Doug's Mobile

Doesn't this make you want to read the Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. ???? He has his oral report today and has to present his mobile... This is one of my favorite books. The kids have come to love The Chronicals of Narnia...

hurry up...Hurry up...HURRY UP!!!

Perhaps I am rushing the children too much before church???Hmmm...

Derby Day!!!

Lining up the cars!

The cool cars!

Doug's First Place Ribbon!

It was so exciting. He had a great time and so did the other boys. They spent the rest of the night just racing down the track and having fun.

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Well...it started like this...we had been to a few places this evening with people smoking outside each place of buisness...workers...

We all get in the car and Steve says, "I'm convinced that only people with low paying jobs smoke!!!"

Curtis says (without skipping a beat) "Why don't you smoke then Dad?"

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Doug's 10!

Douglas is so much fun. He had a great birthday. He wanted an I dog...? I guess all it does is play your mp3 player out loud and dance...Oh well it was what he wanted! Douglas is often shy around a crowd but we enjoy him a lot when we are home and he can be himself. He has a very funny sense of humor. He enjoys being silly and making us laugh. He is always sweet and caring...very very rarely looses his temper. He always does what he is asked to do without much complaint.(except practice piano) He is just a really good boy. He often gets looked past because he can be quiet, and in this house...if you want attention you better be louder than the rest! We always try and find a quiet time to sit and talk about the day. Sometimes it is after "bed time" but a few minutes of one on one time is worth it to us both. I can't believe he is 10 years old already!

Guilty as Charged...

1. I have convinced my youngest that I know EVERYTHING!

2. I have been known to say, "You can't have candy for breakfast...you need to eat your sugar cereal first!"

3. Fend for Yourself...seems to be what we have for dinner when Daddy is working evenings.

4. My boys only sleep with a fitted sheets and comforters. Top Sheets are too much hassle!

5. Toys "dissapear" all the time around here!

6. Have convinced kids to use their money to take the family out to dinner!

7. Have built an entire addition on our house so I didn't have to go to the basement to do the laundry.

8. Bought the kids a real vacuum instead of the toy one that they wanted...so my floors would be cleaner.

9. When the kids were small we vacuumed enough cheerios each day to feed a third world country.

10. I make my kids use their towel more that once...GASP!

Sometimes a picture is worth more...

This is a picture I posted in both of our bathrooms...I have been soooo frustrated with saying..."Did you brush your teeth....Did you brush your teeth...Did you brush your teeth????" Each time sending them upstairs or to the bathroom to do it and each time they return and "forgot" Then the phrase....as stated below. So Therefore...I went for the more direct approach...Let's show them what happens when they don't brush. This is by far not the worst picture of teeth out there on the internet...but it was the only one that I could almost stomach at 8 am. I am saving the really gross pictures if this doesn't work! I hope I made my point...I didn't have much trouble getting them to brush last night or this morning... I love parenting with humor! P.S. Douglas was really really grossed out. It said it made him sick to look at it! I said "Good"

OOOOHHHHH Baby!

Steve's Dad found this picture of him in his wallet. The first one was when Steve was 16, in the second pic he was 21. Dad should clean out his wallet more often, seems as how Steve is going on 42. I just cracked up because Steve has always told me about his hair when he was that age but I had never seen proof...You know he must have carried a pick in his back pocket....

Too Much Computer Time????

After plugging the toliet...Curtis brought me this and said, "Mom, you need to reboot the toliet."

How to tell when dinner was a complete disaster?

Dinner tonight. Let's just say I had good intentions...And let's also come clean and tell you this isn't the only things the dog got...there was also plates and pans...

I was trying to make baked potatoes and cheese sauce and bacon for a topping. Like a cool meal at the potato bar...

Only my potatoes were kinda yucky...so I cut them up and peeled them so I could get the bad spots out...then I cooked them in the microwave...they were done but also a bit dehydrated....

NO Fear! I made cheese sauce that came out yummy...and the bacon...well it burned (only a little)

The lesson I learned...is that some children will eat virtually anything covered in cheese sauce and some won't... Oh and Lucy the dog does love my cooking!