You Just Never Know What They Will Do Next!

Hello Faithful Blog Readers (all 2 or 3 of you!) :) We had another action-packed weekend at the Hendricks’ House. Last week, Kason had some behavior issues at his YMCA Afterschool program. He got in trouble 4 out of 5 days last week. 3 of the days were for mocking, rolling eyes and talking back to the counselors. And one day was for saying “ass”. We have talked to the counselors and to Kason. We have come to the conclusion that Kason is being influenced by older kids at the program. They have kids ages K thru 5th grade in the same area. The older kids are setting bad examples, and I think Kason is trying to do what they do. And as for the “ass” day, apparently one of the older kids told Kason to say it. This, of course, does not excuse Kason’s behavior but at least gives us a little insight as to Why. So we had the whole “if-someone-tells-you-to-jump-off-a-bridge” talk with him. Throughout the course of last week, we have grounded him from video games, TV and his football, as well as a spanking on “ass” day. Ug! Its times like these when I wish I could send him to Private school and shelter him from the world!!!!
Anyway, moving on to update you with all of our weekend activities. I went to a “Girls Night In” at my friend Laura’s house on Friday night. We had so much fun!!! A little too much, actually. Before I knew it (and quite by accident) I had drunk a whole bottle of wine by myself!! Wow!! So, needless to say, I paid for all the fun I had at Laura’s! My kids don’t sleep in just because I need to. So I was up bright and early on Saturday morning after about 4 hours of sleep. Here is a pic of all of us at Laura’s. What a motley crew we are! :)

On Saturday, Crystal , Chad , JJ and Koby came over to go to Celina’s Fun Day on the Square with us. The kids were so happy to see each other! Jaycee brought Katie a little pink Hello Kitty purse filled with plastic jewelry. Katie LOVES it!!!! She carried that purse and wore the jewelry the rest of the weekend. She kept telling me that she was going to the “Palace”.

The kids had fun at Fun Day, eating snow cones, going on carnival and hay rides and getting their faces painted. It was great to see the Brown family, we always have lots of fun with them.

Sunday was a good day. We went to Sunday School and church then home for a nap. I got a much-needed 2 hour nap! Plus, the Cowboys won. Told ya it was a good day! :) Kason and I went back up to the church on Sunday evening for an adult’s bible study and kids program. While we were there, it began storming outside. We got drenched getting in the car but made it home. Our electricity went out a little bit before 10pm Sunday night and didn’t come on until about 4:30am Monday morning. Plus, Celina got 5 inches of rain!! Streets were flooding. The rain just kept coming down. And the lighting and thunder were so close! Katie slept through it all, but Kason could not get settled down. He was one sleepy boy this morning!

Oh, I almost forgot one other thing that happened Sunday afternoon. The kids were outside after we had all napped. They had been getting on each other’s nerves pretty much all day. Kason wants to be all over Katie all the time and she, of course, screams everytime he comes within 5 feet of her. They just play off each other. So Kason went outside and Katie wanted to go too. So we let them go outside. They couldn’t have been out there more than 5 minutes, when GD goes out to check on them. He finds Kason chasing Katie with his pants down, trying to pee on her. Thankfully, he wasn’t able to run very fast with his pants down and she was able to run away from him and avoid getting peed on. Really!!???!? GD and I were both livid. Kason got spankings again and sent to his room. In hind sight, I think he was just trying to bug her as they had been bugging each other all day. We explained to Kason how 1.) it is very un-hygenic (is that a word??) to pee on someone and 2.) he doesn’t need to show his privates to anyone, even his sister. Craziness!!! So I just wonder if this is something I will eventually look back on and laugh or if it indicates a more serious behavior problem? These kids!!!! You just never know what they are going to do next!!!!!!!! (Now you know why I drank that whole bottle of wine on Friday night!! :)

Anyway, hope you all have a great week and don’t let anyone pee on you! :)

Orange, Orange and more Orange

Happy Monday, Blog-readers!! Hope wherever you are, you are having as beautiful weather as we are here in North Texas . After seemingly unending rain during the first half of the month, the last 4 days or so have been gorgeous!! The sun is out and the air has just the right amount of chill in it. We laid pretty low this weekend. I got off work early this past Friday and took the kids to Celina’s Homecoming Parade. They loved watching the Fire trucks, police vehicles, football players, drill team and other floats drive by. Kason especially liked the floats that threw candy out to the crowd! It was a gorgeous day for a parade. Later that evening, Kason and GD went to the football game while Katie and I stayed home. Kason had a little bit of trouble with some adhesive eye black that they handed out at the game. He loved wearing them at the game, but the next day his face was broken out from them! He has always had sensitive skin so I guess these just irritated it. He was fine by Sunday morning though. Here are before and after pics:

On Saturday, Kason and I carved a Jack-o-lantern. We found the perfect pumpkin at Walmart. We went outside to carve it so we wouldn’t make a mess in the house. Katie wasn’t very interested in the carving. She was too busy bringing all her dolls and toys outside while we were busy carving. By the time I looked up, she had dolls, a stool, a blanket, her picnic basket and other miscellaneous toys outside!! That girl is busy!! Kason did a great job carving the pumpkin. After we had it finished, I had a very Martha Stewart idea to toast the pumpkin seeds. Actually, I got the idea from my mom. She used to toast pumpkin seeds when we were little and I remember them being sooo good! Unfortunately, mine did not turn out good at all. I cleaned the seeds, then coated them with a little oil and salt and put them in the oven for about 7 minutes. I got them out all golden brown and smelling yummy. The first taste tasted great! Unfortunately, the more you chewed the worse it got. I couldn’t chew them!! I think I either didn’t let them dry enough after cleaning them or you are supposed to boil them first or something. Mom, you’ll have to help me out with that next time!!

Sunday was a great day! I taught Sunday School and had a great class with the little ones, then went to Worship which was great as well. I got a 2 hour nap that afternoon and then went to Bible Study Sunday night. It was a great small group and the Holy Spirit was definitely present! PTL!! It was a great way to end the weekend. Now on to another busy work and school week. Hope you all have a great one!

How do you say "Cary" in French? :)

A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from my aunt?cousin? Cary DuParc saying that she and her neice (her brother's daughter), Sabrina would be at DFW airport for an hour and a half layover on their way to L.A. Cary DuParc is my dad's mom's sister's daughter. Which would make her my dad's 1st cousin. So that means she is my 2nd cousin? Not sure, but I call her Aunt Cary anyway. Aunt Cary lives in France, as does Sabrina. I have met Aunt Cary before, but it was a long time ago. Probably when I was in high school. I had never met Sabrina. So I really wanted to be able to see them during their layover since they would be so close. I managed to get off work early and make it to the airport. I walked all over Terminal D and could not find them. I texted the phone number that Aunt Cary had given me. No response. After about an hour of waiting, I gave up and headed back to the parking garage. I knew they had to make their connecting flight and figured I had missed them. But on the way to the garage my cell phone rang. It was someone from the airport telling me where I could find my aunt. I turned around and headed back to the terminal. And there they were!!! I was so excited to see them! Both Aunt Cary and Sabrina are beautiful! And tall!! How did I miss that gene?!? :) I recognized Aunt Cary right away. They both walked up to me and hugged my neck. We talked for just a short time, and the whole time Sabrina was just staring at me. She finally said, "I can't believe how much you look like Lucy!! It is amazing how much you look like her!" Lucy is Aunt Cary's daughter, whom I have never met (but aparently she is beautiful...:) We only had time for a very short conversation because they had to make their connecting flight. But we did manage to snap a couple of pictures.
Aren't they pretty?!? That is Aunt Cary on the left and Sabrina on the right. Here is another one:

Can you see any resemblence? :) I hated that we it was such a short visit (probably 10 minutes in total), but it was so great to connect with them and see relatives that live an ocean away. Aunt Cary invited GD and I to come visit her in France. She said all we had to do was pay for the airfare, and she would take care of us once we got there. Now, that sounds like an offer we can't refuse!! Hopefully sometime in the near future we will be able to take her up on it!

Rain, Rain Go Away

I really like rain…. Just not nonstop rain/dreary weather for weeks at a time!! I am ready to see the sun already!!! But the cooler weather is nice, so I will try not to complain too much! We had another nice weekend despite the weather. Katie’s babysitter was closed on Thursday and Friday so Katie went to the daycare here at my work on Thursday. She loves it here. She calls it her “school”. When we arrived, she said “Momma, I love my school”. It is so nice to have something like this as backup childcare (even if it does cost and arm and a leg!) She had a great day on Thursday. Then Grammie came over and kept Katie on Friday. From what I hear, they had a great day together. Friday was a great day for both kids, as Kason aced his very first spelling test! He had a test over 20 words including “catch”, “grass”, “tip”, “man”, etc. We had been practicing his words all week. It was great to see that practice pay off! He was very proud of himself and of course, so were we! Friday was also my friend Brandi’s birthday. I went after work and met her and my friend Laurie for dinner and drinks. It was so good to hang out with great friends. I love my girlfriends and don’t know what I would do without them!!!

Saturday we laid pretty low as it was another rainy day. Gary Don’s dad stopped by for a visit which was a wonderful surprise. The kids had not seen Granddad in awhile, but they warmed up to him very quickly. Kason wore him out playing with a beach ball and Katie dragged him to her room to look at her “stuff”. It was a nice visit.
Then my mom came over that evening so Gary Don and I could have a Date Night. Whoo Hoo!! :) She came bearing gifts for the kids. It felt like Christmas in October! Katie got a Dora blanket, a Hello Kitty Backpack and some bling bling flip flop/slippers.
Kason got a Hot Wheels Toy and a globe. They were so excited!! And so were GD and I as we walked out the door!! :) We went to the movies and then met Crystal and Chad for dinner. It was a wonderful night. On Sunday we went to Sunday School and church then home for a quiet, lazy day. We got Kason’s Halloween costume in the mail this weekend (I ordered it online). He loves it!!! It is going to be hard to keep it off of him until Halloween. Here is a sneak peak:

Katie’s new phrase when she is eating something she likes is “Yum Yum, Delicioso!” Dora teaches her so much. :)

Tomorrow I am hoping to meet my Great Aunt Cary and 2nd Cousin, Sabrina at the airport for a quick visit. They have a layover at DFW. They live in France, so we rarely get an opportunity to visit. Hopefully, I will have pictures to post later this week.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Tea Parties and Mavericks

Friday night was a great night for all of us! Katie and I stayed home and my mom (Nona), came over to visit. Katie was so sleepy when I picked her up from Ms. Tracy's. So she napped for a little bit while Mom and I were able to have a nice visit. (And drink some much-needed wine! :) After about 45 minutes, Katie woke up and perked up! She had some dinner then proceeded to entertain us. She of course asked Nona if she would like to have a tea party. They sat down on the floor and Katie began to dictate how everything should be done. Katie and Nona shared lots of laughs when Nona tried to cut a plastic apple and it kept slipping out from her plastic knife. Katie thought it was hilarious! Her laughter was contagious! It was a great visit that all 3 of us really enjoyed! Here are a couple of pictures from our fun night.

While us girls were enjoying our Tea Party, the boys were out having the time of their lives at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Each year, the Mavs have a free "Fan Jam" where the players can meet fans and then have an open scrimmage. Gary Don was able to get VIP passes to meet the players and get autographs. GD said Kason was in heaven! He was able to meet Dirk (his favorite player) and also Jet Terry, Josh Howard, Eric Dampier and others. He has an autographed poster to show for it. The guys had a great night! I'm not sure who enjoyed it the most, Kason or Gary Don! :) It was a great Boys Night!

Halloween Prep

Hello Friends and Family! Can you believe it is October? There was a wonderful chill in the air this morning when I left to go to work. Love it! Every year, October brings with it thoughts of fall, pumpkins and of course, Halloween. This year is no exception. So with this in mind, I asked Kason this week what he wants to be for Halloween. He said, “I want to be an umpire”. I was surprised! I asked him if he knew what an umpire is. He looked at me like I was crazy and said, “Yes, Mom. It’s a guy with fangs and a long black cape.” LOL!!! I told him I think he means a VAMPIRE, not an UMPIRE! Unfortunately, being the mean mom that I am, I have a standing rule that my kids cannot be a monster or evil creature for Halloween. So instead, he is going with his second choice, a Pirate. (That’s not evil right???) I have already ordered the costume so he can’t change his mind now. He said he wants an eye patch and sword and a parrot on his shoulder. We’ll see about all that. But as it stands now, Kason will be a pirate. Katie has lots of dress up clothes that she can use as a costume. And if it is cold, I have a Lion costume that Kason wore when he was Katie’s age. So we are looking forward to a fun Halloween. We also plan on making our annual visit to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina. We always have lots of fun there and expect this year to be no different. Stay tuned for pictures, as the pumpkin farm always lends itself to great photo opportunities!
Tonight Kason and GD are going to the American Airlines Center in Dallas for the Mavericks Fan Jam. I’m not sure exactly what that is, but it sounds like lots of fun! And its free! (Which is always good!) I am sending GD with the camera, so hopefully I will post some pics from their Guys Night Out later this weekend.
Happy Friday! :)