I'm putting my son to sleep and he tells me..."Mom, we need to move soon." I was thinking about all his friends who are PCSing, but I wondered where he thought we should move to. "Austin" "Why Austin?" "'Cause then we would be near the Trapeze and we could get there ZAM like THAT!" I love my kid. *BIG GRIN* I should point out that the last class he asked if he could try going on the trapeze but I told him I didn't know because he isn't 6 yet. They will fly kids younger than that,...

So the kid across the street knocked up his hot but crazy girlfriend. According to the mom , they... Had been using protection (condoms) but she refused the pill. The condom broke The girl swore she was not pregnant, He broke up with her because he didn't want to risk another oops and she wouldn't date with no sex. The girl is crazy and surprised him 3 months later with the news he was going to be a dad. The girl wouldn't do the day after pill or an abortion. She won't give the kid ...

Viva Les Arts Community Theatre has a fantastic children's theater. A friend of mine directed Peter Pan and they held a free performance for children of deployed soldiers tonight. That's us,btw . They made a big deal about making it a special event, so we dressed up and off we went for a night at the theater. Maddy looked a little zoned becuase it was after her bedtime, but she was so cute anyway! Notice the cookies on her chin? The kids loved it. Maddy had to point out Nana (the dog...

Continuing in the trend of "active parenting", I allowed my daughter to "help" shop for a swimsuit. She was fine for a few minutes, but then became distracted by the potential of hiding in the racks of clothing and then sprinting as far away as possible. We put a stop to THAT and she was expected to either ride in the cart or hold my hand. She complied with the hand holding requirement and then..... She did her famous drop and turn, dislocating her elbow. BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE. Or rat...

You may recall from past articles that I am adding a room to my house. Well the day when I am done is closer. I finished another milestone.....the walls are up, taped, mudded and textured. i'd rather not have texture, but since I have no intention of removing the texture in the rest of the house.....texture it is. And here to serve as a warning to ya'll.... WARNING!!!! If you ever do remodeling of your own and decide to texture the walls....(spray not roll) BELIEVE them when it says ...

So more pictures of the construction...another milestone. The insulation is up (itch itch), most of the drywall made it into the house was put up on the walls.....and today's achievement. We removed the old back door.....free access to the new addition!

It seems like it was just yesterday I was blogging the Tales of a Two Year Old series....and now boy is 4 1/2 and reading. Not just sounding out words on a flash card mind you, but actually reading. I decided to get him a cool book and NOT read any of it to him, I made him read all 30 pages of "Hi Fly Guy" by himself. That's not to say I didnt' help him occasionally. I am mostly responsible for reminding him the rules for a silent e and explaining why the K is silent on "knows...

Some background. My two year old is tiny. 20 lbs. She is so small that she falls inside the little training seat that sits on the toilet. So I bought her a potty chair. She likes to climb inside it instead of sitting on it to pee. So I decided that every time her older brother goes to the bathroom, she will go too and sit on her chair. After a week, she no longer sits IN the chair but on it. Still no pee, but we are making progress. This is a conversation I overheard. Connor...

I'm so proud of my little boy. He is really such a good kid. He must have overheard me talking with another mom that morning. She told me that she goes through her kids toys before Christmas. The broken ones are trashed, the outgrown ones are packed away for the youngest to get later and then each child takes ones they don't need/want that are nice and gives them away to Families in Crisis or other charity. That afternoon as we were driving home, his little voice pipped up from the bac...

Part One: Mommy guilt and touching momment. (dont' worry we are getting to the sex ) So it's Saturday morning, I'm determined to get a handle on the housecleaning so I let my two kids watch Saturday morning cartoons and I head off to clean the kitchen. As I walk through the living room to take the trash out, my son (curled up on the couch with a blanket) says, "Mom, will you cuddle me?" I hesitate and promise that I will after I finish my chores. 10 minutes later, as I am pulling...

Grrrr. She did it again. This time in front of witnesses. She suddenly pulled her nearly-famous, drop move. You know, the one where a kid goes limp and you are left holding dead weight by their little hand? Grrr. She did it again. In front of the whole neighborhood. Do you know how frustrating it is? She was screaming because she didn't want to go home for dinner. So we crossed the street and 1/2 way back, she put the brakes on. *Dead weight drop* But I didn't ...

"MOOOOOOOOOOMMMM! HELP ME!" I run over to where the kids were climbing a tree. This tree is barely bigger than a bush with attitude, Nobody gets higher than about 3 feet.... Until Connor. He was looking OVER the roof to wave to the kids in the backyard. He was perched on a spindly little twig of a branch that seemed too small to support him. "Mom! I can't reach the branch to get down!" so I climbed up as high as I could without breaking me or the tree....grabbed his feet...

random halloween thoughts Don't park and find out when everyone is tired that you can't get back to the car without walking the long way around. Make sure you have chem-lights for the kids....there are never enough streetlights. Maddy liked to point out all the "cute puppy"(s) and "house"(s) When I told Connor to get ready for bed and to go pee.....she told me "No pee, JELLYBEAN!" as she held up a treat. Wear good shoes! Find a rich neighborhood to get the good stuff!