Take Me Away

A few weekends ago Chris and I got away for four days in Ruidoso. It was such a nice relaxing trip. Officially, it was for our 10th anniversary but that was back in December. When you get married in December, have kids in December, and are married to a game warden whose main work is in December then you don't get to go anywhere in December. Not to mention Christmas. So February it was, for our anniversary trip. It was so much fun, so relaxing. We ate very well. We skied. We slept late. Just what this exhausted Momma needed. The boys were in good hands with Mimi and Papa. I can't wait until the next special occasion so we can enjoy another trip like that.

San Antonio Stock Show

A few weekends ago the boys and I traveled to San Antonio with the family and went to the stock show. It was so much fun. I love the shopping, the food, and the family. Mimi and Papa took us to the Rainforest Cafe. The boys loved the setting but were a little scared of the gorillas and elephants. Also, this year we got to go to the rodeo and watch Owen compete in the calf scramble. And he actually caught one!! Talk about one super proud Aunt Crystal!

Beauty School Dropout

Last week, the babysitter had to go out of town for a doctor's appointment, so the backup babysitter was called in.  She is a very sweet lady that goes to our church.  She has been a sub for us on a few occasions and she does great with the boys.  Well, last week was no different, the boys were well cared for and she did a great job handling all the things that 3 little boys could throw at her.

And throw at her they did!

She sent me this picture during my lunch break.  Apparently the boys had gotten into her make up.  This is Heath covered in her mascera.

Now the other two were the first ones to run and tell her, but upon closer inspection, they had it on them too.  Just not as much as sweet little Heath.

The real trouble came when she noticed that under the mascera, he had on her 24 hour, long last lipstick stain.  It wouldn't come off.

 She seemed a little panicked when I picked him up that afternoon.  She let me know that she had already tried make-up remover and rubbing alcohol.  This is what he looked like when I picked him up 4 hours later.  At this point we were thinking that we were just going to have to wait the full 24 hours.

Knowing we had to go to the basketball games that night, when I got him home, I dug through my arsenal of beauty remover supplies.  After trying a mountain of items, I finally found that 100% acetone worked.  Poor baby.  It was a hard lesson learned.  I really hope our substitute baby sitter won't quit on us.