M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

The Moon clan will be headed down to see Mickey in Orlando next Saturday. We are excited beyond words and I am nervous on how this will all play out. I have read websites and books and planned as best I could and I HOPE everything runs smooth.

But taking 5 kids and a pregnant Momma on a week long vacation is sure to provided some funny stories and possibly a meltdown or two. This coming week I will be packing and preparing. Packing for 7 people is enough work on it own but I also like to make sure to leave the house nice and clean so when we return it will be nice to be home again.

I am wondering how the kids will do on the airplane. Luckily it's a short flight and we don't leave till 7 pm. So no waking early and rushing around.

Can't wait to see their faces when they enter the Happiest place on Earth for the first time! Stay tuned for pictures , we will be back on March 28th.

Snow in Bama, AGAIN!

Wow! For the second time this year we had snow for the kids to play in. It was all gone by noon, but we got out early and took some pictures. Click the picture below to see more.

Scaling Mt. Laundry

Just so you feel better about the amount of laundry you have here is an example of what we did today. This was less than 1 weeks worth of clean laundry. I usually try hard not to let it pile up and be such an overwhelming task but it doesn't always happen that way.

We have a system for tackling the mountain of laundry and it works pretty well. First everyone goes to their closets and collects hangers. Then I assign each kid a job. Today Logan folded and stacked all the underthings. Molly's job was towels,washcloths,and dishtowels. Macy hung the shirts and tops. Brian hung all the pants and jeans. I was the person whole went through and made everyones piles along with folded jammies, t-shirts, and play clothes. Parker did a large part of the putting away once it was all folded and on hangers. This took about an hour verses the few hours it could take 1 person.

So now you can be happy about your little bitty laundry pile that you have waiting for you to do. Sometimes I wonder if I'll miss these huge mountains when the kids are grown and gone? No I don't think I will, but if I do I can go visit the kids and wash their clothes for old times sake.

A look back

These pictures were taken the first week of March 2003 thats 5 years ago . Molly had decided to give herself a hair cut just a few days before she was to have her pictures taken for Ballet class.

The pictures were taken by Mimi (my Mom) who had come over to my house after I called her in a panic and explained what Molly had done. What you can't see from the photo is how in various sections all over her head Molly cut her hair down to the scalp. Luckily Mimi saved the day and was able to cut Molly's hair into this short style.

Thank God Molly had curly hair and I could scrunch and fluff the curls to cover the bald spots. The hair cut actually turn out sorta cute and it grew out pretty fast. I tried shaming her for doing such a bad thing but it seemed EVERYONE commented on how cute the cut was on her. I would explain how the hair cut came about and Molly would just give them a grin. It was like she was thinking to herself that she had done a pretty good job on her hair do.

Wow, 5 years have flown by! These pictures are a reminder of the saying "Don't sweat the small stuff " . This was a MAJOR event to me back then but today it is a faded memory. I didn't even know it happened in March until Mom sent these pictures in an email the other day and reminded me. I am sure I am due for more of these "What were you thinking????" events , I hope I have learned that time passes quickly and hair grows back. And lastly even if I am mad and distraught at the time I should take a few pictures to remember the occasion because time flies and it too will be a faded memory.

I help Logan, Mommy.

Logan is our #1 trash man around here. While Logan was at school the trash was full I turned around to find Collin struggling to remove the full trash bag. I looked at him as he was attempted to tie the bag closed and he told me "I help Logan, Mommy." He then strained and struggled alittle more till he pulled the full bag out of the can. It was so cute and he was so proud!