It feels like...

When I have to go back...

It feels like I have to return my kids

to the rental agency I borrowed them from.

Can't I be a little sad about that?

:-(

STOP IT!

I am going back to school tomorrow. Am I happy about it...no! DO I have to be ...NO! Who on earth would be happy about leaving their children after getting paid to stay at home and play with them during the best part of the year. ( If you are one of those people who are going to complain that I get to stay at home and "get paid for it"...shut it! You could have too...you just made a different choice. Don't fault me for it.)

Anywho when I say I am not "happy" to go back I typically get one of two responses. Here they are along with the rebuttals I would LOVE to give.

1. You know you have to go back so why complain. Duh! And P.S. When did it become illegal to complain about things that had to be done? Anybody here "happy" to clean toilets?

2. You have a good job, why don't you want to go back? Anybody ever go on vacation and not want to go home? Guess what? Me too! And I am happy taking my vacation here at home. You feel the need to travel away.

So, if you are going to say one of these to a teacher any time soon...please don't! Vacation is what helps us stay sane while teaching YOUR children. Remember who is spending time with them when you are happy to be sending them back.

My fair entries

1. Crocheted Preemie booties
2. Crocheted Preemie hat
3. Crocheted sweater for Geetle
4. Crocheted hat for Geetle
5. Crocheted hat for Nay-Nay
6. Crocheted sweater for Nay-Nay
7. Crocheted hat for Taco Supreme
8. Crocheted bibs for Taco Supreme
9. Crocheted booties for Taco Supreme
10. Crocheted sweater for Taco Supreme
11. Crocheted blanket for Taco Supreme
12. Crocheted blanket for my house
13. Watermelon Picture of my T
14. Black and White Picture of my Nay-Nay
15. 2 Color Pictures of T
16. 4 Color Pictures of Nay-Nay
17. 4 Black and White Pictures of Nay-Nay
18. Color Picture of our bull

Whew! I've been busy!

Big Things for Me

There hadn't been very big things going on for me recently, so I chose not to bore you. However, now times they are a-changing.

Here are the big things that are happening to me (in ascending order of excitement.)

3. School starts tomorrow. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited, not "yippee christmas morning" excited, but excited.

2. I have finished my classes for my Alternative Education Certification and ...dum da da dum... received all As. (Pssst...it doesn't hurt that those will move me up the pay scale either :-))

1. I have all of the items I am entering in the fair ready to go. It is the first time I am entering things so I am a little nervous. I have to drop them off tomorrow after school.

I will post what I am entering and update it after it has been judged. Stay tuned.

Slide down a slide

What can we say...we love to slide.

My kids love to slide so much,

that when Grandma and Grandpa
had to put their bed on an incline...
Nay-Nay climbed up and tried to slide down.

That's dedication to the art!

Today's Hot New Game

The Swimming Nuk!

My son and daughter sit in close proximity in my Chevy HHR; this seating situation has its ups and downs. Today they invented and started playing a game. It quickly escalated to high fun and then ballooned into absolute chaos. Nay-Nay would hand the nuk to T and T would "splash" it down into the shared toy bin between them. When it resurfaced, Nay-Nay would grab it, put it in her mouth and the game would begin again.

Very fun...cue much laughter.

The mood quickly turned sinister when, instead of letting his sister grab the nuk, T would do the "quick pull" out of her grasp. He then let it float mere centimeters out of her reach and commenced laughing.

Very frustrating...cue screaming demon.

Ahh, the joys of being in a car with children...how did anyone EVER do it without a DVD player???

Things they didn’t tell you that you would end up saying as a parent

Take that out of your underwear!

Here, T is pretending to be Papa.

Papa owns his own business and conducts most of his business on his cell phone.