Monday December 7, 2009
I feel technologically challenged tonight. I still have no idea why the links didn’t work two posts ago (if anyone has any ideas let me know). I tried to re-do them and they still didn’t work.
But I DID find out why the photos aren’t showing up in my photoblog. So they are there now. Well, most of them. I got really tired of clicking on each picture and saying, “show in photoblog” so I gave up after the snow and banquet pictures and will try another link. Why do I not feel terribly optimistic about this? If you want to see photos of David’s family gathering at Thanksgiving try this.
I think you should be able to view the album without having a facebook account. At least other people are able to do things like that so we’ll see if I am smart enough to figure that out or not.
And since I’m being brave enough (or idiotic whichever the case may be) to try linking things when links are obviously not working for me, my sister posted the video clip I referred to yesterday. You can view it here.
Today I was at my mom’s house for a super yummy chef salad, iced tea, and apple pie a la mode. And then she kept the boys while I set up another checking account and made some returns. Yes, that does mean I walked in and out of stores rapidly and I only undid my own seat belt at every stop. Meanwhile my mom was being #1 grandma and helping Adam make a snowman in their enormous five inches of beautiful snow and letting Liam stay up since he didn’t want to take a nap and played happily. How much better can life get?
I felt so rejuvenated by the time I picked up the boys again. I think the boys were sweeter from all the doting, too and we had the nicest trip to Walmart I can remember in a long time. Adam helped to get groceries and did not complain or beg for anything besides apples and clementines. What mom is going to complain about that? Liam begged for “aaaa, aaaa, aaa’s” so we bought a bag of gala apples and one sole red delicious apple because Adam has been begging for “an apple that is entirely red” for many weeks. As soon as we got home he wanted to know where his “yummy red” was. (Get it? Red Delicious? 
) I have this bad habit of thinking stuff like that is so funny and calling it by his new name jokingly and after awhile the name sticks and I wake up to the fact that he is not speaking proper English. Like the fact that he’s been getting “bednight snacks” now for the last few years. Think, Michelle. Think. Last week his Sunday School teacher from the previous year gave him McDonald’s gift certificates and a box of jolly ranchers. He had no idea what jolly ranchers are and had the hardest time remembering the correct name. For the next two days he kept asking hesitantly for his “jolly wrappers.” I love watching his brain spin.
Children are so funny…..and all moms need their batteries recharged. Good for you.
my mom has a cuckoo clock. about 11 months after we had been there, one day jase kept asking me where our peacock was. i racked my brain and racked my brain. after quizzing him, i realized he was asking where our cuckoo clock was. i was more than a little amazed that he came up with an unfamiliar word so close to the other unfamiliar word.
I am glad you had a relaxing afternoon. It was great having you and the boys here. Enjoy your day with “yummy reds” and “jolly wrappers.” : )
I was a little bit sad Adam wasn’t there at my last SS class but I hope he enjoys his jolly wrappers 🙂
Yeah, sometimes when they are 3 a little nickname for an item is cute, and then by the time they’re 6, you’re like “OK, buddy, you can talk like an adult now!” But I guess its our own fault. Too funny!
Glad you had a good solo day:D. Sometimes we just need to get things done without all the work that children bring even though they are very entertaining with the things they come up with. We have ‘chicken’ for almost every meal because some of the kids just call everything chicken. Meatloaf, steak, turkey, fish, whatever, it’s chicken and I have to watch that I don’t just call it that too.:D
All the links are good except the fb one, You have to link to the address listed at the bottom of the page of pictures for people to view them who don’t have fb.
Yay for rejuvenation time 🙂 I think if I ever have kids I will need some of that, if only for 10 mins 🙂
that video sounds a lot like our house except we only had 3 kiddos here and there was actually quiet for a good 2 hrs. while they took their nap 🙂
What bliss… being all by yourself! How nice of your mom to do that for you. Be glad your boys ask for apples!!! Today I gave the boys each a tiny serving of mint choc. chip ice cream and I have a feeling that was a mistake in more ways than one. For one thing they fell in love w/ it and I can hear them begging for it in the store from now on. =/
I thought my boys were the only ones that called all meat ‘chicken’!
@redladybug18 –
Thanks for the tip! I think I fixed it now. Lucky you on the naps! We tried to get them all to sleep but the two tiny babies were sick and wouldn’t sleep and the two biggest were too wound up to sleep so there was never really a moment of silence.
@babydazed –
Believe me, my boys aren’t always so healthy in their begging. 🙂