go away

you are not welcome here

they might be back

i can't stand it

can't he just be well?

mommy's turn

you surely didn't think i would wait until next week to attempt my phone call...

so today, feeling like i could use some extra time at work without my dear first grade daughter lurking and saying, " mommy look" every 10 seconds, i did it. i know, it wasn't dinner and margaritas with the gals, but it is a start!

i simply said:
"the son needs to be picked up by 4 and then come get the daughter."
and of course he said, "okay, no problem!"
WHAT!?!?!? so i could/should have been doing this sooner?

anyhoo, i sense that he was making up for the other night...
when i got home:
kids fed: check
kitchen cleaned up: check
homework started: check

now, plan B, work this in more often! but next time, i promise myself a more social outing, not standing at the copy machine at school!

is that a shoe print on your face?

picture day...

tomorrow...

and this is what he comes home with today

"i got stepped on! we were playing cops and robbers, i fell down like i got hit, and *sam* didn't stop, he kept running and ran over me"

* name changed to protect said cop/robber identity

but he did get a sticker for nice hands!

wednesday woes

just a few observations thus far this week
excuse my complaining in any of them
i rarely do that on here
but it is my blog
i'm entitled if i want

• and yes, this is first because it is heaviest on my mind...WHY is it that, in general, mommies do not have the luxury of calling home at 4:59 PM and saying, "Hey, bossman x asked y, z, and me out to dinner. I told him I'd talk to you first." Okay...first, he knows i am not going to say no...i'm not that wife. but it comes down to this...i could NEVER call from my place of work and say, "Hey, teacher gal x asked teachers y, z, and me out to dinner." that is too much for a daddy to handle. but you know what...i think i am going to pull one of these real soon...and y'all will be the first to know how it goes! did i mention i was putting a pot of chili on the stove when he called? (fyi...there will be no rebuttal here from the man of the house, just so you know!)
• mason, God love him. he has been struggling with nice hands at preschool in the last two weeks. he gets a sticker at school on a chart for using nice hands. when he gets all 5 in one week, he gets a prize. week 1, four stickers; week 2, (this week), no sticker today. on the way home, i asked him to tell me why he didn't get a sticker. he would not. but he did inform me that he wanted to watch a cartoon when he got home. i said, "sorry son, no sticker at school, no cartoon when you get home, that is how it works." to which he replied, "well, if you say that to me, i will not be your cuddle bug anymore." i'm not worried though, he can't resist a good cuddle!
• and lastly...olivia started CCD at church today after school. (every weds) (for those of you wondering what that is...christian education basically) so she tells me they were working on their pictures and the girl sitting across from them tells she and her friend to shut up and that their pictures are ugly. oh, and did i mention this is the teacher's daughter? details, details. hopefully they will learn more christianly behaviors than that!

well, that's all folks

my mind feels better

the scoop of chocolate ice cream i ate while posting didn't hurt either...

maybe that's why my pants ripped the other day!

wwyd? (what would you do?)

so today, i took the little man to the movie theater to see a free showing of shrek.
before that we went to the post office.
back at home, i notice...
A GINORMOUS hole in the A** of my PANTS!
ok, these pants, a fave of mine, were washed to death
that is what i tell myself, instead of thinking me rear is growing!

i have NO idea if it happened when i was at home
or if i exited the theater flashing the folks behind my
with my bright white undies!

the tear started along the seam of the pocket
and went south from there
frighteningly large.
how the hell did i not feel a draft?

so here is my question...
if you saw some poor woman
walking out of the post office
or out of the movie theater,
would you tell her she is flashing the world?

PS no picture with this post folks!

weekend recap...

this is what's not to like about sunday...

the next day is monday

and we are thrown back into the ebb and flow of the daily grind we call school and work

we had a very low key, laid back weekend

bike riding to the park...although 100 degrees is not enjoyable...

a father daughter dance on the living room floor, requested by olivia, to a rather funny song choice on the radio, but sweet nonetheless!

some apple dippin'...

lots of game playing

a whole lot of laundry

oh yeah, and haircuts, where, um, mason got a crew cut

...not intended...she missed the instructions to scissor cut the top...buzzzzzzzzzzz...


good weekend, aren't they all!? we love weekends!

you guessed it!

no fooling my family members!

monkey bread!

it was a sight...the four of us around the kitchen table, we started with plates, but that was no fun...we picked that sucker apart...yum...

what's in the oven?

what yummy treat is in my oven right now?
any guesses?

weekend wrap up, part II

lazy river
mason...could be found chucking rocks all day, or 'rescuing' people in his yellow rescue boat!
float much?
did you say we can go eat a cupcake now?
come on man, leaving so soon?

weekend wrap up, part I

this is all they want to do at the park these days...
she finally gets it to herself...
...well, for a minute anyway!
a game of hide-and-seek...and mason outsmarted big sister! he was so happy!
miss photogenic!