Thankful!

We are so thankful for my Brother's Mother in law, Kathy. She is the one that Hayden spends alot of his time with everyday while we are at work. She has a daycare in her house and Hayden has been going to her house since he was just over 1. Nate and I have really lucked out with this babysitting issue that has had me worried and stressed many times. Really though, I don't know why I should have stressed because I would have just have had to quit my job. There isn't even a question about it. Anyway, I just wanted Kathy to know how lucky we are to have Hayden be with her everyday. And a bonus package is that he gets to be with Landen everyday too! Another bonus is that Kathy and Bompa John (my Brothers Father in law) treats Hayden as if he were their own grandchild. I couldn't ask for anything better for Hayden. Kathy doesn't have alot of kids and sometimes it's just Hayden and Landen. He gets alot of attention (lord knows he has to be center of that) but she also does fun things with them. It's like a preschool. They do fun projects and make things. He has learned so much by being with Kathy and the best part of it all we don't need to worry about him at all. In the year and half that he has been going there I have only received one phone call from Kathy during the day to let me know that Hayden wasn't feeling well. Hayden has been sick before plenty of times but she just knows how to handle it and that makes me feel good knowing that my son is in good hands. Hopefully she is still babysitting when and if we have another baby!

Thanks Kathy!

TTA-School Days

Wow, it has been a while since I have participated in Tuesday Tell All. Now that summer is coming to an end I might have a little bit more time on my hands. Or maybe not since it is now Wednesday and I am just barley doing Tuesday Tell All.

This weeks topic is to share a school memory from your childhood. I chose to write about my favorite teacher who was Mrs. Belliston. She taught my 2nd grade class at Lake Ridge Elementary. Wow, that was like 20 years ago!! Crazy! Anyway, I just remember how fun Mrs. Belliston made school. Maybe because I was the teachers pet. I was a nerd!! Her class room seemed to be organized and class was well structured. I love that! My favorite thing that she used to let us do is every Friday we got to change our desks around so everyone got a chance to sit in the front row. At that age it was cool to sit in the front!



Mrs. Belliston lived in our neighborhood and she had a son that was my age, Randy. We weren't friends but I thought that it must have been way cool to have had a Mom as cool as Mrs. B teach at your school. I believe now, that Mrs. B has passed away. Even now, I think it would be fun to teach and if I ever was to I would for sure teach 2nd grade. I sure hope there is another Mrs. B out there for Hayden to remember!



One more favorite memory that I have was my best friend Melissa. I met her the very first day of kindergarten. Melissa was sitting all by her self doing a puzzle wearing a red dress with her dark hair in braids with red ribbon. I was and still kind of am a shy girl so my Mom took me over to her and sat me down and introduced us to each other. From then on we were best friends all the way through elementary. We then got split up and had to go to different Jr Highs and once we got back into the same high school we were two totally different people. I just remember even though she was my best friend how jealous I was of her. She was and still is such a beautiful girl. I remember how I felt when the boys wanted to chase her at recess and not me. Aww to be young again and only have those little worries!



Funny how my best memories are of Elementary. I pretty much hated Jr High and High School I liked but it was much more of a bother to me to even go. I was working at CCU as a sophomore and on work release and that's just what I preferred to do. Dumb Girl!! If I had only known, I would have changed that! Oh well, I am enjoying now getting back in touch with some of the girls I went to school with and getting excited to get to know them all again along with their families.

Hookin' Em Up!

As I have mentioned previously, Hayden loves to hook things up together like trucks and trailers. One of his favorite things to do is to help Bompa hook the four wheeler trailer or the boat to the truck. One day while hanging out at my parents Hayden got his police car out and was trying to hook it up to both the trailer and the boat. It was the cutest thing ever. When I went to ask him what he was doing he wanted me to motion him while he was backing up his car just like we do for Bompa. It is so funny that he catches on to this stuff. I swear he is just a smarty pants! Anyway, just thought I would share!




Oh, just one more thing I have to share. Our neighbor has some trees out front that have red leaves and Hayden picked one and said "look Mommy it's a chocolate leaf". What a crack up he is!