As the girls sought to fill their time today while I finished working this morning, Mollie decided that today was the perfect day to play with markers. She found a box of markers in the drawer of "stuff" I keep for the kids. She grabbed some paper, and while I worked, this is what she did....

This afternoon, I took the girls with me to Wal-Mart. I knew when I decided to go that it would cost me. The girls talked me into letting them pick out a toy. I had told them that they would get a prize when VBS was over as a reward for being so easy going and obedient while things were wild at home. So, this was my chance. They could pick out their prize, and I would be done and off the hook.

At first, Mollie picked out an Ariel doll for the bathtub and pool. Ellie found two Barbie phones that she wanted. One was more like a Blackberry and the other was just a cell phone. She was immediately distressed that she could only get one. To make a long story short, Mollie decided she wanted the one that Ellie didn't pick. Before we left the store, we buzzed by the watches. Mollie saw a Hannah Montana watch and immediately wanted it. Ellie decided that she wanted to work and earn the phone. It sounded good to me until Mollie decided shew anted the phone and not the watch. So, I told the girls that Ellie had to earn the phone and Mollie had to earn her next toy.

I was working on the blog when Mollie ran in and said something about emptying her drawers and working on her room. I told her she had to clean it up. However, I had no idea that this is what she had done....


Mollie had emptied 2 of her drawers. I couldn't quite figure out what made her do it. I should have known!

Apparently, Ellie decided that it was time to get to work and start earning that phone. Well at times, Ellie is more of a delagater than a workaholic. Ha! So, not to be outdone and to sort of "payback" Mollie for picking the phone, Ellie created a "to do list" for Mollie.



It took me about 2 hours to clean up the mess and to get it all sorted back out. Oh, well. At least it gave us all a good laugh, and Mollie was able to say, "Cleaned out my drawers - check!"

Yes, I know. I've done it again. It has been maybe 2 months since I blogged. Yikes! I have to apologize to friends and family who rely on the blog to keep up with the angels. Unfortunately, life has gotten the better of me. So, enough of that and on to what we've been doing....


Annie is on the move!
Watch out world! Annie is into EVERYTHING!! She is hilarious. As of today, June 8th, she is crawling, pulling up and taking 6 or so steps at a time. She is managing the stairs very well and is almost able to go down them by herself without giving me a heart attack. Ha!

So, here's where we were in mid-April....Annie discovered the drawer with the Zip-loc bags. Yikes!!