Holy (fill in the blank) !!!!

This is a interactive blog as in you get to decide which word you would use after you see this bad boy hanging in your back door. Your innocently taking your garbage out and you look up , at night of course, and see this monster!! So many words to choose from. I wasn't the one taking out the garbage. Oh no it was Jason. Who does not enjoy spiders. That is putting it lightly! Let's just say I had to rock him to sleep that night. But I had to laugh at him and Hannah. It was on the other side of the glass so it had a photo shoot, a video shoot and they did research on the Internet for awhile to find out what we were dealing with. But after procrastinating as long as he could we still had garbage to take out and he wanted it really really dead so they wouldn't meet again later. I think at one point he was calling around to see who rented out flame throwers. I have no clue how he ended up doing it. I had long moved on to the couch to watch TV. Just watching Jas periodically pace in front of me with a sketch pad with what looked like a blueprint from a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

No worries it is dead......or so we think!

keep going see what I got for my Birthday!!!

Brenda Lou Hoo!!!

Who is the prettiest girl in all of Alabama!?!?!

RAY!!!!

No wait! My Miss Brenda Lou Hoo!! Of course.

Look what I got for my birthday! I must send out love to where love is due and yes Ray added some birthday donations to my present. Thank You Ray!! But I know who the master mind really is and that is my friend Brenda. I have known Brenda for 9 years friends for over 7. We were stationed in Utah and Alabama at the same time. And for that many years it has driven her CRAZY that I bought my People magazine every week. It was not cost affective in her noggin. Which she is right it wasn't but it was apart of my routine. Work with me out there!! The joy of pushing my cart up to the Commissary/Target/Wal-Mart/BX line, wherever my shopping adventure maybe, and seeing that fresh new People magazine there amongst the other glossy silliness. Such happiness! She never understood. But now thanks to her I get to experience a different kind of joy. Opening up my mailbox and seeing a sparkly new magazine in with those icky bills. I have to admit it is pretty rockin'!!! So as I throw my bills in the garbage I now have something to read!! ;)

Thank You to Brenda and Ray!!

p.s. Jason says these pictures come off looking a bit staged. Doesn't everyone check their mail with their husband behind them with a camera? Or am I weird? Don't answer that!! And of course as we walk out there 'to check our mail' our very young neighbors were coming out at the same time and got to see me acting like a nutter. heehee They are more scared then ever of being in their 30's!!!

a trip through time

well for about 4 weeks. Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks that I had every intention of blogging but didn't.

So here coming up is one of Miss Josie B. There is a humorous story that goes with this picture. Granted it was probably funnier for me but I still want to share. All I wanted to do is take a quick pic of her at the computer. It was a very rainy day and I wanted to show how we spend days stuck in the house. So here I am trying to get you all a picture of Josie that was so beautiful it might of moved you all to tears and this is what I get.......




After numerous tries I gave up. Here is where I giggle. When I said I was done she noticed in one hand I was holding a candy bar. Chocolate Rules!! So she is literally following me around the house now saying 'Hey Mom if I smile really nice for you can I have some chocolate? Hey look Mom I can smile really nice now!!' Not jokingly she was dead serious. We are talking about chocolate and she is slowly but surely making her way into womanhood. Almost all women make sacrifices when it comes to chocolate. And this kid was willing to sacrifice her dignity and give her Mom a nice picture with a nice smile for one small bite of chocolate. I was so impressed with her bravery that I gave her a piece without turning the camera back on. But I won't lie I made her beg for just a bit ;)

Next!

Look at Cameron!!! I let him climb up on his stool and make a sandwich with a Boca Burger (yum!) I guess he takes pride in his work cause he actually started eating it. We were so shocked I was afraid to move him so I let him eat where he was :) Silly I am sure. My favorite part about his picture is he may be sitting on a kitchen counter in his diaper but it doesn't mean he has to be tacky about it! He looks so prim and proper with his legs crossed!



The next night I tried Mac&Cheese. I might as well just admit defeat when it comes to noodles because it is always 'no!'. Here it is the look on his face. 'What in the world are you people putting on my plate?'

Sentimental moment. When Jason was gone those 8 months and Cameron would spend hours on the floor drawing. I always dreamed about these two drawing together. This picture below was exactly in my head. The girls just don't enjoy it as much. But Jason's mini-man has is artistic ability as well as his toes. I might take a picture of that later ;)

p.s. for those of you wondering, and you know you are, yes Cameron does have clothes!! But it is stinking hot here and if you don't have to get dressed then why? Jas would be in his underwear too if he could. I was told I am no longer allowed :P

High School Musical 2!!!!

I , Kara Ann Davis, am a super dooper Mom. Oh yeah I can confidently say that. I freaking rock!! Hannah loves High School Musical. Zach Efron is the cat's meow by the way!!! So here we go the 2nd one is coming out!!! It came to me a week before the movie but I put together a party for her. Since Josie doesn't read my blog I will be honest with you all it was mainly for Hannah and her friends. But Miss Josie B had a friend over, too. 8 girls in my living room to watch a movie. I know what you are thinking but even crickets thought it was quiet in this house. They were so entranced!! We had pizza, popcorn and punch! Some girls left right after the movie and some spent the night. It went so smooth and the girls had so much fun. I am really glad I was able to put it together for them!!

This is Cameron's latest creation. I love these little people he draws. This one he even named after himself. Kinda looks like him. Being that it's not wearing any pants ;)

I am so serious when he drew this the TV wasn't even on!! But does this mean he watches to many movies?

And this is what is in my kitchen right now. Cameron was painting one day and made all these on his own. No one was helping him. We think he was making a dictionary!! Most of you have already seen these. They crack me up almost everyday.

I, of course, have a lot more to share but I am using you guys as an excuse to ignore my chores. Time to vacuum and get some laundry done. You know so Cameron can get dressed ;)

2007-2008 School Year

ah the beginning of the school year!!! I know most of us think of new school supplies and new classes with new teachers and possibly a new school brimming with the possibilities of new friends.....do you hear the violin music?

This is what excites me!! For a few nights and yes I mean a FEW nights. They shower without being told. Brush their teeth without being told. Go to bed without being told. And even wake up without being told. The excitement of school motivates them more then me nagging. But it won't last long. I promise you by the end of next week I will have to throw cold water on Josie in the hopes she might possibly roll over in bed. Good lord knows what I will have to do to actually wake her. You see waking up Josie is literally like waking the dead. And yes she does look that scary first thing the morning. Brushes were invented cause of hair like Josie's ;) For those of you who do not know think of a bear in a cave. You poke the bear to wake it ( only cause you HAVE to ) and then you RUN!!! She bites ;) And right now the kid has to be awake at 6 AM! I don't think Josie had ever seen a clock that said 6 AM before. She popped right out of bed these 1st two mornings. And then there is Miss Hannah. She is the kid who thinks of ten more things to say after she is supposed to be in bed!! Just when you think it is over at 11 PM she wanders back in the living room 'oh yeah Mom I need.......'

Why in the world am I starting off my blog with stuff my kids haven't done? yet ;)

Here is a picture of the girls in front of their school the day I registered Josie. I will try to keep this explanation simple but because the school in our area is failing the "No Child Left Behind Act' allows them go to a passing school. They even provide the transportation. So their school is 20 miles away. It is worth it though. But you really really hate the mornings they walk in and say they missed the bus ;) So 'James Island Middle School' is where Hannah and Josie go to school.




Let's see new backpack?
check!


new shoes?
check!!




new glasses?
check!!
Josie is good to go!!!




new backpack?
check!!




one of her many new pair of shoes?
check

new hairdo?

check!!
Hannah is good to go!!

ah look at them. SO happy!!! Oh yeah I will do this again in about 2 weeks and Josie might throw my camera. Not kidding you think bear!!!

Now Cameron just straight up got gypped!! Gypped I tell ya. Same backpack from last year. Same shoes. Shorts from Taylor. Not even a new shirt!! But! I did pick this shirt out with Uncle Jeff and Aunt Erin in mind. Representing Chi-Town on our first day of school baby!!!

He wouldn't look at me in the house. Hah!! Caught ya :P

Cameron did awesome back at school. He knew where he was he was so excited to see his teacher!! He came home so happy!!! He has been struggling really bad these past couple of weeks so it is refreshing to have him motivated again. Today his teacher said he did even better. Only 2 days so far and he ROCKS!! Come on Cameron let's find our words this year :)

And poor Josie. Goes to school so very very excited gets there and she is told they lost her paperwork and she isn't even enrolled. She called me from the office twice. All I had was my copies. So anyway I run all the way out there to be told they found it and she was in class. After mentally kicking everyone who works in the office in the ankle I get back to my van and rock out to my Beatles CD. But by the time I get back to Cameron's school I am late picking him up and he is in the office with his teacher. So much for my first peaceful morning with the kids in school :) Everything this morning was peaceful though. So that means all 3 of my kids were in school. Such an odd place to be.

Cereal Domination!

I just thought this series of pictures was to cute. So of course I had to share!! Here is poor Cameron. Deciding if the mess that comes with eating cereal is worth it's crunchy goodness!!! It's that milk darn it!!!! It moves off the spoon and down his chin. Why oh why does it have to do that!?! Of course as I have mentioned in the past Cameron scrapes food off with his teeth so there is no lip action that can confirm the milk making it into the mouth and not on the chin where it has a bad habit of ending up! And then of course us seasoned cereal eaters know what can happen if you don't have the spoon at the just right angle. Oh yeah. Milk can spill down your hand and arm. That is completely unacceptable to this little man. As I have tried to tell Cameron practice makes perfect. No one has ever picked up a cereal spoon and partaken in a whole bowl of Kix-like goodness without getting some milk on them their first go! But Cameron heard none of that. He likes things to be perfect. So as my words came out he just sat there having a stare down contest with the bowl. I think he came pretty close to winning!!!





See he looked away first!!! OK he is either yawning cause it is the morning and he may of woken up a smidge early or he is offcially bored with this whole cereal drama and would like his cereal bar please!!!



I am just letting everyone know now that yes it has been long enough that this poor bowl of Kix lost it's kick a long time ago. They are probably quite squishy. But we press on!! At this point I realized he hasn't even touched the spoon. Since we already have trust issues with these darn spoons that don't garauntee his cleanliness I realized I had given him a different spoon he had never seen before. Back to the silverware drawer!!!!

"Oh glorious spoon!! I ask thee to grant me a clean and mess free bowl of cereal!!!" (Cameron's prayer to the Cereal god- a long lost Greek god most people have forgotten about. )



maybe maybe.......

Oh the stress that comes with a bowl of cereal. I sense my son is getting ready to crack.

OR!!! He is officially sick of the camera that is being stuck in his face............I choose to ignore that possibility :P

Oh look at him!!! If anything I think this belongs on the next Kix Ad!!!

Ok so Cam doesn't quite talk yet but at the point he said 'Mother if you do not put that camera away you will be wearing this bowl of cereal!' Such anger!!! So I sat the camera at the end of the table and when I saw he was finally going to eat I just pushed the button. He didn't eat much but he did get a couple of nibbles in. I have yet to get him to eat more. Once again another 'duh' moment! We are out of Kix. And we all know how sequence oriented my son is. So today Mommy shall get him more Kix!!!