Nancie caught Miss Scarlett in her very favorite pose...
and when that didn't get enough attention, she did this...
and she walked around the pool like this to be sure that she was seen by all...
and when she was done and felt she had garnered enough attention we were all happy to see this...
was sad to see everybody go home. After the party ended and we cleaned up.. my kids went swimming again. I think they stay in the pool for hours if I let them.
re going to try to talk their nana and papa into getting them a
slide on their pool. They had a lot of fun at the party. I was able to hang out with Nancie and Tonya and that is always fun. Hubby has made him a new friend in Hayden's daddy and he is so happy. He has lived here in Arkansas for a LONG time now, but still has few friends. His friends are all in Tennessee. He does not talk a lot and rarely opens up to people but he has so enjoyed talking with Hayden's dad. He told me he rarely met people he just genuinely liked. So, I am thinking Harold must be pretty special! :)
After dealing with a few more episodes of my little drama queen's behavior today I started looking up the exact definition of a drama queen. It was funny that once I started reading definitions, almost every one that gave a classic example of a drama queen listed Scarlett O'Hara. Just a coincidence I assume! :) Maybe Scarlett's are just destined to be a bit dramatic. As long as there never comes a day and my sweet, but often dramatic child looks at me and says "..Frankly my dear momma, I don't give a d@mn!..." I think we will be okay.
I found a few poems that I thought were really funny, so I tweaked them a bit to make them fit my Scarlett accurately. I give her a hard time and it can be extremely nerve damaging to deal with at times but would I really change her if I could??? No way!
Here is my tweaked version of a "Ode to the Drama Queen":
This was such a wonderful fourth of July! We were sad at first since most of my family is out of town and we knew we would not have much to do but it turned out to be a great day! I so love just hanging out with my kids and hubby. We worked on our house, or should I say hubby worked on our house. We have got so much painting to get done! It will be worth it when we are done, just feels like the never ending project when you are starting.
We had a surprise on our front porch when we arrived at the house. On one of the poles a momma bird had built her
nest and had babies! The kids were so interested with the little baby birds. Every time they peeked at the little birds they had their mouths wide open!
After working hard all day we cooked out and went swimming. The kids would swim in 70' weather if we let them! The kids wanted to shoot their own fireworks this year and not go watch a local display. We 
took them to the fireworks stand and picked out a few small things but you would have thought we bought them the biggest and best things there were. They were so excited!
We came back home to our house and lit everything in the package. T
hey kids clapped and laughed and had the best time. Ethan kept saying it was the best summer ever! Scarlett and him were so funny! They just loved everything. Even the simple things like smoke bombs were a hit! It is so nice that $30 and a lighter can be "the best sum
mer ever". Some how I do not think it will always be that easy to entertain those two. I think hubby and I enjoy hearing them squeal with excitement more than anything. Just seeing your kids happy is worth everything! I would trade everything I had if it meant always hearing them laugh and have fun. If only it were that simple...
Now the last firecracker has been lit, my kids are showered and in bed.. I am TIRED! I am going to get some sleep. Tomorrow is a new day.
Hope you all had a safe and wonderful 4th of July! May God always bless you!
I have decided this week that if you have six kids and still go out in public.. then you are a saint! All four of my nephews stayed with us for a few days this week and it was exhausting. I think my sister in law must be a saint! Four boys is tiring. Total at my house was five boys and one very dramatic little girl that should count as three. I so enjoy have them all here but I do get tired. What one does not think , you can bet that another will. We went swimming, bowling, played on the slip and slide, played in the sprinkler, played back yard ball, x box, watched movies, ate a LOT of food, fought some and yes, we even managed to sleep just a little bit. I always make a huge sleeping area on the floor for all of them to sleep. After the first night some of them c0mplained of back ache! ha! So, I had to come up with 
a plan for two beds to accomodate six kids. We managed and I think they all had fun.
I think I will think twice before pawning my kids off on Angie again! :) My "too cool" nephew, Mitchell, that is thirteen stayed out of most of the drama with the little ones. Hubby and him stayed outside until late each night and then would stay up and watch TV. Mitchell was three months old when hubby and I started dating, so we have watched him grow and it is so hard for me to believe that he is almost fourteen! I have always wanted him to feel welcome at our house and feel like it is a place he could come anytime. We really enjoy having him around. All that and he is great with Ethan and Scarlett.
We are so excited that our beach trip is in less than a month now! We are leaving July 30th! YIPPEE! We have started the countdown.
Hope you are all having a great summer!
Much to my surprise, Ethan lost his second tooth. We woke up Monday morning and Ethan had money in his hand and when I asked him where he got the money, he told me the the tooth fairy and showed me his little smile now missing two front teeth. I am thankful that hubby and him kept this quiet to me, I had a hard time dealing with the last loose tooth. He was so excited to have received a second visit from the tooth fairy.. but someone else was not so happy. We explained it to Scarlett that last time was the ONLY time the tooth fairy would leave her something, too. The first tooth was special so she would get a little something under her pillow but nothing after the first tooth. She was so angelic and said, "she knew and that was okay". Fast forward to this morning.. this is the face I saw once she realized Ethan had money.
and this was the same face fifteen minutes later.. only it is hard seeing the face with it buried in the pillow...
Thank goodness "The Tooth Fairy" finally called and asked me if Scarlett found her dollar under her pillow. I know, I know.. bad parents that give in to their children and we are getting better about it.. but it is still hard. Anyway, this is the face after being told that her daddy thought he saw the Tooth Fairy by her pillow, too.
Now you tell me..isn't it worth a dollar to see that face?
Hope you are all having a great week!
There is such a great bond that occurs with girls and their friends. When you find a true friend, a really good friend; the bond is amazing. I have a select few that I have been truly "connected" with. These are the girlfriends that when you see them you don't leave exhausted, you leave feeling rejuvenated. They don't require "energy" to be their friend . You understand each other and no matter how different you are you have a common bond of friendship. You share memories; you share stories. You h
ave shared the good and the bad and weathered through it all. They make you laugh. You truly have fun with these girlfriends no matter what you are doing. You feel blessed to have them as your friend.
I am lucky enough to have a group of friends that are that to me. I hope that they are getting the gifts of friendship from me that I get from them. Like Leigh Ann said "we are her oldest friends". It is hard for me to believe that we have been friends for over twenty years now! and some of us (LAH) have been friends for almost THIRTY!!! OH MY! We have all shared so many laughs and tears and been through it all TOGETHER! So much fun. I had to borrow Leigh Ann's pictures since I didn't get my camera out at the dinner table.. I figured since she already did that was good enough for me! )
Friday night we had dinner out, and yes I was extremely sunburned! Have you ever tried to get sunscreen on two kids and then keep them still long enough to get it on yourself? My kids were so busy running and playing at Wild River Country that once they had their sunscreen on, I had to take off to keep up with t
hem... therefore I am burnt everywhere except of course where I had my sunglasses. UGH!! That is NICE. Don't you love our self portrait? The other two girls went to the bathroom so we decided we needed a shot of the two "lobsters de jour". At least LAH was smart and put sunscreen on her face!
I did take a picture of "the girls" in the movie theater. How fun is that! We went to see "Sex and The City" and laughed; and some of us cried (Kim) but we had a great time. Sorry the rest of you couldn't make it. What better way to have a girls night than going to see a total chick flick. Kim and I definitely enjoyed the movie
, so thanks LAH and Abby for going to see it a second time.
We got out of the movie at 1:20 am!!! and I had to be at work at 6:30 in the morning. I had a very long 12 hour shift. I have been a night shift worker since 1995 and for the past month I have had to work day shift and I absolutely HATE it! I only work two days a week but getting up at 5am is a killer. God knew what he was doing when he decided night shift was my future! and how wonderful it is that he gave me kids that would rather stay up late and then sleep in the next day. AMEN for that !!!
On a sad note, please remember the Brown Family. Today was the funeral and tomorrow morning is the burial. It is so heartbreaking to me to think of those children without their mother.; and Mark has lost his wife and best friend. This will be a very tough time. Please pray for them in their grief.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!
