What the ....why

So we have come to that fateful day, that I knew would come, but kinda hoped it would not be so soon, as I am certain that it will make my children realize, I am not all knowing, i cannot fix everything ....ahhh it is the road to, the mom knows nothing phase of my life all too soon. Well you might be a smarty and realize that was just a crazy long run on sentence that I just wrote....and yea I know it and I am doing nothing to fix it.
Which bring me to the fateful event... Dales GT grammar homework. He brought home his Homework papers and had all A's except for the grammar pages where he had c's. He claimed he did not care, and why did I, and your not happy unless I'm perfect, my teacher says your too hard on me. So we looked at the questions he missed, and he could not tell me why they were wrong, and which was right on some and neither could I, so I decide we need more practice and head to the internet I search of practice pages and rules. I found a site and it was great ....hard but great and honestly confusing and frustrating that it did not make sense. There were tears and anger and more of why as I so mean, she did not cover that, the highest class score was what I got along with numerous others...which I get but he will be tested on this for TAKS and that score follows him, and effects him, those other kids are not mine, and if I can help him succeed through a little tough work, and just bc your teacher did not cover it you may still need to know it, and I do not expect perfect but I want 100 percent effort, practice makes permanent, and we can do this... even if it means the ps3 has to wait! So I admit it got a bit heated and ended up sad .... We are sooo alike it is scary and not productive in arguments ... But we ended up taking a break after he said something ugly and I walked away and he worked on his own...until he needed help. Then went to make good on a promise to Reid, and I printed off rules and pages, and when daddy came home he assisted with the analytical side of grammar and did an awesome job, and all in all he has a better grasp of the rules and the night ended on a good note with all happy which is what is what's important.

I stink at grammar, I am a good creative writer, and good in any creative thing really, i recently made a diorama of his school, and helped create his float and he even said I rocked, but clearly not in grammar. So I have been exposed for my flaws and admitted to him, I have always struggled with Grammar.... I got the noun, verb, adverb, adj, predicate... Thanks to school house rock DVDs... But some of the other stuff is confusing .... And to any grammar hound I am sure reading this is painful with all the run ons and .....'s but hey I am not writing this to turn it in it is for documentation but on that note if anyone has any tips on how to help Dale, am open to hear them.

I other news Macy is a reading fool.... So proud of her and she has been picked for GT testing ... And I a kinda worried since this will leave Reid out but nit is not his nature he is bright but not self motivated or a creative problem solver....he wants the rules and guidelines.... And although I don't care he's my Reid and he's perfect and honestly the one kid I rarely butt heads with, which I love and makes him super special to me.

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Brothers photos

Family shots






Silly reid


The big kids





He's a rockstar








Macy and aunt jonelle


Goofy Macy


Eatin some chocolate maybe?


My 3 kids on grandmas roof thru skylight.....nice and sooo safe daddy





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Macy looking goofy with 3d glasses


Bevo after being busted eating Christmas....he felt awful I'm sure


Happy bevo in the yard


Jumping bevo this dog can jump .... Like clear the fence jump and yes he is killing the fence


Dale and aiden chilling out


Macy and aiden


Reid feeding aiden.... They love being big enough to help


Macys dales hat


The tower at grandma and Bepaws .... They were proud it hit the celing


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We were on a break

Huge major chain in the butt

my kids and I have been on Christmas break since dec 21 and they return jan12 that's a long break! That's like a college break now don't get me wrong we have enjoyed the down time and the sleeping in but I think its time time to bring it to a close. I am going nuts taking them on errands Actually good helpers but their longevity leaves something to be desired. So one day we had several stops and decided that we would spend some xmas money the kids got .... Dale got a video game at the 3rd place since the first 2 only had it in limited editions and they were way costly reid got a tech dreck ramp set and Macy actually got nothing wow that could be a first so anyhow ffd 3 hours and Dale deems he does not like said game can we return it.....we try and get lip service on store policy BUT that policy is not posted, nor were we notified bc we would have waited had I known we couldn't even get store credit. Spoke with 3 managers and no luck and seriously you are a huge nationwide store and the kid is 10 if your gonna be that way post the damn policy big...everything better my butt...so we go see if gamestop will buy it and they would but for a laughable amount so we found amazon does a trade in as well and we got a great deal, he is happier and a lesson was learned by all. Reid loves his thing so at least that worked out but he got that at a different store that I could take it back if needed!

Little man helper ages again....

Reid turned 8 on jan 6....wow 8 my little man....we have a deal on your bday younget to eat whatever whenever and he loved it also you get dibs on anything anytime tv pc ps3 trampoline and he loved that as well so Macy and Dale got kicked off bunch just cause he could and a mountain of junk was consumed but hey its one day. We celebrated in kerrville with my folks and family and he got some great stuff including an electric guitar and mini fender amp...and its loud and he loves it we also got him build your own ride car and a remote control boat that he's been loving in the pool. We celebrated it again here with cake and a trip to the zone a game,golf,go-cart place here...and Chik-fill-a. It was going to be rudys but he wanted to drive the boat so we needed fast ....all righty thats cheaper so whatever I love that he is easy to please. He wanted a restaurant with a playground but not mcdonalds or Peter piper something like beefys in sa...and that animal does not exist in the valley ....maybe it should with all the childhood obesity here. Reid is doing great in school but I still wanna test him for dyslexia but since he is getting straight A's I am getting resistance .... Guess I gotta push harder, I would just like to diagnose early if it is the case.

A bonus to living on the suns surface in the winter minus the winter texans

The weather here is great So we have been riding bikes lots and letting bevo join some ....I let him pull me down the street and back a few times and he loves it and quickly learned not to run near the tire as it will roll over a paw. Macy still has training wheels but hopefully not too much longer for that.. She wants to be big soo bad so hopefully this is the year for learning to ride a 2 wheeler and swimming

Cheap labor

Duke made me a bench to match my table and other bench actually Reid macy and duke did it Dale helped beat it up a bit but then the fun was gone and he was out. It looks great and all we need is one coat of varnish and we can subject It to dinner time fun. I love that duke can do that it amazes me. I was going to go buy one at la pulga a flea market and whada know it sparked him to do it so I have a matching set from the same artist lucky me!

1-11-11.

I love it and for some reason it feels therapeutic so in that light I made some plans by 11-11-11 I hope to have visited a foreign country and a state I have never been to.... And Made less of myself in stuff and size. I want to teach my kids to respect what we have so I am NOT going to buy every cute outfit I see for Macy and I will only purchase things on a need basis when they wear out which will require restraint but it's gonna happen and I wanna get rid of what we do not use so look out salvation army I am gonna stock you up. Also I wanna loose some of me too. The kids did them as well Macy the bike and swim and be less sassy. Reid work on reading for pleasure Dales to sleep better he got dukes insomnia and man it's killing me since I am the one deals with it. Also to let God lead me where he wants me to be no back seat driving no gps no map and I am going to be ok with that.

The grind

The schedule returns tomorrow back to school, to workouts, to routine, Bevo will be sad his buddies won't be around to play but I think we are ready..... I am just not for the getting up part.

Pictures coming soon my brother got a new camera and took the pics ....I am sure amazing pics but he has yet to share. So when he does I will too

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