I HAVE SOME CRAZY KIDS!!

WELL THE WEATHER HERE HAS BEEN FRIGHTFULLY COLD, THEY EVEN CANCELED SCHOOL BECAUSE OF IT, MY KIDS WERE THRILLED THAT THEY GOT TO SLEEP IN, BUT NOT SO THRILLED BECAUSE IT WAS MOM'S CLEANING DAY AND SO THEY GOT TO HELP!!! OH WELL, IT WENT BY FAST AND WE GOT ALOT DONE SO THAT THEY COULD DO WHATEVER IN THE AFTERNOON. CHEVY WAS HELPING ME IN THE BATHROOM, WHEN HE MADE A SMALL CONFESSION, HE SAID, "MOM, YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE THE CHRISTMAS STORY?" I JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID OH BROTHER, DON'T EVEN TELL ME. HE THEN PRECEDED TO LET ME KNOW THAT HIS TONGUE HAS A BIG SORE ON IT, BECUASE YES HE TRIED TO STICK IT TO A METAL POLE. I JUST LAUGHED AT HIM AND SAID, I GUESS YOU WON'T BE WANTED DINNER TONIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS SPICY!! HE GROANED AND SAID, BUT I AM STARVING. BOYS!!! THEN MY LITTLE TODDLER, THINKS HE NEEDS TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT WE SAY, SO THE OTHER DAY WHEN I ACCIDENTALY POKED MY FINGER WITH A NEEDLE AND SAID THE BIG "S," WORD, HE THINKS HE NEEDS TO SAY IT AND OF COURSE HIS OLDER BROTHER EGGS HIM ON, SO IT HAS BECOME WAY OUT OF CONTROL, BUT I HAD A LITTLE TALK WITH THE SIBLINGS AND WE NOW ARE TRYING TO GET CASH TO SAY MORE LOVELY WORDS!! I TALKED TO CONTESSA YESTERDAY AFTER CHURCH, WHICH WAS ABOUT 12:45, AND THE LITTLE LAZY BONES WAS STILL IN BED, I TOLD HER IT'S NO WONDER THEY ARE BORED, ALL THEY DO IS SLEEP! THEY ARE DOING GOOD, OTHER THEN THEY ARE BORED, I TOLD HER WHAT A GOOD CHANCE TO GET YOUR HOUSE THOURGHLY CLEANED AND GET STUFF DONE, SHE JUST GROANED AND SAID, OKAY MOTHER!! WE JUST HAVE TO SIT BACK AND LAUGH, BECAUSE BEING MARRIED IS NOT ALL IT IS CRACKED UP TO BE, MEANING, YOU HAVE NO MONEY!!!! CHEROKEE IS GEARING UP FOR THE BIG VALENTINE'S DANCE, HER WONDERFUL MOM CAME UP WITH A CUTE IDEA TO ASK HER DATE. WE SENT HIM ON A VALENTINE MISSION FROM THE CHURCH. WE GOT A OLD BOOK OF MORMON AND SENT HIM ON A SCRIPTURE HUNT TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON, CHEROKEE TYPED UP A LETTER FROM THE CHURCH CALLING HIM ON A MISSION AND WE BOUGHT HIM A MISSIONARY NAME TAG. SHE THEN DELIVERED ON THE PORCH AND RAN OFF. FOR THEIR DATE, THEY GOT T-SHIRTS AND THEY HAVE TO DRAW A SELF-PORTRAIT OF THEIR DATE ON THEM, THEY ARE HAVING DINNER AT OUR HOUSE, PLAYING GAMES AND FROSTING HEART COOKIES. THEY HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AROUND HERE, BECAUSE THEIR IS NOT MUCH TO DO!! ANYWAY, I THINK MY KIDS ARE CRAZY, BUT I LOVE THEM AND WOULDN'T TRADE THEM FOR THE WORLD. MARTY AND ME HAVE BEEN ANXIOUSLY ENGAGED IN GETTING THE BASEMENT DONE, THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THIS HOUSE, WELL LET JUST SAY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND IT IS DRIVING MARTY BONKERS, SO WE HAVE HAD TO FIX EVERY LITTLE THING. SO TO SAY THE LEAST IT IS TAKING LONGER THEN WE EXPECTED JUST TO GET THE SHEET ROCK UP. I DO LOVE THAT ABOUT MARTY THOUGH, HE IS A PERFECTIONIST WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING THINGS, NOW IF I COULD ONLY GET HIM TO CLEAN UP HIS GARAGE A LITTLE. WE HAVE HAD FUN DOING THE BASEMENT THOUGH, WE GET TO TALK LOTS AND LAUGH. FRIDAY NIGHT HE TOLD ME HE WOULD TAKE ME OUT ON A DATE, WELL WE ENDED UP AT HOME DEPOT FOR AWHILE, AND I WAS TO TIRED TO GO TO THE LATE SHOW, SO I HAD TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME ABOUT GOING ON A ROMANTIC DATE. OH WELL, HIS EYES LIGHT UP WHEN HE GOES INTO THOSE STORES AND THAT IS WORTH IT TO ME. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET SOME STITCHERIES DONE, I AM WORKING ON EASTER ONES, IT HAS BEEN NICE HAVING MY CRAFT ROOM DONE. WELL FOR NOW, HAVE A GREAT DAY AND AS MARTY ALWAYS TELLS OUR KIDS, "CHOOSE THE RIGHT!" LOVE, C