Rebels

Last night Cody, Hope-Anne, Kaytlin, Sam and I went to the grocery store. Kaytlin has her permit so she was driving. At the red light she makes a right hand turn. This worries Cody that she is breaking a law.

C: Wasn't that a red light, Kaytlin?
K: Yep.
C: You just turned, though, wasn't it red?
K: Yes, I'm a rebel.
C: Cool, we're rebels!
Mom: Riding in the car with a rebel doesn't make you a rebel, dear.

C: I'm a rebel. I've gone cross walking.

(hysterical laughing from the front seat cues a lesson on the difference between crosswalking and jay walking)

My Mom and the maze that is my home

When Samuel was born my mom came to stay with me for a week to help out, since we knew I would have a c-section. She was the biggest help! She got more laundry done in a week than I'd seen done the whole time I had morning sickness, lol. Of course she PAID my kids to let her do thier laundry! Yep! She paid them $20 to bring their laundry down for her to wash. How could it get any better, I ask you?

But the best part of the week was watching my mom get lost in my house 4-5 times a day! We have a circular path on the main floor. You can walk from living room to dining room to the tiny hall outside the nursery to the kitchen to the hall with the bathroom to the living room again. So, she'd be heading for the bathroom and end up in the nursery. Or she'd be trying for the bedroom/nursery and end up in the hall to the bathroom. Every single day. Without fail! The funniest was when she was in the hallway to the bathroom and asked one of the kids where the bathroom was!

I told her we'd never know she was lost if she'd just keep going, since its a big circle, but then it wouldn't have been nearly as funny, either!

Hi, mom! You knew this had to come out one day! You know, not even Trinity got lost the first day we moved in, and she was only a year old. This is really funny!

But, if you all want to laugh really, REALLY hard, head over to It Coulda Been Worse and read her post on The perfect gift. Seriously pee your pants funny! I was laughing so hard that I could barely read it to my husband, who was trying to figure out what I was in hysterics about. My 17yo ds was wiping tears away, too, lol. It has to be THE best post I've ever read! EVER!

Things heard and done at our house recently

A few weeks ago I was complaining to my mom about Trinity and her little terror episodes and mom asked me "Why aren't you spanking her?" Not because my mom wants her adorable grandbaby spanked, because she doesn't. She was making fun of me because I am definately a spanking advocate, and spanked my older children faithfully. I told this to a girlfriend, big mistake. I was speaking to Sheree on the phone the other day and complaining about Trinity, and she says saracastically "Why aren't you spanking her?" And right out of my mouth without thinking comes this: "Because she doesn't like it!" Oh my gosh the laughter!

Last night, as I was putting Trinity to bed (after dealing with the pee she'd peed in it for fun earlier in the day) she asks me to read her a book. My throat is sore from a cold so I told her no, I need to go clean something. Then a brilliant idea hits me! "Maybe I should read you a book every time you use the potty chair!" And Trinity says "Just a minute, mom!" and she concentrates really hard, then looks back at me and says "I need to go potty!" She found a way to get that book read! LOL

After that story I went up stairs to watch some tv with the hubby. We were watching a CSI episode where a guy in the middle of a sex change operation is murdered. They discovered "she" was a "he" by seeing his huge feet. Devon comes up the stairs and says "My legs feel funny." Dh, being the concerned, fix-it dad that he is gets all concerned "Whats the matter, what part feels funny?" Devon lifts up his pants leg and says "I shaved my legs." Donnie almost starts gagging! Oh it was soo funny! I'm grossed out, too, I mean, my growing man-child has sexy, smooth girlly legs with ginormous man feet! He's a swimmer and sectionals is almost here, he probably wants to shave some time off his score.

Also last night, which was apparently a night for funnies.... Kaytlin, 15, saw my blog about the Superman diaper and said she saw someone at school wearing a Superman Thong and though to herself "My brother will be wearing one of those soon." I did a double take. Huh? Which of your brothers plans to start wearing thongs??? Drew? "No, SAM will be wearing a Superman diaper on his butt soon!" Whew, I was scared for a minute there! (and then later that night the whole leg shaving......)

Random stuff

Look at this great photo made out of TOAST. Seriously artistic, huh?!

I've homeschooled my children, and I have some learning disabilities in some of my children, so education is important to me. There is a great video here, click on the purple box, about children and education. Don't let your child be a kangaroo, or a fish!

And now a couple videos to make you chuckle!


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I hope you had fun! Everyone needs a good laugh now and then!