My Carline View

As much as I complain about having to go make my daily "rounds" picking up kids, I had an epiphany the other day. While waiting on Patrick to get out of school, I looked around and noticed just how beautiful my surroundings are. How fortunate am I to be able to have this view every day? Granted, I usually have kids fighting, crying, hanging on me or hanging out of the car...but if you can tune that out for just one minute...it's like a ZEN moment. How thankful I should be for my family, my wonderful life, my friends and how awesome it is living on the Coast. The other day someone posted on facebook a quote...something like "a truly happy person can enjoy the view on a traffic detour" and that is so true. So I am gonna slow down and enjoy the view, especially the ones I take for granted every day ............................Yall might need to remind me of this post the next time I am complaining!haha

The gorgeous view at St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis, Ms

The walkway that leads to the schools new pier.
This is the view looking from the front of the school.

So lucky to still have these trees after Katrina.

Blackmail Pictures!

The other day after the Garage Sale, my neighbor Buzz was taking some pictures of Brady. Before he got the camera, Brady was sitting by a tree looking so sweet just gazing into space. It would have been a perfect picture! But when Buzz came out with the camera, in went Brady's finger into his nose. The more I told Brady not to do it, the farther it went up his nose. So when I was showing Brady the pictures I told him I was gonna put them on my facebook...well you'd a thought I'd told him I was gonna cut his hands off! He started crying and screaming "please don't put them on your facebook!" So of course I didn't put them on there, but he didn't say anything about me putting it on my blog!!LOL It has taken me forever to get this posted though, because I keep on having to minimize it whenever one of the kids walk in or they'd roll me under the bus, for sure!!

I was gonna be the nice mommy and respect his wishes, but after the way he acted Friday, I feel vindicated!! First of all, we went to pick Patrick up from school...for those of you that don't know, Patrick goes to an all-boy catholic school. It is ran pretty strict...So we are all waiting on Patrick and I really needed to use the restroom...after 4 kids my bladder is quite weak...so of course all the kids have to go in with me. Poor Patrick, I know we embarrassed him so much, he was like"did you have to bring the whole family in??" They are all running around acting crazy...Brady goes up to one of the coaches and punches him in the leg...I apologized and got on to Brady, then the principle comes in and starts asking Brady questions. The principle picks Brady up and lifts him to the ceiling(the man is very tall)...Brady's eyes get as big as quarters!! Once Brady gets put down he points to the principle and says"you going to jail!" I was like, "good Lord, lets just get outta here before he says something worse!"

And just because I am a glutton for punishment...we then go to the Driver's License Renewal office. We waited over 2 hours, the kids were getting very restless. Brady kept yelling and running around...then the lights start blinking on and off...the woman behind the counter screams"whose turning the lights on and off??!!!" I'll give you one guess of who it was? I wanted to climb under a rock!! But I guess we were good entertainment for all the folks waiting in line...everyone knew Brady's name when they were walking out!!!LOL

I actually think this picture is cute...I will put it in his yearbook when he is a senior!!LOL

E-mail blackmail

Today Brady was digging thru my dresser drawers, pulling out a bunch of pictures. He brought one to show me that was of me in a bikini...it was from about 7 years ago...after Katie but before Brady. I had lost weight back then and was rocking the skimpy swim suit. Then he brought me another one of me in a bikini from last summer...boy what a 4th kid will do to a woman's body! Of course, it could have been all the cheeseburgers, french fries, nachos...but I'm sticking to the 4th kid story! Anyway, I told Brady to give me those pictures so I could put them up. He asked me "why, mommy?" "why you not wanna show nobody?" I told him because I would be embarrassed and he said to me with a little devious smile"I'm gonna email them!" WTH? My four year old is gonna blackmail me? How would he even know to say that? Much less know how to email anything, let alone pictures? And no, I am not going to scan those pics to post...yes I will publically humiliate myself by posting my nasty garage all over the Internet but that is as far as I will go!LOL Needless to say, those pics are way up in my closet now!:-)