Toothy Milestones

Well, Connor's name will soon be added to the tooth fairy's route. He has his first (very) loose tooth. My bet is, it will be gone within a week.

Connor

Mr Tin-Man

I'm raising a boy!

Yeah I know, newsflash right? It is just something that was reiterated to me yesterday.
I am raising such a boy!

Around mid-day yesterday, Sadie comes out to tell me that the toilet won't flush. Within an hour the entire bathroom is backed up, its nasty, stinky and gross. I can't get ahold of the landlord, and I can't do anything. No dishes, no laundry. Nothing. So we just have so suffer through it. Praying that everyone did their #2 before lunch, lol, we muck through the day.

Connor comes in and tells me he has to potty, I grab the key, walk to the bathroom with him , where he takes one look, then turns back to me and says....."I was just kidding"
Fast forward about thirty minutes, and he is now doing "the dance"

He looks at me with pleading eyes....."Can't I just go on a tree?!"

Ahhh, raising boys.


We finally got ahold of the landlord around 9pm, and roto rooter was here around 10. We now have a clean, working bathroom again. :0)

Have you seen..

this commercial? http://www.priceless.com/us/personal/en/pricelesstv/

LOL It cracks us up everytime....because thats Connor! LOL He has those goofy dances that you can't help but laugh at. :0)

Remember the Tru Dog video? It gives you a little glimpse of his "cool" dancing. :0)
I love that kid!

Connor

Today I'm having a very rough day with Connor. I'm short tempered because I have a headache. And stressing about some other things. So I know I'm not dealing with him in the best way. He's having a rough day as well. So I decided to create a post with 5 things I love about my buddy. :)

1. When he laughs his real laugh, its infectious.
2. He is extremely creative, and I marvel at some of the things he comes up with.
3. His goofy dances :)
4. His love of cooking. He loves to cook/bake and pretend to cook/bake
5. He really does have a heart of gold. He can be the sweetest child. :)

Ok: I had to come back and add a few more

6. His incesent love for all things band aids. I love that I have to hide them or he will cover himself in them.
7. He's always willing to be his sisters' prince charming :)
8. He's an awesome reader
9. He's a great cuddler

Greetings from Rhode Island

A week or so ago, I emailed my two email loops asking people if they would be interested in sending the kids a post card representing their state to the kids. Imagine the kids surprise today when they recieved a BOX from Rhode Island. :) Included was a wonderful letter detailing the items she had sent, which included the state rock, a 16 oz bottle of the state drink, a deck of cards with Rhode Island on them, a lapel pin, some post cards, brochures etc. Very cool. :)

Connor Reading

My Funny Guys.... :)

I found these cute basketball theme jersey outfits at wal mart tonight for $2 :)

Happenings...

I didn't blog yesterday at all! WOW, that must be a record or something. I even had something to blog about- I just didn't. So anywho- here it is. :)

Caroline stayed the night on Monday- and we bought two bags of Rhodes cinamon rolls for breakfast on Tuesday. We all ate, but Connor woke up late, so he was eating last, There was a wood chip in one of his rolls!! Quite sharp too- thankfully he wasn't hurt, but I did write the company and let them know I was unhappy. Of course it was a token, "sorry, we'll send you some coupons" Pretty much what I was expecting, but it still irritated me.

Um, cleaning cleaning, same old same old. I got my book in the mail yesterday from paperback swap- Bringing up Boys. I already started reading it and I think it will be a great read. Aaron has agreed to read it too.

I'm looking forward to Saturday. We're going to the VOW Marriage Conference. I hope its worth our money. :)

Um Son?

I'm just speechless----I mean, what do you SAY? ROFL! What a boy I have.

Cool mama or insane mama?

Its temporary- but I figure what the hey- its summer- and its only hair right?

The Flies Have it

Wanna know something gross? My kids love flies. Yeah- those annoying litle fruit flies! They catch them, and name them. *sigh* Most of the time its either Dora or Josh.
Sadie doesn't enjoy them nearly as much as Connor and Grace, and I know that I am certainly hoping that now its summer, and I won't have my windows open, the appearance of these critters will diminish significantly.