scrapes, pies, and prizes

i took some pictures of our little rocky balboa with her scraped up face and hand.

she is super goofy. she didn't quite get the concept of holding her hand so i could see her boo-boo hand and her face, so i did the best i could.

and her neck scrape.

she also got her knee.

poor, abused child.

i am happy to report that for the last week we have had a kid free bed. hooray! our little queen bed was getting pretty crowded with frankie coming in every night and addie starting to come in too. then i feed delaney in bed, so it was getting to be a sleepless fiasco. we talked to the girls about how important it was for them to stay in their beds so we could all get a good night sleep. and it worked!

 

oh, there was also a little bribe... i gave them a treat every morning and told them that after 3 days they could go pick a small prize at target. well three days turned into a week (i kept meaning to take them but things kept coming up!) and my dollar spot prize turned a little bigger.

 

addie is such a big helper girl. there were a couple of nights that at bedtime we could hear her telling frankie "no frankie, don't leave! remember we have to stay in our beds so we can get a toy!"

and frankie listened!

 

 i hope this solution will last but i know things could turn at any time...

addie with her bedtime prize.

we started walking through the toys and frankie found a fairy that she wanted. then she saw a dr. kit and it was over. i pushed her around the whole store with her singing doc mcstuffins - "you'll feel better, so much better!" and "it will only tickle a little, time for your check-up, time for your check-up!" she's a little songbird, that one.

 

addie, on the other hand, was wheeling and dealing. i told them $10 limit (cause $1 quickly turns into $10 when i shop...) and addie wanted to get her moneys worth. she'd go up to the big combo sets and say "is this $10?" and "is this too much?" go big or go home, addie says.

as we were leaving i told frankie she was dr. frankie and addie said "i'm ice cream scooper, addie!"

aim high, sweet one, aim high. ;)

and i love christian's "what are you doing?" face.

and i love that we were all hanging out in the family room.

(it was after school and franks was still napping)

now if i could only find a toy that would help delaney to sleep all night we'd be golden.

 

see, lex was there too.

cheer practice is now 6-8 which i hate, hate, hate.

driving to school twice = lame.

girlfriend needs to get on it and get her license next month!

addie's been wathcing tv like this lately.

little weirdo cutie.

then last night we went to the marsh's annual pre-thanksgiving pie eating bash.

so fun to get together with all of our friends. :)

 

in other news:

*matt came home from work early because a pipe burst. yahtzee! i love free days off! he spent some time organizing, playing with delaney while we shopped for prizes, and gathering navy stuff.

*one of the children has had some painful and disappointing experiences lately. i just wish i could shield my kids and make everything better. it's been kind of a bummer, but we'll survive. i have faith in Heavenly Father's plan.

*i couldn't sleep last night so i got up at 3 and dang! i got so much done! i wish i needed that little sleep every night, but alas, 9pm rolled around and i was super pooped.

*i think we are ready for thanksgiving and i know we are ready to sleep in for a few days. fun, fun, fun!