Just some pics from our drive today. Running out of time on the island, so I am taking tons of pics. This is only a small portion of what I look today since it takes FOREVER to put them on the slide-show.
It's 1:33 am and I have most of my baking for tomorrow finished. All that's left is to put things in the oven tomorrow before the meal (and make mashed potatoes). Adrian's doing the turkey and I am glad to let him have it. Basically his treatment of the turkey consists of molesting it with butter. I am so happy to have my family together for Thanksgiving. Even though Adrian has had to be gone a lot, somehow he is always home for Thanksgiving (he was on mid-tour leave last year since I was...
He wouldn't do a maternity top and he complained the whole time I did his make-up ("It hurts!"), but he sure makes one slutty-looking woman! Haha. Isabella was a peacock: Let's see if I can get him to dress up again for the costume party on Friday! PS - Only on a military base can a man take his kids trick-or-treating and come home with a beer. Yes, someone gave him a beer to take home. Haha.
Apparently slideshows are now "my thing"... We have been having a lot of fun since Adrian came home. Everything has fallen back into place. Isabella loves her daddy and calls him "da-da" or "daddy" but I am still the favorite. Correction, my BOOBS are still the favorite. Izzy now has one tooth out and three (!!!) more in the process of breaking through. She didn't wait for daddy on most of her first year milestones, but he WAS the first to feel a toothie! R...
My 7 year-old has decided on a Halo 3 theme for his birthday party. It's going to be a shared party with his daddy who just returned from Iraq. I have searched and haven't found any place that offers Halo party supplies, so I am going to have to kind of make this up as I go. The invites will be like paper 360 controllers and I am hoping to do the cake like a (3D) Master Chief helmet. If that turns out to be too ambitious I will just do a round cake with the Halo 3 logo. We're going to s...
Haven't seen him in a while. Anyone heard from him?
Both of my boys have the same religious instruction. From infancy to about 7 years old my oldest son was immersed in religious instruction. We did Sunday School (most of the time, I even taught the class), we did VBS, we did fellowship dinners, and we did reinforcement at home with Bible stories and coloring books and "teachable moments". The same went for my younger son, only we stopped when he was around 4 years old. My oldest child is an agnostic. My middle child is a believer. Toni...
The boys are asleep. Isabella is asleep. And here I am awake, tying up loose ends. I suppose this is the nighttime routine for most moms. We scramble around (quietly!), picking up dishes and toys and construction paper drawings. There is always more to do, and sometimes I am so sleepy I can't stand it, but I know I should push myself to do as much as I can before I go to bed so that my morning is more pleasant. I am trying hard to teach (and model) preparation with the boys. This mor...
Why do we glorify and long for times past when we have worked so hard to improve the safety and quality of life of our children? Karma recently wrote an article sharing the lyrics to an interesting song she heard: Link The song is by Bucky Covington (an American Idol wash-out), titled A Different World. In this song he reminds us, as older folks often do, that things used to be done differently and WE TURNED OUT ALRIGHT. Apparently backward facing car seats and lead-free crib paint is...
My boys think ass is a very fun word to say and they try to slip it in anywhere they possibly can. Being the permissive parent that I am, I reprimand them but only really because they can't say it at school. After all, I don't really consider ass to be a "bad" word. When I was in Texas I had the opportunity to go mall shopping with my beautiful SIL and we (ok, well, I , but hopefully we ) had a great time at GAP. It's my favorite store ever and I got a few things for Little Miss Isabella...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070818/ap_en_ce/people_uncle_kracker_arrest;_ylt=Am6lueePKp03coO.td1eSby2GL8CNot much else to say besides...surprise, he's fat and narsty.
I will never understand what makes an adult intentionally harm a child. I understand frustration. I understand being in over your head. I understand being at the complete and total, indisputable, end of your rope. I still can't understand what would make an adult strike a child. Break her legs. Bruise his face. I just can't understand it. I have 3 children. I am raising them alone for the time being. We have homework and Cub Scouts and family dinners and $100 camping trips. We have ...