The Wrath of a 4 Year old!

I never knew how much damage a 4 year old could cause in just one night! Allie and Tripp (my two oldest children) were a handful but nothing compared to Mac! I swear I can clean the boys' room completely and by the time we all get up in the morning it is a disaster area! Daddy, Allie, Tripp and I all go to bed and Mac starts his wrath! How can such a small child do so much damage!?!? He can literally pull every toy and piece of clothing that they own out in a matter of hours. So, today I have decided that I am going to take a picture of their clean room before we go to bed and then I will take another picture in the morning when we all get up! That way I can have proof to show people and to show Mac when I curse him to have a son just like him! Yes, i know that is the wrong attitude but my mama did it to me so turn around is fair play!

Maybe Tomorrow...................

Well, I thought I would get up and get a lot done but that's not quite the way things went! Just another example of how chaotic and unpredictable life can be when you have children! Even after Tripp woke up and stayed up in the middle of the night he still got up and got ready for us to leave for school on time. I got him dropped off with no issues and then I came home to find Allie ready for school except for her hair which she wanted me to fix. I thought it was gonna be a great day! Not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Allie finally headed out at 8:30 and even though the bus was already at the stop she walked very slowly toward the bus. And, after waiting for a minute the bus pulled off without Allie. And, when I confronted her she just shrugged like it was no big deal. Once she came in the house we had a huge blow up and she ended up staying home. She has been so emotional lately and after the fight we had there was no way I could make her go to school. So, she went back to bed and I curled up with Mac and went back to sleep myself. Once we all got up I had a massive headache and the medicine I took made me sick to my stomach. What a great day! Maybe tomorrow will be a little better! I certainly hope so!

So, here it is 10:41pm and 2 of my kids are tucked in sound asleep! Back to school tomorrow after their two week vacation! Tripp is excited to go back so that he can show his friends his new Bakugans and,even though she won't admit it, Allie is excited for everyone to see her new hair cut! Mac and I are happy cause we have some major cuddle time to catch up on tomorrow! Mac is still awake watching cartons in the living room and I am in my room watching "Father of the Bride"! Yes, I have seen this movie more than a hundred times but I still love it and I still cry every time I watch it! I know we've got quite a while before we have to worry about Allie getting married but I swear I don't know how I will ever make it through that day! She doesn't even have a boyfriend yet but I can already picture her wedding day in my mind! I'm sure no matter who she marries they will never be good enough! ;-] I'm loving this blogging thing! I can type about anything I want and it doesn't matter if anyone reads it or not!

New Year's Resolutions!

First of all, I want to say that I do not believe in resolutions! I have tried to make and keep them in the years past but I never seem to follow through and that is just depressing. So, I quit making them. With that being said, I do plan to make some changes for 2011 but they are changes not resolutions! As always, I want to lose weight but this year it is also a need. My health is suffering from the extra weight I have packed on and I want to be around a lot longer than my mama was so I have to make some changes. I'm not sure how I will do it, but I will. I am also going to get myself and my family back into church! I was raised in church and my I want my children to say the same thing. My personal relationship with God is the only thing that gets me through a lot of the things I have faced in my life and I want to make sure that my children have that relationship to see them through life. I am also going to start working as hard as I can to get my daddy's house, in Oakboro, ready for us to move into! I will have my children in a permanent location by the time school starts next year. Allie starts high school, Tripp starts 3rd grade and Mac starts school period so now is the time to do it! And, the fact that I can have the house that I grew up in with no worries of rent or mortgage payments is incentive enough!

It's the 2nd day of the New year and I am no further with figuring out the whole blogging thing but I'm gonna type anyway. I've heard that you can make money by doing this and if you can then this is the job for me. I could type about random crap all day long! Now if I could just figure out how to make money at it! Anyway....................it's atypical Sunday around the Collins house hold. Allie is reading a book on her Pandigital, Mac is still snoozing, John is on the couch watching football, Tripp is watching football while waiting on a friend to come over to play and I am bored! I am currently listening to my husband argue with Tripp and Allie about why their pocket knives were taken away. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my daddy for giving the kids pocket knives for Christmas, it's a gift that keeps on giving! Ofcourse, I wouldn't trade the memories of my kids and my daddy thinking they are getting away with something when he let them pick out their knives for anything. I adore watching my kids with their Grandpa! I wish I could have had the chance to watch my mama with all 3 of the kids. As much as she loved Allie I know that she would have adored the boys! As much as she spoiled my brothers she would have really ruined my boys! I'm just praying that we get moved back to Oakboro in time for the kids to have several years being close to Grandpa! Now to just get John motivated to get started on cleaning up the house. That may take some work. Maybe after wrestling season.

New Year! New Adventures!

Here it is the first day of 2011 and I am attempting to do this blog thing! As much as I enjoy writing I figured why not start a blog! I have no idea how to do this so my first few posts may seem a little strange but as soon as I get the hang of things I'm sure it will get better! So................here we go..........................