SHOUT..it out!

All the laundry. So many clothes. Socks. Lots of socks. Too many socks. I need to invent a device that matches them for me after each load. Like, each sock has a little micro chip in the heel. It can't be matched up unless it matches the chip in the matching sock. When the sock monster takes off with one, it would sound an alarm! Either that, or you could clap, and it would suddenly appear. Well, it's nice to dream anyways.
And I need to find a place that sells vats of stain remover. I can use a whole bottle on one pair of Caleb's shorts. Even that doesn't guarantee that it will come out clean. Maybe we need to invest in a laundromat heavy duty quadruple load washer. Sure would make it worth my while! Then again, we would have to get the super duper dryer to go along with it. Maybe we could charge the kids money to do their laundry....Hmmm, that's an idea! DING DING! They would learn how to budget their money even more realistically. Tithing. Savings. Laundry coins! I think Aubrie might roll her eyes right out of her head if I proposed that!

R.I.P Deliah

I guess I am wondering if it's bad when your computer sounds like a hamster on an exercise wheel. I think there might be one hiding in there, or maybe the computer just has a really bad cold. I hope it doesn't croak.

I have no motivation today.

Speaking of hamsters, I feel bad about something I did yesterday. Two weeks ago, Kiera's beloved hamster Delilah was found in her cage deceased. For those that know our sweet Kiera, you know that the world was ending on that day. She was hysterical, and inconsolable. Delilah live much longer than I had anticipated ( 8 months longer than poor Annabelle, who died after only 2 weeks. Words of wisdom; don’t wash little hamsters with dawn dishwashing detergent.... )

Kiera had a proper hamster funeral in our " Pet Cemetery" on the south side of the backyard. Yesterday I was in the backyard-playing ball with the kids, when I noticed a little white box above the ground. I recognized it, and hastily picked it up before Kiera saw it. Poor, poor Deliah. She had been dug up out of her VERY shallow grave by a raccoon or other varmint. I hid the box behind my back and walked sideways to the gate. Kiera called out " Hi Mon, whacha doing?" " Um, Checking dinner, could you watch the little ones?" YIKES! I threw the poor little beast in the garbage can. Darn. Kiera is so tender-hearted about animals that I hope she she never finds out.

Picture contest!

Getting in on the fun!



Okay, caption this picture contest. I will post the winner by September 30th!

 

After an exhausting day, the princess fell into a deep slumber.

She didn't realize that the floor was much harder than her soft pillow.

Goodnight sweetheart, Goodnight.

She moved the carpets together!

 

She was telling me she wasn't going to " get" her stories!

Look at those bicepts and tricepts!

Where to next...Mom & Dad's room!

 

CHEESE!

Awww..melt my heart why don't ya!

Getting her room cleaned! Good job!

She kept finding little pieces of this and that to place in front to suck up!

 

"I'm going in there Mom , K?"

What a cutie pie!

Love this little girl in pigtails!

"Hey..What up Chica?"

 

Hmm..Caleb's room next!

 

Sophie wanted to help vaccuum yesterday. I followed her around the house as she was such a good helper!
She put all her weight into it! ( All 26 pounds of it!)


Very intent on the job in front of her!


Just what are you looking at Mom?

Hi!

I thought another addition of The Complaint Book would be a fun Friday read. I see a trend here with poor Caleb's name. The kid doesn't have a chance of getting a word in edgewise with all these girls around. Remember all spelling and sentences are their own.

August 29th. 7:27 p.m. Central time. Log book.

" Caleb would not help me clean after working for at least an hour." -Kiera

" Caleb embarrased me at the parent + teacher meeting today." -Aubrie

8/30/06

I NEED SOME PRIVACY AROUND HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Kiera especially keeps coming into my room, and reading private things, and messes up my bed. Please, I need some privacy!" - Aubrie

8/30/06

" Make Kiera stop staring at me! She stares at me during the day, ALL the time!Whenever she gets the chance, she stares at me. IT GET'S ON MY NERVES!" Aubrie


September 5, 2006
" Caleb will not stop yelling, "Kira Kira Kira, and I am tired of people not calling me by Kiera as in 3 syllyboles. He also called me stupid Kira.

Best friends. Sophie, Delaney and friend Sadie in Orem, Utah.
Summer 2006

 

I had a wonderful day today!!! I got to enjoy my birthday present. A full day at the spa. Manicure, pedicure, facial and full body massage . I also had a lovely spa lunch. I felt out of my element eating in a room all by myself.I am still walking on cloud nine I have a truly wonderful husband who loves me!

I made a second installment of The Complaint Book for my kids. Tattling is rampant, and I am tired of it. On the front of the notebook it reads:

Complaints

Please tattle in here. It will be read weekly. Remember: If no one is hurt, no one will get hurt, no danger is involved, you are to write account here. Annoying habits are included!

Here is a sampling from the first hour of unveiling. All is included, even spelling is their own:

" Kiera slammed my foot with Sophie's barbie Bicycles, even when I told her to stop! She did it on purpose. " -Aubrie

" Well, Aubrie pushed me for it. Ouch. Either way, Caleb undressed in the kitchen and was pretending to take off his underpants ( Underwear)8/28/06:(
Please read what Caleb did. Thank you!!!!!-Kiera

" Caleb came downstairs and snuck T.V." - Aubrie


* SIGH* I have a feeling this will be a funny read every night. Maybe this will ease some of my misery hearing 3 kids assaulting me from all sides. HA. We shall see.

Goodnight!

ChristinaMaria

 

 

Today is my 32nd birthday. Another day older, but yet the wiser seems to elude me! I have had so many well wishes and phone calls. Thanks everyone! A friend brought me some Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey Ice-cream this morning. I had told her last week how I had resisted it while at the grocery store. So, I am not sure if her giving it to me was vindictive or not.:) No, I was happy! It is my birthday, so I needed to indulge in something bad for me. ( Bad, but oh so good!) I decided to have only a spoonful then put it back in the freezer. Well, One spoon turned to two, then three. Then 3 year old Delaney and 2 year old Sophie came over for a little taste. Well, we made of game of it. How could I resist those faces? I would give one a bite, then the other. Then of course they INSISTED that I have a bite too. So you see where I am going with this folks? Yes, it's true. We ate the WHOLE thing. All 473 mL. 1 pint of creamy, delectable, 300 calorie and 18 grams of fat per tasty serving of it!

I was thinking. ( A big stretch, I know.But, stay with me for a minute!) My Mom said she had a proposition on MYspace yesterday. She e-mailed me the letter, and I just can't resist posting it here. I will add my thoughts in italics, and my response to her at the end. I got a good laugh out of it!

" Sounds like your place was a busy/popular spot in the neighborhood. That's good. You must be a very open, approachable "mom" and anchor to have such a wide following. Have you ever spoken with anyone, in person, that you've encountered in here? Done lunch, a walk in the mall or any such nonsense? Totally non-romantic.( yeah right) I'm not suggesting any such thing actually. I'm just a person who likes to take walks and have met a few interesting people from online who also like to walk.( I am surprised only people online like to walk, I thought it was a pretty universal thing?) So I guess it was a suggestion of sorts but no problem or pressure one way or the other. Anyhoo, have a good one. DJ "

I told my mom to respond as such( Please, no offense to those wheelchair bound, oxygenated, or severally overweight)

" You should write back and tell him how you are physically unable to walk, as you weigh 467 pounds and are in a wheelchair with an oxygen mask. But, maybe he could push you around at the mall, since you have been house bound since 1986...."

Any other suggestions? I have to honestly say I have never been asked out on MYSpace. I did have some guy ask me to be his friend, as he has just moved to Memphis from India. Does this really happen often?

Have a good night:)

ChristinaMaria