Grady's 2nd Birthday!

Lee and Ivey's boy, Grady, turned 2 and had a birthday party yesterday. It was a fun party and a flock of cousins showed up to celebrate. Along with Grady, Olivia, Payton, Lindsey, Evan, Maxwell, Madeya, and Mackenly were present to party.


Grady getting ready to blow out his candles.


Grady checking out a stuffed puppy instead of his cake and candles.



Payton and Evan playing with the kitchen set in the playroom.

Grady, Lindsey, Payton, and Olivia in Grady's room before the rest of the clan showed.

Here is the Birthday Boy himself! GRADY! Happy Second litttle man!

Winter Fun in the Yard

Olivia and Payton got to go outside and play in the snow.

Snowfall could reach upwards of 15" tomorrow! But our lake effect will probably keep it more like 5".

Both of these love playing outside, no matter how cold, hot, or type of weather.

First Snowfall of 2008

We had our first snowfall of the year and Olivia couldn't wait to get her four wheeler out to slip and slide in the slippery snow!

No need to shovel, because she packed what snow we got onto the sidewalk!


Doing doughnuts and crazy 8's, but too dark to see the nice 8's she made in the front yard.


Please don't take my picture, I am so shy! Ya, Right!

Under Achiever

Liv's Art Gallery

Olivia took some time to make some pictures and decided to use our room as her "gallery." She said it was to give the wall some color, and to butter up dad by the look of a couple of the pictures.

The Wall came tumbling down!

Do you remember this historical day in history?

Thursday, November 9, 1989.
Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day. It is hard to believe that this happened 19 years ago today!

Tough Love vs. Spanking - Good Argument

Thanks Jill, this new technique has seemed to work rather well!

The following was advice that was given by my cousin's wife, Jill:

Good Argument Most people think it improper to spank children, so I have tried other methods to control my kids when they have one of 'those moments.' One that I found effective is for me to just take the child for a car ride and talk. Some say it's the vibration from the car, others say it's the time away from any distractions such as TV, Video Games, Computer, IPod, etc. Either way, my kids usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our car ride together. Eye to eye contact helps a lot too. I've included a photo below of one of my sessions with my son, in case you would like to use the technique.

Sincerely,

Jill




This works with grandchildren, nieces, and nephews as well.

Look at my Hooters!

Here is what was said by pro golfer John Daly after a night at Hooters,

"Nothing is going right in my life right now," Daly said in a telephone interview Sunday. "I'm going through a hell of a divorce. I haven't seen my son. It was an unfortunate incident, but it's a joke what people are saying. I take full responsibility for what happened, but it wasn't that big of a deal."

Daly said it could have been avoided if his friends had realized he tends to "sleep" with his eyes open when he's tired, stressed and has been drinking.

Good one!

Devil's Night Prank

The Golzynski's woke up Friday morning to over 60 McCain, Falcon, and Casperson signs in their front yard. I was assumed the first guilty party, would have, but I was at Nockers' watching the Wings. The best part is that the misses took all the signs down before sunrise but when she left for Maddie's Halloween carnival and came back, they were back up in their yard! The guilty party has been identified and be on the look out for a short little grass cutter from Boston, that is you Junior! Paybacks are hell, be prepared.

Trick or Treat!

We took the kids to Trick or Treat at Nockers and Lynn's house first. We were the first kids to arrive for candy! They also got to get to know Sadie, their dog that gave many "kisses" to Payton aka Butterfly. Olivia was a Kitty Kat.

We ended up at my parent's house lfor my birthday meal, ike normal. We had food and treats for the night and Bailey stopped by for some candy of her own. I wanted to take more pictures, but of course my battery died today. Murphy's law rules again.

Happy 1st Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my Blog! Today marks one year ago that I started my blog. What a fun year it has been! I hope I spread joy to those of you that check out our life. 8,320 hits so far, keep 'em coming!

Tonight the girls got to watch Charlie Browns Pumpkin Patch.

It was Payton's first time to actually watch the Great Pumpkin and she seemed to enjoy it!

Olivia got to carve another pumpkin tonight. Then she collected the pumpkin seeds and we baked them in the oven. MMMMM Good!

Carving Pumpkins

Olivia wanted to show her little sis how to carve a pumpkin. At first she didn't want to clean out the guts of the pumpkin, but when dad said he wasn't going to do it for her, Liv jumped right in. Payton had fun watching and helping when Olivia would let her. Liv wanted a "smiling scary" pumpkin and I do believe that was accomplished! Do you?

Look into my eyes

Payton loves looking at pictures of herself, so I took a picture of her so she could see "Paypay."