The Ellis Family

Tyler's a Missionary!

2010-02-16T19:40:00.000-08:00

Lately I've had a lot of experiences that are waking up my brain to the fact that I'm old! It seems like yesterday that I'd come home from my college classes, snuggle Tyler on the couch and watch Beauty and the Beast. When the wolves scared him, I protected him. When the Belle and the Beast danced, we did too. My little brother...the one I went roller blading with and washed the cars with.....is a missionary now.

One week ago he entered the Missionary Training Center in Provo Utah and will be heading off to Guatemala in April!

I've always been impressed with the kind of kid Tyler was. He's a leader and has conviction. He's such a good uncle and always takes time to out to play with the kids. Our last memory together was going ice skating. He'd speed up behind Annika, sweep her off her feet and twirl her around. My kids think he's great!

I'm so proud of my brother for taking 2 years of his life to teach people the gospel of Jesus Christ. In our eyes it's a sacrifice, but he knows it's the least he can do for all our Heavenly Father has done for us. And where much is given, much is expected and he has a lot to offer the people of Guatemala!

Thanksgiving Festivities

2009-12-04T17:27:00.000-08:00

-We had 24 people here on Thanksgiving Day!!

-Dad helped the kids make leather bracelets.

-We went to the Fort Worth Zoo

-The men played flag football while the girls made apple-cranberry pie...mmm

-We shopped on Mainstreet in Grapevine

-My cousin and her new husband came in from Oklahoma

-My 3 neices flew in from Utah.

-We ate lots of Bluebell and played Settlers of Catan

-Brian took the girls to Six Flags (you're a great uncle and dad!)

-Brittney made turky crafts with the kids

-We sang obnoxious wake up songs to the neices to help them rise and shine after staying up all night!

-the kids soaked up time with Uncle Tyler before he leave for his mission to Guatemala in February.

-I loved the times I stopped everything to hold my new nephew Clayton!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!!!

2009-12-03T19:15:00.000-08:00

Talk about a prayer answered quickly! Wesley went to bed Tuesday night asking me if he could pray for snow....which wasn't in the forcast until Friday.

He woke Wednesday morning to his dream come true....huge snowflakes falling from the Texas sky!!
So... there was noooo way I was sending my kids to school when we had a chance to play in the snow. We caught the flakes on our tongue, made snowballs, and the highlight...made a snowman! After all the fun we could handle, I took the kids to school. As Wesley walked indoors, I rolled down my window and said, "Hey bud....thanks for praying the snow here." He got back in the car and kissed me goodbye! It was so sweet!

Trick or Treat

2009-11-01T16:20:00.000-08:00

It's always fun to see what the kids want to be for Halloween.....or should I say how many times they change their minds before the big night! This year Micaela was a beautiful southern belle. She loved every bit of the make-up and ringlets! Wesley wanted to protect us all while we were trick-or-treating. And of course we all felt safe knowing he'd use his white belt level karate on any stranger who passed our way! Annika was our little princess-brute. She'd scream "trick-or-treat" from deep in her gut and then sweetly tell every family that she was Sleeping Beauty. Then she'd switch back to her deep voice and say thank you as she ran off to the next house.

And... what could be more fun than getting Daddy decked out for Halloween. Annika helped paint Dad's face for the costume contest at his work. He got third place...not bad for amateur camo painters!

Halloween wouldn't be the same without good friends and neighbors! We spent the first part of the evening in our neighborhood and then went to trick-or-treating with some family friends.

Last night before we went to bed, we hid the kid's candy buckets. Little did we know that while we were happily dreaming in our beds early this morning, Annika and Wesley were frantically searching for their loot! When they couldn't find the candy, Wesley persuaded Annika to go to the neighbors to get more candy....and she did. I'm sure our neighbors love us...since they were probably hoping to get and extra hour of sleep last night, yet awakened by another child asking for candy!

Karate Kid

2009-10-05T16:18:00.000-07:00

Meet our new "watch dog" for robbers. Wesley signed up for karate with an agenda in mind:

-to be able to beat up robbers!

-to beat up his sisters if they are mean to him!

Doesn't he look scary???

He's so proud of his white belt and can't wait to earn his yellow belt!

Whether he ever gets to beat up robbers or not....I'm just glad he's learing self disciple, respect, focus, confidence and is having fun!

He's such a cute little guy and he's grown up a lot this last year! It's good to see him so excited about this class!

Top 10 HIGHLIGHTS of Trip to Utah

2009-10-04T20:02:00.000-07:00

(in no particular order!)

1. Meeting, holding, feeding, and snuggling with my new nephew, Clayton!
2. Visiting my granparents again. Picking apples with Grandpa Cooper!

3.We went to a real pumkin patch! Ty, Kyle, Mom and I picked a pumkin from the patch in the dark of night, just so no one would take Ty's special pumpkin....the biggest one in the patch!

4. I love seeing the leaves change colors in the fall!

5. I spent more time with my neices and nephews than I have before. Tawni actually admitted that I can be a fun person without kids!

6. We picked tomatoes from Jenn's garden and ate wonderful tomato sandwhiches!

7. Jacqui made me Pico de Gallo from the fresh veggies Reese and I picked from the garden!

8. I got to see Riekers adorable smile and he gave me a kiss good-bye! I met his new little sister, Reagan!

9. I went shopping without kids!!!

10. Dinner at Grandma Coopers and time to visit with family!

Lake Powell

2009-07-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

After a LONG and MISERABLE summer last year it was time to get out and have some fun together! Thanks to Stephanie and Paul, we had a great trip to Lake Powell on the Arizona- Utah border.

We swam back into narrow canyons and explored caves..hoping there were no creatures from the dinosaur period that would swim up and have us for lunch! The kids loved tubing, and exploring the caves, rock climbing and playing on the huge sand dune hill. The landscape was so beautiful with the contrast of the blue sky (at moments) with the red rock. We took a small hike up to Rainbow Bridge which I think, is one of the 7 Wonders of the World. This is a place everyone needs to see! Thank you Merrill Family for all the fun memores!

2009-06-28T14:26:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Jocelynn, we finally got some family photos!

Ellis' got ran over by a reindeer......

2009-06-28T13:42:00.000-07:00

So much for our plans to leave early for vacation in hopes of making good time while the kids were sleeping! At 6:00 a.m. we awoke to a loud yell followed by the brakes and impact. According to Annika, we hit a reindeer who is now sleeping in the grass on the side of the highway in Vernon, Texas.

I was actually proud of myself for not getting to uptight about the whole event. After all, who can be upset when you learn that the world still has good Samaritans in it. Within 10 minutes the nicest cop came to our rescue. He gave each of the kids a stuffed animal, showed them his sirens and lights, and took us to the police station. Then his kind wife took us back 50 miles to Wichita Falls to rent a car. Thankfully we were all safe and although we were a little behind on our trip, we learned how good it feels to be helped in a time of need.

Our Trip to Washington D.C.

2009-06-11T09:56:00.000-07:00

Despite the Obama overload, Brian and I had a really good time in Washington D.C. Thanks to his teams' good work on a project at Textron, he and his boss were sent to D.C. to represent the company at an awards ceremony. I tagged along for some touring and we met up Linda and Jamie.

Our favorite sites were the Holocaust Museum, Mount Vernon, and Arlington Cemetary. The part that really hit home was when we exited the museum....there were 2 rooms with shoes piled high and covering the entire room...shoes of Jews that were killed by caloused Nazis. I don't know how anyone can not come out of that museum and changed person. It's amazing to think someone that cruel could rise into power and get that many followers to do unthinkable inhumane things.

Linda and Jamie introduced us to some great pizze (Uno's) and we rode a double decker tour bus to see all the sites of the city. It was great to see Straight-A-Jam-ay again. She just finished her PhD and we're very proud of her. Again...she aced her way through everything! Good job Jamie!

A big thanks to Shayne, Jen, Mom, Dad and Tyler for watching our kids so we could get away! It was so nice to be alone for 4 days.

Summer Fun!

2009-06-11T08:40:00.000-07:00

You gotta love it when your kids find something to entertain themselves.....a rare occurence around this house! The kids love to jump on the trampoline when it's raining! Micaela and Wesley can do "knee" flips now!

Speaking of trampolines, last night we had a horrible storm come through. Our neighbors trampoline was thrown over the fence into the greenbelt and the other neighbor's buckled. The kids prayed for our family's saftety and for the trampoline and we all made it through. The tornado sirens went off and we sent the kids to the bathroom under the stairs for safety. It was pretty scary to see the clouds moving in a circular motion over our home! I hope this isn't the "norm" for around here. I think I watched the Wizard of Oz too much as a kid!

Youth Conference 2009 Examples In Action

2009-04-12T16:37:00.000-07:00

Who says girls can't build a concrete walkway??? Kelsi, Jenna, and Becca just do it a little different...in style...with pink work gloves! This weekend our youth built a quarter of a mile walk way for a retirement home in Haltom City as a service project for Youth Conference. Our theme this year was Examples in Action based on the scripture :
"Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12)

For the last 7 years many attempts have been made by various groups to complete this sidewalk yet each one fell through. The living center didn't want to give us the green light, and especially hesitated when they were told it would be completed by 200+ kids, ages 14-18. That's what made the completion so impressive. Our youth felt a sense of accomplishment and more importantly, the joy that comes from serving others.

As I watched these kids pitch in, I couldn't help but think of our time with Grandma Little before she passed on. When she was at one retirement home, we walked her over to the duck pond and our kids got to push her in the wheelchair and have time serving Grandma. They talked with her, ate watermelon with her and were able to give her a change of scenery. These youth not only built a walkway, but built a place where memories could be made members...a place where family members can walk and talk with their loved ones.

When I was first asked to be the president of our Young Women's organization I was terrified. But each day I spend more time with these girls I am so impressed with their goodness and their courage. Spending time with them this weekend helped me get to know each of them a little better and they are "examples in action" to me, even though I'm older than them.

Here are a few pictures from our adventures this weekend. Morgan , Becca, Kelsi, and Sarah, Jenna, and Amanda.....thanks for making this such a fun and rewarding weekend. Sarah, you might want to find a new way to solve your nasal congestion problems. Becca, get ready to have lots of June bug funerals, because this is the time of year when they come out. Morgan...glad we could introduce you to honeysuckles!

A "Six-cessful" Birthday!

2009-04-05T13:01:00.000-07:00

This weekend Wesley celebrated his 6th birthday at Chuck-E-Cheese! We are so glad he has met some "buddies" here, because for him, buddies make life great. In our family we have to change the saying to , "If Wesley ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!" So thank you all of Wesley's friends! I think the favorite part of his birthday was the Toaster Strudels we surprised him with for breakfast that morning. We knew he'd wake up before us since he's up at the crack of dawn. We also knew the first thing he'd hunt for would be waffles. So, we put chocolate Toaster Strudels in the freezer with a birthday card! He was so excited. I woke up to a

smothering hug and a BIG thank you that morning!

Wesley-we love you buddy! You have a giving and caring heart and we love the way you share with Micaela and Annika. You are so full of creativity and energy (.....speaking of which...if we could bottle your energy up, we could solve the energy crisis in this nation.) Thanks for being a good son, brother and friend! Happy 6th birthday!

Micaela's Baptism

2009-03-07T20:13:00.000-08:00

Today was a big milestone in Micaela's life. She was baptized and confirmed by Brian and had many family members and friends stand in the confirmation circle.

As I took pictures of her baby blessing out of two white frames and replaced them with baptism pictures, it hit me, just how fast time moves.

We are both so proud of Micaela. She is becoming a beautiful young lady! I remember the day we held her in arms for the first time and it seemed like the world couldn't be more perfect than it was at that instant. It's neat to see her grow up and make good choices. She has such a kind heart and really cares about helping the people around her! Micaela, we are so happy to have you as our daughter!

We'd like to give a BIG thank you to all the people who supported Micaela, in spirit or in person. We've been blessed to meet new friends here already and are so thankful they are in our lives. We also had friends from Houston come as well. Thank you to all the relatives who drove so far to share your love! We have a wonderfully supportive family.

Micaela loves her new baptism dress! Thank you Grandma for the love and time that went into making it for her!

Annika's 3rd Birthday

2009-03-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

If you'd ask Annika what the best thing about her birthday was...she'd say having Wellington (Sean and Kellye's dog) there! She got more birthday kisses from him than you could ever imagine. She enjoyed every bit on the slime all over her face. Not to mention...she stuck her finger in the icing, gave the dog a lick and then licked after him!!! You know she doesn't get this love of dogs from me!

Annika celebrated her birthday with Grandma and Grandpa Hatch, Sean and Kellye, and Tyler! Thank you Kellye for the adorable cake. Annika loved it so much she carried it in her lap all the way to Hearne! Thank you Grandma for the birthday crown and the hot dogs!

While we were there, she asked Grandpa if he would marry her! Thanks Grandpa for being a good role model for the kind of guy she wants to marry!

Since Annika's 3 we are going to tell our 3 most favorite things about her!

Micaela
1. We both love dogs!
2. She always does funny things (like makes funny faces)
3. I love that she's my sister!

Wesley:
1. I like to play house with her when I'm "Rueben" (the daddy) and she's "Crystal" the mom!
2. I like to go to the park with her.
3. I like to pay Ring-Around-the-Rosies with her!

Mommy
1. She always makes a fashion statement in her own creative way
2. She can dance! (Although I hope she looses this ability by the time she likes boys)
3. I love the way she calls Brian "Daddy-Ohhhh!! and wants to go with him everywhere!

Daddy (from Mom's point of view)
1. Daddy loves snuggling with Annika on the couch and watching Backyardigans
2. Daddy likes to tickle Annika
3. Daddy loves the way she comes running to him when he gets home from work! She's always so full of excitement to have him home!

Our little girls is growing up! Happy Birthday Annika! Life is never dull with you around!

Happy 37th Jocelynn!

2008-11-06T06:20:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Jocelynn! Here are 37 of my favorite things (or memories) about you.

1. We were great "snoopers" for Christmas gifts and even better at un-taping and re-taping without any evidence left behind.

2. We made the coolest cardboard box bank and pretend to be tellers.

3. Remember (when we were young) practicing our spelling words on each other's backs with soap in the tub.

4. You didn't make me feel bad when all the people in high school said, "Oh...your Jocelynn Hatch's sister! She's so pretty. Yall look nothing alike!"

5. Your were the buffer that allowed me to stay naive.

6. We'd share chewy sweet tarts and sprees when we went to get candy.

7. Do you remember rocking back and forth for hours in that 70's orange laundry basket...pretending we were a ship getting tossed over?

8. You beat me to the toilet when we were kids. We were both insistent on not letting the other have the seat....your pee went in and as I sat in front of you, mine shot across the room and hit the wall!

9. Playing church ball was great...watching you shoot two handed from the chest and seeing the fire come out of you with girls who had no clue of the sport.

10. Thanks for letting me hang out with your crowd at Casa Ole!

11. You told me bird poop was ice cream and I almost licked it off my arm!

12.You and Steph tried to get me to eat rabbit pellots by telling me it was something else.

13. We played on the same softball team one year....the Condors.

14. You and Amy Woods showed up at Casa Ole' on my first date.

15. You introduced me to all your guy friends so I had a room full of Junior guys watching over me in Spanish class.

16. Remember making up dumb ways to remember our Spanish vocabulary "es-cuch- ar" (I scooch up so I can "listen" better!

17. I think I'm finally getting over the whip lash of driving in Dad's clunker with you...I'll never forget...seat pushed all the way up with a pillow to prop you up even more!

18. You and Steph taught me how to skate in New Mexico. You each held my hand to steady me.

19. You helped me survive my first year of Young Women's Camp....the torrential rains...rivers running through our tents, bugs, etc

20. You helped me through infertility

21. When Micaela was born you and Steph came down to celebrate with me....to decorate her nursery and meet your new niece...Hence the "likables" began!

22. Although you've been far away for many years, you've always kept in touch and made me feel like I'm a part of your life.

23. You send me fall leaves from the mountains in Porcupine.

24. Your intuitive to people's needs and feelings. You say and do the right things when people need help.

25. You have hilarious kids. Their stories bring me humor when I need to think happy thoughts!

26. You help the Hatch family grapevine flow pretty good!

27. You're very creative and talented. Thanks for all the craft projects you've done with me!

28. You're a good listener and you encourage our whole family

29. I love your laugh....I laugh more with you in the summer, than I do the entire year I'm away from you!

30. Thank you for loving my family and for all the times you've sat on the phone to listen to Annika talk your head off!

31. You are non-judgemental and you see the good in others!

32. I love the way you (and my other sisters) take care of Grandma and Grandpa Cooper. It shows your appreciation for your roots!

33. I loved searching through the box of Whooppers with you...trying to find the hollow ones!

34. I love the way you help me see humor in stressful situations. Thanks for the song of the 5 Little Lepers when we had staph infection!

35. I love taking walks with you in Paradise...talking as the sunsets and enjoying the cool evening weather.

36. I love what you taught me during Kyles final round of chemo...how the two of you called upon the enabling power of the atonement to pull him through. You taught me that Jesus had already suffered that experience for Kyle and callling upon those powers for help truly carried him through the most trying time of his treatment.

37. I count you as one of my greatest blessings....that Heavenly Father gave you to me as a sister and a forever friend!

Have a Happy Birthday Jocelynn! Love, Sherrie

P.S. One to grow on..... Remember when mom called you a slobbery dick? We finally got the courage to tell mom what it meant and almost peed our pants laughing so hard in the process. (For those of you who don't know....in her day it meant a person who was messy at the dinner table and she's so naive she had no clue about the other meaning)

Halloween Fun!

2008-11-04T19:26:00.000-08:00

Flouride mouth rinse...here we come! Never let your kids go to two trunk-or-treats! Of course, my kids had a great time but I'm suffering the consequences. We went to our first trunk-or-treat with Tina and Ryan's kids in Southlake. My kids got to ride horses, make crafts, eat chili and cotton candy. (The ironic thing was that a dentist was handing out the cotton candy!!!) Then we hung out with Shayne and Jen at our church party followed by a trip to Double

Daves!

I think Halloween should have a Surgeon Generals warning: "Participation in Halloween my cause excessive sugar rushes, bouncing off the walls, and extreme tantrums for more candy. Participate at your own risk!"

Learning from the BEST

2008-10-17T19:25:00.000-07:00

We want to give a big THANKS to Grandpa Ellis for helping us move. Wesley especially loved working side-by-side with Grandpa building the table and putting his bed together. Thanks for taking time to make memories with your grandson! Thanks for lightening our load!

Playing at the Pumkin Patch

2008-10-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

We found a great Pumpkin Patch in Flowermound just in time to for Halloween! The kids jumped on moonwalks, played in hay mazes, rode a merry-go-round, and played in the pumpkin patch! We even went on a hayride pulled by a tractor just like Grandpa Cooper's.

Home Sweet Home

2008-09-17T18:20:00.000-07:00

If everything goes as planned we should be into our new home in early October. My favorite part of this home is the lot. The backyard looks over a huge greenbelt. It's located on a cul-de-sac with only grass between our home and the one facing us. We have a guest room so we need lots of visitors! Brian's work and the elementary school are very close by. We've already met two families from church that live in our subdivision and they have babysitters!

Good-bye Houston! Ft. Worth-Here We Come!!

2008-09-08T08:59:00.000-07:00

Life has been such a whirlwind this summer that many of our friends don't even know we've moved. In April Brian got a contract-to-hire postition with Textron (Bell Helicopter) in Ft. Worth. He move up here and commuted home on the weekends. Right before school began his position was made full time. At the very last minute, we found a home and moved up without even getting a chance to say good-bye. We will be coming home often since our home is on the market in Houston (unless any of you have friends who need to buy a home). Part of me doesn't want to say good-bye because I'm not a big public cryer. Over the last 10 years we've made so many good friends that are like family. We couldn't have asked for a better place to live during that time in our lives. It was just what we needed as we began our family. If everything works out we'll move into a new home in Roanoke Tx (north of Ft. Worth) within a month. We love the town. It's small, warm and friendly. Brian's work is only 8 minutes away! We'll be 10 minutes from Shayne and Jen! Although we'll miss our family and friends, we feel good about this change. In the past, we've always been blessed when we've followed the Lord's will. With such a difficult summer, we've also learned the importance of being together as an entire family.

Does she Scream Mischievious or What????

2008-09-08T07:35:00.000-07:00

Annika's newest discovery is Piggy Tails. She wants to wear them everyday! We experience the terrific and terrible twos many times a day with her right now. Sometimes she does the cutest things like when I had a headache and she led me to the sofa and brought me a bag of cheese to put on my head. (She knows I put bags of frozen veggies on my head when I have headaches). Then today she threw a fit and knocked over our alarm, threw over the swim bag, and knocked over my suitcase! We might need anger management classes for her!

A New School Year In Roanoke Texas

2008-09-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

Roanoke Elementary has rounded up two new Roanoke Rangers! Each morning the principal meets them in the gym for announcements and when she asks them if they are ready for a great day they all yell back, YEE HAW!!!! Wesley is in kindergarten now and Miceala's in 2nd grade. They have transitioned (in school) better than I expected! Their school is decorated in a cowboy theme and they have very friendly, down to earth, teachers. Wesley's in a dual language program where half of his instruction each day is in Spanish! Micaela got an award for being one of the top writers in her class of 44 students. (They have 2 teachers).

Double the Pleasure!

2008-06-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

Meet our newest niece and nephew, Bryton and Dayton! Last night I got to hold them for the 1st time. I walked into the hospital room and there they were face to face! I think it's so neat that for whatever reason we may not know, Heavenly Father sends some of his children down in pairs! Congratulations Jennifer and Chad! They are beautiful!

Sean and Kellye's Wedding

2008-06-27T21:27:00.000-07:00

You know you're getting old when you clearly remember your little brother's birth and then you see him get married! On June 6th Sean and Kellye were married in the Houston Temple. They were so happy and they make a balanced couple! We are excited to have Kellye as the newest addition to our family!

Micaela was especially excited to be a flower girl. She's been very "concerned" about "loosing" her Uncle Sean to marriage and so this made everything better to her. She recently had a "movie night" at Sean and Kellye's apartment and thought it was so neat that he'd still make her feel important! Thank you Sean and Kellye!

Our Texas Tornado

2008-06-13T11:26:00.000-07:00

Wesley is always on the move leaving a trail of debris behind! You'd have to see his creativity in motion to really understand. When he wants to skate, he draws pictures of wheels, cuts them out, and tapes them to his shoes. (Or he's tried standing on multiple rolling pins at the same time.) When he wants to fly, he makes wings out of paper and uses Elmer's Glue to attach them to his neck. There isn't a problem he can't solve alone! This magna doodle drawing is of "Lightning McQueen transformed (that's his favorite word right now) into an airplane that can shoot arrows that turn cars into dark sand." Wesley dashes all hopes of a "normal family image" for us. He loves to make goofy faces and dance like aboriginal/sumo wrestler/robotic spaz, especially when guest are around and he can get attention or a reaction out of people. I bet you can guess.....I most definitely love this attention he brings to our family- Ha ha!! But he is a cute sucker when he acts normal. Check out his pre-K graduation picture. I haven't given up hope.

2008-06-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Micaela

is the little mother

hen around our home!

She's very creative and loves

take charge.

Micaela just finished 1st grade and she won a gold medal for reading everyday for at least 7 months of the school year. We are very proud of her hard work. We especially love to read all the creative stories that she writes. Micaela's school mascot is a leopard so she loves to wear leopard clothes! Micaela is excited for summer to be here!

She recently started a club with her friend called the AM (All Mammals) Club. They have created songs and cheers for their club! (Those of you who know I'm far from being an animal lover are probably laughing . It's really not funny...I'm trying to separate my feelings and do what is best for my daughter! I'm letting her free spirit soar and as long as she's got some topic to interest her academically...I'm ok with it!)

Future Fashion Designer

2008-06-10T12:11:00.000-07:00

One of the many highlights of my day is seeing Annika's potential for being a fashion designer. She's all about accessorizing! You know she doesn't get this talent from me!! The pictures tell the story!

Blogging Here I Come!

2008-06-09T09:18:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!

I'm going to try this blogging thing out and see if it helps me keep in touch with my family and friends a little better. (Maybe it will help me feel like a young buck too....like all the young moms doing this today) Although, I must say upfront, my blog will not be updated very often because the theme of my blog is "Let's get real" and reality is I keep busy with my drama queen Micaela, my aboriginal dancer, Wesley, and my brute dress up queen Annika! We are a real family that has good days and bad days. I love my kids...they keep me on my toes...and these are the things that give me laughs throughout my day!