Out of the Mouth of an Intern..

With that Intern being me!

Me: John Doe! Pull your pants up! Right now!

Me: Please don't stick your finger in that!

Me: Bring your paper to me so I can cut the snot off the bottom!

Me: Seriously?! You just did that?

Me: Please stop, now! (said approximately 1,547 times a day)

Me: I love you too but please don't pet me!

Me: Get the scissors out of your mouth now, please!!

Me: Don't lick that!

Just a few of the things I heard myself saying today....

So Long, Lil Kim

After 10 years and 107,700 miles..."Lil Kim" (don't ask), my 2001 Civic, is NO longer mine! My fab husband bought me a GMC Yukon! I am so stinkin' excited...it's not even funny! We kept Lil Kim for hubs to drive to work because his truck is getting a lot of wear and tear and miles on it...so she's not far...but don't think I'll be driving her anytime soon! I looove looove my truck!! And she needs a name...

And this is what the kiddos said when I got home with it, before hubs got home...."Ummm, does Daddy know about this?!"

And the Vomit Continues...

Evidently our youngest daughter likes to keep us on our toes with....vomit! This is how it went last night about midnight...

Youngest Daughter: ::yelling from her bedroom:: Daddy!! Daaadddyyyy!!

Hubs: ::running into her room:: What?! What's wrong?

Youngest Daughter: ::standing by her bedroom door:: My belly huur....::projectile vomit:: hurts.

Hubs: Go into the restroom!!

YD: ::walks into restroom...stands in front of the toilet and vomits all over the lid...without raising it::

I enter about this time: What's going on?!

Hubs: She just threw up ON the toilet.

Me: Well, better than her bed...

And then I begin scrubbing vomit off of her bedroom wall and carpet and hubs begins scrubbing the bathroom...at midnight....and then she continues to vomit all night...BUT she made it IN the toilet the rest of the night....HOPEFULLY she has the concept down now...vomit goes IN the toilet....

And the joys of motherhood continue!!

Vomit

If vomit bothers you...I suggest you leave now......Don't say I didn't warn you!



Tuesday Morning - 6:25am

Husband walks into youngest daughter's room to wake her up for school...upon entering he smells THAT smell, you know what I'm talking about...

Youngest daughter wakes up: Daddy, there's something WET in my bed!!

Husband: What?! What is it? Did you go potty?? (really confused because luckily we've NEVER had that problem)

YD: Oh no, I throwed up last night. (she says this very nonchalantly) (I also know "throwed" is not a word...and so does she, but she chooses to use it!)

Husband: What?! Why didn't you call for us?

YD: I didn't know if I was supposed to. I feel fine though.


A few minutes later....

Me: Why didn't you go to the restroom??

YD: I didn't have to potty!!!!



So yeah, our kid threw up in her bed SOMETIME during the night...because hello people...she DIDN'T need to potty...didn't bother to yell for us so we could clean it up...she totally slept in a vomit filled bed all night. I then threw up myself when I cleaned it...it was an awesome morning I tell ya! I gave her a friendly reminder that if you ever feel like you're going to throw up, go to the restroom!! Even if you don't have to potty!!

Wolf & Cat

Youngest Daughter: (very serious tone) DADDY!! Me and C think I'm part WOLF!!!

Hubs: (holding in laughter) Why do you think that?

YD: Because Daddy...look...I can make these teeth (eye teeth) move up and down! Watch! ::Rubbing her finger up and down on her eye teeth)

Hubs: ::watching...nothing happening::

YD: See it Daddy??

Hubs: Yeah...I saw that! ::turning around, bright red, from holding in laughter::

YD: ::running off:: See, C!!! Daddy thinks so too!!

Seriously you guys, the stuff this kid comes up with is crazy!! She really thinks she's part wolf because her eye teeth "move." She felt her finger moving up and down and thought it was her tooth! LOL

A few hours earlier while blow drying their hair, I hear this convo...

Younger Daughter to Oldest: You know that little bity girl in my class? (there is a little girl with CF in her class and she truly is tiny and oh so adorable!)

Oldest: Yes...what about her?

YD: I think she's part cat...

OD: Why? Because she's so little?

YD: Yeaaah! She's soooo tiny!! She must be part cat....

I honestly have no idea where my child is getting these ideas....she's part wolf and her friend is part cat because she's tiny!! Gotta love kids...

80's or 90's?

My husband collects coins. Awesome, I know. ;) Anyhow, he was sitting on the floor going through them and sorting them...however you sort old coins....money you can't spend! Our youngest daughter sits down beside him and starts asking two million questions as usual. She picks up some ancient coin and says:

YD: "How old is this one

Hubs: "Really really old. Before there were a lot of people around

YD: "Oh, so from the 80's or the 90's? Because that was a looong long time ago!"

Nice. I was born in the early 80's and Hubs was born in the late 70's...guess we're ancient.

Dog Whisperer

We've had Lucee, our dog, for almost a year and a half. She has umm somewhat settled down, is finally able to stay in the house unattended, of course totally house trained, and also our oldest daughters BFF!

Hubs and I play "fetch" with Lucee, if you want to call it that. We throw her rope toy, she runs to get it, runs back to us and just stands there with it in her mouth. She won't drop it and most times will run off when we try to take it from her. We throw the toy in the air and she watches it hit the ground then picks it up. Hmm, ok..maybe she just doesn't have the concept down yet.

Enters our oldest daughter...she throws the toy...Lucee runs and gets it and returns it to C and promptly drops it. C throws it into the air...Lucee jumps up and catches it mid air. Seriously?! These two have a special little bond going on. They will cuddle up on the floor together, C will sit on the floor next to Lucee's water bowl and watch her drink, she takes her outside to potty...they are stuck together!

It's so adorable and Hubs and I have started called C the dog whisperer...all in love!

Sprinklers

We were on our way home from the dreaded exciting toy store and it started to pour down rain...the closer we got to home, it slowly slacked off. Our youngest daughter pipes up from the backseat, "God must have moved his sprinklers over to water his other yard!"

What She Thinks About Daddy - Part 2

This is what our youngest daughter thinks about Daddy.. in her very own words and spellings! All italics are me!

• How does Daddy make you laugh? "When he tikels me."
• What makes Daddy happy? "when he sees us."
• What makes Daddy sad? "when we are at are moms house." (it does make us very sad)
• How old is Daddy? "31" (30 will work too)
• What was Daddy like when he was your age? "Happy"
• How tall is Daddy? How much does he weigh? "Huge. 50 pounds." (Daddy is huge at 50 lbs so Mama must be a whale at 105 lbs)
• What is his favorite thing to do? "werk." (or work)
• If Daddy becomes a superstar, what will it be for? "mony." (money, think she got confused)
• What is Daddy’s job? "a fireman."
• What is Daddy’s favorite food? "ckooches" (that'd be cookies)
• What makes Daddy proud of you? "clening up."
• What is Daddy really good at? "panting" (um, that's painting people, this is a family blog!)
• What is Daddy not so good at? "nothing."
• How do you know Daddy loves you? "beachus he loves us." (Duh)
• Where does Daddy like to go? "where he goe to the sore." (sore - store - same thing!)

There you have it, our baby girls sure love their daddy!

What She Thinks About Daddy - Part 1

This is what our oldest daughter thinks about Daddy.. in her very own words and spellings! All iltalics are me!

• How does Daddy make you laugh? "He tickles me."
• What makes Daddy happy? "When I play with him."
• What makes Daddy sad? "When we fight" (her and her sister)
• How old is Daddy? "31" (he's really 30)
• What was Daddy like when he was your age? "Happy."
• How tall is Daddy? How much does he weigh? "24 feet and 100 pd." (wow)
• What is his favorite thing to do? "To work."
• If Daddy becomes a superstar, what will it be for? "Vido games" (video)
• What is Daddy’s job? "A firefitter." (close, firefighter)
• What is Daddy’s favorite food? "Cookies."
• What makes Daddy proud of you? "when I get 5 awards."
• What is Daddy really good at? "a firefitter."
• What is Daddy not so good at? "nothing."
• How do you know Daddy loves you? "cause he loved us when we a baby." (ebonics)
• Where does Daddy like to go? "to Calse O Lae." (Case Ole' and actually Daddy hates that place but goes cus Mama LOVES it.)

Ok, seriously, is that not the sweetest stuff ever?

Father's Day

I sure got lucky when I found my husband. Not only was/is he amazing to me, he was/is an amazing father to his two young baby girls. He was a single father for a few years before we met. Not commonly heard of these days! I think that's part of what attracted me to him, besides that cute little smile of his! I'm so thankful he has allowed me to be part of our not so baby girls lives! He is, unfortunately, working a 24 hour shift today at the fire department so we celebrated early yesterday. I bought him a new charcoal barbeque pit (we have a gas grill but evidently they cook differently, who'd thunk it?) and got him a gift card to his favorite video game store...man sure loves his video games. I made (he barbequed) steak and shrimp kabobs and bacon wrapped shrimp kabobs and we just spent time together. Today the girls are currently working on an art project for him and I'm baking some Ooey-Gooey Turtle Bars for him. We were going to go up to the fire station and deliver them for all the guys but hubs is filling in at a different fire station not so close to home. For their art project I typed up a list of questions about Daddy and left space for them to fill in the blanks. They hand wrote their answers and are currently decorating the paper with markers (no socks involved) and crayons. I'm going to then frame each one and the girls will give them to him tomorrow morning when he gets home. There's really nothing like a homemade gift...to me anyway. In the next few days I'll post their Q&A about Daddy.



And not to leave my own daddy out...he's in San Antonio for my step sister's softball tournament so we'll be getting together later this week. My dad has always been an amazing father who thought us to never accept anything but the best. He worked harder than anyone I know to provide for his family when we were young. My dad never told us no when we asked for something, even if he didn't have the money or means for it, he worked even harder to get it for us. There were many things I didn't agree with my dad about when I was a teenager but now find myself using some of his same parenting skills and tactics! He did know what he was doing after all! =) My dad has been dealt some bad cards the last few years (i.e. his cancer, his business, family issues) but he still stands strong and unbroken when most people would have given up. I love you daddy and always will! You were, after all, the first man I ever loved!

Designs

The girls and I met up with this awesome chick and her adorable kiddos today at the Museum of Natural Science...buuut you would have thought we visited the Art Museum after I discovered my girls "designs" this evening....enjoy.



Sorry about the quality of the picture but it's from my cell phone. These would be my sweet, darling, little girls socks! They CUT them and then COLORED them. Their response when I asked WHY? "We wanted to make designs." Designs? Ok, gotcha! Oh, and the other half of the socks are MIA.

Let's just say they've lost their scissors and marker privilege.

This & That

Just wanted to check it...don't really have much to say! We've been keeping busy around here.

On Friday me, our little ladies, my sister, nephew, and my sister's work BFF went to the beach. I got fried...and yes, I used sunblock! I'm not a huge fan of the beach but it was nice to go some place different. We also got to witness the damage from Hurricane Ike...it's still so very evident down on the island. Breaks my heart.



Yesterday we attended Erin & Cole's wedding ceremony. It was beautiful!! We had a good time and it made me want to have another wedding, lol! I'm so happy for them and will miss Erin greatly while she's living in California for the next two years. =(



Today we're taking the little ladies to Incredible Pizza...pray for me. ;) Tomorrow I start my summer school classes. I'm taking two classes...wish I could have taken more but wasn't expecting to be laid off. Hope everyone is doing well! Oh, and PENNY, it was wonderful to see you at the wedding...and time to delurk on my blog! ha ha

New Life

I'm still alive! Just living my life away from the computer. Hubs and I have been spending much needed quality time together. When I was working and going to school we were lucky to get an hour a day together...and most of the time I was doing homework during that time. Since he works 24 hours, 24 hours off, 24 hours on, and then off for 5 days we have PLENTY of time together! I love it! I've been cooking, can you believe it? I made Cheeseburger Meatloaf and Mashed Potatoes last night...thanks Rachel Ray! I've been cleaning, a lot! I even have bruises from scrubbing the baseboards on my hands and knees today!! Can you believe that?! I don't like to clean anymore then I did before but...it's a small price to pay to get to stay home everyday!!

We're taking the girls out of daycare!! WOOHOO! I haaaaaaaaaaaaate daycare so I'm glad we're able to get them out of there! I plan on making our summer pretty scheduled just for the simple fact that if I don't I know the girls will be bored and drive us insane! =) We are really blessed that between my summer school schedule and hubs work schedule there is only ONE day we'll need to get a babysitter for 3 hours while I'm at school. Our neighbor has graciously offered to watch them that day.

We're having a family crawfish boil Saturday since we didn't get to have one for Easter. My mom is in town so we're working on getting her to move back to Texas! ;) We miss our Mama and it's time for her to come home!

I've tweaked and crammed my school schedule and will be able to hopefully graduate a semester earlier then expected...I'll probably be cussing myself later for doing this but I really want to graduate and be done with school! And no, I will NOT go back for my Master's. The school district can keep their $1,000 a year for a Master's degree. =)

Well, I think this post is random enough. Just wanted to update my few readers! Hope everyone is doing as well as I am! I love this new life!

Ham & Cheese Fight

Just answer me this: Why do I argue with a 7 year old every Friday morning over a ham & cheese sandwich vs. a ham & cheese lunchable?! Really, I'm not packing your lunch with a ham & cheese lunchable because you don't want a ham & cheese sandwich at school! End of story.