Dear Joneses waste not, want not.

funny title huh? This is something that i have truely been struggling with... Keeping up with the joneses... now that we are adults and my kids are a little older i feel a sense of materialistic need. My boys NEED name brand clothes, we NEED a new car, we NEED this that and the other. Sounds very shallow of me doesnt it? But truely... if you think about your life how often do you go a period of time without buying anything other than the obvious food, gas, or immediate needs? I struggle with this because i always get a sense of 'we will be better if we have these THINGS.'for example my nieghbor has decorated for halloween. she always does a better job than i do, but for some reason i get a sense that i need to do as much as she does.but i remind myself.... Ame- they dont have kids... she has an amazing money making job. they are both college grads. This is something that Mike and i are still working towards. I will be working toward for a long while since im mom. so i need to just put it into perspective!
There are several principals that we all learn but sometimes dont always practice.



So here is my pre new years resolution.... waste not, want not!

little daredevils

so lately the boys have been trying to be a little more daring to say the least. Parker wanted to show me a trick he learned. He was standing on his 3 foot slide and did a full front flip off the back off the slide. Scared the crap out of me!! but he loved it!
Then later that same day we had gone to the park. One of Parkers favorite things to do is climb up the slide (hes only allowed to do this when we are the only ones there) and in true Jackson style he managed to do just what Parker was doing... my little 12 month old baby climbed UP a 7 foot slide!! thank goodness mike was at the top waiting for him!!

Growing August

things are really clicking with Jack these days! His curiousity has grown immensly! He loves turning off lights, closing the garage door, helping to dress and undress himself, getting into the tub all by himself, and even.......(drum roll please...)... taking out his own diapers!!! We keep our used diaper pail in the garage because lets face it, wether its #1 or #2 it stinks if its just sitting in a pail! so Jack has been tickled to make the walk to the diaper pail himself. One can only hope he will always be this excited to take out the trash!

Then theres my little rockstar! Parker is also making leaps and bounds in the past couple of weeks.. He catching a lot more of what I and well... the radio say. So it looks like i wont be listening to "booty, shorty, in the club, my drank" music anymore as mike likes to call it... He is also beginning to tell me no and he also squeezed out an "i will do whatever i want" statement the otherday. Of which landed him in timeout. but i consider myself lucky because he doesnt really cause much trouble. Hes such a good kid! He starts a pre-school program for 3 year olds in about a week called Kings Kids through First Baptist Church of Owasso. Hes so excited! we will go to his open house tomorrow night and see his classroom and meet his teachers.