My children have the ability to make me laugh like no one else, even when they’re not trying. Especially when they’re not trying. Sometimes they say the darndest things, perfectly innocently, that are just flat hilarious. And some of their words and phrases have forever altered the Family Vocabulary. Cajun Seasoning, for example, will forevermore be known as Kuh-Juan’ Seasoning because Katie Beth thought the container said Cajuan. She ever-so-innocently…
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Funny Stuff
Now that I’m an Old Maid.
I’ve had way too many weekends alone lately to sit and think and stare at the walls and listen to the sounds of the ….crickets. And with all this ‘thinking’ I’ve had time to do, I’ve come to the conclusion that rather than being sad, like I have been, and focusing on how I miss having someone, its time to dive off headfirst into this ‘single’ situation. Embrace it. Live…
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Peace Out, Brother.
The other day Katie Beth and I were happily snuggled on the couch, quietly watching a movie together. Annie, who doesn’t have the attention span to tackle an entire movie, had lost interest and wandered off upstairs to rock out on the Barbie guitar and the karaoke machine. Until she realized no one was paying attention, so she set out to remedy that situation. And came downstairs in her nightgown,…
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HiLaRiouS.
So, its been a couple of weeks. And because I’m feeling lazy and burned out, and really have nothing worthwhile to say here, I’m going to totally cheat and repost something I first posted on this blog two years ago. Because I’m thorough like that, I haven’t even checked to see if the links still work and the blog is even still around… Hope so, because it was pretty funny….
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Good Night, John Boy. Good Night, Mickey. Good Night, Goofy.
My kids have this obsession with putting everyone to bed at night. Before they can get into bed themselves, they must run around the house putting pajamas on the dolls and stuffed animals that have them, placing them in the horizontal position, then tucking them all in under a blanket of some sort. This family, the Brangelina of the dollhouse world with their slew of adopted children, is an Attachment…
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Monday Conversations and the End of a Honeymoon.
This morning, Annie was talking to Daddy as he got ready for work. A few minutes passed, and Annie asked, ‘Daddy, did you get something new for your ear?’ He looked in the mirror, and there was a glob of shaving cream he had missed, near his ear. ~~~~~ Just now, we heard a noisy garbage truck pass by. Annie asked, ‘Is that daddy coming home?’ I answered, ‘No, that…
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Bringing Out the Big Guns. Part 2.
So yesterday Annie, age 3, and her friend Audrey, age 4, were swinging side-by-side on a swingset. Annie was trying to talk to Audrey, but Audrey was clearly ignoring her. After a couple of comments from Annie, with no response from Audrey, Annie asked… “Audrey?” *silence* “Audrey!” Annie exclaimed, a little more emphatically. *still silence* “AUDREY!” hollered Annie. *still no response* Annie, who is not a girl who is used…
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Overheard From the Backseat.
Today on the way home from school, KB and her BFF were talking about their favorite colors. C: My favorite color is aqua. KB: Okra is not a color. C: I didn’t say okra, I said aqua. I know okra is not a color! Okra is a lady on tv. Mommy: (Mentally scrolling through all known cartoon characters, confused about WHO she’s talking about, when suddently it dawns on me.)…
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A Vocabulary Lesson from Baby A: Lello Fwoot Loll-Up.
Lel’-lo Fwoot Loll’-Up: (noun): a flat, pectin-based fruit-flavored candy, wrapped around a piece of cellophane for easier removal. Manufactured by General Mills and sold in grocery stores in boxes of 10. They are available in green, Lello, or other bright colors. Used in a sentence: “Can oo get me anudda lello fwoot loll up now?”
A Vocabulary Lesson from Baby A: Sweaty-a-Getty.
SWEATY-A-GETTY [swet e uh get e]: –noun. a white, starchy pasta of Italian origin that is made in the form of long strings, boiled, and served with any of a variety of meat, tomato, or other sauces.
Meet My Child……..Dennis?
Isn’t it so funny how two siblings from the same two parents, raised in the same home with the same Growing Kids God’s Way-ology, can be so DIFFERENT? Case in point…. My two. If you know KB, you know she’s the typical first-born: sweet, shy, quiet, wants to please her parents and teachers, and A-#1 Rule Follower. Can play alone (WITH ONLY PARENT-APPROVED TOYS, MIND YOU) for HOURS on end,…
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THe DoRoTHy SoNG.
The other day in the car, KB asked me if I’d play the CD with the ‘Dorothy Song.’ I was baffled, thinking “Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz???” or “Dorothy Dinosaur???” and knowing I had NO such type of song, when she in exasperation said, “MOM!! Its that song that goes, ‘Dorothy, Dorothy, we a-Dorothy.” It took me a minute to realize she was talking about “Joyful, Joyful, We ADORE…
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