I just thought this was hilarious.
Sunday, November 02, 2008
Getting things done
I spent the whole day today finally getting some stuff done in the house. I finally figured out a way to utilize some "dead" space in our house and turn it into some much needed storage. That allowed me to get rid of a box of books that has been sitting in my bedroom since we moved into the house. Next up finish painting (it's been at least a year now) and more organizing.
Yesterday, I went with the "girls" on a shopping trip to the Outlet mall in Howell. Seven of us "moms" met up at 8:30 and drove 2 hours to the mall. We then shopped pretty much all day and then had dinner at P.F. Chang's. I arrived back home around 9pm so it was an all day event. It was a nice outing and a much needed get-away sans children. Of course, as usual I came home with an a**load of clothes for my kids and 3 things for myself. In my defense though Children's Place had clearance racks of $4.99 and under stuff ....then add in my 15%off coupon. What's truly sad is that my 3 items of clothing still cost more than 2 bags full of children's clothes.
I spent the whole day today finally getting some stuff done in the house. I finally figured out a way to utilize some "dead" space in our house and turn it into some much needed storage. That allowed me to get rid of a box of books that has been sitting in my bedroom since we moved into the house. Next up finish painting (it's been at least a year now) and more organizing.
Yesterday, I went with the "girls" on a shopping trip to the Outlet mall in Howell. Seven of us "moms" met up at 8:30 and drove 2 hours to the mall. We then shopped pretty much all day and then had dinner at P.F. Chang's. I arrived back home around 9pm so it was an all day event. It was a nice outing and a much needed get-away sans children. Of course, as usual I came home with an a**load of clothes for my kids and 3 things for myself. In my defense though Children's Place had clearance racks of $4.99 and under stuff ....then add in my 15%off coupon. What's truly sad is that my 3 items of clothing still cost more than 2 bags full of children's clothes.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sam in the wheelchair
Yesterday in the car while I was driving the kids to school, Mia started telling me how everyone in her class but her was teasing a boy in a wheelchair. She kept telling me how she was the only one who was nice to him and the other kids were mean to him. It was breaking my heart. I asked Mia if he was new to her school since I don't recall seeing a boy in a wheelchair at her school.
Mia: No.
Me: Is this something that just happened or has he always in a wheelchair?
Mia: He's always been in a wheelchair, his name is Sam.
Me: How do they tease him? What do they say?
Mia: They make fun of him because he can't run.
Me: Well, it's nice that you're his friend it must really hurt his feelings that the others are mean to him.
Mia: Yeah, I'm the only one that gets to push him too. Not fast though. The other kids tried to push him fast and made him fall out of his chair but I don't go fast...unless he wants me to for fun.
When we have gym with Mr D. in the gym he has to stay with Mrs. Thornhill because he can't run.
When we dropped Mason off at school we included Ms Elizabeth (Mason's teacher) in our conversation.
Miss E: That's not good that the other kids are not nice to him. Maybe you need to tell your teacher.
Mia: I told Mrs. Thornhill but she didn't believe me.
Miss E.: Sometimes you need to tell adults more than one time....
Mia: I did that already but she didn't believe me.
Miss Elizabeth and I both talked some more with Mia about how to be nice to Sam and to tell an adult that the other kids aren't being nice. It just really bugged me all day especially as I visualized some poor boy falling out of a wheelchair so I asked Mrs. Thornhill about it when I picked Mia up from school.
Mrs. Thornhill: We have a Sam but he's fine. He's not in a wheelchair. I'd just say Mia has a very creative imagination.
Creative or Scary? Should I be worried that she fantasized Sam was in a wheelchair?
Today when I picked her up she was telling me about Josh (a boy in her class) kissing her in the coatroom. Vhat? Not only do I have to worry about boys and girls starting to like each other but now I don't know when a story is totally made up. I suspect it is.....but is it?
Yesterday in the car while I was driving the kids to school, Mia started telling me how everyone in her class but her was teasing a boy in a wheelchair. She kept telling me how she was the only one who was nice to him and the other kids were mean to him. It was breaking my heart. I asked Mia if he was new to her school since I don't recall seeing a boy in a wheelchair at her school.
Mia: No.
Me: Is this something that just happened or has he always in a wheelchair?
Mia: He's always been in a wheelchair, his name is Sam.
Me: How do they tease him? What do they say?
Mia: They make fun of him because he can't run.
Me: Well, it's nice that you're his friend it must really hurt his feelings that the others are mean to him.
Mia: Yeah, I'm the only one that gets to push him too. Not fast though. The other kids tried to push him fast and made him fall out of his chair but I don't go fast...unless he wants me to for fun.
When we have gym with Mr D. in the gym he has to stay with Mrs. Thornhill because he can't run.
When we dropped Mason off at school we included Ms Elizabeth (Mason's teacher) in our conversation.
Miss E: That's not good that the other kids are not nice to him. Maybe you need to tell your teacher.
Mia: I told Mrs. Thornhill but she didn't believe me.
Miss E.: Sometimes you need to tell adults more than one time....
Mia: I did that already but she didn't believe me.
Miss Elizabeth and I both talked some more with Mia about how to be nice to Sam and to tell an adult that the other kids aren't being nice. It just really bugged me all day especially as I visualized some poor boy falling out of a wheelchair so I asked Mrs. Thornhill about it when I picked Mia up from school.
Mrs. Thornhill: We have a Sam but he's fine. He's not in a wheelchair. I'd just say Mia has a very creative imagination.
Creative or Scary? Should I be worried that she fantasized Sam was in a wheelchair?
Today when I picked her up she was telling me about Josh (a boy in her class) kissing her in the coatroom. Vhat? Not only do I have to worry about boys and girls starting to like each other but now I don't know when a story is totally made up. I suspect it is.....but is it?
Monday, October 27, 2008
Say "Chuck E. Cheese"
We had a little Birthday party for Mason at Chuck E. Cheese Saturday. I figured the kid NEVER gets a birthday party since his birthday is Dec 24th so I wanted to do something for him. Since he is obsessed with skulls and skeletons I figured doing it around Halloween was easy to find things for a skeleton theme. Since I didn't have it at home a theme was really just the cupcakes and goody bags. 
Mason saw these cupcakes on a flyer so I tried to recreate them for him. I think they turned out pretty decent. He was happy with them.
Mason saw these cupcakes on a flyer so I tried to recreate them for him. I think they turned out pretty decent. He was happy with them.I wasn't up to having a big party at the house (like we've done for Mia's parties) so I just invited the kids from our "kid's swap" so just two other families. Although we've never been to Chuck E. Cheese before I've heard other kids talk about so I thought it would be a good place to try. It was not crowded and the kids had a great time running around. I was thankful that my friends stayed and that there wasn't very many kids because I can't imagine trying to keep an eye on a LOT of kids running around. The kids want to check out everything so if they're not in the tunnels they are looking at different things in different places. At any rate, Mason was very excited and very happy with his party.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Madonna Wanna-be
Mason had school pictures at preschool today and Miss Patti the photographer always does a terrific job so I brought Mia too. She nicely agreed to take a joint picture even though Mia doesn't attend school there anymore and I had just enough time before I took Mia to Kindergarten. We also had our Moms & Tots Halloween party this morning so it was a mad rush getting them out of their costumes and into decent clothes to take a picture. Mia wanted to wear a dress (jumper) so she could wear her new dress shoes....so far so good. Mia wasn't sitting so nice in the car with her dress so I had a discussion with her about how tights are kind of like underwear and it's not nice to show everyone our underwear. Fast forward now to me picking her up at school. Mason and I are standing in the hall as her class marches by us out to the playground for one last recess. There goes Mia walking past us in her shirt and tights! She sees me and happily waves.
I say, "what happened to your dress?".
Mia: "we're late for recess" and continues out the door.
I'm standing there with my mouth hanging open while some of the other Moms I know that are standing by me have a good laugh.
Mrs. Thornhill tells me how she just took her dress off and she tried to get her to put it back on but was unsuccessful. They pretended the tights were leggings so nobody said anything. Then she proceeded to tell Mrs. Thornhill how I said it was OK to just wear tights.... Guess who is getting soap in her mouth tonight for lying. Just to be clear, she's not getting soap in her mouth because I'm some sort of fashion nazi, it's for the lying. Man, I think I need to have a little evening drink tonight. Maybe I need to go buy a bottle of wine......
This is the best picture I could get of the tots and my kids this morning. You'll notice the most cooperative models are the "under one" year olds on the floor. They were laughing up a storm. Probably at the Moms attempting to get one picture of all children looking in one direction....Silly Mommies.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
The Pumpkin Patch
Today we had lots of plans but since Mason had an ear infection we cancelled on my parents. Mike went to the OSU game but I didn't want to travel anywhere with Mason since he had been so whiny, crying and grumpy. Of course, he woke up that way this morning and was that way until about 10:30am then he seemed better. I decided to run to the store....and when the kids were OK..... took them to lunch at McD's......and when they were still OK took them to the Post family farm. My plan was to go out there get some pumpkins, donuts and cider maybe do the hayride and come home. Well, since I had never been there before I didn't realize how much they had to do for the kids. We paid an admission (Mia had a free admission coupon from her school) and the kids got to do whatever they wanted over and over. We got there around 1pm and didn't leave until 10 min. to closing. I can't believe we were there for so long and Mason was just fine. Figures. I feel bad that we didn't go to my Mom's now but at least we did get to enjoy the nice weather. Especially, since we won't have a lot of nice weather for too much longer.
Tomorrow Mia is to sing in the Children's choir at church for the first time. I'm hoping she behaves as she won't be sitting by us and out of my control. I'd like to get a picture of her sitting in the choir but don't think that would go over during mass if I went down and starting snapping pictures.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Buckeyes for luck
We saw a Buckeye tree near one of the parks last weekend and according to Mike Buckeyes are good luck. I had an empty apothecary jar in the kitchen that's supposed to be for decoration and Mia and I decided to fill it with Buckeyes. So Monday when she had no school (but Mason did) we went and collected all the Buckeyes. I figured we could use all the good luck we can get.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
I'll do it tomorrow
That's what I've been saying for over a week now for blogging. I'll post tomorrow. I guess I'm in one of my famine periods. I put a lot of stuff of since school started thinking "once I get into the routine schedule" I'll have time to make my mind up about things. I feel like I've been running with my head cut-off since school started. I've been at the church 3 times this week not including mass and this was our off-week for Moms & Tots. Tomorrow is a "no school" day and I was wondering what I was going to do with the kids since Friday is usually my cleaning day. We have a busy weekend planned and as soon as we came home from the church today Mason laid down on the couch, grabbed his ear and started screaming. He held onto his ear for a good hour before the drugs I gave him finally kicked in and he passed out. Looks like I'll be taking him to the doctor tomorrow. I guess it will give me the opportunity to have a little "chat" with Dr. Rutkoski about some other issues;) My "girls" know what those other issues are, I'll vent that one out in another post.
In other news, I have started the "bottlecap" craft craze and think I'll mostly use the ones I make for bows. Here are some necklaces and a bow I made. WO is West Ottawa our school district for those wondering.
The necklaces I used scrapbooking bottlecaps that already had the image on them but know I do my own and I can use any image I want. Anyway, hope to catch up on some blogging although I guess that will depend on the sick kid.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Bits of Brilliance
I am always shocked when the kids throw something out that they obviously learned at school. A couple of years ago, Mia saw a bee in the yard and said something of it doing good work. At the age of 3 she mentioned how the bee was pollinating the flowers. I almost fell over as the word "pollinating" came out of her mouth. This spring and summer she would explain "migration" to us.
The latest started with Mike's mom. She had given the kids a couple of little tootsie roll suckers. When Mason saw them he kept saying, "Why did Grandma give us those suckers?" I'd say because she loves you.
Mason: But they're sweet.
Me: Yes, they're a treat. That's why Grandma gave them to you, she thought you'd like a treat.
Mason: WHY???? (more of a yell now) Doesn't she know they're sweet?
This goes back and forth for awhile until the subject is dropped.
Monday after lunch I told the kids they could have their suckers in the car on the way to school. Mia opened hers up immediately and started eating it. Mason passes his back up to me and tells me to keep it up front. When I pick him up from school and start down the road he says his tummy is growling.
Me: Well, you can have your sucker if you're hungry. I still have it up here.
Mason: WHAT! I can't have that. That's sweet!
Me: That's OK (then I'm cut off)
Mason: It's at the top of the food pyramid! It's purple and it's sweet and Ms. Heather says you can't eat it all the time.
Me: That's right. You can't eat it all the the time but it's all right once in a while.
Mason: No!
Sheesh! You would have thought I was trying to poison the kid. Of course, I haven't seen the new food pyramid to know if he got it right but I was floored that the words "food pyramid" came out in conversation.
I am always shocked when the kids throw something out that they obviously learned at school. A couple of years ago, Mia saw a bee in the yard and said something of it doing good work. At the age of 3 she mentioned how the bee was pollinating the flowers. I almost fell over as the word "pollinating" came out of her mouth. This spring and summer she would explain "migration" to us.
The latest started with Mike's mom. She had given the kids a couple of little tootsie roll suckers. When Mason saw them he kept saying, "Why did Grandma give us those suckers?" I'd say because she loves you.
Mason: But they're sweet.
Me: Yes, they're a treat. That's why Grandma gave them to you, she thought you'd like a treat.
Mason: WHY???? (more of a yell now) Doesn't she know they're sweet?
This goes back and forth for awhile until the subject is dropped.
Monday after lunch I told the kids they could have their suckers in the car on the way to school. Mia opened hers up immediately and started eating it. Mason passes his back up to me and tells me to keep it up front. When I pick him up from school and start down the road he says his tummy is growling.
Me: Well, you can have your sucker if you're hungry. I still have it up here.
Mason: WHAT! I can't have that. That's sweet!
Me: That's OK (then I'm cut off)
Mason: It's at the top of the food pyramid! It's purple and it's sweet and Ms. Heather says you can't eat it all the time.
Me: That's right. You can't eat it all the the time but it's all right once in a while.
Mason: No!
Sheesh! You would have thought I was trying to poison the kid. Of course, I haven't seen the new food pyramid to know if he got it right but I was floored that the words "food pyramid" came out in conversation.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Day One with no Mike
Mike had to go to Plymouth to work for the next few days. No sweat... the kids and I will have fun. They have school in the afternoon and we can go to gym so I can work-out and they can play. Yup, it's a pretty busy week this and the next but I had it all mapped out in my head.
What I wasn't expecting was the way Mason looked at me when I picked him up from school. Not his usual excited to see me run/hug..... Have I fallen out of favor already? I ask him what's wrong and he just makes some noises. We're about out the door when he tells me his tummy hurts. As I strap him in his seat I can tell something is going on and he's not pretending. The teacher didn't say anything about his behavior being off so I assume he was fine the whole time he was at school. She would have said something. By the time I drive to Mia's school to pick her up Mason has fallen asleep. I go into the school to get Mia, Mason draped over my shoulder hugging me and he is starting to get hot. He's awake again but groggy. By the time we get home Mason is down for the count. The fever has kicked in. It's not a high fever but it looks like he won't be going to school tomorrow. God I Love them but don't they know that when their Dad is out of town getting sick is not an option. I need that break of school time for my sanity. Mike was actually getting sick too so I'm sure it will be Super fun when he gets back. Mia will probably be sick by then so it will be all 3. This weekend we have Mia's school walk Friday night, 2 parties Saturday and somewhere mixed in there my niece's Lauren's volleyball tournament down the road from us. Lauren will also be playing soccer in Holland Sunday. Just a jam-packed week to be followed up with another busy week of appts, parent/teacher conference, Hay ride, etc.
So PRAY FOR ME! Tomorrow is going to be a bumpy ride.
Mike had to go to Plymouth to work for the next few days. No sweat... the kids and I will have fun. They have school in the afternoon and we can go to gym so I can work-out and they can play. Yup, it's a pretty busy week this and the next but I had it all mapped out in my head.
What I wasn't expecting was the way Mason looked at me when I picked him up from school. Not his usual excited to see me run/hug..... Have I fallen out of favor already? I ask him what's wrong and he just makes some noises. We're about out the door when he tells me his tummy hurts. As I strap him in his seat I can tell something is going on and he's not pretending. The teacher didn't say anything about his behavior being off so I assume he was fine the whole time he was at school. She would have said something. By the time I drive to Mia's school to pick her up Mason has fallen asleep. I go into the school to get Mia, Mason draped over my shoulder hugging me and he is starting to get hot. He's awake again but groggy. By the time we get home Mason is down for the count. The fever has kicked in. It's not a high fever but it looks like he won't be going to school tomorrow. God I Love them but don't they know that when their Dad is out of town getting sick is not an option. I need that break of school time for my sanity. Mike was actually getting sick too so I'm sure it will be Super fun when he gets back. Mia will probably be sick by then so it will be all 3. This weekend we have Mia's school walk Friday night, 2 parties Saturday and somewhere mixed in there my niece's Lauren's volleyball tournament down the road from us. Lauren will also be playing soccer in Holland Sunday. Just a jam-packed week to be followed up with another busy week of appts, parent/teacher conference, Hay ride, etc.
So PRAY FOR ME! Tomorrow is going to be a bumpy ride.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Deals of the Week
First found this Disney mp3 player on clearance at Meijer for $7.99. Then I bought a 2 gb SD card for it at Circuit City for $12.99. Mia and Mason call anything with headphones an "iPod". I was going to give her the very first mp3 player I had (which is OLD). I lost the cable to connect it to the computer so I can't change the music on it. It is also supposed to take SmartMedia cards so I downloaded some music onto a card but it didn't work. I don't want her listening to the music that's on there so there's a little battle going on. She finds where I hide it and then sneaks it. I probably should just throw it away but I keep thinking I'm going to figure a way to make it work for the kid's to use..... Then I dug out our old portable CD player. I told Mason it was his iPod. At least I can control the music that goes in it but it is big for them to carry around. Mia will get this new mp3 player in her stocking from Santa and I hope to figure the ancient one out to give to Mason. The kids were freaking out that the little ear buds fall out of their ears so I got out the old headphones that go over the head with the foam pads covers. Those work great for them but then one the foam covers on one set of the headphones was pretty worn and got torn off. Can you believe they don't sell replacement pads for the headphones anymore. The one store I found, Radio Shack, wants about $6 a pair. Are you kidding me? I can buy new headphones for that. So when I get a chance I'll make some kind of cover out of some scraps of fleece. What I do to try to make these kids happy, Jeesh.
The next deals. I just rand into Target today and didn't find what I came for. Could I just leave the store? No! I thought I'd check out the Halloween section. Well, the back wall behind our Halloween section was backpacks, lunchboxes, etc... all 75% off. So I got Mason a black backpack and a skull lunchbox for about $6. We bought a little skull iron-on when we were at Disney so I'll iron that on the backpack. He'll be happy he has what Mia does and he'll be all set for school in 2 years. How's that for forward planning.
In other news, I almost fell over with excitement seeing the Domo display in the Halloween section at Target. Target has also had a ton of Hello Kitty stuff the last year or so. I think Target is "turning Japanese".
First found this Disney mp3 player on clearance at Meijer for $7.99. Then I bought a 2 gb SD card for it at Circuit City for $12.99. Mia and Mason call anything with headphones an "iPod". I was going to give her the very first mp3 player I had (which is OLD). I lost the cable to connect it to the computer so I can't change the music on it. It is also supposed to take SmartMedia cards so I downloaded some music onto a card but it didn't work. I don't want her listening to the music that's on there so there's a little battle going on. She finds where I hide it and then sneaks it. I probably should just throw it away but I keep thinking I'm going to figure a way to make it work for the kid's to use..... Then I dug out our old portable CD player. I told Mason it was his iPod. At least I can control the music that goes in it but it is big for them to carry around. Mia will get this new mp3 player in her stocking from Santa and I hope to figure the ancient one out to give to Mason. The kids were freaking out that the little ear buds fall out of their ears so I got out the old headphones that go over the head with the foam pads covers. Those work great for them but then one the foam covers on one set of the headphones was pretty worn and got torn off. Can you believe they don't sell replacement pads for the headphones anymore. The one store I found, Radio Shack, wants about $6 a pair. Are you kidding me? I can buy new headphones for that. So when I get a chance I'll make some kind of cover out of some scraps of fleece. What I do to try to make these kids happy, Jeesh.
The next deals. I just rand into Target today and didn't find what I came for. Could I just leave the store? No! I thought I'd check out the Halloween section. Well, the back wall behind our Halloween section was backpacks, lunchboxes, etc... all 75% off. So I got Mason a black backpack and a skull lunchbox for about $6. We bought a little skull iron-on when we were at Disney so I'll iron that on the backpack. He'll be happy he has what Mia does and he'll be all set for school in 2 years. How's that for forward planning.
In other news, I almost fell over with excitement seeing the Domo display in the Halloween section at Target. Target has also had a ton of Hello Kitty stuff the last year or so. I think Target is "turning Japanese".
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Honeycrisp Apples
I took the kids to Crane's yesterday after I picked them up from school. I figured there would be lots of Honeycrisp apples since Saturday was opening day and it pretty much rained all weekend. They're almost gone! There were lots at the tops of the tree but sadly I can't reach. I climbed one tree and was handing apples down to Mia but that was short-lived as the little branch I was standing on broke and I came falling out of the tree. I had to tell Mia it's our little secret since she kept repeating to me "Mommy, they don't want you climbing the trees.....". Shhhh... before someone hears you. The Honeycrisps are 75cents/lb (with a 2 bushel limit)and regular apples are still 65cents/lb. If you don't go today, I don't think there will be any left unless they have them in another area that I didn't see. They close at 6pm. Of course, it goes without saying that the donuts were all sold out. That made for a sad Phillips family last night. I've got apples to last me for awhile and I don't want to drive down there just for donuts. Maybe in another month.
I took the kids to Crane's yesterday after I picked them up from school. I figured there would be lots of Honeycrisp apples since Saturday was opening day and it pretty much rained all weekend. They're almost gone! There were lots at the tops of the tree but sadly I can't reach. I climbed one tree and was handing apples down to Mia but that was short-lived as the little branch I was standing on broke and I came falling out of the tree. I had to tell Mia it's our little secret since she kept repeating to me "Mommy, they don't want you climbing the trees.....". Shhhh... before someone hears you. The Honeycrisps are 75cents/lb (with a 2 bushel limit)and regular apples are still 65cents/lb. If you don't go today, I don't think there will be any left unless they have them in another area that I didn't see. They close at 6pm. Of course, it goes without saying that the donuts were all sold out. That made for a sad Phillips family last night. I've got apples to last me for awhile and I don't want to drive down there just for donuts. Maybe in another month.
Monday, September 08, 2008
Kidversations
When I picked Mason up last week from school he was just bubbling over with excitement. When I strapped him into his carseat he was still telling me about his day and told me he had a snack.
Me: Really, what did you have?
Mason: Cheese crackers
Me: Was it yummy? You like cheese crackers right?
Mason: Yeah
10 minutes later as we pass McD's driving home....
Mason: I want to go to McDonalds
Me: Mason, you had lunch already and you had a snack at school
Mason: Well..... Oh... no... I mean I didn't have a snack
Me: You said you had cheese crackers
Mason: I was just telling you a joke
driving home after we pick Mia up from school....
Mason: I want McDonalds I didn't get a snack today
Me: What? Yes you did
Mason: No I didn't
Me: Well, I'm going to ask Miss Elizabeth tomorrow ...
Mason: No
Me: ....if you had a snack....
Mason: No you can't
Me: today. Yes, I'm going to ask....
Mason: NO YOU CAN'T
Me: ....if you had a snack. You know when you lie you get soap in the mouth. So if....
Mason: MOMMA! I'm just jokin'
Me: you're lying to me....
Mason: I not lying, I'm telling you a joke. I remember I did have snack.
Mia and I dropped off Mason at his school and as we drive away I wave and say "Bye, Bye Mason".
Mia: Mom (I think the correct pronunciation is Mo-om) you don't say, Bye Bye you only say it once. Bye. So don't say Bye Bye to me. (I swear if she was only a little older she would have been rolling her eyes.)
Me: Why? Is that embarrassing if I say Bye Bye?
Mia: YES! So don't say it to me Okay.
Great my kid is embarrassed of me already. Sorry to tell you Sweetie Mia it's only going to get a lot worse for you.
When I picked Mason up last week from school he was just bubbling over with excitement. When I strapped him into his carseat he was still telling me about his day and told me he had a snack.
Me: Really, what did you have?
Mason: Cheese crackers
Me: Was it yummy? You like cheese crackers right?
Mason: Yeah
10 minutes later as we pass McD's driving home....
Mason: I want to go to McDonalds
Me: Mason, you had lunch already and you had a snack at school
Mason: Well..... Oh... no... I mean I didn't have a snack
Me: You said you had cheese crackers
Mason: I was just telling you a joke
driving home after we pick Mia up from school....
Mason: I want McDonalds I didn't get a snack today
Me: What? Yes you did
Mason: No I didn't
Me: Well, I'm going to ask Miss Elizabeth tomorrow ...
Mason: No
Me: ....if you had a snack....
Mason: No you can't
Me: today. Yes, I'm going to ask....
Mason: NO YOU CAN'T
Me: ....if you had a snack. You know when you lie you get soap in the mouth. So if....
Mason: MOMMA! I'm just jokin'
Me: you're lying to me....
Mason: I not lying, I'm telling you a joke. I remember I did have snack.
Mia and I dropped off Mason at his school and as we drive away I wave and say "Bye, Bye Mason".
Mia: Mom (I think the correct pronunciation is Mo-om) you don't say, Bye Bye you only say it once. Bye. So don't say Bye Bye to me. (I swear if she was only a little older she would have been rolling her eyes.)
Me: Why? Is that embarrassing if I say Bye Bye?
Mia: YES! So don't say it to me Okay.
Great my kid is embarrassed of me already. Sorry to tell you Sweetie Mia it's only going to get a lot worse for you.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Insects
A while back I mentioned we saw a Praying Mantis in our driveway. I can't even remember the last time I saw one of those before I saw this one. I remember them being more green.
Then the other day I saw a Cicada on our deck. Wha?
Every now and then I hear something in the news how this is the year for cicadas. Apparently, there are types that only appear every 15 years, every 7 years, so on.... I heard some stuff last year so what is this? Then on the way driving up to Manistee last weekend a Cicada hits the windshield and gets lodged in the wiper. (so I got a good look at it). I felt kind of bad like we just killed something on the extinction list. So like the Praying Mantis I haven't seen a Cicada in years and then I see 2 in the same week. Bizarre.
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
My Fish
Here's Mason and Mia floating. (The picture of them holding hands and floating isn't as good)
I about fell over the other day when someone referred to Mason as a "fish". To think at the beginning of the summer he was a screaming mess when it came to the water. I can't believe the progress he's made this year. It seems like every time we go he gets a little braver and does something new. Like jumping into the water by himself.
Here's Mason and Mia floating. (The picture of them holding hands and floating isn't as good)
and here they are jumping off Grandpa's shoulders into the pool.
Mia usually likes to spend her time getting dive sticks.
I did forget to mention yesterday that I did make it back to my car (mostly anyway) after dropping Mia off before I started bawling.
I did forget to mention yesterday that I did make it back to my car (mostly anyway) after dropping Mia off before I started bawling.
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
First Day of Kindergarten
Well due to poor scheduling 6 months ago.... I just didn't realize the date at the time. Mia and I had our dentist appointments this morning. Hers was actually at 11am. Thank goodness her teeth are great and it went quick since I then took her home to have lunch then drive her to school for the first day. She has been sooo excited for the past week so today it was only a little bit of a surprise when she tried to wake me up at about 6:30am. This from the girl that usually sleeps until at least 8:30-9am.
Here she is in the front of her school:
Here she is in the front of her school:
I parked in the front so I could take some pictures out front. Then I walked her to the Kindergarten playground in the back (where I'm to drop her off) where she waits until the her teacher comes to get the class.
and here she is with her teacher, Mrs. Thornhill.
Mason and I then went to run some errands and it was a nightmare. While Mason is usually great when separated from Mia........ today gave me an insight for the next few months. The problem is he is still into skulls and skeletons. Since the last few weeks in August the stores have begun the Halloween season. So no matter what the store he spies something he wants ie. a skeleton cup, placemat, rug, bag of bones, etc. Then when I don't but his heart's desire I get the crying. Today resulted in full out screaming, crying, kicking and hitting (as I dragged him out).
Then we picked Mia up from school and of course I had to snap a few more pics.
Mia ran over to our neighbor, Niki, to tell her that she went to school. Niki asked Mason what he did while Mia was gone and Mason replied, "I threw a fit in the store." She looked at me as in really? I shook my head yes. She says, "Well, at least you're honest about it." If only he sounded a little guilty or sorry about it. It was just so matter of fact. When Mike came home later, I said, "Mason, tell Daddy what you did while Mia was in school." Mason- "I threw a fit in the store."I'll be counting down the days until Halloween is over.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Feast or Famine
That's what it is with my posting. It seems like the last couple of weeks have been crazy. The outside pool at our gym is being drained Monday so we've been going every day for the last two weeks. I feel like we're living on borrowed time so we took advantage of every day left. Not to mention I still have to run errands ie. grocery store, farmer's market, post office, library, etc. and with the added appointments like school open houses we are constantly on the go. Mia is so excited about starting Kindergarten, me too! As excited as I am for her I know I'm going to be doing the ugly cry all the way home after I drop her off. I'm planning to get some pictures but I'm guessing the teacher isn't going to want someone's mom following them in the classroom the first day. What do you mean the crazy crying lady with the camera is distracting the kids?
Anyway time to go get ready since I have a doctor's appt. this morning, need to finish folding laundry, pack the family's clothes to go to the in-laws, etc. I think my first break that I get when the kid's are in school at the same time will be spent just sitting on the couch taking a breather. It's wishful thinking anyway....
That's what it is with my posting. It seems like the last couple of weeks have been crazy. The outside pool at our gym is being drained Monday so we've been going every day for the last two weeks. I feel like we're living on borrowed time so we took advantage of every day left. Not to mention I still have to run errands ie. grocery store, farmer's market, post office, library, etc. and with the added appointments like school open houses we are constantly on the go. Mia is so excited about starting Kindergarten, me too! As excited as I am for her I know I'm going to be doing the ugly cry all the way home after I drop her off. I'm planning to get some pictures but I'm guessing the teacher isn't going to want someone's mom following them in the classroom the first day. What do you mean the crazy crying lady with the camera is distracting the kids?
Anyway time to go get ready since I have a doctor's appt. this morning, need to finish folding laundry, pack the family's clothes to go to the in-laws, etc. I think my first break that I get when the kid's are in school at the same time will be spent just sitting on the couch taking a breather. It's wishful thinking anyway....
Sunday, August 24, 2008
INSTALLING A HUSBAND
For lack of something better to post....as I'm too lazy to write something long at the moment and still haven't downloaded from my camera... I'm posting the following "joke-mail".
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attentio n 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as:
NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed, Desperate.
DEAR DESPERATE, First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.
Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications; Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. However, remember that overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1 Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)
In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.
We recommend : Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7
Good Luck Babe!
Tech Support
For lack of something better to post....as I'm too lazy to write something long at the moment and still haven't downloaded from my camera... I'm posting the following "joke-mail".
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attentio n 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as:
NBA 5.0, NFL 3.0 and Golf Clubs 4.1
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?
Signed, Desperate.
DEAR DESPERATE, First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.
Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications; Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5. However, remember that overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1 Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)
In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.
We recommend : Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7
Good Luck Babe!
Tech Support
Friday, August 15, 2008
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
I first saw this on Oprah and was inspired. I posted the full lecture not because anyone visiting my blog would want to watch a video for over an hour but so I could easily find it later.
I was crying again watching the piece on him tonight on TV. I too wept tears for a man I never met.
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