My Children the Environmentalists

I have decided that the children in this house are very concerned about the environment.  There are a few habits that they have picked up that lead me to believe this.

1.  I have the hardest time getting them to flush the toilet.  The truly believe in if its yellow let it mellow.  Unfortunately the also believe in if it brown let it hang around.  The amount of times that I have lifted the toilet lid to a hefty surprise is ridiculous.  I guess conserving water is top priority for them.

2.  The fact that amount of food I find in the third row of my car is incredible and at times disgusting.  I have to clean it out everyday or all kinds of wonderful new molds and animals would grow back there.  A few times I have had to yell "NO, don't eat that !"  Chris has occasionally tried to make a snack out of the left over nugget from the week prior that I may have missed during my quick clean up.  I guess it is a good thing to not waste food with starving children all over the world, but I do feel like my back seat is an on going science experiement sometimes.

3.  Energy is another resource they love to conserve.  Every time they see me on a laptop, they feel the need to close the top, not matter what I am doing.  I could be in the middle of typing, facebooking, reading the newspaper, whatever it is - Chris especially, will make a point of ending my computer session.

A normal day in the Cheatham house.

PARTY TIME!

My father in law turned 70 in March.  We had a huge surprise party for him last Saturday.  The theme was black and white so we dressed the children accordingly.  They looked adorable of course.  When we got there they already had the music playing and there were quite a few  people milling around.  One thing people learn very quickly about my children is that they love music.  The second is, they are not afraid to dance.  Krista took to the dance floor first of course and shook her little hips to the beat.  Next was Alex.  My poor boy really doesn't have any rhythm but he tries and has fun doing it. 

It was great to see them all around family.  Being a military brat, we did not live around family.  We got to see them in the summers mostly, and it usually involved a long plane ride.  My children have both sets of grandparents here, cousins, some aunts and uncles, its great.  I do wish more of my family were here, but its nice to have so many people close by that truly love my children.  All the children played with the balloons and danced around the floor, while the adults caught up with each other's lives, and occasionally danced to Wobble or Cupid Shuffle. 

It really was a nice party, and dad seemed really surprised.  He cried tears of joy at seeing his family together to celebrate his life.  I just wish I had gotten a good picture of him that night!