Hair Days
March 23, 2009 at 6:35 pm | In My Silly Kids!, family | 12 CommentsTags: braids, hair, sisters
Sisters
I’ve been having some trouble with my hands, so I haven’t been braiding M’s hair too much this winter. But finally I thought I’d just put in a few french braids (instead of the many small cornrows we usually do).
Her little sister A wanted her hair braided too. It only took a few minutes for the little one, and a good 30 for big sister (her hair is so much thicker). The cornrows take 4 to 6 hours depending on how many we put in, so this was easier on all of us. 
Here they are, sitting at the computer, but watching the TV. ????
Demon Llamas?
March 5, 2009 at 9:55 pm | In family, parenting | 95 CommentsAbout 4 years ago we bought each of our twin little girls a Rody Pony (see 
picture at right) at a clearance sale. They have enjoyed them so much.
We’ve never called them Rody though. Our son (6 at the time) decided that they were “llamas.”
They’ve played an important role in our family. Last year my son broke his arm trying to avoid this particular “llama” when jumping off of a swing. Imagine the ER personnel trying to understand how he broke his arm because of the black llama with yellow spots. They kept asking me if he had hit his head.
Tonight the kids were playing outside, and my son picked up the ‘llama’ and threw it, yelling, “Demon Llama!**” Then I heard my 5 year old daughters little voice pipe up saying, as loud as she could yell, “My demon llama. Don’t pop my demon llama!” I wonder what the neighbors thought…
Children say the funniest things.
(**demon llama is a reference to a children’s movie called “The Emperor’s New Groove,” about an Emperor who was turned into a llama, and scared the peasant man who found him. The peasant man understandably thought the llama was possessed, and shouted “demon llama.” This is one of our all time favorite family movies. Of course, once you have to explain a joke, it is no longer funny.)
my husband laughs at me
March 2, 2009 at 12:21 pm | In all in good fun, family, fun, humor, marriage | 10 CommentsTags: dumb things I say
And now my son is starting to laugh at me too.
Why? Why would these guys laugh at me?
Because I say the dumbest things sometimes (I wish speech had an edit button).
Here are 3 of the latest… (so you can laugh too)
*It was like light and day! (yeah, yeah… night/light, what’s the difference?)
*I know I am, but what are you? (so maybe the insult fit and I just decided to agree… or not)
and my personal favorite (I was talking about our dog)….
*Wow, she’s not the sharpest bulb in the drawer! (and apparently neither am I)
I realize AFTER I say these things that they are wrong, and that has to count for something, right?
Right?
Hey now, RIGHT?
Don’t you walk away shaking your head like that…
Bye Bessy, Hello Harry
January 18, 2009 at 3:02 pm | In family | 21 CommentsTags: new car, snowy roads
It was kind of sad leaving our old van at the dealer. Trading her in on a new model. It kind of felt like we were betraying an old friend. I’m pretty sure Bessy was crying. (chevy venture)
Bye Bessy
And we got such a great deal, we couldn’t pass this up. But I’m pretty sure this car isn’t a girl. And it is surprisingly large on the inside. It fits our 4 kids comfortably! (chevy traverse, seats 7 with 3 rows)
Hello Harry
Look at all this snow! Yikes! It is really the all wheel drive that forced us to change vehicles. I was nervous sliding around on our road. Here is a picture out of my windshield one day when I was having trouble seeing the road for the snow! The hard part is knowing where the edge is, since our road is barely big enough for 2 cars to pass.
Is this the road?
Ah, the joys of living in the middle of nowhere. It is beautiful though!
The Nothing Box?
December 6, 2008 at 1:26 pm | In all in good fun, family, fun, marriage | 10 CommentsTags: Funny, marriage, men, nothing, women
Have you ever wondered how a man can sit and do nothing… not even think??? (this always drove my mom crazy… what are you thinking about honey? Nothing. Nothing? That is impossible. Really what are you thinking? Nothing….)
Finally, an explanation.
(HT: Brad Ruggles)
smackdown
November 27, 2008 at 12:38 pm | In family, humor | 18 CommentsTags: Bible, family, God, Jesus, smackdown
I was talking with my son recently in the kitchen. He is 10. He said something about his dad being the #2 boss in the house. Figuring he was joking around (my kid has a great sense of humor!) I puffed out my chest, lifted my nose in the air and said, “Yeah, number TWO boss. Haha!” My son looked right at me at said, “And mom, you are #3.” I pretended he stabbed me through the heart, dramatically shocked and offended that I was number 3.
Still thinking he is joking, I razzed him a little. “What… you think YOU are number one boss little man?”
His reply?
“No, mom. I meant GOD is the number 1 boss in our family.”
Out of the mouths of babes….
I’m thankful for so many things this year, and especially this reminder of who my boss is.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Aahhh!
November 4, 2008 at 12:04 am | In family, parenting | 1 CommentMy husband is out of town for a few days. I’ve got really great kids, but they outnumber me 4:1.
I’ll be around when I can!
Birthdays, Halloween and more
November 1, 2008 at 12:51 am | In family | 12 CommentsGood morning! It has been a busy few weeks here.
My little boy turned 10 a few weeks ago. My baby is 10!!!! How did THAT happen? Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was born? Sigh. But there seems to be no stopping time, and he continues to grow up quickly.
I’m posting this a bit after Midnight, since I’m up with the above mentioned little boy, who is throwing up. Not sure it Halloween candy did it, or if he just caught a virus… but I was really happy he told me he was feeling ill, and then he made it home from the Halloween party before throwing up in our driveway. That was close!
Happy Birthday to me. It is my birthday today! (November 1st). In case you didn’t know, today is also All Saints Day. It fits. Just sayin’.
We visited a local church’s “Harvest” Celebration tonight. It was a bonus that the kid’s were allowed to dress up for the party. It was fun, and they got lots of candy.
In the back row we have Hannah Montana and Skeleton Guy. In the front, BatGirl and SuperGirl are ready to save the day.
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