This Is My Munchkinland

Time out buddy...

2012-02-14T21:42:00.001-08:00

Jacob and Brandy in time out at my parents' house.

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-14T08:11:00.000-08:00

I wasn't sure I was going to make a very good Valentine's Day for my kiddos... but it's amazing what you can do when you stay up till midnight...

The kids love their mailboxes... filled with goodies of course!

Idea #1 from Pinterest...the thing I was the most excited about :)

Craig found it sitting by the coffee pot... the first stop in the morning! He loved it :) Yeah!

For Josh... the Hand card was idea #2 from pinterest...

For Jamie

The inside of the hand cards.

For Jacob

Heart shaped strawberries... oh so tedious, but the kids loved them :)

Idea #3 from Pinterest. Heart shaped egg in toast... this one turned out the best... the rest leaked and looked horrid. Don't judge... it's way harder than it looks... at lest at 7 o'clock in the morning it is.

Josh is still not feeling great. Jacob dressed himself (sigh) and Jamie is dolled up for her Valentine's Day party!

Thanks Papa Roy and Grandma Cici

2012-02-08T15:40:00.000-08:00

Day two...

2012-02-08T08:00:00.001-08:00

His eye is totally swollen...

We think he looks like he got in a knock-down-drag-out fight...with his missing two front teeth :)

Josh's 7th Birthday

2012-02-07T14:23:00.001-08:00

This is what josh decided to do for his golden birthday...

Take a chunk of his eyelid off...sliding down a slide at recess.

I'm getting lessons.

2012-01-03T08:02:00.000-08:00

For Christmas my mom got me (and my sister) sewing machines. I have wanted to learn how to sew for quite a while now... but it was always one of those distant goals... you know "when the kids get older" Yadda Yadda Yadda...

Well the time has come!

I love my new sewing machine!

My first lesson was yesterday. I sewed an apron. My mom had already cut the pattern pieces out, thinking she was going to make it for me... but that didn't happen and it was perfect, because we got to make it together!

I was doing well (for a beginner) and was almost done... just sewing the pockets on... our last step... anyway, and I accidentally sewed the tie onto the back of the apron! Damn it!

I can't believe I did that! Got to use my seam ripper though...

I had a great time sewing with my mom, she was very patient with me and I've learned that my mother doesn't follow the pattern much after cutting the pieces out... but that's totally okay with me... she knows tricks!!


I haven't showered and I'm still in my pajamas. Don't judge! I couldn't wait to get started!

Unintended Vocab Lesson...

2011-12-27T08:41:00.000-08:00

This year we spent Christmas Eve at my parents' house. We did the traditional things like eating too much food and opening gifts. And then we decided to play with one of my Dad's gifts... Apples to Apples. It's a really fun game, the premise is that you pick a green card that has a word on it. Then the rest of the players have to pick a red card from their hand that best fits the description of the green card picked. Easy enough.

Well, my mom had invited Jamie to play with the adults...she's at that stage where she's not a little kid anymore, but not a really big kid either. With her and the boys being the only kids there, I think my mom felt a little sorry for her. So she joined our game....which was fine until she picked this card...

Seriously?!?!?!?

The one inappropriate card we come across ans she has to pick it? So after we all finished laughing we tried our best to explain a G-rated definition of "sexy".

"It's like really pretty", etc., etc.

I don't remember all the cards that we put out... but I do remember two of them. My brother-in-law picked "Demi Moore" and Craig picked "Horseback Riding" trying to choose something that Jamie loved so he'd win the green apple card. Jamie's response?

"Dad, horseback riding is fun, but it's just not sexy"

She picked Demi Moore.

Guess she now knows what sexy is.

Jacob's Newest Obsession

2011-12-19T17:57:00.003-08:00

So every morning when I tell Jacob "go rinse your toothbrush and wash your face" this is what he's been doing... every morning...without fail.

Ka-Chow!

Silly Boys... all 3 of them.

2011-11-22T16:21:00.000-08:00

Why I love deals...

2011-11-22T13:51:00.000-08:00

$27 for all these Lock-n-Lock containers when they retail for about $70-$75!!

No...not human meat.

2011-11-14T19:55:00.001-08:00

So Jacob loves to help in the kitchen...play with weird kitchen gadgets...play in the soapy water with cups and spoons. You know, the fun stuff.

So tonight he's checking out the gadgets in one of the drawers.

This is the conversation that follows...

Jacob..."what is this?"

Me..."what is what?"

Jacob... "what is THIS?"

Me..."um, it's a meat thermometer. You use it to check the temperature of the meat we eat... to make sure it's cooked all the way."

Jacob..." oh. Like human meat?"

Me..."No! Not human meat!! Cow meat and chicken meat and...

Jacob..."turkey meat?!?"

Me..."yes. Turkey meat."

I then started talking about when we would be eating turkey ...Thanksgiving.

And this thanksgiving I'm thankful my 4 year old is not a cannibal...