I Couldn't Resist...

Here's Ben at the Puyallup Spring Fair...He was deathly afraid of the Carousel last year, but seemed to really Enjoy himself this year on the Horsey.

It Boggles My Mind...

Nothing is more freightening than being woke up in the middle of the Nite by your 21/2 year old son crying his eyes out. Only to walk over to his bed, and try to comfort him, to find him burning up with a fever, and drenched in sweat.

Within 1 minute I already had the bath going and Ben out of Bed half undressed, ready to put him in the tub, while my hubby was still getting his wits about him, trying to focus on the situation. (That is why us ladies are mommies) reaction time may be a little quicker.

Tried to get him in the bath; he wasn't having it, so...a cool cloth around his neck, and on his head had to do..

Soon he had calmed down, and layed back in his bed quietly, while I tried to get tylenol liquid down him. He just layed there like a baby bird letting me put it in his mouth. ( I knew he was in bad shape, because it's usually a wrestling match only to get a few drops down his throat, and the rest of it all over him and I both, and any other thing or person close by.)

Rubbing his forhead for a short time, he was sound asleep, and slept for the next 3 hours. I on the other hand could not fall back to sleep, still worrying about his condition. He finally woke up around 8am stood up in bed, and was very chatty and all smiles. What the heck....I will never understand the illnesses children endure...it totally boggles my mind. (BIG YAWN...)

Still workin on this Slideshow...more posts to Come!!

Quirky

So..here are 6 quirky or unique facts about our family; compliments of www.poopydigs.com that make our family, well make our family just us...here goes:

1. My husband is the cookiest man I know, and he really floors me sometimes, with the things that come out of his mouth.

2. Our cats still rule the roost even after Ben was born; now the cats have him scooting over in his bed to make room for them.

3. I can never let Ben go to bed with pajamas that don't match.(My husband just pulls the first thing out, top and bottom, they don't have to go togather, me I have to make it right, is that obsessive, Yep I know, can't help it.)

4. We all love to put peanutbutter on pieces of chocolate, instead of buying a reese's peanutbutter cup(just not the same.)

5. I now cannot fall asleep without my son snuggling with me at least for a little while. ( he gives me big hugs, and pats me on the back, ending with a huge kiss) it melts me. And is the greatest ending to the day....

6. My husband loves to shop more than me. (seriously)

Mommies been hit with the CRUD...

I'm laggin behind on my posts this week, due to a little thing calleda Sinus infection AND Broccitis due to my little man, whom just can't seem to get enough kisses right on my smacker, and along with all that lovin, comes the germs, that he is getting over finally, but has left mommy feeling like CRAP. I can't turn down the kisses, so I must do a little sacraficing...either that or try to find a bubble for us BOTH!!!

Will return when I'm feeling more chipper!!!

Happy Easter...with a Twist

I have got absoulutely nothin today in my head. So...I got this pic in an email from a good friend, and hope she doesn't mind, I just had to share it with ya. Hope you have a wonderful Easter with your families, friends, and loved ones!!! To all the Mommies, take a few moments, sit down ,relax and have a glass of wine with a chocolate bunny or two....ENJOY!!!

More Wine...with that Whining???

Well the homefront has been pretty quiet this week, except....for the CONSTANT whining rolling out my most adorable little boys mouth. I keep telling myself this will pass, this will pass, this will pass. WILL IT????? He is talking a little bit now, but whatever words he is saying has a whine to it.

I know that every parent has this problem with their little one's at one time or another, but dear god, by the end of the day, that one last word (along with the whine) goes thru me, and I want to hit the ceiling, and grab the closest alcoholic beverage, and consume it ALLLLL...because that will help right. Just drowning out the problem instead of resolving it.

I have tried the logic with him like.. Ben, if you whine it to me I cannot understand you. Or..Ben I will not listen to you when your whining. Ahh, logic and a 2 year old, nope not happpening as of yet. Oh how I do love my little guy, but I'm going Crazy.

They say the 3's are better, "Is that a nice way of saying just more challenging???

The Irony of all this....is that I could feel myself whining as I was telling you all my problems. Ugggg!!!

Such is life....Happy HUMP Day

Papa Bear has a New Job..

Well at least a part time one. My husband has now been crowned the New Grocery shopper of the household...We made a deal the other day. You see in the past few months Mama Bear has not been to keen on the whole idea of cooking. I don't know what it is I really am in a slump when it comes to the kitchen and what should be going on in there.(ahh...come on you all know how I feel)Well anyway, we have been eating out quite a bit, and both of us know that really needs to stop.

I guess after going to the grocery store, unloading the sacks, unpacking the contents of millions of plastic bags, the last thing I want to do is cook the stuff. So..hubby has said he will do the shopping and unload and unpack if I keep up the cooking duty. May seem like a trivial trade; but I actually have been quite into it, and am starting to come around on the cooking thing. Emeril would still be the ultimate trade, but I have to live within my means....

Tagged By You, Something Blue

I once again have been tagged, So here ya go!

4 Jobs I've Had In My Life:
Lifeguard (long,long ago)

Skippers (long,long ago)

Teacher's assistant in an Elementary School

Fred Meyer(Deli-girl)

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over:

sixteen candles

pretty Woman

Nemo

Gone with the Wind

4 Websites I Visit Regularly:
Always am on Amazon

google

blog/typepad

google

4 Favorite Foods:
Steak

chocolate

any stirfry that's yummy

hot and spicccyyy...chicken stripes

4 Places I Would Rather Be Right Now:
Mexico (my favorite get away)

outlet Mall shopping for Ben (I love that)

On a picnic

Sleeeppping (ahhh..)

4 Most Wonderful Places I Have Been:

Hawaii

Mexico

Florida

Victoria, Canada

4 Books I Could Read Over and Over:

It's been children's books for sooo...long I really can't name anything off the top of my head

4 Songs I Could Listen To Over and Over:
Any Sarah Mcglauthlin

Any Barenaked ladies

Josh Grobin

Neil Diamond (everyone has their thing)

4 Reasons Why I Blog:

To go on and on about my wonderful son

to write and express myself to others that really want to read it, if not they push the next button

to read funny things that happen to very interesting people

oh, it's just a great way to past the time, I enjoy it over a good book

Who to tag............okies Mommy needs a Martini,poopydigs,

. So here ya go!

Over the weekend...it was all about Ben

Here are a few pics we took while at the park over the weekend on Sunday Afternoon when the sun finally....came out. It was a horrible stormy day on Saturday. We were all a bit buuummmed...thought we'd be stuck inside the house all weekend. LOW and behold the sun came out on Sunday, and it was a beautiful day...Lucky US!!!(I also have to mention, those pics were from the picture phone. WOW not tooo..shabby)

Yeaahhh...Mariners WIN

So what a great day it was. Wednesday afternoon, sun is shining and we head out to the our First Seattle Mariner game of the Season. I must say for Ben only being 21/2, he sat through that entire game. He is totallly...in love with Baseball, and cannot get enough.

Not only is he a big fan at the game. Our TV has been tuned to the Fox Sports channel for the last 5 nites, and Ben won't let us turn it off....

Hmmm...future Player or future sports TV freak. Lets hope Player. I'm sure those front row seats won't be ours forever, we will need a new shoe in sooner or later, to watch our boy out on the FIELD!!!

I totallly...can relate!!!

Something I received in an email.....which I'm sure can describe most of US to a tee!!!



Mom and Dad were watching TV when
Mom said, "I'm tired, and it's getting late.
I think I'll go to bed."

So she went to the kitchen to make
sandwiches for the next day's lunches,
Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took
meat out of the freezer for supper
the following evening,
She filled the sugar container, put
spoons and bowls on the table and
started the coffee pot for brewing
the next morning.

She then put some wet clothes in
the dryer, put a load of clothes into
the washer, ironed a shirt and
secured a loose button.
She picked up the game pieces left
on the table, put the phone back on
the charger and put the telephone
book into the drawer.
She watered the plants,
she yawned and stretched and
headed for the bedroom.
She stopped by the desk and
wrote a note to the teacher,
counted out some cash for the
field trip, and pulled a text book
out from hiding under the chair.
She signed a birthday card for a
friend, addressed and stamped the
envelope and wrote a quick note
for the grocery store
She put both near her purse.
Mom then washed her face with
3 in 1 cleanser, put on her night
solution & age fighting moisturizer,
brushed and flossed her teeth and
filed her nails.
Dad called out, "I thought you were going to
bed."
"I'm on my way," she said.
She put some water into the dog's
dish and put the cat outside, then
made sure the doors were locked
and the patio light was on.
She looked in on each of the kids and
turned out their bedside lamps and
TV's, hung up a shirt, threw some
dirty socks into the hamper, and
had a brief conversation with the
one up still doing homework.

She laid out clothing for the next day,
straightened up the shoe rack.
She added three things to her 6
most important things to do list.

She said her prayers, and visualized
the accomplishment of her goals.
About that time, Dad turned off the
TV and announced to no one in
particular. "I'm going to bed.">
And he did...without another thought.
Anything extraordinary here?

Wonder why women live longer...?
'CAUSE THEY ARE MADE FOR THE LONG HAUL......
(and they can't die because they still have things to do)

Send this to five phenomenal women today...
they'll love you for it!

Then: GO TO BED

Spring Break

So...it's our children's Spring Break around here. How fun for them; with NO School, playin all day, Sleepin in, not a care in the world.

Remember when we couldn't wait for spring break BEFORE Husband, Children, jobs, and ALOT of responsiblity!!!!!

Awwww....take a little time for yourselves and just dream about it....

Flicker..pictures

I am starting to feel my way around another part of blogging, how to post pictures with flicker...these are old pics, but now that I have the hang of it...I should be up and running with new pics soon. Slowly but surely I'm coming out of feeling like a total computer idiot, and getting more things posted on my blog.

From the mouth's of...BABES!!!

The Way Children See Things!
(an email sent to me recently)

Nudity

I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when
a Woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark
naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout
from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!

Honesty

My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd
dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it
in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my
bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming
little smile, "We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in
the toilet a few days ago.

Opinions

On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a Note
from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are
not necessarily those of his parents."

Ketchup

A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the jar.
During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to
answer the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother.
Then she added, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now.
She's hitting the bottle."

More Nudity

A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's
locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies
grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and
then asked, "What's the matter haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"

Elderly

While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly
shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. The
various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs,
unfailingly intrigued her. One day I found her staring at a pair of
false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage
of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never
believe this!"

Dress Up

A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw
her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that
suit." "And why not, darling?" "You know that it always gives you a headache
the next morning."

Death

While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister
heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently,
his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that
proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton
batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The
minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with
sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his Father always said:
"Glory be unto the Faaaather, and unto the Sonnn ... and into the hole
he gooooes."

School

A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm just
wasting my time," she said to her mother. "I can't read, I can't write and they
won't let me talk!"

Bible

A little boy opened the big family bible. He was fascinated as he
fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He
picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had
been pressed in between the pages. "Mama, look what I found", the boy called
out." What have you got there, dear?" With astonishment in the young
boy's voice, he answered, "I think it's Adam's underwear!"

Rockin the House!!!!!

I just had to give a little shout out to my nephew Micheal whom is 13 years old. Our whole family went to go see him perform at his junior high's Talent Show last nite.
He entered in the contest playing the drums; and let me just say "He Rocked". He was one of the last kids to perform at the end of the show, and what a show of Talent he displayed. He played his own arrangement, and totally "ROCKED THE HOUSE" He had the whole place hollaring and clapping along. And to complete his nite of glory, he won the contest WHHOOOOHOOOOO!!!!!

Anyway we just wanted to give him another round of applause, and say "Well done kiddo,YOU ROCKED!!!" And keep up the fantastic talent, you should be very proud of yourself!!!

Horribe Movie Flick

So.. I settle everyone down to bed last nite, really geared up to finally get to watch a movie all by myself without ANY interruptions.So...curled up on the couch, pop the movie into the DVD player (I had rented almost a week ago, that's sometimes how long they sit before I even actually get around to watchin em.)

Now I had heard great things about this movie, it's an artsy flick not really generated out into the huge theatres for all to see. The movie PLEEAAASSEE...The squid and the Whale. Oh it started out disturbing, and just kept getting worse. Hey maybe that was the intent of the whole thing.

I guess my whole outl0ok on movies has changed, I want to be entertained if I am going to use my quiet time card, meaning without hubby or kid, I really need to be dazzled.

To me, this is my opinion only, I was not entertained. I don't need to watch a movie with such disfunction, it creeps me out. Really, don't we see enough of that in real life, hmmm...really, right before our eyes everday in some shape or form. Well it had good reviews, so... maybe some people just can't get enough. I'm good thankyou.... Bad,Bad,Bad Movie




Thirteen Things about me I may not have mentioned, and I'm sure everyone is dying to know. Hmmm...here goes!! 1…. I luv, luv, luv, eighties music.(I was singin Don't turn around very loudly this morning while taking the kids to school today. Luvvvvv...that song!!!) 2. I am the youngest of four children. (My oldest brother is 17 years older than me) 3. I have lived in the same house for 1O years( TIME TO MOVE) 4. My husband and I love to travel (with the kids, and WITHOUT TOOOOOO!!!) 5. I have never been to Europe (I know I am missing out, so that's something I'm shooting for one day) 6. Both of my parents have passed away (and I really miss them) 7. Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday( lot's of great childhood memories) 8. I luv singing in the car (if I am not singin, ya know it's a bad day) 9. I worry everyday,not obsessively, but more just in a thinking mode, if I'm making the right decisions in how I am raising my son. 10. Use to luv cat's (not so much anymore) 11. I struggle with my self alot 12. Really starting to luv red wine(thanks to a few friends whom have really helped me truely acknowledge how yummy it is...) 13. I whiiiinnneee sometimes more than my son(wonder where he got it from) Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!)




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Oh,what the heck...how about one more pic

I just love his hair in these. What a little man!!! ohh big tear ...he's growing up so fast!!!

Dude, Where's my Car???

A friend of ours took this picture a while back of Ben, while she was watching him. He managed to get all his belongings togather in one swoop. Now where exactly was he getting ready to go???

First off, where is the Car????