My first Pedicure from my girls

When I got home from Washington DC this Sunday the girls told me they wanted to give me a pedicure. I said sure. They had a great time and it was really fun for me to watch them. They were very gentle. The end result is one I have kept in close toed shoes. But their kind act I wear proudly in my heart.

Ashley's first lost tooth

After many weeks of playing with a loose tooth, Ashley finally let me pull it out. This is a crazy passion of mine. I love to pull the kids teeth. They usually let me pull one or two, then decide to pull their own. I wish they would give me the privilege of pulling them all, but I will take what I can get.

"Mom I need that"

Lastnight Joey and I were shopping at Walgreens. I was talking on the phone to Kinamo and Joey was riding in the cart. All of a sudden Joey gets really excited and says "Mom go back I need that". I back up my cart to see what he "needed" and this is what he grabbed. I wonder who he gets his chocolate "need" from????

March on Washington

On September 12, 2009 my friend Bonnie Smith and I took our voices to the Captial building in Washington DC. I am in disagreement with many things that our government is doing and wanted my voice to be heard. We believe there was over a million people there with us, but the media wants to say there was only 40-60 thousand people. It was an amazing expereince. So many people there to make a respectful protest. It was a historical moment and I am proud to have been a part of it.

Being the MOM

My sister gave me a hard time about not keeping up with my blog and posting things about the kids. I told her not much happens, we are just running around busy with life. But tonight as I was talking with friends I told them a funny story about today and thought I need to share it just so Paula has something funny to read.

Joey and I have been working on Potty training for 2 months. He is mostly "mommy" trained. He does wear underwear 24 hours a day, but we have one accident every day. Most of them are #2. Well today he went #2 at the gym and then again at lunch so I was pretty confident that we were good for a day or so. While Karley was a tutoring we went to the park near her teachers house. Joey starts to get that look and I ask if he has to go #2? Yes mommy he said. Well I quickly look around this park and the only bathroom is in the pool area which is locked. So what to do??? He is to small to load up and find a store near by and I stopped carrying diapers a month ago. So I had him squat down by the Van and try to go. This didn't work out. So I thought he was going to hold it. Then he got the look again and told me he had to go. So being the resourceful mom that I am I grabbed a handful of wipes and held him so he could poop in my hand. Yes I said poop in my hand. After downloading 4 pounds of poo he felt much better. Ashley and Haley were there to witness the whole thing and were completely grossed out. Thankfully I had a Target bag and wipes so I could come to his rescue. What Mom's do for their kids!!!