Cute Things Kids Say!

We had someone look at our house today so I tried to make things look nice.  I set the table really nice and set out things to decorate last night before I went to bed.  When Camryn woke up this morning she acted like it was Christmas.  When she saw everything the gasped and said "It is so beautiful, get your princess dress mom!"  She was already for a tea party.

Last night at dinner Dallas looked at me and said "you are huge fat mom!"  Either he is really perceptive or he hears something similar from me to much.   

Dallas has a case of the "MON CHI CHi"

Every time Dallas needs a hair cut he reminds me of someone.  I used to think it was an EWOK but I realized today he resembles a MON CHI CHI.  Maybe I am the only one who sees it.  His hair just keeps growing towards his eyes and over his ears.  It is thick and completely straight.  It just won't go any other way.  It looks likes it is time to buzz it again.  He is so cute!

Tip of the day! AVOCADOS

I love google.  I google every question I have.  So maybe I am slow but I just learned how to make an avocado last longer.  I have not been a huge fan of buying avocados because they turn brown to easy and sometimes I just don't want the whole thing.  So what do you do if you only want half?  Here is the answer.  Suspend it in water.  Fill up a storage container with water and put the half you want to save face down.  If the air can't get to it, it won't turn brown.  Avocado are not water soluble.  So what do you do if there is a sale on avocados 5 for $5 but you can't eat them all in time?  Leave them on the counter until they are ripe then if you are not ready to eat them put them in the fridge for up to seven days and the ripeness will stay the same. 

At this moment right now life is really good.  Everything seems to be normal at least for a short time.  I am for the first time a true stay at home mom.  I don't work and I am not helping Wes with home work any more.  I always wondered if I would be content with being at home.  I love it!  Three days a week I get up early and jog for two miles.   My house is mostly clean all day.  I am always cleaning up something but it is never overwhelming.  I have time to go for walks with the kids.  The latest walk we followed a map from the Dallas Zoo.  Dallas (my son) took us to number six and then seven.  He was on an adventure.  The kids and I learn a two new letters and numbers every week.  Camryn picks up on everything almost as fast as Dallas.  The latest letter was the lower case m.  When I gave the coloring page to Dallas he insisted to turn the paper on its side because it was an E.  He finally gave up and accepted it was a lower case E.  I find myself feeling bored so I went to the Hutto library.  I was amazed at its extravagance!  

It is the size of my gameroom.  I did find some books so I am reading for fun.  I just started doing that.  The true nerd is finally coming out.  I am now reading Wuthering Heights.  I didn't realize that the 1800's vocabulary was so much more sophisticated that my own.  It feels good to use my brain.

Those that know Dallas know that he loves video games and computer games.  He is now trying to find his own tv shows with the remote.  Yesterday I was cleaning up the kitchen and he asked to watch cartoons in my room so I put them on and went up stairs.  I was confused when I saw a girl dancing around in a bikini.  I looked at the channel and it was adult on demand.  My son somehow bought brazilian sexcapades for 16.99.  I hope he didn't see anything.  I think it is time to lock up some channels so they aren't watched by mistake.  That was a first.   

Camryn is a pack rat.  If anything is missing she knows where it is.  One Sunday I was looking for Dallas's shoes I couldn't find them so we settled for another pair.  Days later I was putting something away in the kitchen and there they were nice and neat in a toaster oven.  I once found chewed up grapes in a drawer and she is always hiding dvds and she is the only one who knows where they are.  Camryn also likes to tuck her self away where ever there is enough room.  Bathroom cupboards and drawers.  I often find her standing in dresser drawers.  I think she finally gave it up when she had one fall on top of her.  I was talking with a friend and heard her crying, and like the good mother I am ignored her because she cries all day.  I heard her yell owie so I knew something was wrong.  I went into the guest room and the night stand was on top of her and her leg was stuck.  She hasn't been in a drawer since.

Wes is absolutely loving his job at sams club.  Did I say loving I meant loathing.  It makes the army almost desirable.  Things are going forward with the army.  We still don't know if it is for sure yet but we are planning on it.  Wes has started this exercise program to help him make it through boot camp and officer school.  It kicks his butt.  He has to get up at 5:30 and exercise harder than he ever has.  I can already tell he is losing weight even though there isn't much to loose.  He may get that six pack he's always wanted.

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