Out of the mouths of babes

Sometimes the kids sound so cute when they pronounce words wrong. Here are a few of the things that my kids have said.

Peanut (Although he doesn’t say these things anymore)
Cooba = school bus (He loved to see cooba’s)
Fag = flag (Hey Mommy! Look at that big fag!)
Donimoe’s = Dominoe’s (He just got this one straight about a year ago!)
Chick-a-fil = Chick-fil-a

Little Bit
Crina = Christina (It’s not Tina Baby Girl! It’s CRINA!)
Chokey = chucky (She named one of her baby dolls this)
Carcoons = cartoons
Mack-a-moni = macaroni
Bayball = baseball
Tana Tana = Hannah Montana

Baby Girl
Bobo = bubbles
t.b. = t.v.
Mi hee = Misty (One of her teachers at daycare)
Ankees = Yankees

I know there are more but dad-gum-it, I can’t remember them! I have got to do better at writing things down! So what cute things do your kids pronounce wrong that you would like to share?

Things I am passionate about

Hhmmm Where to start
March of Dimes
Most of you are probably aware that the March of Dimes Foundation is a charity that is dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. Since two of my three children were preemies, I very much believe in this program.

Early Childhood Special Education Intervention
This is a program that provides services to children ages 3 - 5 with disabilities.
Their services are activities designed to enhance the development of the preschool child and provide experiences in one or more of the following areas: talking, seeing, hearing, learning, walking, behavior. A child may be eligible for special services is he/she is experiencing difficulties which interfere with normal development in these areas: speech/language, vision, hearing, motor skills, behavioral/social skills, self help skills, problem solving skills, cognition/readiness skills. These services have helped our family a great deal and it is my goal to make more families aware of this program.

My Family
I love everyone in my family and would not be who I am today without each and every one of them.

And first and foremost God
For He is my source!

Pageants
I love attending, judging and competing in pageants. Little Bit has many titles.
Just to name a few, Morrilton's Best Infant Ms 2006, Little Ms Independence 2006, and below Ms Infant Arkansas 2006

Baby Girl has not been in as many pageants but was Little Ms Spring Splendor 2008 and Rsvl's Our Diamond Infant Ms 2007. Below is a pic of Baby Girl at the Spring Splendor 09 pageant. She returned for crowning and I was there to speak about Early Childhood Spec Ed.

I have competed in two pageants.

Mrs Jingle Bell where I got 1st runner up

(me and my brother Aaron)

And Mrs Arkansas International

Evonna and I at rehearsal

Tina, myself and Julie

Baby J and I before the pageant
I did not make the top 5 at Intl but did receive the People's Choice Award.

American Heart Association
I have been a Go Red for Women supporter for almost a year now and have learned so much. Did you know many women die each year because they don't know heart disease is their No. 1 killer? Share the facts that heart disease is largely preventable and even the small, personal choices women make can help them live, not die.
Intl contestants and American Heart Assoc Luncheon


Locks of Love
Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Little Bit donated her hair!


So these are a few of the things I enjoy. Tell me about your passions!!!

3 post in 1

Last week we attended VBS at a co-worker/friend's church.
This is Little Bit with her new friend Allauna doing crafts.

I LOVE it here! This girl loves her some church! She learned about the the burning bush and the plagues.

Little Bit and Allauna

They put cardboard over the stairs to make a slide and ALL the kids loved it! I even went down a time or two.

I know, that picture is out of focus but it was all I had of the slide!
Even though this wasn't our home church, they all made us feel very welcome. Peanut got to go Tuesday-Friday and even took some of the neighborhood boys! Baby Girl went Monday.....what at a tornado! She saw it as a lot of room to run and giggle and thats exactly what she did. That is until snack time.....she was still for that. She loves her some food! Cathy tried to contain her in a little playroom, but Baby Girl was not liken it! Hopefully next year Baby Girl will be better.

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Last weekend I took Baby Girl and Peanut downtown and took their pictures too! I wanted to get a picture of each of them to frame.
Baby Girl

Peanut

This is why I took each of them separately....if they had all gone together, one of them would have gotten away!


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Last night 7th graders (oh my gosh - just as I typed that I realized my baby is going into 7th grade!) were scheduled to pick up their football gear. Peanut must have tried on every helmet they had to get one that fit! I took this picture of him opening his lock to his football locker. I wanted to get one of him standing by his locker with the door open so you could see his gear inside BUT I was told "MOM I know people here!" so...I put the camera away!

Favorite Kid photos

I missed the favorite kid photo blog hop but here are my favs anyway!
Little Bit

Little Bit - do you see the pageant girl comin out in her!

Baby Girl

Peanut and Little Bit

OK Your right these are not nearly all my favorites, just my favorites that were already saved on my computer!

I love taking pictures!

Today Little Bit was the subject. We went downtown and took a few pictures.
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

I can't decide which one is my favorite. Maybe #4 and #6. What do you think?

Football Camp

Friday morning Peanut went to Twister football camp.

Clap it up!!

Getting player autographs

What cost $50.01 and takes 4 hours??

*Warning: Not for the weak* Any guess'? Friday night, right before we walked out the door to go eat dinner, Baby Girl swallowed a penny. It was not an easy swallow. She choked it down followed by a couple bouts of throwing up. After about 20 minutes I thought she would be ok BUT then she threw up again. So I was afraid it might be stuck in her throat so off to the ER we went. We sat in the waiting room about 3 hours before we got sent back for an xray. By then it had made its way to her stomach. After about another hour to see the doctor we were told that if she gets fever or has lots of pain to bring her back otherwise just "watch for it to pass". YUCK!! If it doesn't pass by Monday she has to go back for another xray to see if the penny may be stuck somewhere! 4 hours in the ER with a $50 deductible and $.01 in her belly....thats what cost $50.01 and takes 4 hours.
*UPDATE*
She passed the penny! Apparently it takes 46 hours. I am thankful that this can now be put to rest. I REALLY did NOT want to have to take her for another xray!