Things have been a little different around the house, I have started teaching all of them to cook. I will say that Kyle can cook most anything he wants and probably anything I would ask him to cook. I guess that just comes with being the oldest. Blake and Brooke are doing real well, they just need some more time in the kitchen to be able cook a variety of things. They have all been cooking supper one night a week. I am trying to teach them to plan ahead what they are going to cook so that grocery shopping takes care of all the needed items. I keep trying to be invisible, but its just hard for me to do. I have to share my lil tricks in the kitchen or the way I would do this etc and they just fail to appreciate my years of experience, lol. Kyle says "I got this" and then "Remember you are invisible." I offer my help and Kyle says "If I let you help, you take over." I think that is a good sign, lol. Anyway you get the picture. Kyle would probably cook every night if I would let him since he and Blake are still grounded and there is not much else to do. Blake and Brooke have been gone 2 nights a week to the play practice with Tracy, so its a lil harder for them to get the cooking night in and the laundry night too, but they are doing it. I guess my goal is to get them where they can buy groceries and cook without my help so when I retire and decide to go to Bama for an extended period that they can pick up the things that I have been doing and when I return its not to a messed up house full of starving folks and no groceries, lol.
I have had extra time on my hands since the kids are helping more, so I have been surfing blogs. I am finding some neat ones and I have got to figure out how to make mine more colorful. It can't be that hard I just have not focused on it yet, too busy surfing I guess.
The month of January, I have spent the weekends in Vicksburg, spring cleaning and using my new vacuum cleaner. I have had kids help with their rooms and even got Pat to help with our room. Chris started cleaning his this weekend and I just had to help with my vacuum cleaner, lol. I am hoping that the next trip to Bama I can move the remainder of my photo albums and my sewing and craft stuff. This will free up space in Blake closet and the extra closet in Kyle's room.
The month of February, my goal is to move the remainder of the items that will be finding a home in Bama. The first trip that the truck makes to Bama I plan to move my corner china cabinet and the 2 photo cabinets. I will have another van load of stuff out of these cabinets and that should just about finish up my moving.
I spent some time this week looking back at some old photo's and picked a few of groups to post. I was actully looking for a photo I though Susan and I took this past summer of the teenagers sitting on the picnic table like they did many years ago. Susan if you have that picture send it to me... and if we just talked about it and never did then remind me for us to do it this summer. I guess thats all of my rambling for now. Oh did I tell you its 4 months and 28 days until I retire.
Don't they look so sweet and innoscent?
Brooke was not here yet.
Here they are a little older, all except for Tracy's boys and Josh. Whitney is in this one and Brooke too.
The rest will take you back a little further.
