For those of you that think you are the only one dealing with unruly kids, here is a little something to make you feel better. It seems that we are not the only moms that have to put up with temper tantrums and bad attitudes. This picture was taken several days ago on one of our colder mornings. The orangutan moms were trying to keep the kids close to them to keep them warmer, but as you can see, Hadiah was not too keen on the idea!! She is three years old now, and once she hit the terrible two's, she has been nothing but trouble. Poor Josie! She has more patience with her than I ever could. So the next time you are dealing with one of your little "monsters", remember, you are not alone!

Playing Catch-up

Nubbin...1/2 Bulldog, 1/2 Bat!

Ok, I have now been reprimanded by one of my best friends for not updating my blog more often. I have meant to do it a hundred times since the last update, and always decide I will do it "tomorrow". I feel like I should post new photos with each new update, but I have also been informed that is not necessary. The girls and I spent this past weekend in Melbourne at Tracy's house. Saturday (Feb. 14th) was Amelia's 6th birthday, so we had a little party there for her. We always have a big party with lots of family and friends here, but I just was not up to that this year. So we downscaled the festivities, and I think Amelia was just as happy with this party as with any of her previous parties. Her only complaint is that she wants to have a swimming party, but I have tried to explain to her that since her birthday is in the middle of February, not too many people would be very excited about that! However, that did not stop her and her sister and cousins from going swimming while we were at Tracy's. They were all little popsicles after about 5 minutes, but by golly, they were swimming. Rachel was the only one to realize it was not a really fantastic idea. Amelia's lips were a very pretty shade of purple, almost exactly matching the purple stripe on her bathing suit! Needless to say, it was a little easier to coax them out of the pool and into a warm bath that day than it ever is in the summertime.
If you read tracy's blog as well, you know that Allison now has a little, (and I do mean LITTLE), hamster. It is very cute, and Hannah fell in love with it. I am such a mean mommy because I have not let her get one! Nevermind all the pets we already have, life will not be complete until I have a hamster of my own.....I mean, until Hannah has a hamster that I can feed and change.....
Amelia is now riding her bike without the training wheels and is very proud of herself, and rightly so. She had me take a couple of photos of her on her bike today so I will attach those to this post. And if you want to see pictures of her birthday party, you can view Tracy's blog. She was too fast for me and posted them before I did!!