Doodleberry Scrumptious

Nice title huh!! This is what Ethan named his latest "dish". The kid cracks me up! He and Peyton were having a cookoff this afternoon and this was his creation. I was the judge. Unlike most kids, when Ethan gets on the computer, he doesn't go straight to games. About a month ago, he was on the computer and I heard a familiar voice coming from the speakers. It was Paula Deen!! He was watching videos of her cooking on foodnetwork.com. How he got there in the first place, I don't know. But every day, he gets on and watches different cooking shows. But I know Paula's his favorite, he said he wants to cook with her. So Paula, if you're reading this, wink wink!

Here are the ingredients (according to Ethan)

Tomatoes

Apples

Hot dog

Hot dog bun

French Fries

1 egg

Lettuce

2 sausages

Pasta

Garlic

Strawberries

Grapes

Smooshed Up Dead Bees

Yes you read that right. He said it so nonchalantly too, like it was a very common thing. He had me in stitches.

Here's a close-up of the smooshed up dead bees!

As the saying goes, Kids say the darndest things!

Merry Day after Christmas

I tried all day yesterday to post a video from Christmas Eve. It won't upload. I'm going to have to edit it and then try to upload it again. So instead of a video, I'll post some pictures from our Christmas. I'll post the pictures of the presents that the kids picked out for me and Peyton later on. Today we haven't even gotten out of our pajamas. Just taking it easy and playing with new toys and games.

Merry Christmas Eve

Here's a little snippet of our Christmas Eve. We let the kids get the cookies and milk for Santa and this year started a new tradition of leaving something out for his reindeer too. You'll want to scroll down to the bottom of the page and turn off the music first.


Enjoy and Merry Christmas!



I started this post yesterday, but it wasn't uploading because it was too big, so I had to reformat the video.

Giant Grizzly Bear

"Maybe it's a giant grizzly bear scratching his back on our house."

This is how my day started out. Around 7:40 the house started shaking, so hard that after it settled the strings on the blinds were swinging. Riley came running into my room and asked what happened. I told her I thought it was an earthquake but didn't really think it was, and she came up with the above quote. The child has some serious imagination. I think she's watched Jungle Book one too many times. Turns out, it was a 3.6 magnitude earthquake. I didn't know we had earthquakes in South Carolina, but apparently it was on the same fault line of one that hit in 1886 at 7.3 that killed over 100 people. Now I have to check into earthquake insurance. It's crazy all the policies we need to carry to live here, we already have flood, because we need coverage IF a hurricane hits, and now we need earthquake, IF a bad earthquake hits. No wonder the insurance companies make so much money, they feed off of the what-if's in life. We even got On Star for my car for IF we have an accident and I can't get to my cell phone and of course car insurance for IF we get in a wreck, and then the additional coverage for IF the other driver doesn't have insurance. I really don't want to do the math on how much we're spending on the what-if's in life. I might pass out.

Caroline's Birthday Videos

Here are 2 videos that I forgot I shot on Caroline's Birthday. I know that her birthday was in October, but you can hear how well she's starting to talk now, so I had to post them.

All Dolled Up

Here's me and Sheena all dressed up and ready to go! This was taken at The Brown's before we headed to the Champagne Palace for Sheena and Lonnie's wedding. Aren't we pretty! I loved Sheena's dress. A little non-traditional with the red detailing, but it was very stunning and looked great with our black dresses. I love this color scheme. I loved our dresses too, you can't go wrong with black, in fact this was the 3rd wedding I was in where the bridesmaids wore black dresses, but I think this one has to be my favorite dress!! Congrats Sheena and Lonnie and many happy years of wedded bliss ;)

Stampin' Up! Retired List

Stampin' Up! has just released the retired list for the current Fall-Winter Idea Book and Catalog. The retired stamp sets are 10% off until December 23 and there's FREE SHIPPING on orders of $70 or more. If you're interested head over to my other blog, http://www.stampwithbethany.blogspot.com/ for more details.

Dinner Conversation

I don't usually post twice in the same day, but tonight I'll make an exception. We're sitting at the table having dinner (spaghetti) and Peyton is looking at a magazine, I think it's called Game Informer. Ethan gets finished eating and goes over by Peyton to look at the magazine with him. The conversation begins.

Ethan: what's that game
Peyton: it's for the Wii
Me: Do you want Santa to bring it to you for Christmas?
Ethan: No
Me: Ok then, what game is it?
Peyton: Mini Golf
Me: I want Santa to bring that to me for Christmas

Ethan: I like that game (pointing to a shoot-em up army type game)
Peyton: You like those games, do you want to be a soldier when you grow up?
Ethan: NOOOOO (saying it silly)
Peyton: Good
Me: Daddy used to be a soldier
Ethan: No he didn't
Me: Yes he did, I have pictures of Daddy holding you in his uniform
Ethan: Daddy was a unicorn?!?!

Me & Spencer

Isn't he just the cutest. Here I am with little Spencer (Lindsey's son) at my cousin Sheena's wedding in New Orleans in October. She just uploaded these pics to her myspace and I stole this one to post here. He's such a drool bucket, you pass off the cloth diaper when you pass off the baby. I think I look pretty nice here too! He's a really good dancer too, he didn't care that I led.

We second-lined together. I honestly don't know if I spelled that right, but it's where the bride carries an umbrella/parisol and everyone follows the couple around waving a handkerchief, or as at Sheena's wedding, a cloth diaper. Hey, you gotta work with what you have. For those of you who still have no idea what I'm trying to describe, it's kinda like follow the leader or the conga, only without touching.

Happy Birthday!

So, yesterday was Peyton's birthday. I didn't have a chance to post anything yesterday, we had a fun-filled day. Peyton and the kids got up and he fed them and played with them and let me sleep until 10:30, on his birthday! We got the kids dressed and headed out for the day. First was lunch, Peyton picked Logan's. Then off to the movies, Madagascar 2. The older kids loved it, Caroline had more fun walking up and down the aisle, hanging on the chairs in front of us, and spilling skittles all over the floor. She wanted to sit in a chair all by herself, so I put her in it and she got stuck when it folded on her. She was YELLING, "I tuck, I tuck" It was pretty funny. She figured out how to get it to fold back down and then it became a baby ab lounge, fold, open, fold, open. I think she worked out her abs pretty good. After the movie, Peyton and Ethan were heading to get their hair cut and the girls and I headed to Target, for the 3rd time since Thanksgiving. I always manage to forget a major item and then we have to keep going back, the time before this was diapers and wipes. Kinda important stuff. So the line at Sport Clips was way long, so Ethan and Peyton joined us at Target where we picked out slippers for us and stuff for the dog, and still managed not to forget what we went for. Thank goodness!! We came home, unloaded the truck and then settled in to watch America's Funniest Videos, or as the kids call it, "the funny show". They look forward to that show every week. We put the kids to bed and then settled in our bed to watch the Sunday night lineup. (BTW, I hate how 60 minutes keeps running into the Amazing Race and then all the shows are 30 minutes behind. UGH!) Amazing Race, Cold Case and Peyton's favorite show The Unit! Pretty packed day, but really fun!
Happy 34th Birthday Baby!! I love you!