What a girl! Gotta love her!

So, let me tell you about Marcie. She is a 5 year old bundle of energy, and a no-nonsense kinda girl. When I arrived last night to pick my kids up from Vacation Bible School, the pastor was talking about Jesus and the thieves crucified alongside of him. After the story, she explained to the kids how they can be forgiven when they've done something wrong. Then, she asked any children who had ever done anything wrong to raise their hands. Maybe 3 hands went up. Then, I hear a little voice saying, "Oh, come on y'all, raise your hands. You know you've done something wrong so raise your hands!" You guessed it, nearly every hand went up in the place while the adults were chuckling. That's my girl!

Marcie is a sweet little girl who loves her blankie and tries to save some breakfast for blankie. Fortunately, blankie is still in very good shape so we are not facing trying to keep up with the remnants. Marcie doesn't really play with dolls, instead she prefers jewelry and purses...and make-up and nail polish. Her favorite playmate in our family is Charlie but she also likes to "fix" Kyle's and Joanna's hair. They, for the most part, tolerate this. Marcie takes dance classes and is doing very well. She's looking forward to starting kindergarten in the fall. I would have to say that Marcie is definitely the life of our family.

She loves chocolate doughnuts and Hershey kisses (told you -- gotta love her!) and she is very particular about what she eats when. For example, if they had green beans for lunch at day care, she will not eat green beans at home. She has also figured out that she gets a rash around her mouth when she eats anything with tomatoes, so she now says she's allergic to tomatoes and can't have them (or sauce, etc.). Last night when I asked her if she wanted ketchup with her hot dog, she said, "can't have it." I think she feels important with having a food restriction just like her brother.

She is very pragmatic and matter of fact. She has a great mind and is a good problem-solver. Who knows, she might change the world when she grows up. For now, she's busy keeping the other kids in line at daycare, and at bible school. :)

Adding a few pictures!

I'm sorry this print is so tiny. I will work on that sometime, when I can figure out how to change it! Here's some other pictures of my kids enjoying each other!

Slow to catch up...

Okay, so I'm slow to catch up to "new" technology. After nearly 2 years of saying that I'm going to do this, I have finally gotten around to creating a blog. I also created a facebook page today... woo hoo! Now, I just have to figure out how to manage these communication assistive devices!

I am sitting at the Toyota dealership waiting for my car to be repaired. The catalytic converter went bad (or a component of it) and the repair takes 3 to 4 hours... all under warranty, thankfully! I also need to get my brakes repaired but will take the car to a non-dealership and save about $60. But, that will also involve more time away from work waiting on a repair so maybe I really won't save money after all (if time is money!). The funny thing is that this same dealership sent me an "invitation" to sell my car back to them at 70% of the MRSP and then buy a new car of the same type (minivan) with $ back on the trade and perhaps 0% financing. I looked at the "invitation" and said, "yeah, right, you'll practically give me an 08 or 09 car and take my 05 so that you can resell it...wait til you see the condition of the 05!" With allowing 4 kids to eat in the car and we practically live out of it anyway, you can imagine the condition my car is in... plus it needs front brakes and a new windshield, it has parking garage dings and kid dings on the outside... somehow, I don't think I could "win" on that deal!

So, welcome to my blog! I'm looking forward to keeping connected to all of you in a new and different way for me!