The Month of the Military Child

April is the month of the military child.

I am lucky enough to be raising two overly amazing military children.

Lex loves to just sit outside and watch the planes fly overhead. After Mr. S got home from deployment this past year she started to panic every time he left for work and she saw a plane go over the house. She was so sure he was leaving again. We have since had to tell her that all those planes are bringing other daddy's home to their little girls to keep her calm.

Now when she sees a plane fly overhead she says "some little kid is going to be happy to have their daddy home!"

Kaiden still doesn't quiet get it yet. But he does know his dad gets to wear a super cool cover and some combat boots that he likes to stomp around in.

These two military children are my world. They remind me that being strong is just what we do. They remind me that the love our family shares is pure and real, no matter how many thousands of miles are between us. They remind me to always have faith...

Shhhh. Don't Say A Word.

A Pie You Say?

Today I got the urge to make pie. Strawberry pie to be exact. But when it comes to baking I can always use the helping hands of little miss Lex. The kid is a whiz in the kitchen....as long as you don't have raw cookie dough. If there is any type of cookie dough involved you will get nothing accomplished!!!

But since today's task did not require cookie dough I knew we were safe. It did how ever require some decisions on her part. I thought since it is so close to Easter and all we should make Easter Pies.

Being the very opinionated child she is quickly shot it down and went and found my bucket o' cookie cutters. (Seriously...I have upwards of 120 cookie cutters). She picked out the ones we were using since these were HER pies and she was being nice enough to help and make some for her brother.

She floured the dough and then cut out all her shapes.

I filled them and pressed them sealed for her since she isn't a big fan of getting "icky"

And then we had our heart and airplane strawberry pies!

Needless to say Kaiden was very happy about his surprise when he got up from his nap.

Getting Started

Well, I’m going to give this blogging thing a try. I love to write, and I love the internet. The two seem to go hand in hand…right??

Let’s start with me. I’m Amanda! I’m opinionated but love learning new things!

I have two children who are my WORLD. Lex is just about to turn 4 and is always making us laugh! Kaiden is just about to turn 2 and he is our mischievous one. He is always into something.

Then there is the husband. Mr. S *I won’t be using his full name just because*. He is in the U.S. Air Force and that is where my blog title comes from.

Raising B.R.A.T.S…military kids tend to be called brats….so why not put a good spin on it…Born.Raised.And.Trained.

This will be where I come to post all the goofy things my kids say….and life in general. We are about to PCS across the country and this blog will be a place to document all of it. I can’t wait to get started!!