Smart Cookie

Lately, Maeci has been asking me all kinds of random questions about things that I had no idea she knew. Yesterday, she asked me if the Earth was the only world. I cringed at trying to answer that one. I looked up some things about the planets and the universe and tried to explain to her the best that I could. She seemed like she understood and now of course, she wants to talk about planets, read about planets, and even use balls to demonstrate to Scott just how the planets really work in our universe (which is quite humerous even though she is exactly right!!) Then today we were talking about, what else but the planets, and she asked me if there was electricity on Jupiter. I told her I didn't think so but I wasn't sure. This was the conversation that ensued....

Maeci--Why doesn't Jupiter have electricity like we do??
Me--I am not sure, Jesus just didn't make it that way (typical good church answer when you don't know what else to say:)
Maeci--Does Jupiter have trains?
Me--No
Maeci--Well, if Jupiter had trains, then the trains could take to coal to the power plants and then they could make electricity, right.?
Mommy--Yes, I think that they could
Maeci--How do they make the electricity??
Mommy--Honestly, I don't know
Maeci--Do they glue it together and then put some different colors on it??
Mommy--(I just cracked up and told her she was sooo cute and sooo smart!)

Sometimes that girl is too smart for her own good. I know every parent wants their child to be smart and I am so glad that she is. She is a little genius and sometimes it makes me wonder if she isn't already smarter than...Scott!! :)

Finally!!

I have some good news to report....Camden is finally walking!! He is 13 months old and I wondered if he would ever walk. I would try to stand him up and he would just let his legs dangle and fuss at me. I finally just decided that he was going to bear crawl forever but he started walking a couple of days ago. He was outside standing by his car and I looked up and he was walking to Maeci's bike. He looks like a little penguin and it is hysterical!! I took him in to the dr. today for his 12 month check-up and of course, everything is progressing just the way it should. He is 80% for his weight...a whopping 27lbs and 90% for his length which was 33 3/4in. He has been off the bottle now for about 3 months and since he is walking (just in time)we got a great report!! Here are a couple of random pics that I took of the kids. They are so cute!!

Cowgirl Maeci??

We haven't even been here for a year and Maeci asked me today if she could have some cowgirl boots. She said that all of her friends have them. They are cute on some girls but the way Maeci is, I just don't see her as a country girl. I guess we will see but I am going to hold off buying boots as long as I can!!

Football vs. Family Part II

Well, as most of you know by now, the football vs. family thing turned out about 50-50. Somebody at Scott's family reunion brought a TV and hooked it up with some rabbit ears. Even though, it was kind of hard to see, we were still able to see the score. That was great when OU was winning but it was bad when we lost. Oh well, maybe next year, I guess.

Now, as far as fantasy football is concerned, it was a hard fought battle between Scott and I but in the end I won, of course!! :) Actually in our FF league, 3 games this week were husbands vs. wives and the wives won all 3!! That's right, we beat the little Nancy's! It was a great win for all of us!!

Overall, the weekend was fun! I wish the OU game would have turned out better but I guess I"ll have to wait until next year for the next OU vs. TX game!!!

Football vs. Family??

Most of you know I am a BIG family person. I love being surrounded by my family and doing things with them. I really do enjoy my in-laws (honestly, I do) and the rest of Scott's family as well. We always have a great time together whatever we are doing but this weekend I have to choose football first. I have 3 reasons for doing so....

1. OU vs TX
2. I am a huge OU fan and most of Scott's family are TX fans
3. Scott and I battle this weekend in fantasy football

I already had plans to watch the game Saturday in my OU shirt with my kids yelling "Boomer Sooner" as loudly and obnoxiously as they could just to annoy Scott:) and then I realized that this weekend is the annual "Allen Reunion." Scott's grandmother was an Allen and its the only family reunion that we ever go to because it just a few miles away from our house. So, someone obviously did not share my affinity for the football game. Of course, the game starts at 11:00am and the reunion starts at 10:00am. I guess I will have to check the scores on my cellphone until I can get back home to watch the game. Oh, and thank goodness for Tivo!!

Now, as far as fantasy football is concerned, I am the reigning champion of our league. It is 12 teams and I won last year. This year, I am 4-1 and so is Scott. I have to beat him!! I need to beat him so I can continue my superiority and keep my bragging rights. Well, I will let you know how the weekend goes!! BOOMER SOONER!!!!

Good ol Debate

Ok, I said I wouldn't talk alot about politics but I have to say something about last night's debate. I generally am not one for politics but this last couple of years has really peaked my interest. I have really enjoyed talking about the candidates and their views. I feel passionately about some things and some I could care less about but all in all, I have been really interested this year. I love Sarah Palin and I think she is such a special lady. She is a mother of 5 kids and that in itself makes for a rough time I am sure. Anyway, I watched the debate last night and I actually thought it went really well. Both VP candidates spoke about their views and corrected the other one when they thought they were wrong. I wish I had some way of knowing when they were wrong but I am sure we will never know that. After the debate was over, I still felt strongly about my presidential pick but only time will tell if everyone else agreed with me or not. Overall, it was a great debate and I thoroughly enjoyed it!!

Date Night

Ok, I am sorry that I haven't posted in over a week. I tried to get on the site several times but couldn't. So here I am a week and a 1/2 later trying to remember all of the things that have happened recently. Last weekend, Scott and I went on our first date in quite a while. We had so much fun! We went and ate at Outback and then we went to see Nights in Rodanthe. Loved the food and I loved the movie. I actually really like Diane Lane and Richard Gere so the two of them together was perfect. If you don't like romance movies, then you should go purely for the scenery of the movie. It was so pretty and very tranquil except for when the hurricane came. Anyhow, if you see it, let me know what you think. After the movie, we went shopping for a few things for the kids and then we got coffee and came home. It was very relaxing and we had a great time!!