So Stinkin' Cute!!

This is what happens when you shoot 170 pictures in two days:

Connor played balancing on the bed while he waited for me to finish exercising Wednesday.

Do we look like this to kids all the time, from bottom-up? This next set of pics were taken by Connor, who I am teaching to use my camera. Maybe I'll switch him the the smaller point-and-shoot, so I don't cringe everytime he holds the camera...

This is a happy accident pic. Way to go Connor!

Connor took this one of Emma. Not too shabby, not too shabby.

More pics by Connor.

I had this big urge to dress Emma in one of her summer outfits I got last fall on clearance, although this one came from one of my daycare Moms. I couldn't think of a better outfit that fit my "don't you love spring?" frame of mind. She wore her ladybug dress plus her cute red shoes and ladybug binky chain.

I love this pic, I should frame it. I can only aspire to photograph like Sue...

Just gotta have shoes!

Does this dress make my butt look big? Don't answer that.

When Zen walked through the door last night, he brought one of his buddies from work with him. It was a good time. He asked lots of questions about the kids, and I made spaghetti & meat sauce, salad, and garlic bread while they waited. We actually sat at the table for once. The kids were kind of confused, especially Connor, I think. Can you say couch potato eaters?

Connor pouted all the way through dinner, because he wanted to take pictures instead of eat. Of course, he wandered back later wondering where his food was. Duh! Eat dinner or be hungry!

Connor got into this big jumping thing the the past few days.

"Mom! Watch me!"

Connor also got a Thomas the Train toy faucet cover when he weaseled his way into going to Wal-Mart with me. Trains are still his all-time favorite toy.

Okay, 2am, must go to bed. See you tomorrow!

End Post #89, 2009

Raising the Flag

Okay, time to 'fess up. I got in a lot of trouble for my sassy blog post, particularly the part with the sassy song about spending money on shoes, bags, and jewelry. There'd been almost a steady succession of boxes coming in the mail over the past week, and it was freaking Zen out that I'd been spending money on movies and jewelry books, definitely not in the necessities category. It made for a few tense days. So, yesterday morning, Zen did what Sue calls "raising the b.s. flag." This is when someone gives you a verbal or written intervention. I got reprimanded, rightly so. I tried to be quiet, "Okay, he's right. I've been spending too much money." Zen said his peace, left for work, and then at the end of the day, he came home from work all happy.

Dave Ramsey, here we come! With a fresh budget and plan in hand, I can start feeling responsible about money again, and my husband won't have to get upset and raise the flag. Sue, either, for that matter. After all, she is the Queen.

Sorry Dudes

Okay, it's 1:20 am, and I just can't stay up anymore to blog. I got my pricing done for the Mother's Day bead projects. By the way, speak now or forever hold your peace on the Mother's Day gifts.

I took so many cute pics today! I'll post tomorrow.

Love you guys!!
Becky

Warning - This is a Sassy One (read at your own risk)

Two posts tonight.

Some days are just full of funny, and you find some sass to keep you going. Here goes:

Found this on the Catalog Favorites website. Jenn, this made me think of you and all your kitties. I should get a t-shirt that says ,"Everything I know about sarcasm I learned from my kids."

I also found this one:



Catalog Favorites website again. I was thinking it would be funny to wear to the Dave Ramsey workshop we're all going to.

And I found these on eBay, at a person's eBay store called Whimsy Under Glass. They are 1" x 1-1/2" pendants: "With ribbon, ball chain, or leather cording attach a pendant to a candle, the rearview mirror of your car, your purse, your belt loop, make it into a book mark or hang any where you want a little framed art!"

Gotta have this one, because some days are like this.

Frankly, I'm not sure exactly what the meaning of this is. Does it mean you should just own the ten pounds of ice cream hiding all around your rear end, or does it kind of a "cut the crap" sort of sentiment? But anyway, it sounds funny, and I might have to acquire it also.

And here are the lyrics from a song I stumbled across on a Napster playlist:
"Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman" by Elizabeth Cook

Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman
Standing up to a test, while wearing a party dress
Sometimes looks can be deceiving when you're quietly over-achieving
Yeah sometimes it takes balls to be a woman

She's a socialite, a decent housewife and she makes a mean lasagna
So when the mechanic, said "Lady don't panic, but this one's gonna cost ya"
She said "I know I don't need my engine rebuilt, now just check the oil and
change the belt,
Honey, I know you thought you saw me coming"
Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman

Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman
Standing up to a test, while wearing a party dress
Sometimes looks can be deceiving when you're quietly over-achieving
Oh, sometimes it takes balls to be a woman

He says I should repent for the money I spent on shoes and bags and jewelry
Well "To hell with that, my hard working ass ain't gonna sit before a jury"
Now isn't that a mighty small price to pay
For all the love I send your way
Honey when it comes down to the plumbin'
Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman

Chorus
Sometimes It takes balls to be a woman
Standing up to a test, while wearing a party dress
Sometimes looks can be deceiving when you're quietly over-achieving
Oh, sometimes it takes balls to be a woman

Look at Dolly and Loretta, they still live it to the letter
Oh, sometimes it takes balls to be a woman
Sometimes it takes balls to be, big big big big balls to be
Sometimes it takes balls to be a woman

And this webpage has sooo many Mother funnies on it, I'll just put the link here, and you can go read it there - . It has a Mother Job Description on it. I may have to write my own version, especially put in a part about how a woman can NEVER, EVER leave the job site (men have absolutely no comprehension of the emotional/psychological strain of this, Sue when can we ditch our kids and go hide out in a hotel room and be completely useless?), but that's for another day. After all, I gotta quit staying up until 2am writing blog posts. I gotta get my exercising done before the kids wake up! 'Night y'all!

End Post #89, 2009

Little Moments

Just some random stuff from today.

Connor likes to play with his baby sister sometimes, and today he was playing blankie snuggle.

Emma's favorite food right now is bananas. If you leave a whole banana where she can get it, she'll knaw through the peel to get to the good stuff.

Connor actually got me to play with him today. We played a good game of hide and seek. I hid in my shower downstairs, then yelled "boo" when he came into the room. Kind of a reverse Norman Bates. Should I be allowed to play with children? Anyway, Connor thought it was a good time.

Experimented today with the bread loaf pan, and made a half-white/half-wheat loaf. It makes the perfect-size bread slice, just right for cheese. It's a ginormously long loaf, but then I don't have to cook again for a few days. Muy yummy!

End Post #88, 2009

New Things Part 2

Okay hold onto your butts mouse because I've figured out how to upload videos to my computer, do a little editing, upload them to my new YouTube account, then post them on my blog!!! So, as if you didn't have enough to do looking at my blog every morning, here goes a new dimension: videos.



Yep, Foofie-Loo can scream like a Nazgul. We've started to try and teach her not to scream, but only time will tell.

I piddled around too long this morning, and didn't get my exercising done until the kids had woken up. Mistake!






Okay, there are more. Maybe tomorrow...

My dinosaur laptop, with it's small memory, has really, really slowed down. It's all those darn Supernatural episodes I've downloaded! I've got to clear out the memory, defrag it, then hopefully it will work faster. In the meantime, I've started painting my toenails & fingernails as I wait for things to process. How annoying! But my fingers and toes are pretty!



I also made bread today, using my new loafpan for the first time. I'm starting to get into this food storage thing, so I'm teaching myself how to make good bread. I'll take pics after I perfect the process. Maybe just a few more loaves...

End Post #87, 2009

A Day for New Things

After Connor's bath last night, he insisted that I not comb his hair so it could stay spiky. Well, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" one thing led to another, and Dani had to style his hair:



Yep, it's one of those pictures where someone is making an off-the-wall expression by accident. Connor just looks creepy!


Here's where he buzzed a chunk of hair out of his head. Zen has a little hair-trimming kit on our bathroom counter, and Connor decided to take it for a test-drive.

He did it again today, the little stinker!

Emma is changing a lot these days. I just noticed today her creative play. Usually it's just I-want-to-mess-with-stuff, but she was putting her "toy" inside of the wipes box to hide it, then pulling it back out.


"I am adorable like baby sheep and kittens."

Well, miss adorable took a hike, and spent a lot of the night screeching at us. We were all watching "Bedtime Stories" with Adam Sandler for a little FHE tonight, and Zen and I wanted to drop-kick her she was so annoying. I'm gonna have to video-tape it, so you know what I'm talking about.

Well, after holding out for several months, I signed myself on to Facebook today. I actually didn't do too bad. I only blew a few hours on it. Then I spent the rest of the day on medical bills. See, Sue, I was a good girl after all!

End Post #86, 2009