My Daughter I tell ya!

I love her so dearly but she is my "mis-understood" one. She gives hubby and I sooo much grief. Often times we just shake our heads...
Here are a couple of examples...
A few weeks ago she came into our room at 3:30 am, flipped on the light, and at the top of her voice screams Cock-A-Doodle-Doo. As my husband and I both scramble to our feet, she just grins really big and closes the door. I was so furious ! First off I am one of those horrible moms that just doesn't like to be awoken. Never have, but I have adjusted once I had children.
Then a few nights later I wake up to this horrible banging noise... Hubby was already awake (from the noise) and had gone to investigate. He said as he opened her bedroom door she had her drum cymbol in one hand and her drumstick in the other. Since it was 2:30 in the morning he confiscated her entire drum set and told her to get to sleep.

I honestly thought that since she started Kindergarten she would do better with sleeping... Nope, she still doesn't sleep.

In her school they are doing a reward system where each child has a monkey on the board and if you do positive things your monkey gets moved up.

Apparently she has been talking in school. Not really getting into to much trouble but just talkative. Anyhow, she came home on Friday and I ask her how she was doing with her monkey and she replied "MY MONKEY HASN'T MOVED". It was all I could do not to laugh. Then on Monday she comes home and again I ask her about her monkey and she tells me "She had to take that monkey clean off the vine and put it on the teacher's desk"....
Again talking.
I honestly thought it would be her temper that would get her into trouble but apparently she doesn't have one at school, just with her brothers, father, and I :)!

Let's hope her monkey moves up tomorrow!


Sam

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All Grown Up

Ya know they grow up soooo fast! My youngest will be going to Kindergarten soon and I am honestly not looking forward to it.... I am just not ready for it... It's just too fast! I don't think I struggled quite as much with my son because I was honestly looking forward to the time I would have with her..

Although I have always called her my "patience tester" I am still really going to miss her!

Speaking of testing my patience I awoke to her playing her drums about 2am this morning lol...

Anyhow just thought I would share a few photos of her along the way! This first photo is one of my favorites! It is actaully an embroidery hoop she put on her head lol!

She gives her brother that infamous look :)!

This was one of my dad's favorites!

To where she is today :)!

Congrats big girl!!

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Goldfish

Have you ever played goldfish? Well I have recently taught my 2 youngest how to play. Yesterday they begged me to play! I was in the middle of an order I was working on and had a few minutes while the wax melted so I decided to play :)!

I love my daughter dearly but to be quite honest she is a cheater when it comes to Goldfish... She is my ornery one for sure. In the middle of the game we're going around, it was my son's turn... He said Summer do you have any 4's, nope she replied, go fishing. Now it was her turn.... "Mom do you have any 4's". It was all I could do not to laugh, not only did she have a 4 but she had ask me for it instead of Gavin.. Wait a minute I said, Gavin JUST ask you for 4's and you told him to go fishing. Oh mom I must have just fished for it she replied. I didn't have a 4. I just now fished for it. :)

So I am trying to explain to her that is impossible because she hadn't "fished" for anything as she put it and she needed to give him the 4 and it was still his turn.
So I look at Gavin and said "ok the card you just fished, you must put back"... But mom I want that card too ... I didn't cheat he said, she did.... Well she did not like being called a cheat at all..

Fast forward a bit and it's Gavin's turn again, Summer do you have any Queens... "Go fishing".. Now it's her turn Gavin do you have any Queens... I said Summer he just ask you for those and don't tell me you "fished" it.

No mom she replied I just get really tired of everyone taking my cards so I just tell you to fish when I feel like it...


This card game lasted for what seemed like forever... My wax became melted and I went to dip the Cinnabuns and Crows, chuckling the whole time about the card game!

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