Randoms and ranting

it's time once again for a random assortment of my thoughts.
and just maybe my thankful item o' the day will be posted at the bottom .

Christmas- I'm conflicted. alternately giddy and terrified at the same time, black friday ads are starting to roll in. While it's my FAVORITE DAY OF THE WHOLE FREAKIN' YEAR the thought of purchasing more crap (stuff) that will come find a place in my home is less than delightful. while the kids haven't begun asking for stuff yet, but it all looks like CRAP, plus there are two birthday's before christmas.
ugh. bah humbug. i'm starting early this year.

tardies. i got an email saying joy is tardy too often, and i instantly felt like a failure. GREAT. while we started out this year strong i've fallen into my old ways of not getting up early enough. and yet still insist they have their hair done daily. it makes for a vicious cycle. just one of many.

plus Joy's behavior at dance has gotten her kicked out (she was bullying the one kid that wasn't already a friend or relative, going as far as punching him more than once) . RAD. of course i can't control what she does when she's not with me. but once again i feel a failure. sigh.

Scouts and scouting. failure. we are the crappiest scouting parents ever. EVER! and yet while i personally don't give a freaking rats tush, my kids are feeling it. and i feel guilt every time a leader calls or emails. BAH! I hate that. and the thought of wasting all day at scout o rama is less than appealing.

Sonic. they gave me the wrong order today. ME a REGULAR! WHAT? how dare they mix my order up?

Today i got all the way home, offered the kids Corndogs for lunch and THEN opened the bag, and Low and behold , it wasn't my order and there WERE NO CORN DOGS!

ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME? i am a regular. WTH ? BAH!

so i had to dress the diaper wearer and drive back down the hill to my sonic. and demand my order, and they tried to hand me the one they didn't give to me in the first place? Are you shizzzing me?

that was um 15 minutes ago. i want a fresh order thankyouverymuch! irritated. they acted like that was alot to ask.

um we would have finished this food 10 minutes ago if you would have given me the right order, AND i had to drive all the way back. there is nothing worse than stale fries and a cold hamburger. ok so there might be, but i paid for fresh food. not old food. GIVE ME WHAT I WANT ! I'M A REGULAR DANG IT! it's things like that that make me want to boycott a place.

sheesh.

i think i'm overwhelmed. with everyday life.

lately opening my email has become overwhelming. what bad news awaits me today? and where are all my delightful comments to counteract the less than fabulous abundance??

yeah well. have a happy Wednesday.

on the agenda for the rest of my day?

scouts

achievement days

scouts

dance

dinner

baths

bed

Today i am thankful for LONG hot soaky showers.

How are you feeling lately? haven't heard much from ya?

any thoughts on christmas?

how do you feel about scouting?

and what makes you feel like a failure as a mother?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

research papers and the internet

Today I am thankful for the internet.

google searches. online homework. cyber friends. blogging. facebook. email. streaming TV shows.

research papers where a WHOLE DIFFERENT WORLD back in the day. and now some quality time on the computer, with my friend google, and i'm good! this totally beats card catalogs any day.

Today i have class and a working bibliography due. Wheee. of course i bs'ed my abundance of sources.

what i don't get is if I'm doing a paper on social Media and the effects on the rise in cancer awareness. why the heck can't i site mostly online sources? the teacher says no. but seriously i doubt there are many sources out there that are up to date enough other than online sources.

I'll have to take that up with him.

© 2009 crazymamaof6

Thinking Thankful Thoughts for November

it's November and while i lean towards skipping the thanksgiving holiday grateful vibe all together and just jumping head first into christmas (the retailers are in full swing and I'm ready to hop on and enjoy the ride) I've decided maybe i should take the chance to be thankful this month. sometimes it's great to write it down and be reminded.

so i am going to come up with something to be thankful for every day this month. it may not be spectacular or thought provoking but I'll try to come up with something.

today's thankful item?

#2 - it's been one month today since i got out of the hospital (with pancreatitis) and the hospital bills started rolling in and I'm thankful that they aren't as bad as i anticipated. in fact i think my flexible spending account may cover most of them. WHOOHOO!

and since i didn't start until today here is yesterday's....

#1 - I'm thankful that my husband likes to party with my family and that he decided we needed to host and throw together dinner Halloween night. the kids had a blast together and i loved trick or treating with some of my siblings and their kids.

and while i'm doing this, i'm still gonna get my shopping done, and decorate early for Christmas. yeah.I . Am. but first i want to repaint the front room. we'll see how i do.

some friends do this every month and i'm so not that good. but if you wanna play along for the month feel free. let me know and i'll come see what you are thankful for this month.

© 2009 crazymamaof6

Halloween 2009 with Crazymama's clan

(Peyton, Liberty, Hope, Paxton, Pierce, Joy)

Yesterday the hubs decided we needed to have a party, so we invited some of my siblings and their kids and our friends to come have dinner at our house and then go trick or treating with us.

here are all the kids ready to go.

our friends had other plans but my 2 older brothers and my little sister came trick or treating with us. my mom and little Brother stayed home to hand out candy at my house.
our group had 20 kids 11 and under. with 7 adults and three strollers.

Hope and Maria had a great time together.

Emma, Liberty and Mckenna had a fun time.
Emma was a Zombie soccer player and Liberty and Mckenna were both Miss America.
Emma and Mckenna are almost 12 and Liberty just turned 10

at the end of each street we'd regroup and make the kids sit on the curb for a minute while we waited for the stragglers

at one of our last regrouping stops, this guy took a rest.
(my nephew colin or is that carter? they are twins and i can't tell them apart)

we went to the Haunted house in our neighborhood almost everyone bailed early out the escape door. but Peyton and Will went alone and made it all the way through.

TOTALLY ALONE!
Will came sprinting like a bat out of hell right into the road and
Peyton came out screaming/bawling .

it was really scary and dark and it wasn't tempered down at all for them.


then the hubs came moseying out with Joy and Paxton
totally calm like they were walking outta church. uh yeah. NICE. scare the crap out of the 10 year olds alone.

after everyone left we went with Maria's family to the Box maze in Lehi.
it took forever waiting outside with Pierce


anyway it was a super fun Halloween.
i told the hubs to plan early next year if he wants to have a party so i don't have to run around all day on Halloween in my costume to stores I'd been to multiple times throughout the week.
but it went great and was really fun.

Oh and here is a token shot of me. Pirate wench? or gypsy?
and yeah i went to costco and 2 walmarts with this on. SWEET!

and today i came down with a raunchy sinus infection. i had too many late nights last week and got worn down, so today i crashed and am paying for it now. UGH!

Now it's time for Christmas. yeah, i don't really do Thanksgiving other than the shopping. and last week i bought christmas pj's, YEAH I DID! they are out and i have to shop early to get the right sizes. WHOOHOO! 26 days until black friday! i can't freaking wait!

WHOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

© 2009 crazymamaof6

A Hot Date and a new Handbag.

guess what? the hubs and i have been going out for 13 years now. ok so there wasn't much going out for all the years between having the herd and finally having kids old enough to babysit themselves. but yeah we started dating 13 years ago this month. the difference between now and back then is he used to pretend he didn't mind shopping on our dates. and now? he just waits in the car.

tonight the hubs and i went out for our weekly date. we went tonight because this is one of those too busy to squeeze in a hot date weekends. and what did we do? we ran errands. we got a late start and it was to the point I'd given up on actually going out but had a lengthy list of things i still needed to do.

the hubs just taxied me and read in the car because he'd rather do that than be subjected to going into the store and BROWSING with me. we all know that equates to cruel and unusual punishment.

i was on a quest for some new shoes for Pierce. (his are lost and looking shabby anyway) so the hubs got to witness how i shop for shoes.

this is what's involved in my process, go to one store, find nothing. leave and go in another store. find nothing. leave and drive to another store. find nothing then drive to the last store and suck it up and buy finally buy something and end up paying more than I'd like to because i don't care at that point. they were the right size. the right color. and hey they were even on sale. tadaaaaa! the hubs wasn't really impressed but he was glad he didn't have to make the rounds inside with me.

but while i was in the first store, and he was reading in the car, I BROWSED and happened upon a new purse. i wanted it. great size, great style, leather, black but not boring or plain. PERFECT.

i called him in the car and got his blessing on the purchase.

then while still browsing, i found a purse I've had 3 times before. one was GREEN, one was Pink large and one was pink and smaller. this one was black. the reason i loved this particular purse so much was, there were pockets that were "JUST RIGHT" to fit a bottle. at the time that fit into my criteria since my purse doubled as a diaper bag for 2 kids.

i stopped, looked for a second at that black purse with bottle pockets, and KNEW i don't need those anymore. i walked away glad that I was getting this other bag with more style .

it's a milestone. just realizing I've moved past the need for a diaper bag/purse and embraced my new life as a mom without babies anymore. a mom with great style that goes to school.

yup I'm pretty stoked about my new purse, giddy enough i was ready to move into it in the car. (that's a sign of a good purchase.)

another sign of a good purchase is buying a sweater that SCREAMS CRAZYMAMA and then wearing it daily. and feeling fab while wearing it. yeah. if you see me around in my fuchsia sweater alot feel free to assume that I'm thrilled with it. because i am.

plus it's been freaking cold and my denim jacket doesn't match my denim trousers (oh and by the way, i don't wear the exact same jeans every day, i just happen to have 5 pairs of them. yes. i .do.)

and then...after we finally found the shoes, we went and got frozen yogurt.

this was the most datey part of our date tonight. we even sat down inside to eat our yogurt. yeah. we. did.

QUESTIONS?!

what kind of purse do you carry? big? small? what color? do you have certain criteria when shopping for a purse?

Dates? how often do you go out with your man? what do you normally do? how does he feel about shopping on your dates??

do you Ok certain purchases with your spouse? what's your price limit on purchasing something without permission?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

where they snub my attempts at culinary delight.

so, last night i cooked dinner again! 3 nights in a ROW! ok so they weren't gourmet meals by any means but i was the primary chef, which is not a common occurrence.

I admit, I prefer the take-out method of providing sustenance for the family, of course that's not financially responsible and eating out gets old soon enough. but why does it irritate me so much when half the family turns their nose up at whatever i've provided? it bugs me.

I can guarantee Liberty won't be eating what's provided. she's the queen of making Pb&j or cheese chips.

Joy recently has gone meatless and so has Hope and yet previously they've thoroughly enjoyed meat sauce and chicken. but now unless it's bacon or in nugget form all 3 girls snub my attempts at culinary delight. BAH!

and another thing....what is with kids saying they are full and then an hour later they are starving again? seriously? they must not have been freaking full, and just tired of sitting at the table. the 4th meal is fine for a late night taco bell run , but it irritates the heck out of me night after night in my kitchen.

anyway. i finished my research paper at 1 am . I had to do in text citations, and a works cited. which took longer than just reading the article and doing hyperlinks. blogging is so much easier. and yet kinda the same. except on the research paper I'm getting a grade. and i better dang well get a good one.

we'll see. the teacher seems to not care about the actual content , just if the citations are done correctly. we'll see how i did for my first real attempt. this is just practice for the real deal for the end of the semester.

ok, so i better get going. have a fabulous day.

Would you care to participate in the discussion of the day?

Dinner? does everyone happily eat what you provide or do they make their own meal?

do you have picky eaters? do their issues change on their every whim or are the consistent?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

My Likeness on a Watermelon.

yesterday the kids kept begging me to cut the watermelon we had in the fridge. so instead of just slicing it up, i cut the top off and scooped out the fruit and I carved it.(which is easier to do than carving a pumpkin)

by then Hope was NOT satisfied with her mini pumpkin (because she couldn't carve it, just decorate it.) so she claimed the watermelon as her own. she wanted eye lashes, and lips. i added some bangs, eyebrows and cheekbones and a nose.(excuse my camera phone pics)

the kids thought it looked like me. awesome, that's super flattering!;)

Liberty designed her own and carved it all by herself with no help from me. WHOOHO!

Then Paxton got to pick his own design out of the book and i got to help him. carve this...

Peyton and Joy still get to carve theirs. later. i'm sure i'll post those too.

Pierce is just happy to have his mini pumpkin (and maybe poke it with a fork,you know how he is. captain destructo)

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then last night i went to girls night and learned how to make the BEST ROLLS EVER!

(technically called Knot rolls)

we'll see how i do when i get my ingredients because I'm totally attempting the wonder.

now I'm craving chicken salad to go on them.

I hafta say i'm grateful to have such awesome friends.

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today i get to take a math test and write a paper for my English class , plus my standard scramble to keep up with the house.

and this afternoon is a primary carnival. wheeeeeeee where my 3 big kids are helping put it on for the younger kids. yeehaw!

then it get to taxi kids back and forth to dance

Wednesday's are my crazy afternoon.

what happened to the days when the only thing we had on our schedule was nap time?

and i had nothing more pressing than climbing laundry mountain?

Questions...

Carving pumpkins? have you? did you post pictures somewhere?

do you let your kids do it all by themselves or do you help (do it all) and just call it theirs?

have you ever carved something other than a pumpkin?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

Boo-delicious

You Have Been BOO'd!


The air is cool, the season is fall,

Soon Halloween will come to all.

Ghosts and goblins, spooks galore...

Tricky witches at your door.


The spooks are after things to do,

In fact, a spook brought this "BOO" to you.

The excitement comes when friends like you,

Copy this note and make it two.

We'll all have smiles on our faces,

When we see who Boo'd who's places.

I was Boo'd by Becky


The following 4 ladies have been officially BOO'd...

Leslie @ barefooted bandits -i've been going and listening to her halloween playlist. it's the best i've found! we listened while we carved our pumpkins!

Susie is a newer reader but i'm loving her comments, i think she posts daily(i haven't had tons of time to get to know her yet ). Ok so i may have thought she's too cute and thin to be my friend, but i just can't help liking her, and her cute kidlets. and she's real. not all perfecty perfect. i like that.

CARIE! - she found me from someone somewhere and was my stalker for awhile. (not really she'd just read and run.) she finally came out and commented and did for awhile, we have an online friendship going. she hasn't been commenting though and i hafta say i miss her comments

Lori!- she's a gal i've known in real life for about 3 years. (has it been that long? um yeah because Pierce was a baby when we met.) anyway she's got a ton going on, posts all the time. upbeat, real, gotta love it!


NOTE: for the ladies that got tagged, go to Becky's blog to copy the details (since, you can't copy on my page.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This BOO party was started by Toni@The Tattered Cottage. Please keep the fun going by following these instructions.


1. You have 24 hours to work your spell

2. Copy and post the Halloween Boo Poem with the instructions for playing.

3. Pick 4 blogs you enjoying visiting and tell why you enjoy visiting them, with a link to their blog and remember to link back to me.

4. Go to the original BOO Party post at the Tattered Cottage and add your McLinky.

5. Let's see how fast and far this spreads between now and Halloween.

© 2009 crazymamaof6

can i offer you a cupcake?

it's a SPOOOOKY Halloween cupcake with a creepy ring on top.

oh my they were delicious looking at the store. Pierce insisted on buying them.

we, brought them home, and i set them aside for the after school snack .

BUT, Pierce had other ideas.

he got them down from the back of the counter. and alas they didn't survive the fall. the box stayed closed but darn it if that greasy frosting didn't just slide off. and the ring was buried in gooey frosting in the box.

and who wants a cupcake with no frosting and no fancy ring? not Pierce.

i offered him one, "NO that's yucky mama", (he'd look and pick another one) "that one!(pointing) NOOOOO not that one. it's yucky mama! that one."

until i finally said, "um, dude they are all like this. take it or leave it. "

he picked an apple.

UGH.

wonder what the other kids will think when presented with their delightful after school spoooky Halloween cupcakes?

they didn't mind at all!

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last night we carved a couple pumpkins.

I'd purchased one of the pumpkin carving kits with the carving tools and fancy designs. at one point i was carving my design with 2 kids on my lap supervising while i carefully sawed in and out along the dotted line.

the kids had so much fun carving pumpkins i felt bad for being cheap and went and bought more pumpkins for the kids to carve this afternoon.

can you tell which design i picked out? it fits the theme for this month. ;)

oh and while i'm uploading pics

here are my fall wreath completed

and my Halloween wreath.

black wreath, i added purple lights but you can't really see them here,

and then, sheer black ribbon, silver glittery skulls, some Halloween word ornaments , and some skeleton hands.

then a giant bow, you can't see all it's bits but I'll tell ya about them,

there is... skeleton ribbon i had from last year.

black sheer, black and white polka dots and orange and black harlequin

© 2009 crazymamaof6

Let's play "What if?"

What if you suddenly had more money than you ever thought possible and you got everything you ever wanted...

what would you buy? do ? etc?

would you be happy?

would it magically fix everything you're worried about?

*Note: i'm not talking fantasy, fairy wishes or lottery winnings money here, I'm talking legitimate job that suddenly made more money in a month than you currently make in a year.*

and no we haven't hit it big. No it wouldn't solve any real issues other than money stress. and yes it would cause it's own problems . Yes, it would be a fabulous distraction for awhile.

• I would buy a Red convertible.
  
• a Van that runs and could take us on a long trip.
  
• a rabbit poop ice machine AND a soda on tap. (although if i had that? where would i go in my red convertible? my sonic friends would miss me.)
• a fabulous cruise with the hubs
• a fantasy vacation with the family.
  
• pay off every debt we have.
  
• pay off the house.
• finish the house remodeling.
  

© 2009 crazymamaof6

Crazymama's movie review-The vampire's Assistant.

Last night the hubs and I saw...

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.

I kinda loved it. i might have jumped once or twice since I'm easily scared in movies and see nothing coming. some parts were kind of dark or predictible. the characters and costuming and make-up were great. you know they set it up for more movies so when it ended I was left wanting more.

It's based off of the book series By Darren Shan. which i am now dying to get and read. or have my kids read.(if they feel so inclined, which i think they will) I'm not sure that I'd take my kids to see it. and yet the hubs thought it was fine for them to see. here's the kids in mind review of it.

Today we are headed to see Where the Wild Things Are as a family. the kids have been dying to go.

yesterday i had a FABULOUS haircut and visit with my friend and then i came home and crafted a rad Halloween wreath. sure it's only a week away but when the kids hung a glittery skull on my fall wreath i decided i should get on it and whip up a Halloween one. it's rad as always. i might post pictures or i might not. i finished the fall wreath a few weeks ago but never posted the finished project.

i guess i'm feeling kind of stingy with my crafty projects and decorations. i have no idea why, it's new for me.

ah well , gotta start doing hair so we can make our movie. i'll catch ya later.

Have you see the Vampires assistant? did you think you would when you saw the trailer?

what about where the wild things are?

What are your fun weekend plans?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

Assemblies, grades and comparing yourself to others

a friend posted this on her blog this week about comparing herself to others and I LOVE IT!
"You have to remember to put your blinders on and only compare yourself to you: yesterday."

This morning I went to the school quarterly awards assembly today at the kids school, i had to stay for both assemblies(k-3 and 4-6) since i have the whole range of grade levels.

This week as been full of disappointment for some of my kids,
first over report cards and then over awards.
While certain others, have been thrilled and seem to always do well and always stand out, some do great but aren't recognized for it, or don't do as well as they hoped to.

it's hard to watch them navigate through those feelings . and hard not to overshadow one child's accomplishments while encouraging another one that it's ok to get a B and maybe next time they will win an award.

it's hard for them not to compare their weaknesses to the others best attributes.
everyone does it. i do it. my friends do it. it's part of life and learning to let those feelings go is a huge part being happy with yourself and where you are right now.

if i only ever compared myself now, to my skinny pre-baby self, how happy do you think i would be? it's not realistic even to do so, so why do some people dwell on that? or comparing my house to someone else who makes a hundred grand more than we do and has 4 less kids?

is that realistic? is that helpful? NO! HECK NO!
realizing that myself is a challenge on occasion.
teaching my kids that is an ongoing process.

back to the topic of discussion....


Liberty got an award for winning worker
for trying her best and doing all her work.
She also got straight A's on her report card.
she's doing awesome in 4th grade and considering that 2 years ago she was a whole grade level behind in reading she's doing FREAKING AWESOME!

Hope got an award for winning attitude.
she wore her fluffy skirt today and looked super cute up on the stage.
i took pictures and video that i may post later.

she's doing pretty well in kindergarten.
she is quiet and not disruptive and excited to learn new things.
apparently a few of the overbearing louder kids sit around her
and they don't even phase her.
i guess being the 5th of 6 crazy kids she's used to that.

Joy didn't win anything at the assembly (not even math masters)
she cried and wanted to come home with me.
it's hard when you don't win anything and all of your friends do.
she's doing great in 2nd grade.
she rushes a bit on her penmanship
and doesn't turn in all her homework
and yet she does great .

Paxton is totally satisfied with his report card and Ok with no awards.
he sits nicely in class, has started participating more, does great on his spelling every week.
He's happy with where he's at in 3rd grade

Peyton was TOTALLY DEVASTATED to get 1 B on his report card.
it was a HIGH B and so close to an A.
It's honestly fine by me if he never got any A's but he isn't cool with that.
he was also totally disappointed not to get an award even for math masters. he's close and will definitely get to stand up and be recognized at the end of this quarter.

he's doing great in school and his teacher is totally satisfied with his performance. our conference about him lasted all of 3 minutes so he's doing awesome.
he reads tons and got all 4's on his citizenship.
meaning he's polite, nice and respectful of himself and the teacher and others.
that is WAY MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN LETTER GRADES. especially since he used to spend quality time in the Principal's office in kindergarten and 1st grade. back then he never got above a 3 in that category.
he's come a long way .

I try really hard not to compare my kids to each other, they do enough of that already. all the pressure to be as excellent at reading as Peyton and as good in Math as Liberty. and as great as Paxton in math. everyone has their strengths and their things they have to work harder on. accepting those things and being happy with themselves is the most important thing to me.
if they only ever got C's but tried their best and were happy to go to school I'd be fine.
life is too short and in the eternal scheme of things letter grades don't even make the long list of things ranking in importance to me.

now if only i could tell myself that every time i don't get 100% on a test. ;)

How do you reward your kids for a job well done in school?

do you pay for each A?

do they get a special treat?

How do you keep your kids from comparing themselves with eachother? is that even an issue for other families?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

My bus riding, eyeball eating, glow in the dark kid.

Pierce (my 3 year old ) used to be the star of this blog, i realized it's been awhile. since he's been full of it . you get to hear all about him. i know. you are thrilled. and i posted his school picture.

WhoohoO! relief!

today this kid happily got on the bus.

no screaming fit,

no wrestling him into his harness or seat belt,

and no wrangling him. and best part, no screaming all the way to school.

HALLELUJAH! heavenly day! WHEW!

the daily fight was exhausting .

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Last night Pierce got into the Halloween glow sticks i bought for the kids. he opened all of them, then cracked a few. there goes his glow in the dark devil pitchfork.

after he enjoyed it for a little bit, he bent it in half until it started leaking. So i took it away and put it in the trash. left the room. and forgot about it. Pierce did not.

this is his back and arm. glowing in the dark. he somehow dumped it all over himself.

He ruined his outfit, and needed a speedy bath.

FREAKING AWESOME!

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AND i mentioned i decorated for Halloween?well i got my standard chocolate eyeballs. to fill my apothecary jars.

(candy corn, glitter skulls, and chocolate eyeballs)

Pierce can't stay out of the chocolate eyeballs.

everyone else knows the Halloween decorative candy can't be consumed until i take down the holiday decorations. Pierce does not respect the decorative candy.

yesterday i told him that candy was a decoration.

he emphatically replied," NOT DECORATION, CHOCOLATE! it's CHOCOLATE MOM"

like he seriously can't waste good chocolate on my decorative use. now everyone wants some. ugh. looks like I'll have to go buy a bunch more if i want my jars full. he's been eating the candy corn too, but he prefers the chocolate.

well i'm off to school. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Holiday candy! is it decorative or for general consumption?

glow in the dark items? do you use them for Halloween and just for fun? (we've been known to take them to the park and drive in to spot them after dark and just for fun)

it's almost the weekend. How do you feel about weekends? love 'em or hate 'em?

© 2009 crazymamaof6

avoiding the stinkeye from the maid

so i haven't been around all day. avoiding the stinkeye from the maid again .

so since Pierce was at my sister's house having a grand time i went and got a pedicure.i was in serious need. and i frankly deserve it after the month i've had. yes i did. it's way better than a happy meal.

today's design? 2 tone pink with black and silver plaid.

otherwise I've been taxi drivin' the kids places, pick up , scouts, dance. dance. dinner. home.

oh and i finally got my Halloween decorations up to the point i'm satisfied. (i've been working on it for awhile)

and tonight i get to watch GLEE! yay. i need a pick me up.

i got some interesting hits today here. someone from Saudi Arabia dropped by, and a LURKER of the stalker variety stopped by and spent awhile in the archives. i'm intrigued.

© 2009 crazymamaof6

noggins and chalkboards...Yellow?

what do yellow, noggin and chalkboards have in common?

all three came up in conversation with my kids last night.

somehow we got around to the word yellow, as a greeting. like this...

ring ring ring yellow?

I said, "who says Yellow to answer the phone ?"

overwhelming unanimous yelling.

YOU DO! MOM DOES!

why yes i am a dork.

~~

later I'm washing Joy's hair the conversation goes like this

Me: give me your noggin.


Joy: MOM, why do you say noggin?





Me: it's another word for head.

she thinks I'm a dork.

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Around the dinner table last night. we are talking about parent/teacher conferences and moving seats in class, and Peyton needs to go get glasses before he can move.

Paxton chimes in saying he needs them too, then Joy. (everyone wants glasses i guess)

so i say,"do you have trouble seeing the chalkboard?"

Paxton answered, "I have a whiteboard"

Peyton chimed in then,"we all have whiteboards, chalkboards are for OLD PEOPLE!"

um, so now I'm an old person? and a dork!

(actually the hubs is an old person because he had chalk boards, but we got white boards at some point while i was in school. so there. i'm not really old yet.)

AWESOME!

nothing like an evening with the kids to discover your quirks (that you choose to ignore) :)

QUESTIONS!

so, do you ever use the term noggin in reference to a head?

how do you answer the phone?

chalkboards or white boards? what did you have as a kid? and what do your kids have.

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