Impulsive Images

I used to rarely have a camera on me, but thanks to technology on phones, I do now--even though I still seem to forget that I do have one on me most of the time.

Thought I'd share!

This week was my first time to TCBY. A friend of mine told me of the goodness there. I had some buy one get ones and decided to try them out as a special treat. Yummy, so we swung back by again tonight after gymnastics for the 99cent waffle cone. Kids enjoyed.

Finding out that Bobo's favorite holiday is Halloween, he loves everything Halloween and wants everything Halloween.

Kids had snowball cupcake things for the first time ever. Bobo didn't want to touch his when he ate, very funny!

Oldest's 1st swim meet. She was awesome, gave it her all!

Isn't sad that this makes me happy! I actually passed a $3.09 today, but couldn't get a pic.
I mean, this price used to make me frustrated.

Cool car we saw sitting in McD's parking lot.

Girls sporting their Dollar Store hats!

Slacker!

I know you're thinking I'm a slacker, I can hear it through the keyboard!

I have been torn about what to blog about, I am trying to keep people updated, but do people really want to know? We had a week (well days, it feels like it was a week) of bodily fluids flying every direction. I found out the splatter zone for a child upchucking by only lifting her head over the top bunk down, and of course onto the floor that was covered with all the things they hadn't picked up over the last few days. I had to clean it myself taking many personal trips to the bathroom, because I was the first one to come down with the nastiness. All through the night all the girls & I running to & from the bathroom or using their special, large bowls lying nearby.

This wasn't a fast running bug, it took a couple days to run it's course and of course Bobo was jumping and full of life. Literally jumping over our pitiful bodies at one point. Hubby can't help, because Hubby can't bend, lift, twist, drive, he is supposed to just be healing. (After a month he's allowed to start lifting over 5 pounds, 2 weeks until he can drive.)

Thankfully a dear friend brought us Sprite, ginger ale and popsicles or I don't think we would have had any intake that day.

One of these moments of Bobo's jumping up around, full of life, outside playing with the dog, he and the dog came in covered head to toe with what I thought was dirt. Well, no, he had found a partially used bag of quick cement outside (yes, with the warning label, keep away from children, don't get on your skin--can burn, don't inhale, yep all of that). Everything turned out okay from that, or at least that's what we are telling ourselves. (soon when the pipes are all clogged up, because they are filled with cement, from bathing him!, we'll be singing a different tune.)

Oh yeah, and I forgot that he also some how took a dump in a towel, all through the towel, I guess he was having flashbacks of his poop smearing days. Oh, how happy I am and glad those days are over and he was able to confine the dump to a towel. I still can make no sense of it.

We have finally made it through the nastiness, then through the clean-up mode, now working on finishing catching up, getting back to the swing of things. (Well, I always feel like I'm playing catch up and trying to get with the swing of things--so maybe things are more back to normal than I would like to admit.)

Until next time, well, if there is a next time---after all the nasty talk, not sure if you'll come back!

Drugged Hubby Faster Than I

I had intentions of hijacking my Hubby's Blog and showing off his leggings. But he beat me to it, even when he was extremely drugged. His surgery went well, he is working on mending. Maybe later I'll be able to sneak a blog on his site. Check it out!

Yes, I'm Still Here!

My blogging activity has been quite sad! Bad habits beginning, so here is another attempt at not putting off one more thing.

Updates:

*Hubby and I celebrated 14 years of wedded bliss (or something like it).

*Bobo made the -K- sound, so we have seen improvement already with his speech therapy.

*The dog started grabbing books off the second shelf on bookshelf to chew (we had already moved the books from the bottom) & he also started chewing the carpet. He is in the process of becoming an outdoor dog.

*Oldest's has her first swim meet this Saturday.

*Middle child still uses cartwheels as her main mode of transportation.

*Hubby is having his discs on his spine cut next week.

*I was released as Primary President, now teaching Sunday School to youth.

Stating the Obvious

I'm busy, busy, busy, busy!

I've been real busy! Yep! Betcha couldn't have guessed that.

School's back in session and we are going crazy all over the place.

Hubby had a Spinal Block about two weeks ago and is now going to have to have his discs on his spine scraped, so more back surgery coming up! So busy isn't slowing down yet.

Bobo's potty training coming along okay.

Doggie Discipline

I am having the hardest time figuring out how to discipline my dog. He's a good dog when he is in your sight, he'll obey in your sight, but as soon as you're in another room or turn around, he'll jump up on the table, couch, chair or grab something he's not supposed to have, like kid's clothes or toys and chew, chew, chew them to destruction.

So far the only ones being disciplined are the humans. We have learned not to leave anything on the table, or couch or floor. We leave all the doors upstairs closed.

Tonight middle child had a little step stool up to the side of the cupboard/counter where she had made her supper, but then she left to do something real quick. I was making my supper on the opposite counter and I turned around and saw the dog on the step stool reaching up on his hind legs trying as best as he could to get her food. I'm lost as what I am supposed to do in that moment, when the dog is getting caught doing wrong. Any suggestions? He got down as soon as I said something, but I know there has got to be a "right" and "wrong" way for the dog to learn not to do these things, even when not being watched.

Anybody have a well trained dog? Any advice?

I have never been a fan of getting puppies, just because I like to get the ones that are already trained. It's so much different than disciplining my kids. I don't understand the mind of a dog.

School Time!

We are starting to get ready for school. We have been out of school for about 6 weeks, of course the kids have done some light work through this time. We are officially starting school next week. I still have doubts, even though I feel overall I am doing the right thing. I seem to change my teaching styles a lot, not sticking with one style EVER!. I guess it's like having a whole bunch of teachers with different styles all wrapped up in one!

Here's to another year!