Tuesday, October 19, 2010

"I stuck!"


Now no one is really sure how K got himself into such a precarious situation, but he did none the less. I was making dinner and M came running into the kitchen telling me that K was stuck. I went running imagining that he was stuck and could be dying. When M stopped at the laundry closet I didn't know why, but I soon found out! Somehow, K had gotten himself in front of the washer, behind the folding closet door and couldn't get out. The doors wouldn't open all the way with him there, but thankfully they wouldn't close all the way either. I have no muscle and so thankfully B had just come home from work and was able to lift him out. I'm sure if B wasn't home, my mother super power adrenaline would have kicked in and I would have torn the closet door off and freed him from his dangerous situation! (Yeah, so dangerous that I was able to run get the camera and take a picture!) No worries ladies and gentlemen, he was able to walk away from the closet unharmed!

Dreams do come true!

So, the members of our family that are under 4 feet tall love slug bugs. I'm not talking they like it when they see one, they really love them! M tells me often that she thinks that we should buy one because,"Slug bugs are so cool!" Both M and K love to yell out,"Slug bug____"(fill in the blank with a color of your choice.) Well, I have been on the hunt looking for slug bugs that could be given to them for an upcoming holiday. The slug bugs were going to be placed in a certain article that usually is hung. Anyway, much to my chagrin, finding slug bugs is much harder than I anticipated. I even looked on line. I finally found some, but they were $26. I wanted them, but not that bad! Well, our dear friends, J & R found some for us! They gave them to us last night. Our children are in bed between 7 & 8. We stayed up until almost 9 playing with these wonderful pull back cars! Here they are from the side. B gets the blue, I get the yellow, M gets the red and K gets the black. Aren't they so awesome?!
Here is the front of them. I love that they look just like the real thing, just smaller.


From the back


How could I forget the top? I love them! They are so rad. Thanks J and R for getting them for us. They have already provided hours of entertainment!


Monday, October 11, 2010

What's not to love?

I walked into M's room and this is what I saw! I love this picture! M was telling K why she was coloring the orange orange and what color he should color his picture. This picture just screams serenity. Not that those two words should be used together, but that's how I feel. No screaming which K does just because he thinks it's funny. No fighting over the toy shopping cart, cars, babies, books or anything else one wants when the other one has it. No jumping, running or the occasional swinging on vines (sometimes I feel like that's what's happening). Just peaceful, calm coloring. I love it!

Yep, that about sums it up....

Last week in a neighboring city, the fire department had an open house. Their website made it sound like it would be so swell! So trying to get out of the house so B could do homework in peace, I decided to take our ever so anxious children to see the fire trucks, ambulances and air-med helicopter. It had been raining most of the week, so this was one of our first outings of the week. Both of them we so so so excited to go. This first picture tells it pretty much like it was. The fire trucks & ambulances were parked outside (that's where automobiles are usually put!) but because of the rain, they weren't open so that we could look at them. That was disappointment #1. #2- The air-med helicopter was only there at certain times, we had just missed it and didn't want to wait around the three hours for it to come back. #3- Smoky the Bear was there. Holy smokes! You would think that our children were being beaten when they saw him. They both screamed and buried their faces into my closest body part. K almost passed out from crying so hard(he does that on occasion). When I told him it was OK, he said,"The bear's gone?! Not coming this way?!" #4- There was a clown there. Now I thought most children liked clowns, not ours, they cried and cried. They didn't want to try on the fireman clothes that were there to try on and the weather didn't help their sad moods. There were two moments of happiness...
......Free popcorn! And.......

....When K saw the ambulance outside. Other than those two things, I would say it was a total disaster. When we left I asked why they had been so sad. K instantly started to cry and said," The bear gone?! He not coming this way?!" Oh dear! Next time we'll let someone else go and we'll look at their pictures and the fun they had and be glad we didn't go!

Monday, October 4, 2010

Oh sick


A few of things, I made pancakes this morning. I know it isn't Saturday, but I made them anyway. Growing up we ate certain things each morning of the week. Monday was fruit and toast. Tuesday was bread and gravy. Wednesday was french toast and for sure the second highlight food of my week. Thursday was eggs. Friday was mush. Saturday was either waffles or pancakes. Sunday was cereal and the number one meal of my week, maybe even my whole life! Anyway, I made pancakes this morning. I made them like I always do using my mom's recipe. The first side cooked just beautifully. When I checked the other side, this is what they looked like. Sick! I have this weird thing that I hate holes in things. I think they are so nasty. When there is snow on the ground and the snow on the trees starts to melt so water will drip from the tree branches falling into the snow below, it makes holes. If I see it I have to dig in the snow so the holes go away. I just don't like them. Anyway I could hardly eat these this morning. For all you science minds out there, why did this happen? They tasted fine, they just looked disgusting. I don't know what it is about holes that I don't like. Maybe it's because I think of worms when I think of holes. I don't know why, I just do. But I hate hate hate worms. I think they are worse than spiders. They make me cringe and give me chills at the same time. On the game, Fear Factor, when they had to lay in a box with worms I almost cried for them.Holes and worms, sick sick sick . Sorry about the novel, obviously holes really bother me!
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