C-isms and other fun stories

If you know my kids, you know that K can come up with a one liner quickly and often. C, not so much. But when he does, they are pretty funny.

The other night Daddy was in the bathroom and C went running that way. "Daddy are you almost done? I have to go!" Daddy finished up and C went. He came out and said " I'm waiting flush because it's still processing." Too funny!

This week my kids have been attending day camp at a friend's church (yes 8-5 every day; I don't know what to do!) Today when we stopped at a red light I said, "we should do a Chinese fire drill." All 4 kids said "huh?" So explained it. They got such a kick out of it. C giggled so much that E said "you laugh like a girl." I'm thinking that part of it was the fact they were so tired.

Another thing that happened every morning, the kids tried to look for deer (we drove through a nature park every morning with big open fields). I think it's funny that we never saw one deer. Unless you count the dead one that I saw and didn't point out to the kids. That just tickles me.

Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures from day camp. I'll share if/when I get them.

End of the school year

Here are 2 little kiddos that finished school. And did very well, I might add. By the end of the year, they were ready to be done and so was their mommy. So our last day was May 20th. A little earlier than I usually finish. I am now regretting finishing early. They are bored, ALREADY!

We took them to get ice cream at Cold Stone. And then went to see Kung Fu Panda 2 at the theater. I didn't get any pictures of the ice cream or the poster for the movie. So you'll have to trust me; that's what we did. This is at the theater (before the movie started).

I love this picture! I think it turned out so good! And Daddy took it. Yeah for my family.

More K-isms

Aaah! My kids are bored already! I knew I shouldn't have been finished with school so soon!

Anyway. Here are 3 things that K has said lately that I found funny.

1. The other night C asked us (Daddy & I) if we wanted to be President. We both said NO. Too much responsibility. K said she wants to be President one day because "then she can jump on the bed anytime she wants."

2. Last week Daddy was mowing grass. K was right there with him with her little mower "helping." Daddy asked her to open the gate. She had no idea what he was saying, so he had to turn the mower off to tell her. She said "sorry I couldn't hear you. My ears aren't big enough."

3. This week is VBS at church. K has been so excited about it. Tonight they get to have their face painted. We asked K what she was going to get. She said "Jesus." We said "the word Jesus?" She said "No a picture of Him." Good luck with that, Miss Whoever-gets-to-paint-her-face.

TS3

July 2 Daddy got off work at noon and we went to lunch. After lunch, we went to see Toy Story 3. I think I was more excited than the kids. (There was a Facebook application that you could join "move over kids; I've been waiting for Toy Story 3 since before you were born." Kinda funny.) We decided to splurge and see it in 3D. Very expensive but so worth it! I had heard mixed reviews on the movie. I heard it was good but intense. And that is a good description.

A little about the plot: Andy is going away to college. He has to decide what to do with his toys. He decides to keep them but they accidentally get put out for the trash. Through this and that, they end up at a Daycare run by a mean old bear (Sir Hugs O'Lot or something like that). To escape they go out with the trash and end up at the dump about to go in the incinerator. And thus the intense part: the toys trying to escape the fire. I'm sure the 3D made it seem a little worse than it will seem on our TV. But in the end, I love how it ends. All the toys end up with a new owner who loves them all.

I loved it. I'm pretty sure the kids liked it too. We will be buying it when it comes out.

Ouch!

DISCLAIMER: If you are in any way squeamish, do NOT read this post. Especially don't look at the pictures.

I almost hate to do this post. My poor little boy. And it's kinda my fault.

Let me start by reminding you of the Aesop Fable "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" That boy lives at our house (C). He hasn't learned how to "rate" his boo boos. They are all the same magnitude of wailing.

Sunday afternoon, C and K were in C's room playing. Somehow his curtain came "unattached" and was gaping. When C laid down for a nap, the sun was shining in his face. Here is where "my fault" comes in. I decided to put a 5 pound exercise weight on the shelf to hold the curtain in place.

Fast forward to later that afternoon, he was upstairs playing by himself. Daddy and I were downstairs watching TV. And we heard a crash and the wailing began. But this time it did sound a little different. So I started up the stairs to calm the wailer down. As I got to the bottom of the stairs, C started down the stairs with blood gushing. The weight had fallen off the shelf and landed right on C's face. When I saw the gashes on his face I knew we would be visiting the ER.

Daddy helped put pressure on them to slow the blood flow and I called friends (M & Green Socks) to come get K (so thankful for awesome friends like that!). Daddy and I got C in the car and headed out to the ER. On the way to the ER, C threw up 3 times--which elevated his "status" once we got to the ER. (Funny side note: I had nothing to catch "it" in except an old pull -up of K's and a pair of pants left in the car. Both went in the trash once we got there.)

Here is my very brave boy before stitches. This picture does not do the gashes justice. They were deep. He had a CAT scan and everything was fine. He has been fine ever since. The gashes were clean cuts and were able to be stitched together very well. He probably will have some scarring but mommy and Vitamin E are gonna see what we can do about that.

Because it was a head wound, the doctor ordered a CT scan. The machine kinda bothered C until he saw that I would be right there and he didn't have to go in the whole way. The stitches bothered him more because it felt strange. He said they hurt a little but not much. He was so brave through it all. He ended up with 2 stitches in his nose, 6 over one eye, and 7 over the other. (It took C quite awhile to add those up so I'll help you guys--that's a total of 15).Sorry if this post seems "ramble-y" This all happened Sunday around 4 pm. Monday night we had HORRIBLE storms here and spent about 45 minutes in the bathroom due to the tornado sirens. Plus the kids ended up sleeping in our bed two different times for a few hours each time. Needless to say, we got very little sleep. Then I had to babysit my 3 "extras" today. It has been quite the interesting 2 days.

All this to say, my little boy was so brave and is just fine. He gets the stitches out Friday. I love my little boy.

Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum Thursday. I forgot my camera. Very sad. So instead of boring you with what we did and having no pictures to prove it, I told the kids that we would go again in the near future. AND MAKE SURE WE TOOK THE CAMERA. The camera now lives in my purse. So it will go everywhere with me. I'll bore you after we take our next trip.

New bikes: Bike #2

Bike #2: Isn't really a new bike but since DADDY TOOK C'S TRAINING WHEELS OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's kinda like a new bike. Daddy said that before he would take the wheels off C needed elbow pads and knee pads. I found a set at Wal Mart that also included finger-less gloves. So Sunday afternoon, Daddy took his training wheels off. He did really good; much better than I ever thought he would. But Monday--he just took off! He was able to ride the length of 6 houses before crashing, I mean stopping. He was so proud of himself! He just can't get started by himself.

The first video shows day one of his riding attempt. The second video is the 2nd day when he went whizzing on by. And just because, there is a little of K girl riding by too.

Video #1

Video #2

New Bikes: Bike #1

Bike #1: This is truly a new bike. K girl got a new bike for her birthday (a few weeks early) thanks to Grandma. She had had one that had been given to us by a neighbor (left over from a garage sale). It worked for about a year. A few weeks ago the seat broke off and was not able to be fixed. So Grandma offered to buy her one for her birthday. So we went and got it the other night from Wal Mart. It's got lots of things going for it: it's purple and it's Hello Kitty. She is so proud of that bike! Memorial Day morning she could not wait to go out and ride it!

1st and 2nd grader

C says that over the summer he will be a 1st and 2nd grader--since he isn't really in either. Mr. Literal-again.

I am very impressed with what he has learned this year. Have I ever mentioned how much I like the A Beka curriculum? And the DVD program? Love it.

Would you like to see his "report card?" Here are his grades for 1st grade. (very official looking, huh?)

C's trio

C sang in church the Sunday evening of Mother's Day. It was also the start of our revival. The kids group did a whole program (so cute!) and one of the "specials" was a trio that C was in. He did such a good job. I asked him later if he was nervous. He looked at me like I was crazy and said "no" Well OK then.

Here is a link to hear his song. You can purchase the single on iTunes (just kidding!!!)

Iron Man watches TV?

Did you know Iron Man watches Tom & Jerry?

BIL paid both of my kids for "helping" with the roof. And of course it was burning a hole in their pockets so we went to Wal Mart to spend it. Quickly, now!

K was able to buy several different things simply because each of her items were not that expensive. These puzzles were in a pack of 3 for $5. They then "go together" to make one picture of all the Princesses.

C on the other hand, was stuck on buying this Iron Man dress up outfit. It came with the mask too. He spent $20 on it! And then wanted to earn more money to buy a battery operated "hand" to go with it. (We let him vacuum both cars for $5. He then had enough money to buy the hand too) Hand--not pictured.

The outfit really is too small for him but that has not stopped him. He has worn it at every chance he gets. Every morning he lays it out nice and neat on his bed. Close enough to see during school. The day he got it, I caught him sitting on the couch watching Tom & Jerry. Made me laugh. That boy does love his dress up.

C's new room

C's room is finally done! I painted it an amazing color--white! He wanted so much on his walls that it had to be a neutral color. It was fairly easy to paint because everything got painted the same--doors, trim, baseboards, walls. There are just a few little details that need to be taken care of (we want to put the Derek Jeter trading card in a frame; he needs an updated pix of K beside his bed) and Daddy is going to build him a shelf for his baseball collection--once it's warmer in the garage.

So here are the pictures to prove it is done.
Here his is new dresser and the TV that we hung for him to do school. Behind the TV on the wall are 4 pennants: Colts, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Yankees, and Florida State.

Here is the wall of pennants and his school desk is right to the left of the lamp.

Behind his door we hung a bulletin board. I'll use it if I need to hang things for him for school. On the bulletin board, I stuck 5 of the trading pins that we brought back from Disney world. I'm also going to hang some of the AWANA ribbons that he has too.


This is the wall above his bed. Most of the pictures are signed by at least one Colts player. There are 2 signatures on the poster.

Here is my favorite wall. We bought a Fathead--so worth the money! There's no way I could've painted all that and made it look that good. LOVE IT!

All together, I think we only spent $200. That was for the Fathead ($100), paint, supplies, frames, and pennants. The TV and dresser don't count. He needed both and we had planned to buy both with this year's tax return anyway. Not bad.

My SIL is coming to visit in April. She commented that our house is going to look like a different house by the time she gets here. That would be the point. I'm not enjoying the painting, but I am enjoying the results. Check back soon for the living room reveal.

Seriously?!?!

This might be a long story, but at the end I think most of you will roll your eyes and say "Seriously?"

I have a little boy (J--same age as C) that comes every day after school for one hour until one of his older sisters comes to pick him up. One day this past week, about 20 minutes after he had been here, another boy that I didn't recognize, showed up at my front door.

I went to the door and said Hi and Can I help you? "That little boy has the cap to my mechanical pencil and I need it or my eraser will fall off." I asked J if he had it. "Yes I found (important word) it on the bus and put it in my book bag." "So get it out and give it to him." He looked and looked and couldn't find it. The boy at the door said (as he was reaching for my door handle) "I'll come in and look for it" Me: "Oh no you won't." (seriously?) So I told him that if he had an issue with it that he could go to J's house later and talk with J's mom. I was not getting in the middle of this. "When does she get home? And where is his home?" I didn't tell him either. If he doesn't know where he lives, I'm not going to be responsible for giving out that information!

He finally left. After he was gone, J found the cap and put it where he could find it the next day to give to this boy.

About 20 minutes later, here comes this boy to my door again---WITH.HIS. MOTHER! Seriously? She had driven him over to my house--TO GET HIS PENCIL CAP! Again, seriously? So J gave it to the boy. And here was the mom's explanation. "I'm so glad he got it back. He has been bugging me all afternoon about this. He's never had anything stolen from him before and he felt violated." Seriously? It was a PENCIL CAP! If that would have been my kid, I would have said GET OVER IT!

As she was leaving, she said "so what's his name?" I very quickly said "He's not my little guy. I'm just the babysitter." In other words, LEAVE ME OUT OF THIS. Her answer "Oh."

One more time, SERIOUSLY?!?!?!