It's the little things

Gabbi turned four .

When we have birthdays at our house, it is a special day.

You get your room decorated and there is usually some type of party.

*( although if you have a teenager like Tyler, you must be more specific on how many people you think are coming , or you will end up with a house full of 35 teenagers)

I don't know that Gabbi has ever really had a party for her. We had a pinata, lots of friends(cousins). Presents, games and cake & ice cream. Nothing really fancy, but to her, it was like heaven.

She was giddy and dancing all day "is this for me?" she would ask.

"Another present? " she responded . She proudly wore her crown and necklace for days.

Life as seen through the eyes of a child is really pretty simple.

What are we eating, can I go play ?

Can I have a hug?

We could all learn a lot.

Racing

Mr Wesley loves to race off road. Mrs. Wesley not so much!!

With allot of little ones running around, it is a bit of a challenge to pack everything and go out in the middle of the desert and keep them busy for 10 hours or so.They do like to play in the dirt, but that gets old after a while too.

Mostly it just depends on the circumstances and "who " we have with us. Four under the age of 5 is a little crazy but with just Serra & Abi adn a baby, it is much more do-able. As long as we have our own "facilities" anyway. **( I'll spare you the name of what they call "their facilities")

IF there are plently of cousins around that can help as well.

They really should find a place with less dirt for these races!

That's part of being a family though is we support each other in those things that matter most to us.

WE are creating memories and building relationships.

I just have to keep telling myself this!! How about the lake instead????

Mom Look a tattoo!!

It has been a while since I have had a minute to update our story here.

As you can see my little ones keep me on my toes.

I should have known there was a problem when they were quiet.

I thought they were just playing nicely upstairs so I could vacuum.

I think we only have one or two "permanent" markers in the house, but Abi seems to always locate them. Luckily our skin replaces itself frequently, so it only took a week or so for this to mostly go away.

I can't say as much for the wood banister though

This is when we are supposed to laugh right?????

Welcome Mr Tattle

With two four year olds and two two year olds in the house, we had tattling going on constantly. It was driving me crazy. I felt tlike I could not get through a half hour without

"Gabbi touched that"

Lele isn't eating"

"Abi is on the table"

" Serra didn't get her shoes on "etc etc.

One of my caseworkers gave me the idea of MR Tattle. ( see above)

Whenever there is an issue that just needs to be addressed, they can go tell Mr Tattle

ALL ABOUT IT !

At the end of the day, I get a compiled update of the days issues and address the masses of how we should try and do better .

Yes, I was like you, why would they go talk to a paper on the wall??

Well I don't exactly know why, but they do.

HALLELUJAH

Life is much better at our house since MR Tattle came to stay.

Now I can eat my cheerios in peace. Well maybe.... anyway