Bath Time Fun; Disclaimer...contains nudity :-)

The Newest Addition to our family...

Their House

Hanging from the side: waiting to "hatch"; the lighter one is the now empty one

Here he/she is: Wings ClosedHere he/she is: Wings Open

Okay well it worked..we now have a pet butterfly! :-) TJ got the bugville butterfly kit for Easter from his Grammy....we sent away for the catapillers and after TJ manhandled them and let them crawl all over him and drive his John Deere trucks we got two that turned into larve and this morning I almost had a heart attack when I looked into thier house and one was fluttering around! Wasn't expecting movement! There is one more still hanging on the side (as instructed) and we will see what happens..I wanted to wait until they were both butterflies then release them together but TJ had other ideas and when I was putting Jack in the car I hear "mom, the butterfly got out" yep unzipped his little house and flew right on out..so now somewhere in the house we have a butterfly! We'll see if we can find it - hopefully - and release into the "wild"..for now we sit and wait and watch to see the other one come to life - we will be ordering more catapillers in the near future...

Finally - an update

That would be more exciting news if there was much to really update! LOL! Things are pretty much the same ole at home..only now it's nice weather and party time outside..which finally gives me a chance to work on the inside. Repainting and paiting....doing something with the floors all the way around..just not sure what....also working on the outside...trimming bushes...planting flowers...the big project is a patio before Jack's 1st bday..momma learned the hard way that spending tons of money on a party really gets you no where! So poor Jack gets the home party! I figure this year we'll have a BBQ; rent a moonbounce for the older kids and just hang..then we can start pool parties etc when he figures out it's his birthday.

Jack - is standing unassisted for longer and longer periods of time. He can walk with a toy....but not alone yet...he is all over the place crawling etc. I'll have to get a picture of his new outdoor crawling move..it's hands and feet; no knees! He finally has a tooth that we can see; one bottom one...and it's obvious more are on the way!

TJ - let's just say we are trying to make it through the summer with no stitches, glue, or breaks! Enough said! :-0

I am enjoying this year and trying to get all yard work etc done because next year we start football! There goes the weekends! Last night we put sand for the first time in that sandbox part of the swingset The sand is green...go figure TJ picked the color...at first I just filled his sand table thinking he could play in it then he wanted to sit in it (hence the picture) so then I said I have the liner etc lets just fill the sandbox out back...I am hoping to make it "liveable" so we can spend more time outback...hence wanting the patio done. Then we'll need to get like bug zappers since we have half yard; half woods...what is summer with out the sound of bugs frying instantly in the background! LOL!

That's about it for now..rambling done...pictures are from last night....

Thanks for the shirt Popeye!

Thank you Popeye for my new shirt! Mommy tried to make me look cool but we ended up with the comb over anyway! Love you!

Weekend of not much but a lot...

We had alot to do this weekend and I think I got most of it done; it all flew by so fast that I don't even remember really what I did....I know the weather was nice on Saturday so we spent lots of outside time, Sunday was inside time and thank you MeMe for taking care of Jack so that I could get some rest and only deal with TJ....I wasn't feeling well and MeMe came through for me! I hope one day I can return the favors she has done for me ten fold! We love you MeMe and of Course G Dada too for he is the great entainer and trouble maker for they boys! :-) No pictures this weekend..please don't faint....I did get a free upgrade on my phone and I LOVE IT! It's called the Samsung Juke and it is so super cute! It holds 1000 songs so I can use it like an ipod and it is a camera phone and super small and compact..I must say its my first upgraded gizmo and I love it! I love not having to buy a seperate ipod or whatever and being able to have my phone when I go for my runs..yes I am back to running; right now I am only at about 2.5 miles in 30 minutes but it's a start....and I love it like always....anyway...I love my new phone, camera, ipod thing....also the same ear phones I use to listen to my music turn into a wireless headset for when I want to talk and drive! And no it was not as much as I and I am sure you think it was! My totally bill for transferring rob's account to a new phone due to water damage of his old phone, connecting my phone and transferring all of my contacts...100 bucks...the cost of an apple shuffle..
TJ; the name of the shoes are sketchers...we caught the commercial last night and guess who needs new sneakers anyway so sketchers it will be because as he mentioned yet again; I will never have to tie my shoes again..I hope he realizes that he WILL have to learn to tie at some point in his life! LOL!
Jack; not quite walking but taking the risk of moving from the ottom to the chair or couch with out holding on and as of yesterday can climb the stairs..up goes the baby gate!

Whoever says commercials don't influence kids;

lives in a hole! Or if people say they (meaning kids) aren't paying attention when you talk; guess again!

Last night I am piddling around TJ's room, putting laundry away etc and I hear (I forget what he called the actual shoe so for story telling purposes we'll call them airwalks) so...I hear airwalks mom, what are those, airwalks, I want those, and I said what and he continues the shoes, the commercial said never have to tie your shoes again..those I want those! I just laughed and said well I wasn't paying attention so if it comes on again just let me know to watch..it never did but I can't wait to see what grabbed his interest so much...fast forward to snack time - he is having a bowl of applejacks and I say okay are you done and he says no you didn't know I am drinking the milk because I am a pig...I actually snorted I laughed so hard...I always tell him your mommy's little piggy because of the amount of food he can intake at any one given time! He listens! LOL!

Our Pets

Well we went from one dog to 3 and now TJ has added a gecko to the list....Dixie came first then I had to have another dog and we got Harley or as we call him Dumb Dumb and Princess is our Foster but we love her dearly with her one eye, no teeth and gimpy ass leg! LOL! Now TJ has a gecko that he calls gecko; he refuses to give it a real name....not sure why but it's his and I could really care less what he calls it! :-) He loves this little sucker!

The gecko is a slow mover; another reason for this choice he can not really get away nor does he choose too; he really likes to just hang in his rock house..........He has a heating blanket that attaches to the underside of the tank and warms the sand etc and he has his rocks and logs to hide out in and we mist the thing to keep it humid and have the gauges to watch the humidity levels....He can only have it on the floor in his room with the door closed; so far I don't even think the dogs have noticed; all three of them are in their own worlds!
It ests live crickets but thankfully my mom got him the bug gun and habitat for christmas so we keep the crickets in the habitat and suck them up with the gun and dump them in to the cage for feeding time...we bought 20 crickets...
Soon in the mail we should be getting his catapillers for him to grow his own butterflies; he got the butterfly kit for easter; my mom calls him steve irwin! LOL!