Encouraging words on a flurry day

Blahhhh - So we get up this morning and it’s flurrying outside! =P

Anyways…  -Our group had an assignment a couple weeks ago, I just now got around to read some notes they had for me… between them I had a few words that were *VERY*  meaningful to me.

 K said:

“I love being your friend! You have a gentle spirit that invites me in…

… it’s just the patient way you present yourself…

A said:

“you are God’s work of art…

… you are one of the most incredible person I have ever met…

 Dr said:

… what a kind woman you are! The youngest of the group but your experiences in life had made you grow fast… your faith is immeasurable”

I’LL keep these encouraging notes around.

Welcome Baby Girl!!!

Kellie Ann Boyle

October 30, 2007 at 2:32 a.m.
7 pounds 6 ounces * 20 inches

Congratis  Melissa & Rick!!!

We went for a visit a couple of days ago; she is so calm - slept all the time and made the cuttest faces!!!
Here is kind of a pick on her - this is the best picture I got! (Benji took them!)

Happy Birthday Unlce Mike!

Today uncle Mike is 29 (??)  We met with him and a bunch of good people for dinner and afterwards we have a lil piece of Kristen’s DELICIOUS triple chocolate cake! For his gift we got him tickets to see APF with us

Happy Birthday Thomas!!!

My Godson turned 1!!!! =)
 And Happy Birthday to you to Perry! (Thomas & His dad have the same birthday!)

 Pictures from his party last week:

  
   

TOTALLY CHANGING THE SUBJECT HERE: 

Why do I love going to Findlay Market???
Because:

2 spaghetti Squash & 1 Butternut squash
1 bag of Oranges
1 bag of Limes
1 bag of Green Beans
1 bag of Tomatoes
3 Onions
A bunch of Bananas
2 Mangos (and I feel like I’m forgetting something…)

Came to  total of : $13.50!!!

Got tickets?????

WE DO!!!! Aussie Pink Floyd
3rd December   -   USA   -   Cincinnati, OH   -   Taft Theater

Trip to Indy

Before I say anything else I want to remind you that November is…

National Adoption Awareness Month

Now, about the trip...

 I forgot to post about this but back in October the boys & I drove to Madison - IN to visit Gisele & the girls. The time in the road was very smooth, I never drove there before and this time I was my own co-pilot but we made it fine.  The boys had the best time, Haruka is just about 3 mos older then Benji and so is Ain older then Noah. Benji scored a wooden baseball bat from Gisele - (I think he slept with that bat for the first week! lol ) They had a blast and tears when was time to leave… from all of us not just the kids!
 We asked Benji to take a picture of Gi & I and this is what we got:
 
 Benji & Haruka - they had so much fun!
 

Halloween

I don’t really care for this holiday, but this year I had fun!

Past Saturday our neigborhood had the 4th Annual Kids & Pets Halloween Parade, the Lebanon Fire Department lead the kids walking behind the truck from the park in the lake all the way down to the playground down on Lake shore. Getting better every year, this time we had music,snacks for the kids and even a balloon making clown (You were awesome Shelly!)

Today we weren’t gonna go out to trick or treat - we sat in our driveway and handed candy - Benji had a lot of fun, but man when he saw Isabella he just wanted to follow her so we ended up going to the houses in our street only! He *REALLY* losen it up byt the 3rd or 4th house…
My boy got his first crush!!! Awwww

This is the flash light we got to hand to thekids along with Candy: The kids enjoyed the flashlight way more then I expected! =)  Cool!!!

Updated 11/04 - Pictures
Noah on his Batman Pjs
 
Benji  & Isabella
  
And a puppie named Blue we found! Noah also has a PABLO from Backyardigans custome,but I don’t have any pictures in this computer to post (coming soon)

Just like a flower is Noah !!! & A cool one from Benji!

Like a flower that blooms overnight…

Today - Noah is talking: (in order of understandbility)

Dada
More (and signs!)
Ball
Mama
He signs”thank you” on his own special way, touching his forhead! 
Immitates the train “Tchooo tchooo”
And a lion “Grrrrrr” =)

Benjamin


Yeap! Kids say the darnest things! My 2.5 year old things I’m ”as big as the elephant we saw at the zoo mama, with all the manimals !”     -I guess I better start on a diet soon!
 

He is very active and all over the place, always remember where his toys are, what he and other people own and the cutest latest is that he reads books for us before bed time…
… so today he found a card; a thank you note; somewhere in the house and this is him reading it:

“Its Mikey Mouse and a birthday, you get it… *a pause here* you come you get  bfiday cake

PS (yes - he said P S ) There is a Mickey Mouse standing up. PS the end.
HAHAHAHA
I can’t help myself but laugh! - where did he get that????

Our first (and hopefully only) 911 call

So - every mom at some point called poison control… (we done twice) also every mom got a child that dialed 911 as a mistake - or just out of curiosity.
This week we had out first “ooops” 911 call!

Noah did it - he talked to the dispatcher when I heard something and got the phone from him….they still sended someone to check up on us - my dear!

The interesting part of it to me is that I looked at the phone, on “redial” to see what he dialed and it was 0591111
Isn’t that interesting?

Some funny conversations

Benji: Mom, I want chocolate milk


Me: Hot or Cold?

Benji: Mom… not hot and not cold. I want it warm
….

Benji: Ma, what are you doing?

Me: I’m writing an e-mail.

Benji: An-mail? I see…
….

The shocker: Came home he was watching TV, I asked how he was

“I’m so happy you are home mama, I’m watching Thomas the Blue, Noah is night nights, dad was mad and he said Fuck”

We never cuss in front of him, so it was interesting to see he knew that was something “bad” to do and he was telling on dad. LOL

If that wasn’t enough from now on I can’t watch my shows around him…

I was watching Family Guy and he was playing with trains, kinda far from the great room, did not look like he was paying any attention, then he laughed at something they said at the show, turned to me and said:

“Mom, this is a funny show”

Benjamin knows:
* The ABC’s
* Recognizes numbers x letters
* All shapes and colors

Positivism (not even sure that is actually a word)

A nice big waive of “positivism” hit me this past couple of days, and I like it! (Insert happy funny voice here)

Even the parts that are not working out so great don’t drain me out, so it’s a cool balance.

↓s

I being to the Dr., my colesteral & blood preasure are high and that is a big *NOT GOOD* specially for someone in my age. Need to do something about it. I’m heavier then I ever being – even while pregnant I didn’t weight as much as I do right now – the problem is that it does not bother me enough to do something about it.

Now I’ll have to because it’s not just “looks” but we are talking about my health!
This past Tuesday I tried a new med for migraine but it didn’t do much! I was very desapointed! =(
↑s

Everyone else is getting sick, everyone but me and the boys! (Urru!!) GTJ!!!

The boys are just sweet loving kids, they are amazing and they make my life full of joy! They are the best gift from God! =)

Kids & Video Games

I never thought Benji would be into playing video games so early. He is always asking to play Monica’s so I opened a Nintendo DS we have here to take to Tia Ro when we go to Brasil and let me tell ya… his boy loves it!


He call “My video game with the crayon”

He doesn’t play more then once or twice a week - I think he is too young for it, but when he does, the little time he spends with it, believe me, he is freaking concentrated on it!

People, oh people...

People surprise me – all the time. I can never know that to aspect. Some for the better, some for the worst…


And those you think you can count on you absolutely can’t when you most need them – and when you are out of options and solutions, someone you never thought about reaches out to you and everything works way better then what we imagined when everything was going down the drains. If that makes any sense…

A very wet Zoo

We made to the zoo today with Kristen and Mike, it’s sounded like a perfect day until we leave the membership office and KABOON – it’s pouring rain!


Very wet, we have a membership and could go back at anytime but Benji was so frustrated with the idea of not visiting the elephants, that was all he talked about for 2 days…. we still managed to show Benji the elephants, the discovery center and a couple train rides.

We headed to Mike’s house to dry and I actually took a nice hot shower and Kirsten cooked us dinner. I tried for the first time “Spaghetti squash” I absolutely enjoyed it.

Dan got a ride there, and we all headed back home together…

FINALY!!!!

The Bengals won a game! 38 x 31 Jets

And Dan made the best sandwiches EVER for tailgating!

TV

Of couse we set goals to limit our tv time this fall/winter, so at first we picked just a couple of show. But wait! We can DVR and watch 3x faster in a quiet environment after the kids are in bed! So that became 5x more shows that we expected! LOL So we are watching:


The Office – Awesome as usual. It’s the best!

Law & Order – Not need to comment.

Kid Nation – I really enjoy this show – so does Dan. Benji even watches it with us… don’t understand much but watches it.

Survivor – Just because we used to enjoy – but to be honest it lost it. This one is full of “beautiful & strong” people and it just feels like set up… people just talk about “the way I play the game” … anyways… it’s just getting old!

Grey’s Anatomy – Even Meredith being as annoying as can be I still enjoy this show.

Private Practice – So far ok. I’m giving it a shot, we’ll see.

Carpoolers – I’m LOVING it! A lots of: “man are the best and yes we(man) are animals, we love sex and woman are dumb” kind of jokes but wait – 2 & ½ Man is like that also and we watch it!!!

2 & ½ Man – The comment is just above…

Desperate Housewife – Not important but I like to watch when I have a chance

So here is at least 5 hours!! FIVE!!! Five!!!! Five hours in front of the TV every week! Way more then I would like to but at least Dan & I do it together cuddling in the couch. I enjoy listening to “Singing Bee” while I cook dinner or do dishes if that is on…

Besides that we don’t watch anything else anyways… so I guess it’s all right.

We got a new mattress!!! FREE!

Dan was always complaining that out mattress sucked that it was falling a part blah blah blah…


He always asked me to call the co. because it had a 10 yrs warranty. I never did… so times goes by and he called. They came out to measure our mattress and let me tell ya: When I took the mattress cover/pad out I was choked! Our mattress really was falling a part!!! The guys measured and got back with us a few days later, the result was that we were approved for a replacement.

Not just that but they didn’t make our mattress anymore (It was only 3 yrs old) so they gave us an upgrade. It was originally $600 and we paid $400 for our mattress on sale and we just got this new one AWESOME $1220 worth for FREE and free delivery and everything!!!

How cool was that???

SCATTERGORIES by Jewels rules!

…it’s harder than it looks! Copy and paste and fill in with your letter.


*Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following… *they have to be real places, names, things…nothing made up!

Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

What is your name? Lilian
4 letter word: LOVE
Vehicle: Lincoln Navigator
City: La la land hahah Loisville
Boy Name: Lucas
Girl Name: Laurie
Alcoholic drink: Licour
Occupation: Laundry lady hahahah
Something you wear: Lingerie hmmmm
Celebrity: Luciano Pavaroti
Reason for Being Late: Lack of time managment
Food: Lobster
Something found in a bathroom: Linen or Lingerie (again?)
Cartoon Character: Lisa Simpson
Something You Shout: LORD JESUS!!!! WTH is going on?!!!

Bad Food Ads

Awesome site:   http://www.badfoodad.com/

 I loved it!

Good taste in early age…

So my two year asked me in the car this morning:

Mommy, can we listen to “the ring of fire” ???

So I browse my ipod for Johnny Cash, play it and he sings in the back of my van:

“Burns, burns, burns the ring of fire…”
“Down, down, down…”

Song is over and then came:
Mommy, can we hear “the ring of fire” again???? Pleeeeeeeeeease?”

Dear – we drove downtown Cincinnati –home (35 mins) listening to the ring of fire, over and over again….