Just a few pics....

As I am going through Christmas pictures and choosing which ones to post, I thought I'd put up the pics that the Grandparents got with their Christmas cards...

Santa Cookie Making

My Love-Filled Little People!!

I adore my children. <3 Don't get me wrong...they drive me just as batty as any toddler has ever driven a mother...but they have such good HEARTS!

A few things that have been part of their lives since forever has been that God made everyone perfect just the way they are. No matter how they look or sound, they are perfect because He made them. Another thing is remembering that there are children out there (they get more riled up about the children than the adults...they understand it more) with no food, no toys, no clothes, no mommies and daddies to love them. But my children LOVE these other children. They pray for them at night (although Jaz doesn't completely understand the lack of food one...so she prays for grocery stores that are full of food that these hungry children can go to) and they willingly give to them. They pray for the "right mommy and daddy" for the parent-less children (Jaz came up with that on her own...We were praying for these children to get families to love them and Jaz told me "Mommy, it has to the the "right" family.) As soon as a piece of clothing doesn't fit....they will say lets give it to a child who needs clothes. When they dont' eat all their dinner, they want to give it away.

Another thing I have done forever is that every time they get new toys/gifts they give something away. And it's not a "bad" thing....they LOVE it! They lovingly go through each toy deciding what ones other children will love to play with most. The children also just randomly bring me stuff for no reason and say "I want to give this to a kid with no toys". And I put it in the donation box.

Last night we went through their toys again. My wonderful children filled TWO diaper boxes with toys to give away. They were so excited they were racing around grabbing stuff. I love that. I love that they seem to "get it". They bring tears to my eyes and give me goosebumps with the love they have for everyone. And if it is the ONLY thing I manage to teach them...I will continue to teach them to LOVE LOVE LOVE others!

Santa 2009

The children went to see Santa today. They were so excited, and practically ran each other over to get into the sleigh with him. I was so happy they weren't scared. They posed for pics, told him what they wanted, and even talked about the milk and cookies to be left out for Santa. :)


We didn't get a pic done last year....we were in the middle of one of the worst winter conditions to hit this area in a while, so there was no random venturing out on the icy/snowy roads. But just for fun here is the pic from 2007. Isaac was 7 months old and Jaz was *almost* 2.

So proud of himself!

This is how excited Isaac was to show me that he could get into the closet and pick out his own clothes and dress himself. He was so proud and happy that I would never of been able to make him change clothes, that would of broke his heart. Thank GOODNESS we never needed to leave the house! ;)

Random Silliness!!!

Some random silliness is fabulous for the soul! And these two kids are great at at it!!

Wintertime Excercise

Isaac showing off his skills.......


Jaz showing off her exercise abilities....

Trimming the Tree

This year we have our mini-tree. I was determined to NOT put it up, and to get a "real" tree....but LIFE had other plans for us, as it so often does. So I got the tree out, put garland on it, and picked through all my ornaments to choose ones that we could put on this tree. Then I let the kids get to work. The light in their eyes, the excitement about it, the "ooohhhh" and "aaahhh".....warms my heart just thinking about it. :) Children accept and are happy with what ever we are happy with. So though the original thought of putting up our mini-fake-tree broke my heart and made me want to cry, the children's joy and excitement about it had me telling my husband last night I don't want a different tree this year. My kids love it, then I love it. :) ..... oh, and added sidenote... I "fixed" the ornaments all clustered together when they weren't looking... LOL

Cookie Time!!!

Okay, this Mama LOVES to cook...but she does NOT bake! :) Nope...I am terrible! But the kids love it....so we made cookies. And yes, I still managed to burn these, too!

Just a few random pictures.... Hanging out at the playground in our complex....

Isaac being so excited to steal Mommy's book....
And more outside fun.... the rain came within minutes of these pics, but when you are stuck with no car, you have to take advantage of getting outside whenever you can. :)

Dress Up Time Again!!!

In case anyone was wondering....That is Isaac's VAMPIRE costume...LOL!

I took the "plunge"......

Go check it out and wish me luck!!!

Designs by Jenn ( www.designs-by-jenn.blogspot.com )

Happy Halloween

Here are some pictures from our evening last night. The "highlights" or most memorable parts for me were.......

~Isaac coming up to a door and saying "You got any candy for me?" :)

~Isaac getting so tired from all the walking he sat down in the middle of the sidewalk and refused to move...not even with the bribe of more candy at the next house. His response "I have candy in my pumpkin." LOL

~And the BEST...Jazmine getting a piece of candy for her brother at the last few houses of the night that he was too tired to walk up to. She came straight back to him and put a piece in his bucket after each one. (She really is the most precious child EVER! )

Pumpkin Fun

We aren't done with carving pumpkins yet....but we got started earlier emptying them out. Jaz and Isaac were quite entertaining. Though I must say the BEST part was when Isaac was scared of the one pumpkin that Mommy carved, and Jazmine crawled into his lap to comfort him! They are just too darn cute!!!!! Head over to our YouTube channel for more!! CLICK HERE!!



Here is one of Isaac telling us how scary the pumpkin is... :) And like I said, MORE over at YouTube!!!

Daddy's Birthday

Yesterday was Daddy's 30th Birthday. :) We made Daddy a personal birthday card, and baked cupcakes which the kids decorated. They had SO MUCH FUN! They are still asking when they can make more cupcakes for someones birthday. :)..... and yes, they were both a little more preoccupied with eating than actually doing...LOL. Oh, and of course staying true to my nudist children form, Isaac is shirtless, and Jaz is pantless. *sigh* Choose your battles...LOL

Yummy Yoplait!!

A wonderful mommy friend of mine is having a Yoplait Give away on her blog..... go check it out!!!

And Baby Made Three

Hey, Laugh, that was a joke.....

Isaac is going through this phase, where his sippy cups of milk/juice/water hardly get drank any more. He thinks it is much more fun to put some in his mouth, and let it dribble down his face onto his shirt, belly, floor, whatever the case may be. IT DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!! For starters, it is a waste! That juice or milk was perfectly good, and we don't need to be spending money on food that gets wasted when children starve and are thirsty. Seriously, wasted food/beverages are a HUGE hot button with me. Anyway....on top of that, the MESS! I can clean and clean the carpet, but I feel like I can never truly get the milk or juice out. Just yesterday alone he did it with 3 (THREE) sippy cups. One of juice, and two of milk. By the third cup, I had completely lost my patience. I yelled. And yelled. And I may of yelled again one more time. (*insert embarrassed face here....but I am only human...*)

Isaac of course started crying. "Mommy you yelled at me." (Secretly this broke my heart, but I was mad....so I didn't let him know.) I told him if he wouldn't listen, maybe I wouldn't get so mad, and then when he started grabbing and pulling at me to get up, I told him "No, not right now. Mommy is mad. Stay in your room and leave mommy alone for a minute."

About 2 mins later, double trouble BOTH come walking out. Jazmine telling me I hurt her brothers feelings, and Isaac wanting more milk! (UGH!!!!) I told him no milk, I was still mad, and please go back to the room. He started to walk down the hall, then stopped and came back.

He then proceeds to tell me one of his and his sisters fabulously not-funny, but you can't help but laugh because they think they are so funny, knock knock jokes. I tried very very hard to keep a straight face when he busted up laughing at the end of the joke thinking he was hilarious and his joke would win mommy over from her mad. When I didn't laugh, he looked right at me with those big brown eyes and said with a very serious face.....

"Hey, LAUGH! That was a joke, you 'possed to laugh!"

Needless to say, THAT broke right through the mad. I started laughing and gave him a big huge hug. :)

147MillionOrphans.com

The children's shirts came in todays mail. Every night before bed when we say our prayers, we pray for Jesus to love, shelter, feed, and protect the children who need it who don't have families. Isaac doesn't completely grasp it, but Jazmine is excited that Mommy buying her new shirt means food for hungry children. They are such good, loving kids....I am blessed!

Pumpkin Patch