Christmas

Christmas is a time for cheer, time for good will, time for family and time for INSANITY!! Jack was so out of control! With "spirited" kids such as he, any change in normal routine causes chaos. He certainly proved that point this Christmas. Overall, it was nice. We didn't have too much running around to do. Went to mom & dad's on Christmas day where we had lots of good food and spent the night. The kids got so much stuff my toy room is out of control! It is nice to not have to take Jack to preschool in the mornings though. I do enjoy the break but honestly, its so much work to get the kids up, fed, dressed by 8:30am daily.

Jack got about everything he asked Santa for. His favorite gift was the Crayola glow station. It is really cool! He enjoyed writing a thank you note to put with Santa's milk & cookies.

As we approach Kara's 2nd birthday, her personality is really starting to shine. She told me today that she was funny and she got a kick out of that.

Grant is just an angel and tends to go with the flow...whatever that may be at the time! His top tooth finally broke through the gum and the other will be right behind it shortly!

First sleepover

Jack had his first sleepover and we decided to have Alex & Cameron come up and stay. We had a blast!! Mr Uncle (as Cameron called Karee) took the 3 boys and Kara to see A Christmas Carol in 3d. He said they were really good at the movies. I baked gingerbread cookies while they were at the movie and let the kids decorate them when they got back. They had a lot of fun doing that! We had pizza then the kids just played. Cameron did get upset around 9:15 and wanted his mom & dad but I think he was just tired. We turned a movie on and all 3 boys laid on the living room floor in sleeping bags where they fell asleep.



This morning we had chocolate chip pancakes and bacon. Let the kids play for awhile now Mr Uncle is taking them to the airforce museum.

Jack was over the top excited! He doesn't get to see Alex & Cameron too often so it was nice for the 3 of them to play and spend time together!

The freaks come out at night

For some reason, starting at 6pm the kids go insane. It doesn't matter if they nap early or late...evenings are just WILD. It is so hilarious when I take a few moments to step back and realize what is going on. I have gotten accustomed to the madness and don't realize it. A typical evening here usually goes a little something like this:

The 2 dogs play tug of war with their rope toy and they growl and jump around..that in itself is very loud.

Then we have Princess squealing and/or being dramatic. If she gets too dramatic she cries until she vomits. Super.

We have Jack who just never stops talking. He is like a Jack Russell Terrier. The mouth and feet never stop moving.

Grant who is new to the art of crawling is constantly crawling into walls, under the tables and bonking his head.

The tv is usually blaring too so it can be heard over the other noises.


It is the moments when we have friends over and Karee and I are sitting calmly talking that we realize how insane our house it. One of our friends doesn't have any kids. Every time he comes in town, he makes it a point to come visit us. I think that is his dose of birth control. Go to the Brown house to see the madness then he definitely wont want kids for another 6 months at least!

Damn Cat

The vets office think our cats name is Fred. Little do they know that his name is Damn Cat.

Damn cat scratched Grant

Damn cat unravels and shreds an entire roll of toilet paper

Damn cat keeps taking the ornaments and beads off the Christmas tree

Damn cat climbed the Christmas tree 10 minutes after it was in the house

Damn cat makes me crazy

The kids love Damn cat

Random ramblings

This was the first weekend that Jack went to his daddy's and Kara really asked about Jack. The first thing she said to me when she woke up Saturday morning was "I want Jack". Those 2 really have a special bond and it shows on both ends. Jack asked me why we needed Grant because Kara makes us laugh enough.

We went to visit a friend yesterday who is having a rough time. Jack thought my friends were my cousins. There were some older boys there (8 years old) and Jack got his first taste of older kids not wanting to be bothered by a young kid. He is so used to his cousins who dote all over the little kids. There were a few tears shed but over all Jack pulled through like a big boy.

After visiting, we went to get our Christmas tree. Jack had a ton of fun and at first he said that all the trees were too small. He just wasn't satisfied with any of them. Karee and I found a tree we liked and Jack said NO way. Then Austin (who was there selling trees) went over to the tree that Karee and I liked and Jack suddenly felt that was the perfect tree! He really had a ton of fun this year with the Christmas tree.



We had our first dusting of snow this morning. Jack was so excited to see the snow this morning. After school on our way home, Jack wanted to know who made snow. Karee would have gone into a long explanation about precipitation. I just said "God makes it". Jack wanted to know if God was my cousin. He's so hilarious!