mixing things up a bit...

I am about to have a few posts that seem way out of order. But I have a method to my madness. So bear with me. I am still getting things all organized around here.

Oh yeah, I went there!

As you may or may not know....Madison has been very sick. Actually we all have. But the first few days of it consisted of vomiting and diarrhea. Not a fun combination. And all I can say about that is thank heavens for depends. But that is another story for another day.

This story consists of how Madison couldn't take her meds for several days.

This is never a pretty site. These are strong medications and not taking them is dangerous. Especially to third parties like myself. But when you can't even keep down water...what are you to do??

So fast forward a few days to when she is feeling well enough to yell and scream. In our house you know you are getting better when you feel well enough to yell or scream LOL.

So Madison is out of it. By it, I mean control. Angry, screaming, hitting, throwing things. You know...a typical bad day around here. (Don't you feel bad for thinking its a bad day when your kids don't nap or something?? LOL)

So she is in mid meltdown. Demanding I give her the computer. And she is quite the stubborn child. But not nearly as stubborn as her mama. So I am standing my ground. And she is fighting. Yelling. Trying to hit though not being very successful as I hold her arms. It's a very serious moment. One that would shock most american households and weaken most typical moms. But not me. Nope I will stand strong. I will stay firm.

And in the middle of said tantrum....I kid you not.....she says in an extremely serious tone

"I hate you. OH YEAH I Went There"

and she proceeds to snap her fingers. Remember that old 3 snaps in a z formation? What was that from, In Living Color? Anyways....she does this. The worst part is she does it sooooo seriously.

And I am stunned.

And here is my precious daughter yelling at me and demanding I give her what she wants.

And I am trying not to laugh.

Because I tell you.....no matter what else she has said and done in this argument. No matter how wrong it may be.

THAT was funny.

But if I laugh it only makes things worse.

So I sit and continue to try and reason with her. While inside I am laughing my butt off at what pops out of her mouth at the oddest times.

The funniest thing is that Madison can sit for 3 straight hours trying to tell knock knock jokes (trust me, this is based on experience) and they are NOT funny. I mean comedian she is NOT.

But when she is not trying....when being funny is the last thing on her mind....out pops something like this and she is hilarious.

Oh yeah...I went there.

Ignore the mismatch...

I am currently learning how to do my own templates. Yes I am that OCD. So I made my own header. Taken right up the road from me might I add :)

So until I learn the rest, my decor won't match.

Sorry about that

Carry on now.

Redecorating...

Well as much as I LOVE Twilight and Edward....I got tired of looking at the same old blog. So I have redecorated. How do you like it?

Eventually I'd like to have a custom template. But first I either need to make some $$ or learn how to do them :)

Welcome to the world!

Today Christopher and Caleb joined our world. They are twin boys of my cousins Scott and Brandy. Unfortunately Brandy was only 32 weeks along. So the boys have some hurdles to overcome. I am asking for all of you who read this to say a prayer for all of them today. So far the boys are doing well considering.

I am very sad that I can't be there to be with my family at this time.

But let's focus on the positive....

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY CHRISTOPHER AND CALEB!!! I can't wait to meet you :)

Its that time of year....

Every year on the first friday after school starts back in January, we have our annual Girl Scout Sleep and Swim party. Now I am not as fond of this as the girls are. It means we sleep on the floor. And its quite chaotic. So for me, it isn't hours of fun. But the girls LOVE it. They can't wait on it every year. So I figured I would share some pictures from our night. It actually didn't go as bad as I thought it would. I had an air bed so that made a WORLD of difference.

Now for my first photo I am going to surprise you all. It is VERY rare that Madison DOES NOT want her picture taken. But it does happen. And last night we had one of those moments. But being the persistent mom I am, I insisted on doing it anyway. The result?



Here are a few random shots from while everyone was still signing in.....


Ohhh...time to line up for dinner. Pizza as always. lol

Now normally we work on badges. And those troops bridging to a new level will work on that level's badge. For example we are bridging to cadettes this year so we would have worked with the cadettes. But this year we did something different. We all made tie fleece blankets for the kids in the teen/kid shelter here in town. We decided to do community service instead of work on badges. Here are the tables ready for the girls to start....


And our troop working on their blanket...




And the finished product:

The older girls had a cd player in the hallway. And this produced an impromptu dance party.





Each year the age levels divide up and go to their sleeping quarters. Brownies get the cafeteria, juniors the gym, cadettes get the auditorium stage etc etc. Well our girls were thrilled they got the gym and I was excited for a warmer place (the cafeteria is COLD). Turns out the gym is colder LOL. But let me tell you....when the Brownies came in to play in the gym our girls made sure to tell them it was ONLY for Juniors and they had to leave LOL




And not a great photo but had to get one of the two troublemakers :)

Conversations from the car...

Traveling to and from school with Madison is always interesting. Here is a tidbit from our travel today....it was me, my mom(Nana) and Madison in the car....

Me: Are you taking me to the overnight Friday or am I taking the car? (we have a girl scout sleepover friday that I DESPISE so I don't even like planning for it)
Nana: I don't know. Do you want to drive?
Madison: Mom? Since it is an overnight and since there will be girls there that like don't know you. Can you please ignore me? I will be ignoring you.
Me: Well you can't ignore me, I am still the leader and you have to listen to me.
Madison: Well I know THAT. But I mean let's not act like we are family okay?

Fast Forward to when we get home and are getting out of the car....
Nana: What is that all over the seat?
Madison: Thats muffin
Nana: Put it in that bag to throw away
Madison: You are crabby
Nana: I'm not crabby. I just don't want muffin all over my car seat
Madison: You never do. MUFFIN HATER!

And a bonus one from the other night....to get the full impact of this story you must know that Madison is in that DO NOT KISS ME phase. Never. Even at home when its just us. She does NOT want a kiss.....heres the conversation....

Me: Come here
Madison: Why?
Me: I want to tell you a secret
Madison (looking skeptical): About what
Me: Well if I say it, it isn't much of a secret
Madison (thinking about it): Well.....okay
She moves slightly closer
Me: I can't whisper that far...come here
Madison: No
Me: Come on. I need to tell you a secret. It's important
MAdison: well....okay
She leans her ear up to my face and I sneak in and give her a kiss.
Madison: I am soooooooo going to have trust issues.