trickortreat...the crazy train is coming......

ok, so this has to be SUPER quick because I have to go pack....
the boys and I are tagging along w/ Colin...he has "work" to do..
we have hotel to do ;) FUN fun FUN...
I'm excited, but it's 11:30...and I'm sleepy too.

Trick-or-treating was quite fun...Gabby came up, and helped pass out candy to all the hoodlums that forgot that they're suppose to wear costumes on Halloween...
what is up w/ that?!?!?!? Halloween however is a Jack nightmare....when you're allergic to peanuts....it's not a friendly holiday.
I sooo wish I had digital, and could show you the boys in costume NOW....ugh...so cute...even though I was sucky this year and bought the costumes....BAD mommy!!!!

Gabby and I worked on a kickbutt fun project this weekend....had a blast....and I think regained some mojo...

Hope you all have a lovely week...keep Gabby entertained for me while I'm gone!
xe
When I return...."I was watching Carson Daly last night..." and other incredibly funny and entertaining things....
Also, sidenote, i'm entertained by spellcheck wanting to change trickortreat to Triceratops, kickbutt to jackboot, and Colin to colon....
heeheee..

TGIF BABY.....

Just a quick update while I wait for the pizZA man to arrive ;)
Really must quit w/ the pizza and other junkie food...
it's a bad day when you look in your closet and think the maternity pants look "comfy"....
AH YAH.....heehee......

SO, the Jack man is back in full effect...
I have come to the VERY sad conclusion that he is in fact allergic to my favorite restaurant....
Jack has some serious food allergies...like epi-pen serious....and this is the second time he's gotten sick after eating there. If it were a stomach bug, you'd think someone else in the fam would be sick...so I'm fairly confident in this.
He ate something that should have been "jack friendly", but I think they're cooking it w/ something not soooo good for the guy...
Poor Jack....

OHHHH.....
So, Along w/ my pea surprise Wednesday, Gabby also got me all of this for my birthday.. ->
I'm now feeling totally ADD....HA!!!
I've NEVER had this much cool stuff at once...
It's CRAZY!
Crazy exciting and cool that is ;)

Also, I have to say that Ashley is one of the funniest girls I've ever met in my life...
and all day I've been laughing to myself (mind you we're going on DAY 3!) about "holy moly coley roley guacamole angelina jolie"....
for some reason....well, this has just about done me in.

ok, ....WHERE IN THE HECK IS MY ZA?!?!?
Happy weekend peeps......
xxxe
***HEY, and one quick question.....Why does my white sharpie "soak" into the paper..instead of looking all white and fabulous like everyone elses?!?! hmm? It's frustrating me :(

Birthday loving...had me some fun....

WHOA....
HOW FREAKING COOL WAS MY BIRTHDAY THIS YEAR?!?!?
I'm still high from the birthday love that was my day....
My husband started my day w/ some Starbucks...which is love in a cup in my opinion.....doughnuts.....and a kiss. I took the Jack to school, and returned to this......

HOW CRAZY IS THIS?!?!??

A whole gallery of love just for me. Organized by my sister...

of course....how fabulous is she? HOW MUCH DO YOU WISH SHE WERE YOUR SISTER?!?!?!? She's the best. And to all the peas that made me the most amazing creations using photos of my boys....THANK YOU....sooo blessed....so blessed am I. I wish I could post them all here.....I can't wait to have them all in my hot little hands......ooooooh sooo excited, I can't even tell you!!!!

BUT TODAY...today the party is officially OVER.... Colin woke me up this morning w/ "how does it feel to be THREE years older than me?" chuckle, chuckle......oh yeah, funny babe. Yes, for a bit there is just two years between us, and then for the better part of the year...there is 3....and he LOVES THAT. YEP, very Demi-esque of me, I KNOW....(Well, Demi minus the hot body and the money)
NEXT...I go to pick Jack up from school today....and he pukes the whole way home.....uh-huh. SO now my van reeks....and my poor baby is in bed (pooor guy :( he is soooo sad)........but I figured, since I clearly wasn't to the grocery store today as planned...why not update the bloggy. :)

Ok, I LOVE YOU ALL.....(except the crazies reading this that I don't know.....)
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for my day....xxxxe

My Husband is Amazing....and Drawings that make you go HUH?...

SO, my husband took the day off of work to spend it at the pumpkin patch w/ Jack.
He did this so I could still school the big guys this morning...and because there is this annoying "no sibling rule" for field trips...
He is awesome. Such a good daddy, such a good husband. I'm the luckiest.

Funny Jackism for you all,
he looked at me yesterday in his field trip anticipatory excitement, and said....
"You know, you can come. You can just bring the kids".
Yep. My four year old said "you can just bring the KIDS" about his older brothers.
heehee....still makes me laugh.

On to four year old art.....
First off...my boys art, it's my favorite.
Kids still have that ability to just create for the sake of creating....they don't worry....
they just (simply stated) MAKE ART.
That said.
I know some of you aren't parents yet.
I know some of you will be soon...
so some words of advice.
When your four year old tells you it's a picture of you, dont' ask why it looks as though there is fire coming out of your butt.
Just let him tell you you're on the beach w/ fire, 2 scorpions, and an octopus.
DONT ASK WHY.

Don't ask, when he asks you in a very cute voice if his drawing looks like an "OWEO"....what tv show he's talking about.
Just smile and say yes.
What he's really saying is WARRIOR, and it will piss him right off if you think he's talking about cookies. (although that said, his drawing looks much more like a warrior then an oreo)

Smile and tell him it's WONDERFUL...that's all.
And folks, yes, apparently my son does think I have fire coming out of my butt....because, well, it's fire...and if you'll notice where it's coming from....
YEP...
Thank you very much.
xe

PS, My sister is having a bad day, so pop on over to the Maxxy Pad and say "hi" and let's cheer her up :)

Two turntables and a microphone.....

Yep, it's Monday y'all.....

Had the BEST weekend ;) Thanks to my sister!!!!....
Check out what I walked into on Saturday.....
TahDah.....Birthday pressies!!!! YAY!
Ok, I pretend to hate my Birthday (mainly because I'm old enough to be your moms!) but secretly I love the presents.....heehee.....shhhh-shhh....
She got me SOOOOO flipping much....it's insane...serious.
Scrap stuff, scrap stuff and more scrap stuff.....(and a bottle of happiness sitting there next to my scraplove) ;)
Love my sister....ohhh so much.

OF course.....we scrapped ....NOTHING.
I know, we're bad! HA! In our defense, the LSS there was having a 25% off everything sale, soooo I felt it necessary to spend some birthday money the MIL sent. (and we may have stopped at yet one more scrappy store, and perhaps...maybe.....the SuperTarget too....WHOOPSIE!) BUT now hopefully the mojo will return, and I'll get to use all my happy stuff! YAY!!! In the meantime Scrapfest has been moved to NEXT weekend....... if any of you would like to join us ;)

We did manage to watch some soccer. My oldest plays on a (traveling) club team.
They won or tied every game until this weekend. This weekend they were a little "off"...this happens, they are 10 and 11. The parents however....WOW.....let's just say I was embarrassed to be on the same team w/ them. CRrrAZY. Yelling.....making the boys nervous....it was ridiculous. My sister did manage to crack me up though. One of the moms was complaining about her son being pushed. (Her son is notorious for pushing, tripping and generally not being the "nicest" player)....anyway, my sister announces LOUDLY..."i was watching Carson Daly last night and he was talking about KARMA" OH CRAP....almost died.....heehee...

Amidst the insanity that is youth sports today.... my sister managed to get some amazing photos of my littles. The one of the jack cracks me up.....goofy, sweaty kid.
The black/white one is of us at Gabs....being silly...not at soccer being annoyed. .

SO, question of the day....

What do Nubian goats, German shepard puppies, and eggs for $2 have to do w/ homeschool?!?

That's a trick question...because I HAVE NO IDEA EITHER!
I joined a homeschool group because I thought it sounded like a good idea....I now get the most obscure emails. Todays involved chicken eggs for sale, puppies (also for sale) and an email asking if anyone was interested in Nubian goats milk.......hmmmm......I think my towns gone CWAZY!

Oh, wait, I already knew that....
xxxe

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!

That means....
5 Soccer games this weekend,
a sleepover at Aunt Gabby and Uncle Mike's house....
and SCRAPFEST w/ my sis!!!! YAY!!!!
Maybe I'll actually get something done?!
WOW....
SOOO EXCITED!

Ok,
so why is it that while I'm in my car driving to and from Jack's school...I think of a million fabulous funny things to blog about...and then, when I'm actually sitting in front of the computer, I'm like...er..duh.
See, in the car...in my mind....I'm hysterical...a regular riot...really...you all should meet me there sometime....you'd like me...I'm funny.

Speaking of funny, and not so....
I got my film back! YAY! I'm not digital yet...so I have to be patient, which is soooo not me, and wait to see my photos...HATE THAT.
Anyway...the dice are from the trip Gab and I took home.
"I'm the kind of guy that laughs at a funeral...Can't understand what I mean? You soon will..." Yep, I'm like the song, but not that bad....during times of stress/sadness/awkwardness....I'm the one that HAS to be funny....and make you laugh.
So the fuzzy dice were to lighten the mood.
I also got pics back of two CUTE CUTE CUTIES....
Hanni and Mr Miyagi!!!!!! OH, could you not eat them up...?!?
Although this isn't helping the whine factor here from some boys I know about wanting a DOG! Thanks Hanni! :)
She is just a beautiful beautiful girl...inside and out.
I was looking like road kill that day, Hanni...like America's next top model...
kid you not. And Mr. Mi....furry ball of adorable.

NOW, the not so funny part of the film developing...camera story...
MY CAMERA IS BROKEN!
Well, technically it's the lense...but it is a MAJOR SUCK.
I'll probably duct tape it or something uber classy like that....you know...just so I can not only be digital-less...but really cool as well.
But it's really making me sad.
So, we won't dwell on THAT...

Jack shoes...
I'm getting Jack these....HOW COOL ARE THEY?!?!?
All he'll wear is Uggs.
Kid you not.
So I'm hopeful he might like these....they look comfy.
We tried the chucks (w/ flames nonetheless) and that lasted two days...before he asked for his boots again. His "Jackboots"...
mind you..it's still warm here ;)

Ok, some thoughts before I leave you....
(as though I haven't written enough?!?)
Thinking of -> April... hoping she's feeling better, poor girl, a scrapping injury, a cold, some hungry (and tiny bit stinky) dogs and a lunch thief in the same week!
Not good!!!!
Wishing -> that tomorrow morning I was meeting Ash to watch Jude, Jack and Colten play soccer and then we were getting lunch....(wouldn't that be lovely?!!?)
Happy for -> Amber that her lovey is HOME, and Kristi...she is in CK!!! YAY! How cool is THAT? ...
Hoping -> Missy will email me and explain WW...(pretty please?!?)..I sooo need to do that...SOOOOO need to...
Oh, and it's friday,
I'm done w/ school,
I'm procrastinating the cleaning that needs to be done....
So, I need blog updates!!!! (ummm...sister?!? anyone...anyone?)
Jen...update the blogage, because I still don't get the snails!! HA!
(What is wrong w/ me?!? OMG?!?)

Ok, hope you all have a marvelous weekend!!!!
xxe

Signs, Signs...everywhere there's signs.....

Signs that I don't belong in the ville....sigh....
This sign in particular makes Colin crazy. Every time we drive by it....
"KNIFES...should we stop to get some KNIFES"...heehee....always makes me laugh that it bothers him SO much. (esp. since he's married to me...lord knows I'm a little short bus most days)
So, let's see....
Bath scrub. Per Gabby's request.
I got some bath scrub called "need a margarita"...(and that week, just recently, I in fact needed 20 of them...so I got the scrub)...it smells yum delish, and it actually does smell like a margarita. ..If you have an opinion on using other peoples bath products....sort of expensive bath product at that...let me know....please.
Ok, another request from my vast fan club....ur, yeah right...would be, any ideas for art projects for the boylies for homeschool funness?!?!? (Jenny Rosser how about that goop recipe, eh?) I'm running out of fabulous ideas.
Also, lastly a shout out to Jenny Rosser, who needs to save me a spot at soccer...or not give me dirty looks for not getting a chance to talk at her....ah-yah, you know I'm right... ;)
xxe

My Wild Weekend.....

heeeheee...
ok, nothing wild about my weekend.
I had a VERY tame weekend.
My sister-in-law and boyfriend-in-law flew in from Philly...
we just hung out, watched some SOCCER, went to WalMart which is always an event in the "ville", and otherwise did absolutely NOTHING.
NOTHING...and nothing....not even cheeseburgers....
(wise words from my Colten...what does it mean? I haven't a clue)
My husband did wear his walrus shirt...which is blogworthy.....gabby was kind enough to purchase that gem for him...heehee...makes me giggle lots...
COO-COO-CA-CHOO he is the walrus....

Stopped in to see the old girl briefly on sunday...gab would be the "old girl"....
she seems to be recovering from her crud...yay gab! And her flowers are LOVELY....
When are you coming to plant MINE? HMMM?
The boyz got in a few moments of double dare...if only their parents were cool enough to have as many flipping channels as their aunt and uncle have....
sigh...losers we are.

On the scrapping front.
again.
nothing.
very sad for me.
although, I have high hopes for the rest of the week....
Must get a CD cover done for a certain favorite pea of mine ;)
My two oldest are LOVING the CD I made Missy....Jack however said, and I quote,
"That music made my tummy HURT...Sometimes your music makes my head hurt...but that just made my tummy hurt."
YEP...I'm fairly certain my CD will be a huge hit...
lotta air time that one...
ahhh-yeah....
Ok, I'm out. xxxxxe

Hanni.....

I just realized that I forgot to thank miss Hanni for my banner!
THANK YOU HANNI...you're too kind ;) xe

What can happen in 5 days....

Lunch yesterday.
Jack gains control of the coveted tv remote...
he turns to ESPN2...
billiards is on...
my son keeps it there...
and at one point says...
"LOOK MOM...did you see that?! She almost scratched!"

Funny things about what i just wrote.....my four year old understands what "scratched" means....and I just called pool "billiards"...

Alrighty....so my sister in law is coming...and my house has yet to be cleaned.... not good. The boys and I are taking the day off of school to do just that....shhh-hhhh.....(they're learning to be good husbands..that's all! HA!)

HAPPY WEEKEND!!!! xe

BTW....

You can tell Gabby set this up...
how's that you ask...?!?
BECAUSE one of my links is VERONICA MARS!!! HA!!!!
see, THAT is funny to me...
ok, Love you sister..
you crack me up.
xe

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