For Amber...

Last weekend, I was talking on the phone to Amber, one of the beautiful women who faithfully helped me with my babies back when they were... well, babies. She eventually moved, married a great guy, and went on to have quads of her own. (Yeah, I know, what are the odds?) Her babies are now toddlers and are getting more and more 'active'. She made the comment, "it seems like your kids were always so good!" Looking back, I think she may be talking about someone elses kids...

Yes, this is wet toilet paper stuck to every surface of my bathroom. What you can't see is that it is on the ceiling and dripped on me as I walked under it. We went through a phase where it didn't matter what I did, the kids got the T.P. and inevitably decorated with it....Why did they have to send it swimming in the toilet first???

Jaxon "cooking" a balanced Cheerios breakfast. If you look closely, you'll see the remainder of the box all over the floor behind him.

Flour, sugar, oatmeal, pancake mix and, thank heavens they hadn't gotten the lid off the oil yet...Oh, this happened when I took a 3 minute shower.

Cupcakes always taste better after being squished all over the counter.

Into the toilet again! Notice the roll is (of course) empty...

Ummmmm, that is nail polish on my wall. They also painted the dining table at the same time.

Carson had already had a bath but decided to jump in with Jax and Amanda as well.

Thanks mom for our very own mud puddle!!

That is magic marker all over Amanda...

This broken window? Jaxon has a hell of an arm, he was 4 when he launched that rock through the window. Maybe Mike could teach him to pitch?

My best advice...When your kids do something that makes you want to cry, (or runaway from home), grab a camera and take lots of pictures! You WILL laugh about it one day!

Did I ever tell you about the time they spoon fed Coke and chocolate pudding into the back of a high velocity floor fan we used to cool our bedroom, just to watch it spray EVERYWHERE? I bet I'll find shards of pudding and splatters of Coke until the day we move out!

Anyway, it's all good and these really are some of my favorite memories. But after looking at all these pictures, all I can think is "Where was their mother?"