Eww!

No, Bear doesn't have some kind of weird toe nail fungus, that's just marker. This is what happens when a stay-at-home mom tries to take 15 minutes to her self.

You gotta watch these guys like a hawk.

A pump-shu-what?

How school is the perfect fit for Kati and me. I was so nervous in the beginning and to be honest it still rattles me but clearly she is doing just fine.

Jeffrey doesn't like fish so I was kind in a pickle trying to find a recipe to use, not to mention that I have never cooked fish before. I found this recipe called "Fish marinade for people who hate fish". I let the kids make the marinade with me. This was Timothy's first time to really help with a cooking project. He liked it.

As you can see it was a hit with Bear. Now Kati, Kati was another story. That morning Kati had already decided she wasn't going to like it, "I think it is really interesting that Dadda brought home fish for us to eat but I am not going to like it."

Not last week but the one before that Jeff got to go fishing out on the ocean. Terrifying for me but very exciting for Jeff. Sorry about how tiny the pictures are. Just before he left we were up for new free phones and we got ones that take pictures but the quality when enlarged is terrible. By the way, did you know that sending a picture isn't the same price as sending a text. Live and learn I guess, today I will be calling and begging to have the charges removed. We were just picture crazy. He sent me pictures from the trip, I was sending pictures of the kids through out the day, man that can add up. Hopefully someone will have mercy on our ignorance.


Anyway back to fishing.He caught a shark. Actually he caught three but they will one let you keep your first one.
Doesn't his beard make him look like a burly fisherman. I begged 'til he shaved it off.

Uncle Jason.

Daddy

Here is the catch that Jeffrey brought home, that at some point we will be eating.

I couldn't have made a better choice myself

Wednesday morning it was very cold here so the kids and I cuddled up in my bed under double the blankets and watched Sesame Street for a lazy morning to go with the lazy weather. During one of the segments they talked about all the different things you could be when you grow up. I asked Bear what he would like to be. "Grandpa" he said and who can blame him when he has the kind of grandpa that he has, the best.

On a side note my Daddy got on a plane this morning and headed way down in Mexico to Chiapas. He will be there until November 8th and I would appreciate your prayers. Prayers for safety, the will of God, soft hearts and opened ears. I encourage you to follow the link to Chiapas and read about it. You can also go to youtube and watch some clips. Be in prayer for these people.

He has learned a few new things.

So I want to thank who ever taught Timbo how to kiss on the cheek, I am now going to have two brand new spots for acne. No, seriously though, thanks. Some of the boys are coming home for Christmas and they aren’t big fans of kisses on the lips but now Timbo will be able to give them sugars.

In bigger news—last night Timothy went pee pee in the potty. Very exciting. Who knows if he will keep it up. Right now he is interested so I am going with it.

And the last thing.

Probably the worst thing I have ever taught him.

I don’t know what came over me but I taught him how to scream.

Crazy, I know.

So the video you are about to see is not of him screaming but of him watching a video of himself screaming. You may want to turn your volume down before you watch, Kati and Bear scream too and Bears is pretty loud. I wouldn’t want anyone to come running to your desk wondering if you were alright. That would just be embarrassing

Random

If people would think it was too weird for me to wear my Christmas sweater than isn't it too early to have Wal-mart covered in Christmas as well.

We haven't even carved our pumpkins yet. Slow down everyone, Christmas will be here soon enough.

Has it really only been a month and a half?

Does anybody want to fund my trip back. I miss it already.


As you can see I got things working with the computer again. It was really technical and I probably shouldn't bore you with all the computer lingo but just in case you are having the same problem.....

I turned the printer off and back on. I know, it was really tricky. And if you need help I can walk you through it again.

Off...

and then back on.

I haven't forgotten that I have a blog it's just that the computer is making it nearly impossible to do anything.

I let him feed himself yogurt for the first time.

He keeps us busy...and a little tired.

Yes, I know it is dangerous to leave a baby on a table and yes I know he shouldn't be next to the sowing machine. No, I did not put him there, he got there on his own. It's his new favorite place to be and yes I keep taking him down.

There are times when I feel old...

Like when I had to have Jeff explain to me what an MP3 player was. And then I felt a little older when the baby used it before I did.

A boy and a frog

So Timothy has this frog that he named "Bubba", well actually he calls all toys bubba but if you say "go get your Bubba then he will come back with the frog, he is totally in love with it. Kati and Bear never really had a special toy like that when they were babies and we kind of forced it on Timbo. I put a smaller version of Bubba in his crib every night just hoping he would notice it one day and like it. And he did. So then I thought I just had to buy a bigger one and he became even more attached. I think it has a lot to do with the tag at the bottom of the frog. He would suck this thumb and play with the tag, all the time. It's even how he would fall asleep. Eventually the tag became so loved that most of it fell off but he loved it still. He loves it so much that Timothy won't sleep without it. He wakes up in the middle of the night if he can't feel it near him.

I became worried that if it were to get lost what the ramification would be so yesterday I bought a back up Bubba, exactly like the original, for the mental well being of our child. But I am pretty sure after you watch this video you will see that if Bubba does get lost Timbo won't be fooled by imitations.

Well, at least I know she is listening

"So Mom, are we like Israelites, or like humans or what?!"

Flashback Friday

Is it cheating to call it "Flashback Friday" if it only happened last Friday?

I know, I know, you are probably thinking "Another post about the zoo!", but the truth is we would live there if it were possible. In fact , Kati has already said that she wants her room with the penguins.
So I know I told you last time that every time we go to the zoo we see something new and that statement held out to be true this time as well. See this fake log, well it's half on our side and half in the black bear exhibit and that lovely lady standing by it is a zoo keeper how is feeding the bears through a hole in the log. If the kids had been brave enough they could have crawled in the log to get a close look at the bear. It would have been safe of course. To tell you the truth, if it hadn't been for all the grown-ups around I would have crawled in myself.

Taking a break

When we went into the bird area it was a little overwhelming. To say that the birds were ravinous would be an understatement. You can tell by Timothy's face that it was a little much.

But being the good natured kid that he is he adjusted quickly.
Now, I know there are about a million pictures of him with the birds but if you had been there you would understand.

He was just in love.

The little birdies would get on the feeder stick and he would get so excited and scream and shout and wave his arms that the bird would fly away out of fright.

Then he would just scream and cuss because he wanted another one.

And then some starving bird would come to him against their better judgment.
(Just look at that face, there was no containing that joy)

And it would happen all over again.

He had a great time. I hated to leave.

Here was the other new thing we got to see, cheetah's. When we come this guy and his mate are always hiding back in the tree, making it almost impossibly for little eyes to see them. But today was an acception, they were just out roaming around. The kids really enjoyed this treat.

Trying new things

Occasional I get a wild hair and want to try something new for dinner and thankfully, even though my husband is a picky eater he welcomes my trying new things.


This time I wanted to try to make Kung Poa Chicken. I decided this after having some at "Panda Press" and then discovering we were growing onions in our backyard. So before dinner one evening the kids and I headed out to the backyard to gather part of dinner.
I love the smell of these onions, it reminds me me of many'a summer day with my sister Courtney.

I didn't even realize that it was October 1st until I was getting things ready for circle time. I am so excited. So not long after school was over I headed out to the garage and started pulling all of my Halloween boxes out. It was fun watching the kids get excited about all of the decorations. And I would be lying if I didn't' tell you I was thrilled to see my witches hat, I think I have had it since high school. I would also by lying (by omission) if I didn't tell you that I spent the rest of the morning doing my chores while wearing the hat.

I would have taken pictures to show you all the festivities but I am to lazy to put the card in the camera. Wow, that's really embarrassing. So for now feel free to look back at pictures of the kids from past Halloween's.

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If I was crafty enough I would change the blog background to something fallish.