Our Fancy New Garage Roof

Not trying to brag or anything;D

Last week Brett won a personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut when he received his Good Patient Award for his kindergarten check up. Personally, I think I should have received an award as well. I did sit with him for nearly two hours at the doctors office;D

GH passed Level A;D And Cutie Pie passed her Level Two swim lesson. But, best of all I have secured a private swim instructor for all of my kiddos for the next two years. That's right I got a junior in high school. I am so excited! The kiddos need the consistency of a weekly lesson with one instructor. Hopefully, they won't scare her away:) I know it seems silly for a former swim instructor to pay for someone else to teach her kiddos to swim. But, I am not the only one who has had to do it. So whatever;D

The game board wall

I know that no one really cares about the game board wall. But, I just got a new game up called BIG BUSINESS.

 When I saw whats written on North Dakota I laughed. Then I thought of Krimsin. BTW- I really don't want your assets frozen. I just thought it was funny since you just moved there.

Plastic Plates

I stole the idea of using the plastic plates from Pinterest. If they aren't good and shiny, the dry erase markers will stain them. We lost two plates with this activity;D

Cutie Pie practiced some math. 

 GH used them to practice letters. I would call out a letter and he would smack it with a fly swatter. He really enjoyed that:)

 Big Dog swatted the sight words I called out.

If you can't take a joke that borders on blasphemy don't read this post

Today is one of those rare days in which I am glad my children don't go to Catholic school. Several times today Cutie Pie has jokingly told me that Easter is the day that the Easter bunny rose from the dead. Even though she knows this is not the case. She thinks this is hillarious. I know where she is coming from. It is sort of funny.  So yes, today I am glad that my child doesn't go to a Catholic school. And the Catholic schools probably feel the same way. If she did attend a Catholic school,  I imagine that she would be quickly expelled, bringing shame to her entire family;D

For my SIL who thinks she is too cool for Facebook;D

I am Catholic. So I really don't know the fine points of Karma. I just know what I learned from watching My Name is Earl;D But, my first update this morning seems about right.......
UPDATE 1
This morning Henry was trying to push Brett off the top of an incline gymnastic mat. I told him to stop but he kept pushing at Brett. Then Henry lost his balance and fell to the ground. He started crying but I didn't feel bad for him b/c I'm mean like that. So I told him, "Thats Karma Henry. I told you to be nice. But, you didn't so you got hurt" Ruzenka said "Karma isn't very nice mom." Then I told her. "Well Karma isn't nice if you aren't nice."

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Then I ran into this stupid picture on Pinterest.

So I felt compelled to write this status update along with the picture.

UPDATE 2
Nope. They are just stars. Stop posting stupid crap on Pinterest;D

UPDATE 3
I won $4 playing Powerball. So I reinvested my winnings into two more Powerball tickets;) My mom always said that the lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math. Then she reminds me that I failed stat twice in college:)

one letter makes a big difference

For the last few weeks I have been reading American Girl books to Cutie Pie. She absolutely loves them. We just finished Changes For Kirsten. In the last chapter the family is moving to a new home. The sentence was "Ohhh! It will be so lonely without all of you sharing the farm with us!" But, I read "Ohhh! It will be so lovely without all of you sharing the farm with us!"

25 free prints!

Hooray!

good things happen to good people

;D

I'm not going to point fingers. But,

reading some peoples Face book updates is painful.

 I make tons of grammar mistakes. I think my most common mistakes include commas. So it comes as no suprise that I am not a big fan of the grammar police. Many of those people are super annoying.  Honestly, I always thought people who got all agitated about it had no real problems in their life. But, I guess I'm going to be one of those super lame people because some of the stuff I have been seeing is driving me nuts.

The Big Bang Theory

Captain Awesome has been watching this show for a while. But, I just started watching it. The show is hilarious. I love it when I like a show that is already in syndication;D

We are all in denial

It's time we face the facts. It's time to slap a few diagnosis' on Dora the Explorer.

Wishing you a wonderful New Year

Names in toys

Mrs. Crow did this with her kiddos names. And well.....imitation is the highest form of flattery;)

so sweet:)

Grinchy Clause

Tonight we started our salt dough ornaments, drove around looking at Christmas lights, watched The Grinch and The Chipmunks Christmas. Cutie Pie is on me to do activities since I have been gone so much. She might have a future in party planning. Or maybe something in upper management - she is sort of bossy;) Anyway.......

We really enjoyed watching The Grinch. I am definitely becoming more of a Grinchy Clause in my old age. I did think the Grinch took it a bit too far when he took the ice cubes out of the Whos homes. I mean what good were ice cubes in a Christmas celebration in a land covered in snow? Now if the Whos lived in Australia.....and they might enjoy a cold beverage on a hot Christmas day that would be different.

But as you know Grinchy Clause got all soft at the end of the movie. His heart grew by three sizes. I'm not a medical professional. But, that seems like a health concern to me.

Stephanie - The dream is becoming reality

Stephanie and I share a similar dream. It's a simple dream to have all your holiday/themed/random cookie cutters organized and in one place preferably in a cabinet. I don't think I have found all my cookie cutters. Most of them are in the holiday totes with decorations. But, I'm off to a good start. You can't see my labeling. But I have a box for Valentines day, Halloween/fall, spring/Easter, animals/circus etc.

 I do have a lot of random party supplies that I picked up on clearance. So I need to figure out a nicer way to store them but I am dealing with measurement issues. It's always something;D

My deepest apologies to Chuck Norris and the makers of Era

I was mistaken when I accused you of manufacturing/endorsing a skin eating detergent. It is not the detergent that was causing huge hives/bumps on my arms. My life is usually full of stress. But, it was my mother who pushed me over the edge and caused this hideous rash . Surprise surprise!!!!!

This really shouldn't be a surprise. She worked really hard to screw up my childhood. And yes I did say she worked hard at it. No one can be that successful and not be trying.  I was helpless then. But, it's my own fault if I let her destroy me now. So what am I gonna do about this? Well I am trying to heal myself by not talking to her for a while;D Here's to hoping that my cure works;D

I hate you Chuck Norris

I know you are tough and all. But, why would you endorse a detergent that eats flesh?