Why buy Toys?

She probably has hundreds of dollars worth of toys in her room, but she sits on the kitchen floor playing with 2 cans of tuna and a can of chicken. She was entertained for about 45 minutes.

Go Figure!!! I guess we know what Santa is going to bring this year!

Timberland Jubilee 5K

This morning I jumped my happy bottom up out of bed at 6:15am to head off to my first ever 5K race. My friend Heidi and I loaded up our power breakfast banana, water, nervous jitters, and took off to Homerville GA. The turn out was decent and as a I looked around at all the girls there, I started getting nervous. They all had dressed for the part and looked confident. When race started we took off at a decent pace, of course about 5 guys just took off. We had ran probably about a mile when I noticed the big pack of ladies who looked like they were ready to tear up the pavement getting farther and farther behind us. We were very grateful to see the midpoint and knew we were almost done. My pace started to pick up and Heidi slowed down just a little to catch her breath. As I rounded the last turn I could see the finish line and kicked it into high gear. I hadn't ran so fast since high school track. My legs felt like they may fall off at anytime. I crossed the finish line and was handed a card with my time and place finish of the race. Can you believe it??? I ran that thing in 28.06 and finished 10th overall. There were some guys who finished after me too!!!!!! Heidi came in right after me at 28.33. I finished #2 overall for females and 1st in my age division. I even got a trophy. Heidi finished 1st for her age group too!

Heidi and I with our trophies

Questions for a pilot

Ethan's class happened to be studying transportation and his teacher asked if John could come speak to them about airplanes. So, he got coloring books and peanuts from his last trip, donned his ever so handsome uniform, and headed off to the task at hand. The entire class of 4 year olds were impressed for about oh, let's say 3 minutes. The goodies were a hit of course, and anytime John would ask them if they had any questions for a pilot every hand shot into the air. When each child was called upon to ask their question, they all informed them that they live in Valdosta.

Ethan had a ball and loved showing off his dad, and that's what counts!

He's so handsome!

Hey, did you know I live in Valdosta!
Let me guess, you all live in Valdosta

Early Morning Doctor's Visit

Not too long after I dropped the boys off at school this morning, I made an unexpected trip to the doctor. Abigail was trying to climb onto the couch and lost her balance fall backwards. She turned her her at just the right time to smack her head right on the corner of the coffee table. I can't tell you how many times this child has fallen and hit this thing with nothing but a small bump or bruise. This time I guess all the stars were aligned or something, because BAM! blood started flowing and she started screaming. I was standing right there and immediately scooped her up and applied pressure with a towel. I called my friend down the street because by this time I am really freaking out. It won't stop bleeding and I couldn't see how bad the cut was. It did finally stop gushing so we could assess the damage. It was easy to see something needed to be done, so I called our doctor. Of course, he was in with a patient so I had to talk to the receptionist. I told her of the situation and she informed that Dr. Hogan had a golf tournament to be in at 11:00am and their waiting room was full so he would not be taking anymore walk-ins.

ALRIGHT, STOP THE PRESS!!!!

I had to clean my ears out because I know I didn't hear her just tell me he was going to a golf tournament, therefore Abigail's injury could not be attended to! I put it in terms she could understand that she needed to go tell Dr. Ben who was on the phone and that it was Abigail we were talking about. I mean really do they not know who she is!!! She quickly returned and told me to come right in. So, off we went. We arrived soon after and was taken immediately to the back where Dr. Ben and Nurse Shelly glued her gash back together with dermabond. It wasn't that wide, but it was pretty deep. He gave her a hand full of M&M's and we were on our way. He informed us next time to just call and say we are on our way regardless of what the receptionist says!

As you can see, she is still as gorgeous as ever and in a great mood. Of course, my first question to him was how big of a scar is this going to leave. How vain right? Well, he said he would be tiny if any!! Yippee!

Tooth #2 long gone!

Well tonight while munching a corn on the cob, Mr. Hayden David lost his second tooth! It had been loose as all get out for the last 3 days. He was nibbling very gently when I saw a hole in his gum. I told him his tooth was out and the hunt began. We tore the corn apart trying to find it. Looked all over the floor and in his milk and still couldn't find it. We have come to the conclusion that he must of swallowed it. He started crying because he wanted more money from the tooth fairy and didn't think he would get any without a tooth. So, John and I being the super parents we are talked in our code language at the table and translated to each other to go and get his first tooth he lost that I kept. Secretively I retrieved the tooth, passed it off to John and he hid it in the middle of the corn cob. We made a big production about shucking the corn to look for it, and wouldn't you know it popped right out on to his plate. He was so excited and thought his dad was the BEST! So now we are waiting patiently for the tooth fairy arrive.

Go Jackets!!!!

Our GT Yellow Jackets have finally gotten it together again, knocking off No.13 Clemson. Tashard had another 100+ yards game.

Looking forward to Maryland, anyone know a good recipe for turtle soup?

Mr. Long Winded Instructor Debriefer Guy!

I LOVE this, I can't stop watching it!