I'm home

Well, we made it back home a little bit ago. I have tons to catch up on so I am sure I will be pretty busy for a while.

The trip was good. It was pretty boring until 8pm at night but once 8 hit, it was all worth it. Just spending that little time with Benny was so good. Totally made up with 14 hours of boredom. With so many hours of nothing to do, what's a girl to do.

Well, go shopping of course. And I hate shopping. But with NOTHING else to do, that's what we did. And we did A LOT of it.
We hit up Old Navy, the mall, Victoria Secrets,.... and spent way to much money.

Funny think happened though. The Easter Bunny was at the mall so I was going to get a picture with the kids. They had other thoughts. Smiley was scared shitless and not going anywhere near the bunny. Toot wouldn't sit in his lap but sat next to him and then wouldn't look at the camera much less smile. So we left. Oh well. Is what is so funny is that we went to Bass Pro Shops next and they have a huge stuffed bear. A real bear. Ya, my kids were all over it and giving it hugs.
Funny kids they are.

Hope everyone was good while I was gone.

I almost killed Toot's imaginary friend!!

So Saturday me and the two little ones went to the grocery store. We walk out of the house and I can hear Toot mumbling something but I'm really not paying attention. I load up Smiley, get him all buckled in, shut his door and then shut Toots door.

All the sudden she starts SCREAMING her head off. I thought maybe her little fingers got shut in the door. With my heart racing, I open the door real quick and grab her hands. She is still screaming and the tears are flowing as I search her hands. I'm asking over and over, "What's wrong sweety?" rather loudly because she is still screaming. She jerks her hands out of mine, puts them on her hips, and says "You shut the door on Scott!".

Um, excuse me. I did WHAT? Are you freakin serious?

She was pissed at me and I wasn't so happy with her at this point and said "Get over it." and shut the door again.

I walk around, get in, and she asked me so very nicely if Scott could go. I sat there for a minute and then said, "Screw it. Hop in Scott and buckle up."

This is where she explains what is going on. She is Jean Grey and her boyfriend is Scott. I knew immediately what she was talking about because we watch X-Men all the time. For those of you who don't know the X-Men, Jean Grey has the strongest powers but she goes all weird, turns into Phoenix and tries to kill everybody. Scott is Cyclops and Jean Grey's boyfriend.

So then I start messin with her just because I can. I said, "But Jean Grey turns into Phoenix and kills Scott so how is he with us?" Man, that really pissed her off. She said, "I am NOT Phoenix and I did NOT kill Scott." So I said, "OK, so are we in the first or the second movie because in the second they think Jean Grey dies?" I just got a mean stare and decided that maybe I should drop it because I really didn't want her going all Phoenix on me.

By the time we got home, Scott had gotten his own cookies and popsicles. I probably shouldn't have encouraged this behavior seeins how she almost gave me a heart attack but Scott really kept her in line in the store and it was the best she has ever acted in the store.

I think we just might keep him around for a while.

So since we love all things superhero around here, I took this little quiz to see what kind of superhero I would be.

You Would Be a Upstanding Superhero

You are alert and observant. You can see through people easily. You know who's evil and who's good. You need a lot of freedom in your life. You like to do your own thing, and you don't fit into any normal mold. You understand people quite well and often know what others are thinking. Because of this, you can get people to do what you want. You tend to feel apart from the rest of the world. You don't really fit in, and you don't try to! You are a true intellectual. You are thirsty for knowledge, and you are curious about the world.

What Kind of Superhero Would You Be?

Thanksgiving photo recap

The kids were healthy finally so I did get to do everything we had planned for Thanksgiving. It was a crazy time but we had tons of fun. Here's my picture recap of Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Me doing my thing to help out and talking on the phone. I had the hard job of opening a jar of pickles.

Mom doing her thing. I did make the deviled eggs in the picture.

Dad doing his thing. Trust me, this is the best place for him.

Notice my Moms right arm is fine. But not for long.

Now it's not. She dislocated it trying to get something out of a cabinet when dishes came crashing down on her. Luckily, only one dish broke. It took my Dad, Hubby, and me to get it back in place. She actually has a screw in her shoulder to prevent that from happening. That's her keggerator behind us. She's so cool.

This is right before we left. They are so cute. She was in so much pain. Poor Mom!

Then we head off to my BIL's house to see them and PARTY. It gets a little more crazy here. My BIL and Hubby built this by themselves. Notice the open sign on my BIL's "shop".

The next few pictures are from Thursday and Friday night.

My BIL is very proud of his "shop". He actually does have all his tools in a back corner.

Hubby was the entertainment for both nights. He really is a great singer and song writer.

They make their mother so proud. I bet they had more fun though!

I'll tell you in another post what happened to the guy in the orange shirt and cowboy hat. That's when it got really crazy. Lets just say he ended up with a black eye, soaking wet, and very muddy. Truthfully, he deserved it all and more.

This is such a sweet girl that I always talk with while we are there. Me and her are always sitting around the wood burning stove which is why she is wearing shorts.

That's me! Having a real good time I might add.

Thank goodness my MIL was there (you wont hear me say that very often) because she was our very sober babysitter! And no, she did not earn her beads.

Then Saturday I got to meet my new niece. She is such a sweet and happy little girl now that she finally found a great home with my brother and SIL. She's already a Daddy's girl.

So that about wraps it up. We saw a lot of our family and had a great time. The kids had a ball and now can't wait until Christmas. I gonna go out on a limb and say I bet it's a lot like this past few days but without a dislocated shoulder and an asshole (guy with orange shirt), hopefully. Also, in all that we did, Hubby did go to Best Buy at 3:15am to fight the crowds and get me a new laptop. He is so good to me! I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving.

All is good (kinda)

Yesterday, Hubby knew I was upset about the work situation, so he told a little white lie and left work at noon. I was so so happy about this. He came home and we went to Longview (hour away) to go shopping and out to eat.

First, the mall. Needed a birthday gift for my Mom. Her birthday is on Thanksgiving. I found some really good stuff but can't tell you what it is because she reads this. I'll tell ya after Thursday. One has a really funny story. Wasn't planning on it but also found Xmas gifts for my BIL. Kids got hungry so we bought everyone a little snack.


We visit a few other stores that are not in the mall and by this time the kids are tired and hungry again. We decide that they are too tired to act like normal people and go threw Taco Bell drive threw. This always happens. We always plan on going to our favorite Mexican restaurant and end up doing drive threw. Oh well.


We had a good time together. It's funny to me though how Hubby deals with the kids in stores. He is not use to it so it kinda freaks him out. Let me just say, they were actually really good for this trip. Smiley kept changing his mind on who he wanted and Toot kept wanting and touching things (what 4 year old doesn't). There was no running around and yelling but Hubby got all flustered and kept telling me to hurry up. This really got on my nerves. Don't rush me when I am looking for the perfect birthday gift and showing what I would really like for Xmas. Every time he gets like this I always say "Welcome to my world." He doesn't like that. Once again, oh well.


We came home and all crashed. Oh ya, Halloween costumes were 75% off so Hubby bought me a Tinkerbell costume to play dress up with Toot. I think it was for me to play dress up with him because it's actually called Sexie Pixie. He thinks he's sneaky but I know what he's doing.


It wasn't real eventful but at least we got to be together. He is now at work again and wishing he was at home. Back to reality.


Also, I kinda think (actually know but am in denial) that Smiley got what Toot had. I am praying really hard that it's not because that was horrible and I don't know for sure that I can go through all that again and stay as sane as I am right now. Plus, I really want Little Man to come back home. I miss him so much. We keep him away from sickness as much as possible (especially stomach virus) because of his diabetes. It really screws his blood sugar up. He hasn't been home in over a week. I got to see him yesterday but not for very long. It's been a long 2 weeks.


Also, Gwen over at Confessions of a Control Freak tagged me again with the same one she did the other day. I'm not going to answer them all over again but do want to clarify something. My childhood was full of laughter. I do have a bunch of funny things that has happened. I have been dealing with sick kids for 2 weeks now and couldn't think real good at the time last time. Usually the funny moments were when I embarrassed myself. One time my we were driving down the road and my Dad called someone a prick. So I start this. "Prick, Prick, Prick. What's a prick?"
They still laugh about that one. And then there was the whole sodomy conversation at the soccer game (can read in this post). Funny thing, I still don't keep my mouth shut. I still ask questions no matter where we are or what the question is. Some people never learn.


So I now tag anyone that reads this and made it to the bottom of this post. You deserve it. You can find all the questions at Gwen's.

I'd walk a mile for...

a shower without someone banging on the door yelling "MOMMA!" just once. I love my little ones but sometimes they just drive me crazy. It would be really nice to be able to shave without cutting myself because I am in a hurry. It doesn't matter if they are asleep when I get in the shower because within minutes, they are awake banging on the door. The alarm right by Toot's head doesn't wake her up but if the shower starts on the second floor while she is asleep on the first, AWAKE.

I'd also like to be able to eat without sharing my food. What's up with that?! They can have the EXACT same thing, but they want mine. From what I have read, every parent goes threw that. That's why I love this bloggy world because it's nice to know I'm not the only one.

I'd also like to be able to pee alone. If it's not one of the kids, it's one of the cats or dog.

Or to just go to the store ALONE for once. I can't remember the last time that happened.

With all that I wish, I wouldn't trade my life for the world. If having my children means cut legs, sharing food, peeing with company, shopping with maniacs, and everything else that comes with them then I gladly except it because they are the things that make my life worth living everyday.


This post is thanks to Mama's Losin' It
Go check her out, it's a great blog.

I'm still boggled after 3 kids

How is it they can be totally normal (well not normal, but normal for them) human beings UNTIL we walk in the store. I found out today that it doesn't matter what store, just any store in general.

I am lucky. He He, your wondering how. My husband loves to shop for groceries, ALONE. He has seen how are kids can be so he chooses to do the shopping without me or the kids. I LOVE YOU BABY! Anyway, lately he has been working 12 hours a day. I can't really ask him to do the shopping. Ok, I did, but he refused. So that leaves it all to me and the kids. I have a 4 year old and a 2 year old that love each other. Ohh, how sweet! Ya, no. As soon as we walk in any store they want to run around like crazy folks. Smiley will no longer sit in the bucket (buggy, he calls it a bucket) and wants to "walk" with Toot. Except they don't walk. At all. Ever. I can threaten them and they know I am so full of shit, I can do the very quiet "get your butt here now" thing, they don't care. And all the while I get the stares of other people (I am assuming they have NEVER had kids) that say to me "Do something with your kids NOW!" But, if I did I would get the looks (from the same people with no kids) of "I am so calling CPS on that woman!" It is a no win situation. You should see the looks I get when Little Man is there too (but he's good and helps controll the other two, unless his blood sugar is high then that's a whole other post). I have had so many people say to me "Three kids. WOW! Isn't that too many?" What?! People use to have like 8 or 12 kids. I only have 3. I think that is a no win situation too. Not enough kids or too many, make up your mind. Punish your kids in front of God and everyone (that's my threat) and get CPS called on you (I'm not even talking about spankings) or let them be psycho and get dirtly looks for not punishing your kids (all the looks come from the same people I tell ya). They can't possibly have kids or they would so know where I am coming from.

So I have decided that I will no longer go shopping. At all. With the kids. I bet that works out for me.

But in all the choas, I did buy a new pair of jeans (none of mine fit anymore for good reasons) and a kick ass pair of boots. So I guess it was worth it.

How do you deal with kids and stores because I need help!