Halloween Hater

I personally hate halloween. I don’t see the point at all! Of course, I don’t see some of the points of Christmas either, but at least there isn’t any scaring of people for Christmas.

Anyway, since I’m sick and the kids are sick we’re staying home tonight and Eric is handing out candy to trick or treaters. We’ve only had two. The second one was a little tiny boy who was wearing a hockey mask and carrying a machete. Hmmmm…. When Eric opened the door the little psycho killer yelled out in a cheery voice “Happy Halloween!” When Eric said he was giving him nerds and a peanut butter cup the kid cries out with joy “peanut butter! COOL! Thanks!” and runs off. So funny!

And now my kids are eating a piece of candy. Noah chose the Nerds but can’t seem to remember what they are called. So far he’s referred to them as “Narwalls” and “Nermils.” Ha!

Too soon to joke about H1N1?

I thought a funny costume for the Fall Festival (church’s alternative to Halloween) would be to have my kids wearing comfy clothes and a hospital mask and a sign on the front and back of them that says “Please stay back, I have swine flu.” But then I remembered they said no scary costumes.

Instead maybe we’ll decorate our house for the first time ever for Halloween night with a big sign on the front door that says “Sorry, no candy here! We all have Swine Flu.” I wonder how many people would knock.

How to grow bigger

Noah and Bella were talking about growing taller mainly because Noah wants to and Bella knows everything. This is how the convo went….

N: I wants to grow taller, Bella.
B: Well, you have to eat vegetables and get lots of sleep and you for sure can’t drink any coffee.”

Yes! I successfully passed on an old wives tale to my children!

An anatomy lesson of sorts

Tonight Noah (3), Addy (5) and Paige (2) all bathed together. Noah was the last one to get in and Paige couldn’t help but notice that something was different about him. She looked up at Brooke and said “Mommy, Noah has a tail!” Steve, Brooke and I all nearly died of laughter (in fact, I’m laughing out loud again right now!). Hilarious!!!!

A few minutes later Addy set Paige straight. “It’s not a tail, it’s a wiener.”  With Paige responding, “Oh, I don’t have a wiener. I have a booty. A twizzle.” Noah wondered where her booty was and she proceeded to point in the direction.

Okay small children…enough anatomy lessons for the night! After they got all of that out in the open there was no more discussion. Oy!

Finally! Another post! Oh, and Bella’s First Day of School Pictures!

 

 

Glee is not for me

  Has anyone seen the new show Glee? Apparently there are a lot of people who love it. I for one think it sucks! I watched the pilot and thought it was just so-so. That’s how pilots are though and it seems to be the type of show that grows on you so I gave it another chance.

I watched the next episode last week on hulu and still thought it sucked. I can’t stand shows that have an affair as part of the major story line. I didn’t finish the episode because I just couldn’t bring myself to it, but (possible spoiler here?) the cute young single teacher is in love with the married lead teacher who is in a bad marriage. I wonder where they are going to take that? Ugh! When is hollywood going to quit glamorizing infidelity? Probably never. Which means I will be watching fewer and fewer of their movies/shows!

If anyone watches Glee regularly and they decide to end the nonsense between the two teachers, let me know. I might try watching it again.

“I’m Too Excited To Sleep!”

Bella’s been in bed for an hour already and is showing NO signs of sleepiness. Between having 2 or 3 loose teeth for the first time ever AND starting First Grade tomorrow how can one possibly get some shut eye?

Noah on the otherhand is three sheets to the wind. But without the alcohol.

Always something to be done…

For those Moms reading this blog I have a question. How do you find peace and relaxation REGULARLY in your own home when there always seems to be something that needs to be done?

I don’t dwell on it all the time, but every few months I kind of want to freak out because I can’t even sit in my own home and relax. The floor needs to be vacuumed, the kids need help with something, the lawn needs to be mowed, and on and on the list of things goes. Things I could/should be doing rather than just relaxing. And, that’s how my head works. I sit and feel guilty about what else I could be doing. And it’s not like I have to try to think of something. I just look around from where I sit and see all of the things that can be/should be done. It doesn’t matter what time of day or if I just finished cleaning the entire house. There’s ALWAYS something that needs to be done.

So, any thoughts on how to break this? I don’t want a girl’s night out (well, I wouldn’t mind that too), I want to know how to be able to relax and have a peaceful mind IN my own home. With my family. Regularly.

Becoming a Teenager

Noah: Mom, I want to gwow up cause I wants to be a teenager.

Me: I don’t want you to be a teenager. I want you to be my baby.

Noah: No, I wants to be a teenager so I tan be big, but my head won’t det any taller.

Me: Well, that’s okay because you have plenty of time to get big and I want you to just be my baby.

Noah: K, I be your baby.

PHEW!

Lunch Ideas?

I’m going to start making Bella’s school lunch every day and Eric regular lunches as well. Anyone have any great ideas so I don’t get stuck in a rut before I even start? I am terrible at coming up with lunches. Please keep in mind that Bella won’t have a fridge or microwave to put her stuff in.