My Kids

So, I think I'll start with my kids.

Teah is my oldest, she is 14 going on 35. She and I must have drawn straws up in heaven to see who would be the mom and who would be the daughter. I won but she forgot that she made the deal to let me be the mom! She and I can be like oil and water at times. She is my best babysitter and my best laugher. She has got one of those laughs that make you laugh even when you want to be mad! I also love to listen to her sing. I wish she would stop growing. My goal was to be taller than my mom, I did that, I'm 5'4'' and my mom is 5' 2'' well Teah is 5'8''- not even cool!! She will be in the 9th grade this year. I guess that makes her a freshman - great! What's in store for me now!!!!


My Cortney - what can I say about her - well she is my vegetarian but loves bologna. She is my "Blondie" and sometimes she fits the blond stories, but she is also my straight "A" honor roll child. She is going to be my smallest girl, which is fine with me. They don't all have to be bigger than me!! She is by far my cleanest child, in fact we joke that if you leave it out and turn your back on it she'll put it away. Where she puts it - well that's the joke! We can't find it! She is also my fashion princess - she always has to match - shoes and earrings and belts. I think if she could live on chocolate she would. Her life is over if she can't have some kind of junk at least once a day. She also is in love almost every other day with some boy she saw or watched on T.V. I think when she finally starts to talk to them I might have to worry, but right now it is all from a distance - that's pretty safe, right?!!


My Rhegan - she was my baby girl for 9 yrs. before I got crazy and decided to have another. She is by far my most affectionate child. She worries me - I think she is going to have an ulcer before she finishes jr. high. Her emotions run very deep. She has to be one of the most playful kids I've met in a long time. I think she is going to be like her gramma and never grow up! She has got the best hair in the world it's the ringlet curls that boing like a spring when pulled. I'll never forget the day I saw her dance - I mean dance - like I never even knew she could! The moves she had! What can I say? She gets it from me! RIGHT?!! She also has a wonderful voice, in fact all three of them should make me a CD about how much they love me! Rhegan is so kind to everyone and makes all feel loved when they are around her.


Palmer - aka Spiderman! He loves his spiderman - in fact he will answer to Peter Parker. It all started with Papa walking him all over the walls singing the spiderman song. For the longest time after that he would run to the walls and try as hard as he could to climb them. He soon gave up on the walls and started to do what looked like an army crawl to us mere humans but really he was "Climbing!" I love having a boy because he loves me the most!! His sisters don't like me at times, but he still does! My goal was to not have him grow-up but he begged me and begged me to let him - so I've decided that he can grow just a little bit but that's it! We'll see how long that lasts! He loves his sisters and tells me all the time that he has good sisters and never lets me leave them in the store and run away. He makes sure they are coming too. Good thing they have him because teens and me - well that is still something to be decided - who is going to live and who is moving out!


My kids are great we have been through a lot the last couple of years, but we are still together. I can honestly say that even though kids can drive you crazy (like when your daughter wants to show what a good driver she is and takes the van through the garage door) I wouldn't trade these kids in for any others!!