Veterans day 2009

Good times

Yesterday, we invited some friends over for lunch and so that the kids could play together. After lunch and a lot of play time, Clara decided to rake the leaves. After she had a good pile, she invited the other girls out to jump in with her. They all had a good time!

Some Pictures

ABCs of Me!

I was tagged by Sarah's Sweethearts

A - Age: 29
B - Bed size: queen
C - Chore you hate: Chores! (it would have been better if it had asked which one do I like!)
D - Dog's name: Dora and Tico
E - Essential start your day item: Hugs, kisses, and cuddles from my kids and husband
F - Favorite color: Green
G - Gold or Silver: silver
H - Height: 5'9.5"
I - I am: Happy!
J - Job: Mom and Wife (The pay is not that great, and there is a lot of over time, but I love it)
K - Kids: Clara, Lindy, Charlie and one surprise coming December 10th.
L - Living arrangements: A house.
M - Mom's name: Linda
N - Nicknames: Kell, Mom, KJ
O - Overnight hospital stay: Child birth
P - Pet Peeve: complainers.
Q - Quote from a movie: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Dorothy Wizard of Oz
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: 3 sisters Sarah, Katie, and Becky
T - Time you wake up: 6:45
U- Underwear: Yes
V - Vegetable you dislike: Onions
W - Ways you run late: I can't find the keys (we are hardly ever late, I try to make it a priority to be on time or early).
X - X-rays you've had: Ankle, chest, teeth, and others probably.
Y - Yummy food you make: Most everything, except rice (how do you mess rice up?)
Z - Zoo favorite: Giraffes, monkeys, and elephants

now it's your turn

Polliwogs and Doodles
It's All about Hannah
Katie J's Journal

Babies Don’t Keep

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing and butter the bread,
Sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, Lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek-peek-a-boo).
The shopping is not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there is a hullabaloo.
But I'm playing "Kanga" and this is my "Roo."
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rock-a-bye, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton, 1958