DoRa obviously does NOT work!!!

So I know I just said that I don't have time to blog and while that is true I need to vent........AHHHHHH Anika is driving me crazy with her forgetful nature as of late. She has left both lunch boxes at school since my dora post a total of six times. Not only has she left her lunch boxes at school she LOST her lunch box. Not the back up box but her box. I'm sure you can imagine the anxiety this has caused me since I had to send her with the back up box on a regular basis not sure if I would ever see it again. Well today I was quite proud of her for a moment. I picked her up from school and made her go back inside and dig in the lost and found until she found her lunch box. I was so proud when I saw her come out of the building with her lunch box swinging at her side, right where it should be. Well all that happiness only lasted for a few short moments. I pulled the back up box out of her backpack (now she actually took this to school yesterday but forgot to bring it home...I know what your thinking, surprise surprise!). You can only imagine my frustration when I opened it and found her lunch the same way it was when I packed it. I was a little confused and just stared at it for a moment. I slowly turned to Anika and questioned why her lunch from yesterday was still in there. I asked her if she forgot I packed her a lunch and if she ended up just eating hot lunch. Her reply...I don't remember. Oh the joys of a pre-pubescent girl! Well back to chopping 60 lbs. of chicken.

COMING SOON TO A BLOG NEAR YOU....

OK SO HERE IS THE DEAL. i HAVE BEEN CRAZY BUSY AS OF LATE. mY SISTER HAD A CUTE LITTLE BABY GIRL AND i AM IN THE MIDDLE OF PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON OUR UPCOMING WARD ACTIVITY THIS sATURDAY. wITH THAT BEING SAID i HAVE HAD NO TIME TO BLOG OR CHECK YOUR BLOGS FOR THAT MATTER. I'M A LITTLE LOST NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON IN EVERYONES LIVES, OR DARE i SAY MY NOISY SIDE CAN'T HANDLE NOT KNOWING WHAT IS GOING ON IN EVERYONES LIVES. nEDDLESS TO SAY i AM JUST WRITTING TO LET YOU KNOW i WILL BE CHECKING IN SOON AND WILL HOPEFULLLY GET ON TOP OF ALL THE BLOGS i HAVE STARTED JUST NOT FINISHED. uNTIL THEN MY FRIENDS HAPPY BLOGGING.

p.s. SINCE THIS IS MY BLOG i AM GOING TO PUT IN A PLUG FOR OUR UPCOMING WARD ACTIVITY. fOR SOME STRANGE REASON IF YOU ARE IN MY WARD BUT HAVE NOT HEARD YET WE ARE HAVING A LUAU THIS sATURDAY. nOW IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD YET i MUST QUESTION EXACTLY WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?!? i DON'T MEAN TO TOOT MY OWN HORN BUT IT REALLY SHOULD BE A GOOD TIME. wE WIL BE HAVING DINNER AND A HULA PERFORMANCE BY A GROUP AT unc. tHEN IT'S OFF TO GAMES AND luau lava ice (FANCY NAME FOR SNOW CONES). anYWAY YOU SHOULD BE THERE OR i MAY HAVE TO HUNT YOU DOWN...SEE YOU SATURADY!

Note to self...

So I once again used the bath tub as a play place. I was getting some work done on the computer and thought the kids could have a little fun for awhile. I was was busy busy busy when I heard Lexi say "UM mom can you come here?". Ya ya I'll be there in a minute. A minute goes by and she says with a little more urgency mom you might want to see this. I turn the corner to see this:So I was not to smart and left the bubbles right next to the tub, right within Jackson's reach. The best part was trying to see Jackson's head in the bubbles, look hard I promise he is there!

NOTE to self: DO NOT leave bubbles next to tub!!

LesSon leArned?!?

I think all girls do it. They all go through this stage. I know Lauren did and Cailyn a few years later. It appears to be Anika's turn now and it drives me CrAzY!! They start forgetting things, sometimes small stupid things other times big important things, well important to me at least. Last week Anika left her lunch box at school. Not to worry I have a back-up lunch box for these types of emergencies. Here is the problem, she left that lunch box at school the next day. That night as I was packing her lunch, and cursing her for forgetting not only her lunch box but the back up box as well, I was trying to think of a way I could get through to her. I was also thinking of what to put her lunch in. That is when the glorious idea came. I would use the back-up back-up lunch box....the DoRa lunch box. That's right I was going to put my fourth graders lunch in a dora box. the next morning as the kids were eating their breakfast I pulled out their lunches. You should of seen the confusion on Anika's face as I handed her the Dora box. That's when it hit her, I was going to make her take that thing to school, walk the halls with it and display for all to see. I'm not sure who was more scared, Anika, or Lexi for fear that Anika would now leave her lunch box at school. I pretended to play dumb as she burst into tears and said "I can not believe my own mom is going to make me take that to school." I explained to her I was just trying to make sure she could get her lunch to school and did not know how else to do that since she left both lunch boxes at school. She just gave me the 'I'm not falling for that one mom' look. I asked her what she suggested we do. She came up with the brilliant idea of packing it in one of the paper sacks. Well needless to say after school she came home with not only her lunch box but the back-up box as well, she even went a step further, she came home with the paper bag I had packed her lunch in that morning.
i tried to get a picture of her smiling proudly with her lunch but she clearly was NoT in the mood