Clara's Birthday

We celebrated Clara's 8th birthday this past Sunday. We had a taco bar and pasta salad and fruit. She wanted whoopie pies instead of cake so I baked and baked and baked pumpkin and chocolate ones. She got an mp3 player, digital camera, high school musical dolls and this nail kit and drawing books. She is becoming quite the artist.

hooton kids

Aren't they the cutest kids around?? Now getting them all to look at the camera at the same time was quite a chore. In case you forgot, Clara age 8, Abi age 10, Drew age 2 and Brianna age 4.

Weekend in St. Louis

We thought the weekend would never come and then it was gone.....
Some highlites from the trip:
Got upgrade on car to a PT cruiser with sunroof and satellite radio
Nice hotel with free breakfast bar with everything you can imagine including a staff memeber to make your waffles for you
Dinner by the river with yummy ribs!
Having to stand at the Cubs game (ok that wasn't the best time)
Seeing all the Cubs fans in St. Louis
Standing by the arch and seeing just how big it really is
Getting shuttle rides from the hotel to anywhere
Having a crazy driver going 70 in a 35!
Eating Papa Johns pizza until we felt like bursting
Sitting in the hot tub
The drive there and back just spending time with my husband and quietness (expect for the radio and the Cubs game!)

Brianna's first day of school

The day has finally arrived! Brianna started pre-K this week! She was so excited. She said the best part was the cookies.

Sweeping the Rocks

The kid's newest pasttime is sweeping the rocks. They played a whole Sat. doing this. They made up stories and created subdivisions. Our driveway is full of pathways and Clara actually wakes up and says can I go sweep the rocks? Who needs expensive toys just a broom and some rocks. Enjoy.

Dirty Laundry Burglar

It is my day to vent no cute pics of the kids, no happy stories just plain old let's vent for awhile.
Just today went to get a clean towel from the cupboard and to my surprise there were no clean ones. Wait a minute I just washed towels twice this weekend. Went around to all the dirty clothes hampers (we have 3 in our house) and they were all full to overflowing. What is up with this I just did laundry. So, I decided that a burglar gets into my house at night takes my children's and husband's clothes (because I don't dirty that many), throws them in the dirt and then puts them in the hamper!
OK got that out of my system so hope you all have a nice day.
Tomorrow I will post the cute pics and happy stories