Link to "Just Too Busy Being Fabulous"

I mentioned this on a post a couple days ago...thought I would give you a link. We'll see if it works...I am learning!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ms9_uw9JqY

The Amazing Birthday List

Deacon is VERY interested in birthdays, birthday themes and different cake options. The thing is he is not just interested in his and his brothers- no, he has the year planned for the whole extended family! Some of them are more interesting than others...

The following is a list of what Deacon believes should be on everyone's cakes for 2008:

Tia Erica- porcupine following a dinosaur OR a porcupine looking at dinosaur fossils (when asked, "WHY?!" all we got was, "I think she likes dinosaurs."

Peter- a guitar (I guess that one makes some sense)

Grandpa Rog- a purple chair (when asked about this one it is because Gpa Rog sits on a purple chair to work on the computer and they all sit on the purple chair to play games)

Genna- pictures of Elise, Peter and Genna (because they all live at Gpa Chris and Gma Debbies??!!)

Gma Debbie- Bob the Builder (who doesn't love Bob?)

Lincoln- Thomas the Tank Engine (typical baby brother gets everyone else's favorite stuff imposed on him)

Mommy- pony for 2008, a swan for 2009 (he is always suggesting I get the girly toys in toy catalogs for myself)

Karla- horse (I have no idea...as far as I know Karla, although certainly not opposed to horses, does not have a any sort of fondness for them)

Gma Pam- a picture of herself (we could go a lot of ways with that one!)

Grandpa Chris- a Christmas Tree in front of him (Gpa Chris) sitting on the couch (fond Christmas memories?)

Elise- a cupcake (when asked why, Deacon said, "I know that she loves them")

Roman- Bob the Builder (of course)

Daddy- James in 2008 and for 2009 a guy standing on a chair playing a guitar (who can know the mind of a 4 year old)

Deacon- swan/the guys that spiderman fights/ heroes (ok, I get the heroes and the bad guy, but where is this swan thing coming from?!)

Adult Humor

Typically on my site I only talk about my kids. Occasionally, however, Noah or I have an experience worth noting. Most of Noah's antics involve the law and him being on the wrong side of it. For that reason I try to keep those stories on the D.L. If you want to know anymore about that you will have to ask me in person or on a secure phone line.

Since we now have kids we have had to become more careful about how we phrase things etc so as to set a good example of appropriate, socially acceptable behavior. Despite our good efforts, our 4 year old sometimes still chooses to not wear underwear and announce to the entire YMCA poolside deck crowd, "Even my penis is cold!"

Our new favorite "cloaked" insults are "They just have a severe case of O.D.D" (sounds like a serious diagnosis, doesn't it? One that is probably not appropriate to ask about any further...) and in traffic

"I.D.-10-T"- that one sounds just like a secret code!

Tonight we were talking about something and mentioned that a particular person had a lot of relationship baggage. Noah said, "that is why I married you...you didn't have any bags for me to carry around". I laughed and said, "The only bags I have are filled with your crap..." ahh... how true it is! (most of my boxes too...)

The amazing birthday list, the underwear dilemma and the top 10 garage sale finds will be coming this weekend. Stay tuned!

This is Cute

Very Curious

This is Deacon looking for something...

Here is Deacon trying to get something else...

Last night the younger boys were sleeping so Deacon and I were having some one on one time. Noah was attending a funeral and Deacon had a lot more questions about Heaven. He wanted to know if there were bad dreams in Heaven and what we would do in Heaven. I told him there would be no crying in Heaven and he said, "Well what is Jesus going to do about it if someone DOES cry?" I told him that Jesus comforts us and drys our tears away. These questions went on and on and then we moved on to Hell. He wanted to know what state Hell was in and if it was in the dirt. Then he said, "Well, I think that the state we live in now is kind of like Hell because we can have bad dreams here".Our prayer is that he always looks foward with anticipation to being in Heaven with God and that he stays concerned about being in a Godless environment and that he always seeks comfort from Jesus, the One who wipes our tears away.

What an outfit!

This is what happens when we have a showing and the people come a 1/2 hour early.
Poor Roman.

A Day in the Life...

First, Roman puts Lightening McQueen in his shirt

Chick Hicks follows...

How'd they get on the floor? I'd better try again...

See the words "Tony Hawk" on his shirt. The poor kid has worn this shirt for 2 days and I never noticed the signiture in all of its advertising glory. I finally noticed it when I was reviewing pictures on the computer. I like to think it was because I was so busy looking at his cute little face and listening to (and answering) his many questions...

There is a lot of love in our house...