Hello all! No pictures today:( I just never have my camera at the ready when the good stuff happens. Anywho, not too much happening lately.
My oldest children are driving me CRAZY!!! Everyday I hear from one or the other that I am ruining their life. For instance, this morning Hayley(now10, going on 16) comes out into the living room with this weird outfit consisting of a white cami-undershirt with one of those short sweaters that tie underneath your breast area. It looked strange and so I told her to go change WHOA!!! the yelling and whining started full force! I hate when my kids get all upset right before school. She finally changed and made it to the bus in time, but is probably having a horrible day. Too bad I didn't get a picture:)
Zach, almost 12, is having girl issues. One day a girl likes him and wants to "go out" with him and the next day he's a jerk! He told me he didn't do anything to these girls to make them mad and he just doesn't understand them. Welcome to adolescence Zach, poor little guy! Somehow his popularity or unpopularity rests solely on my shoulders:) If he doesn't have the right clothes, its my problem. If I don't let him talk on the phonefor 4 hrs, get a cell phone, take him to boy/girl parties etc,etc... You'd be surprised how many kids in his 6th grade class have cell phones and the parents let them do what ever they want. It is so scary!!! Maybe I'm a little overprotective, but kids are growing up way to fast. I'm sure the best years are yet to come!!!

Fresh Paint, new carpet!
Finally, the basement is done! The carpet came last week and it looks so great. Now we have this huge family room with nothing to put in it:) Nebraska Furniture Mart here we come! The kids like it just the way it is though. They do cartwheels and just run around down there. Ally has her own room now. She just loves it, you can't really tell by the pic, but her walls are a real light yellow. Hayley's room gets fresh paint this weekend and an updated pre-teen decor:) I'm getting sick of painting, but I feels good to get everything cleaned up before spring hits.

Ta-Da!!! Ally is 5...

It's hard to believe that five years ago today little Ally was born! She woke up this morning and asked if she starts kindergarten today:) She also dressed herself (notice the hairties around her ankles) We are having a little party for her tonight(just us, since it's a school night) Ally requested lasagna, salad and garlic bread for dinner AND angel food cake with bubble gum ice cream:)