Our Cheerleader

Today was Avery's first day cheering for the NP Squires. She was also chosen to be captain for this game. A very exciting day for a girlie!!!!


CJ was at work, and Kylie and Madi were both at parties, so it was just Chris, Kamryn, and I cheering on our favorite cheerleader.

I love having a candy dish in our house. Let me rephrase that, I love having a full candy dish in the house. I like to keep holiday colored M&M's in it. But with 5 kids, I am constantly refilling it. Last year, I filled it with candy corn in the Fall instead of M&M's thinking my kids wouldn't eat it. WRONG! So, I went back to M&M's. Every once in awhile, I will try a different candy that I think no one will like, so my dish will actually stay filled. NOPE. Well, a few weeks ago I tried another candy that I thought for sure my kids wouldn't like that much, so my candy dish would not empty out every 14 hours. Spiced Dots. My kids grumbled, but my dish looked so pretty sitting on the table, full. One day, Kamyrn was so 'needing' a piece of candy, she tried a red one. She then informed everyone that the spiced dots really weren't that bad. They ended up eating most of them. I replenished the dish with more spiced dots. The good news is, they do seem to last longer than the M&M's. Don't feel to sorry for my children, I will soon fill it with Autumn colored M&M's......when Autumn arrives.

The Birthday Chain

For the past few days Kamryn has been asking anyone in the house who will listen, "How many days till my birthday?" After the 15th time today she asked me, I decided to make a birthday chain with her. We always make them at Christmas time, and the big kids used to make them for their birthdays too. She is so excited, I had to make an extra link for her to rip off as soon as we were done!