been looking all over for you

here are the promised 'bloopers' that i can remember that have occurred here recently. now that kadence is in kindergarten she is our certified know it all, so fair warning to all.

these past two weeks have been so busy for the gray household. between taking kadence to the bus, the younger two to school, picking kids up, t-ball practice, bible study and visits to the gym (not to mention grocery shopping and doctor's appointments) there have been many miles put on the car. during one of these outings all the children were safely buckled in and enjoying a dvd and probably kid gum (aka starburst), when a huge pot hole was right in the way of the way i needed to go and WHAM! we hit it, it jerked us to the side, but all were safe. of course kadence had to say something. "man mom, lucky i went to the bus safety course today." yes you are lucky girly girl.

aunt catie spoils the kids rotten. rotten. on one of these spoiling sessions, ty got a nerf gun fully equipped with safety goggles and a target. he loves it. he knows to shoot up or at the target and walks around looking for someone to cock his gun for him. oh boys. well, i thought i would give it a try. it was pretty fun. we got the target out next. i wasn't a bad shot at all. i wrote some of the bad aim off on the foam nerf 'bullets' being too light so i wasn't getting a direct shot - more of a curve. regardless we were having fun. kambel wanted a turn, so i agreed as long as she would let me shoot one more. she decided to hold the target, but i had to remind her to put it down by her belly, not her face - just in case i missed. she moved it down to her belly, i cocked the gun, squinted my eye and fired. right into her eye. oh shit. she freaks out, she is crying uncontrollably - in my arms at this point. i realize it wasn't a direct blow to her eye, just below it (how did i miss the target so bad??). i try to calm her down, but she is really upset - not injured. "mommmmmyyyyy are you going to jail???" what? why would i go to jail kambel? "because you just shot me!" no baby girl i am not going to jail...

another kambel blooper happened at the last t-ball game we were at. it is quite the scene getting the kids to stay in one area during a game. i end up standing the entire time, either chasing ty, kambel or trying to catch kadence hitting or catching the ball. it is pretty fun, the younger two always find something to do - there is a park, plus rocks and dirt. fun. ty usually walks around trying to find someone to throw the ball to him. kambel is up and down the slides, and of course playing in the rocks and dirt. well it was kadence's turn to bat, so i walked up to the fence - ty and kambel by my side - and watch her hit. it took about 2 minutes, but she finally hit one off the t and ran to the base. after i made sure she saw me see her, i tended to the other two. or one. kambel was gone. clear as the sky - she vanished! i grab ty, checked the swings, slides, dirt, rocks, under bleachers. i even tried yelling. it is getting pretty dark (the lights were on from the field), i was beginning to panic. not a good feeling. i start moving away from our dug out area and head around the field to the other dug out. on my way i see a trail in the rocks - as if someone were dragging their foot in the rocks. i look ahead and see her! i ran to get her (she was still walking and looking down, dragging her foot in the rocks). kambel! she looks up at me (out of breath, scared to death) and says "mom, i have been looking all over for you." i bet you have you little monkey.

more to come...