February 2016

So Jason ended up surprising the boys and I with a hockey game in E-ville. They boys were so excited and loved every minute of it.. We ate at CiCi's Pizza before the game. It was SO crowded! 

 We had AWESOME seats..

 Kobe got a puck that came over the TALL safety net lol

 On Feb 13th we celebrated Kobe's birthday at my Grandparents house with most of our "Hill family"

 We had veggie soup, cake and Ice Cream

 Kobe ended up with enough money to get a Chromebook for his birthday!!! He was one happy boy.. Jason and I got him a basketball goal for outside..

On Valentine's Day Jason took Miss Mikayla to the Daddy/Daughter dance.. Didn't they look so pretty/handsome?? She was on cloud 9.. Even though it snowed a good 2-4 inches and she had sandels on lol..

 For Valentine's Day Jason got me my first pair of real diamond earrings

The following weekend Mom, Kobe and I went to E-ville to look for me a dress for the Mother/Son dance. We checked out a new store called five below. Everything is $5 or under. They even had the Bean Boozled game Kobe had been wanting. If you have no clue what this is its a box full of Jelly Beans and you take your turn spinning a little spinner that tells you which Jelly Bean to eat. Here is the kicker.. Say the spinner lands on the white jelly bean with yellow spots. So both of you grab that jelly bean.. One of the beans will be buttered popcorn flavor and the other one will be Rotten Egg!!! Here are some of the other flavors I remember

• Stinky Socks - Tutti-Fruitti.
• Lawn Clippings - Lime.
• Rotten Egg - Buttered Popcorn.
• Toothpaste - Berry Blue.
• Barf - Peach.
• Canned Dog Food - Chocolate Pudding.
• Booger - Juicy Pear.
• Moldy Cheese - Caramel Corn.

It is nasty but I played it with him lol

 Of course we had to get his pic taken in this LOL

We went to GiGi's cupcakes. A lady I work with was telling me about these awesome cupcakes and so of course we had to go check it out.. The shop was SOO cute...

 Look how DELICIOUS these look

Also at the Dollar Tree I finally found a candy dish I'd been looking for.. this cute little glass dish was only ONE dollar! I love the dollar tree!!

We bought my parents camper back.. they had sold it to someone a year ago and we ended up buying it from her. I'm so happy we wont be camping in a tent anymore!!!

Kobe and I went to the mother/son dance on the 28th of Feb. We had SO much fun! We love to get dressed up.

 Here are some random pics that were on my phone..


I got major brownie points the other day because I made the Jordan symbol on Kobe's toaster strudel lol

Kobe's new very bright shoes

When your kid asks to go to the public library to get books.. You go!

I can only bite my tongue for so long..

I just don't get it. Why are kids so mean? Why is okay to be "joking" constantly.. When someone calls your hair "gay" or you a "baby back bitch" (what does that even mean??) Why is this going on in the 4th grade? Why do kids have to be so harsh? Why is this happening to MY son? There are moments I wish I didn't work at Kobe's school like the other day when a kid asked me if he could "punch Kobe in the face?" I was appalled this kid even asked me.. who does that?? another day I watched a kid kick Kobe while standing in line to leave the classroom. I always taught my son not to do it back or stoop to their level. I being the "good" mom.. the "ideal role model".. yesterday said to Kobe.. "next time he calls your hair gay, tell him his face is gay!" then my 10yr old says to me "Mom, you don't do that.." I said I know.. I know..(I regretted saying it the moment it left my mouth but I was pissed/hurt) damnit I've taught him well.. but today when my son pulls me aside in the cafeteria and tells me kids were talking shit(he didn't say this word haha) about his new shoes.. then pulls this 3page  note out of his pocket that he had wrote over  and over scribbling out words that weren't right and rewriting  them over and over til he got it right.. it broke my heart reading it. I am trying my hardest not to cry in a room full of 100+ kids.. I asked Kobe.. "what is this?"

"It says I don't care what people think I don't care if you make fun of me, my shoes, my hair, my clothes, and my personality. I don't care if you make fun of my handwriting. I don't do this stuff to please you."

He told me next time someone says something to him this is what he is going to say to them. Made me proud and sad all in one.. I just wonder what goes through his mind.. What does he think about constantly?? When he comes home crying night after night it makes me furious. Honestly I feel that no matter if I go to the principal at school it won't stop this. It might even make it worse possibly. When I asked the kid why he made fun of Kobe's hair he went up to Kobe after and asked why he told his mom. These kids don't care who says what to them. I'm over it. I would love to pull Kobe from school and home school him.. but I can't protect him for the rest of his life. There are times I think "they are kids, let them work it out themselves" but its hard for me to sit back and watch.. I don't even know if what I'm typing is making sense. I just feel so raged and upset I can't think straight half the time.

I am a very protective mother and It is ok for ME to say something negative to/about my child but its NOT ok for others to say it lol.

 Now I'm not going to sit here and act like my son's perfect and he doesn't do anything bad because that would be lying. I'll be the first to admit he is a hard headed butt. He gets in trouble a lot at home and at school some.. I've caught him using cuss words while talking to his friends, Doing things that he shouldn't. But my kid, NO kid, should have to go through this crap at school with mean kids. Grrrrrrrr... well now that I have that off my chest I think I'll post a new blog a little happier lol

p.s. I know I have horrible grammar, spelling, punctuation, and all that but thats me and its my blog soooo like it or leave it haha Love yas!

Welcome 2016!

Wow 2016! Sounds crazy.. Doesn't it?

New Year's Eve was really fun! We didn't have any plans. We were just going to fix snack foods and stay home and ring in the New Year. I called into my parents and asked my dad a recipe for the little weenies I was making and my dad suggest we all go to their house and play games for NYE. So I called my sister and brother and told them the plans. My sister was all for it but my brother was going to hang out at his Fiance's work until she got off at 10 then they would just stay home since they live about 40 minutes way. So about 6ish we headed to my parents house.

We had yummy snacky foods. I made mini weenies, Cheeseball, and buffalo chicken dip. My sister made Nacho Dip, Cherry Cheesecake dip. My mom made BBQ meatballs, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cheesecake and had Shrimp with cocktail sauce. It was all so yummy. I brought some board games and my sister brought some of hers. I had also got on Pinterest and found some "Minute to Win It" games... First game we had to be blind folded and transfer cotton balls from one bowl to another with a big kitchen spoon. It was hilarious.. Noah had to have a turn too..

Then we played a game where you have to transfer M&Ms from one plate to another using only a drinking straw. Kobe got 21 and my sister got 24. I however couldn't even get ONE. Mainly because I was cracking up the whole time. I can't remember how many Mom and Dad got but they got more than I did that's for sure lol. Noah Tried too! He played every game we did lol.

Then we played this game where you put a cracker on your forehead and have to use facial movements such as winking/blinking, nose wiggling etc. to get it down your face and into your mouth. It was hilarious.. We played twice because we recorded it but we couldn't find the video so we redid it so we could get video. Amanda won the first time then Kobe won the second time.

Then we played a few more games like Clue, Poopy Head (Kobe's game he got for Christmas) and Pictionary

We had so much fun! I seriously have the best family ever!!! I hope you all have a Happy New Year!!!