Driving has changed

Millie has taken over the steering wheel. 

And Brooke has moved to a big girl seat. 

When did my kids get so big? 

Some fun with my girls.

Millie went to play at a friend's house one morning and I had a shopping trip with just Brooke. She had a lot of fun getting into everything and playing with her favorite baby in the mirror. 

Millie is in and out of her nap but when she does take a nap we have some late nights together. I went running one night late after the other kids were in bed and Aaron was in town and when I came home I did some planking with Millie. 

She was awesome, she made it over 45 seconds and told me that it hurt her body a little. 

She loves exercising with me and stretching with me. It sure makes it a lot more fun to do it together. 

A Cinderella Story

So we went to Target to get a few things the other night, a few things, do you ever end up just getting a few things at Target? Anyhow, my goal was to get a few things and while we were looking at some winter clothes for Brooke, the Cs were all over the place running around and playing tag. I finally got them together and we were on our way out when Millie spotted something she wanted very badly. It was a beautiful, pink princess dress with matching pink slippers. 

She wanted it...bad. I tried talking reason to her and it would not be heard. I tried convincing her that we could put it in the cart and talk about it at checkout..no way she'd been fooled by that tactic before. I mentioned that Christmas was coming soon and she could ask Santa for it. No, no, no she wanted it and truth be told I wanted it too. It was darling and I'm weak. I finally told her that if she really wanted it she could have the dress instead of going on a date with Dad for filling up her sticker chart. She recently filled up her sticker chart for good behavior and she of course wanted a date with Dad, that's what my kids always pick. But after giving it some thought she chose the dress. I asked her if she was sure, she said she was. She happily clung to her dress, and the matching shoes of course, all the way through the store and then in the car. On the way home from the store Carson mentioned how much he loves going on dates with Dad and how much fun they are. Then I heard my sweet Millie say, "mom, here you can have my dress. I will ask Santa to give it to me for Christmas. I want to go on my date with Dad." It was the sweetest thing ever. I called Aaron to tell him immediately and he started crying. He was missing us very much. My kids sure love their Dad. That was true love to give it up and I'll tell you what, she has not once asked for it back since. 

Locked out

Poor Millie. Carson locked her in the bathroom on Friday night. Aaron was at the church and I could not get the door unlocked. I tried screwdrivers and safety pins. I wasn't sure what to do since the screws to the handle were on the inside and the screws to the door were on the inside. I kept trying to convince her that she could turn the lock but she said she couldn't do it. I looked down at one point and saw her little toes sticking out of the door and then I saw that she had her head laying down on the ground trying to look out. Poor girl, she was a trooper though. She never got mad or screamed and then finally she got the door unlocked herself. 

When she came out she wasn't one bit phased or upset with Carson and ran off to play with him. I, on the other hand, was not amused. 

I'm so glad when Daddy comes home

We are all very happy every week when Aaron comes home. The kids get so excited and want me to track Daddy on his flight and call him after he lands and check when he is going to get home all day long. 

Then they stick to Dad like glue when he is home. 

The best laid plans

So Aaron is gone all week and while he's gone I don't cook dinner very often. It usually just ends up being eggs, quesadillas, cereal, you know the drill. I felt like I wasn't eating very well so one day this week I got up early and put dinner in the crockpot. I was so proud of myself. Then before we left to pick up Carson from school I put rice in the rice maker and dinner was all set. Well after we picked up C man from school I needed to go to Costco and then after so many samples and of course ice cream at the end no one was hungry we got home. 

Oh well, you win some, you lose some. 

The leftovers still worked great for dinner the next night. :) 

Look what I did...

All by myself. Millie kept asking me for two braids and I wasn't sure if her hair was long enough and if I could do it. But I loved it, I thought she looked so adorable.