Thursday, May 29, 2008

Occupational Therapy day

So I get up this morning and I have to run Lucie to get some tennis shoes for the Disney trip. We have to go and take Ben to OT at Our Children's House in Grapevine, so I think that I will just stop at Target across the street from there. Of course we get to the car and it is time to get to OT, so I am rushing. Just as I am about to pull into the parking garage, I see a plane landing. I say to Ben, that must be a 747 because it has four engines. We have to listen to Chris and Houston pointing this out every time they see one up in the sky. It is common enough being right next to the DFW airport. I pull into the garage and then I ask Ben, "Did that plane say United States of America on the side of it?" And he says "Yeah, it said Air Force on it too."

I could have kicked myself, as I could have had an awesome shot of Air Force One as it landed. The camera was right beside me...UGH!!!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Who is this boy's idle???

He tells me that Willie Mayes is his hero, and he is going to kick that way forever. Could be interesting if he ever makes it to the majors!!!


Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Proud mama

So at the end of the school day, I am going to try to be a "good mama" and walk to the park to meet said son #2 to walk home from school with him. We have cleaned house all morning, and I have had a headache all morning. I start out the door with the overloaded stroller that is a pain to push thinking "It is only 2 miles round trip". When I make it less than a block, I realize that there is so much gunk blowing in the air that I will probably be sick for the next month for this little trip. When I arrive at the park, said son #3 does not disappoint and promptly finds some kiddos that are brats to hang out with (all of whom are like 3 years younger than him). I hear them calling him gay when he is turned the other way, and he is oblivious as always. At this point I do hear one of the kids (who spends the majority of the time sitting on a bench by himself) say that if they mean gay happy then they could be right. As I watch the girls play and try to be attentive to what is going on with the other kids also they decide that they should play a game of tag. Now, I bet no one will guess who is it. It was one of those games of tag that is impossible to get anyone since every object you touch is base. There were more bases than I have ever seen before, even in a game of Andrewball...
I wasn't paying attention for a few moments as was contemplating how long to let this continue, and when I was going to feel well enough to say it was time to go. The next thing I knew I look up and notice that son #3 is beaming because son #2 has decided to play tag with the group and somehow son #3 has tagged #2 and he is chasing all of these kids. I felt so proud for just that moment. Knowing that there is no way that this could just be coincidence and that sometimes there is justice in the world. I would never expect to hear my son say that he did this for any reason other than he just decided that he wanted to play, but I just hope that he knows how proud I am of him at times.

Guard cat

The sight of this one should make anyone fearful.

MY Economic Stimulas Plan...

I am thinking that I would be more than willing to spend a gob of money and put it back into the economy if I made it. I will promise that if I find a way to make any money, then I will spend it. I will not even hesitate. So now, I have found a plan to make some extra money....

I am thinking that these three are really cute, I could farm them out to work, and just sit back and collect the dough!!! Sigh.... back to spring cleaning... with this "help" I am liable to never get finished!!!

Friday, May 16, 2008

For Sato's sake

I walked into the kitchen and Ben got mad at me because I just woke up his cat that he had been getting to go to sleep. I know that you can't really hear him here, but you can tell that he is very softly singing if you pay attention. Yes, Ben is singing lulluby's to his kitten. Boy that cat is going to have a rough life...

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Thrift Shopping

I have recently discovered that Christopher is the first one of my kiddos that is truly into the unique experience of thrift shopping. I am soooo excited. He actually asked on Mother's Day if I wanted to go to the Goodwill store for a bit. We were there for two hours. So here is an example of what can happen when you shop with Chris...

And he says, "These are better than Napolean Dynomite's boots. I have to have them, and only 4 bucks. What a steal!!!"

The amazing part? I have actually already had one of his friends call and ask where we found them because he just had to have a pair. They are too funny....

Friday, May 9, 2008

You're welcome

I walk down the stairs and suddenly I feel like a princess making an entrance. Why you may ask... Ben looks up at me with sincere admiration and says, "MOM, YOU ARE LOOKING QUIET WELCOME TODAY!" How can you beat a compliment like that? He did go on to explain to me that that meant nice. I don't know where he came up with that definition of welcome, but hey I'll take whatever compliments I get these days.

Nap time 3

The grand wiener for today managed to start napping at 8:30 am. I present the sleeping cuteness in full glory...

Houston and Sato!!!

Thursday, May 8, 2008

dinner time

Ok, just giving the update for dinner tonight. I have the one son who is extremely messy. You all know who I am talking about. We have always told him that children starve to death because he wastes so much food. Well, tonight he went to snatch more tots out of the oven and dropped one in the bottom... The know it all son says "Get the tongs and get it out!" The messy son mopes. I go and get a fork to stab the tot with since the tongs are not the answer unless you want to pull the hot rack out. Then the monotone son pipes in with "WHAT. YOU DROPPED THE THONGS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OVEN?"

Nap time part 2


Although this is pretty cute also. I am LOVING Sato. He is the most awesomist kittty in the whole world!!! He is making nap time soooo much easier. They want to see who can get to sleep first so that he will come and lay on them. Sato is a fan of the afternoon nap!!!

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

NAP TIME!!!


I am not sure that it gets much cuter than this....

High point

I guess it is pretty sad when this is the high point of your day....


Friday, May 2, 2008

cat is playing???

I turned and heard the most awful howling sounds of a pathetic meow. We bought a new laser pointer for the kitten to play with. He plays with it for short spurts. The other two cats just look at me like "Do you think that I am crazy?" Then I found that it is a good source of entertainment for Lucie kitty....