Author: kdorminy

I would love to post about a surprise get a way trip that Josh and I just got back from or an amazing day when a lady came and cleaned my house for free or about a day when the kids were completely obedient and didn’t whine one single time.

But if I did, you would know I was lying.

My days have been filled with laundry, home school activities and work, wiping down toilets, picking up 5 million pairs of shoes in the wrong place and twice that many books that get left every where except on the book shelf, cooking, coping with ridiculous PMS, changing the vacuum cleaner bag, and taking two shirts back to Kohl’s for the sales person to remove the security things.  Gotta love it when that happens.  Josh was looking at my shirts and brought it to my attention that those security things were still attached.  I was so upset for a moment….maybe I was a little dramatic when I said, “Oh my goodness.  I can’t go back to Kohl’s.  I have THREE KIDS!!!!!”  I was serious.

So when something fun or funny happens around here, I will be sure to post.  Until then, let me get back to sweeping.

Last night the girls sang in church.  We sat up front and had a great view of both of them.  Ruby has done this before.  Molly was beside herself with excitement since this was her first time.  She was all smiles.  She sang each word and did all the movements.  So sweet to watch both of them singing.

Molly with her friend, Gracie

Ruby and Katherine are best little friends and usually end up standing near one another when they perform.

This was our view, which was perfect.  We could see both of them with ease.

Aren’t they so cute?!

This was before we left the house.  They are so funny!

Mack, 3 years old

Molly, 4 years old

Ruby, 5 years old

We did school outside at my new table today!  It was great.  The other two made Gran a card for her BIRTHDAY!  Happy Birthday to Gran!  Ruby had a great school day.  She enjoyed the change of scenery and being able to take breaks and run around outside.

My new table!  I brought out chairs from the kitchen.

Molly got cold out there.

Mack got mad out there.

Never a dull moment around this house.

Sweetie and PawPaw came to town Friday afternoon.  They left Saturday afternoon.  We love having them here, and they love being here.  They just like to go, go, go.  They love eating out.  My mom loves shopping.  And let me tell you, she did do shopping while she was here.  She makes the time she is here count, that is for sure.  🙂

They showed up with Mack’s birthday present.  A bike without pedals.  I don’t have any pictures of him on it right now though!  He does like it, and I know it will help him learn to ride a bike without training wheels soon.

We went to Mexican for lunch.

We went to a furniture store, a market, and Target….all on Friday afternoon.  We ate at home on Friday night.  We also put together Mack’s new bed that Sweetie and Paw Paw kindly got for him!

We moved about once a year for about ten years, so you have no idea how many times I have been a part of helping my dad put beds together.

This time Mack was the helper.  (Please note that cute hiney sticking out of his pull up!)

He looks to be a good helper, doesn’t he?

Sweetie helped keep Molly entertained.

The boy couldn’t be any prouder!

He really does love his big boy bed and the cute cars comforter.  It fits him to a “T.”

The next day we went to Target real quick and then to Dick’s to get Josh some shirts.  My mom thought he should get something.  Josh was appreciative.  Dads can get overlooked so easily in the gift department.  Not this trip!  (Thanks, Sweetie!)

After that shopping, we went to Chik-fil-A for a quick ice cream.  The kids loved that, of course.

We went to the soccer field from there to watch Ruby play a game.   It was a nice day for a soccer game.

While Ruby was running hard and kicking the ball all over the place, the other two were getting Sweetie to buy them a drink and lollipop.

I spent lots of the game looking at the back of Molly’s head.  She whined to sit in my lap.  She fell two big times while Sweetie and PawPaw were here, and she did not handle it very well at all.  She cried for hours.  She whined the whole day.  She told us each time that it hurt when she walked or moved her elbow.  Maybe we should invest in knee pads and elbow pads for Molly-Moo.

So a fun time was had by all with Sweetie and PawPaw.  They were very generous, and we enjoyed catching up with them.

OH, and my mom bought me a cute green table for outside.  I love it!  I am already planning in my head some sort of tea party or brunch with a few girlfriends.  Thanks, Mom!

Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday afternoon.  The kids sing in church tonight, and they are so excited.  Ruby tells Molly all about what to expect and “to not be nervous because you’ll get used to be up there after a little while.”  Ruby is a professional.  After all, she has sang in church three times now.  haha!

The 6:30 bedtime wasn’t far off (see yesterday’s post).  At 6:54 all of them are clean, in pajamas, in the bed and listened to four stories.  Mack kept asking, “Why we go to bed when it is still morning?”

BUT, the funniest thing said during this night time routine was from Molly.  I asked Ruby if her name was on Mrs. Honaker’s tooth fairy club wall since she has lost so many teeth.  Ruby said, “No, Mrs. Honaker is just so busy that she hasn’t been able to do it, and I don’t want to ask her about it because she is just so busy and has so much to do.”

Really?  Ruby gets it….at least with Mrs. Honaker.

So, I reply, “Wow, Ruby.  That is great that you don’t ask her about it because you see that she is so busy with so many other things.  We could really practice that around here.  When Mommy is busy with something, maybe you can not ask over and over for me to do something else.”  (It has been a LONG day…trust me, she does not “get this” when it comes to me.)

Well, Molly pipes up, “Yeah and Daddy, too.  When he is on the potty we should not bother him.”

Does anyone else think that is hilarious??  Maybe it is just me, but I laughed really hard.

Mack has been showing his tail in recent days on those afternoons that he has not napped.  I have let him stay up because he begs to be “with the girls.”  It is so cute.

And then 3:00 comes.  Oh my.

So the past few days I have been strict on making him nap.  What thanks do I get?

A very wired little boy at 9:00pm.  He cries and cries at bedtime and then comes out of his room saying, “My eye hurts.”  I don’t know why he chooses his eye each time, but he does.  Josh let him come into the living room with us the other night.  He loved it. After forty minutes of playing and walking around and sitting with each of us, I asked him if he should go to bed now.  “No, my eye hurts, Mama!”

Sure.

Last night he came out of his room again.  Josh had to get some things together for a business trip, so Mack was hanging out in our room.  He ended up in my bed, laying his chubby face on my pillow.  He told me to get on my pajamas.  Then, he patted the pillow and said, “Here’s a spot for you, Mama.”  Such a kind child, offering to give me a spot on MY PILLOW.

We talked with him for a while.  He is so very funny.  I tried to convince him that his bed was probably crying and wondering where Mackie-boy was.  He just laughed at me and said that his bed wasn’t doing that.

Oh.  I could have swore it was.

The other night during one of these late night episodes he told me he was gonna eat my curly hair.  I said, “Mama does have really curly hair, don’t I?”  He said, “You have BIG curly hair.”

Thank you for clarifying.

When he starts asking me to raise my eyebrows so that he can count the lines/wrinkles on my forehead…well, that brings it all into clarity, and I take his butt to bed.

So long afternoon solitude.  It was good while it lasted.

Hello 6:30 bedtime.  🙂

I don’t have any pictures to post from this week, but I feel the need to post.  Ruby is in school.  Molly is resting on the couch while Mack is in his bed for a nap.  Laundry is going, and I am taking a break from de-cluttering my closet a bit.  I also want to make a chocolate pie to take to a neighbor.  The pest guy just left, and we don’t have any termites invading our home, so that is good.  Things are just really good these days.  Beautiful weather.  Laid back days.  The kids have enjoyed fun times with water outside.  If we could just get the pollen to settle down….

My parents are coming this weekend.  I looked back to see what we were doing this time last year, and what do you know?!

Sweetie and PawPaw were here!  Crazy how that happened.  They will get to see Ruby play soccer on Saturday.  I hope the weather stays as nice as it is today!

This morning the kids and I had fun with a friend and her kids.  The morning was gorgeous!  They left at lunch time; we ate lunch and then went outside again.  I washed off the porches with the hose and in the process the girls got soaking wet, of course.  Mack managed to stay half way dry somehow.  Josh came home and mowed the yard.  After dinner we took a trip to Frosty Frog for ice cream for the kids.  They love that place.  Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

Ruby and Molly decided to get in dry clothes and eat some pretzels while watching a movie after getting drenched outside.

Mack decided to sit on the front porch and watch Josh mow.  This popsicle stick is new to our house, and I haven’t been able to make them work quite right.  You can freeze your own juice; it becomes a problem when you can’t get it to stay on the stick though!

We have it working right in this picture.

Clean Front Porch!

Josh mowing.  Mack was yelling from the porch, “DADDY!  LOOK AT ME IN MY EYES.  LOOK AT ME IN MY EYES.”  I tried to explain that Daddy couldn’t hear him, but he still was mad that Josh wouldn’t look at him in his eyes.

We are enjoying Spring around here and all the signs of life it brings.  Our woods are getting fuller, and I love how that looks.

We are looking forward to a laid back Saturday!

Pete, Grace, Josh, and Jason

Grace is Josh’s cousin; Pete is her husband.  They got married about four months after we did, and they are such a nice couple.  We are thrilled that they made time to come out and see us during their Spring Break road trip.  They ate dinner with us and just hung out for a while.  The kids entertained us a bit.  Poor Pete got cornered by Molly at the end of their time here and had to endure looking at many of our family photo books….gotta love that.  He was so nice to appease her.

It was great to see them.  Grace is expecting their first baby in October!  Very exciting.

They brought the kids cute cookies.  Yum!

I noticed that the one with Ruby’s name on it is the only one left.  I imagine Ruby has a plan.  She ate two tonight that were just decorated.  This one that is left has her name on it.  So tomorrow when everyone wants a cookie, she can say, “But this one is MINE.  It has my name on it!!!”

Mack was in rare form and while we were outside visiting he asked me, “Can I show them how I tee-tee on the grass?”  Then he proceeded to drop his drawers, turn to Molly and say, “See me, ok,” and then tee-tee right there for all the world to see.  What a nut!

Molly nearly lost it several times, but she managed not to totally fall apart while they were here.

Ruby was so sweet and polite.  I heard her say “yes ma’am,” and I heard her speak to them very nicely.  I was very proud of her!  She even fell asleep while we talked in the living room.

Grace and Pete–Thanks for coming over!!!  It was great to see you both.  Can’t wait to meet your baby in the Fall.  🙂

Can I drag this out any longer?!  🙂

Seriously, the kids had a sleepover last night….Thank the Lord for good friends…so I got some time to myself.  I roamed Target, got my toes done, ENJOYED QUIET CAR RIDES AND AN EVEN QUIETER HOUSE.  It was heavenly!!!  The main part I enjoyed was the quietness.  I also like getting ready uninterrupted.  From shower to dress to make up and hair—not one single interruption for a snack or to referee an argument or to help someone find their shoe.  It was nice.  Josh and I enjoyed conversations, also uninterrupted.  The kids didn’t seem to miss us one bit.

I wouldn’t have missed me either if I were them having all that fun with the Barsh family.

Ok, back to the never ending Easter weekend posts.

Saturday consisted of an Easter Egg Hunt, good food and more golf cart rides.  The kids each had an area of the yard assigned to them.  Uncle Jason hid Mack’s eggs, Josh hid Ruby’s eggs, and PawPaw hid Molly’s eggs.

They waited inside while the eggs were being hidden.

Uncle Jason hiding eggs.

Why this little boy has to be so grumpy is beyond me.  Most of the time he is laid back and chipper.  All the other times he looks like this.

Who knew an Easter Egg hunt could be so miserable?!

Seriously, this kid may have issues.

Wait a minute.  Is that a smile I see???

Besides the one PawPaw buried, this one was the hardest for Molly to attain.

The kids went inside the porch area to open up each egg and see what was inside.

Money!

Money!

More Money!

All of this treasure hunting reminded me of when we were little and had Easter Egg Hunts at my MeMe’s house.  It seems to me that us little tikes never even had a chance at the Golden Egg that had money in it.  But I’m not bitter.  Nope, not me.

And there was lots of jewelry!

Gran and PawPaw also gave the kids their Easter baskets from them that day.  Fun, fun!

I love the look on Ruby’s face as she takes in the wonderful news that we now have Season 4 of LITTLE HOUSE.  Please note that Molly is just as happy to have Milk Duds.

A snake!

We thought Ruby was the only one who loved Peeps.

We were wrong.  Who knew?!

It’s ok though.  Ruby shared her Peeps.  Mack let Ruby read his book.

And Molly held tightly to her Milk Duds.  Don’t mess with Molly and Milk Duds.

On Sunday morning we all woke up and got ready for church.  Josh and I gave the kids their Easter Baskets then.

Here’s a picture of last year at Easter:

Aren’t they sweet?

And here’s a picture of this year:

Oh my.

We did have a great time with The Dorminy’s down in South GA celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ!

We are now enjoying our Spring Break.  The kids are back home with us. The house is not quiet, nor is the car, but that is more than ok.  We are looking forward to a nice Thursday.  Josh’s cousin and her husband are planning to stop by for a visit tomorrow night while they are in town.  I will have to post pictures!  Until then…..

This coffee represents a wonderful part of the weekend.  Gran and PawPaw let Josh and I have the pool house to ourselves while the kids slept inside in a room in their house.  That means several things, one of which is I DID NOT HAVE TO BE THE ONE THAT MADE THEM BREAKFAST EACH MORNING nor DID I HAVE TO BE UP AT 7:00am SHARP OR EARLIER EACH WEEKEND MORNING!  Praise the Lord for that.  It was such a great part of the weekend.  I got up, got ready, walked out and drank some coffee very leisurely.  The kids had already eaten and were well into the morning, comparatively speaking.  Thanks for that, Gran and PawPaw.

The first order of business was to cut down a tree.  Not just any tree, but a very tall pine tree that had been struck by lightning and was doomed to fall, possibly on the pool house.  I thought it should be left to professionals, but what do I know?!  I have learned that whenever two or more of these fellas get together, they just have to get themselves involved in some sort of project that isn’t for the faint of heart.

Doesn’t that look like a very tall tree?!

Uncle Tony, Josh and Mirv discussing what their plan of action should be.

TIMBER!!!!  The tree came down with no problems.  I was pleasantly surprised.

Uncle Tony wasn’t making this face at me, but I bet Irv and Josh wanted to.  O, me, of little faith.

Maybe Josh sent Mack over to me to do this.

Gran kept the kids a very safe distance away from the falling tree.

It was warm down there and had been for about a week or so.  I didn’t, however, bring the kid’s swimsuits because it wasn’t THAT warm, and I knew the water would still be cold.  But, again, what do I know?

My crazy kids swam in the freezing water!

Who needs swim suits anyway?!  We were lucky if they kept their underwear on!

Gran boiled some eggs for the kids to dye.  If she had know how much they liked to eat them, she may have just skipped the dying part.  The kids wanted the eggs to be cracked so that they could eat them instead of dye them!  Stinkers.

PawPaw grilled out hamburgers and hot dogs for us…yummy!

That night we went to their church’s Sports Park where they had a Good Friday service.  We were able to reflect on what Jesus did for us by dying on the cross and then conquering death three days later.  Good News!