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1. I only get the mail about every three days. We rarely get anything “fun” and although the mailbox isn’t all that far, when it is super hot out like it is now, the heat just radiates off the asphalt and I can barely make myself trek down to it!

2. I recently bought some Suave kid’s shampoo and LOVE it!! Why have I been using baby wash on my kids’ hair for the last two years? It smells yummy, but the best thing is that it is shampoo/conditioner and Gentry has NO tangles! Not that she had many to begin with, but her hair is so soft and smooth these days!

3. My kids absolutely love Jon and Kate Plus 8! Huntler sits as still and attentive as an adult…he is totally drawn in by the kids! They are his age and he is just fascinated by them! And then there is Gentry who watches as intently as a three year old possibly can! Which means up and down and jabbering a mile a minute!! The funny thing about her though is that she calls is Jon and Cake. Love it!

4. I REFUSED to eat Chinese until I was pregnant with Huntler. I am super picky and finicky about food and don’t venture much outside of my chicken strip/hamburger world! I know…I am probably missing out on a lot of great stuff! Anyway, I am not sure what compelled me, but I vividly remember Chris and I going to lunch at a Chinese restaurant after one of my doctor’s appointments. I don’t do “buffet style” Chinese, but I do love a good sit down restuarant!! MMMMM! I will say that the only thing I eat is Sweet and Sour Chicken, but still…at least I am eating something different!!

5. I was getting the kids boxes of raisins out of the pantry the other day and totally had a flashback to the California Raisin toys that used to come in happy meals. Remember those? My sis and I had a whole collection! There was a little raisin guy on the box and he took me on a little trip down memory lane! Funny how bits and pieces of the past pop into your mind randomly like that!!

6. We no longer eat ground beef but ground turkey instead. We are big fans of “The Biggest Loser” and have made the switch to the Jennie O turkey they are always talking about! I will say that I did notice at first, but now I think NOTHING of it!

7. We went to Gymboree on Saturday. They are having a big “Back to School” sale and the coat I wanted for Gentry was on sale for $20 {regularly $39}. The sale price paired with my handy 20% off coupon meant I was only going to be paying $16 for it! YAY! WAS, however, is the key word. The coat was completely sold out online and they only had one left in the entire store and it was an XL. Insane, right? Because it has been triple digits and most of those over 110 lately here and the store was sold out? Of winter coats? I could not believe it! But I am not too worried…I did manage to find a coat for Huntler that I love and I am certain that I will find something even cuter for Gentry as fall gets closer!

8. I have been seeing lizards ALL over the place around our house…outside. We will have lived here three year in September and I think I can safely say that up until probably 3 months ago, we only saw a handful of lizards scampering about our parts. Then we saw just a couple. I convinced myself that there were just two or three, a family, and we were seeing the same ones over and over again. Well, that was all fine and dandy until I started seeing them out front, two together at a time, a huge one running across our backyard, lizards climbing up the fence and into the neighbor’s yard and back again…you get the picture. I have no clue how many of the little critters actually call our yard home, but more than I would like! HOWEVER, that being said, I will take lizards any day over scorpions! As far “out” as we live, we are fortunate not to have a scorpion problem as a lot of people down here do!

9. I had over 1600 hits on my blog last week! I know that isn’t a whole ton in the grand scheme of blogging, but it is certainly more than I ever thought I would get when I started this adventure last year!! Now…if only I would start getting more comments!!

10. I am putting Gentry in dance starting tomorrow! EEK! And I am super excited, can ya tell? Since she is still so young, she is actually going to be in more of a dance/play class where they do some tumbling, creative dance play and that sort of thing. Not a whole lot of focus on the moves at this point! She is pretty clingy to me, I am trying to start getting her to gain more independence and thought this might be a place to start. I have to stay {and maybe even participate}, but getting her out and involved will be good for her! Now my big dilemma is what to dress her in! She doesn’t have to wear dance clothes but oh how CUTE she would be in a leotard and ballet shoes with her hair all curled up cute! She is actually very excited! Ever since I mentioned it she has been asking about “dance class!” It is one day a week and for an hour!

Filed under random-sweetness, by Bethany