When you get old and have million kids, like me, sometimes the simple things in life are the most exciting. I just decided yesterday to really organize our garage entryway so that we had a "mudroon", take-your-shoes off area. It already had a few baskets for shoes, but it was getting out of hand. Last night we all took a trip to "Goodwill" and bought $40 worth of wire and wicker baskets. Today I bought some little yard sale tags from Wal-Mart for $2 and wa-La!! It looks great! I also learned that Lils is EXTREMELY accomodating, helpful, sweet, and altogether perfect when I allow her to stay up an hour past bedtime to help me organize. Dave was at Young Men's last night, Rose and E were in bed and that left Lils and I to sort through junk and put it all together. I know it doesn't look like much from the pictures (I didn't take any before pictures) because I took it on my camera phone! Our other camera is in the mail. So, last night Lils and I had a great time working together. She sorted through all the shoes while I cleaned up the shelves. All in all, it was a fun night, and hopefully it will stay nice and organized for at least a few days!
I was looking through my old camera phone pictures I've saved on the computer over the years- here are a few highlights of E at his best! Man, we thought he was the cutest kid ever! (a face only a mother could love! :) Do any of you "Baity Hill-ites" remember E at the playground our first year there? He would crawl around super fast with a constant snotty nose! Bark, rocks, dirt, and small animals would get stuck to his snot every single day- no matter how many times I'd wipe his face! It got to a point where I'd just let him sport the Hitler mustache the whole time at the park, then give him a good wiping before we left! Gross! Boys make you do things as a mother you never thought you would possibly do! :)
