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Winter 2003 I don't know if this is the way to start a new year - but both boys have pneumonia. At least they have alot of new toys to play with since they are cooped up in the house. My oldest son was a complete surprise since he's only been coughing, but he has it in both lungs. The youngest has been running a fever for 4 days and has it in one lung. The boys have never had pneumonia before this winter. I don't know what the deal is! Here's a cute sleepy boy holding a cute sleepy dog-
*********************************** Stylin' I am an OLD mom....(think it's crisis time for me - turning 40 in just a few days here....and my boys are starting to grow up) Anyway - Hunter is in basketball - he just started....so I take him to practice and he's wearing his K-mart special sweat pants. The ones that are the sweatshirt material kind with elastic around the ankles....and he's getting so tall they are maybe a little too short....And his t-shirt is probably smaller on him than is fashionable. So here comes all these other boys in their Nike basketball shoes - their big t-shirts with their arms cut out. Their slick nylon warm up pants........So then I'm feeling like to total looser mom (who's gonna go shopping for her son after practice!) Actually this started around Christmas time - realizing that Hunter probably needs more big kid clothes, instead of me dressing him like he's still a little kid. I had bought him some new pants for his Christmas play. Some loose khakis (instead of his normal blue jeans) and he said he really liked them because they are loose and it's what all the other kids wear. I guess there's a couple ways of looking at this. Some people would say this is ridiculous, trying to keep up with the Jones's. But I guess the way I'm looking at it is: I want my kids to fit in and feel comfortable. Alienation and embarrassment are not good feelings to have when you're trying to grow up. I want my kids to have self confidence. And yes, I know alot of that comes from the way you are raised. But I think it also comes from feeling like you are part of a group and not an out-cast. Kids are cruel when you don't quite fit in. And that's all I have to say about that....
********************************* Top Ten Things You Do To Annoy Me! Over Christmas vacation the kids were cooped up in the house with pneumonia. After 2 weeks of this they were getting on each others nerves. After a particularly annoying "HE'S BUGGING ME" match, an ultimatum was made.......Each had to make a top 10 list of what the other does to annoy them: Hunter's List 1. Keep me up till midnight and make me cry because I'm so tired. 2. Saying, "I'm not listening to you!" 3. Going, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH!" whenever I say something. 4. Copying me. 5. Farting on my head. 6. Singing horrible songs. 7. Saying, "I don't care!" 8. Burping on me. 9. Hitting me. 10. Saying, " Why should I?!" after I ask him to do something. Chases List: 1. Keeping me up till 11 pm when I'm really tired. 2. Copy-catting me. 3. Being nasty. 4. Hitting me. 5. Ignoring me. 6. Singing, "Courage the Cowardly Dog". 7. Saying, "STOP IT!" 8. Saying, "Pussy-Wussy" (this is a new one on me!) 9. Not giving me a long turn on the computer. 10. Bragging. Well.....I have some of the same complaints about people I work with! snort. ***************************** Max Here is my leg. I'm wearing a slipper on my foot. Or Should I say I'm wearing a Maxie slipper on my foot. If I ever break my leg, it will be because I tripped over my Maxie slipper!
Max has acquired quite a few nicknames. Like- Maxie Poodle Spiffy (a favorite) Spaz-o-matic Stink (quite true sometimes) Spiffy-Zilla
***************************************** Thoughts on turning 40 January 19, 2003 Well, I turned 40 last week. And I believe a big change has taken place in me. My husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday. He said he had been looking at jewelry. Normally I would be jumping up & down with joy....except this year. What did I REALLY want for my birthday you say? What can be better than jewelry?! ------ Appliances. Kitchen appliances. What I truly wanted for my birthday this year was a George Forman Grill & a Pizza Pizzaz Pizza cooker. Ok, so someone take me out behind the barn and shoot me now before I get any older.......ha
***************************************** Plastic Sheets Well, as anyone that follows my website knows- my kids seem to be frequently sick in the winter. Now where the plastic sheets fit into this - well, maybe you can guess by now. Anyway - I have been blessed with boys who were instantly potty trained. They NEVER wet the bed. (thank you Lord!) But still, I kept plastic sheets on their bed. To this day, they still have plastic sheets under their mattress pads. And now I know why I have been so vigilant about it. Chase got sick in the middle of the night the other night. Puking sick. And he didn't make it to the bathroom. In fact, he didn't even make it out of bed. Now I know why I always have kept plastic sheets on their beds. It was some kind of mother instinct - I didn't know why I did it, I just did. So if there are any prospective parents out there, I have 2 words for you.......Plastic sheets! ****************************** Dr. Phil on Potty Training January 23, 2003 Oprah loves Dr. Phil, my parents love Dr. Phil, my co-workers love Dr. Phil, even David Letterman loves Dr. Phil for crissakes! I have a co-worker who is potty training her 2 1/2 yr old son. She decided to try the Dr. Phil "one day" method. This is the way she explained it to me: You simply take a doll and have it pee in a potty chair 9 times in one day. That's it, simple as pie. Guaranteed to work! Dr. Phil says so. Her first problem was that she didn't have a peeing doll. So Moms, being the ingenious creatures that we are- my friend took a medicine dropper and hid it behind a stuffed toy and had it pee in the potty chair. The first time her son was fascinated. The second time he realized she was holding a medicine dropper and the stuffed animal wasn't really peeing. The third time her son decided EVERY SINGLE stuffed animal and toy in the house had to go pee. Needless to say they never got to step 9 and now my co-worker thinks Dr. Phil's son must have been adopted at 18 and Dr. Phil has obviously never-ever dealt with a 2 yr old! My Dr. Phil quote of the day: "You don't need permission to find your inner moron." If you would like to have your own personal Dr Phil quote, click on this link to the "Dr. Phil Quote Generator" Jewels thoughts on potty training: Life is stressful enough, wait till your child is ready! And don't believe your mother-in-law for a minute when she tells your her children were potty trained at 18 months! I mean, think about it. Does your husband really seem that exceptional that he was potty trained at 18 months? Come on, think about the last time you cleaned the bathroom! She was the one that was TRAINED, not her kids! *********************** Boys will be Boys AKA - Poop Cannon Feb 1, 2003 Does anyone know what this is?
If you would ask my boys, they would tell you it's a Poop Cannon! A Maxie Poop Cannon! Yes, that is Max upside down. And the weird thing is, I think Max likes it! But then there's the sweet times too-
************************** Bad Hair Day February 9, 2003 This is a picture of a champion Yorkie
This is a picture of Our Little Spiffy, otherwise known as The Wild Dog Of Boreno:
Think some mouse would help?
********************** Snow Kids February 16, 2003
Snow Day See my oldest in the tunnel with a nice hat & gloves on? Well, they started out on my youngest son and somehow disappeared and somehow ended up on the other kid....And of course this was after the lecture on NOT loosing your hat & gloves AGAIN when you go out today......sigh I think we started out with at least 15 pairs of gloves/ mittens and 8 hats this winter...and somehow Max has eaten them or they have all spontaneously combusted or SOMETHING has happened because we have none left! And of course the stores all have summer swim suits and shorts out, so I don't know where to find more gloves & hats......Kids - what are ya gonna do? ************************ February 16, 2003
I can see! I can see! I've decided Maxie just isn't a 'cute little topknot' type of dog. **************************** DOG TALK An exert from a conversation between KC & Indie (our 2 black labs) about our invisible fence. Indie: "Hey KC, come over here and check this
out." KC: "It isn't?" KC: "Well......... And off they go..... Those dogs are so smart. This is what happens when you forget to change the battery in their collars! But they always come back home - tired and hungry. ********************************* Spooks in the Woods February 25, 2003 I got in the hot tub last night. It was FREEZING out. I took an umbrella with me so I could block the wind...I get all settled in the hot water, then I start hearing noises. These "woooo" sounds. Like Hunter moaning. The 2nd time I knew I definitely heard something, but everyone was in the house. I yelled, "WHO'S THERE?!" Freaked me out - I couldn't relax so I ended up going back inside. Then I go upstairs to my bedroom to change (which is right above where the hot tub sits on the deck) and the window is WIDE OPEN! It's below zero out and a breeze is blowing right through the bedroom! Was it the ghost of Suchy manor? Well no, it seems my oldest son was up there making those noises to scare me and it scared him when I yelled so he ran out of the room and left the window open! Kids are so sweet sometimes...... And here's proof:
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