Kindergarten lesson from Ethan

Segragation and MLK
Ethan: Who is that man who made the black kids go to one school and the white kids another?
Me: Martin Luther King...but he had it so the black and white kids went to school together.
Ethan: NO! The black kids had there own water fountain. He made the black kids go to there own school.
Me: MLK stood in front of a lot of people honey, and told them a speech. After his speech kids of all colors started to go to school together.
Ethan: my (teacher) said that is not what happend! She said that he made the black kids go to their own school and the white kids go to their own school.
Me---I decide to let it go and figure he will get it figured before long :o)

House and dieing
Ethan: What happens to peoples houses when they die?
Me: The family who is left takes care of it. One day Mommy and Daddy will die and you and Brooklynn will decide if you want to keep our house or sell it for money.
Ethan: No...you aren't going to die mommy, and that's the truth! (oh how i wish it was). One day though mommy, me and brooke are going to get really big and get our own house in a hotel and even our own cars!
Me: You will.

:o)

GA dusting

School got out early last thursday in hopes of the snow that was coming through. So, after Ethan got home we waited and waited and waited. Then finally about 4pm the snow started. Not much, not sticking. it snowed on and off through the night. We got a light dusting. What was so bad was that until today we have not gotten above freezing! Not GA weather at all.

Friday morning the kids got me out of bed to get out the door to play. I was thankful to have my kids the ages they were. I bundled them up and said "Have fun, stay in the back yard." I sipped my coffee from the warm house.

I did go outside for a minute to get there picture.

So pictures now. This dusting is nothing to write north about, lol. But, the kids enjoyed it anyway.

the porch

SNOW!!! Well...kinda!

Look at the swingset mommy!!! And Brooke did go down the slide many times. Crazy girl

Valerie VERY jealous she didn't get to play.

So, hopefully the next snow will be better. Until then, i am looking forward to this weather in the 40's and 50's this week!

Kids picking meals

My kids have been eating rather strangely this past week. And some meals have been rather backwards.  One reason why they have been eating so strangely is i decided to see if i just asked and let them choose, what would they choose. Not each day was crazy, but here are just a few of them.

One morning Brooklynn chose a bowl of green beans for breaskfast! Ethan chose grapes and just a few green beans that morning.  For lunch that same day, they chose waffles.

One night for dinner it was mayo and cheese sandwhiches with baby gerkins (pickles sweet) and cookies!

Last night was a VERY strange combo for them, Alex and i opted out on a few items. Ethan wanted baked potatoes. Brooke wanted breakfast sausage and brocoli with cheese! Ethan chose to have ham with Alex and I instead of breakfast sausage.

So, that was fun! I think they enjoyed getting a little more say so in their food. From this, i may pick one night a week and let it be the kids choose night.  And whatever they choose, i will make.

Wolfe's Vs. Hamsters

Last night a friend came over to have dinner with me and the kids. She brought over her pet hamsters for my kids to see and play with. The kids loved them...of coarse. This was Valerie's (tabby maine coon) first encounter with something live she wanted to eat. And of coarse, Lacey (white and gray) really could care less. The other cats all ran and hid since there were two extra kids in the house

Brooklynn loves the Hamster and it appeared to love her back

Ethan also loved the hamster

Valerie and Lacey watch as the hamster wiggles in its cage



Can you see the hamster hanging on the side if the cage? He knows this kitty wants to eat him.



Lacey finally comes and take a sniff.



The Hamsters left alive....so i guess the hamsters won over the Wolfe's.

Next match.......as soon as these kitties and kids can find them again!

weight

I have the same thing on my mind like most people this time of the year. Weight loss! Then again, since having Ethan, weight loss has always been on my mind. I am not overweight. I am in a healthy weight range. However, in the last few months i have put on some weight. I am still healthy. I eat healthy most of the time. Why am i so concerned all the time about my weight?

Before getting pregnant with Ethan was i between 115 and 118. I ate whatever i wanted whenever i wanted. I was so excited to gain weight while pregnant with Ethan. I loved going to the doctor and see the weight go up! Heck one appointment in 2 weeks i gained 7 pounds. Weight total with Ethan was 43 pounds! I lost the weight fairly easy after Ethan. I weighed 123 when getting pregant with Brooke. To be honest...i thought i was big then. After Brooke, i lost all my weight while breastfeeding. When i quite breastfeeding, i put on weight. And in the past year i have put on some more weight. So...honestly is key for this blog. I weight 135. Yes, looking at the number i think, that isn't much. I would tell someone else, that isn't much. But for some reason i hate that number! For some reason i feel like the number somehow needs to be in the 120's.

My mom has gotten onto my several times, asking me why i am so obsessed 5 years later still about my weight. I honestly don't know. I am always talking about needing to lose weight and so on. I think my problem is i concentrate on my theighs. I hate them. That's where all my weight is. My theighs and butt. And for whatever reason, when i look in the mirror, i always concentrate on how a pair of pants looks on me in that area.

I didn't grow up with a mom who was always on a diet. I don't think she ever was. I hate that Brooklynn is growing up with a mother who is so concerned with her weight. I try not to talk about it around her, but i do. I hate being so darn concerned about it all the time. I can't go a day without thinking about it. So, now i confess, i have a problem!

So...i am going to do my absolute best to just be healthy. I will continue to work out but have decided to only weight myself twice a month. The wii fit wants you to weight yourself daily...and i think that is really screwing with my head. One day i am down two pounds and the next i am up three! For someone like me who seems to have gotten so obsessed with it over the years....its not good for me to get on everyday.

Happy New Year to all! To a year of getting healthy and not concentrating on the number on the scale. to looking at the image i see in the mirror as a beautiful woman with a loving and supportive husband and two wonderful children who warm me heart daily.

Brooklynn loves making silly faces at the camera

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2010

I have decided that 2010 is the year to get it done! Enough said! If it needs to be done, then its getting done.

I am going to finish getting organized.
I am going to lose this last 10 pounds.
I am going to weed through friend and just say bye to the ones who i have tried with and they don't give back.
I am going to get my first book edited, and get it out there looking for an agent
I am going to finish my second book
If it needs to be done, then its going to be done.

So here is to 2010 and getting it done!