Hold on tight, Mom!

E. is "fixing" my shoulder with her play drill. She has a flashlight and drill and locates my problem. She says, "hold on tight, Mom!" and proceeds to drill into my shoulder. I wonder if she'll become a surgeon or a construction worker! At least she has a nice bedside manner! Lol!

Crayon out of carpet

When your little darlings bring you a box of melted crayons to show you, and then accidentally DROP them on your carpet, don't scream in horror!  I have found a solution!

http://www.ehow.com/how_10695_clean-crayon-carpet.html

When you're done, your carpet will be back to the state it was before the 'crayon catastrophe'!

Have a nice, crayon free day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This year the Lucky Leprechauns took it easy on our house!  They wrote a note saying that when they got home last year after tearing our house apart, they were chastised by their parents.  So, they just came and played cards and drank their green beer, and left a much smaller mess to clean up!  When the kids woke up this morning, they flew down the steps to see what havoc those Leprechauns played!  They checked the bathroom, and just like last year, the potty was green!  They loved it!  LOL!

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I made breakfast, and made green pancakes!  I'll have a picture of them up later, probably on my Pampered Chef blog:  http://thepamperedchefblogger.blogspot.com/

Erin Go Bragh!

My BEST Day Ever....this week

My friends at More Than Mommies blog are challenging their blog readers to write about (blog about) their BEST Day EVER...This week!
I think I'm going to have to say that today is my best day ever!  Now, granted, I have a TON of work to do today, but I'm pushing it all off until tonight and all day tomorrow to make some headway.  It is just too darn nice to stay inside and craft!  So, I'm taking my Kindle and iPhone outside and I'm sitting on my front porch and gliding the afternoon away!  I'm not worrying about dinner.  I'm not worrying about anything today!  I am savoring this glorious day!  The sun is shining, my kids are having fun playing outside, and I am going to enjoy it!

I love the talk of a 2 year old!

I'm sitting here listening to my music on my phone w/ my headphones and working, and E. walks up to me and taps me on the arm.  She said (in her 2 year old language), "Can I talk you a minute please?  How you turn this off? (meaning my phone)"  And proceeds to take my temperature w/ her play thermometer, and then gets her play saw and revs it up on my head.  She grabs her play flat iron and starts to do my hair.  I love it!!!!

A field trip!

I just heard my middle child tell my oldest child, "We're going on a field trip.  And we're going to the Science Center.  And we have to pack a lunch.", in the most snotty, rub it in way!  It never even phased the oldest!  He just said, "That's nice.  I've been there for field trips before."

Another story because we can't just have one!

After I typed up O.'s story, J. decided that he wanted to create a story!  Here's his creation!

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away; Yoda and Commander Cody wrecked into the Ice Planet Hoth.  Yoda was talking and he was talking funny and Hahn Solo said, "Hey, at least I know how to talk right, I do."  Yoda said, "Abandon you, we must!"  And then Hahn Solo said, "No more!" And then an At At Fighter comes and steps on Yoda and Commander Cody flies out of the plane yelling, "I can see my house from here!"  Hahn Solo said, "I warned you!" to Yoda.  And then Yoda gets up and they walk through a blizzard.  There was a frozen animal on the ground.  Yoda said, "Keep our heads in here to stay warm, we must!"  A battle droit comes out and said, "Uh oh!" And then Indiana Jones comes in and he sees Yoda, and Yoda said, "What the heck! You're on the wrong set!"  There were Germans chasing them, and then Spongebob walks in and says, "Hello Citizens of Bikini Bottom!"  Then Squidward says, "You barnaclebrain nincompoop!"  Luke Skywalker and Mr. Crabs come in and clear everyone off the set, and ACDC comes in and plays "Back in Black."  The End!

All the while J. is telling me this story, E. is sitting on O.'s bed singing into a microphone at the top of her lungs, "My name!" Over and over and over again!  LOL!

I think this story sounds more like a nightmare than a bedtime story!  O. is listening to me retelling the story, and she turns to J. and says, "Seriously?!  Seriously, J.?!"  I just love their imaginations!!!!

A story to get rid of hiccups

O. was laying in bed w/ hiccups tonight and could not fall asleep!  I told her to tell me a story so that her mind would stray from the hiccups and she would forget all about them!  Here's the story:
Me: Ok, who are the characters?
O.: Strawberry Shortcake and Blueberry Muffin
Me: They decide they want to go and pick berries, so they walk down to the berry patch and....?
O.: they bump into Apple Dumplin', and they get into a fight.  They are throwing berries and apples at each other, and gum.  And the gum walks away.  Then Blueberry Muffin says, "Stop!" and they all stop mid-throw.

Then Apple Dumplin' kicks Blueberry Muffin in the leg because she's mad at her.  After that, they all run home to their porches and kick their houses.  All of a sudden, a boy comes running down the street and Apple Dumplin' says, "Come here and give me a big hug!"  Then, a dog comes running down the street and Apple Dumpin's cat says "Come here and give me a big hug!" to the dog.

Everyone goes into Apple Dumplin's house and has a Pampered Chef party!

At the end, Olivia said, "I told you this would be a funny story!"
She was cracking up like crazy when I read this story back to her!  The kind of laugh that I have when something really tickles my funny bone!
And guess what?  The hiccups are gone!