her little bottom down beside me. Pulled myself into an upright position...for the most part. And down we went....


I will not soon forget this. Neither will my bones or my pride. I can also honestly say, Burger Kings play equipment is built very well! I have tested it out!!