Ping Pong - not so good!

Well, Pumpkin went into tonight's ping pong tournament the neighborhood champion. He came out....not quite the same. I'll just say in the double elimination tournament - he didn't make it past two rounds. Ouch. Not quite what he had in mind.

I, on the other hand, made it THREE whole rounds!!!1 OK - so I lost the first and went straight to the loser's bracket. Then I won the next and was KILLED in the last set of game! Oh well. It was A LOT of fun!!! I'll post pics tomorrow. Right now - at 1:25 am - I'm a smidge tired.

Givn' props to Lori Hagan - she rocked!!! Smoked me left & right and everywhere in between!

Thanks to everyone who participated & planned. It was a huge success as a fund raiser for our tennis program, but more importantly, it was a great gettogether for our community!

So - for now - toodles. I'm goin' to sleep!

Ping Pong - not so good!

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/ping-pong-not-so-good.html

Diva or Ham?

Our baby chicklet is a ham, I mean, diva. She can turn any ensemble of clothing into an outfit extraordinaire.

Exhibit A:

I mean, I never would have thought to put together velour sweatpants, satin Princess Jasmine dress, knit scarf, fleece hat & sunglasses. But, hey, it appears to work for her!

Exhibit B:

Then she throws in some SASS and here you have Princess Kaley.

Finally, she gives her fans an over the lens look and...

BAM - she's a little diva.

Gotta love it.

Diva or Ham?

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/diva-or-ham.html

iHeartFaces

I love to take pictures. I CRAVE a new lens, but that's WAY down the road. In the meantime, I'll use what I've got! With Brittney & Tripp so active in sports, I bought a fabulous camera about 2 years ago - the Canon Rebel SLR EOS. It takes fabulous action shots and I take it everywhere!

This morning, popping around blogs, I found a blog that has a weekly contest for pictures of faces, both kids and adults. This week's contest from iHeartFaces focuses on JOY.

I picked this picture of Kaley from the beach under the "mushroom fountain." She loved it - OBVIOUSLY! Add in the water dropping down - LOVE IT!

Without further ado....

iHeartFaces

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/iheartfaces.html

Sick, sick and more sick OH and contests too!

Sicky notes for the day: Kaley bug is home today sick. She's seriously snotty (hope you're not eating right now!), has a fever and a croupy sounding cough. It's very easy to predict/tell when she's about to get sick. Her eyes are the window to her cooties! She gets major bags under her pretty little eyes. It's pitiful. So all morning we've been snuggled up on the couch, watching tv & doing puzzles. At this exact moment, she is on the computer playing games on Playhouse Disney so I'm typing away on the laptop while sitting on the floor beside her.

On to our eldest chick. MRSA is evil. It has been our personal nightmare. Yesterday we saw ANOTHER specialist - pediatric dermatologist. He seems to think that the MRSA was able to get into her ears because of acne/blackheads in her ears -basically like foliculitis in her ears.

Time out - gotta go help with Goofy's Shoe Round Up....

OK - back to business. He gave her two creams to use. One to use twice daily - it's a combination of a topical antibiotic (clindamycin - the same she is taking orally) and a steroid. The other is to use if any more spots become inflamed or infected looking. Our next step is an appointment on Friday with a pediatric ENT. The infectious disease doctor highly recommended we go see both so away we've gone.

In addition to the ear pain associated with having staph infections in BOTH ears, she now has pretty severe stomach issues from being on heavy duty antibiotics for five months. They are pretty sure that all the good bacteria has ben killed while trying to kill (unsuccessfully) the MRSA. She has lost SEVEN pounds in two weeks - weight she has no business losing. She hardly eats because when she does she gets severe stomach pains/cramps. She's pitiful too.

THANK GOODNESS middle chicklet is all well. He's had a couple of days with stomach issues, but Pumpkin & I think it has a lot to do with his chili consumption!! What goes in must come out(again - hope you are not eating!)!! He's crazy busy right now. It's that time of the year when basketball is ending & travel baseball is practicing like crazy getting ready for their season. Add on the middle school day/schedule and it makes for long days! However, he certainly finds time to play Xbox. Heaven help us if he can't get his "fix"!!

Now - on to the contest!!! Bellaziza's Favorite Things has another SWAG ALERT - Get it together with momAgenda. I LOVE LOVE LOVE momAgenda. I have the mini daily, and it's my sanity. Maybe that's debatable, but moving on... I desperately want a desk pad, wall calendar, weekly menu/grocery pad, permission slip pad, etc....... The list goes on. I LOVE (did I say that already) momAgenda! Check it out when you get a chance and go over to Bellaziza's Favorite Things and comment to enter the contest!

Sick, sick and more sick OH and contests too!

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/sick-sick-and-more-sick-oh-and-contests.html

Bellaziza's Favorite Things

Looks like all my blogging these days is about contests, but HEY - who doesn't love free stuff!

Bellaziza's Favorite Things is having a FABULOUS contest right now. They are partnering with with Plan Toys and giving away a huge prize package. Jump over there to check it out.

Bellaziza's Favorite Things

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/bellazizis-favorite-things.html

I think I can, I think I can - WIN!!!

Hi all! In MckMama's recent blog, she mentioned a raffle for a new Canon SLR . Yep, a fancy schmancy FUN camera to take great pictures like MckMama's. Hop on over to A Sister for the Bean to get all of the details, but here is a snippet...

"Claire's Super Huge Adoption Raffle-Raiser! Our adoption expenses have totaled $25,000, which as you can imagine, is a stretch! In our quest to raise the $17,000 we still need to bring our baby girl home from Korea, we have put together an AMAZING raffle, with a prize package worth more than $600 !!!"

If you contribute, not only will you get your chance to WIN, but you will help an adoptive family meet the financial part of bringing home their precious daughter from Korea.

Get on over there! The raffle ends February 2, 2009 at 11:59 pm.

Good luck!

I think I can, I think I can - WIN!!!

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/raffle-for-sister-for-bean.html

"Not Me!" Monday

For lots more "Not me!" Monday, head over to MckMama's blog!

It was NOT ME who let Kaley sleep in our bed last night after telling everyone what a pushover her Daddy was for letting her sleep in the bed with him when I was out of town. Your Honor, I plead temporary insanity.

It was NOT ME who also let Kaley have milk in her sippy cup at bedtime after over and over telling her Daddy how bad it was for her teeth. Does being tired count as an excuse????

It was NOT ME who stood up and yelled at the opposing coach at Friday night's high school basketball game. And it was NOT ME who watched her daughter the cheerleader do the same from the sidelines. Seriously, I would NOT set that type of example.

It was also NOT ME encouraged the cheerleaders to get everyone they know pumped up for the night that same team comes to OUR gym so we can have a loud heckling section. Really, I would not encourage retaliation.

Also, check out my new Say WHAT?! Saturday for the funny things our kids say.

Have a great week and remember to keep praying for Abby Riggs!

"Not Me!" Monday

http://jayefamily.blogspot.com/2009/01/not-me-monday_19.html