{THIRD GRADE}....can you believe the little man is in the final months of third grade. He has learned a lot this year. Some things Positive. Some things Negative. He is really used to being the favorite in the class and this year he has learned that sometimes you don't always see eye to eye with your teacher. He really rubs her wrong for some reason...but guess what, we all have to learn to adjust and adapt. He is still  KING of the playground and has lots of friends at school. Tonight as I layed down by him as he was going to slee, he kind of kicked me out of his room. He said, "Mom, you can't lay by me anymore, I am to old and kids at school get teased for this, so you have to leave." My mama heart kind of broke, but I got up because geeez, what you would do in this awkward situation. As I was leaving he said, "Don't leave the house, just leave my room, if you were to leave the house my world would turn into rubble because me and dad would just wrestle all the time and I would have to light a firecracker." Well kid, that made me feel a little better. I would hate your world to turn to rubble. I love you little man..third grade and all.

{DR. SEUSS}...who doesn't love him. The little man sure does and boy he still LOVES to read.

DON'T GIVE UP. I  BELIEVE IN YOU ALL. A PERSON'S A PERSON NO MATTER HOW SMALL.  -DR. SEUSS

TODAY YOU ARE YOU THAT IS TRUER THAN TRUE. THERE IS NO ONE ALIVE THAT IS YOUER THAN YOU.  -DR. SEUSS

YOU'LL NEVER BE BORED WHEN YOU TRY SOMETHING NEW. THERE'S REALLY NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAN DO!  -DR. SEUSS

IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT IS - IT'S ABOUT WHAT IT CAN BECOME.  -DR. SEUSS

BE WHO YOU ARE AND SAY WHAT YOU FEEL BECAUSE THOSE WHO MIND DON'T MATTER AND THOSE WHO MATTER DON'T MIND.  -DR. SEUSS

WHY FIT IN WHEN YOU WERE BORN TO STAND OUT.  -DR. SEUSS

THE MORE YOU READ, THE MORE THINGS YOU WILL KNOW. THE MORE THAT YOU LEARN, THE MORE PLACES YOU'LL GO.  -DR. SEUSS

THINK AND WONDER. WONDER AND THINK.  -DR. SEUSS

YOU HAVE TO BE ODD TO BE NUMBER ONE.  -DR. SEUSS

THINK LEFT AND THINK RIGHT AND THINK LOW AND THINK HIGH. OH, THE THINKS YOU CAN THINK UP IF ONLY YOU TRY.  -DR. SEUSS

YOU'RE OFF TO GREAT PLACES! TODAY IS YOUR DAY! YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING, SO...GET ON YOUR WAY!  -DR. SEUSS

TO THE WORLD YOU MAY BE ONE PERSON: BUT TO ONE PERSON YOU MAY BE THE WORLD.  -DR. SEUSS

.....and you wonder why i love him. His messages, so smart and inspiring...just like you LITTLE man, just like you.

{...and just like that my baby turns NINE} Happy Happy Birthday to my shiny brown-eyed, raspy voice, smart little man who grew my heart NINE times a million this very day.

{Sundays}....i have developed a love/hate relationship with you.

{ALWAYS keep the wild in you}.....little man. It makes you who you are.

I sometimes like the snow....brrr.

{CHRISTMAS 2016}.... I have always LOVED Christmas, from the time I was a little girl and the love for it has not dimmed over the years. The music, the decorations, the excitement in the air makes giddy like a small child. This year I really wanted to teach my children that Christmas is more than just christmas lists and presents under the tree. It is so much more even though I find myself getting caught up in the shopping and the hustle and the bustle. My grandma passed away this last year and I found myself thinking about her often during the holidays this year. She loved the holidays and I remember as a small child she would bring out her small brown sacks filled with her yummy sugar cookies and an orange. Looking back it is uncanny in my mind that this is what I remember, not huge expensive gifts but something so simple. I loved her.
Christmas was great for me this year. Jaden (my oldest boy) has moved away to college and he was able to come home for 3 weeks during Christmas break, he's a great kid. The little man brings a light to my life I can't really explain. He makes my heart so happy and full and was certainly excited when he came down the steps to see if Santa had left him what he wanted. He was shocked that his list had been completed and his happiness showed throughout the day. I am so grateful for everything I have been given in my life. I LOVE my family. MERRY CHRISTMAS to all and to all a good night. Love, Alisha.