She Said What?!

My sweet grandmother's mind has started to get confused. She said a few "entertaining" things this weekend...

{While talking to BIL's grandmother}
My grandma: Scrappy Girl adopted those 2 little ones. They had Manga Dork.
(turns to Manga Dork) Dr. Hubby is your daddy isn't he?

My grandma: Dr. Hubby is a doctor.
His grandma: What kind of doctor is he?
My grandma: All sorts I guess.
Manga Dork: He's a family practice doctor.
My grandma: I thought he was a real doctor!

She introduced Manga Dork as the one my parents' adopted...we think she thought Manga Dork was me!

This last one cracked me up!

{talking to Lil Sis and Manga Dork at their 70th anniversary party}
My grandma: Manga Dork, you and Lil Sis are so tall. I don't guess Scrappy Girl will ever grow anymore...but she seems to enjoy life anyway. She's always so friendly.

Cutie On Stage

Tuesday brought Cutie's turn at Grandparent's Day. We were SO glad she got on stage and performed. She is ALOT more shy than Wild Child. She is in the hot pink tutu.

This time we also have pictures of GRANDPARENTS!

My mom left today...I tried to convince her that it was grandparents week and that she should stay...LOL! While she was here she ironed an entire week's worth of clothes for Dr. Hubby...she is my new HERO!

Happy Wednesday!

1-800-GRANDPARENTS

Today was Grandparent's Day for Wild Child at preschool. My mom arrived last night for the FUN! My MIL and FIL also attended. First the kids sang songs...Wild Child loves to put on a "performance." I could tell from the photos my mom took that she REALLY put her ALL into it. She's in the pink and black tutu if ya didn't already figure it out.

Then the kids received their tshirts for participating in the Cancer Walk in October. Wild Child refuses to take hers off! She is so proud...she said "I winned it!"

This is Landen, her main man. She fell in love last year and has had eyes for no one else...lol. Can you tell she has been taking posing lessons from her teen sister?!

They all made ornaments for the tree with their pictures on them. They also made Santas with their hands as beards. The theme for preschool this year is hands.

Mom returned with zero pictures of any of the grandparents. Hopefully she will do better tomorrow when they go for Cutie's Grandparents Day.

Do your kids have grandparents day at school?

Summer Seems So Far Away

This past week has been chilly and rainy here. Pumpkins and scarecrows decorate everyone's homes. September passed so quickly and October threatens to do the same...here's one last touch of summer...

This was taken from my grandparents' front porch. It is so shady and peaceful there. They have had that wooden chair FOREVER! I can see my papa sitting in that chair on a hot day with it leaned back against the tree. Just passin' time...

My grandma calls these flowers "rooster combs" and has grown them for as long as I can remember. They get so HUGE...much bigger than any blue ribbon winner at our fair. I need to enter one for her.

You can always find some type of "country cure" at their house. She explained that a bag of egg shells will keep deer out of your garden. She always knows some odd "old wives tale" for just about any situation.

Since it is the first weekend of October we are heading to town to find Halloween costumes! Wish us luck...

BTW...I {heart} Joel McHale! But he should NEVER try to pull off a Rainbow Brite costume ever again!

Happy Weekend!

Putting the "Grand" in Grandma!

On Monday evening my mom and 85 year old grandma arrived at our home. I was SO excited. They drove 4 hours to attend Wild Child's Grandparent Day at her preschool. FIL and MIL chose not to attend and left almost as soon as my family arrived. The little guy in yellow is the one Wild Child talks about all the time...she even named her rabbit after him. How cute!

The kids performed songs for the grandparents. My grandma went on and on about how Wild Child was the star out of the group. I appreciate how my family treats our adopted children exactly the same as Manga Dork.

Wild Child got to show them her classroom and all the decorations for Christmas!

The preschoolers made quilt blocks for this quilt. They also tied the knots. On Dec. 12th one lucky raffle winner gets to take this home. I hope it's me...

After a trip to our favorite doctor's office we hurried back to our home. My grandma was worried that it would snow and they wouldn't get back home (it was 52 degrees..heehee).

When they left I found this in the bathroom. My grandma had left it for me. She sells vegetables from her garden over the summer and then gives alot of it to her grandchildren and great grandchildren...she always says "Don't tell Papa!" At Christmas and on our birthdays we always get double the money because she "sneaks" and gives us some from "her money." She says "Don't tell Papa or he won't give you any of his money."

Happy Wednesday!

Tuesday the 18th

Life got really chaotic, real fast. Hubby's grandmother passed away last Friday so we attended the funeral yesterday. She was such a sweet lady. She was always kind to everyone and an exceptional christian role model. We are going to really miss her. We drove in and back all in one day (8 hours in the car total). We were all tired this morning.

I maintained my 30 pounds lost this week. I hope to go down 2-3 pounds this week. I have been stuck at 195.5 for almost 2 weeks so it is definitely time to move on.

Hubby got his monkey and balloons I sent him. It was the 15th anniversary of the day he proposed at the zoo. I sent him a monkey with 2 red and 2 purple balloons (our wedding colors).

Sis, if you are reading this, make sure you call and keep us updated on the job search. I am so looking forward to our trip to NYC!

American Idol is on tonight. I am not excited about another week of the Lennon/McCartney songbook.