Super-Green!

Isaac got his next TaeKwonDo belt today. His Daddy's not here to make a super-duper video montage, but I figure this one will work. The commentator is me. :-)

He had to break a second board because the first one was too easy. Even Isaac said it was "way too easy" afterward when I asked him about it.

Yay Isaac!

Good job!

After...

It's hard to explain the feeling I got when I saw a squirrel sitting on the stump eating the guts out of this pumpkin.

I asked the squirrel to hold the pose while I got my camera but he didn't cooperate. The pumpkin, however, was happy to comply.

Well. "Happy" may be a stretch.

Halloween is Hard Work

First you have to decorate the yard.

Then you have to design your jack-o-lantern.

Then you have to GUT your jack-o-lantern.

Then you have to talk an adult into carving your jack-o-lantern.

Above is Isaac's.

This one's Todd's.

Josiah's.

Hunter's.

Of course, after all this comes the hard work of walking all over the neighborhood and begging for treats.

Phew.

Bet they can't wait til it's over.

:-D

Cosmic Question

Well. "Cosmic" as in, "for the cosmos at large," not as in, "concerning the cosmos". Here's the deal. I get an email from 1-800-FLOWERS today. It says, Did you know today is the most popular birthday in America? and proceeds to offer me a fabulous deal on a bouquet of roses for any special birthday person I happen to know. Well. As it turns out, today is my Mom's birthday (congrats on being popular mom!) I think, "Score! I'll send mom roses!"

Well. Turns out, it's not available for delivery today. So, why offer me a bouquet for the most popular b-day in America but not ON the most popular b-day in America? Shouldn't you have sent me this email earlier?

Hey. I know it's not your fault my Mom's roses are going to be a day late (surprise, Mom). That's poor planning on my part... which surprises no one. I'm just suggesting that maybe a little better planning is in order for your email campaigns.

I do appreciate the deal, though. Thanks.

That is all.

(gotta love how Blogger messes with fonts)

Looky Here!

Look what they have at Giant now! How crazy is that? Celiac is obviously becoming a SERIOUS issue. I didn't even think to buy one. I just stood and stared....and took a pic.
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Birthday SCORE!

This is what the boys were trying to be sneaky about yesterday. They gave it to me at Chili's by pretending to go to the bathroom and coming back to the table with it. :-)
Yes, I pay the ukulele. And, yes, this one sounds great!

Okay... I'll tell now.

I completely forgot to take a pic of the completely perfect card that went with all this. I may have another chance, though. I went to lunch with some girlfriends today and Todd took the boys out to lunch too. Burger King. Burger King is actually quite a hike from our place. When asked "Why," he said that he wanted to take them somewhere 'special' since I was eating somewhere 'special'. I hate Burger King and they love it, so this made sense. Until they got home. As soon as Josiah saw me he proclaimed, "Mom! We bought you a 'not tellin'!!!"

:-D

I'll let you know what the additional "not telling" is when I find out.

"Not Telling"

My birthday's tomorrow. I don't tell you this in order to get anything from you, but to set up the story I'm about to tell.

Todd took the two older boys shopping tonight while I took lil' bit to Tae Kwon Do. After class, I asked Ike, "Do you think the first words out of Josiah's mouth when we get home will be what they bought me?" Ike said, "Yup. But I'll stop him first."

Soon after arriving home, Josiah hollered for me from upstairs, "MOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!" over and over until I came to the stairwell.

"Yes, sir."

"MOM, I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT WE GOT YOU FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY," he yells down.

"Okay. Thank you!"

Isaac says, "Well, guess I'm not gonna have to stop him."

5 minutes later Josiah comes down to my office. "Mom, we got you 'not telling', 'not telling, 'not telling' and some 'not telling'."

"Really? That's a lot of 'not telllings'."

"Yeah. And we got you some 'not telling' related 'not tellings'."

"Mmmmm. Nice."

Sometimes, I love my life.

And, in case you're wondering why they waited until the day before, Josiah inherited his "not telling" issues from his Daddy. Todd waits until last minute because he can't stand not telling. :-D

Sittin' Pretty

Have I mentioned how much our cat loves the new fish tank?

Dad? Is that you?

A friend of mine shared this with me today. It made me giggle. I mean, really, a cheeky homeless person. How fun is that? So I forwarded it to Todd. His response, after a chuckle, was, "He looks kinda like your dad." And I realized that if, for some reason, my Dad ever became homeless and decided to panhandle (if you know my Dad, you see the irony in that thought), this is exactly the way he'd do it.

'Cause my Dad's clever like that. And cheeky.

:-D

P.S. If you can't read it, the sign says, "I BET U CAN'T HIT ME WITH A QUARTER."

P.P.S. Don't do it Dad! You can always come live with us!