Happy Valentine's Day

My boys had a special night with Dad for Valentine's via their preschool. This is what they made for him:



I think that was a wonderful idea on the part of the planners.

You Know, the Three Handed Guy

Out of the blue Tater asked me what was the name of the three handed guy. Huh? It took me a few moments but I realized we had watched Inspector Gadget the day before and he had 'three hands'. One that pops out of his hat! Phew. That was exactly what he wanted to talk about. A great guess on mom's part. I just hope I know what they are watching and playing... otherwise, I might just come up with the wrong answer!

Birthday Party Fun

The boys got to go to a birthday party for a boy in Tater's class where there was a 'hired' firetruck. In fact, one of the things you got to do was hold the hose as it was squirting water out of it. I only had my cell phone with me... but here are the pictures:



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Just a head's up. Posting (and reading of other blogs) will be light this week. I have 2 parties to get ready for (the boys at preschool... yaa I was stupid and offered to help for both), appointments and a whole lot more. And this was the only post I got done ahead of time.

Bubble Bath?

What a weekend. Later I will go into the details of the insanity of our lives, but tonight, I leave you with a 'boy' thing. I walked into the bathroom to get Tot out of the tub. Dad was in watching Tot while I played with Tater. And now it was Tater's turn. Dad looks at me and grins that silly grin... oh no... Dad ... "guess what Tot discovered?" Me ... "What did Tot discover?" Dad ... "That if you fart in tub full of water it makes bubbles"... Then Tot had the biggest grin on his face and told me "it was stinky too". Someone please help me.

More Quotable Quotes

It is sad when your friend knows you well enough to say this about the Valentine's test:

You do realize it is that whole lack of sleep thing. You must've been VERRRRY mellow when you took that test. The part that had me bust out laughing was, 'A total charmer'. What? When? there is nothing charming about either of us!! Unless of course one likes the blunt and insensitive types. Sheesh!

Hence why I laughed so hard when I read what it said about me. My hubby is the romantic one in this family. I want pots, pans, garden tools, and the like for presents but my hubby will surprise me with other little goodies like my favorite chocolates. Me? If he doesn't tell me what he wants, he usually doesn't get anything. I hate guessing. That bluntness factor.

NOTE: Thanks Sticks. Hope this works and you can see them now!!!

Quotable Quotes

Tink told me on the phone "My computer went down on me again today", as I was relaying this to Sticks... Sticks said "When you have a computer that can do that who needs a man!"

Yaa. I was laughing when my sister said it and even harder with Sticks response.

Quit Laughing, It's Perfect!

hat tip to wRitErsbLock

Your Candy Heart Says "Cutie Pie"

You always seem to have a hot date, even though you never try to meet anyone. A total charmer, you have a natural appeal that keeps you in high demand. Your ideal Valentine's Day date: multiple dates with multiple people Your flirting style: 100% natural What turns you off: serious relationship talks Why you're hot: you're totally addicting

What Does Your Candy Heart Say?

With a Cough Cough Here

What a week. Last night I had to call the Doctor at 7pm. Tot would not stop coughing. I nebulized, I gave cough medicine, I panicked. He is the one that always get the bad stuff really quickly. Don't get me wrong, Tater had pneumonia of the left lung at 4 months... he certainly can worry me. Tot... Tot just has this knack for getting stuff and not having it really seen by me until it has hit a critically bad point.

Turns out the doctor had me put him in the hot steamy bathroom, give him prednisone and nebulize again. Phew. It worked. I stayed up and wrote posts for my sister, Tink, who had the blue screen of death and then decided to go play games so I could nebulize him one more time before I went to sleep. Not the best choice. I was up until 4am this morning. He decided at 10:30pm (when I was going to nebulize) would be a good time to have another coughing fit.

I also went and marked the following so I could have them in today's post:

Microsoft puts out a Blue Screen of Death screensaver that looks real. (cross posted at Tink's place, go there to get the link). Which reminded me of the old WinRoach program that would have roaches crawl everywhere when you moved a window. Or occasionally just crawl from one window to another.

GuyK had me rolling with laughter on THE POST he dedicated to Bou and myself. Go check it out.

Go wish OddyBobo congrats on her 10 pounds of weight loss!!!

AWTM has a duck recipe that sounds delicious!!! Check it out HERE.

Bou had me laughing with her ability to not hear properly when concentrating. HERE is that post. Not that it had anything to do with my posts on Vultures. ;-)

Pam gives us pictures of her 12 week old. Go Enjoy!

Practical asks if what works with her child will work with her husband in THIS POST. And congrats on the potty chair christening!

And if you have $14.95... THIS POST by Bitterroot will be what you are looking for!!!

Hair Cut Time

Things happen when Mom is not paying attention. Like the hair cut that Tater ended up having this time!



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Tot's hair cut is not that bad but it was definitely a fight to get it cut.

More Humor for Dreaded Wednesday

One day, Gramma sent her grandson Peter down to the water hole to get some water for cooking dinner. As he was dipping the bucket in, he saw two big eyes looking back at him. He dropped the bucket and hightailed it for Gramma's kitchen. "Now, where's my bucket and my water?" Gramma asked him."I can't get any water from that water hole, Gramma" criedPeter. "There's a BIG ol' alligator down there!"Now don't you mind that ol' alligator, Peter. He's been there for a few years now, and he's never hurt no one. Why, he's probably as scared of you as you are of him!""Well, Gramma," replied Peter, "If he's as scared of me as I am of him, then that water ain't fit to drink!"

HatTip to Funny Humor

Humor for Dreaded Wednesday

A little girl was in church with her mother when she started feeling ill.

"Mommy," she said, "can we leave now?"

"No" her mother replied.

"Well, I think I?m gonna be sick, Momma!"

"Then go out the front door and around to the back of the church and then behind a bush."

After about 60 seconds the little girl returned to her seat.

"Were you sick?" her mom asked.

"Yes."

"How could you have gone all the way to the back of the church and returned so quickly?"

"I didn?t have to go out of the church, Mommy. They have a box next to the front door that says, ?For the Sick?."


HatTip to Humor Planet

Music Time

When ever I get a chance to sleep during the day while dad is around... the boys seem to know how to sneak in some noisy moments. While it was Tot playing the 'piano' while I was sleeping, it was Tater that posed for the picture:

103, Ears and Sleep

Sunday night Tot had a temp of 103. He waited until 10:30pm to get 'sick'. Yaa... and then yesterday morning around 10am he decided to tell me his ear hurt. Sigh. It is very hard to get into the doctor's office that day when you wait until 10am to call. We made it. They were running late... our appt was at 4:30pm, we saw her at 5:15. And it must have been a sick Monday. There was a 2 hour wait to get your prescription. Ugh.

We went home. Ate a very late dinner and put the boys to bed. I went to get the prescription. Got home, helped hubby out finding tax stuff, did NOT do housework and went to bed. Not much later the wakeups started.

It was a long night. I hate ear infections. Yaa, I'm whining. Now someone pass me that wine. GRIN

First ER Visit of 2007

Been a busy weekend. I was happy that it ended well, but some days I could just do without the insanity. Some of that is due to the fact that I can hear my mom in the background laughing her arse off. Yaa... I think my mom knew the names of every person in the emergency room as I was growing up. Because of me, not my sisters.

We went to the playground because I hounded my husband that we needed to get out of the house. While there, Tot tripped and fell. Both knees got skin'd up pretty bad. I held him until he calmed down and then Dad took him. Dad tried to put him down. When Tot stood up, he didn't. He cried and Dad picked him back up. We stayed so that Tater could get some running and exercise in for the day. I held Tot and tried the same thing. He really seemed like he was hurt when he tried to stand. Sigh.

We decided to go the ER sooner than later. Tot is not a cry baby. We get to ER, we get signed in and we sit in the waiting room. We wait. And wait. Finally Dad and Tater go play in the corner. Dad had mentioned that it looked like Tot was moving both legs quite a bit while sitting in my lap. Hmmm. Mom tries again to get Tot down and walking. Surprise, surprise... Tot walks over to Dad and Tater. uhhhhh... Mom offers some pretzels... Tot runs back.

Off to the nurse and let them we know we are leaving. The little turkey. She smiles and laughs as I point out how well he is walking. Nice to know he is ok, not so nice to spend 2 hours at the ER.

Painted Smile

The boys were painting on the back porch when Tot decided to paint a smile for me. I couldn't resist taking a picture:

How Many Are There Of You?

HatTip to Jenny

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UPDATE: I couldn't resist and put in Tink's current name. I kid you not...

There are 0 people in the U.S.!!!

Hmmmm... guess she doesn't exist!

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HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 2 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Rock Collection

Ever hear a rock in your Washer? Thought you got them all and then hear something banging around in your Dryer? Yaa... it's been a fun week. Tater (and sometimes Tot) have been collecting rocks. Those rocks are cars, spaceships, projectiles... and great for pockets. Here is a sample of what I see by my front door:



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Don't go barefooted out my door:

A "Free" Calendar

If you don't mind some Honda advertising on it... you can use Internet Explorer 6 or greater (not Firefox) and go to

THIS SITE

It will allow you to upload a picture for the calendar and print out the month's calendar that you selected. You will get the little bar across the top and need to activate and run the plugin that it needs.

Life With Kids

Needless to say that life with kids is always entertaining. Been just a weeee bit busy the last week. Here is an update:

1. Tot's eye is healed.
2. Tater's shoulder is completely healed and has two cool looking lumps of calcium on his bone.
3. Tot played Candyland from start to finish, following the rules. He even won!
4. It is registration time for preschool, and other items.
5. The boys' pc has stopped. I have been working on it for 2 nights. Make it 3 by the time you read this.

Tired, too much to do and not enough hours to do it in. Silly me... if I would just quit playing with my kids I am sure I would find time to do it all.

A New Blog Child

This child has been around for a while. But I now officially claim her as mine!!! She has some humor that is just perfect for me.

It does make an odd twist in the family since her husband is my blog-granddaddy. But hey, this is the BAD EXAMPLE family.

Go on over HERE and wish her welcome!