Climbing the Walls

Not me.

The kids.

Literally.

 

 

Shrinking?

So Dmitri is getting a "jammie shirt" on... one of those really big kids shirts he inherited that we use as pajamas, along with a pull-up. He notices it doesn't even come to his knees anymore.

"Mom, how do shirts get smaller?"

"...um... they don't. You get bigger."

"Oh!"

Wordless Wednesday: SharkBunny

Note the fuzzy feet. And the tiger paw.

My son's creation. :)




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Super Remote!

It's a bird...

It's a plane...

No...

It's Super Remote!

It just told me - right on my TV screen:

"Remote Battery Is Low."

Niiiiiiiiice!

What will they think of next!?

Wordless Wednesday: January 30, 2008

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One of These Things Is Not Like The Other...

The littles have found all the "workbooks" mixed in with the coloring books and have spontaneously started working on completing them. They're interested in numbers and letters now, so the workbooks have come onto their radar.

The other day, Dmitri was doing a "matching" game in one of them. On one side of the page, there was a picture of a bucket - the kind with the handle a little kid takes to the beach. On the other side were two pictures: an inflatable swim ring and a chicken.

"Bucket..." Dmitri said thoughtfully, frowning. "Goes with..."

I glanced over and saw the pictures he was considering: inflatable swim ring or chicken?

"Bucket goes with chicken!" He smiled proudly as he circled the hen.

I couldn't help but laugh.

I think we need to stop eating out at KFC. :D

Eerie Eddie Makes Mischief

Do you all remember Eerie Eddie?

Zoe loves this doll. She doesn't know how strange he really is. In her arms, he doesn't look so bad... does he? Well, not quite so bad.

But Eddie's got a mischevious streak!

And he has a tendency to teach the kids very bad habits.

And you can't leave him alone for five minutes!

He always manages to find trouble!

Wordless Wednesday: January 9, 2007

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Brain Freeze?

We were practicing sight words this morning, and Dmitri was flying through them. We got about halfway through when he put both hands on top of his head.

"What are you doing?"

"When I read, my head gets buzzy."

"Buzzy?"

"I mean busy."

"Oh, busy!"

"I mean dizzy!"

*Snerk*

Thursday Thirteen #16: 13 Worst Family Feud Answers EVER

13 of the Worst Family Feud Answers EVER

These are REAL answers given on Family Feud.

1) Question: Name a former President that most people would say is honest.


#1 Answer: Lincoln

Worst Answer: Nixon



2) Question: Besides San Francisco, name a city that begins with the word San.

#1 Answer: San Diego

Worst Answer: Seattle


3) Question: Name a slang term used for important people.

#1 Answer: V.I.P.

Worst Answer: Buddy


4) Question: Name something packrats have a hard time throwing out.

#1 Answer: Photos

Worst Answer: Corn



5) Question: Name something that might annoy a gardener.

#1 Answer: Bugs

Worst Answer: Not getting paid on time



6) Question: Name a reason a man might send his wife flowers.

#1 Answer: Anniversary

Worst Answer: Happy divorce



7) Question: Name a term used in football.

#1 Answer: Touchdown

Worst Answer: Fastbreak



8) Question: Name a special request people ask for when making a dinner reservation.

#1 Answer: Non-smoking

Worst Answer: A menu



9) Question: Name someone you wouldn't want to get a phone call from.

#1 Answer: The police

Worst Answer: Your son



10) Question: Name a classical music composer everyone knows.

#1 Answer: Mozart

Worst Answer: Julio Inglesias



11) Question: Tell me something specific you should drink a lot of when you're sick.

#1 Answer: Water

Worst Answer: Alcohol



12) Question: Name something you'd hate to find at the end of your nose.

#1 Answer: Pimple

Worst Answers: Lint



13) Question: Name the worst kind of shoe to run a marathon in.

#1 Answer: High heels

Worst Answer: Scuba flippers

Louie Anderson's Response: If it's up there... I'll be surprised.


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Wordless Wednesday: January 2, 2008

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Thursday Thirteen #15: 13 Unusual New Years Resolutions

13 Unusual New Years Resolutions

1. Spend more time with other people's friends and families.

2. Give up assassinating fascist dictators for money.


3. Volunteer at a date-an-inmate fundraiser.


4. Give up playing "Tickle The Wild Polar Bear."


5. Learn how to fly airplanes into tall buildings.


6. Quit licking frogs at pet stores to see which ones are hallucinogenic before I buy them as kids' pets.


7. Cut up other people's credit cards.


8. Make time to stop and smell the armpits.


9. Stop going to random funerals just to get the collectible cards.


10. Have mercy on Peeps and stop exploding them in the microwave for stress relief.


11. Smoke only when on fire.


12. Get a gym membership for my gerbil.


13. Lose every other pound.


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Wordless Wednesday: December 26, 2007

Nerdy Bakers presents...

Gingerbread CPU

(What, you don't recognize a motherboard when you see one? :)

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Visions of Sugarplums?

Twisted but amusing. Love the "stockings". :o

(Click the picture to see the artist's site.)

Wordless Wednesday: December 19. 2007

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Wordless Wednesday: December 12, 2007

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Thursday Thirteen #12: 13 TV Mysteries

13 TELEVISION MYSTERIES

1. If the Professor could make a radio from a coconut, why couldn’t he make a boat?
2. Why was there no racial tension on that Gary Coleman Diff’rent Strokes show?
3. How did the Fonz pay rent?
4. Why did Timmy fall all the time—just so Lassie could save him?
5. Did Jack ever sleep with Janet or Chrissy?
6. Where did Ginger get all her clothes?
7. Did the old Darren from Bewitched and the old Becky from Rosanne get shunted into another dimension?
8. How did Jeannie fit in that little bottle?
9. Did the L on all her blouses really stand for Laverne?
10. What did Doogie Howser do with all his money?
11. What happened to the cat from the Brady Bunch? Did Tiger eat it?
12. Was Shaggy’s love for food really just the “munchies?”
13. Why didn’t Jo from Facts of Life ever realize she was really secretly in love with Blair?

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Wordless Wednesday: December 5, 2007

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One of These Things Just Doesn't Belong

Can you see the accident waiting to happen here in my night table drawer?

That's right. And yes, it DID happen. And no, it wasn't the kids. It was ME.

YUK!

Funny Sunday Morning

I bought cereal for the fourteen-year-old who was visiting this weekend, and the littles are on a sugar high.

Zoe insisted: "I want the frog cereal breakfast!"

Michael: "You mean, Sugar Smacks?"

"They're not called Sugar Smacks anymore." I laughed. "They're Honey Smacks."

"Smart marketing move on their part."

"I want Smacks! I want Smacks!"

Michael: "You know, Daddy once won a prize drawing the Sugar Smacks frog."

Dmitri perks up. "Do you still have it?"

Michael laughs. "I don't have any drawings left from when I was a kid, except the ones grandma kept. I don't think she hung onto that one."

"No, not the drawing, the prize!" Zoe insists, understanding her brother's question better than any of us.

"No, sweetie, I don't think Daddy still has his froggie decoder ring."

Dmitri stands up and squeals: "Mom, look! I found a dime with Jesus on it!"

"Ummmm..." Squinting down at the Canadian dime, I reply, "Not exactly, honey. That's Queen Elizabeth."