What KIND of excuse is that???

SERIOUSLY!!!


OK... so the above stuffed dog has been a problem recently in our house hold. Note: ONE dog vs. THREE kids (luckily Ethan was already asleep that night). I didn't even BUY this dog- it was given to my kids by one of the neighbor kids who has outgrown it.

Here is how the night went.... Erin and Dante are both screaming that it is there turn to sleep with the dog. We have 1 MILLION stuffed dogs that they can both choose from! I try to coax one of them to give in, but neither of them would have it, so the fighting continued. I then walked in with a pair of scissors (trying to be wise like King Solomon) and said- ok- I will cut the dog in half, right down the middle, and you can each have 1/2 of the dog to sleep with. Both of them immediately erupt into tears... NOOOO! MOM!! Please don't cut the dog in half. I then asked who was going to be nice enough to give in, so that I didn't have to resort to cutting the dog in half-- and I also reassured them whoever gave in tonight could sleep with the dog the following night. Finally, I ended up sleeping with the dog and Erin and Dante chose different dogs to sleep with... I asked them WHY they were so crazy about that dog- and had to have THAT particular dog. Dante claims that the dog reminds them of Dixie (who died over a year ago) and that they miss her. OK- That is a load of BULL!

FIRST: The dog doesn't EVEN look like Dixie- Dixie was a red hair mini daschund and since then 2 have replaced her that we see daily at Grandma's.
SECOND: You are missing her JUST now?? It has been over a year- and you are JUST now fighting over this dog (it has been about 2 weeks now since they have been fighting over this dog- and they have had her for a while)

So, what kind of excuse is that to fight over the dog.. to which I replied- Do you think Dixie would really want you to fight over a dog that doesn't even look like her?? I think that would make Dixie sad! (so we will see if that sticks tonight)
Next up-- Ethan LOVES his tinker toys! He loves putting them together, he loves seeing how far he can throw them, he loves picking his nose with them... and now- he has a NEW use for his tinker toys.

The other day he was sitting next to me playing with his tinker toys and he is holding one of the longer sticks and attaches one of the "round" wheels to it, and then proceeds to hit me in the middle of my forehead with it. SERIOUSLY?? (It hurt too!) I said, "Ethan! That hurt- why did you just hit me with that?" and do you REALLY want to know his excuse?? Here is what Ethan had to say:

"Well, MOM, there was a mosquito on your FOREHEAD!!"

Oh, OH!! Well, in that case- keep that handy sucker around- so that if it happens again, you can wap me or anyone else for that matter and give them a HUGE bruise instead of having the blood sucked out of them from a mosquito.

It is like they just pull these excuses out of no where- that don't make any sense- and NO - I did not have a mosquito on my forehead. Do they really think that I'm supposed to just buy into their nonsense excuses? LOL!

SERIOUSLY!!

What are some of the "out of no where excuses" you have heard from your funny children? :)

Dante... say WHAT?!?!

Bright and early this morning at 6:45 I go in to wake up Dante.... but he is already awake and quietly jumping up and down on his bed. It was a funny site to see.... like he couldn't wait for someone else in the house to be awake and he was bored.
I got the funny idea to excitedly (in a quiet voice) shout "There is no school today! YEAH!!" to which he stops jumping and I start laughing. He says, "What?!" and I say- "No, I'm just kidding- you have school today, YEAH!" and he is like... "Mom, why did you just say that?" (saying this in his slightly your weird mom voice) I replied, "Because I thought it would be funny." Dante then looks at me, with a little hint of a smile and in ALL seriousness tells me how it really is!

"Mom, THAT wasn't really funny!" to which he then lets out a cackle.... and I then said, "Whatever!" I'm so funny!"-- to which he then reconfirms his statement, "No, mom- that really wasn't funny." AND he is still laughing at me like I'm just the "weird" parent who makes jokes and laughs at herself- (which, I'll admit- is true most of the time) LOL!

Then he asks- why I was up so early- did Ethan come and get in my bed in the middle of the night and pee in it? And I was like- No, actually, it really is time to get up and ready for school.

Seriously- Nothing gets by Dante- at the ripe age of 7 and almost 8, he already knows me and Chet too well. He is one smart kiddo! (And yes- it is true- he gets that from Chester!:)

So, what do ya'll think- am I funny or am I FUNNY?!i

Matching owies??

The other day I noticed Ethan has a scab under his chin. I had not seen it there before- and I asked him "Ethan, what happened to your chin?" to which he very excitedly replies.............


"Mom, it is the SAME thing that happened on YOUR chin."At that point Aunt Christie looked at me, and said "No, Ethan, that's a pimple." Nice! and forgive the fly aways... I was out the door to the gym:)

PS- Keep those ugly doll pictures coming! There will be a sweet surprise for the winner- maybe a homemade Halloween costume because I sew SO well.... (actually it would be my first piece ever sewn- which would mean it would be a classic, so double bonus there!) but seriously- we'll see!

Another tooth for the record

Ms. Erin has lost her like 17th tooth. It is crazy- I swear she loses them daily. Maybe it is because the instant they are loose- she tries as hard as she can to pull it out... and keeps on doing that daily til' she succeeds. I think the process has been highly sped up due to her bravery in pulling her own teeth out. You can see in the picture she is now missing 3 teeth completely and 2 are still in the process of coming in.

Funny story- I thought Erin had a weak stomach because every time she sees someone throw-up, she will then follow suit... and it makes me laugh every time- because it is so involuntary, and she just looks so funny! Same thing with a really smelly diaper- she will just throw up on the spot more often then not. But extracting her own teeth, with blood and the sound of it to boot--- SHE HAS NO PROBLEM!

PS- I am working on a post about the ugliest dolls ever- Erin has like 60 of them, I would love to have you send me your "ugly doll" pictures to bertieranger4@gmail.com and I will post the ones I think are the ugliest! Let's do this in the spirit of Halloween!!

An award- and AWARD.. I got an AWARD!!!

Ok, maybe it isn't as cool as the "E" for Excellence award, or the "funniest" blog award-- BUT it is an award none the less-- and I'll take it:)

Moogers has passed this Brillante Weblog-Premio 2008 Award to me :)


Here are the rules: I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others.

Here are the questions:

1. Where is your cell phone? non-existent
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? dirty-blonde
4. Your mother? giving
5. Your father? funny
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? wierd
8. Your dream/goal? speaker
9. The room you're in? office
10. Your hobby? fitness
11. Your fear? suffocating
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? babies
13. Where were you last night? noyb:)
14. What you're not? stupid
15. One of your wish-list items? creativity
16. Where you grew up? Texas
17. The last thing you did? blog
18. What are you wearing? earrings
19. Your TV? big
20. Your pet? Chet
21. Your computer? Dell
22. Your mood? anticipation
23. Missing someone? sure
24. Your car? different
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Forever 21
27. Your summer? fun
28. Love someone? YES-SIR-EE
29. Your favorite color? yeller
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? stupid

I now pass the award onto........

Beatles Diva
Julianne Smooters
Stephanie Fitzers
Cheryl Bowers
Jill Hunters
Sonja Amers
Melynda Robers

To get the award just save the image and then add it to your blog post-- it is NOW yours!:)

Ethan's first day of Pre school on the actual 20th day!

With all the holidays and early dismissals and then the 6 days of no school due to the Hurricane, it seems as through school has just started and this week is the 1st actual week of school- so it only seems appropriate that I post this now- since Ethan only goes on Wed. and Fridays. He started school and LOVES it! In fact, it is as if he still cries every time Dante and Erin leave for school, and he doesn't get to go. (That's a good thing right?)

Here are a bunch of different photos from our morning photo op.

This one is my favorite because he is in the middle of smiling but also yelling "Come on MOM- let's go ALREADY!" But he couldn't break the "smile". I can't believe he is 4- and I h ave 2 days ALL to myself. It is great:)

On a funny note about Ethan- he has many nicknames- Beefycakes, Ephers, Phinners-- but my personal favorite (dubbed by Erin and Rechelle) PeeMan!

A couple Saturday's ago- during Dante's soccer game, Erin, Rechelle and Isaac were all playing at the nearby playground. I walk over there to make sure everyone is still doing well-- and Rechelle is getting a drink from the drinking fountain. I ask her if she needs help and then she proceeds to tell me that Ethan peed at the park. I was like "Are you kidding me?" There are probably 50 kids playing at this park- with 50 parents watching there kids at the park- and I'm imagining Ethan pulling down his swim trunks (because in October that is still all he will wear) and peeing in the grass next to the playground. I was thinking- "Great- what were all the parents thinking- when this child's parent didn't stop him immediately (because I didn't see him).

Ethan then comes up to me and I pick him up- and I asked him if he peed on the playground. He doesn't deny it- and says, "Yes Mom- but it is all dry now." I was like- Ethan-- YOU do NOT pee EVER in front of ANYONE-- You go to the actual BATHROOM! Then he was like- "I didn't pull down my pants." to which I immediately dropped him from my hip- and was like, "You peed IN your swimsuit? and NOW it is dry- but I'm holding you??" GROSS! And of course I reprimanded him again- saying- YOU are potty trained- GO to the restroom next time- and then he sat with me for the rest of the game, vs. being able to play on the playground.

He also started crying at one point and I was like- why are you crying? What happened- and he was like Rechelle and Erin called me "PeeMan" to which I started laughing because you have got to love the "nicknames" that are true!

I have to admit I was relieved that he didn't pull down his pants and pee in front of everyone... but I still wasn't happy of the fact that he peed in his pants- "but it is ok, because it dried Mom" scheme. And it was not on any of the equipment- which is a good thing too!

Seriously- if he was not SO darn cute-- I just don't know:) And I hope his preschool teachers never have to experience him doing that.

A Match Made in Heaven!

What spells love more then a couple who can do silly things together without feeling weird?! This post is to salute my parents on their 30th wedding anniversary and their brave attempt to look like walruses with chopsticks! Thanks for teaching me that you can have fun and be in love with your sweetheart for all eternity and that each year just gets better and better! I learned all I know from you two:)

Happy 30th Anniversary!

Here are a few pictures from the celebration at Benihana!

My Dad wanted to one up everyone and try to eat with his chopsticks using his eyes. The chef thought he was the funniest man alive while his children laughed at him like he was the weirdest dad alive. :) But that is what we LOVE about him- and my mom laughs right along with him- after 30 years- she still has yet to get tired of his jokes! Sincere laughter ALWAYS follows.
Me Christie and Emily sat at one end of the table-- We love not letting our parents live down many moments-- we are ruthless:)

Here is the gang that was able to go. Chet had to work and my kids had fun with a babysitter at home:)

Happy anniversary again Mom and Dad! I love you so much and you two are truly a match made in Heaven!