Girl Scout Skating Party Reminder :)

Girl's in Troop #3029 Come join us at our Girl Scout Christmas Party!!!

Thursday Dec 4, 2008 6-8pm

@ the West Monroe Skating Rink.

***Don't forget to bring a $10 gift for the gift game.***

My girl's can't wait. Ashley was super dissapointed b/c she has cheer practice from 6:30-8:00 and can't come skating. I promised her I would take her another time. If your girl can't skate don't woory. At the last skating party the girls who could grabbed the ones who couldn't and helped them learn to skate. It wasn't long before they were skating up a storm. I'm even thinking of bringing Jarrett for a little while. He can leave with my hubby when they go get Ash from cheer practice. Please don't laugh at the my attemp picture below. I tried to make the following from Bakerella's blog:
This is how mine turned out after spending about 4 hours in the kitchen working on them. My hubby said they look like McDonald Fry Guys with 2 M&M's on them so I put 2 M&M's on his and Jarrett's.

I think I'll just stick to cake ball pop like below. That would eliminate at least 4 steps and would be alot easier. I might try the cupcake pops again but not right now. I was too frustrated.

Hopefully the girls enjoy them though. I made them for the Girl Scout Christmas Party. I also am bringing the prizes from the Brownie Bingo. Yeah!!!!! Hopefully our winter patches will be in the mail by then. If not I'll mail them. Everyone loves to get mail. :) I know they won't mind.

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Jarrett's 2nd B-Day party.

When you are in my family you get a kid birthdya party, a my family birthday party, and a hubby's family birthday party. All at separate times b/c my family lives out of town. These pictures are from the party with my hubby's family. You'll see below where Jarrett requested a General Lee Cake. He hardly ate on bite. He said he didn't like it. He probably took after me and doesn't like chocolate. I used to cry if my birthday cake ended up being chocolate as a child.



The cake didn't come with the cars on it. I turned my back for a second to clean up somewhere and Jarrett decided to decorate the cake himself. He did a good job I think.



I also had trouble keeping his little fingers out of the icing around the bottom. Yeah he sampled it many many times. I could tell b/c it turned his mouth black.



Here he is messing with the cake again.



Here he is blowing his candles out. He had a blast helping me decorate the house too. He told me exactly where to put the balloons. I let him help b/c it was his birthday and he likes to feel like he can do something big like us.

Here are the girls. Both by a flook (spp?) chance ended up home so they got to celebrate with Jarrett again.

Here's Aunt Lisa & Uncle Al. Kyle as AWOL b/c he went to watch the Ouachita ballgame.

Here is Uncle Tim & Future Aunt Colette. Unknown wedding date. I just found out myself. Natalie (Collete's daughter) is also Awol. I'm not sure where she was. Probably her Dad's.

I know. I know. It took a huge fight for me to get rid of the potty chair. I am working on the highchair. The next garage sale it will be gone!!!!!!! The kid just spent the night away from home Thanksgiving night. He is 4 yrs old. (Daddy's a little bit attached)

All in all it was a great night. We enjoyed chili and cake and Jarrett enjoyed his toys. Yes it has frozen over. PawPaw got Jarrett a Dale Earnhart Jr. car. Maybe that gave the people down there a little bit of relief from the fire for a second. HaHA

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I just read the comments. Sorry.

I don't know why, but I always forget about checking to see if I have any comments. Lexi I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. If you still want to talk you can email me at bnicole19951@aol.com. I check it daily. I swear. My grounding systems came from a court ordered child psychologist. We were having major issues with my middle child during my divorce and the court ordered it so her Dad would have to attend as well to help fix the problems. Brooke had a rough couple of years, but once we started that system it has gotten better. He said for us to punish for the day daily. Like if she gets a conduct mark then take away her privileges for that day only. Ex. If she gets a mark she doesn't get to watch TV in her room or the living room, she doesn't get dessert, and she has to go to bed at bedtime with no TV. She knows if she's good the next day she will get everything back the next day. If she has a really bad week and I can't get a handle on it then she has a grounded weekend. I have had to do that rarely. If it is really bad offense then she gets a spanking along with the grounding. Ex. If she hits or does something hurtful to someone else. I tried behavioral charts, but she'll go put a check by things she hasn't done and I had trouble judging her behavior. If anyone else has any other ideas. Let me know. I am always open for suggestions.

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Mother-Daughter Campout Fri Nov 21st, 2008

These were our younguns..... They posed so well for the group picture in the freezing cold so we let them make a silly picture. We had 11 girls & 8 Mom's attend. We camped out at Camp Wawbansee in Arcadia in a cabin with a fireplace, cots, a small kitchen, & 3 bathrooms. It was greatttttt!!!!! We didn't have to walk in the cold to go to the bathroom. Yeahhhhh!!!!! That is a major plus with this camp. We'll definitley camp there again. I really recommend it!!!!

Here's there sweet posed picture. Awwwwww.....

We had 4 big girls attend and you'll see them rarely in the pictures. They didn't think my picture taking was fun. Here is my daughter and her best friend Kaitlyn. (yeah they are used to my picture taking so you'll see them in my pictures.) Look how warm they look. We dressed in thermals, layers, several pairs of socks, hats, & gloves. I can say I was warm the whole time.

We roasted hotdogs, chili, hot cocoa, & smores. Here is Brooke cooking her own supper.

Here's Sara's oldest daughter.

They had a blast. I think if you asked them again they'd go camping again. Ashley even said it was the best mother-daughter campout she has attended. This is our 4th.

There's Mrs. Dana & her daughter Sarah. (Dana when you were jumping off your dad's car at Walmart Ashley about had a panic attack thinking I was going to leave you stuck there. I didn't notice you, but she wouldn't let me leave you. You made an impact on my girls. Thanks.)

Here's my Ashley. She doesn't like hot dogs, but she is being a great sport and eating them anyway. She really is a doll.

Here's Ms. Niki & her daughter Paige. They are our newest troop members and they are awesome. Can't wait to have lots of fun girl scout times with them!!!!

Here's Sarah laughing at the older girls Ashley & Kaitlyn leading them in campfire songs by the fireplace.

They had a great time and learned alot of great campfire songs. They really got into it. I enjoyed watching them. They were so cute.

Next we hiked to the kitchen across camp and made Milk & Honey soap. They liked it so much I am going to do it with my troop and Ashley's troop. It was super easy. It would also make great gifts. I'll have to post finish product pictures later.

We all slept in the room with the fireplace. We pulled the mattresses off the cots and all bunkered down with our massive amounts of blankets. I was warm all night, but my big hearted older daughter had given her extra blankets to the 2 older girls who slept in the other room with out heat. Yeha she froze all night. I told her next time she could have gotten in the sleeping bag with me and she wouldn't have been cold. I could have turned our sleeping bags into one big bed and we could have shared. She'll do that next time.

Yeah I know this was a mother daughter thing, but both of my daughters wanted to sleep by there friends. Thats ok I see them alot and they don't hardly see there friends as much. Especially to camp with. They had fun and thats all that mattered.

Here is the next day. You'll see Mrs. Kim (Kaitlyn's mom), Ashley, & Jenny. (jenny lead all of the hiking we did. Thanks Jenny!!!!!)Oh Yeah. You ask why this picture is so important to me?????? Well I was talking with a mother and I over hear Brooke tell one of the girls to just leave there Breakfast plates there b/c her mother (me) waould clean them up. Yeah. You know I had to correct that. I advised her that it would be best if she did it herself. That..... of course.... I was not everyone's maid... HaHa. So looky here. Brooke & her friend cleaned there own plates. Maybe we should have girl scouts everyday so Brooke will clean up after herself. Hmmmmmmmmmm.

Here's our breakfast crew. Our AWESOME breakfast crew. Thanks a bunch Sarah & Mrs. Pam!!!!!!!!! You know I can't cook for that many.
All in all we had a blast. I would do it again in a heart beat. I really appreciated the help from all of the Mom's that attended. We had a great group of girls and moms. Thank you all for coming and having fun. If there is anything you want to do differently or that we didn't get to do let me know and we'll do it next time.

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I am Mortified!!!!!

First let me start off by saying No Ashley does not smoke and she never will due to my family history. I lost my grandfather to lung cancer (he smoked) and my aunt to lung cancer (2nd hand smoke) so Ashley knows the dangers of smoking. She even tells me when her friends smoke. I just advise her to tell them the dangers of smoking and to not hate them for it just to not encourage it. She said that the friend who was smoking has since quit. Yeahhhhhh!!!!!! I won't name who due to confidentiality laws between mother and daughter. But I am mortified b/c I sent the following candy to there schools not knowing they look like tiny cigarettes and that is what the kids thought of it too. Here is a picture of Ashley mocking me saying she's gonna smoke b/c I bought this candy. She's just joking. We come from a joking family.

So now you are prewarned about what I'll think of ya if you buy these next Halloween. HaHa. Sorry this post is so much later than Halloween. We have been extremely busy. Brooke has Strep and hubby is at the doctor with her right now. Quarinitine here we come. You are quarantined when you are sick at my house. It helps keep everyone else from getting sick. It works. The only 2 that had the stomach bug when Jarrett had it was me and him. No I didn't make him stay in his room I made the girls stay in theres. They are ok with that. They don't want to be sick. I wait on them also so that doesn't hurt either. Well I better go head to meet hubby at the doctor. Mommy's are the best doctors when there child is sick!!!!! Aren't we?!?!

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Cheer Competition in New Orleans 11-9-08

Ash and her friends!!!!
Ashley, My-Ocean, & Amber swimming at our hotel.

You can see Ashley in the back. She catches the little girls really well. I saw her at this competition catch her flier upside down when the other girls couldn't . Ashley would never let someone fall. She takes her job very seriously.

Being silly. This helps them with their facials during the performance.

The whole Powerhouse Junior All-Star Squad 2008-2009

Ash & Amber

I really appreciate Amber's mom for giving me these awesome pictures!!!!! Tks!!!!!

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