new family

A new family moved to Lagrange from Florida. I met them at Lagrange Bible Church. He is a cage fighter/personal body guard. He looks like "The Rock" only white. He works at the prison now as a corrections officer.

His wife is about 5'5" 100lbs and nearly broke my hand when she shook it. Think Jillian from Biggest Loser. Hey Kelly - maybe I get my own personal trainer!! FREE!

They have a second grade boy and a 2 year old boy. They've never seen snow and are renting a house on a thousand acres. It sounds like they have as many mice as acres. and rattlesnakes too.

Lagrange is changing so much. Maybe we will get our own policeman or hotcuts or something! It is really fun to watch.

the order of things

Titus came to me the other morning and said, “Hey mom, Gideon was crying and then I punched him and then we were just playing around.”

Well, "ok" I thought, they are playing, they like to box each other.

Then later it occurred to me that if I reversed the order of his version of the events it makes a bit more sense..."we were playing, then I punched Gideon, then he was crying."

can't find it

Why so many written posts and no pictures??? I can't find my camera's battery charger.

potty successes?

Gideon went poop in the bathroom today. Don't get to excited. I said in the bathroom, not on the toilet.

He did pee in the toilet, but then he also peed on the couch. Actually it rolled off my leg onto the couch. Yes, time to change my pants.

Playdoh Tools

I'm letting the boys play with playdoh right now and Titus just asked me if he could use the rollercoaster. That meant the rolling pin.

I'm looking younger every day.

I bought one of those cloth headband things. I'm trying to not get "fashion stuck" in the 90's. I no longer have Jen Saunders to rescue me from wearing something embarrassingly out of date so I'm having to go it alone. Not good not good at all.

I went shopping yesterday to Ross and Walmart. I ran into my Pastors teenage daughters they were so awesome to help me pick out appropriate items. Then I ran into another friend and her teenage kids who encouraged me to try a new style of pants. New meaning this century probably.

So Luke told me this morning I looked like Kelsey. Kelsey is our 14 year old friend and neighbor. That's a little on the young side for me, I was hoping to just look maybe my age or a few years younger. But I'll take it! Kelsey is a mature 14, and lovely too.

Smart Shoppers.

Matt and I went shopping at Sam's club. We left the boys with Nana so it was like a real date.

We were in the dog food aisle looking for "the good stuff" for Fezzik. One of the bags was half the price of all the other dog food. Wow! $13 for a 50lb bag. That will last 3 months. Not bad. Matt was skeptical. Why is only one bag 13 dollars and the rest are 25 or higher? I explained it to him. This bag is mostly ash and grass, but they wouldn't sell it to dogs if it wasn't approved by some organization. The other bags are actually meatish products. Fezzik will love it, plus remember its half the price. So we bought it.

When we got home I saw the picture on the front. Its horse feed.

They love each other.

Lukey

I noticed this morning that the area we keep our plates and bowls in was all messy. Plates were upside down and bowls were all over.

I asked the children, “Who put these away like this?”

Luke piped up and I quote, “I did it yesterday when I was mad because I didn’t want to put the dishes away. I thought I could get away with it but I didn’t.”

As he put the dishes away correctly, I asked him who always sees him, even when I don’t. He replied, “God.” “And who will teach you if I don’t?” I continued. “God” he replied, “Yea. I’ll probably get a disease or somethin.”

Fezzik and his girl

Fezzik is a little protective of Abbey. If she is laying on the floor and the boys are being wild, he will lay down right next to her. I think he is shielding her from their running and jumping. Or maybe he is waiting for her to spit up so he can eat it.