Davey got his license

The past few weeks we have been waiting the arrival of David's license so he could work when he gets out here. I went over to the house last night to do some yard work and the mail had come. I was so happy to see his license had finally arrived. I put the mail, my phone, Henry and the kids clothes on the deck. The kids were in their swimsuits and were going to play in the sprinklers. They also had the hose and were spraying each other. I told them the deck was a "no spray" zone. I know I told Charlotte at least 4 times. Sometimes I hate to tell her not to do something because it will tempt her even more. I was in the front yard for about 5 minutes and when I came to the back I saw the baby had water on his legs, Simon's clothes were soaking wet and.......David's license was wet. Charlotte really knows how to get under my skin, and this was no exception. First she claims she forgot. Then she said Simon told her to. On the way home I bought Simon a Happy meal and she was trying to "kiss up" to me. She told me things like "I love you" "I love our family so much" "I love our house" "Thank you for all you do" Her compliments are always convenient upon when she is wanting something. I was on the phone with Dave this morning and I had her tell him what she had done. While I was on the phone she was putting the leash on Ruth. I told her not to take the dog outside and went and grabbed Henry. I came out and was trying to find her and sure enough...she was coming in from taking Ruth outside. Any suggestions on how to tame this "beast" before she is 16?

Painting is so much fun

In the past 7 days I have spent about 25 hours painting the trim at my new house. I am so completely exhausted. Most of the time I have all 3 kids with me while I am alone painting. It is so hard without David here and my parents are on a cruise so I don't have the help with the kids. On Saturday I was painting for 6 hours. After 4 hours David's sister Laura came and picked up the kids which was so nice. Right before she showed up I heard Simon outside yelling "I need to poo, I need to poo......." over and over. I yelled for him to come inside and he didn't so I went and found him on the front steps and also his poo on the front steps. The new carpet is going to be installed on Wednesday so I have to finish up all of the painting. I realize how old I am getting because I am so sore all over. My sister in law Ellen gave Simon a new PDA a couple of days ago. He is super excited and of course carries it everywhere. He has made it clear that boys have PDAs and girls have purses. Today I asked him to clean up and he said "No" so I told him I was going to take away his PDA. He got upset and was yelling that I cannot take his PDA because I am a girl and only boys have PDAs. My parents have a bunch of young girls that all live close that can babysit for cheap which is great. In NC you had to pay a minimum of $8 per hour. I gave my babysitter $20 for 4 hours and she was super embarrassed and told me it was too much. Well, I must get to bed because I have a lot more painting to do tomorrow.

Our new house

We got the keys to our new house 2 days ago. When I pulled up to the house the men to rip out the carpet in the basement were already there waiting. I spent the first night painting the trim. In the photo you can see it is the color of "Thousand Island Dressing" I am just painting it white and then the walls before the new carpet is installed. We were excited to see that the sellers left the hot tub. I am not going to be moving anything into the house until Davey gets here. My kids are starting a preschool camp that lasts for 2 weeks next week and I am excited about it. Simon's dog "t-bone" is in time-out more than my kids because he says "poo". Simon is the one putting him in time out. He tells me to start the timer and I hear him disciplining him. Simon still hangs out with his make believe friend named "Deanit" He makes up crazy stories about him all the time.

Our deck. We are getting a railing
put in. From where the picture was taken is
a 5ft drop to the driveway.

The entry to our home

Finally I have a nice stove top and oven.

The kids dancing around our living room.

Charlotte went crazy while playing
with Henry. The one on his right foot
is his favorite and it was driving him crazy
that he couldn't reach it.

Charlotte told me the basement
didn't look too good when they tore out
the carpet.

Brendan Fraser--for real?

So my sister Linda has spoken freely on her blog about her love for David Hasselhoff and the "MC" Matthew Mcconaughey. I feel that she has left out a very important man......Brendan Fraser. Below are a couple of his quotes
"I'm just glad that I have bragging rights to working with Bugs and Daffy. "
"Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure. "

Also, I found a few really great photos of him.

Wish this was larger

This is him just a couple
days ago at the MTV movie
awards. He is trying to look
good here. Really? Check out
the hair. Am I alone in this?

What is this on top of him?