Kids Say the Darndest Things

My kids have a habit of cracking me up. There are just times when things come out of their mouths that make me laugh so hard I almost...well you know. Here's a few of our latests.

1. My mending pile was getting larger and over breakfast I told the kids I was going to fix things that day with my sewing machine. To which Aspen said, "We have a sewing machine?!?" So sad, I know, I really just don't pull it out that often.

2. My sister, Marlene, has EXTREME arachnophobia. EXTREME!!

Me, "Aunt Marlene has never seen 'Arachnophobia'."
London, "That's because she's scared of Spiders, isn't it?"
Aspen, "So scared!"
Phoenix, "Remember that time when we saw the alligators at the alligator park?"

Notice there is no opening about the alligators, that's just our 4 year old putting in his 2 bits.

3. On our way home from church we were discussing a little boy in Aspens Primary class:

London, "Isn't his name Joshua Stanley?"
Mom, "Who's Joshua again?"
Phoenix, "He's Aspen's boyfriend. He likes to kiss her and hug her. And he wants to marry her."
Aspen, "What!?!?"
Phoenix, "Oh! And he really loves her."

Brothers are brothers no matter how old they are.

4. While having Mexican for dinner Aspen asked, "Can I have some Guatemala and chips please?"

5. While using Jared weight machine.

Phoenix, "London is strong, I am kind of strong and Aspen is weak."
Aspen, "I am strong!"
Phoenix, "No...you're not"

Family Movie Night

Whenever Jared goes on a work trip he brings the kids back a prize. This time it was "Monsters vs. Aliens." I am not a huge fan of this movie but the kids (including Jared) love it. So we camped out in front of the TV and had a movie night.

As you can see, Sicily is just in it for the Popcorn. As soon as the Popcorn's gone so is she.

Adoption

I have a wonderful friend from College, Debbie, who was blessed enough to give birth to little Abby almost 4 years ago. But the Lord has not made it possible for her to have any more children.

They just signed up for adoption and they need our help. Look on my sidebar and see their cute little family. If you click on their photo you can read their Profile. And if you wouldn't mind spreading the word they are asking as many people as possible with Blogs to put their Adoption Button on your Blog. Follow the instructions on my sidebar.

Thank you so much for all of your help. Debbie is the BEST Mom ever, and deserves a dozen children at least. Please help her find a match so they can help their family grow.

Gymnastics

We were watching Georgia Tech vs. Alabama Gymnastics Meet this afternoon. Sicily and Phoenix decided to show off their talent. We couldn't pick which video was cuter, so you get to watch both.

Look What I Made!

Isn't it just the cutest!?! I love it. My very crafty friend, Angie, invited me round to make this cutest Valentines Decoration. I didn't get it at first but it actually says, "Sweetie Pie." Isn't that adorable.
The fun thing was, everyone else that made one used different paper and embellishments. So even though they were all the same they all looked completely different. So fun! Thanks Ang!

Worst Job Ever

I have a list of a few household jobs that I absolutely HATE to do.

For example:
Dishes
Bathrooms
Emptying the Diaper Pail
Mopping
Edging the Lawn
Hanging up the Laundry (3 1/2 years in Australia)
etc.

From the look of that list you'd wonder which jobs I do like. But the ultimate WORST JOB that I completely find NOT APPEALING at all is cleaning up dog poop in the back yard. Now don't worry, this is weeks and weeks worth.I am very excited for when my kids are old enough and coordinated enough to do this job for me.

Boys will be Boys

After a rather roundy game of football on the trampoline with his friends, London came home with these. I didn't know you could even bend glasses this far. I was not about to try and fix them, they would break for sure.

So we took them into the Eye Dr for repair. The Dr, himself, looked at London's glasses, as I asked if they'd be covered under the 1 year warranty. He said, "Well, that usually only covers normal wear and tare." To which I responded, "Well he is 9. This is normal wear and tare." He didn't find that as amusing as I did.

I fully expected to have to buy some new glasses, but to my surprise they were able to fix them. Thank goodness. So we got our glasses back in one piece. And London has been informed to NOT wear his glasses if things get a bit too rowdy.

What to do When You're Sick

First of all I'd like to point out how clean my Family Room is. I'm rather proud of that point in this picture but actually a little bit shocked. :)

Anyhow, we have not all been feeling the best in our home lately. Phoenix came home early from Pre-School this day and he definitely caught it from Sicily. So though you can tell exactly what this is, let me direct you to the next photo.
Even when they are sick aren't they just the cutest!?! We camped out in front of the TV for a couple of movies this day. That may explain why my Family Room is so clean. :) They were too sick to mess it up.

We are all definitely on the mend now. Not contagious anymore, I don't think. Hope everyone else is feeling well.

Hair Cuts, Finally!

I've told my boys I don't care how long their hair is as long as they maintain it. That means it has to be cleaned, combed and sparkling. Well, London has done quite a job of growing his hair out these past few months.
But it's finally taken it's toll. One night, 8:00 pm, he finally decided to chop it off. I think after the 100th time of me telling him to wash his hair properly, and comb it down flat he just finally got sick of it.

So we chopped it off.

Do you notice the difference?

Crazy thing was as I started by buzzing the bottom, like I always do, you couldn't even tell I'd cut anything because the top hair was so long it almost reached to the bottom too. I had to go over it quite a few times to get it as short as he wanted.

His teacher at school the next day said this was kind of a crazy hair cut for the winter. I'd have to agree, but at least I don't have to tell him to comb it anymore.

Thunder?

Last night about 11:00 we were getting ready for bed and heard a rather loud Banging noise. We thought it was thunder. Jared went outside to let Charlie (our dog) into the garage and said "There's not a lot of clouds, but you never know."

Well, it wasn't thunder. Not soon after the sound we heard Police and Firetruck sirens. They are building a new High School about 2 miles from here and apparently there was a propane burner explosion on the roof that may have caused up to $50,000 in damage. We don't know what caused it yet but WOW!

And we thought it was thunder!

Oh my Word!

So being down for 2 days with sickness is apparently not good for Sicily. When you're sick and tired and sleep or watch TV most of the day you'd think when you feel better life would just go back to normal. NO WAY!!

She has woken up at 6:30 and not had a nap for the last 2 days. She literally runs around the house screaming like a crazy person, jumping on anyone who happens to fall in her path, pulling out every wipe she can reach while emptying all her drawers, brothers and sisters drawers in the mean time. Oh, not to mention the random toilet flushing I hear about ever 10 mins! I literally think that 2 days of sleeping has created 2 days of Crazy Girl.

And if it doesn't stop soon I think I'm going to be the one that's Crazy!

Not Feeling too Hot

Sicily spent most of the night crying or in our bed. She has a nasty fever, runny nose and true grumbliness. And she passed it on to me while I slept. So we spent the last day of the kids Christmas Break moving around rather slowly and sitting, a lot.

When Daddy got home things looked a little better. There's nothing better than snuggling up on Daddy when you're feeling yucky. And Daddy doesn't mind the sit down time to play a little Wii with...
Phoenix. Who is totally healthy by the way, and I think loves it when Mom's sick, cause he gets to camp out in front of the TV a lot and Mom doesn't kick him out of the house to go play because she doesn't have the energy.

Yummy Pie!

Last Christmas thing for 2009. Blueberry-Cherry Pie. Don't you wish you could've had some?!?

The Craziness Continues

Her new favorite place to drink her juice. I don't think she'll fit here for too much longer.
You're never too little for a Time Out. I was upstairs when this happened. Apparently she bit Aspen. Not a good thing.

Best Husband in the World

When you have 4 kids, one HUGE dog, a rabbit, LOTS of random kids in the neighborhood and the worst carpet in the world...This is what you end up with about once a month.
But thanks to my hubby, who let me buy a carpet cleaner and then offered to do the labor for me, my house is once again sparkly clean. Isn't he amazing. It just looks so lovely. Love you Babe!

Thanx Marlene

I've been collecting Nativities for a few years. I was absolutely amazed as we unpacked Christmas stuff to find how many Nativities I actually own. But I got a few more added to my collection thanks to my sister and sister-in-law. I only got a picture of this one from Marlene (sorry Dana). But isn't it beautiful! It's ornament size and just as gorgeous as can be. Thank you Marlene, I love it.

New Years Aftermath

How to know if your child stayed up to late on New Years Eve. Close up for you.

We had the Missionaries over for dinner on New Years Day. After dinner we were watching a DVD they brought over called "By Small and Simple Things." About 10 mins in I looked over at Aspen and this is what I found. It was only 6:30 pm. Poor thing. She was absolutely wiped out. And even this her brothers going at it right in front of her, she was just GONE!

Museum Park

The Sugar Land Museum is right next door to a pretty cool park. Lots of walking trails and hills to roll down and this super cool bridge. You just gotta take that extra half an hour to have a little play time with your kids once and a while.

One of the benefits of having small children is it's OK for you to play on the play ground with them. Yes, some adults will still look at you funny. But mostly they are just jealous that they don't have an excuse to go down the slippery slide like you do.
I am not quite sure how Aspen didn't puke after this ride. My Dad used to do this to us on our tire swing as kids. I think that's probably what messed up my equilibrium, and why I'm forever klutzy and get motions sickness everywhere. But when you're 7, this kind of ride is the bees knees.

Awesome See-saw. It even held me and Jared. Phoenix kicked me off pretty quick though. I think I'll need to go back to have a second go.