Eboni's going away party

I finally am on my way to the party and miraculously made it on time. I am so excited to host this party because Eboni is the sweetest person I know and I would do anything for her. There are not many people who go out of there way to love and support people as she does. So Eb, Houston is definitely going to miss its Angel! This was a fun night as I got a chance to connect with my line sisters and a lot of old college friends who I hadn't seen in a while. Eboni had a great time and seemed really happy to get a chance to see everyone before she leaves in a couple of weeks. Eb has committed to doing a blog while in Australia, so we will get to be apart of her experience. Below are just a few pictures of the night.



Me and Line sister Rashandra



Me and Pressy



Me, Andrea, Bernie (LS), Chaka (LS), Rashandra(LS)



Me, Dee and Sherry



Me and Eboni

Before Eboni's Going Away Party

One of my very favorite people (Eboni) is moving to Australia for a year with her job and I threw her a going away party at Benjy's yesterday. Before I go into the great time I had at the party, first I will tell you how hectic the day went prior to the party. The morning started off with me trying to do some housecleaning and getting a handle on the loads of laundry that are never ending, while keeping an eye on four little people, as I was babysitting for some friends who have two girls. Caiden was working against me though because as I am folding he is unfolding. At one point I had a moment to sit and RSVP for the many birthday party invites that Jackson has coming up in the next couple of weeks (four parties in the next three weeks!) And I forgot to mention I am officially a soccer mom as Jackson starts soccer this week, yay first game Feb. 14! But anyway, I am sitting at the computer, Jackson is sitting next to me and all of a sudden I notice he is rocking back and forth and all of a sudden, he begins throwing up all over me :\. As I am taking him a bath he begins screaming bc there are oatmeal particles in the water from his involuntary food expulsion and for whatever reason he is afraid of it, so then I am bathing him outside the tub, while Caiden is splashing water all over the floor. After the bath, I guess he is feeling better bc at one point I lost him and he is running through the house with no clothes on "mooning" the girls. I finally catch him but then the girls are yelling to me "Ms. Renita Caiden is in the bathtub with his clothes on". I run to the bathroom, and there Caiden is soaking wet as he decided that he wasn't done with his bath. By the time I finished cleaning up the mess, catching Jackson and putting his clothes on, and cooking lunch for the little muchkins, I was exhausted. But lets not forget its tax time, so I had clients taxes to work on and a party to get ready for. And as I am trying to get out the door I realize that Jackson has a high fever and needs mommy to love on him. So that's what I did.

Jackson's 3rd Birthday

Today we celebrated Jackson's third birthday with a small group of close friends and family, and we had a wonderful time! We couldn't invite everyone we wanted to this time but had a good time with those that came. Jackson has been waiting all week for his birthday and asking everyday (are we going to my birthday party?). Asides from a certain someone (Granny) who always shows up and shows out (which is a story I could tell with a whole other blog), everything went really well. Jackson got a chance to ride on a train, flying cars, and airplanes- he had the time of his life. His favorite cousin, Brea, was a life saver as she took Jackson on all the rides and to play all the games. Leaving Norris and I, along with some of the other parents to go have some fun and ride the roller coaster. Anyway here are some pics of the party. And I know this is only the beginning of many more birthday parties to come, as I don't think we will be able to get away with not celebrating his birthday in the years to come.
(Lil MJ in the making!)



(Daddy and Jackson)

(The birthday boy)




(The Cousins)




(Nic and Savannah)





(Jackson and Granny-How can this little woman cause so much trouble-I will never know!)




(Laura and Kale)



(The Fellas having fun)



(Me and the boys)







(Obi and her boys)



(Bianca and Trey)



(Me and Big Sis)



(Janai and James)



(My little man Caiden)

Jackson's first day of pre-school

The new year is here and today is a day everyone is back to work and school. Jackson started his first day of preschool today (basically he moved from the 2yr old class to the 3yr old class-his birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks). When he got to school he walked in his new class very slowly and suspecting, but there were others from his class that had also moved up, so he warmed up quickly. This is a big deal for me because I really really messed up in trying to teach him his letters and sounds, as I got a little frustrated with him and he sensed that doing letters with mommy wasn't fun and now he will not go over letters with me anymore :(. I am so sad about this but I quickly learned my lesson. It is just that I am so concerned about him being prepared when he starts school and I just want the best for him academically, so I tend to get "overly" anxious. So in his new class they will be spending more time on letters and sounds, thank God. I have just decided to move on to numbers :) I will keep you posted on his progress.

Renita

Chittlin Fat

A new year is here and I am so tremendously blessed! I am not going to make resolutions, however, I do have a few goals in mind that I would like to get accomplished. One I will share, which is not only to eat better myself but to feed my family better. My darling husband mentioned the "chittlins" that he cooked and he did it out in the driveway and today I noticed a pile of "chittlin" fat on the driveway from where the pot had overflowed, this really grossed me out. While I will admit tasting them and they were pretty good, I have regretted it ever since and want to be a lot more mindful of the things I put in me and my families' body. If you hadn't noticed from the blogs food is very important around here, and we love a good meal. We are just going to have to figure out how to make it healthier. If you have any good recipes please send them along. I hope and pray that 2009 is a great year for you and your family!

Renita

Christmas Break

I had a lot of fun on my Christmas break in Texas. The first thing we did was we went to this fish restaurant,and it was pretty good. I had shrimp and my dad and Renita had some kind of catfish thing. Then I told them about the batman movie,and I said it was pretty good,so they watched it and they said it was really good. Then we went to this Chinese restaurant and had some egg rolls and shrimp fried rice,and that was really good. Then later on that night we went to Tina and Jeff's house,and it was really fun. Me Jay and a couple more of his friend's went over one of his friends house it was pretty cool. The next day we went to Monica and Theo's house,and we played a lot of video games. After that we played a game of Taboo,and it was my first time so I wasn't very good at it. Then we came back home and I got on Myspace,for and hour then I went to sleep. But I had fun and my Christmas break was really cool.

'09 is Here!

The big guy upstairs have allowed us to see yet another year. It is always a good idea to bring the new year in with family, this year was no exception. However, we did do things a little different this year. We usually attend church, or stay at home and watch church via internet due to the little ones. This year we were invited to a friend's house for some cards, fireworks, chicken and fries. We left the house a little later than intended because I was outside cooking some good ole chitterlings AKA chitlins. Renita doesn't eat pork, but even she couldn't resist my Creole Chitlins. So on the way to our friend's house Jalen noticed that the parking lot at RAVE, which is a movie theater, was pack. He says "Ohh I bet there are plenty of girls off in there." So I asked would he prefer for me to drop him off there so he can go femallowship (a term I coined which means meeting and greeting females). He quickly said naw that's alright I don't have my phone on me. I asked why did he need a phone to talk to girls in person. He then states with the utmost of sincerity, how am I going to be able to get a girl's number without a cell phone. He further goes on to say that writing a girl's # down was pretty much obsolete now. He also states that the better looking you are, the less you have to talk. In other words, all you have to say to the female is "put your number in my phone." I just shook my head, and began to wonder how we have gotten to this point. See you guys next time.