Samantha Strikes Again!!!

Bedtime is so much fun around our house...never a dull moment. Tonight, after throwing a very mild tantrum once she was in bed, Sam quieted down. She was rather quite for about 30 - 45 min, when all of a sudden we hear..."mommy...mommy...mommy...Mommy...MOMMY! Why are you still awake? It's past your bed time! Where do these kids come up with this stuff??? Needless to say Kara and I tried our hardest to contain our laughter. Some times it is just too hard to stay serious and get upset when you have that kind of comedy coming down the hall.

The Princess Room

Today is Samantha's birthday! Happy number 4 Sam!!!

She wanted a "Princess Room" for her birthday....Darn you Extreme Home Make Over!

Kara did a fantastic job picking out the decorations...She actually made all the princess portraits, and did all the stamping on the bottom half of the wall (castles, crowns, and paisleys).

Of course the colors had to be pink and purple. The pink color was actually called "Pretty in Pink", and came from the Disney color selection at Home Depot. She also wanted a yellow ceiling, but we managed to talk her out of that...Whew! The head board was one we had to put together ourselves, which was quite an adventure, involving a tap and dye set, and dish soap!

We have posted a few pictures for you all to view. Please enjoy!!!

Write a letter to Heavenly Father

Sowe have started making paper chains to count down the days to different events. We have also used it count down the days Sam goes to bed good. If she goes to bed good, she gets to tear one link off, when they have all been torn off, she gets a reward. That is how she got her wagon.

Recently she has not been going to bed so well, so her wagon got taken away. We just made another chain for her to try and get her wagon back.

Sam and daddy went on a date just this Friday night, in part to celebrate her first week at her new pre-school. While driving to Chick-a-lay (that is Samantha for Chick-fil-a), Sam suddenly said, "we need to make a chain for when my brother or sister comes...***That is not an announcement, just something Sam has been saying lately*** She added "then we can write a letter to Heavenly Father to tell him that I want a sister not a brother.

We don't believe that she is confusing Santa and Heavenly Father, but it just makes sense that if we don't usually see Santa and have to write him letters to tell him what we want, it must be the same with Heavenly Father.