Friday, we packed up and hit the road to travel to Hattiesburg where my husband was playing in our high school’s first ever Alumni football game the following evening. It started out just like every other trip we’ve made with all five of the kids – and the dog – but when we got almost to Jackson, there was a speedbump-sized BUMP in the highway …

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Zoe loves her “Bee-nah-na” … here are a couple of photos I took of them napping on the couch. Isn’t this SOOO sweet?!

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Briyana has been begging me for permission to straighten her hair for at least a year. She has been “over” her super-curly, typical biracial hair for far too long! Since she turned 10 last week, I decided to finally give in and buy her a flat iron to straighten her hair. I took her to WalMart and let her pick one out. She got a …

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Zoe decided to give herself a tattoo with a ball point pen:

The kids on their way out of the Suburban at school Monday morning:

1. True Mommyhood Stories 2. Eighty MPH Mom – No Parking! 3. Amanda @ Training Daughters, Teaching Wives 4. Melissa@MommiesSavings 5. homemom3 6. Ms. Latina 7. annies home – 8. Hallee the Homemaker 9. Mommyhood…Unscripted (April) 10. Kelly W 11. Cindi @ …

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When the kids miss the bus, I often use our time stuck in the car line to snap a few shots of them before school. Here are a few of Avalyn, Talia, and Briyana from a few days ago:

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At 10:31am yesterday, my oldest daughter became my first baby to reach a double-digit age. She turned ten years old. I cannot believe it’s been over a decade since we found out she was a girl… and then all of a sudden, she was born. She changed my life in ways I never expected. She was perfect. She was precious. She was my daughter… Time …

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Talia with her Thanksgiving placemat…

Avalyn & Talia … and their ‘personalities’ haha

Avalyn – this is her “DUH?” look…

Briyana, showing off her Christmas jewelry!

Avalyn, flashing a quick smile for me.

Zoe: “Oops, mama…“
I knocked off ALL your paperwork when I climbed on top of your filing cabinet :)

Avalyn, wearing her candy stocking LOL

Briyana (left) … Talia, Briyana, Avalyn, and Zoe, sleeping in my bed (right)

Briyana

Avalyn loves …

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First of all, the question I find myself asking more and more frequently as the months WHIZ by me:

WHO IN THE HECK TOLD THESE KIDS
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GROW UP!?

And, no – I don’t consider me whispering a silent, “Lord I can’t wait until they turn 18 so I can send them to COLLEGE!” to be expressed permission for them to grow up. I mean, …

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Now THIS is some good eatin’ :)

STOP stealing my chicken, Zoe!

NO! Give it BACK, Briyana! … Talia is guarding hers with her life. LOL

I want some NOW!!!

Zoe… you’re so greedy!

Hmmm… whose plate is this? I think I’ll keep watch over it until they return :)

We are serious about our chicken around here LOL

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This morning, as I began to develop a headache from listening to my two oldest daughters argue – yes, ARGUE – about saying their prayer together, I shouted, “FORGET IT! Your hearts are not in the right place. Don’t even worry about it. There’s no sense in you wasting 5 minutes of your life bickering with one another and then saying a quick, nonchalant shout-out …

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