Christmas Time!

Okay... Well, it's that time again! Time to put up the tree and HOPE that your almost-two-year-old doesn't tear it down!! I put up the tree on Friday and Avery was very curious! He had to look everything over and kiss the angel before putting it WAY up tall. It was so funny! He has found every H0Ho (that's what he calls Santa) on there! He has pointed out the "balls" and the "staws" (stars)! He even found a few pictures of Sissy and himself! Wow! Christmas is so fun. He has already gotten his hand spanked several times and the tree has only been up two days! This should be a FUN month. Maybe the new will wear off soon and he'll forget about it.
As for Ashlyn...the tree is old news, you know. But we did go shopping on Saturday and she decided to take a peek into my bags and said "Mommy, I know that you bought some Littlest Pet Shops" I said, "Oh really??" Hmmm... Now what do I do? Go ahead and give them to her or give them to some other little girl?? Oh, well. I remember when I used to try to find my presents. I very rarely did, but every now and then I would find something and then I was disappointed because I love surprises! I miss being a child!
Oh well, got to go do something more productive while Avery is napping!

Ashlyn's Birthday!

Ashlyn just turned seven! I can't believe it! Where has the time gone?? It seems like just yesterday that she was two! She is getting so tall!
We had her birthday party here at the house and she had several of her friends over and family! We went on a hayride. She had hot dogs and cake ( I forgot the ice cream)! As you can see, her broken arm is not slowing her down at all!! Happy Birthday, Ashlyn!

My newest hobby!!

Just thought I would share with everyone our newest hobby at our house! We started a reef aquarium about five months ago and here is what it looks like so far. We are really having a lot of fun with it, but it is a lot of work! I never imagined!

First Broken Bone!!!

Well, Ashlyn has a fractured arm. She fell on the playground at school on Friday and when I picked her up, she told me she had fallen and that she hurt her funny bone. I didn't think too much about it, because for those of you who know Ashlyn, she falls all the time! But she fell from one of the pieces of equipment that she was climbing on.
Anyway, Saturday went by and she kept favoring her arm. I could tell that it was bothering her, but when we would ask her about it, she would just say it didn't hurt that bad. Well, Sunday comes and no better. So this morning I called her pediatrician and made an appointment. He checked her over and sent us to TC Thompson for an x-ray. I was just thinking the whole time that it would just be like a bone bruise or maybe a torn rotator cuff or something. I thought we would be in and out of x-ray.
Well, a couple of hours later...they tell us she has a fracture in the upper arm bone. They couldn't really cast it because of where it is, but they put her in a sling and then we have to follow up with Dr. Bruce sometime before Thanksgiving. The bad part is, it's her left arm, which she is left-handed, but she is such a trooper! She never complained and she never cried! I had a broken bone in high school and I cried like a baby!!
It should heal fairly quickly because of the type of break and where it is, but she is going to have to miss gymnastics and she is NOT happy about that! It's like I told her, it could be a lot worse! Anyway, hope everyone has a good week! Good night!

Sad news at our house!

I am so sad!! A neighbor of ours came to our house yesterday evening to let us know that our cat, Tyrone, had gotten in another neighbor's pool and had drowned! I can't even imagine how or why Ty would have jumped in their pool unless maybe some dogs were chasing him or something. He normally didn't wander that far from home, but I guess this day he did. He used to be an inside cat, but once Avery got to moving around, we put him out because I just couldn't handle the shedding anymore! Now I wish I had just left him in. Our family has horrible luck with pets! Ashlyn was pretty upset, but she actually did better than me. I just hate it!

Well, on a happier note, we still have Jessie and Otter and, of course, Stretch, the dog, but Ty will be much missed!!

New Look!

Thanks to my friend, Diane Bryden, I now have a "pretty" blog. I am not very technical when it comes to this blogging thing, but it's fun. It's just hard to find time to do it! Sometimes I feel like I am just always chasing my tail, but it's neat to be able to share my family with everyone!

Sharpay and the Pirate!

Ashlyn and Avery had a good time trick or treating. We mostly went to family and close friends!

Ashlyn was Sharpay for Halloween! In case you don't know who Sharpay is, she's on High School Musical. She got to have a party at school and carve a pumpkin. Pepaw came to help her and Jaycie carve their pumpkins and I got to go help, too! I'm not very good at carving pumpkins, so I left that up to Pepaw! She enjoyed the day and got way too much candy!!

Trick or Treat!

Avery had a Halloween party at his little school! I think he was scared of the little "bat". He had a good time and it was fun to see him. You could ask him what the pirate says and he would say "ARGH". He refused to wear his hat, but he still looked so cute!