These are a few of my favorite things.......

Now you know you will be singing that song all day :)
Wed we went to the fair with the home school group. The kids had the best time of course. They rode a few rides, played a few games, and looked at a ton of great exhibits. So I know give you a ton of pictures of my favorite things from the fair :)

Ahhh boys :)

Now I will admit, I am a girl Mom. When I was little I never wanted boys. Just lots of daughters. Then came the 1st one ( after 2 girls) and I was in love. That special little boy that melted my heart is now almost 15! And 7 years ago, God blessed us with another little boy. Corey is mamas boy. He has autism, and wouldn't let anyone, including his Dad hold or cuddle him until he was 2 except me. We bonded A LOT. And still at 7, he comes to me nightly for cuddles and stories. Happily he will now go to his Dad for movies like Star Wars, and Indiana Jones, since as I said I am a girl mom. LOL

I will admit I do not understand little boys. or big ones for that matter. I do not "get" bathroom humor, or find sticking my hand in my pants, or diaper a needed daily thing. I don't get blood, gore, and action movies. I do not enjoy the girls on the other end of my phone line asking "Is Jonas there?" Or why every teenage boy that walks through my door must wrestle on my living room floor.

But I do know I am grateful for Heavenly Father seeing past what I thought I wanted as a little girl, and blessing me with now 3 beautiful sons.

Quick Update

Early intervention came out to evaluate our new 2 yo ds. She says she is almost positive he has autism, but will be sending someone out to make a formal dx. How ironic is that. We had no idea when we picked him up that this was the case. but it is nothing new to us, and we will get him all the services he needs.

Dh and I saw Fireproof sat night. I recommend this movie to everyone. We also bought the book, and are both doing the 40 day love dare. I feel so blessed to have such an amazing man in my life.

Taking a deep breath

Things have been busy of course. 8 yo and 5 yo dd started girl scouts and are having a great time. The other kids are just the same busy as before. LOL

The 12 year old is staying with a friend of mine. We thought the lying wasn't as bad as it truly was, and then stealing, threatening the other kids, the DISGUSTING messages on myspace to boys she knows and doesnt know, and the problems she started for my 14 year old son were all too much for me. Then throw in some REALLY inappropriate things found written about my 14 year old son, and we decided that our home is no the best placement for her right now. A very dear friend of mine found me in quite a state over all of it Saturday and offered to take her. I tried all other family members including her Grandmother and everyone has refused to take her. they have all had her before in their homes, and she created so much havoc, including accusing several people of "touching" her, that they will not take her in again.
I know she has been through a lot, and needs severe help, but she is now become a danger to the other children in the house, and I cannot sacrifice them. She is starting counseling, an I would like to have her placed in a therapeutic home, but I guess we will see how she does with my friend, As my friend wants me to let her have the chance to help her 1st.

The house as been so nice for the past 2 days. No one is walking on eggshells, I am not having to break up fights, everyone's missing stuff is back. The 5 yo and the 2 yo have been playing and having fun. We now realize they are VERY afraid of her. Sadly her 5 yo sister has not even asked where she is, or why she is not home. So we will take this all day by day until we figure out what the best plan is for everyone.