Fish Tacos

Thatcher's request for his birthday supper was fish tacos with apple pie for desert.   We start with a flour tortilla, then a sour cream sauce with green chiles in it, then grilled fish, then cheese, then mango salsa, regular fresh salsa, and cole slaw.  They are delish.  

The pictures are kinda crummy, but here are the party guests and the food.

Harrison did eat them too!  He is just a fast eater and was done before the others.

 The girls both LOVED them, and of course ate all their guacamole dip too......i'm sure their teachers were groaning at their garlic breath the next day!  Iley asks everyday to have her hair in pig tails....."cause it won't stay out of my face!"

 This is a totally rotten look on Mr. T!!

 Inspired? Crazy? Creative? Weird?  a little of each?...........with a little help form their brother Mr. Mess......they came up with this lovely idea.

Surprisingly......no one got dumped!

 Sunday I let them wear the dresses from Thatcher and Kyndahl's wedding, to church.  They are almost to small for them, and I figured it would be the last time they wore them.  They had so much fun......there is nothing quite so satisfying as a dress that twirls!  They spent the day spinning around and around.  An added bonus for Iley................"Moooooom  I'm done!".......Wipe your self, says Mom.........I can't says Iley.......My hands are full!  She was trying to keep all her skirt tails out of the toilet!

 It was crazy windy, but that didn't stop them.

 Be afraid little dog.........be very afraid!

Today, the naked dolls got a ride........they only tipped once....that I saw.

 I had to make some scotcheroos for a  Pizza Party for Sherman's football team........Wren (who goes with anyone going) had left with Troy and the boys to run some friends home, and Miss Homebody stayed with mom. She promptly pulled her stool up where I was mixing, and asked every 2 minutes if she could lick the spatula yet.  When she finally got it, she licked it so clean, I could have put it back in the drawer with no one the wiser!!  She is a little sugar fiend!

Sherman was filling us in tonight on all the things that he likes about school.....the things he doesn't.....the teachers he likes........the ones he thinks are strange, or dress weird, or normal,  the funny thing is, he was dead on.......I was laughing so hard....... He's one of those kids that you would never suspect of having  this much insight!........Gwen.....oh how I wished for you!!!!.  If they only knew what this quiet mild mannered kid was thinking!!  I said "Sherman, you didn't say that to them did you?!"  He says "Mom, I'm not that stupid!  I don't want to get sent to the principals office!  That would just be awkward!  Well I guess that's one way to look at it.   He says he "just does not see why you have to have reading!  I mean, who cares about text structuring, it's not like I'm going to be reading along and think to my self "now THERE'S the main idea right there"  or "huh the text structure of this sentence is such and such"  Seriously, if you want to study that stuff in college, fine, but if they really wanted to teach us something, we should have spelling everyday!  I seriously stink at spelling!"  When he was all done, and I'd dried my eyes, I asked him...."I really want to know now what you REALLY think of ME!"  "Go ahead.....don't spare me!"  He says " you are totally awesome mom"  I told him "thanks, but it's really just that you are the same kind of weird as me so you don't know if I'm normal ;)" ha ha!!  I LOVE this kid!

Happy Birthday Thatcher

 Happy 22nd Birthday!!!  We LOVE YOU!

He came into the world looking worried. He had reason ya know.  I wish I could post the picture of Ash holding Thatcher, grinning angelically, while Thatcher had his little hands all clenched with a look of fear!    His 2 yr old brother  about loved him to death some days.  When Thatch was 2 weeks old,  I had laid him on the floor in the living room to run do something, and when I came back Ash was sitting, straddling him like he was riding a horse!  I have a picture of Ash pushing him in the baby swing....Thatch was about 2 months old maybe.....Ash is grinning delightedly, and Thatcher has a pain like grimace on his face :)  I wish I had a scanner because I have some of the cutest pictures of them both.  He finally out grew his big brother, and is not in the least worried about him now :)

 

           He was Always my child that said "I'm going to mawwy you mommy"   He was and still is my most affectionate one.  He was never afraid to give us a bear hug.....even at school in the middle of his friends.  I used to drag him antique shopping with me, and he'd charm all the old ladies in the shops with his big eyes and grin....and 20 questions.   He was.......and still is sometimes..........the one that stirred the pot.  No one was allowed to get very comfortable.  No chance of anyone sticking to the sides with this guy around.  He is charming and sweet, and could strike up a conversation with a fence post if the fence post had some information he needed or thought was interesting!  He has definitely added some spice to our lives.  He has a big heart, and is a sweetie.  We Love you so much Thatcher!!!!  We are blessed to be your Parents, and are so thankful that God chose our family to place you in.

I'm Chinese

The yearly groan from Mom........what to dress them up as for their Halloween party at school.  Last year, I really don't remember what they did :(  Maybe the same thing.??  Anyway, this year they were "Chinese"......oh wait......that's not really dressing up is it!  I heard from Iley's teacher that she bounded into the room and announced to everyone that "I'm Chinese!"  They thought it was hilarious.

Reading while Mom fixes breakfast.  Iley was also waiting on me to sew some of the fasteners back on her shirt.

 This is what their hair looked like before school...........

And this is the sorry state it was in after 2 recess's and a party!

 

.........and the favorite party favor from their school party..........this!!

Only Iley got them........but Wren wasn't a bit shy about sharing spit!

Baby Bump progress.......23 weeks :)  Baby D. is due late February.

Which one is actually pregnant here?

Cuties

Cookie Crew

Dalton and Sherman volunteered to bring cookies for their class Halloween party.  I'm guessing it was mostly Sherman's idea.  I KNOW it was his idea to make Iced, cut out, sugar cookies.......in MY kitchen....sigh......But if I say no, I'm a horrible mean mom.  It wasn't as bad as I feared, although I did give in and let the girls play games on the ipad to keep them out from underfoot.  The boys are so cute together.  I think Sherman is the tallest boy, and Dalton is the smallest.  Sherman was talking pretty much the whole time and Dalton would just chortle.  He talked now and then, but mostly he just laughed at Sherm.

 They made enough cookies for their class, then with the dough that was still left, wanted to make a giant cookie.......This is as giant as our pans would allow.

These were some I snapped of the kids before school this morning.