Kelton's first cereal

12/5/08
Kelton finally got to taste "real" food-if you want to call cereal that. At first he wasn't too sure of it but mom added some apple juice and it tasted pretty good. Towards the end he began making faces. He continues to eat cereal and does ok. We just like to help mom eat by sticking our fingers in our mouths. So, by the end of the meal we are really really messy and usually bumbo and all get a bath. Korbin was a messy eater and finally got better so we are crossing our fingers.

I said he was getting better except on spaghetti days!! He loves to eat and isn't picky so I can't complain.

Giddy-Up Cowboys

Karson got a western outfit from Kyle and Lindsey for his birthday. We finally opened it and they have been dressing up and riding horses through the house lately. Korbin already had acquired a liking to cowboy hats before the birthday but this just added to the fun.

Help!! I'm all locked up--Just like mommy wants me!!

How come mommy has to be the horse- what happened to daddy???

Mom of many talents

December 15-
I learned that I was a mom of many talents today. Brent gets roped into helping his dad strip and plant every year. That is about as much farming as he does and tries to stay on the horses the rest of the time. They started striping the cotton Thanksgiving and have been going strong ever since. It means late nights, few horses ridden, grouchy men!! Plus mom and boys are ready to have dad back also. Brent thought they were on the last stages when his dad and granddad left the farm to head to the farm in Martin Co to combine the maize while they had someone contracted out to help them. This just left Brent and the hand. Not much would get done. Brent was pretty frustrated and called to see if I had any suggestions. He asked about Dad, me, anything. I told him no to clean house and do laundry instead. However, about lunch I began to feel bad and called back to volunteer- I HAVE NEVER DRIVEN A STRIPPER BEFORE!! It was going to be an experience and I was pretty nervous. Plus, what do you do with three boys. Brent got me on the stripper, left older two boys in car to watch a movie, and Kelton in our laps. He showed me how to run it and it was pretty simple. I finally got the hang of it and he turned me lose. Kelton rode in the seat behind me and Grammy rescued the other two boys. We ran all afternoon and into the night. It wasn't too bad until dark and you had to get out to unstop the pickers. It was COLD!! Luckily, Gene showed up and I had students coming for tutoring so I got to quit early. I just hope I didn't ruin the crop too much. I guess if not, I won't be asked to do it again next year. At least I didn't break anything. Lots of friends have given their suggestions on how to run over or break the tractors so they are not asked to help again!! It was fun and now I can run an Army Tank!!

12/15

Put some color in mom's life

12/9/08-
I took Karson to buy gifts for his brothers and Daddy. Halfway through Wal-Mart, Brent calls to tell me to call him when I get to our corner and he will leave. This means leaving Korbin and Kelton home alone. I can not figure out what he is talking about and begin to worry why he wants to leave our children alone. Finally, he explains that he doesn't want to be around when it all blows up. Seems that Korbin found the markers and decorated our house. He colored on the recliner, swing, couch, Bumbo, bar stools, card table, and rug. Where was dad?? Sitting at the kitchen table on the computer. So much for babysitting!! Luckily, they were dry erase markers and came up easily. Karson tried it about this age with black permanent markers on my white closet door. Magic Eraser cleaner works wonders!!!!

Lego Men

Karson and Korbin have really gotten into building with Legos since I moved the table out of the way for the Christmas tree. Karson tries to make the tower as tall as possible and puts a helicopter on the top. It doesn't always last very long since it is made of single legos. Korbin does his own and tries to help but usually just ends up knocking it down. When Karson gets one built, he exclaims "look, mom, a helicoter. I did it WOW!" It's pretty cute!!

Check out his eyes- just thinking about how tall can I really make this.