Catch up

Wow! So it's been FOREVER since I've been on here to blog. It isn't because I don't have anything to blog about or blog worthy moments. It really boils down to the fact that I am an insecure blogger. And the fact that although I have good intentions, sometimes I can't get past the thought of doing something before something else takes up my time or concentration.

We've had quite a busy and very interesting summer. Tony ended up having shoulder surgery which was his first surgery EVER (lucky guy). He had a torn labrum which has been the cause of his horrific back pain for years. He's still in the healing process with it but is doing really well and exceeding the doctor's expectations for his abilities right now. Only a few more weeks of physical therapy and then he's on his own.

Since I've not been working much, I've had a lot of time to spend with the girls enjoying the nice weather when we've had it. We've become great fans of Sanford Beach this year. And I have to say that Sanford Beach is MUCH better than it used to be when I was a kid. The girls play endlessly in the sand and water all day long while I watch or join them. And a lot of time I can sit on my blanket to watch them and soak up some rays for my casper white self.

We've been pretty busy going places it seems this summer as well. We've spent a lot of time down in Portage which is near Kalamazoo where my best friend Amy lived. I say lived because she just moved back to Midland last weekend. She works for the state in the Family and Children Services department and got a lateral transfer into Midland County. It was a crazy 3 weeks for her because she saw the job posting, applied for it and then interviewed for it. Before she could even get home back to her house in Portage, she got called with the job offer! We are so excited to have her and Ethan in Midland now so we can watch him grow and spend more time together. We'll be spending the weekend down in Portage again this weekend packing up more of Amy's house and helping out another friend of ours, Steve King, as he flies in the national balloonfest competition that is being held in Battle Creek.

This past weekend we went to the Kenny Chesney concert at Ford Field and had a FABULOUS time. There was constant music by performers from 4 pm until 11 pm! With the short breaks for stage changes. It was a great way to celebrate Amy's return to Midland and also this new chapter in her life.

This summer has also been full of spending time with friends and also falling in love with a new local band, Steel Wheels. If you haven't heard of them and live in the area, check them out. They are the best country music band that I've heard and are so talented. We're officially addicted to their music and have been following them wherever they perform. Word is that they are going to be the performers at the Northern Bowling Alley for their New Year's Eve celebration. That will be one fabulous time for sure!

Before I go, I think that the conversation that took place between Emily, Maddie and their Auntie Katie is worth sharing. Katie and Garth have been dating for a while and the girls know that they aren't married yet. Well out of the blue, Emily just looks at Katie and says, "You and Uncle Garth need to get married." I think Kaite might have choked a little and asked her why and that's when Maddie blurted out, "So you can have babies!" I'm certain Katie choked then and she quickly sent Garth a text letting him know about this conversation. Garth probably choked himself and then jokingly said that he wasn't claiming Maddie anymore. Which then made Maddie make her "tough face' and ball up her fist and say that she was going to beat Uncle Garth up. Via texting, Uncle Garth challenged her and that's when she told him to "Bring it on!" I'm thinking I won't have anything to worry about with Maddie once she starts school. I think that girl can take care of herself.

Lots going on

I hardly ever blog these days but lo' and behold, I'm bored and feel like typing so here's the perfect opportunity!

We've had a lot of things happening in our world these days. A couple of weeks ago we surprised the girls with a trip to Mackinaw City to a hotel that has a small waterpark that the girls named "The Dumping Pirate" the first year that we went there. They thought we were going up to Brimley to visit Tony's buddy, Brian and were very excited when we pulled into the hotel's parking lot. We spent the entire weekend living in the waterpark and LOVED it!

After we got home from the waterpark, we began a much anticipated project in our house. We started remodeling our kitchen. If anyone has seen our kitchen, you know that the room was long overdue for a make over. Our kitchen is pretty much the original kitchen from when it was built back in the 50's. Just picture cabinets with formica covering that was peeling and falling off. Then picture a crappy floor that was falling apart in chunks near the french doors and florecent lighting along with a nasty ceiling fan. Needless to say, this room is the reason why I don't invite people over to my house. I'm too embarassed.

But.......with the help of my boss, Rich, my brother-in-law, Eric, close-enough-to-be-my-brother-in-law, Garth, my mother-in-law, Kathy, Rich's wife, Deb and my amazing husband, our kitchen is turning into such a beauty! I promise to post before and after pictures of this event when it's done and you'll agree with me. But the new kitchen has natural finish maple cabinets, sage green walls actually nameds Grandma's Linen, ceramic tiled flooring that is three different shades of dirt (I was thinking there) and some beautiful new lighting along with some new appliances. I cannot wait to invite people over to see this when it's finished!

Other than that, this past week was my spring break from school. Wanna know how we spent it besides working on the kitchen? I ended up getting that nasty cold that's been going around, Maddie has been breaking out into this mysterious rash and then Emily has barfed 6 times. Pretty exciting eh? I thought so too. Hopefully next week will be better in the health department. And hopefully I'll get my house back soon!

I think that's got you up to speed for now. I'll come back again soon and try to do my best at posting something cute, funny and interesting like my other friends who blog on here. I need to tap into my creative side. Not so sure that I have one of those sides though.

Ta ta!

Time to get caught up

So things have been a bit nutso lately! Just last week my boss made the decision to switch real estate offices. So he's no longer at RE/MAX but is now at Ayre/Rhinehart REALTORS. We're still in the process of getting settled and organized but so far, it seems like a great move. He'll have some adjusting to do because my office will be in a different building than his so he won't have me at his fingertips to get things done right at that moment. My office space is under construction because the day before Rich made the decision to move, a water main broke and left 4 inches of standing water in the basement area which is where my space is. So right now I'm temporarily set up in the conference room with all of the other stuff that is stored in the basement. For a neat freak like myself, it's not fun but it's doing the job right now. I've heard that the basement should be ready within the next couple of weeks so I'm super excited about that.

This morning when I went to drop Emily off to school I noticed that the staff looked really sad and horrible. I asked Em's teacher if she was ok and she informed me that they just got news that Eastlawn is one of the schools set to close for next year. I can't believe that. That school is amazing and has the most wonderful staff there. I went there as a child and so did my sister. And what I love is that Emily's teachers are ones that had me as a child too. So I know that I can trust them without a shadow of a doubt. Tony and I are very sad and quite upset too right now. We don't want to see this school close.

I'm still plugging along with school but I can say that I will be grateful when this semester is over so that I can have a break. Maddie thinks I live at the Library now because I'm there so much studying. :) This class is really teaching me that I don't have to get an "A" as long as I do my very best.

We're looking forward to two small getaways that we've got planned for this month. This weekend we'll be heading to Lake City with my sister and her family to stay at the Bergs' Cabin. Or as the kids call it, "Gramma Lee Ann's Cabin." It'll be a nice time to relax and have some fun in a low key fashion. Then at the end of this month we're heading up to Mackinaw to stay at a hotel that has a small waterpark in it. The girls call it the "Dumping Pirate" because there is a huge bucket with a Pirate's face on it that dumps lots of water on you while you're playing. I'll try my best to take pictures and to post them.

OH! One really fun thing we did over the weekend was to visit the lizards and snakes alive exhibit at the Center for the Arts. Our neighbor works there and was so thoughtful to give us tickets to see the exhibit on Saturday. It was really neat to see all different kinds of snakes and lizards and to watch the girls have fun playing and exploring. I did take pictures of that event but my battery died so my camera is sitting at home waiting for me to charge it. So if you have kids, nephews/neices who like those kinds of animals, it'd be a fun little something to do out of the ordinary.

It's been a while

I haven't blogged in a while. Not because there isn't anything to blog about. But because there's been a lot to blog about and just trying to pick the time to sit down and type it out. And also figuring out how much you'd like to know. Since I'm not one of those amazing blog writers, I guess it really doesn't matter because I don't have a cult following. Hee hee hee.

Things have been a little nuts lately but I can say that I'm peacefully accepting all the craziness and watching it work itself out. The girls really enjoyed getting back into the school swing of things after the Christmas and New Year's holidays. And this past weekend, they really enjoyed going to "Grandma Lee Ann's" house to go sledding for the first time this year. They're still talking about how much fun they had!

We also got to celebrate my mom's birthday over the weekend as well. That was interesting because it happened to be the day that we got another huge batch of snow. We enjoyed dinner together and then had our own mini-tournament of playing dominos at my aunt's house while we let the kids run wild and play.

Tony's been super busy with work right now which is a huge blessing for the finances but stinky that he's so tired and has to work a lot. But we are thankful because it's the exact opposite for me. Business is so slow for my boss that I'm looking at being laid off at the end of the month if things don't change. I'm confident that everything will work itself out and I'm trusting God to come through for us. He's done it before for us and I know He'll do it again.

The new semester recently started too so I'm getting back into the swing of things there. It's been SO long since I've had a science class and I've got Anatomy & Physiology right now. Thankfully I've got an amazing professor who wants to see her students do well. So I'm getting a crash course in chemistry and hoping that the information sticks! :0)

I think that kind of sums things up in a nutshell. I'll try to post something more interesting later. I really need to get creative like some of the other blog writers I know.

Thought for the day

One of my dearest friends took time to talk with me last night and shared a prayer with me that was given to her. It truly touched me and I think it can apply to anyone and anything that you are or may be going through. I hope that in reading it, it can come to life for you as well. Here it is:

Thank you for the gift of learning to live 24 hours at a time.
No undue looking back, except with fondness.
No fear of the future, but only the expectant wonder of what tomorrow's dawn will bring.
Today we were healthy, well-fed, and warm.
Today we loved, and were loved in return.
Who knows of tomorrow?
It is enough that today you shared the riches of your bounty with us.
It is enough, Lord, that you have been here.
For this blessed, yet triumphantly normal day - and for all the days to follow - I give you thanks, my Lord.
So be it.
Amen.

A new year's eve reflection

Wanna know how we spent celebrating New Year's Eve 2008? The girls and my sister's two boys thought it was an occasion for dressing up. No one gave them the dress code so they went the jammies/ninja/soldier/karate kid route. And Trooper was their mascot.












Maddie kicked 2008 out with a bang and lost her first tooth. At 4 1/2 years old! I was later told that Tony started losing his teeth this young as well. So I'm not worrying about her early need for dentures when she gets older just yet. She let Uncle Eric do a "wiggle check" with a tissue and she had no idea that he popped it out until after he told her that he couldn't find it. I took a picture of her making this face and then turned the camera around for her to see for herself that he tooth was gone. She was jumping up & down and screaming with joy because now she was going to get a visit from the Tooth Fairy and she could go shopping. Well.....we got home really late after toasting in 2009 and at 7:15 am I woke up out a dead sleep and realized that the tooth was still in my purse and that the Tooth Fairy didn't pony up the dollar that she owed Maddie. After slapping Tony awake in a panic for a dollar, we managed to russle up 4 quarters and I quietly dropped it in a cup and set it on the window sil for Maddie to find when she woke up. She was so excited to get the dollar (after we explained that 4 quarters is the same as a dollar bill) and take her first trip to the dollar store to buy her own toy with her Tooth Fairy money. This is something that the girls look forward to. Any time that they get money, they get the joy of feeding their piggy banks in hopes that Tony and I can create children who like to save money instead of spend it (like their mommy & daddy). But when the Tooth Fairy comes, that's fair game. They can either go right away and buy something at the dollar store with mommy & daddy helping by paying the sales tax, or they can save up their money to buy something a little bigger. Maddie ended up choosing a plastic recorder as her first tooth fairy purchase. Feeling generous she told Emily that she could get a toy too and Emily got a recorder as well. I thought it was a good idea since it's a musical instrument that would allow them to be creative. Until we brought them home and opened them up. Eeeeekkk..do you remember playing those in elementary school? I do, but I don't remember them squealing and sounding so bad. Oh well!

Today was also the first day back to school after the long break. Both girls were super excited to go back and see their teachers and their friends. Maddie went into Emily's classroom and school office to show everyone her "lost tooth" and then promptly ran down the hall to show her teacher at her school her "lost tooth." Very precious!

Permission Slip Required

Tony was my source of humor last night. Poor guy.

Soooo......we finally celebrated his birthday with his family on Sunday night and his sister, Amy got him this really nice Winchester knife set. We ,of course, started joking with Tony because the last time he received a knife as a gift, he cut his thumb and shoved it in a dirty sock to try to get the bleeding to stop and to avoid getting stitches.

Last night Emily asked Tony to help her open up a porcelain doll that she received from Great Grandma Bartlett for Christmas while I was cooking our gourmet dinner of hot dogs, mac & cheese & peas. Yummy, I know. All of a sudden I turn around and see Tony wiping something up off the kitchen floor and I realize that it's blood. Sure enough, the boy cut himself. AGAIN. Through my laughter, I told him I wanted to see the cut this time to see if it needed stitches and he wouldn't let me see it because he hadn't assessed the damage first. I followed him into the bathroom and once he removed the paper towel from his hand, you could see a nice gash on his left hand where the knife cleanly slashed him. He said that he didn't need stitches, of course. He said that he only needed a band aid. Well that lasted about 30 seconds before he bled through that one. After he nearly immediately bled through the 2nd band aid I told him that he had to go to Urgent Care to get the stitches that "he didn't need."

After waiting there for nearly 1 1/2 hours he was seen and the doctor looked at his chart and said that it was 6 months and 1 day from the last time he was in getting snitches. He's getting pretty consistent don't you think? He ended up with 4 stitches in his hand when it was all said and done.

So now the joke will always be that no one is allowed to give Tony a knife for a gift anymore. And if they do, a permission slip must be signed first in order for him to use it.

Moral of the story? Winchester knives are very nice and very sharp!

The big 3-0

Today's the big day for Tony. He turned 30 today! Tony thought (and some of the rest of us did too) that he'd have a crisis in celebrating this birthday. About 6 months ago when another friend turned the big 3-0, Tony nearly broke out into a cold sweat and begged me not to throw him a surprise party. I was throwing a fit inside of my head because of this new anxiety that he showed because that was just what I had planned in mind. Instead.....here's what we did! We got a huge group of people together and had a night out on the town. Pretty much, we spent a majority of the night at Shooters in Saginaw riding the mechanical bull. The first picture you see here is of Garth (Katie's boyfriend) and Sue (one of our friends) riding the bull together because they matched with their pink striped shirts. What you can't see right now is the video that goes along with this that shows how hard it was to get Sue on the bull. On the 3rd attempt at mounting the mechanical animal, Garth put his hands together to give Sue a boost. In reality what happened was that on the count of 3, Garth shot Sue OVER the bull. It was one of those up and over moments that had us all nearly running to the bathroom about to wet ourselves.



Next, you see another hilarious moment with the lovely bull. That would be Sue (again), me and Tony all trying to ride this thing together. I think we migh have made it 1 second before we all fell off together. And now Sue is left bruised and so am I. My left elbow, that you see pictured, is now so badly bruised that the entire area is black. Tony escaped uninjured which is a Christmas miracle.








And then the night ended with a trip to good ole' Lil' Chef for some breakfast. I think Tony was a little excited when his pancakes finally showed up to the table. What do you think? And I think we could also agree that he has a tongue like Gene Simmons from Kiss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fe11OlMiz8

I'm telling you what, someone forwarded this link to me and these guys are amazing. In fact, when I forwarded the link to some other friends and family, my exact words were, "Holy cats Batman! These guys are amazing!" The group's name is Straight No Chaser. I cannot believe their talent and ability. Check the link out and see for yourself. Let me suggest a few more songs to listen to once you are there:

• Lion Sleeps Tonight
• Carol of the Bells
• Sitcom Medley

Ok, let's get real. Just check them all out. I was so impressed after listening to everything on YouTube yesterday that I purchased their holiday album that just came out not too long ago. Normally I don't like holiday albums, but I've got a feeling I won't be disappointed this time. I can't wait to get it in the mail.

Yes people, I have an iPod so I could download everything. But you see, my husband commandeered it just about oh.... a day after I received it. So I never get to use it. And now Emily thinks it's the best thing since chocolate milk and LOVES listening to it and singing her little heart out. I should really record her doing that. It's pretty funny and I'm sure it'd be a video that she'd kill me for later in life when I embarrass the pants off her in front of her boyfriend or something.

Now go and have yourself a lovely day. If you live in Michigan, have a lovely day digging yourself out of the crapload of snow we just got. And if you live in Florida, like my cousin does, do me a favor and quit bragging about still being able to wear short sleeves without freezing to death. Only kidding Cuz!! I still love you! I'm just insanely jealous, that's all.

Our real forever puppy!

On Saturday we made a trip to Remus which is just west of Mt. Pleasant to the home of the aunt & uncle of a friend of mine. They had a litter of puppies that were ready for a new home so off we went in search of our new family member. After checking all of them out and asking a couple of questions (we really aren't used to this), we made our decision and picked a puppy that had markings similar to what Dash had. The puppies are 3/4 Australian Shepherd and 1/4 Yellow Lab. Our puppy's name is Trooper. We also toyed with the name Flash, but decided that it was too close to Dash and we were already having problems not calling the puppy Dash.

But please meet our new, forever puppy, Trooper. He's a sweetie. He will be two months old Wednesday. He's got some learning to do and so do we, but he's handling the transition very well. We've only had one minor potty accident in the house and it happened to be in the kitchen which was easy to clean up. And then Trooper initiated Maddie on the way home with a barf from what we determined as a nervous stomach with all the changes that took place. All is well now and we are glad to have Trooper with us.

Have a wonderful day and a very blessed Thanksgiving.

Can't stand selfish people

I cannot stand selfish people. What's even more, I cannot stand selfish, rich people. So if you're rich and reading this blog, check yourself and make sure you're not selfish and be grateful for your financial blessings.

As you've read from my previous blog, we became the owners of a fabulous miniature Australian Shepherd on Monday. Well, we're no longer his owners anymore. The previous owner had the audacity to have my poor sister-in-law (who happens to work for them) call my husband yesterday morning to ask for Dash back. Needless to say, Tony and I were LIVID. I don't know that I've ever been that angry before. If I have, I certainly can't remember. I said absolutely not. Not until either Tony or I spoke to one of them personally.

Long story short, we ended up giving Dash back to them last night. It was not pretty. At first we told this woman that she would have to come to our house to pick Dash up and then explain to our little girls what she was doing. But then as common sense began to reappear, we realized that we didn't want this woman to come into our home and lie to our girls about the situation. So when we got home last night, we sat the girls down and explained the situation to them that we love Dash and want him to stay with us forever but that the previous owner wanted him back. Never mind the fact that this woman was being deceitful, but whatever. The girls didn't need to know that.

I'd already begun damage control and got in touch with someone that I trust and knew would probably be able to help. And boy did she come through for me. So once we broke the news to the girls, we quickly followed with the fact that we were going to be looking at puppies this Saturday and that the girls would be able to pick it out, name it and keep it forever. And that no one would be able to come and ask for their new puppy back.

Maddie, being 4 and being a little girl that lets lots of things roll off her back, did really well with the news. Emily on the other hand, didn't do so well. It took me over 2 hours to quit bawling so Em looked like a champ. She broke down immediately but we gave her Dash's dog ID tag to keep as a reminder of him. That helped and she calmed down. But when Dash ended up leaving, she broke down again. And then poor Katie came over feeling horrible herself because she was drug in the middle of this, saw Em and they broke down together. Emily asked if she could go back to Auntie Katie's house by herself with her and we certainly agreed. Well Katie had a chain that she wasn't using and put Dash's dog tag on it so that Emily could wear it like a necklace. That was fabulous.

So the picture above is of Emily just before leaving for school today wearing her new necklace. She's signing "I love you" and that's meant for Dash. Poor kid.

You can certainly say we've learned a good lesson here. But I can tell you that I am proud of my girls for taking the news as best as they could and rebounding like they have. Never under estimate the power of your children. If you do, they'll surprise you.

Stay tuned for an update once we have the opportunity to visit the puppies this weekend. We'll have a new addition to our family soon and can hopefully put this mess behind us.

The new addition

Yep, we got a new puppy. Meet Dash, a miniature Australian Shepherd that is 3 months old. The little cutie needed a home and he hit Tony's soft spot so Tony gave the A-OK for Dash to become the 2nd male in our house. He came to us last night and let me tell you what, the girls were EXCITED. When I got home from school they couldn't wait to meet me at the door screaming, and I mean screaming, that we got a new puppy that gets to live with us forever. So now we own a cat who's name is Baby. She's the one that you see at the top of the page. And a great dog. Let's just say the excitement from Baby wasn't near the level of excitement that came from the girls. Dash REALLY would like to get to know Baby and play with her. But Baby just isn't quite ready for a relationship like that. In fact, you'll notice in the two pictures (sorry about the pile of dirty clothes), Dash really wanted to play and all Baby was willing to do was puff herself up to look even bigger than she already is and then take the high ground out of Dash's reach. Oh, let's not forget all the hissing and growling that came from her too. Who knew that cats could growl?!

At any rate, our family has expanded and although we do have a lot of work ahead of us, we're excited. Anyone interested in a puppy play date, let me know!

Last night was the first chance that we had to carve our pumpkins for Halloween and the girls had a blast! Thankfully the weather was nice enough to do it all outside. Emily really enjoyed pulling the guts out of the pumpkin and Maddie was completely content with letting Daddy do all of the work.

BUBBLES!

So you know how some kids get soap in their mouths as a form of punishment when they've been naughty? Well, I've got a feeling that it's not going to work with Maddie. This is what happens when you turn your back on her and Emily in a tub full of Strawberry Shortcake bubbles. I kid you not, the child kept eating the bubbles until we got her out. Sicko. But that's our Maddie! And let's not leave Em out of this either. She was the mastermind behind this and loaded Maddie's face up with the bubbles. They're a funny team.

Real Fans

This is what true New Kids On The Block fans look like when the group is singing "Hanging Tough"
















This is what I look like as a loving fan of Joe McIntyre. (Yes, that is one HUGE pin from back in the late 80's). And ladies, he's matured into one FINE man.















This is what Tony looks like as a Chemic Fan. He's not one.















And this my friends is what true Chemic Fans look like at the MHS/DHS game (before we got rained on and looked like drowned rats.) Check Erin's blog if you want to see what she thinks a Chemic Fan looks like.

Growing up.....

This past weekend we went to my cousin's son's 1st birthday party and in the girls' goodie bags, they got a page of princess sticker earrings. Both girls fell in love with having them. Emily put them where they belonged, on her ears. Maddie had so much fun with hers that they went all over her face and hands as well as all over Grandm'as face. Later that night, out of the blue, Emily said that she wanted to have her ears pierced for real. I said no at first but then Tony said that we should let her. Emily isn't one to make hasty decisions so we talked about it and told her that it'd hurt and that the decision was up to her. On Monday she came up to me and said that she'd made up her mind to get them pierced. I told her that was fine but that she'd have to wait until Thursday after school to get them done. I did this partly because our schedule wouldn't allow it until then, but it'd also give Emily time to change her mind.

Well, yesterday morning Emily woke up before 7 am with a HUGE grin on her face because she knew what day it was and that after school she'd get to get her ears pierced. I had my sister meet me at work with the girls and off we went to visit Claire's in the mall. Aunt Amy, Nicholas, Aiden and cousins Kevin & Sarah all came as well to watch this big event.

Emily did fantastic. She was excited to pick out the earrings that she wanted which happened to be flowers with a blue center (her favorite color) and diamond (cubic zirconia) petals. She was in a bit of shock once it happened because of how much it hurt but all she did was shed some tears and needed a few hugs to get her through. By the time we left to go stop at Daddy's football practice, she was all grins and excited about her new addition.

Ick!

Never a dull moment in our house, I swear. So yesterday we got to spend a good portion of the later afternoon getting rained on while watching Central Middle School's first home game. Poor kids haven't won a game yet but at least they're trying! And so are the coaches.

After getting home from church with the girls, I got them bathed, read books and tucked them in for a long peaceful night's sleep. That was until at 12:15 am I get jolted awake by Maddie screaming from her bed. Tony and I go running in only to find the child covered in barf. Anyone who knows Tony knows that the poor man absolutely CANNOT stomach vomit so it was amazing that he and Emily still exhisted in the bedroom at this moment. Tony later said that it took everything in him to go into the room so I give him props for entering when all his signals were screaming to run far, far away. He helped me get Maddie bathed yet again so that I could clean up the yuck once I provided a clean escape for Emily off the top bunk. And then no sooner did we get everyone settled back down for sleep than Maddie wakes up in the same situation only this time in the living room. We pretty much were up every hour on the hour with this routine until nearly 7 am this morning. My washer has never had this much action in the middle of the night!

Thankfully I can say now, just over 12 hours later, that Maddie is doing really well. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with us being out in the elements yesterday or what, but she certainly went through the ringer over night.

One funny little tid bit is that through all of this, Maddie kept saying "Someone got me sick!" It was just so cute that she was certain someone did this to her.

Here's hoping to an "ick free" day for everyone. :)

Wierd Humor

So a great friend of mine sent this to me today and quite honestly I think that my sister may have sent this to me as well. I finally took a moment to watch the video and here's what happened to me:

1. I screamed. Out loud. Not just a scream in my head, but a scream out loud. At work. Good thing my boss wasn't here at the moment.

2. I nearly wet my pants. Not good when the bathroom is in timbucktoo and you always have to wait in line here.

3. I'm not kidding, I had a mini heart attack. Or at least gave my heart a few extra beats.

4. I almost fell out of my chair.

I've seen other videos that were worse but it's been a while. Happy Halloween, scare the bejeebers out of you season!

Kids say the darndest things

It doesn't take long for a 4 year old to say something to brighten up your day. Maddie took care of that just after dropping Emily off to school today. While walking out of the school this morning a woman about the age of my mom and mother-in-law walked past us. Let me interject here and say that any woman who appears to be the age of her grandmas, Maddie immediately thinks she is one. It's like when toddlers see men an assume that all men are daddies. Anyhoo......after this woman passed us, Maddie looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I hope you don't turn into a grandma." I just smiled and replied, "Maddie, I hope I don't turn into a grandma for a long time either."

Kids certainly say the darndest things sometime.

The Tooth Fairy writes with a pen

Ta da! It came out! The tooth came out! I was in class last night and during my break I checked my cell phone and noticed that I had a voice mail from my sister-in-law who was caring for the girls for me. Lo and behold, Emily's tooth came out. After calling to get the details I found out that Emily had had enough of the worrying about this tooth and just got up enough guts to ask her aunt to pull the tooth out. The tooth was more than ready to come out so it was a painless experience for her but not without some anxiety at first. So with tissue in hand, Aunt Amy was the hero and got the tooth out. Now Emily's ready to eat all those hard, crunchy foods that she's stayed away from for nearly a week.

Last night we had her tooth in a glass of salt water sitting on the window sil for the Tooth Fairy to exchange with money and Emily stated to her daddy that she wanted to leave the Tooth Fairy a note. Not a big deal. Emily wrote a note to her telling her that she wanted to see her and that her name was Emily (in case she didn't know). She even drew a heart shaped smiley face complete with teeth that looked like Emily's mouth. I'll scan it and post it fore you to view tomorrow. It's too precious.

So the "Tooth Fairy" replied that she was sorry Emily couldn't see her but that she was excited to see her baby teeth falling out to make room for her big girl teeth and to have fun with it and not be scared. Emily woke up this morning while I was in the shower and came trotting into the bathroom and opened up the shower door so that I could see this repsonse and read it to her. Thankfully she let me finish my shower but before we left for school she observed the note and realized that the repsonse was written in pencil just like Emily's note. I agreed with her and then Emily said, "But I thought the Tooth Fairy's wand turned into a pen?" I think I might have had a deer in the headlights kind of face but quickly tried to play it off with an "oh well" type of response so as not to give myself, errrrrrr I mean the Tooth Fairy away.

Apparantly next time I try to do anything sneaky, I should get all of Emily's input first so I don't screw it up.