Oh Christmas time, how I love thee.....the problem with Christmas when your older is you have kids! I love Christmas for the exact same reason as why I despise it! About 2 weeks ago I told Ty I wanted him to take the kids on a daddy date so I could wrap. My kids got about 24 presents a piece this year (a little less then the past few years, but still a crap load) so I wanted to get a head of the game. Well Ty informs me that wrapping on Christmas Eve was our "tradition", really?! because I thought it was just me being lazy! So today, he looks at me and says "Let's go upstairs and wrap presents." It irritated me a little but I said okay because I didn't want to have to wait up tonight to do it. So we put on The Grinch for the kids and go upstairs.
Post housing doors have this weird little slot on the outside of the knob. Basically you can stick a penny in it and twist and it unlocks the door. This means no monkey business until the kids are completely knocked out!
So about 15 minutes into wrapping I thought I heard something, but Ty said it was nothing. 15 seconds later the door almost opened. It was Kadence! I screamed "Get out!!!!" Ty...OMG....TY screamed "I'm naked!" and then he screams "We're doing grown up'ish things!"
My mouth dropped and all I could imagine was this story being told to the grandparents.
I got her out and she inquired as to why Daddy was naked and all I could say was "Daddy just likes to be naked...he's weird."
Kadence came up a few times after that and just kept asking "Is Daddy still naked?", "Why is Daddy still naked?", "Daddy has been naked a long time!"
I just want to say Thank You to my husband for the magnificent Christmas memory! At least Santa still exists! Merry Christmas everyone!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Bloody Mary Died of What?!
So Kadence has been battling this little girl for a while at school. This little girl, we'll call her "Allison"- LOL. So Allison told Kadence the legend of Bloody Mary. For those of you that don't know I'll tell you:
You stand in a dark room with nothing but a candle in front of a mirror. You say Bloody Mary 3 times. Supposedly she appears in the mirror and then kills you in some way or another.
Why does a 6 year old know this story! I went to the school and the counselor talked to the little girl, but of course that didn't stop Kadence's fears. She was driving us all crazy about this. She would make Colton or Bruce go upstairs with her, she wouldn't take a bath or go to the bathroom by herself and she absolutely would not sleep in the dark.
So yesterday after piano lessons with my dear friend Emily; Kadence informs me that Bloody Mary died of Breast Cancer or poison. WTH...LOL. Me and Ty looked at each other and bust out laughing! Where in the world! So I asked Emily and she tells me that Kadence wouldn't go to the bathroom so he amazing husband wikipedia'd it and that's what it said!
Well we had a good laugh and then a real quick THANK YOU GOD because Kadence accepted that and has moved on past Bloody Mary!
You stand in a dark room with nothing but a candle in front of a mirror. You say Bloody Mary 3 times. Supposedly she appears in the mirror and then kills you in some way or another.
Why does a 6 year old know this story! I went to the school and the counselor talked to the little girl, but of course that didn't stop Kadence's fears. She was driving us all crazy about this. She would make Colton or Bruce go upstairs with her, she wouldn't take a bath or go to the bathroom by herself and she absolutely would not sleep in the dark.
So yesterday after piano lessons with my dear friend Emily; Kadence informs me that Bloody Mary died of Breast Cancer or poison. WTH...LOL. Me and Ty looked at each other and bust out laughing! Where in the world! So I asked Emily and she tells me that Kadence wouldn't go to the bathroom so he amazing husband wikipedia'd it and that's what it said!
Well we had a good laugh and then a real quick THANK YOU GOD because Kadence accepted that and has moved on past Bloody Mary!
Sad to see them go.....
I'm going to back date this because I feel like it's a good place to start.
I moved on my current block in February 2010. I swear, I don't think we will ever spend more then a year at any house. My husband and I were talking last night how we haven't spent more then 2 Christmas's anywhere since we have been married-lol. So off my bunny trail..... I met my amazing neighbors. These women welcomed me into their lives and driveways for our weekly Friday night drink (otherwise known as Porch Night or Fire Side Chats). I was is complete awe of them all.
All of our children quickly became friends and were always together. This seemed to be the perfect fit for us all. I have never in all my life had this sisterhood that I now had.
On Friday December 17 that all sort of shattered. First let me go off on another path...I am thankful for all the friends that I have left. Each and everyone of these women mean something different to me and are special to me in different ways and for different reasons. So anyways- the first friend I made on this block, the one that forced me out of my house, the one that just made me feel like I belonged moved. As if that wasn't bad enough, her daughter was Kadence's best friend. You would have thought that poor little girls heart had completely shattered- which just made me cry more.
My point with this all is that there is such a misconception of what an Army wife does, goes through- just what our life is in general. I love my life and for those who know me, know I live for this. I am well aware that I don't come first in my husbands life, even though I might be a close second- I know I'm not first. I know that's it's my responsibility to take the kids to the doctors, to go grocery shopping, to pay each and every bill on time. I do this all with pride because I know Ty is fighting for the greater good. We make friends and leave them, we paint rooms just to repaint the ugly and useless white, our kids make friends and lives that they swear we are ruining- even though they make new ones at the next place. I think that even for some wives, they just don't understand it- they don't get what they need to do to make this life work.
I miss my friend, but I know that god will fill that hole with another person or a purpose. It's important to make life go on. I know the kids are sad and I know that our other friends miss her to. But the Army has it's way of bringing people back together and I'm positive we'll see each other again!
I moved on my current block in February 2010. I swear, I don't think we will ever spend more then a year at any house. My husband and I were talking last night how we haven't spent more then 2 Christmas's anywhere since we have been married-lol. So off my bunny trail..... I met my amazing neighbors. These women welcomed me into their lives and driveways for our weekly Friday night drink (otherwise known as Porch Night or Fire Side Chats). I was is complete awe of them all.
All of our children quickly became friends and were always together. This seemed to be the perfect fit for us all. I have never in all my life had this sisterhood that I now had.
On Friday December 17 that all sort of shattered. First let me go off on another path...I am thankful for all the friends that I have left. Each and everyone of these women mean something different to me and are special to me in different ways and for different reasons. So anyways- the first friend I made on this block, the one that forced me out of my house, the one that just made me feel like I belonged moved. As if that wasn't bad enough, her daughter was Kadence's best friend. You would have thought that poor little girls heart had completely shattered- which just made me cry more.
My point with this all is that there is such a misconception of what an Army wife does, goes through- just what our life is in general. I love my life and for those who know me, know I live for this. I am well aware that I don't come first in my husbands life, even though I might be a close second- I know I'm not first. I know that's it's my responsibility to take the kids to the doctors, to go grocery shopping, to pay each and every bill on time. I do this all with pride because I know Ty is fighting for the greater good. We make friends and leave them, we paint rooms just to repaint the ugly and useless white, our kids make friends and lives that they swear we are ruining- even though they make new ones at the next place. I think that even for some wives, they just don't understand it- they don't get what they need to do to make this life work.
I miss my friend, but I know that god will fill that hole with another person or a purpose. It's important to make life go on. I know the kids are sad and I know that our other friends miss her to. But the Army has it's way of bringing people back together and I'm positive we'll see each other again!
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