K Thanksgiving

K's class had a Thanksgiving feast, complete with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, rolls, and pumpkin pie. It was quite the amazing lunch for 1st graders at school. They even prepared table settings for each child. The class prepared songs and jokes to perform for the parents. I was surprised to see K a bit on the shy side. Isn't he a cute lil' pilgrim?

This was taken on A2's birthday. We celebrated on Sunday so Tio and H could be there. The kids and I still wanted A2 to blow out a candle on her birthday. And of course she got pizza for her first birthday! She was so funny about the tiny flame!

A2's first year

A look back on A2's first year. What a memorable one it was!!!!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

(Thank you Kat and Amanda for the great shirt idea!!!)

I can't believe how fast the last year has passed by. It seems like yesterday that I was cussing that little baby inside of me for causing such a ruckus. I just wanted he/she out so badly this time last year. Of course she came on the day of 2 very important football games. Thankfully she decided to arrive during half time. :) I cried when Cheeto told me she was a girl. She was exactly what I had been praying for. She was such a tiny little thing when she was born. I look back on the year and cherish all those times I got to cuddle with her on those early morning feedings and late evenings Cheeto would work late. I vididly remember how great the holidays were last year. It was so nice to sit on heal surrounded by all the senses of Christmas, watching TONS of seasonal movies, spending lots of time with ALL my family and cuddling a newborn. It was a perfect Christmas!

I just quit nursing her about 2 weeks ago. I had no idea the emotions that were going to go with stopping. It wasn't like that with the other 3. I know a lot of tears will come with the milestones that A2 has just because she is our last and knowing its a lot of last firsts. I don't want another baby it's just hard for me to leave this phase in my life. Cheeto thinks I'm crazy. I even look at a pregnant woman and want to throw up because it makes me ill even think about being pregnant again. This assures me that the answer to our prayers is true. Our family is complete. A2 made it so.
She is such a blessing in our lives. I have to say she is one of the easiest baby ever! Not much ever makes her fuss. She eats great. It took her a bit but she is now a great little nap taker and sleeper. She really rolls with the flow. She is so happy. It's a rare occassion that she doesn't have a big ole' grin on her face. It's also rare that you don't see her tongue twisted on hanging out. It's a A2 thing. :) She adores her older brothers and sister. She does well playing on her own but relishes in the attention she gets from her siblings.
We are so grateful for her. She has made a very difficult year a lot brighter- for all of us! Heavenly Father knew I needed her. Today I hug her a little tighter, a little longer and take a lot of extra mental memories. And of course, since she is a mama's girl... she will love it!

Happy 1st Birthday sweet baby girl!!!

There a few things I felt like I dropped the ball on. There are specifics that I do for all my kid's birthdays and I have been so busy I completely spaced some of them. I had seen some friends make these shirts for their little ones first birthdays and I knew I only had one more chance to make one for one of our kids. I sewed it really quick after church in the 2 hours I had before the party. I also forgot a birthday hat so I made the little party hat to match her shirt. I thought it turned out adorable and she looked so cute in it. It was a really nice 75 degree day here. We got to let her get out and enjoy her day. We celebrated with family on Sunday because weekdays are so crazy. Like she really would care! Thanks everyone for the gifts and helping with the party. We are so grateful for all of you!

thought these were super crazy

This is the outside of a public restroom.

This is the inside look of the same restroom.
Restrooms are not to be made with one-way glass!
I'm sorry but is it just me that would not be able to actually use this toilet?
I suppose if desperate measures were called for I could.

This is quite the painting on the floor of a residential bathroom.

Puts a little things in perspective doesn't it?

Funny Kid Quote of the Day
A2 loves to pull clothes out of my clothes baskets, doesn't matter if they are dirty or clean. The other night I was folding a TON of laundry when my little friend came to help. She stood there for a moment, picked up a single sock and grunted, "er." She repeated this many times, actually for the remainder of the basket. K saw what she was doing and saying and yelled, "C come here! A2 is human now!"

Today the older kids went to the dentist. A1's hygientist was talking up a storm with her. I'm not sure what the lady asked her specifically but it was something about brushing teeth in the morning and what goes on in the morning. A1's response was,"Well, C and K eat their breakfast and mommy says it takes them too long. I help mommy make their lunches because school lunches could kill a kid. (Can't imagine where she heard that. :) ) Then my daddy wakes up so we can say prayers. When the boys get on the bus I get to eat my cereal but I never finish what I eat and my mommy gets mad so I can't have a snack and NOTHING until lunch. After that, mommy works out and gets stinky. Daddy takes a LOOONNNNGGG shower and puts on his church clothes every day! And then he kisses us dirls goodbye and he goes to work. OH... I forget to brush my teeth but my boys brush their teeth EVERY morning." PHEW.... that was a long response huh.... exactly what I though too. Then the lady asked her who her daddy worked for . A1 looks at her almost like she was asking a dumb question and says"He works for money."

Fall Family Pictures 2009

All you moms out there know the time and energy that goes into getting some decent family pictures. There is a reason why we all go years in between them. By the time we have spent stressful hours trying to find clothes that coordinate, get the hair curled and gelled, and then beg and plead with the kids and husband to please put on a happy face; we then find out that there is literally only a couple of pictures out of a hundred that work. I absolutely LOVE the results but man, the stress and effort that went into these pictures is exhausting to even go back and think about. Most of the photo session, we were telling the kids with much stress, "PLEASE, stop! SMILE dang it! Please stand still!" You get the idea. It was ridiculous at moments. It took some serious encouragment to get Cheeto to kiss me. He doesn't believe in public display of affection. :) I'm so grateful for the good friends that took them for us (he does a FABULOUS job) and Sissy for helping me rumage closets to help me get everyone coordinated. We took them two different days so some of the outfits did change due to weather. I'm so excited to get some developed and hung on the wall. Enjoy the video y'all.

Locks of Love

We have talked with A1 for quite awhile about getting her hair cut and giving it to a girl that needed it. She would be excited one day and not so much the next. A1 was very blessed with great hair. It is so thick for a 3 year old and to have hair to her waist at that age is another blessing. We felt it was a great to be able to share it with someone.
A friend of mine was awesome and took some before pictures for me. We had to do it 2 different days to get some with it straight and curly. I absolutely loved her hair curly. There is a picture in the video where she is kissing A2's hand and A1's hair looks like a mane. :) They turned out so cute with our make shift backdrops. Thanks "L"! The day of her haircut she was not thrilled to say the least. I had to drag her out of the car, into the washing chair and into the styling chair. She cheered up after a few minute. She got a bit nervous and wanted to see what "K" was doing with her pigtails. When it was time to cut she was still all smiles but when "K" gave me her pigtails A1 had this face of fear. I could see the tears building from her chest. I was waiting for them and then she says, "But mommy, my hair can still get in my face." Next few seconds she was smiling again. There have been instances over the past week that she realizes that short hair is a lot easier to upkeep. For example, when you put on a backpack it doesn't pull your hair, it's gets done faster, it's faster to wash and dry and comb... the list goes on. Tia "L" also participated in the act of kindness. It was something they did together. A1 was pretty excited to see Tia's "tails" lying next to hers in the envelope. I knew it had to be cut. I let it grow extra long so I didn't have to wack it completely to her ears to get the 10 inches. However, I have to admit that I really miss some length. I'm already waiting patiently for it to grow back out. Her hair hasn't been this short since her first birthday.

Halloween 2009

Our kids got to go to a couple of different parties. A1's costume didn't "agree" with her Friday night so we had to do something different for trick-or-treating. She had so much fun. What a difference a year makes. Even C wanted to keep going. A2 wasn't having such a great time strolling along. A1 even tried sharing her light sticks but A2 wasn't about to give it up. I soon realized she didn't get dinner before we left. I know I'm a terrible mother. I just have a little girl that never fusses and so it's easy to forget she's around sometimes.

K's halloween party

I really enjoy every chance I get to spend time with the kids in the classrooms. I don't get to go often enough but try to help with class parties and field trips at least. C's getting to the age where he doesn't have as many class parties. I thought K was very sweet to invite A1 to come with me. She was such a little helper and very well behaved.

We got there a bit early and decided to surpise K on the playground. He was so excited to see me and said, "Hurry mom, come here! I have something to show you. HURRY!!"
Next thing I know he is literally a monkey! What a comfort it is to me now I know what he is doing at school!

So so much Sci Fun....

Today was a teacher workday so the boys were home from school. I was still up before 6am but it was nice not having to fight with kids to hurry and eat and to be making lunches. Mom and Dad agreed to spend the day exploring a new science center with us. My Mom and Dad gifted us with a Greensboro Natural Science Center membership this summer. The membership is also good at many other Museums and Science Centers all over the country. We have definitely used this gift. Today our adventures led us to Sciworks in Winston Salem. It was little bit further than I thought but this place was AWESOME!! The kids (including all the adults) had such a great time. We were sad we didn't plan better and allow more time there.

We left the 'boro a bit later than we would have liked and then because it was a bit further than we thought we ended up having to feed the kids before going to Sciworks. We ate lunch at Burger King. The toys were Sponge Bob Square Pants and I can't begin to tell you how bad I dislike that character/cartoon. The kids were great not to pitch a fit about not getting kids meals with toys. They did get a little hat thing that made them happy. K accidently spilled Papa's coke all over Sassy's new coat. This was only the beginning of a very exciting day. :)'

"the perfect chair mom!"

The first stop at the museum was the music room. They had a carpet piano in the floor. A2 loved crawling up and down it. K would crab walk and army crawl over the keys. Even Dampa had some fun. The fun was just beginning. They also had a bunch of kitchen utencils, pots, pans, and griddles that you could created music with. One thing I didn't get a picture of was a invisible laser harp. That was pretty neat too.

The next room was a discover the body room. As you can see there was a life-sized game of "Operation." We all had fun with that one. All the kids had fun pulling the insides out of this MASSIVE doll and then stuffing it all back inside him.

Next came the mouth... They had these big teeth set up with dentist tools so you could clean, brush, and blow air at the teeth. I love A1's serious face while she cleans the teeth. K was pretending that the mouth was going to bite down and eat him.
These pictures are from some fun rooms. The chair that Damma is sitting in was a simulator that measured your reflexes when the "light" turns green. C killed it with .04 seconds- that's almost jumping the gun. :)
The physics room was the biggest hit of all. This chair was triggered by air. A1 was a bit nervous at first and made me do it with her but after that EVERYONE had to have their turn (at least a couple of time;) )

K insisted I add the picture he took of me. :)

They had an "aging" exhibit. It was funny to see ourselves "aged". C said, "Mom, I look pretty fine at 20 but not so good at 50." I said, "Don't we all!"

On the way home, Dampa treated us to some pumpkins at the farmers market. A very good way to end such a fun day! Thank you Dampa and Damma!

Noche de Naciones

Friday night Mom and Dad had a branch party celebrating a Night of Nations. Their branch has so many members from all over the world. Members decorated tables with their native decor and made authentic food. It was very cool to see the different decorations and taste all the different flavors of Latin food. Of course, I'm always a little partial to Dads. He can really make some excellent burritos. Even the gringa's had a table. :) Mom made pancakes (of all flavors), bacon and homemade syrup. YUM! A2 really took a liking to her pancakes. K and C had a lot of fun playing with Dad's sombrero. Aren't they cute little 1/4 mexicans. LOL!

Field Trippin again... MAIZE ADVENTURE

This week I went field tripping again but with K this time. This was one of those "play" days. There was not much learnin' goin on that's for sure. On top of it all this cheesy father came as a chaperon that started bossing everyone around, which drove me nuts. At one point, I decided I was going to use the restroom. The only thing available were fairly decent port-a-potty. Well, he announces, "Come on Mom, hurry up and go potty." Like I needed him to tell me what to do let alone talk to me like a little kid. I finished and started to walk back towards our class and he comes and put his arm around me and says, "Now, don't you feel better. No sense in being uncomfortable." I wanted to scream, "YOU ARE MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE!" Geez! Other than the freaky dad, the day was great. K is an amazing kid. He seems so much more mature than the other kids.
The first adventure was to find our way through a 10 acre corn maze. The Crazy dad decided he was going to be the leader. (I roll my eyes) We weren't in the maze 10 minutes before a bunch of kids started whining and complaining about how dumb and stupid it was, that they were tired already, and hungry, their feet hurt. Ridiculous. But not once did one complaint come out of my K. He was such a good kid. He actually told the kids in our group about him going on hikes with his family and it was much longer and more tiring than this. He told the other boy in our group to stop whining. It was pretty funny. After our "leader" wasn't able to get us out, we decided to just ask the maze staff to get us out.
The kids then were given bags of sand and got to pan for gems. K was in heaven. He absolutely loved this part. He could have done that all day. And even though his bag of sand didn't have a lot of gems and weren't any big ones he simply said, "Mom, I didn't get as many as some other kids but that's ok. I'm really ok with that." Ah... now why can't more kids be like that. K even wanted to sit by only me at lunch. I can't say enough how much I just LOVE this boy! They were took a tram ride around the corn maze and were allowed to pick out and take home a pumpkin. K was very particular about which pumpkin he was going to bring home. In the end, he found a very good pumpkin. He says he wants to name him but hasn't found a good enough name yet. Soon to come I suppose.

Field Trippin to McColloch Mills

It's hard to believe that I have lived here 10 years and I am still finding that I have yet to see some of the neatest places around. We truly live in a place that has a lot to offer for not much. C was such a good kid. We had some good laughs and saw some really neat history. C got to pan for "gold." All of the students were sent home with a baggie full of gems. Real stuff, too. One child even found an emerald. It was such a neat activity for the kids. I know I have said it before... but I'm so grateful for these opportunities that I get to enjoy with our kids. I sometimes feel guilty that Cheeto doesn't get to.

What can I say...

A2 is just A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E!

She truly brings us so much happiness.

Her first tooth made it's appearance today. We were all excited. The older kids had to stick their finger in her mouth for a feel. Only after they washed their hands, of course!

Cheeto put her in a swing for the first time the other day. As you can see from this picture, She was so scared that she held her breath. Sorry she was obviously in motion so the picture is blury.

After about 5 minutes,she was one little happy camper! Like her big sister, she LOVES to swing!

I noticed that A2 started doing this a couple of weeks ago. She does it at random times.
She just sits and walks herself in circles for fun.

A very fun date...

Cheeto won tickets to the 10 year Anniversary party for The 2 Guys Named Chris show. I don't think we have laughed that hard in years. It was a lot of fun. Cheeto has met and knows most of the cast. We had a lot of fun. Thanks honey!

Our little football players

If I could only count the hours that my boys have a football in their hands or a helmet on their head. I thought these were some pretty adorable pictures.

I'm prepared

This fall I started going to a book club with my mother-in-law. I have only been twice but I have had so much fun thus far. Every month they have a door price that has something to do with the book we read that month. This past month we read "The Great Influenza." What a book to read in today's paranoia! It was very interesting. I had no idea what went on in those first influenza years. Well, this was the door prize I won. This blanket is so cozy-which I plan to be selfish with. Every mom needs a blanket that is just HERS!!! :) The basket was full of movies, Vitamin C, Mucinex, face masks, Purell, Soup, gloves, hand soups, etc. Iam very prepared if I get the flu (knock on wood!)

Roadside Cleanup Excitement

One of the final things C had to do to earn his Wolf badge was to do a roadside clean up. We live fairly close to a busy street and lots of trash gets dumped on that busy corner. The kids really did have a great time. We did find a few things in our adventure. C found a snake under a smashed milk carton. Thank goodness it was a little one or I would have been done! :) I DON'T DO SNAKES! Only if to save my child or husband! K said he found a bag. Cheeto said to leave it and he would get it. It was a make-up bag. We just tossed it in the big bag full of trash. We had HUGE rain storm come throw only about 30 minutes before we started our clean up so even though everything was wet and nasty; we still had to do it so C would finish in time. Next thing we found was a business card box full of lost of little papers and lots of magits. GROSS! Well, the best had yet to come. Not 3 feet further up the road, C yells out that he found another bag. Cheeto again said to leave it and he would take care of it. It was a purse this time. It had identification in it, some jewerly and lots of magits. Right next to the purse was some jeans. My first thought was to keep the children moving. I didn't want 6 little eyes to see something that would haunt them for years. I never did see inside the bag, just trusted Cheeto to take care of it. He called the GPD and asked if they wanted to come and get it. Because of the huge rain storm, thousands of residents were without power and taking care of trees down in streets and such. It took awhile for them to come. It was about 10:30pm when an officer shows up at our door. Cheeto was at a friend's house watch Monday night football. I couldn't believe how nervous I got talking to a police man. I'm sure I could have looked guilty with as bad as my nerves were. Why? I have no idea! He said he would take the bag, my information and let me know if he needed anything else. He said if the owner couldn't be reached the bag would be filed as evidence. We haven't heard anything. I'm so grateful that's all we found. When I told my mom she said, "Geez, Shena... What if you found a body?" Thanks mom! Way to give me nightmares!

C gets his Wolf

C received his Wolf Badge this week. He has been working very hard to get it completed. We are so proud of him and can't believe how fast time flies. He was so excited for this night. He was bouncing off walls. As you can see in the picture below... this was not our average "shy" C! He was posing and being very silly!

So was A2!

A2 has got the giggles... ALL OF THE TIME!!

I'm so not kidding that A2 has to be the happiest baby! A1 can give her the giggles by just looking at her some days. This morning A2 had found C's recorder on the couch. A1 blew in it once and then handed it to A2. I really didn't think she would make it work. Well, i was wrong. She thought she was pretty cute, and of course, A1 and I thought she was. The video is about 3 minutes but it's really the last minute that she really got into it- so keep watching.
What's even more funny is that when we watch the videos of A2 on the computer, A2 will laugh harder at herself again. I don't know what it is about watching herself that makes her giggle more the second time.


ELEFUN!!!

Funny Kid Quote of the Day
Very often the kids wake up at the crack of dawn. Usually on Saturday morning the boys will just turn their light on and play in their room until about 6:45-7am. A1 will go in their to play too. C has gotten to where he will listen for A2 and take her in there with them as well. Last Saturday A1 comes running in and says, "Mommy, my boys are not being very nice! They are suppose to be my brothers!" After a couple of minutes of cuddling with me asked what we were going to do that day. I said, "Just Saturday errand stuff." She asks, "Can we go to the store and get some new brothers? Some that will be nice to me. " She didn't like my answers. #1-You can't buy your brothers and #2- there are no refunds or exchanges.

K goes to State

K got his daddy day! Tio and H gave us some tickets to the NC State game. There were only 2 so Cheeto had to decide whom he was going to take. Of course, I wanted to go just to have my Cheeto time. :) However, I knew that one of the boys would have more fun. I thought they would play rock-paper-scissors for them. C surprised me and said, "Dad, it's K's turn. I got to go to the Panthers practice and fanfest." He is sure growing up! K was so excited he could hardly stand it. All day he would ask me how much longer until they left. I, of course, had to beg Cheeto to remember to take me at least one picture. Thanks for the tickets! NC State won by a landslide so it wasn't that exciting of the game.
C and I stayed home and watched the BYU game. C told me I was cool because I would sit and watch a football game with him even though Dad wasn't with us. I usually only enjoy watching them with Cheeto. But C was a good subsitute. He is quite the little man these a days. I had pulled a muscle across my shoulder and chest just a few hours before K and Cheeto left for the game which made carrying A2 almost unbearable. C was awesome and did all the lifting for me and even made dinner- even if it was only cereal and toast. :) I am very blessed!

WAKE UP and give them some attention! :)

A father came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: 'Daddy, May I ask you a question?'
DAD: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the man.
SON: 'Daddy, how much do you make an hour?'
DAD: 'That's not really any of your business.. Why do you ask such a thing?' he said angrily.
SON: 'I just want to know... Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
DAD: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down. 'Daddy, may I please borrow $25?'
DAD:The father was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money? After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down , and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25.00 and he really didn't ask for money very often The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. 'Are you asleep, son?' He asked.. 'No daddy, I'm awake,' replied the boy. 'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the man. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $25 you asked for.' The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you daddy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father. 'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the father grumbled. 'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied. 'Daddy, I have $50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.' The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.

Now I know some of this is just a bit silly but I also know that I get so caught up with what I think I need to get done RIGHT NOW that I forget to really sit down with the kids. What a slap in the face to have a child feel like he has to buy attention from his/her parent! I hope to be better!!!

Meet Jacob Black and the Volturi

Cheeto... prepare to roll your eyes! :)
Those Quilette boys are just not very ugly!!!



Ya think I'm a wee bit excited!!!!! :)

New pics for the mantel

I have been such a slacker about getting kids pictures take this year. I got A1's done and haven't done anythings since. I have been getting their pictures taken around their birthdays ever since they were a year. The first year they get them every 3-4 months.
Thanks to a friend for helping me get these done!

Little Miss Priss wasn't about to cooperate. She wasn't a fan of the grass touching her. All she wanted to play with was a tube of gel. That pouty cry is her unique little face. Well, I shouldn't say unique because she cries just like K used to. She doesn't fuss often so it's ironic we got it on camera. She is pretty much like the bottom right picture.

She wears a smile that can grab you a mile away.

My sweet C! He is growing up to be quite the little man. He has a precious smile that gets me when he will do it. He gets easily frustrated so I don't get this smile everyday.

K just has a natural twinkle in his eye! He literally melts my heart!
That brother picture is so them!

Dampa is BACK!!!!

Dampa A had been in Mexico since the first of July. Our kids were really starting to wondering if he was coming back. There was no real guarantee that he would be back on a certain date. So even though he said he was going to come on Thursday, Cheeto and I decided not to say anything to the kids until they actually saw him just so we wouldn't have to deal with disappointed kids if something came up and he didn't come. As you can tell, the surprise was awesome for A1. She had the best reaction of all the kids.

A2 wasn't sure if she still remembered him. She is 100% a mama's girl. She even does this for Cheeto sometimes so it was no shock to me that she wasn't all about Dampa from the get go.

Watch Sassy's excitement as she waits for her brothers to walk in the door. I think she was just as excited to surprise them as Dampa was. Because she knew about Dampa being home, we knew she wouldn't be able to keep a secret from the boys to be able to surprise them when we went over there for dinner. Dampa came over and waited for them to get off the bus. They were glad to see him but more excited to show him all of their summer rock collections and birthday presents. BOYS!

All things little girls do... and more

These are some fun random pictures.

Most of which that happened during the day while the boys were at school.

She wouldn't be a Daddy's girl, would she?
When I was teaching Kelson is parts of the body(ie hands, feet, legs, arms, neck, head, elbow... etc) we would take sidewalk chalk, lie down and draw an outline of ourselves. They thought it was so much fun then that every time we get the chalk out we have to draw bodies on the drive way. By the end of the day it looks like a massive crime scene. :)

A2 is really starting to become a playmate for A1. Sassy has been waiting a long time for her to start actually playing with her. A2 really had a great time getting pushed around the house in a doll stroller. And of course, Sassy thought she was pretty cool doing it.

Pretty in Piggy Pink. I bought this Miss Piggy satin fabric on a a half off the half off clearance rack. I think I ended up getting 2 yards of it for only $1. I didn't care that Miss Piggy wasn't even someone my kids knew. It was a deal and I thought it would make some pretty darn cute jammies. I cut the pattern out way back in May and it has sat on my sewing table ever since, well until last week. Sassy's pj's were all getting pretty small was it was because she needed them that I sat down one morning to actually sew them. She said she felt like a princess wearing them because princesses would wear pretty and slippery pajammies.

Is that not just a Sassy pose?

This just shows that even a baby can figure out how to get herself out a sticky situation.
All she needed was a little direction. :)

One night I went in to check on A2 one last time before bed. I went to grab whatever she was laying on only to find that she was cuddling her own foot. How is that even comfortable even for a 9 month old baby?A couple of weeks ago C came in after school and said he needed my help. I asked him what for. He then explained that he really did try to do it himself but should have asked me first. He first got his football stuck in his tree. He thought he could get it out by throwing a bamboo stick. Nope that was now stuck too. He tried a bat next- same result. Then he took my broom. Silly kid got that stuck too. We now had a tree full of toys and household cleaning tools. I got the broom and stick out but we had to wait for Cheeto to get home to get the rest out. We had so much fun trying to use different items to get them out. The kids and I were laughing so hard as people would drive by and see us shaking and throwing sticks into a tree.
Of course, it had to be in the front yard! :)