Monday, July 21, 2008

Whooooaaaa....Easy Now...

Another fun week in North Cack-a-lacky! Of course it was much of the same madness as last week, but it came to a screeching hault by Saturday. Most of the week was cool since my hero was in town. We took the monsters to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth." Not a bad flick. And of course when the movie got to it's most excitingly, scary part, Declan has to pee. My hero to rescue!! I love him, he's the best. Thanks honey. I know when the cool folks see The Dark Knight, (2hrs and 40 min) It'll be my turn.....Or will it??....
I am seriously considering writing more frequently, it's hard to keep on top of things these days. Mostly, the little quirky, comedic, and crazy things the monsters growl out from time to time. For instance, whenever my hero is in town, he's very supportive and attentive to the boys. It was almost 9:30am and Michael had gone into the boy's bedroom to make sure they were up and ready for the day. He goes in to find Declan still asleep. He sits on his bed and wakes him gently. Declan, with a foggy head and froggy voice says, "Good morning, Daddy." "Good morning, buddy, did you sleep okay?" "Yeah," he says matter of factly.
Michael then says, "Destry has gotten dressed, made his bed, and is now downstairs eating breakfast." And Declan replies, "Huh.......(long pause), and I'm up here enjoying my bed." Michael chuckles and encourages Declan to get on with his day. Some day, my little rise-and-shine self starter will rub off on my little hit-the-snooze-button sleepyhead. I believe it is the night when Declan is at his best. He sometimes has difficulty falling asleep and therefore is usually the last one out of bed. And it's at night when this next lil' story takes place.
As you may well know, (or not) Thing 2 (Declan) was born a through-knee amputee and wears a prosthesis. He does not know any different and continues to adjust well in any environment. One night I had told the boys to go upstairs and put on their pajamas. I follow them shortly after and hang out in my room for a bit. within a few minutes, I hear some noises, laughter, banging and thumping and whatever it is, it certainly didn't sound like getting ready for bed. The boys are obviously playing but I walk over to their room and I see Declan sitting on the floor in front of the door in no shirt, his underwear and a sock, with his prosthetic leg strategically placed between his legs and pointing straight at me yelling, "I'm Penis-Boy!!" Okay, what?? LOL I thought I had seen it all. Where does this kid come up with this stuff?
Last little story. We've finished dinner and settled down in front of the tv and I get up to get something out of the kitchen. I then notice that Declan left his half emptied cup of punch on the table. "Declan! Come get your cup you left on the table." He replies, "Oh, yeah, I'm just not thinking straight today. First I put out two cups instead of one for my lemonade, and then I almost poured my lemonade on my chicken patty!" He has himself a laugh. I have to admit, I did too.
Okay, so I lied. Something else just happened just as I was typing this blog. They are really killing me tonight.
Declan: Mom, can we go on 'Mini-Match'?
Mom: Uh, No.
Declan: Okay, that's not the right answer, so lets try it again.
Declan: Mom, can we go on 'Mini-Match'?
Mom: NO!
Declan: It's seems that you are not remembering your lines.
Declan: Mom, can we please go on 'Mini-Match'?
Destry: Maybe that's all she knows how to say, Declan.
Okay, so the monsters are scary AND funny. I hope this comes across as funny, cuz it sure seemed like it at the time. By the way, you can find your new super hero below. Penis-Boy at his best! Of course this is staged. I'm not gonna have my child in his tighty-whities on the web! But this is definitely close to it!

Gnite!
































Sunday, July 13, 2008

One Crazy Week!

Okay, Not too much going on here but I've decided (for now) to be a once a week blogger. It's not that I have WAY more important things to do, its just that I'm a terrible organizer and when things pile up, I lose objectivity, patience, and most importantly, the ability to prioritize.

Since my last visit, I've managed to spend the rest of my mad money (on the DOG!), clean out a storage area, miss a doctor's appt for my yearly physical, ruin a $45 dollar hat, mow half my my lawn before being caught in the rain, locate a missing hard drive that was about to be wiped (had very important info), meet up and have dinner with a friend I haven't seen in five years, refrain from eating the best smelling french fries (I'm in withdrawal and I'll explain later) when they were right in front of my face, start a vacation photo book for the monsters, sell some items on Lejeune Yard Sales (it was awesome!) take some cool pics of the crazy beast, take in a movie with the fam (Journey to the Center of the Earth) and welcome home my hero for another 4.5 day stint! WHEW! And that's only half of it!

I'm trying to sell the monster's old bicycles, this one has only been ridden three times! It's the coolest thing ever! How can any kid NOT like this bike? It was even in a movie!! Too bad he didn't like it much. He's weird. Must take after his Auntie Keena (ha ha JK, I love ya!)

Speaking of cool. Gotta a quick story.
My dearest sister called (while I'm waiting in the car for Michael to pick up some beer, gotta have beer) to tell me the headcount for my party coming up in a couple of weeks, it's **51** WHAT??!! Okay, that's a cool number, but Good Nite! Do I know that many people? When my husband heard the news he replied "Good, then I don't have to miss work!" Very funny baby! Gotta love'em! He is the jokester!
So, anyway, my sister proceeds to tell me that Dave (her hubby) said that if the party is a flop we can all just go see the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight." I laugh and Amber said "Yeah, all 51 people show up to watch the movie." I replied, "No, just the cool people....like us." We chat a little more about the party and some props including the infamous karaoke machine so I can render my most faved selection, "Purple Rain." At Amber's Halloween party in '05, that was the night I'll never forget, but probably should. Good times.

So, later that evening at home I'm eating with the fam and Thing 1 (Destry) asks me, "Mom, am I cool?" I give him an inquisitive look cuz I had no idea why he was asking me, and being the supportive and encouraging Mom that I try to be, I smiled and said, "You, are most definitely, cool!" He then said, "Good, then I'm going to see Batman!" I laughed and said, Oh, listening to my conversation were you?" You just never know.

So, I've attached the cool pics of the bike and of the crazy beast. The monsters and beast take up my time. But it's quite alright, because what other cool job is there?? If you find one, lemme know. " -)

Saturday, July 5, 2008

I Let My Sister Talk Me Into It.....Again

Hello All!



I'm new to this. Haven't got a clue right now as to what to say. But once again, I let my lil' Sis talk me into something I'm not totally sure of. The most recent offense, besides starting a blog, my upcoming birthday party. It took her a couple of weeks to convince me I should have one. This blog, however, didn't take her as long. But since she's doing such a great job with her blog http://andbrooklynmakesthress.blogspot.com/ and loves hearing stories of her crazy nephews, I thought, "why not?"







I really don't have much to say as of yet, but that will certainly change. The more I include the boys in my daily activities, the more they seem to comment and engage with me, which at times can be quite entertaining. For instance, today, I was viewing Amber's blog. Of course I viewed the most recent pictures of Brooklyn and she's a cutie and a pudgy baby! As I am reading Amber's blog aloud for the boys and viewing pictures of Brooklyn, Declan says, "She must be e a t i n g .............a lot!" I died. The things that come out of the mouth my eight year old! Gotta love it.



Although you may not find this funny, it still makes me laugh. Amber gotta kick out of it too. She's been beggin me to write this crap down forever.

**Sorry it took me eight yrs**



Although I call them monsters, they are the best two boys a mom and dad could ask for. I complain, heavily at times, but I wouldn't change one iota of it! They are my world and I'm grateful to be blessed with such an awesome family.







The what appears to be the very cute and innocent dog, Sunny, is comfortably lying between them in the photo. My forever loving hero Michael, I call my husband, is pictured with me. I miss him so much. One day, he'll be living under the same roof longer than 4 days at a time. Another reason to hate North Carolina. I'll explain later.... coming soon to a future blog near you. As I get into the swing of things, I'll be sharing more.


Toodles!