Thursday, March 30, 2006

I.LOVE.OUR.PEDIATRICIAN!

Well, I posted on Tuesday that when I took Matthew to school he promptly puked all over the cafeteria floor on his way to his classroom so we did a 180 and returned home (of course he did this right in front of the school nurse! Made me feel like the world's worst mom...look she's dragging me to school and I am soooooo sick!). But seriously, it was just nasal congestion and he gagged on it. He has gotten more and more congested, so this morning I called up Dr. Z and she said bring him on in. When we got there our fav nurse took his temp as usual, low grade fever, no change from home, but he pulled away and said OWWWW. Broke her heart, I of course thought he was just playing and told him to cut it out. Stupid Mommy. He has bilateral ear infections. Nice. Hasn't had one for years, so why would he get one now? So, we started antibiotics tonight. His cough is hideous, sounds like he swallowed Tigger, Pooh and Eeyore and they are fighting to get out. So, Dr. Z is the best. She's all like, "Wellllll, Nyquil makes a children's version but they don't recommend it until the child is 6." She's of course giving me that look. "And?" I ask her. "If my daughter weighed 40 pounds and had just turned five, I would give her X amount and let her get a good, soothing, healing nights sleep." So, Matthew is in a nice drug induced soothing, healing, comforting sleep! And for the first time in 3 nights, I don't hear rabid dogs barking in his room waking him up every 5 minutes. Does this mean Mom and Dad might get a good nights sleep? Ahhhh, let's pray it's so. Goodnight all.
OH.CRAP. I just have to put this in. I can't let it go. So on our way back from the grocery/pharmacy....I.BLEW.A.FRICKIN.TIRE. First time in my life...just blew the sidewall right out of the tire. Man that sucker was loud...scared the crap out of little man (screamed like a girl! LOL) I think both of us did! So, I have NO idea how to change a flat (yeah, sorry Mr. Hermann I did NOT pay attention in Driver's Ed) so called hubby and some nice guy who lived right there came out and started helping me. He had it half changed by the time hubby drove half way across town. Thanks friendly tire changing guy! And, just to get under hubby's skin: Stop saying MY car sucks. At least my FOREIGN new car (or as you call it that damn German volkswagon) came with a FULL size spare...more than I can say about your car. At least the truck has a full size spare too. And I must say the Passat handled beautifully when the tire blew...no trouble what-so-ever handling it and pulling to safety! Thank you God. The groceries in the trunk didn't even tip over. OK. End of diatribe. Moral of story: If a tire blows...that sucker is loud...and heck there is no moral. Just that hubby is wrong, my car didn't suck. Nanana. :-) Oh yeah. And at least it was beautiful weather!

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Ten Thoughts To Ponder for 2006

10. Life is sexually transmitted.

9. Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

8. Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection,
make him a sandwich.

7. Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; Teach a person to use the internet
and they won't bother you for weeks.

6. Some people are like a Slinky...not really good for anything, but you still can't help
but smile you see one tumble down the stairs.

5. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

4. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

3. Why does a slight tax increase cost you $200 and a substantial tax cut saves you $0.30?

2. In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world IS weird
and people take Prozac to make it normal.

1. And the number one thought for 2006: We know exactly where one cow with mad
cow disease is located among the millions and millions of cows in America but we
haven't got a clue as to where thousands of terrorists are located. Maybe we should
put the Department of Agriculture in charge of homeland security.


~~Depressed? Over Worked? Job Suck? Unappreciated? Family Problems? Money
Worries. Well here is the pill for you: Fukitol 1000mg. When Life Just Blows...Fukitol!

Kempokan!!




Well, as some of you remember, Matthew was enrolled in a 3 day introduction to karate through his school. Well, we are through with two of those days and HE. LOVES. IT. So, we have looked into two local studios to see who had the best program to fit Matthew's needs. The programs had two totally different philosophies--one believes 5 year olds have the mental/physical capacity to test for different belts. The other doesn't. One costs a minimum of $125 per month. The other $65 flat per month. One only teaches karate. The other teaches several different martial arts.
Sooooo...we went with "the OTHER" which is The KEMPOKAN. For $65 a month Matthew will meet once a week for 45 minutes with other 5 and 6 year olds to learn about multiple philosphies of the mixed martial arts. His group is called the Little Dragons and their classes are designed to help children explore their physical and mental capacities, work together with other children, and lay the foundations for a life full of learning. Classes are activity based, meaning that the entire group works on the same set of skills at the same time, with different focus areas every few weeks. At the completion of a focus area, our Little Dragon is awarded a patch to recognize his accomplishment. How cool is that? No belts, but patches...this I can live with. Some past focus areas for the group have included discipline, kicking, respect, stranger awareness, blocking and health. Additionally, they are constantly reminded of the basic fundamental principles of learning like concentration, listening and taking turns.

I have several co-workers who take their children to this studio and adore it and say the Chief Instructor Jonathan Metcalf is amazing!! He has a way with children. So, we are looking forward to next week when he starts at the Kempokan.

I had planned on posting this yesterday morning, then tried last night, but blogger was being a bitch and ate it. So I hope this one goes through.

That is all for today though because instead of being in school, my little guy is here with me. Sick? So it appeared when he puked on the cafeteria floor on his way to his classroom this morning. Now that we are home....not so much. Running around, generally being a nuisance and preventing me from getting a lot of work done. Must go check out yet ANOTHER loud bang from his room.....oy.

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Sunday Six....And "Real Sweatheart!"




Sunday Six is once again brought to us by Kelly and this weeks theme is "Sleep overs".
Matthew age 5yrs,2mo played...so here are his answers:

1. What is a sleep over?
~~When you have fun at sleepovers, I always have fun at sleepovers. You always
have fun at sleepovers. I did 'em for 5 years.

2. What do you take with you to a sleep over?
~~We play with toys, Star Wars Attack Invasion but that game is very hard so I told
everyone, but my puppy got a high score of 4690056000. (WHAT????)

3. What is vacation?
~~Vacation is when you do stuff and don't go to school.

4. What do yo do on vacation?
~~Play with toys so much and I love this airplane- this is where the pilot stays and
people stays but there are only 4 seats left (SO NOT flying on his plane as he crashes
it into the sliding glass door).

5. What do you do after a sleep over?
~~Just go to sleep

6. Do you like vacation?
~~Yeah most of the times, but don't tell Dad my name. (Whaaaaat????)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Real Sweethearts~A tribute to newly weds

A couple had only been married for two weeks. The husband, although very much in love, couldn't wait to go out on the town and party with his old buddies.

So, he said to his new wife, "Honey, I'll be right back."

"Where are you going, Coochy Coo?" asked the wife.

"I'm going to the bar, Pretty Face. I''m going to have a beer."

The wife said, "You want a beer, my love?" She opened the door to the refrigerator and showed him 25 different kinds of beer, brands from 12 different countries: Germany, Holland, Japan, India, etc...

The husband didn't know what to do, and the only thing that he could think of saying was, "Yes, Lollipop...but at the bar...you know...they have frozen glasses...."

He didn't get to finish the sentence, because the wife interrupted him by saying, "You want a frozen glass, Puppy Face?" She took a huge beer mug out of the freezer, so frozen that she was getting chills just holding it.

The husband, looking a bit pale, said, "Yes, Tootsie Roll, but at the bar they have those hors d'oeuvres that are really delicious...I won't be long. I'll be right back. I promise...OK?"

"You want hors d'oeuvres, Poochie Pooh?" She opened the oven and took out 5 dishes of different hors d'oeuvres: chicken wings, pigs in blankets, mushroom caps, pork strips, and mozzarella sticks.

"But my sweet honey...at the bar...you know, there's swearing, dirty words and all that...."

"You want dirty words, Cutie pie?"

"LISTEN UP DICKHEAD! SIT YOUR ASS DOWN, SHUT THE HELL UP, DRINK YOUR DAMN BEER IN YOUR DAMN FROZEN MUG AND EAT YOUR FUCKING HORS D'OEUVRES BECAUSE YOUR MARRIED ASS ISN'T GOING TO A FUCKING BAR! THAT SHIT IS OVER...GOT IT, ASSHOLE?"
.....and, they lived happily ever after. Isn't that a sweet story?

Saturday, March 25, 2006

The blog got a makeover! (Already!)

Ok, so I know this is such a new blog and everything, but I wasn't happy with it's "look" you know? Then today was the clincher. I changed my template with help from the wonderful Kami (thanks a bunch!) to put in my links to all my fav blogs, and when I FINALLY got them all typed in....WHAT THE HELL? They were so far down on the right hand side that they looked like they had been banished to the evil dredges of hell. No one would ever know they were there. And when I wanted to use them it took forever to scroll down to where they had been sent for "time out" so I said forget it. I divorced my template. Yes, that meant I had to re-enter all the fav blogs, but oh well. I will not work with a defunct site. Forget it. So, welcome to the new look. Think of it as a spring makeover. I will be adding new things...like more of my fav blogs, but with the evil demon spawn male child running wild throughout the place that is all the "programming" type changes I can concentrate on today. Now I must go get a Ritz cracker out of his DVD player....don't ask. Hugs. (I need them). Maybe then I won't feel like ringing his neck. LOL.

Friday, March 24, 2006

Wedding Scrapbook Quotes

I have been going through StoryPeople to find quotes to use in our wedding scrapbook and have found a few that I LIKE, but not a single one that I LOVE. So, if you know of any sites to try let me know.
A little background: We decided to semi-elope. What the hell is semi-elope you are probably thinking? Well, my family is in KS/OK his is in CT. We decided getting both sides together would be impossible, and decided to make it small and simple and run away. Henry's best friends have a beautiful beach house in Rhode Island on a private beach that they offered to us for the ceremony. My best friends offered to do the photography for free. Those 4 people were the witnesses and guests. Period, amen. No hassle (well, less hassle.) We still did a tux and a dress, but were barefoot on the beach at sunset. Small reception at the hotel where we stayed. We just ordered off the menu and were going to pay for the 4 witnesses meals (the justice of the peace couldn't stay), but when it was time for the check we had a note from a couple sitting a table away from us for most of the meal (but who had already left). They told us in the note that they couldn't afford a large wedding and did something similar to ours 20 years ago that summer and it brought back a lot of memories to see the love on our faces. They thanked us for "sharing" our night with them and paid for all 6 meals! How sweet is that! We had brought our own wedding cake from our fav Italian bakery here at home and champagne which the waitress served for us (we have pics of cutting the cake and everything!). Above is a picture just after the ceremony...talk about a perfect sunset! It was an amazing night! We spent a week there on the beach at the hotel, waking to the sound of the surf, spent days relaxing, walking the beach and collecting starfish. It was perfect.
So, there is some background. If you come up with a quote that you think would be perfect for a "Wedding, barefoot on the beach at sunset" just let me know!
Here are the few I've come up with that I LIKE:
~We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together
~We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet space
~Today all I could remember was the way your body held the ocean of myself and for a moment there was only one us in all creation.
~Everything changed the day they figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in their lives.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Calling all Scrappers.......

Here is a close-up view of the paper selection I went with....trying to stick with the purple's and tan's as those were the wedding colors....as well as the beach sand.
Here is a shot of all the loot I purchased tonight....anything missing? Need all the help I can get as I embarked on this first scrapping journey....
Here is a shot of the embelishments, stickers, ribbons, post paper, alphabet stickers, flowers, etc that I grabbed. Joan Fabrics was having a great sale, got it all for $80.
So here is the deal. I need all of you blogger's help...at least the scrapbookers! I finally followed through on a promise to myself and signed up for a scrapathon for beginners to experts. It is a fundraiser at my son's school on April 8th for EIGHT hours (although I will have to leave a little early for a previously booked pampered chef party....priorities!!). I have wanted to begin scrapping since Matthew was born. It is now 5 years later and I have become terrified to begin. I am afraid to mess up. I am afraid I will hate the results. I know I won't. I just used my fear to keep me from starting. So, I decided instead of starting on a Matthew scrap book, I would do my very first scrapbook of our WEDDING. Tons of pics, and who really cares if some of the snapshots get cut up, messed up, whatever. It was years ago. Sad, huh....less sentimental value to those than the cute cuddly baby pics. After all, he is going to be our only child! One child=one infancy to photograph! So, if you can glance at those pics above and see what I am missing. I tried to buy whatever I thought I might need. The scrapathon will have a Creative Memories consultant at it, with all the goodies to try out or buy, but do you see any major thing jumping out at you that I am missing? I know I need some good markers...they were out of the ones I had my eyes on (I have two weeks to get them). So, give me suggestions ladies...hubby would just LOVE for me to spend MORE money on this! LOL. Thanks for any help you can give me!
Jamie

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

When I was a kid...

This is thanks to an email from my cousin Amy...thanks babe. So funny it brought tears to my eyes and even made hard ass hubby laugh!

When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tedious diatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what with walking twenty-five miles to school every morning...barefoot...uphill BOTH ways...YADDA, yadda, yadda. And I remember promising myself that when I grew up, there was no way in hell I was going to lay a bunch of crap like that on kids about how hard I had it and how easy they've got it!

But now that...I'm over the ripe old age of thirty (or thirty at least), I can't help but look around and notice the youth of today. You've got it so EASY! I mean, compared to my childhood, You live in a damn Utopia!

And I hate to say it but you kids today you don't know how good you've got it!

I mean, when I was a kid we didn't have The Internet. If we wanted to know something, we had to go to the damn library and look it up ourselves, in the card catalog!!

There was no email! We had to actually write somebody a letter...With a pen! Then you had to walk all the way across the street and put it in the mailbox and it would take like a week to get there!

There were no MP3's or Napsters! You wanted to steal music, you had to hitchike to the damn record store and shoplift it yourself! Or you had to wait around all day to tape it off the radio and the DJ's usually talk over the beginning and @#%& it all up!

And talk about hardship? You couldn't just download porn! You had to steal it from your brother or bribe some homeless dude to buy you a copy of "Hustler" at the 7-11! Those were your options!

We didn't have fancy crap like Call Waiting! If you were on the phone and somebody else called they got a busy signal, that's it! And we didn't have fancy Caller ID Boxes either! When the phone rang, you had no idea who it was! It could be your school, your mom, your boss, your bookie, your drug dealer, a collections agent, you just didn't know!!! You had to pick it up and take your chances, mister!

Don't get me started on the cell phone for kids issue. We have all fallen into the trap of "it's for their safety." But it is amazing that we came and went and never had a phone on us and we all lived. A cell phone, hell back then phones at home still had cords on them. Imagine being tied to one spot. Roaming charges...yeah, we had those...when we strayed too far from home we got charged with it and got our butts beat...there are some roaming charges for you!

We didn't have any fancy Sony Playstation video games with high-resolution 3-D graphics! We had the Atari 2600! With games like "Space Invaders" and "Asteroids" and the graphics sucked! Your guy was a little sqaure! You actually had to use your imagination! And there were no multiple levels or screens, it was just one screen forever!

And you could never win. The game just kept getting harder and harder and faster and faster until you died!...Just like LIFE!!!

Nowadays kids have a million activities after school and on the weekends that they need to be taken to. When we were young, our Mom's didn't take us anywhere, except to the grocery store (and back then they didn't even have to take us in, they could just leave us in the car!). Heck they didn't even drive us to school...your transportation was your stinking little feet. Not to mention they would never have paid money for all of those activities...we were told, "What do you think? We are just made of money?". The answer was no and we walked to where we wanted to go.

When you went to the movie theater there was no such thing as stadium seating! All the seats were the same height! If a tall guy or some old broad with a hat sat in front of you and you couldn't see, you were just screwed!

Sure, we had cable television, but back then there were only 15 channels and there was no on screen menu and no remote control! You had to use a little book called a TV Guide to find out what was on! You were screwed when it came to channel surfing! You had to get off your ass and walk over to the TV and change the channel and there was no Cartoon Network either! You could only get cartoons on Saturday Morning. Do you hear what I'm saying!?!
We had to wait ALL WEEK for cartoons, you spoiled little rat-bastards!

And now there are DVD players in the cars! God forbid they just stare out the window like we did. Now Moms can't say, "If you don't behave I am going to come across this seat and beat your butt", no! Because they would hit their heads on the damn DVD player!

And we didn't have microwaves. If we wanted to heat something up, we had to use the stove or go build a frigging fire...imagine that! If we wanted popcorn, we had to use the stupid JiffyPop thing and shake it over the stove forever like an idiot!

That's exactly what I'm talking about! You kids today have got it too easy. You're spoiled. You guys wouldn't have lasted five minutes back in 1980!

Regard,
The 30-something crowd!

Laughter is the best medicine!

As a nurse I find these so funny...a friend emailed them to me, so I thought I would share them!

The following are comments from doctors as recorded on patient charts.

"Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year."

"On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared completely."

"The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993."

"The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed."

"Discharge status: Alive but without permission."

"Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful."

"The patient refuled an autopsy." ~~Hmmmmm~~

"Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital."

"Patient's past medical history has been remarkable insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days."

"Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch."

"She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night." ~~Well then~~

"She is numb from her toes down."

"While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home."

"The sking was moist and dry."

"Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches."

"Patient was alert and unresponsive."

"She stated that she ahd been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce."

"I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy."

"The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead."

"Patient has two tennage children but no other abnormalities."

"Skin: Somewhat pale but present."

"Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen, and I agree."

OK, all I can say is I hope they have good malpractice insurance and a good attorney (and maybe a spot on Leno!) :-)

OK, maybe my insomnia will be cured now....off to bed. Wish me luck.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

He Scores!




Well, Matthew started karate yesterday. The instructor was very good at dealing with a room full of students (it was orientation so 75 school-mates joined Matthew with parents to see how this was going to work). She taught them about self-discipline and respecting others (big emphasis on respecting your parents wishes to clean your room and do chores...yeehaa!). So, last night and today he did great with respect. If he acted disrespectful or didn't do as asked, all we had to do was tell him that his teacher asked us to grade him on his behavior (which she did!). Boy did he hop to it and clean his room, pick up his toys in the living room. He even made his bed before school without being asked!! Go Karate!! Those are two pics of him at the orientation. He had so much fun!

Next, look at that loot. He woke up at 6am this morning to tell me it was "Chicken Little Day Mommy" and to make sure I was going to go to the Disney Store to pick up our reserved copy of the DVD. So, since he was so excited (and face it b/c he'd so darn spoiled I picked up a few added pieces to go with the movie). He is now watching it for the 3rd time tonight. Geez. He'll have it memoriezed by morning!

Hope everyone had a great day!

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Sunday Six!

It's time for Sunday Six again....scroll down to last weeks to get the gist of the game brought to us by the lovely Kelly over at MissingJTSnow. Here are Matthew (5 yr 2 mo) answers...he wasn't too into this week, refused to answer this morning as he was excited to go to Babcia's house (Polish for Grandmother) to play with his cousin Jasmine. He finally agreed to answer when he returned!He spent the day at Babcia's so mommy could get some Spring Cleaning done in his room....read between the lines: throw away a bunch of toys he is loath to part with, but needs to get rid of! It felt great! So, how appropriate that this week the topic of Sunday Six is all about Spring!

1. Are you ready for Spring?
~~Yeah, always wanted it, yeah, and I'm waiting
for spring to come.

2. What do you like most about Spring?
~~I like Spring all the time, I love it so much but
I've never seen it before but I'm so ready!

3. Do you think you need to do some Spring Cleaning?
~~No,No. I don't need to, because I don't want to,
I just want to play.

4. What is Spring?
~~Spring is Easter, it's spring cleaning day that day!
(YIKES, not in this mom's mind!!)

5. What does it mean to have Spring Fever?
~~Cuz people always have it.

6. What is Spring break?
~~It is when you uh take a break, uh huh,
that is what it is like!

Happy Spring! If you played, let Kelly know!

Thursday, March 16, 2006

Matthew's School Work




This is some more of Matthew's school work from today. He wanted to post it so Grandma could see it. He is getting better and better at staying in the lines, and would be happy if he could do "art projects" all day. I have to watch for art supplies to be on sale all the time and save them, otherwise we'd go broke! Hope everyone is having a good day! Hugs.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Bubble Boy!




Not much to say today, but found a quote that I am so in love with while looking for new quotes for scrapbooking. Check out StoryPeople by Brian Andreas for some cool ideas. That is where I found my new fav quote for Matthew's life:

I'll bet even an angel's butt itches if he has to do too much sitting on hard places.

Does that not totally fit him?

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Sunday Six!!

Welcome to Sunday Six, brought to us by Kelly over at MissingJTSnow if you play let her know. The object of this game is simple: Ask you child to answer 6 questions and post their, um, creative answers. Little Man~~MJ, 5 years old~~ answered today's questions which are all about St. Patrick's Day. As you will see his mind was clearly not on the questions this week, but still interesting (at least to me ;-)~). Have a good time and Happy St. Patrick's Day!

1. What is a Shamrock?
~~I don't know can you tell what is it?

2. Why do we wear green on St. Patrick's Day?
~~Because we always come there.

3. Are you Irish?
~~No, no I'm not. I'm just Matt. Everyone just
calls me Matt all the time. Every single day and
I just snap my fingers and its been a long time and
I've never met my parents cuz I don't see you at
school. (What?? Ok, the Matt part is clearly my
fault as it is my neurosis that wanted him to be
called Matthew, not Matt, and it has obviously
rubbed off on him and stuck pretty good!!)

4. What happens if you don't wear green on St. Patrick's Day?
~~Because I don't come becuase I never come there again cuz
it's not Grandparents day yet, not for 19 years and they didn't
invite me to Ryan Patrick's Birthday!! (Clearly missing Grand-
parents who are half way across the country, and his cousin
in Louisiana!!)

5. What does "Erin Go Bragh" mean?
~~Because she always been like that mom?
Why does she always be like that, do you know?
Huh, MOM? HUH?

6. What is a lucky charm?
~~It's like Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire and
I love that movie and I'm keeping that movie cuz I
said jackpot and snapped my fingers!! (What does
that mean? I seriously thought he would say that
cereal I never let him have!!)

Thanks for playing....let Kelly know if you did: http://www.missingjtsnow.blogspot.com/.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

Little Man's School Work!!



Well, now that I have explained to MJ what a blog is and why we are posting his pictures on here, and that grandma can see them, and likes to be able to see what he is up to, he is oh so excited to have some of his school work grace these pages. So, I allowed him to choose two of his favorites from this month. The first one is what I consider an AWESOME painting of a submarine (and yes, I had to be told it was a submarine! LOL). He wasn't too happy that I didn't know right away what it was, so I will have to work at that (either get better at it, or better at faking it!). The second is a sequencing project on a mouse baking a cake. He is the only one that got it right on the first try! He tells me he is a genius now....what? Look out Einstein. So, for Grandma and everyone else out there...enjoy and see you tomorrow for Sunday Six!

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Send him to Kindergarten???

It seems impossible to me that the time has come to choose a kindergarten....look at him! How can I even think about sending that little cuddle bug to kindergarten. Our town has FULL DAY kindergarten....5 days a week. At first I was excited about the prospect of having my days off being time to get things done, but now when I look at things like the pic I snapped a few minutes ago, I wonder how in the world am I going to send MY BABY away for that long?

We did make our final decision today though, officially. We decided to leave the private catholic school where he is attending preschool and go to the public school next year. The list of after school programs and extracurricular activities, as well as in school activities is staggering. The funding is just beyond belief for the public school as it is one of the best in the state, the catholic school is, sadly, struggling to survive. While I know we are making the best choice for MJ, it will still be sad to say goodbye to some of his friends and the staff. But...onward and upward. And, all he cares about is ONE thing. "Mom, will I be able to do art projects there???" So, hopefully tomorrow I can do some posting of his fav projects. He is quite the artist, and I know Grandma would love to see them! MJ says hi Grandma....stinker, still won't get on the phone too ya!!

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Pirate Boy & Sleeping Angel






Tonight we had fun playing dress-up again, only we actually had a costume for what MJ wanted to be. So he had a blast being a pirate...making his stuffed animals walk the plank and jump into the alligator pit (off the bed into a basket filled with 2 alligator stuffed animals!). He played for over an hour, had a blast. Such an imagination.

Snapped a couple pics of him sleeping also. Couldn't resist the way he was cuddled up with his fav puppy Patch. Watch a little angel (watch out for those horns though....they will get ya!).
Off to bed early for the little man, school in the morning. Love those Tuesday/Thursdays. Get so much done around here. I have an appointment with my new headache specialist tomorrow, find out why (*hopefully*) I am having a gazillion migraines a month lately!

Monday, March 06, 2006

My Little "Inja"














OK, so MJ has decided he wants to be a Ninja when he grows up "in three years mommy." Or as he calls it, an "inja" because try as he might he just cannot pronounce this word to save his little life. So, what the problem with this is: "But Mommy you have to make me a inja outfit...Jayden has one, Sam has one, I don't got one." Ummmm. Well. Shoot. Your mommy doesn't sew. AT ALL. Not even buttons. Well, ok buttons if they aren't required to stay on for more than a 2-3 hour event. This is of course LATE on a Sunday. Stores closed. Can't even buy my way out of this one. So, let's get creative. Step 1: Find an old t-shirt. Step 2: Cut out a bandana type thingamagig with eye holes to serve as mask. Step 3: Chuck that in garbage can when it won't stay over his eyes and get a stiff drink. Step 4: Hack the crap out of said t-shirt and tie all kinds of strips around his limbs and pray he will think it is cool. Step 5: Have another stiff drink and pat yourself on the back while he prances around thinking he is oh so cool in his "inja" costume. Step 6: Swallow those damn laughs cuz they hurt his feelings. Step 7: Snap digital pics to send to Grandma cuz he is so proud he wants to show her. Step 8: Gently untie all the straps once he falls asleep as that is the only time he is willing to take it off! Last: Admit to yourself that you might just make an ok mom after all....even if you can't sew! Who knew a 5 year old boy could have sooooo much fun from one cut up t-shirt. And yeah, I realize ninja's don't wear camo, but heck I wasn't gonna cut up a nice black t-shirt. Cut up that crappy camo ugly hand me down from some cousin. Geez...priorities people! LOL.

Sunday, March 05, 2006

Sunday Six!

Sunday Six! This wonderful game is brought to us by Kelly over at MissingJTSnow. In it she asks that we ask a series of questions to our children and post their creative answers. I thought it fitting that my inaugural post be her game as her blog is one I have lurked on, been inspired by, and learned from! So, I asked this weeks questions all about games to my son MJ who just turned 5 in January. This is the little monkey in question:


The Little Monkey's answers:
1. When you play a game do you like to win or lose?
~~Like to win on Elmo's world and I like that game
and I got a high score all by myself, and I love that
game and I want to keep it! (Referring to his VSmile
Games!)
2. Do you cheat (when you play a game)?
~~No, What don't look at me like that mom.
3. What is your favorite game?
~~Elmo's World, duh.
4.Do you like games with dice, balls or spinners?
~~I think I just like the one with the you know
the instruments.
5. What do you say if you win the game?
~~I win!
6. Why do we have rules for a game?
~~Because I never cheat! Now can I take a bath?

Like this game? Hop on over and tell Kelly at http://http://www.missingjtsnow.blogspot.com/.
Hope to post more later!