Pumpkin rice crispy treats

Hello MOM members & friends,

Here is something my son and I made today. They are pumpkin rice crispy treats, and they have a surprise kiss in the middle!
We thought they would be fun to make so close to Halloween!
Have a great day!

Boosterthon Fun Run

Hello MOM members and friends,

I know it has been a while since I have posted.  I am very sorry but I have been sick and busy.  I have been working on my projects and will post the latest ones in the days to come.  I am writing to send you a very important message about something my son is doing in school.  He is running tomorrow in a fun run to raise money for his school as well as to build playgrounds in Guatemala, which happens to be his homeland.  We adopted him from Guatemala when he was a baby.  He has to run about 2 miles and so far has 7 pledges.  The goal is to get 10 pledges.  He wins prizes for every pledge he gets.  I am asking for help from all my friends.  If you can please re post the video to your blog or site and lets see if he can't get to 10 by midnight tonight. 
Thank you all
http://youtu.be/K9f2miZ1uVw

Halloween wreath

Hello MOM Members and Friends,

Well today I finally finished one project.  A Halloween wreath.  It is a crochet wreath. It has little pumpkins, spider webs, spiders, and 2 witches on brooms.   I hope you all like it.  If you would like instructions email or comment and I'll send you them..  I will be posting them in a newsletter so all subscribers will get a copy. 

Weird Day

Did you ever wake up and just know it was going to be a weird day??  Well today was one of those days for me.  The weather was wonderfully colder this morning.  So I had an extremely hard time waking up and didn't want to.  Rushed to work and got there 3 minutes late set up the rooms and got everything ready only to find out that I had the day off and forgot..  Ugh..  Then I saw a friend and she said come and workout with me.  Let's do kickboxing, so I did..  I had such a great time!!  And I am soooo incredibly sore.  It was well worth it.  Also my son did a weird thing today and I still don't know if he did it or not.. 

As promised here is another project that I made with pots.  I made it a few years ago.  It is a spooky mansion with little trick r treaters...

Brad Paisley Concert

Hello MOM Members and Friends,

How have you all been?  I have been busy making more crafts for you all to view and make.  Also we went to the best concert in the world last night!!  A Brad Paisley Concert he also happens to be a relative of ours but we would love him even if he wasn't.  He is so wonderful and caring and absolutely loves performing!  You will never find a more committed and talented artist as far as I am concerned.  I have met many of them in my years in the music business and he is the best all around... 

My son was so excited because he got to meet one of his Idols last night, American Idol winner... Scotty McCreery..  Here is a picture...  He was so nice and posed for a picture with him..

Ty also loves Nascar and got to meet Elliott Sadler who drives for Nascar...  Here is a picture of them..
We had such a wonderful time as we always do with Brad and Doug (his dad)..  We love them so much ...  We are exhausted today because we all had to get up early but believe it is well worth it.

Holiday Crafts

Hello Members of Motherhood,

Today is a sad day for me.  I found out that another family member has cancer.  Not good.  This disease has been all over my family in many generations including my husband and I.  It is a scary disease and I will pray that someday there will be no more cancer!!  So please everyone pray for her..

What have you all been up too?

Hello MOM Members,

I haven't written in a few days.  I had some computer problems which are now all fixed up.  How has everyone been?  What have you all been up too? 
I have been working and keeping busy.  For those of you who don't know, our son loves acting and has been in 3 movies so far.  One big one with famous Hollywood people in it.  It finally came out in limited theaters.  But it is on pay per view.  Anyway, we have a producer friend whom we met on the set of that movie.  She loved our son and said she wanted to do a TV show with him as a host.  This was when he was 3 yrs old.  Well now he is 5 and a half and guess what?  We are finally going ahead with the TV show.  We film the first 2 episodes October 8th.  He is so excited and so are we.  We have 3 TV channels interested in the show and if all goes well one will pick it up and he will have a regular show.  Our producer friend wants to put it on YouTube even if they don't pick it up,  but she is confident that it will get picked up.
We are all so excited but trying to not get our hopes up.  It all depends on how well my son performs.  Really all he has to do is be himself!!  I will keep all of you posted about this adventure.

Kids Growing Up

Hello Fellow MOMers,

Our son lost his first tooth the other night and was so excited!!  He wanted to call everyone.  My husband made a video of it and of course my son made me take a picture of him without his tooth.  He was so excited about the TOOTH FAIRY GIVING HIM MONEY!  He said his friends told him that she brings a dollar!!!  I said that I didn't think so. 

Well he woke up the next morning and the tooth was gone.  He was so upset!  He said the tooth fairy took my tooth and didn't give me a dollar!  Mama how can she do that?  I knew the tooth fairy had visited him, so I told him to make sure and check under his pillow..  He did and well ahh..  He found 4 quarters in a baggie..  He was so excited and ran around the house yelling "I'm Rich"!  I couldn't stop laughing at him.  He said, "I can't wait until the rest of my teeth come out!!"  Ha ha  Sometimes he makes me laugh.. 

Sunday Morning

Hello MOM Friends,

Well today is Sunday.  My husband is at church helping to set up and will be home to pick me up between 9 and 9:30 for our 10:30 church service.  I love church!  I feel great when I go and I feel like I can really help people.  We are very involved in our church.  My hubby plays for their church softball team.  We have volunteered and worked for the church yard sale.  We donated tickets for our cousin in law's concert for the church to auction off to raise money for their mission trips.  We are donating lemonade for an upcoming barbecue.  And I am helping to start a community kids project.  We LOVE EVERY SECOND OF IT!!  We have met wonderful people and we can't wait to become official members of our church.Does anyone else love their church as we do?  What do you do for or with your church?

What are your favorite can't live without items?

Hello Fellow Members of Motherhood,

It is Friday.  I had to work this morning at my very part time job.  Then came home for lunch with my wonderful hubby.  Now I am talking to you all.  Then we are about to paint our living room 2 new colors.  Then we will paint all the trim again.  It's amazing how beat up a house gets in 10 yrs.  Ha ha
Our son has Hip Hop and Dance lessons after school today so we have to pick him up from school as soon as he is done..
Today I want to first ask a question:
What are your favorite...can't live without... parenting or not... items??
How do you entertain your kids without YOU having to entertain them?  How do you keep them from fighting with each other and play nice?  Anything that is a "go to" item? Treat? Bribe?  Ha ha

A Lazy Day

Hello Fellow Members of Motherhood,

Well today has been more of a lazy day.  I got up late but just in time to see my son off.  Hubby took him to the bus stop up the street.  I did clean window treatments today which is on my list of 17 items to do while my son is at school.  Unfortunately it wasn't one of the fun things like scrap booking, learning guitar, or crochet and knitting. 
But I have clean window treatments.. ha ha  Oh I did do wash too.  I also walked/light jogged on the treadmill while doing walking lunges off and on.  Yeah. 
Well I'm off to pick up my son from the bus stop now.

OOPS I FORGOT

Hey Friends,

I forgot to tell you the best news so far of today!!  While the man was fixing the AC he found out that our ROOF has a major leak!!  ugh  So if any of you know of anyone who can fix leaks in roofs let me know.  We need someone good who won't rip us off.
I am hoping there isn't any mold damage, we don't know how long it has been leaking either.  Ugh
Oh well everything happens for a reason.  My hubby has to get a job soon so we can afford to fix up the house.  We have another leak near the kitchen sink through a window.  Plus we need new floors.
Someday soon is what I say!!
Goodbye for today friends and I'll catch you tomorrow...

Tornados

Hello Friends,

Well we finally have AC!! Yeah the man fixed it this morning.  I went to my son's school for a new parent orientation called Tissues and Tea.  It was nice.  I signed up to be a ROOM MOM!!  So I had my first meeting for that afterwards.  I am sure that I don't know what I have gotten myself into.  Ha ha
Our weather is not good today.  It is raining with lots of storms due to TS Lee!  Now we are in tornado warnings for the entire day.  Ugh I hate tornadoes.  I think it is funny what they tell you to do if you see one coming.  Some of it is common sense but some things I think are stupid.
For instance:

• Stay away from windows (duh.. ha ha  I want to stand in front of one when there is a tornado)
• Cram yourselves into a room in your house with no windows (well that makes sense)
• If outside find a ditch and lay down in it (Say What??  No Way)  
• Go to a basement or lowest level in your home (makes sense)
• Have flashlights (yeah good)
• If you are in a mobile home you are safer outside than in your home(?)
• Stay away from trees (duh why would I stand near a tree or even be outside in a tornado?)
• If you hear a train sound take cover (I'm not sure they sound like trains)

My advice is to not listen to the weather people most of the time.  I keep track of the weather from the weather channel online.  I find it the best and most accurate information...

AC down crochet gift

Hello Everyone,

Well it has been an interesting weekend so far.  Our AC broke yesterday and it was over 90 degrees.  So we were up most of the night extremely hot!!  Tuesday our AC will hopefully be fixed.  Luckily we got some relief going to church today.  We love church.  Our son loves it and so do we.  Do any of you go to church?  It makes me feel closer to God.  It never did before but now it does.  Plus I pray for other people and love to help other people then I don't think about my own problems.  And it is fun for me.
It is a hard lesson to teach your kids.  How to care about other people and their feelings.  Even other kids toys.  Ha ha  Our son is rough on everything.  Kids are extremely demanding and selfish.
I will be taking my son to volunteer this fall and help less fortunate people.  We will help out by collecting cans for food banks.  Visiting elderly in nursing homes.  Visiting sick kids in hospitals, donating toys and clothes to the less fortunate families and kids.  I think the only way to teach him is to show him.  Right?  What are your thoughts? Lets discuss it!!

As promised here is a picture of how that hat and those shoes that I crocheted for a baby shower came out.   If you are interested in the patterns I can email you the websites where I got them. Just drop me a note.
Well I am planning on taking a much needed nap since it is too hot to move away from my fan.
Thank you to all of our friends who offered to have us come over for the day.  We love you all.
Talk to you soon

As Promised

Hello everyone,
Well after I walked up to the bus stop to pick up my little man and sit on the ground waiting in the 90 something degree heat sweating.....  The bus finally came....  My little man got off the bus and wanted to play at a friend's house.  Didn't even want to talk to me and tell me about his day.  Ugh
After he came in the house for bath and dinner time he told us what a great day he had at school.  He got to visit the school's library, and media room today.  He also told me that he actually took a nap today.  That is extremely rare for our child.  He hates to sleep.
I can tell you that he has been asleep tonight since 8 pm and has not woken up yet.  Usually we would be arguing with him every hour to get back to bed.  ha ha
I have to get to bed have to work tomorrow morning.  Coffee is set, my son's lunch is made and  I am exhausted today.


Goodnight everyone,
Beth

Happy Friday

Hello,

Happy Friday to everyone!!  I hope everyone is doing well this evening and had a great day.  Any new topics that you want to discuss?  Anyone have any funny stories to share about parenting or school or anything?  We started a chore chart for our son and he gets prizes, (mostly things he likes to eat or do) if he gets 25 stars per week or 35 stars for a better prize, etc.  Well he got to 25 today and wanted to have pizza for dinner so that is what we did.  25 stars means he gets to pick dinner one  night.  35 stars he gets to rent a movie or game from Redbox (they cost a dollar).  If he gets all stars with no x he gets a new lego man toy. 
Do any of you have a chore chart?  How do you work it?  What are your rewards?
I'll check back tomorrow to see if anyone responds and what you do.  Its so much fun to talk to friends and share stories don't you think so?



Well friends, I'll check in with you tomorrow.

First Day of Kindergarten

Hello Fellow Motherhood Members and Friends,
I can't believe that I just put my son on the bus for his first day of Kindergarten.  Time does fly so quickly!  Is anyone else going through the same experience right now too?  How are you handling it?  I am more worried about the bus than school.  Ha ha  I have a list of 17 things I want to get done and I am too sad to move.  So I decided to write to you my fellow friends and members.  I will let you all know how his day went.  Below is a picture of our little man (the one with the hoodie on, he wants to be like Justin Bieber to get the girls) getting on the bus for his first day of school.

Oh I forgot to tell you that I signed up for the PTA and to be a room mother.  I also signed up to deliver birthday presents to the teachers.  Basically I go to the office the week of a teachers birthday and pick up a present and then deliver it.  Are any of you doing that too?  Did you get a list of things to volunteer for at your child's school?  What is the craziest thing you can sign up for?  What did you sign up for? 

Good Morning Members & Friends

Good Morning Members and friends,

I am getting ready to take my son on a play date with one of his best friends from Preschool.  My son is a very active, and I use the term lightly, 5 and a half year old little boy with an opinion about everything!!!  Ha ha He would not stay in his own bed, claiming he had leg cramps again, is still asleep.  I am enjoying the peace and quiet for right now.  My husband is asleep also.  Oh I forgot to tell you he was laid off this past January from somewhere that thought it was more important to please their shareholders than to please their loyal employees.  So they downsized and are not doing as well.  I still won't shop there!!  So he is searching for a job.  I currently work very part time, two mornings a week.  I want to always be available for my son.
Any readers out there in similar situations, layoffs, not wanting to work full time?

Do share if you want to we'd love to hear from you.
Beth

Hello and Welcome to our site

Hello Members of Motherhood,

Welcome to our site...  This is our site for the members of motherhood to bond over our tears, joy and fears of parenthood.  We'll discuss what products we love and don't love.  Topics on parenting like how to get your children to bed without too much fussing.  If that is possible.  How to protect your child from bullying, what to pack for lunch and many other topics.  Even little how to do things for moms and dads.  I have a motto:  I refuse to buy anything that I can make!!  We'll have crafts to do with and without kids.  Book reviews from any avid readers.  I encourage friends, members and anyone else to add their own comments, expertise, etc..  It is so much fun to share with friends!!
So come back... get involved..  and share with us for us...

Your friend,

Beth