Waiting in line for the cat food (I only wish I were kidding). Here's a shot of our rarely mentioned old fat cat, Margret "Tootsie Lou" Thatcher. She used to have a self feeding cat food dispenser, but we decided it makes for fat cats. A few nights a week, I end up pulling myself out of bed in the middle of the night to feed the poor cats. Readers, help me: how to you keep 2 yr olds from eating crunchy delicious cat food? Also, how do you convince little kitties that they will not be sleeping in anyone's room until they stop attacking people in middle of the night?
Notice poor Canon's forehead - sometimes he runs (away from all adults trying to buckle him into the car) faster then his legs can carry him - road rash. Also, notice my greatly reduced husband and his stylish shirt. Hmmm, pretty hot.
This is an art project Crichton did- it's a witch on a pencil broomstick. Crichton added a pizza on the back, making her a pizza delivery witch, because everyone can do SOMETHING.
And he loves him some pizza. We all do. I think it's our favorite and our best. Cri is a purist - Cheese Pizza. My favorite is bacon, mushrooms, olives and tomatoes. White sauce if you've got it.
Here's Canon playing trains in a pile of corn starch. Corn starch is an amazing little product - fixes him right up with diaper rash. Also makes great train trails.
Say "Cheese." I love my wacky two year old. Oh, good news. Canon helped me win a rubber ducky dental floss dispenser. I love those guys - I really do. So, hopefully Canon's teeth will always be white and healthy.
These were my Chrysanthemums on Sunday morning. October 12th and we had about 6-10 inches of snow. I'm not sure if it's foreshadowing for a hard, long,wet (pornographic) winter or if winter will wear itself out early and we'll have an early long spring. I'm good either way, nothing sillier than complaining about the weather, especially in Utah. It does what it wants - I have a cute jacket and a warm coat, boots, sneakers, I'm all good.
Have I mentioned that Sagan is a little too perfect? She sleeps through the night. Like 10-12 solid hours without a peep. On her tummy though, so I worry she'll die every night and thank God she didn't every morning, but she can roll over now. We are NOT pacifier using parents (I want to hear what my kids have to say, even during *Sacrament Meeting), so she has taught herself to suck two fingers at a time to calm herself down. She is so smiley and asks only that I hold her every waking moment, and I love her so much, it is a pleasure (until it's time to cook dinner or fold laundry or clean the house or chase Canon down the street). I am so thankful for my angelic amazing daughter; she was worth the wait! I appreciate and adore my boys, too, but having a daughter feels like a miracle every day.
And did you read that new study about SIDS? Using a fan in the infant's room reduces the chance of SIDS by 56%. We use a fan primarily for the white noise, secondarily for air circulation. Fans are really cheap right now, clearance, get one for your baby's room. Then, if your baby is a tummy sleeper like mine, it reduces your fear and guilt by a whopping 0.00036%. Guaranteed.
Milo is worming his fuzzy bum into all our lives. He's one of those "parrot" kitties, a shoulder rider. And a terrible scratcher. Canon carries him around all the time, both the boys are rough with him, so I guess they deserve the scratches, BUT ME? I feed and love kitty, yet I am all scratched up, maybe worse than the rest. Mean little guy.And here are a few of Crichton's Computer Generated Pictures. So talented, my kids are.
We are now in the Indiana Jones phase. All Indie, all the time. Watched #3 yesterday- it's really good. Crichton laughed - Indiana was the DOG!
This one is saved as "Lego Drth Vadre" -- Look at that attention to detail. Amazing. Did I mention he is just 6 and did this on the broken laptop without a mouse?
This one is called "Man In Drrck" -- Did I mention my kid is funny?
This one is saved as "hay baybee"--it is one of his original emoticons. I monitor his computer usage, I promise I do.
"Alen" - he's an alien.
"Spays"
"Thegkg"* This footnote is dedicated to LiterDan. On Sunday, I decided to get up a bear my testimony (first Sunday of every month at church, instead of prepared speakers, anyone who would like to can get up and share their spiritual experiences with the congregation. I like it.). I jumped up right first, leaving all three kids with Greg so I could cry at the pulpit. Sagan started crying so Greg told Crichton to keep Canon on the pew while he took baby girl out. When Greg had Sagan calmed, he goes back into see that Crichton has tackled Canon in the aisle. BUT by the time I finished, they were all sitting nicely, I had no idea.When you comment that you think I'm a good mom, you have no idea!
3 Brilliant Bits of Inspiration:
You seem like a very good mom. I've been reading your entries about your childhood and it sounds like you really had a lot of things to overcome, but I just want to say that you are doing a great job, your kids seem very smart and creative and happy! I think thay will have all happy memories of their childhood.
You probably won't be comforted to hear that our house we just caution the children to keep the cat food in the bowl while they're eating. For some reason that seems to take the joy right out of the activity.
Just to clarify: I didn't mean keep it in the bowl and don't eat it. Just make sure that you don't spill any on the floor.
Very few stomach upsets at our house. I think the kids are inoculated against most disease causing organisms that may be present in cat food, dirt, or on the animals. Plus, then we can call it a "preventative approach to bacterial infection" and act like it's not because we're lazy or anything...
I think I might fit right in at your house, footnotes or no-- pizza is the greatest and holiest of all foods.
And if Crichton can find a market for that Man in Drrck picture, I'm pretty sure you guys will have it made as you crank them out as fast as people can buy their copies.
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