Test

So, Stacy challenged us to do this test. I'm always the same.....from when I first took this test at 22 and now at 32. I think that's pretty cool actually. I wonder what you guys think of my description....accurate to you or not? Let me know and take the test yourself and let me know! I never thought of myself as bossy and inappropriate and....loud? Yes, I know that I'm loud sometimes, but after reading this, I thought about it and can see how people may think my sarcasm and tendency to joke about things may be inappropriate, but I hope not! Sydney thinks I'm a princess, though, so that's what matters most, right? (check out the previous blog).

You Are An ENFJ

The Giver You strive to maintain harmony in relationships, and usually succeed. Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections. Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down. You find the most energy and comfort in social situations ... where you shine. In love, you are very protective and supporting. However, you do need to "feel special" - and it's quite easy for you to get jealous. At work, you are a natural leader. You can help people discover their greatest potential. You would make a good writer, human resources director, or psychologist. How you see yourself: Trusting, idealistic, and expressive When other people don't get you, they see you as: Bossy, inappropriate, and loud

What's" Your Personality Type?

My Mom was right!

So, Sydney went to the dentist on Monday to get x-rays and a teeth cleaning. She did super, by the way, and I was so proud. But, my proudest moment was when the hygienist asked her who her favorite princess is, and she quickly and confidently answered "My Mom". I just about melted right then and there. So, my Mom was right all along....I really am a princess.

What is he DOING???

While I'm driving with the two girls in the back, Sydney watching a movie with her headphones on, and she suddenly says "Moooooommmmmm....What is Jesus DOING up there???!!!" At first I thought she must of seen a picture of him on something or a nativity scene on someone's lawn and I just answer....

me:"Up where, honey?"

Syd "Up THERE!"...

Me: "Did you see him on a picture or something?",

Syd: "NO MOM, What is He doing up THERE?"...

Me: "in the sky?",

Syd: "NOOO MOOOOOM, Up THERE!!!,

Me: "in Heaven?",

Syd: "Yes! What is Jesus DOING up there?

It was so cute!! The only problem...I'm trying to explain to her that He's "working" by listening to our prayers and making sure the earth and sun and moon are working, etc. WHILE she's watching her movie. She thought it was very interesting that Jesus was working and wondered if He was working like Daddy was working. It was a great question and it was fun answering it. So, if anyone is reading this, I'd love to hear what you might say to a 3 year old who asked you the same question. Maybe help me out a little when it comes up again. :)

Holidays

I survived the food poisoning, then Syd got an ear infection and Addyson got Scarlett fever. We are all fine now, and thanks to the powers that be, Travis didn't get sick. It's amazing to me how kids just keep on going when they are sick. They go until they literally can't stand up anymore and then just collapse. How is it that when we get older our pain seems to affect us more? Don't get me wrong, my girls were tired and a little cranky, but for the most part, they wanted to jump around and play until their bodies just couldn't take it anymore. I guess they are preparing early for motherhood. :)
The holidays, despite the illnesses, have been wonderful so far. Halloween was a blast, as usual, and Thanksgiving was wonderful with my brother and his family here to visit. Sydney has loved decorating for Christmas and singing Christmas songs at the top of her lungs. She's been wanting to watch the movie "Santa Claus" (with Tim Allen) while we're in the car. I haven't seen this movie in years and can't remember details, so I'm at a loss when she asks me questions about it....I really need to sit down and watch it. I say this because at dinner last night she asked me if Santa was a psychiatrist. I was like....huh??? Where in the world did she hear that??? I then thought of the movie...of course. "No, honey, Santa's not a psychiatrist...that's a really good word, though, and you pronounce it so well, why do you ask?" ...I say this as I'm trying not to laugh at her cuteness. She explains the part in the movie to me, and then we're fine. But I know as a three year old I didn't have a clue what the word psychiatrist meant and I probably hadn't ever even heard that word before. Funny how things change. She also asked me if Santa was going to fall off our roof like Santa in the movie did. Why am a letting her watch this again? When we are at home, all she wants to watch is ScoobyDoo, and she's not scared of it yet. I hope that she never is, but it looks so scary to me (as a mom looking out for her kids). So many green ghosts, mummies and monsters. I guess the recorded laughter on it makes it all better. :)
More on the holidays....I just love Christmas....the decor, the music, the presents, Santa, the TV specials....it's just so fun. It's interesting being a mommy now of a child who is VERY inquisitive of Santa and all that he can do and what he'll do and how he does it and how he'll know we won't be at home for Christmas and if I'll move the candles I have in the fireplace so Santa won't break them when he comes down the chimney and if he'll like our decorations and if he'll bring her "Baby Alive" (which she sings the little tune every time she says it). So many questions that I have to think of answers to and remember the answers I told her. I'm trying to get her to focus on the fact that Christmas is Jesus' birthday and it's really just a big birthday party for Him, and that's what's most important......and she does talk about that that....a little bit. But, of course, Santa wins out when you are 3. I somehow feel like I need to do a better job of explaining.
On a more downer note....what's the freaking problem with saying Merry Christmas now? I gag at anything PC, anyway, and now "Happy Holidays" is the PC thing to say??? Well, screw that! My friend, Andrea, went around this morning making it a point to say Merry Christmas to everyone while she was running errands. She went quite a few places and only ONE person said Merry Christmas back to her. Only ONE! What's that about? I think I'll start saying Merry Christmas to everyone even when it's not Christmas.....Okay, no I won't, but I'm going to try and make it a point to say Merry Christmas to people I see. I'll start today.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Randoms

Thanksgiving went so well and then......BOOM/CRASH/BLAM! I got food poisoning from leftover turkey. It was lovely. I was so incredibly sick. Never been quite that sick in quite that way. WARNING>>>>>if you gross out easy, stop reading. Since there are no rules for blogs about potty talk, then I'll write about how sick I really was...okay, so I'm not that laid back to write details, but let's just say my body was emptying itself from both ends at the same time for almost 6 hours straight. I was literally in the bathroom, on the toilet and barfing in the trashcan for almost 6 hours straight. I also had the sweats/chills/sweats, etc. so much that I had to change my pajamas 3 times because of it and I ended up taking a shower at 3:00am b/c of my utter disgustingness (is that even a word? if not, it should be). After every possible food/liquid was forced out of my body, I slept for the next 18 hours....or tried to. Travis was WONDERFUL and took care of the girls and actually kept them out of the room for most of the day. Thank goodness it was Sunday and he was off work. Being so nauseated just made me depressed because it reminded me of what I feel like when I'm pregnant, and we want to have one more sometime in the next 2 years. Then to top it off, Sydney started getting sick with a fever which turned into an ear infection. I was feeling much better the next day, though, (still queezy, but not bad), so I was able to be a mom again instead of a yucky zombie. So, we get her meds and then, Addyson wakes up with the shakes from a very high fever. I call the doctor and they just say to give her motrin and monitor it for 24 hours. I'm praying she'll be better in the morning. Now all we need to Travis to get sick before his class on Saturday and during wrestling season...wouldn't that be lovely???

But on to better things.....I have to shout out to my bestest bud Andrea. (Can you shout out to people on blogs?). She's feeling left out of my blog because we talk everyday at least twice, but we hardly ever see each other, and I haven't written about her. I'm feeling awful about it. Just want her to know that she is muy importante and I love her more than enough to talk about her in my blog. Andrea, you're a rock star!!!! Even though you thought I was calling you a "freaking idiot" on the phone when I was really yelling at that driver that blocked the intersection.

Changing direction again.....What would Christmas be without the decor that goes along with it? Sydney seems to think that we don't have enough Christmas decor and has become my little "boss" on how to decorate. Little does she know that her "Annie" (my mom) goes way overboard on holiday decorations (which is a great thing b/c her house is just so magical on holidays) and I could never ever catch up to that, even though it would be fun...it's just impossible. So, I've got my little one pestering me to put lights on the outside of our house, and being persuaded to do this (I have had little sleep mind you) I actually bought lights to go on the outside of our house. Now, there is no one to put these up. Travis is at wrestling practically 24/7 and I have NO IDEA how to do this or have the coordination to climb a ladder and hang lights on our house! So, why in holy heck did I purchase these? Now I have to either hang them up or sorely disappoint my little 3 year old. UGH!

It's late....I've gotta go to bed.
Cheers.

Happy Thanksgiving

Sydney was a pilgrim in her school "re-inactment", and after school she insisted on still wearing her "pilgrim bonnet" all over town. So cute. I made some cute turkey cookies for her class as well, b/c Syd was the star-student. I'm learning to be crafty, so I was proud of myself. :)

Aunt Barb gave Sydney a little wheelbarrow and some "magic seeds" to grow in it, and now she has tall grass in her wheelbarrow that she is so excited about! She thinks that she is miss green-thumb now. If she only knew that her mother can't even grow weeds....

Sydney's "garden"

I LOVE autumn in Georgia! The leaves are BEAUTIFUL colors of reds, yellows, oranges and greens. I have a favorite road to go down in the fall here b/c it's kind of on the side of a mountain and it's wooded all around. Sydney always calls it "the forest" and the "curvy road". When there is a light breeze and a few leaves are falling and the colors are so bright, it just makes me so warm and fuzzy inside. I love it...it's just like a picture. I can't take a picture of it, however b/c it's a curvy road on the side of a hill and I'm driving. GA is just the place to be in the fall. Great weather, beautiful trees, great people.... :)

It's easy to forget that we are in the middle of a terrible drought. The news two days ago said that we only have 72 days left of clean drinking water if it doesn't rain soon. It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so I'm praying so hard that it does. Sydney and I pray every day that it will rain! I don't know if GA has ever been in such a drought before. It's so weird because it's usually flooding here, not drying up. My friend, Natalie, posted pictures of how low the lake is on her blog, and it's so sad and just scary.

On a lighter note....my brother and his family are in town for Thanksgiving, and it's been so great. Sydney and Caleb, who is 4, are the best of buddies and having a blast. Quinn and Kjirsten have 3 boys, Liam (9), Caleb (4) and Luke (2) and Kjirsten is expecting. We are so excited for them! I wonder if they'll end up having 4 boys like my sister, Kelly, has 4 girls! Travis and I are stopping at 3 no matter what....unless we have twins, which is unlikely.

Sydney & Caleb

Strong Liam!

Luke & Addyson

Wrestling Season for Travis officially began for me last Saturday. I'm officially a wrestling widow until March! Yes, March, the GHSA or some organization made the season two weeks longer. Hurray....that's me being sarcastic. Don't get me wrong...I LOVE that Travis coaches wrestling because he loves it and it makes him so happy and he thrives on the competition, etc., and he's a top notch coach. I just miss him because I really only get to see him for about 2 hours or less each day except on Sundays and the girls only get to see him on Sundays. But, he's home every night, he loves it, he's happy and it pays the bills, so I really can't complain. He's like a kid in a candy store this year because, first, he has awesome assistant coaches and second, he has a ton of young kids with a ton of potential. It's so great to see him so excited about wrestling again.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I'm sooooo thankful for my husband and family, my friends, for this wonderful nation we live in and for my Saviour Jesus Christ and for the knowledge that I have of Him and what He has done for me and for mankind. I don't know how I would be able to exist with joy without the knowledge that I have and am so thankful that I have wonderful parents who taught me to know Him and love Him. There are so many things that I'm thankful for that I just don't have the finger strength to type them out! I am truly blessed.

Halloween

So, Halloween was fun this year, as usual. The girls were ADORABLE in their little outfits. Addyson was a ladybug and Sydney was Supergirl. Her friend, Grayson, calls her Supergirl b/c he's either Spiderman or Superman, so that's the costume that she chose. She loves being Supergirl and likes to yell..."Supergirl to SAVE the DAY!!!" and then pretend to fly around. Addyson liked her ladybug costume, but was a little annoyed by the wings! One of Sydney's boyfriends, Aidan, and his family trick-or-treated with us this year. Last week when we were at his house and, he announced to everyone that he was going to marry Sydney.

Travis and I were invited to a "White Trash Halloween Bash" and dressed the part all too well. I had a black eye, tight 80's style jeans I found at Goodwill, tatoos, white pumps, a red bra showing under my racer-back tanktop and big hair. Travis had his wife beater, tattoos, flannel shirt w/ the arms cut out and an ace bandage on the hand that he "hit" me with. We thought we were quite the pair until we got to the party to see some of the other costumes....some were so hilarious. We had fun, but I know why I don't wear pumps very often.

Now this is scary!!!!!