random thursday...

i never tire of sharing my kiddos' art work with u....i hope u don't get tired of seeing it! ;0) here is some recent stuff jaden has done...

i wonder how this guys uses the restroom? ~lol~

and this guy has pictures all over his body (like tattoos, i guess) that light up & make him powerful! and check out the gleam from his super sharp claws!

and here's how i found jaden the other evening - he made all these drawings at his daycare that afternoon (they say he'll go through one sketch pad in about 1/2 hour!)....then when he got home, he lined them all up for us to check out - asperger's much? ~teehee~

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there's another little artist in the house, that's really coming out of her shell! i don't know if it's kindergarten or just the fact that she's getting older....but little miss gabrielle is becoming a lot more self-confident these days! i like that! ;0)

the artist at work...

her creation - too sweet!

and my new fav drawing - our family! :0) LOVE the lashes on us girls!

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actually, gabrielle is showing her independence more at school too! here's an email i got from her teacher last evening...

"I know that you like to give your children freedom and don't think you will have a problem with this. But she said today that she wanted to be called Gabrielle. I/we can call her whatever she wishes. I just thought it was cute that she said that she didn't want to be called Gabby anymore- they called her that in PreK. It was like she was too grown up for Gabby. We shall see if that changes throughout the year. :)"

when school started, gab's teacher asked me what i wanted her to learn to write....i explained that she knows how to write both gabrielle & gabby already - that she doesn't really care what others call her, but that she usually prefers to write gabby (i'm assuming cause it's shorter, duh)....i said that i'd like her to keep practicing gabrielle, but that i didn't care what she had everyone call her.....i guess she set the record straight for us! ;0)

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last night, i made larger versions of the cupcakes in a jar that i made for my 1st giveaway this week.....these are for my BFF & my brother.....Misty celebrated a birthday on Labor Day & CJ's birthday is today! these contain about 4 or 5 cupcakes each (the smaller versions contain 2)! i hope they enjoy them! :0)

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randomness, from the mouthes of babes....

(this pic was taken, by the request of jaden - he was sporting new kicks!)

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mama - "jaden, could you go put your shoes away in your room please?"
jaden, without hesitation & in his most charming voice - "how could i say no to a face like that?!"

~lmao~

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corinn - "gabby, i'm telling Jesus that you _____! " (whatever it was she did - i can't remember)
mama - "corinn, you don't need to tattle to Jesus - he sees everything we do & say."
gabrielle - "yeah, like santa claus!"

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(if you've seen one of jaden's fav movies, home alone, u'll get this one)

jaden & deandra are taking turns on grandpa's go-kart.....jaden is counting how many seconds it takes deandra to do a loop around the property - "24, 25, 26, 27..."
uncle cj, trying to mess jaden up - "7, 11, 34, 85..."
jaden, very nonchalantly - "cj, don't b a moron"
cj just cracked up laughing!

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mama, going through jaden's school folder with him - "oh, i see u got to go to mrs. jessup's class for science today! was it fun?"
jaden - "yep, we talked about tomato seeds on page 7"
mama - "and did u meet with mr. johnson today?"
jaden - "yes"
mama - "how many times a day to u meet with him this year?"
jaden "four"
mama - "four times a day?!"
jaden - "no, i saw mr. johnson 4 times."
he's right! we had this convo tuesday eve - he had seen mr. johnson on wed, thur, fri the week before & that day (he didn't meet with him the 1st day of school & they were out for labor day)
and remember the page number of his science lesson?!
how does he catalog all this stuff?!
i can barely remember what day of the week it is!

(jaden, as a sea monster)

happy thursday! ;0)