Not too much went on today. Small Fry woke up around 6 this mornin' wanting to nurse & be close to me. I picked him up & we returned to tha living room floor, ta be near tha girls. It want' long before tha both of us were out once again. He woke up before I did, crawled over ta KK & gave her a few smacks on tha head ta wake her up. HAHA I love it when he does that! He then went over ta Madi., she felt him coming, she pulled tha blanket high over her head & tucked it under her head as she held it tightly there, LOL. I guess she thought that was gonna give her some smack dwn. protection from him. He tried pullin it bk. ta reveal her head for a better wake up smack. Though I think him being unsuccessfull with that pissed him off a bit more as he let out a grunt he WHAMMed her rt. on her forehead that was hid underneath. I couldn't help but ta laugh. I dozed bk. off fer a few minutes only ta be awakened myself by a,"mum, mum,............stat" followed by a SMAK across tha face a number of times. LOL until my eyes were opened, only to be greeted by a gr8 big humungouse smile & giant baby blue eyes starin rt. dwn @ me. Any frustrations that I may have been feelin' due to tha seemingly annoying wake up smack dwn., disappeared, as soon as I saw his face. Something about him, makes all frustrations go way, anger that may be, disappear upon his pressence. He's such a mama's boy, & as I did, when I could with tha girls, am luvin every minute of it. Though the days of my cycling, I hate with tha passion. those are days in which I have absolutely NO ENERGY for anything, & jsut sleep tha entire way thru. Once those have passed I feel bad for sleeping them away. For I see it as, time I slept while my children grew, & it was done w/o me.

Anyhoo, after he had waken me up I changed him. We wrestled a bit with each other then Madi. fixed him some toast & Applesause.KK decided upon Rice Krispies today fer her breakfast. Only she decided ta share it with tha carpet as well. LOL dry of course, thank goodness! LOL Though she hated cleaning tha mess up. Since tha cables been out I've been more successfull on gettin tha girls attention & willingness ta do more things with me on tha house. Today Small Fry & I woke up from our afternoon nap, to tha sounds of soapy, sponges scrubbin tha kitchen floors. LOL Now how many kids do you know that are more then willing ta get on their hands & knees, w/o ever being asked to or told, to scrub a floor? This was tha first & prolly tha last for them. though they seemed to have been havin a ball @ doin' so. I just told them I didnt want any soap all over my floor & if they did get it super soapy then ta keep in mind, they would be tha ones ta take care of it. They said they would & they did all w/o another word from me.
Yesterday we all worked together ta clean tha kitchen. We all took turns on gatherin dishes then washed 2 sinks full each. Madi was hatin it @ first, though afterwards she felt good about workin together, I think. As the girls washed their dishes, I swept & started ta mop tha floor as well as take care of tha litter box.By tha time I had gotten 1/2 tha kitchen taken care of, KK wanted ta mop tha other 1/2. I was gonna insist on her not doin so. Then I thought about it & thought hey, she's wanting to do this now, why not let her if she wants too? What harm is there to be done? Besides it'll give you a short br8k. I passed her tha mop & she went ta town! I was so surprised on what an awesome job she had done! I jokingly told her I was gonna have ta appoint that duty to her on a daily basis. I thought she had done a better job then what I would have. She was so proud of herself, she smiled & said,"OK I would love too do this job on a daily basis mom, can I make this one of my chores too do on a daily basis?" excidely with a smile from ear-ear. I told her if she really wanted to, then it was fine with me, though I wasn't gonna make her do it. She was excited & so proud of her gr8 job. As this afternoon when Small Fry & I had waken up she had brought it to my attention that it was her daily chore, she wanted ta get it done. I didnt disagree with her, just let them carry on.

Madi, is grounded to tha couch for 5 days ta go. It was orginally 7 ,started yesterday. However since she did such a wonderfull job in working with KK & I ta tackle tha kitchen w/o much a fuss, I reduced it by 1 day. It was really killin her today though. They are allowed ta go & play just as soon as they have all of their school work completed. KK decided ta tackle it early this mornin' so she could have the afternoon & evening ta play. Though she split it up here *& there, that was no matter. Madi on tha other hand decided ta wait until KK had completed all of her work for tha day b4 she tackled hers. KK knocked out tha Arithmetic & Language then she went out with Small Fry ta play awile. Few hrs later they both came inside for some lunch & KK knocked out tha rest of her schoolwork. Out she went for tha rest of tha evening, until I saw her covered from head - toe with mosquito bites. That was it, no more outside for her unless she puts on some bugguard!

The little boy whom Mic had bitten a few wks bk. was over visiting his mamaw for tha day & tha girls were very excited about it, had been missing him for tha longest of time now it seems. Since Madi adores him a gr8 deal & since he has moved out of his memaw's house I was a little leniant on her grounding. Though she was still hating me for it. I told her she could go outside ta play with Ricky just as soon as she had 1/2 her school work done & as long as she promised ta do the other 1/2 after her supper. She sat dwn. @ tha table & cringed her fists, tightened her head, making it turn red as tears fell from her eyes that she had seemingly tried ta hold bk. Though she claims she wasnt' angry I could tell by her actions. She was angry @ me for not giving in to her on her schoolwork as well as sad for not being able ta play with Ricky until it was 1/2 done. She wanted ta go out & play & she wanted ta do it now before Ricky had to go bk. home.She also made it very clear to me that she hated that they weren't allowed ta go out & play until their schoolwork was done. As she tried hurrying herself, she was making it even harder for herself to concentrate, which in turn only began to frustrate her. Frustration would show by the tears in her eyes & the redness her face became as she pushed all the blood to her head out of frustration. I told her,"Patience always wins tha race Madison, take your time, clear your mind & before ya know it you'lll be done.OUtside playin with Ricky." She asked what that meant I told her ta just relax & take her time, then she would get done alot sooner. As she calmed herself, she thought of what I had said & soon enuff she was outside playin. During her time inside she was tryin ta listen ta what all was goin on outside. LOL Tryin ta be in 2 places @ 1 time! She heard Brandon yell,"Ricky I'm goin inside my house now." he said that a few times. Madi tried hollerin' bk,"so go inside your house you don't have to announce it to everyone, we don't care if you go inside now or not Brandon." Though we don't think she was heard all that much I asked her not ta repeat it, since Small Fry was asleep I didn't want her ta wake him. Besides Brandon was across tha street & she was here inside tha house.
While KK & Small Fry were outside today, they played in their sandbox in which I had made for all of them. Small Fry LOVES that sandbox! There will be days that he wants ta go outside & play in it he'll bang on tha door while he looks outside & says,"da, da, bo....bo" If yer not understanding that then he'll go find himself a spoon or something of that similiarity & head str8 4 tha cat food! lol if that's not around he'll head for tha cat scooper & hit tha litter box. That then is a sure sign of him wantin ta be out in tha sandbox. His dad even admitted, that though he may not be to hip on tha idea of him being in tha sand box, he sure does love tha heck out of it! Of course who is he, ta keep my son from havin fun? Or ta keep him out of, somethin in which, I had built with my own 2 hands,just for my children. But anyhoo, I'm really happy ta see all of my children enjoy & appreciate the sandbox that I had worked so hrd. ta build for them. It's a real good sized sandbox for it being in ones own front yard.
As KK & Madi bathed & played together in tha tub, Small Fry decided ta go check out what they were up too. After him payin 'em a short visit he decided they either needed more bath toys or they needed ta call "Ass" (that's what small fry calls his dad! LOL though I honestly have NO IDEA where he got that from) He walked inta my bedroom ,picked tha phone up off tha base & took it to his sissy's. Tossin it rt. into tha water with 'em. As he did so he said,"Ass" LOL Only I didn't find out until later when I asked one of tha girls ta go get tha phone for me they said,"We can't" I looked quizackle as they said, "Well we can but yet we can't, cuz We dont' think it's gonna work anymore.""well why wouldn't it?" "Cuz Small Fry threw it in tha bath tub while we were talkin a bath today!" LOl "ok, so did ya take it out as soon as he threw it in" Or did ya leave it in there?" "We took it out rt. away." they replied as their eyes widened. "Ok so what did ya do with it after ya took it out of tha tub?" "Oh well we put it on Kates bed to dry." "Well that's ok, either way would 1 of ya please go get it for me. That way I can c if it's still operational or not. If not, no biggy. I just so happened to have picked up a new one last night while I was @ Wal-Mart." Off they raced ta c who cud b tha 1st one to reach tha newly dunked phone.
That makes tha 2nd phone this pass 2 weeks he's thrown in water. Tha 1st one was my 1st cell phone~! LOL ONly that went unoticed fer who knows how long. It took a toilet dive & there it stayed until someone went ta go flush it, only ta c this huge blk. thing that was too big lookin for a turd! (Only I don't think that person knows any of us & tha loggs we can lay) LOL They fished it out, it dried out a few days then I put it bk together. Tha only thing that went wrong with it was tha display was shot. I was still able ta make & receive calls. Up until I had called tha company to c where I cud purchase a new display at. Though that's for another day's story. Anyhoo, this bein' tha 2nd phone, I asked tha girls ta make sure tha bathroom door stays locked ta keep him from venturing off in there & tossing anythin else in ta any kind of water.As he tries to run, he runs sideways. In like a fast galloping way. He'll get so excited that his body seems ta get goin faster then his feet.
He's always @ my feet, wanting me ta either nurse him or just hold him. I'll start ta say somethin to him about it, though before I do instead of what I may have originally wanted ta say I'll say, " I know, I know mom ya better enjoy these times now, that I'm @ yer feet cuz b4 ya know it, I won't wanna have anything ta do with ya!" Which I know is true & it hurts ta even think of.My house work can always wait,...My friends will always be there, if they're true,.......My career can be put on hold,.......However my children, won't always be here @ home with me to share these growing experiences with.Their time is now. They cannot or shall not wait.

I love you Babies!