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...
Scene: Dinner table, Mom and son having conversation. Son, holding up spoonful of soup: "Look mom! I got some meat!" Mom: "It's turkey." Son: "Turkeys are yummy. If we see a real turkey we should kill it....so we can EAT it!" Mom: "Like with a bow and arrow?" Son : "YEAH! We could kill it with bow and arrow....or a MISSILE!" Mom tries not to snort soup out her nose.
Scene: Dinner table, Mom and son having conversation. Son, holding up spoonful of soup: "Look mom! I got some meat!" Mom: "It's turkey." Son: "Turkeys are yummy. If we see a real turkey we should kill it....so we can EAT it!" Mom: "Like with a bow and arrow?" Son : "YEAH! We could kill it with bow and arrow....or a MISSILE!" Mom tries not to snort soup out her nose.
> A Different Christmas Poem > > The embers glowed softly, and in their dim > light, > I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. > My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, > My daughter beside me, angelic in rest. > Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, > Transforming the yard to a winter delight. > The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, > Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve. > My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, > Secure and surrounded by love...
Using Children and God to manipulate other people is wrong. I don't care what your postition on on illegal aliens is, but as far as I am concerned.....IT ILLEGAL (hense the phrase, illegal alien!) We are expected to abide by a set of rules in society. Even if we don't like the speed limit or a particular law.....we still are obligated to follow the rules or face the consequenses of our actions. Illegaly coming into the USA means that you face the chance of deportation. That is the con...
Actually, I put my Christmas tree up 2 days ago. Since HW isn't here, I don't have to wait till the day after Thanksgiving to put it up. So I decided to take a week to decorate. I put the tree and lights up....and a few nativities....not too much yet. I also bought a tree for my kids' bedroom. Connor picked out all red lights but I nixed that idea and suggested HW's favorite, multicolored. So this weekend we are putting it up and then during break, we will be making stars and string...
Today, my plans changed. Instead of running errands and grocery shoping, I scaled the semi-steep peek of my addition and learned to be a roofer. It's not as complicated as it looks, but it is hard, back breaking labor. It's dusk right now and there isn't enough light to work, but floodlights arent' as effective as they will be at full dark. So we used that as an excuse to take a break and get some food. I ate breakfast at 7 this morning and I've been busy ever since....the job doesn't ...
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...
I really wanted to blog today, so mcuh is going on. The roofing crew is here...hopefully the slideshow will work....
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 ...
Due to OPSEC, certain features and items have been censored. (but it really is him!)
http://www.operationgive.org/images/opcstocking2006.pdf Operation Christmas Stocking Sponsored by Operation Give and Stars for Stripes OPERATION CHRISTMAS STOCKING is a project being carried out by Operation Give and Stars for Stripes, two “America Supports You” organizations who work throughout the year to support American troops. Last year we sent more than Six Ton’s of stockings to our troops in Afghanistan. This year help us send more than Twenty Ton’s of Christmas Stockings ...
http://www.treatthetroops.org/ is an organization that bakes and mails cookies to our soldiers overseas. Dupont has volunteered to pay for postage based on how many people register to participate in the Great American Cookie Swap. Go to Link to register. If you don't know who to send cookies to, I can give you the addresses of the 1Cav units that deployed at the end of October. Please participate in supporting our troops!
"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...