Why Austin will never give me grandkids…
I had started crocheting a baby blanket for my soon-to-be grand-baby. (from Katey)
Austin laughs and says “Geez Mom, you’re in full-on Granny mode!” (my Mom is constantly knitting, sewing, etc)
I respond with a sigh, “Maybe I’ll have it done by the time you have a baby.” (as of this writing the baby better be extremely skinny)
To which he adamantly replies “I’m never having kids!”
And I say “Well… when your wife has a baby.”
Austin – “No way, Mom! I’m not ever having kids!”
Me – “Why not?” (and I was asking seriously)
Without so much as a word he rolls his eyes and then looks at me and then looks at the twins… “They’re why!!”
Of course… that should have been obvious, right?! LOL
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Later that day while trying to relax and have a snack two mini-people (who had already eaten their dinner) attacked from both sides ‘meowing’ until I fed them. I don’t believe that I have ever spoon fed the cat so I’m not sure why they thought that was a good idea.. but I suppose it resulted in them getting fed so I guess I’m the dope!
Current Mood:
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Hey there!
Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! Welcome New Year!
Happy Holidays and a Shiny New Year filled with lots of love and good cheer!
- The Ninth Pãramitã: Loving Kindness (mettã) means ‘good will’ in all our actions.
- My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness. ~ The 14th Dali Lama
- Kindness is the light that dissolves all walls between souls, families, and nations. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
- You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one’s whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such. ~ Confucious
May your hearts and homes be filled with Loving Kindness now and always.
Love from Candi, Austin, Ellie, Marcus, Jose & Katey
This time of year it always seems we notice those missing from our lives a little bit more. It seems harder to get on with the days without them here. Hold your family close at the holidays and everyday… you just don’t know what’s around the corner. So for all those faces & voices & hugs & kisses that will be missed at the table this Christmas – I still hold you all in my heart and miss you dearly.
Marcus 1 Ellie 0
So Marcus got the first point in the very amusing game of giving Mom heart-failure today. We were at Menards looking for carpet and I had the twinnkies in one of those car-carts. I had looked down at them thru the little back window and saw both their hats were gone so I started retracing my steps to find them. After I found the 2nd hat I looked again and Marcus was gone! Somehow he’d gotten out of the seatbelt & out of the car when I had stopped the cart. I went into full-on panic mode. I was running through the isles calling for him and practically tackled the first store person I saw who immediately got on his handset. Thankfully he’d only gotten around the corner and an older female associate had captured him. I think I snatched him out of her arms so fast she probably thought I was insane… and well maybe just then I was. Needless to say he had to ride in the regular cart seat, tightly belted in, for the rest of the visit.
He also earned the first point in truly irritating his brother tonight. When we got home I gave the babies their bath. Once they were done they were running buck wild around the bathroom. Marcus climbed back into the tub (empty now) and decided to do some business. I scooped him up and got him cleaned up and diapered and had Austin watch Ellie. Once I had Marcus squared away and was getting Ellie in her jammies I told Austin that since he had late homework again his new punishment was to clean up the mess his brother had made in the bathtub. Then I told him that from now on anytime he had late homework he’d have to cleanup baby messes. He thought that was a pretty good incentive to do his homework on time.
Marcus also had his early learning screening today. Which I am happy to report came out far better than the initial one. They are going to come back in January to check him again. They think he should be talking more than he is. I’m not sure I agree with their findings but it was tonnes better than what the doctor thought at the 18-month checkup.
So all my monkeys are in bed where they are supposed to be! I am going to just veg out for a little bit because it just seems to have been an extremely long week and I am very glad the weekend is here. Oh… I did get some carpet after all that! We’ll see how that adventure goes tomorrow!
Happy Halloween! Happy Samhain! Happy All Hallow’s Eve! Happy Harvest! Whatever your pleasure here’s to you!