Today was a big day for a certain little girl in our house.....FIRST HAIRCUT!! I thought it would be funny to show how her bubbies acted for their first cuts before I show how she did. The pics of the boys totally show their personalities...
Here's Cooper in June 2003, he was 11 months old. Yes, 11 months..that boy came out with a head FULL. He did not really enjoy his first cut all that much, he really didn't understand what was going on so he whimpered his way through and batted Mrs. Jill's hand away constantly.
We walked away with just a few tears and was a bit clingy afterwards.

Here's Davis in July 2006. He was 22 months old. This pic says it all. That look is TOTALLY my Big D!! He didn't like it from the minute his bottom touched the chair til the minute I picked him up. He wouldn't even let Mrs. Jill put the cape on him. That boy cried, wiggled, squirmed, he did it all! To this day, before he sits in her chair, he makes sure she knows "no blower Mrs. Jill!" We walked away with many tears and hanging on to me for dear life....

Now, here's Little Miss RA. December 2009. 22 months. Same age as Davis was...

NOT. ONE. TEAR. No squriming, no wiggling, no whimpering, nothing, just a little girl watching Mrs. Jill cut her hair. We walked away with a smile and a wave bye-bye! Now, before you all start in on how "perfect" she is...let me tell you what happened 15 minutes later at the Dr.'s office....She threw a helacious fit when I would not open the exam room door for her to go out in the hallway...then kept throwing it while the Dr. was trying to examine her....I'm sure that whole office was glad to see us go!!!

Ok, back to the farm. Mutual Of Omaha look out...we have an eagle sighting. In fact, we have two eagles. They've actually been around a few years and I was able to get a few shots.

Not bad for an amateaur, huh? I hear my phone ringing now...no doubt it's National Geographic....

I'm going to post Davis' Christmas party tomorrow. I wanted to show you this first. Now, look at this picture. Don't scroll down yet...is she grabbing for the bowl or putting it on the counter?
Ok, scroll down now..

She was putting it on the counter!! Along with a few others. Where is she getting them you ask?

From the dishwasher of course!!!!!!!!!

She loves to help me put the dishes away!!! She can hear me open it up and she will come running into the kitchen squealing with her arms out in front of her. She is conditioned, "Pavloved" if you will, the the creak of the dishwasher being opened!!

So, let's begin the Christmas posts with parties from school shall we? Cooper and Davis both had parties at 8:15 so I was going back and forth between the two hoping not to miss too much at either...I was worn out when we went home because not only was I back and forth between two separate buildings, I was doing it with 24 extra pounds sitting on my hip!!
Miss RA was very at home in Coop's class. She just climbed up in his chair and took over....

Then of course it was time to eat. The food consisted mainly of breakfast items, do-nuts, muffins, fruit, pigs in blankets and juice.
Cooper certainly enjoyed his fruit kabob and RA loved the sausage wraps, although she unwrapped the roll and ate the sausage....she's so funny!

Then all of a sudden, we began hearing a strange sound. Literally every kid stopped dead in their tracks when they heard it. Eyes got big and mouths dropped open..they wanted to believe it was him, but they weren't sure. Then, when they heard those three little words, they all knew...

HO HO HO, Santa Claus had come to town....

Alright, I have returned. Christmas was, well, fast. It was great, but just flew by. I feel like I just put all this stuff around the house out and now I'm putting it all back up....
A while back in one of the first posts I ever did, I made a comment about life with three. I mentioned something about not feeling like I was in a circus, that I would "re-visit that later". Well, its later.....I LIVE IN A CIRCUS!!!!!! When I first made that comment I had a newborn who pretty much did nothing. Now I have a very spirited, opinionated, picky, sweet, adorable, tom-boyish toddler who thinks she can do everything her two brothers do. She amazes me with all that she does at the ripe old age of 23 months!! I have a ton of pictures from Christmas to share, but before I do I have some from Thanksgiving that need to be shared first. We went to Cotton Plant the day after Turkey Day. Jamie went duck hunting and the kids played and played. I snapped this one while we were waiting for Jamie and Daddy to get back from the morning hunt. She had just spotted the truck pulling in. Moose was there with us. He loves when we come.

We took an afternoon boat ride.

The highlight of the boat ride...we got high-centered on a beaver dam. Here's Daddy puching us off. Fun times.

Sweet boys...I see braces in their futures!!

I want some Pokemon cards, a Saints jersey, two bones for my dogs and a toy mouse for my cat. (Yes, he really said that!)

I want a Saints jersey and a Saints wallet...

I want my mommy!!!

Blog burnout......I'll return when the creative writing juices begin to flow again....
If you need something to tide you to over...go back and re-read some older stuff!! I'll be back soon!

Big D's turn for a Thanksgiving feast!! His class dressed up as pilgrims and indians and sang a few songs for moms and dads.
Can you spot my favorite pilgrim??

Here, a close-up may help!!

Let the feasting begin...

Little Miss Mooch in action.....Davis is protecting his cookie!!

Cooper's class had a Thanksgiving Feast today. Everyone is finally fever-free at our house, so RA and I stepped out for some fun..

Notice how much food they piled on his plate....

She wanted in on the food action...where there's food, you'll find Rubye Ann!!

Notice how much food Cooper left on his plate. The only things missing are the ham, turkey and part of a roll and fruit!!!!!! Sister grabbed the fork and took care of it for him!!
She didn't really eat it at all..in fact she really just played in it!!

Alrighty, let's get back to Halloween!! After the costume contest, a few of us went to our church's annual Fall Festival.

Rubye Ann scored a caramel apple. She wasn't too sure what to do with it. I was very happy to show her how one eats such a thing....
She tried, but just couldn't get those little teeth to sink into that apple. So, I had to finish it for her... ;)

Her favorite playmate, next to her bubbies of course...

Been wondering where I have been???? Well, let's see. First, RA came down with a nice case of hand foot mouth. She had blisters all over her little hiney, feet and throat. She was not a happy camper for the first week of my absence. She was waking up four or five times a night which meant I was too!! Then I came down with strep throat. I got it knocked out pretty quickly with some antibiotics. Then, Jamie left town last week and I was a single parent of three, so, the blog got left alone!! I really thought we were all well too....but....this morning we were called out of "big church" with the news that RA had a 102 fever!! UGH!! When we got home Jamie said he felt feverish as well. We took his temp and it was 100. So, here we go again!!
On a lighter note, before round two of sickness, Jamie took the boys to their first LSU game this past Saturday. He didn't bring the good camera, but he snapped a few pics with his Iphone to document the event!!

After a bit of gentle persuading, I hosted a neighborhood costume contest. I didn't want to do it. Didn't think I could. But, I did.
Ms. Fran always had something going on at her house for the kids of the 'hood on Halloween. Back in September she called me from the hospital with the idea for a costume contest, and told me to "get on it". Well, I sorta put it on the back burner when she just didn't get better. Then, well, she died. I really didn't think I could do it. But, two days before Halloween I decided I could and that it needed to be done. So, I made a bunch of phone calls and several trips to Wal-Mart, and it was done.

We ended up with about 20 or more kids for the contest. I told everyone that after the contest, they were invited back at 6:30 to trick or treat as a group.

We couldn't decide on a winner, so I wrote down all the names of the costumes and we drew out of a hat. This pic shows most of the contestents, some didn't feel like taking part in a group photo.
I think everyone had a great time. Including Ms. Fran, whom I am sure was looking down on us and smiling.