Craziness and more craziness

It has been a while since I have been on to blog. Sometimes (most times) it seems like I don't have a lot of time to say what is going on or what I want to say. Last Saturday Kylee had her very first gymnastics performance. I am not sure why the boys did not participate, but they didn't. We had to be to the mall by 7:00...yes A.M.!!!! Yuck!!!! So, I not only had to be there at 7:00 but I had to get 4 kids ready and there as well. I tried to take pictures, but my battery ran out, so I only got a couple. I will post those. We were there for 3 1/2 hours before we left. It was still going strong, but Kylee had done all of her performances and I had to get home. She did so great! It was so much fun to watch her. On the down times she and Parker were jumping off of the springboard and flipping over the mat. It was a lot of fun. I also had my very first open house for Scentsy that morning. I have started selling these wickless candles. Anyway, this was my first attempt at it. I have asked several friends if they will host a party for me...many said 'yes', no one has committed to a date! lol So, I decided to throw my own. I invited a bunch of people from the complex and I thought that no one would show up.....fortunately I was mistaken. I have some very good friends around here who did show up and ended up buying some things! Yeah!!! I was so glad, it kind of helped me to relieve my worry about it. :) Now, I just need to get people to let me come in their homes!

Parker doing flips off of the springboard. Next to the uneven parallel bars and the high bar this is his favorite!

Kylee doing a flip!

Here she is before her performance. Sorry, but I can't figure out how to turn the picture!

This is Parker and Kylee warming up. sorry it is so dark!

This is the only picture I have of her with the group before my battery died!

Kearney before the show!

Ireland getting in some well needed rest!

The kids and I went to church on Sunday (poor James had to work) and as we were leaving a lady in my ward said 'I thought that there could not be a car that was dirtier than mine, but yours certainly is!'....HELLO! Okay, she was right, but still.....do you have to point it out? I have not cleaned is since we came back from Utah. :) It was sooooo hot when we left church. The kids kept complaining about it and asking when we were going back to Salt Lake. I want to know the same thing!

Now, here is one of the funniest things. First of all, I have to preface this story letting you all know how much Kearney LOVES dancing. Kylee was in ballet this last year and Kearney loved to watch her practise. At Kylee's one and only performance (it last 2 1/2 hours!!!!) Kearney was enthralled! She did not stop watching the dancers except to bust out some dance moves herself. This summer she loved watching 'So you think you can dance?' and would watch the whole thing and dance along with them. So, we decided that we had to put her in to dance class. We put Ireland in with her as well. We got the ballet slippers ($30 a pop....although we already had a pair left over from Kylee), dance leotard, etc. We went in on Monday for the first class. Before the class started they were twirling and dancing on their toes, you know, having a great time. Miss Nicole (their teacher) comes out and takes them in. The class is 45 minutes long. 25 minutes into it Nicole brings them back out and I say 'Is the class over?' She said 'their done' and I said 'What?'. Yep, they were tired of dancing! Come to find out that Kearney wouldn't even do what they wanted her to do! She did not want to stand in one place and just hold on to the bar, so she twirled around the room dancing her own dance and then kept repeating 'I want my mommy'. Needless to say, we unenrolled them and will try something else next year! I said to Kearney 'I am not taking you back' and she said 'Good, I don't want to leave home anyway!' hahaha..... She is leaving home though. On Friday we are starting pre-school with a bunch of women in the two wards. We are taking turns teaching and helping...3 week off at a time! Yeah! 6 hours to myself...although most of that will be in Parker and Kylee's classrooms!

Okay, the girls started their school on Friday...not sure how it is going to work. Most of the moms think that 2 hours is too long for the kids to have a structured learning atmosphere! Hello!!! They are going to kindergarten next year and it is going to be much more than 2 hours once a week! So, I was talking to Jayci (she runs a preschool) and we/I decided that one day a week is not enough. They will forget everything by the next Friday (not to mention that most of the moms want to have 1 hour learning, 1 hour playing). So, I am going to have my own little preschool every day with the twins and keep them up to where they should be. They are excited to have two schools of their own!

Kearney and Ireland on their 1st day of pre-school!

Okay, another bit of craziness. On Friday there was a knock at my door at it was the mother of two kids that live by us. She is an interesting woman. She pretty much just lets her kids run free at all hours (last night I saw the just barely 4 year old wandering around the complex at 9:30 p.m. by herself). They start knocking on our door at 6:30 a.m. (yes, I did say a.m.!) and they could come in and she would not come looking for them until well after 1:00 a.m......just one of the many gripes I have with her. I digress....she was knocking to find out where Alexia lives. Alexia is a little girl (10 yrs old) that is friends with my kids and I am really good friends with her parents. I told her where and then I watched her stomp away. I looked at James and said 'She is sooooo mad!' and then looked up to see Alexia run away. Hmmmm.... So, being the nosy person that I am I watched out the window as Monica (crazy mom) talked to Yvette (Alexia's mom). Her hands were waving and her head was moving all over the place. Yvette walked out and down the stairs to find Alexia. I said to James that if anyone could hold their own it is Yvette. In fact, I would be afraid to confront her or cross her. I love her, she is soooo nice, but man, she would scare me! I am so not kidding! She doesn't put up with any nonsense! She is so great! So, a little later I see that Alexia is swimming so I said to James that she must not have been in too much trouble. Well, later that night Yvettes fiance Adam was talking to us and of his own volition (there was not questioning or prodding on my part!) he told us what happened. Earlier in the day Alexia was tickling Layla (yes, that is how they spell it). Later on Layla got mad at Alexia and said that she was going to get her in trouble, so she went and told her mom that Alexia had hurt her. Okay, quick side note...Monica once told me that Layla rules the house and that whatever she says or wants goes. I have seen this to be true. So, this is when Monica went up to Yvette's. They went down to talk to the kids and all of the kids said that Layla said she was just wanting to get Alexia in trouble but Monica said that Alexia shoved Layla. Yvette said 'I know my daughter and she would not do that'. Monica said she is your daughter, you take care of of. Yvette said 'Alexia, you can not play with her kids. Too much drama.' Monica took offense, started in on Yvette (this could be scary!). Yvette said 'conversation over!' and left! haha! Get me out of the apartment soap operas!!!!!

Okay, this little girl in the background is Layla (she is so cute) and her little bunny. Her parents just let her carry it all over with no adults. The poor bunny gets dropped all of the time. Also, they were shocked when she ended up pregnant (after being in the same cage as a boy bunny for a few days!)

Okay, Scott this is for you. I do not have any Halloween candy yet, otherwise I would be eating it! Here is a new post, just for you, and I will try to keep it updated more quickly next time!