Bailey Family

As we're driving out of the pickup line after school, Seth notices his seatbelt is stuck in the door...those line directors are really into the line must keep GOING, so I said, "just sit in Carolyn's carseat" (they both have a booster and all the girls stayed at the house with Uncle Will today). Seth: "But I'll be a girl." Me: no, you won't. Daddy likes pink shirts. and no one can see you anyways (the windows are tinted...I thought my argument had worked) Seth: "They're all looking at me" (What?! The people driving by?) He did survive home and he was indeed still a boy, nevertheless the pink princess booster seat. And I do plan on posting more...I've just been busy.  And I need to stop typing b/c I'm feeling a little moody tonight and I don't want to say anything stupid...but I will catch you up on February later...if you care.

I love Mommy she loves me. We love Daddy, yes sirree! He loves us and so you see - we are a Happy Family I love sister, she loves me. We love brother, yes siree! He loves us and so you see - we are a Happy Family!  Seth's 6 year old doctor visit - he wasn't thrilled about the "dress" they gave him to wear. One of her favorite pajamas (yeah, we know she's going to be trouble when she's a teenager if she keeps as pretty and sassy as she is now!) (No, we didn't buy our already sassy little girl pajamas with a smile on the butt...it was a hand me down I was going to keep on handing, but she insisted on keeping...) If that were a video, you'd see her shaking her butt back and forth. (In case you can't tell, she's singing "happy birthday to you".) sorry about the poor video-ing during the untwisting of balloon strings! the end is the cutest when they're singing together, but i don't know how to edit ...

So...several people have said, "you should get a facebook"...and I thought, oh, that's just something for my very social brother Jacob. I don't have time for another thing. Then, Rob got one (for some insane reason b/c he barely keeps up with his blog)...I think it was for his sister.  So, now he wants me to get one...so he can 'link' to me as his wife. So, I just wasted about 15 minutes looking at pages of people he had as friends (it only lets you look at the full profile of friends...which makes me feel a little better about the idea).  I still don't think I have time for facebook and a blog...and I'm pretty sure it would take me months before I even kept up with it...but in case I change my mind, who's going to teach me how to use it?  Should I add yet another thing to my "computer wasting time agenda"?

Seth and I glued 100 strings to a poster for his 100 day of school project. (In case you're counting - there are 50 "stars", 3x13 "stripes" (39), and 11 pieces in letters.) Ok, no, the flag wasn't his idea, but he did almost all of the cutting and well over half of the pasting. (Elmer's glue is terrible! But he's scared of hot glue...and I don't blame him! His mother gets burned about 3 times per hot glue session!) (actually, what I'm really counting down to is not the end of school, but the beginning of spring. I've had my fill of "winter" for the year.) What are you counting down to? (I know Kristen's answer!)

  Rob has always wanted a surprise party...so for a little over a year, I had plans to throw one for him.  The day Seth started school, I started scrapbooking his childhood album (which was his present). New year's day, I started making phone calls (which took me weeks to sneak in) to start arranging things. As several pointed out to me Saturday, I'm not that great of a liar (which I think is a good thing!), but this made planning the party SO difficult!!  I was constantly thinking of a lie to cover a possible question he might ask about something suspicious or to cover someone's slip of the tongue. (Man, I'm glad that's done - lying is exhausting!) But it came together...and the day had more surprises for all of us...read on! Waiting (Jacob was assigned the job of coming up with something to get Rob out of the house from 11-12...he did such a great job, he went "the extra mile" and took until after 1.)  Natalie was just cute here. And final...