What goes on in her mind?

Haley how was school?

Good. We got a new student again.

Oh really? What's their name?

Um...Joy?

That's good. I know someone named Joy.

Jolee?

It's Jolee? Well, I went to college with someone named Jolee. It kind of reminds me of a song too.

Julie! I think it's Julie!

Julie?

Julianna.

Well anyway, were you nice to her?

Nice to who?

Julianna.

Julianna? Oh nevermind. Her name is Mackenzie.

The beginning

Last night as we sat at the table eating dinner I was fully concentrating on stuffing as much food into my face as possible before Scott ate it all so I wasn't really paying attention to anything Haley was saying. Everyone knows Haley talks a lot, and suppertime is no exception. However, she did catch me off guard when she mentioned something about marriage.

What?

Cameron L. told me he's in love with me and he wants us to get married.

What?

Cameron L. wants to get married. I'm just glad it's not Cameron S. because I don't like him at all because last week he told me it was Halloween and I was afraid I'd missed it. But it's Cameron L. so that okay.

Um...what?

(Ashlyn in the meantime looks absolutely horrified and Scott has completely stopped eating and Owen is oblivious to everything except his corn)

At this point Haley decides she's told us everything she possibly can and goes back to eating. A silence falls over the table. Finally, Owen speaks up "Married? Okay."

Scott then looks over at me "Maybe we should re-think this whole 4th child thing."

Oh come on!!

Thanks to Amber for pointing this out, but come on people, you've GOT to be kidding me!

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Ding-Dong

This afternoon I was minding my own business when the doorbell rang. I answered the door and saw a lady standing there with her teenage son. She smiled and asked me if I was the "mother of the house", and I told her yes.

All of a sudden her smile faded and she stepped towards me and started yelling "Well, I want you to know your son just picked a fight with my son when they were getting off the school bus." I was a little caught off guard so I turned around to make sure Owen was in fact 2 years old and I hadn't just shot forward through time 14 years. He was standing there so I turned back around and said "Ma'am, I think" and she held up her finger and screamed "I'm still talking!!!" I stood there for another few seconds and then tried again to stop her and she screamed "I'm not finished!!!" I listened to her yell about fighting and disregard for other people and bullies and finally I decided this could go on all night so I raised my voice and said "Ma'am, my son is TWO!" and turned and pointed at him for good measure. Owen, ever ready to oblige, held up two fingers, smiled broadly and said "O two!"

The woman immediately stopped and looked at her son, who had been standing there quietly the entire time. "Oh" he said "I guess they moved or something."

I mean...What the hell?

So I said "Are you looking for the Watsons?" and they said yes. So, just to be sure, I said (and I am not being racist here, I was merely trying to prove a point) "You are looking for the black family who used to live here?" and they said yes. I told them where they had moved to and the woman apologized for yelling at me.

All in all, an interesting event. But still...What the hell?

Pictures of Haley

Here are some pictures Ashlyn took of Haley. If you're wondering what happened to her face, no, it was not something Owen did. She scrubbed too hard when she was taking her fake tattoo from the Supersquad parade off and made her face raw.


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Pictures of Owen

Ashlyn took some pictures the other day and I just took some time to go through them. All in all she took 57, but these were the best of Owen. Some are blurry, but they still look pretty good.


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Roy G Biv

At school today Haley learned about Roy G Biv. For those of you who don't know, that is an acronym to help you remember the colors of the rainbow--red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.

Haley brought her paper to me proudly and asked if I knew who it was under the rainbow. I guessed Haley? and she said No, it's Roy. And the next time it rains I'm going to look for a rainbow and see if I see him.

Obviously, the whole idea was wasted on Haley.

The Big Tease

Owen has now pee-peed on the potty 4 times in a row...twice last night and twice so far today. The last three times it was his very own idea.

I still don't think he's serious.

I HAVE to have this!

Okay, Amber was looking around the internet for a quilt for Arden and she ran across a website that was selling these. I googled it and found it at several different places. I'm hoping beyond hope that someone buys me one. I mean, I think it will serve a great purpose, but really I want it just so people will come up to me and ask "That is so neat! What is that called?" and I can say loudly and proudly "It's a Hooter Hider!"

Lord help us all

Owen's Halloween costume came in the mail today, courtesy of Meena and Papaw. It even has tiny shoulder pads for him to wear under the shirt (he's not that broad in real life). He has not taken it off yet and has been running around the house screaming something about being a Ten-see put-ball payer.

Central High Homecoming Parade

Tonight the girls rode on a float in the Central High School Homecoming parade as part of their first Supersquad duties. They had a blast and got to do chants for about 3 blocks. Only one kid threw up on the float and I'm happy to say it was neither of mine! The parade was pretty decent and some of the high school kids threw candy to the people watching, so Owen collected several suckers and pieces of gum. He liked every float except the swim team's because they had a guy dressed up like a giant shark who chased the swimmers around the float while the Jaws music played. Even I have to admit it was a bit disturbing. I think tomorrow evening we may go to the game and just stay for the first half. The girls are eager to watch the real cheerleaders and high school football is HUGE in Texas.

A Day at the Park

We spent about an hour at the park today with Amber and Arden and had lots of fun. Sadly, after I took the first picture of Owen sliding the battery in my camera died. But this is the one I did get.

The Girls' Blogs

After much consideration and talk, the girls and I have decided that we should stop updating their blogs. They don't do that much different each day so they are becoming redundant. Also, the girls don't like to have to update them everyday. I have to admit they lasted longer than I thought they would last, and maybe in the future we will make one for the two of them to share.

Good times

What is that cat eating?

Ground beef.

Ground beef?

Yes, we gave him some ground beef last night.

Last night? And he's eating it today?

Yeah, he really likes it.

(5 minutes pass)

Mom! The cat threw up! Three times!!

Well, you need to get it cleaned up.

Mom!! Ashlyn won't help because she says I saw it first so I should clean it up and because she says it's my cat, but I cleaned up the poop when Chevy pooped in the house last week.

Ashlyn, clean up the throw up.

MOM!!! Max is eating the throw up!!

Haley, put Max outside.

MOM!!!! Max just peed right on the cat throw up!! And Owen's standing right beside it eating cheese and he's going to step in it just to be mean!

Haley, put Max outside! And get something and help Ashlyn clean that up.

MOM!!!!! I was going to get some toilet paper and the toilet paper exploded.

What?

It exploded. There's toilet paper everywhere. Do I have to clean that up too?

Well, it doesn't really matter because your daddy is going to come home and kill you both.

It's not that big a deal. We don't need to tell him. Can you come back here?

No.

Why not?

Because high blood pressure is not good for the baby.

(one day hopefully I can bottle this crazy and sell it on ebay)

Confusion

OK Go - Here it goes again

I'm sure a lot of people out here have seen this already, but it's Haley's favorite!!

The ants

Every day in my bathroom I have ants. Two ants. No more than two, but always two. They are always traveling across the floor, in some type of cover formation I'm sure, coming from a secret location that I cannot find and going who knows where. Every day I squish the ants with toilet paper, throw the paper away and wash my hands. Every day. Owen watches me do this. And the next day two more are there, diligently trying to cross the floor, as if the queen ant has sent them in to find the ones from the day before and the day before that.

For about the past week or so I have noticed that the two ants are gone. I don't see them, and being pregnant I spend an awful lot of time in the bathroom, so I have lots of chances to look. Out of the blue, after months of seeing them each day, they are gone. I wondered about this briefly, but then decided there are more important things to contemplate, like where the light in the room goes when you turn off the light switch.

This weekend I was going to go to the bathroom and Owen saw me on my way. He yelled "NO MOMMY! ANTS!" I told him that no, the ants were gone now. He shook his head and rushed in ahead of me and started looking around on the floor. Suddenly he clapped, pointed and screamed "TWO ANTS!" I looked and sure enough, there they were again. I went to get some toilet paper and Owen said "No, O do it!!" He then proceeded to bend down, squish both ants WITH HIT BARE FINGERS, lift up the toilet lid and RINSE HIS HANDS OFF IN THE POTTY and then he dried them off ON MY TOWEL.

It took about one tenth of a second for me to realize that he has been doing this every day FOR A WEEK. Killing ants with his bare hands, washing his hands in the toilet and drying them on my towel...the towel that even Scott is not allowed to touch. Honestly I don't know which part of all this bothers me the worst.

Lucinda's Blog

Actually, it's Will's blog, but he's only 2, so I'm giving credit to his mom!!

Joel, Lucinda and Will live in Rome, GA. Will is ADORABLE so check him out!!

http://jlandwh.blogspot.com/