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Kid Funnies

After our day yesterday I really needed a laugh! So I thought I would post my thoughts:

• At Walmart this morning Emerson started yelling "Look Mommy, a Pirate" "Mommy do you see pirate" "That man is a pirate" Imagine it keeps getting louder and louder and she screams all of this before I can even tell her to be quieter and tell her I see the older man with a patch over his eye riding on a scooter.
• Then, we go to check out and I am in my "I have 3 sick kids and feel terrible and my husband is out of town clothes but have to get food" and this guys comes up to me and says "Are you Stacey or Tracey?" then he proceeds to introduce me to his wife and family as "This is Stacey we went to high school together" (So clue number 1, I went to high school with him---still have no idea who he is) so into the conversation I realize I must have run into him before because he looks puzzled when I ask him where he lives- like he must have told me last time I ran into him and then he says "We are thinking of having a third child" And I said "Oh you should, 3 is great- our third one brings so much joy and happiness to our home" and he said "Yes, I told my wife you said that last time I saw you- you are the only person who encouraged us to have a 3rd baby" Then he says "Look me up on facebook" And I smiled and I still have no idea what his name is so I obviously can't look him up on facebook. He does look familiar though??
• Our other funny thing happened back in December but I forgot to blog about it- At Three Trees (Our church brings people from low-income families and they pick out gifts for their kids and get walmart/payless gift cards). Well, Kirt was standing next to the executive pastor and John says "I need a spanish interpreter" Of course Sam says, "I know someone who speaks spanish I can go get him" everyone looks at him and he said "His name is Miguel Lopez" Miguel is the spanish pastor at the church who was in the middle of a sermon to these familes. We thought it was funny- in Sam's mind he could hear Miguel speaking spanish now so why didnt we just ask him to come interpret for us!

Poor Girl

Poor sweet little Caroline had a trip to the ER yesterday. She is fine. I was cleaning my carpets yesterday and apparently it aggitated her airway with the smell- but she has had a respiratory infection since Monday and is on antibiotics. She was running around playing when I noticed she was wheezing. I listened to her and took her outside to see if the cold air would open her up while we waited on the pedi to call me back. I gave her a treatment (I had to basically sit on her and hold the mask to her face while she screamed and jerked her head around) so I am not sure if it would have been effective anyways. She was still coughing and wheezing but she was talking so I thought we would just get out of the house and maybe that would help. So no coats, one shoe and sock and no diaper bag we headed to McDonalds drive-thru. On the way home she was coughing so bad she couldn't catch her breath and she couldn't stop coughing. I gave her my coke to drink because the cold drink would help her cough and I rolled down the window. I called the pedi who told me to take her to the ER. I don't know what I would have done with out my mom and sister who both left work at a seconds notice to come rescue me. (It always happens when Kirt is out of town) When I got the girls out of the car and walked into the ER her airway opened up because of the cold wind and she was fine! Not sure the ER doc believed me but she gave her a treatment and some steroids. The respiratory therapist was very helpful and told me that since it was upper airway the treatment wouldn't have worked anyways and that I did the right thing. We have the best pedi- he called a few times to check on her and then gave me his home number in case we needed anything. We opened the windows (yes it was 30 degrees) and took refuge at my sisters house. Caroline is fine now and I will keep her on her allergy meds, antibiotic, and steroid. This is one tired mommy who will be keeping Caroline away from the church nursery until she can get her immune system back up. This has happened one other time when we were on a playground with lots of loose dirt- I think my girl just has a reactive airway!

Snow Part 2

Silly girl laid down as soon as she got outside!

Snowday

Snowball fight

Andy LOVES to eat snow! He is so happy when it is snowing- he runs around like a puppy!

Anyone who know Emerson well knows that she is quite the fashionista! This girl LOVES clothes and loves to dress herself. There is always a dress and leggings involved and usually black cowboy boots! She insisted on wearing a dress and leggings and a scarf!

Sam with his snowballs ready to hit Kirt.

Snow Ice cream! The kids love to make snow ice cream

Eating ice cream by the fire

Such a happy boy! Caroline is sleeping so we will take her out to play when she wakes up!

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Welcome to the Family!

Sam was baptized (baptised- I am not sure about the spelling) the day after Christmas. We were so excited that so many of our friends and family could attend! What an awesome day! We had lunch at our house afterwards

Caroline and her cow that she got from Santa

Christmas Day

Brooke and my mom opening gifts

The Ruby Grandkids- Sam, Emerson, Jessie, Caroline, Tyler

Emerson got this from Aunt Tina- made in Italy

The Heights

I got this picture from the church Facebook page- we attended the Christmas Eve service tonight- it was beautiful and so wonderful to sing Christmas music with our church family in the candlelight. All 3 kids sat in service with us- Caroline took a bite out of her candle (before it was lit) and then they sung Joy to the World SO LOUDLY- Emerson was so proud that she knew the entire song. Nothing better than hearing their sweet voices singing- it always brings a smile to my face! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and remember the birth of our Saviour! And as Sam says - the real gift is Jesus.

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at my sisters house- the kids were WILD! Kirt & I kept Tracey & Josh's kids all day so they could prepare for the evening and they were nice and hyped up by night time- we cooked all day and then took them to church so they were ready to tear into presents!

Trains at Northpark

It's beginning to look alot like....Winter???

Hard to believe this is the first day of winter! Yes- it is 80+ degrees in Texas and my kids had on their swimsuits! Crazy weather! Today it is in the 30's!

Quick trip

We made a quick trip to visit Kirt's grandparents this week. The kids had a great time playing baseball in the backyard and playing with Jack (the dog). As you can see above, Caroline fit perfectly in Jack's dog bed. We always enjoy the relaxing pace of Sun City!

Christmas fun

I have been making Reindeer food again this year to hand out at Sam's Christmas (I mean Holiday) Party. Emerson insists that reindeer eat candy canes- she learned that by watching Elf.

Here is the website I got the free printable from http://printable.tipjunkie.com/reindeer-food-label-free-printable/

Yes, I know she has a huge bow on her head but I only get to dress her for so long before she becomes even more opinionated. In fact she wouldn't wear her coat because she said "People won't tell me I look nice" Oh my! What have a created! Max and Emerson after their preschool preformance. It is so fun being at the same school!