Our trees are dying!!

The other day I picked up MooMoo from school. I asked my normal questions, "How was your day at school, Buddy? Do you have homework??"

He replied, "I have lots of homework!!! Do you know that homework is killing our trees?"

LOL!!! I giggled, and replied, "They are? How so?"

MooMoo replied, "When my teacher gives homework she's giving us a lot of papers. Papers come from trees, which have to be killed. If we don't have the trees, we can't get oxygen. We need the oxygen to breathe. Can you talk to my teacher about the homework, mom?"

LOL...Sure thing babe! I'll get right on it!!!

NO Pain...NO GAIN

This week my daughter turned 10, double digits. For over a year now she has been asking if she too can get her eyebrows waxed. I told her, "You aren't even double digits. I think we should wait until you are at LEAST 10." So as her bday was coming up this week. She gently reminded me of our trip to the nail shop, they do waxing there too.

MooMoo went with us, as his older brothers were at football and unable to watch him. He sat quietly in the chair as his sister and I got our pedicures. When girlfriend was done, the woman asked if she could take her into the room to wax her eyebrows. I agreed. MooMoo JUMPED out of his seat. He said, "MOM...I'm gonna go stand by the door to listen to Airnana (that's how he says her name) scream!!! Ok mom???" The women in the shop were laughing and telling the woman waxing Girlfriend that her brother wanted to go in and watch, so she opened the door and let her in.

I laid my head back imagining how my sweet lil daughter would look when she came out. Then I heard a little voice scream, "OUCH!" MooMoo came running out of the room over to me. He was covering his mouth while belting out a laugh!!! He snickered, "Mom her body jumped up!" I was a little concerned that my daughter was going to come storming out and demand that she was done! Then what would we do with one eyebrow waxed?? MooMoo ran back into the room. Then I heard another scream, "OUCH!!!!" This time MooMoo was REALLY LAUGHING!! I couldn't help but giggle.

Girlfriend came out of the room and crawled up on my lap. She was being brave but I could tell she was still a little stunned from the waxing. She did look so pretty though! Not that she didn't look pretty before, but it was EVEN MORE defined. I asked, "are you ok?"

She replied, "It hurt mommy...but it was SO worth it! Do you like it?"

I smiled, "Yes love...you look BEAUTIFUL".

She has been so excited and telling everyone for her birthday she got her eyebrows waxed, then she adds, "NO PAIN.....NO GAIN". :)

Mother of the Year.....NOT

Every year as school starts for the kids, I have a running joke with my BFF, that I am going to be the "Mom of the Year". My kids are going to get to school on time, they are going to do all their homework, and they will never call me at lunch time to tell me I forgot to bring them a lunch(when I was too lazy to get up in the morning and make them one in the first place).

I was at Michaels the other day perusing the $1 section and found these cute lil love notes that you put in your kids lunches. I picked up a couple packets and threw them in my purse. (I wanted it to be a secret for the kids, as I was working on "Mom of the Year") So...as many things go forgotten at the bottom of my purse, this did too.

This last Monday I was making my daughter's lunch. I saw her come in and I was horrified to see girlfriend putting a love note in her own lunch! I asked her, "Where did you get those?"

She replied, "At the bottom of your purse. I've been putting these in my lunches everyday. I tell the kids its from you!!! Don't worry mom, I bring them home so we can reuse them. That's recycling you know," and she winks at me!

So much for "Mother of the Year"......