I'm normally pretty reasonable.  I'm normally able to keep my emotions out of the equation.  I'd say this is different because I'm pregnant, but let's face it, I've literally been pregnant more often than not during my marriage!  Regardless, this is an issue that, for obvious reasons, is extremely difficult to be calm, reasonable, and unemotional ( Read more... )

The movie Toy Story 3 is available to watch on Netflix's Instant Queue, and the kids enjoy it (although not every day, thank goodness).  There are a couple of little things I wanted to record for posterity.

There is a scene where the stuffed bear, the baby doll (he's like one of those life-size babies with the cloth bodies and plastic extremities) ( Read more... )

Leonardo, age 8, often comes to inform me of his little brother's poopy diapers by saying, "Mommy, Raph's diaper smells bad."  That's just his roundabout way of talking ( Read more... )

Joe quit his job last week.

To make a long story short, basically they hired him under the impression that he would be a baker there - which is why he applied in the first place - but last Wednesday he discovered that wasn't quite true.  Now, Joe being Joe, he called and got his old job back before he actually quit; also, he's working out the ( Read more... )

We slept in our bed last night, for the first time since the night before the baby was born (which was back in August, btw).

Holy crap, it was amazing.  My back didn't hurt - at all.  I slept so well that I even woke up happy, which is not very common for me. :P

We've been sleeping downstairs all this time because we were at an impasse with the two ( Read more... )

Little Donny is six weeks old today.  He is getting so big, oh my goodness.  He has also started smiling when you talk and play with him (assuming he's in a good mood, lol).  It's absolutely adorable ( Read more... )

It has been a hell of a weekend.  Joe had drill, plus he had to make up a drill day from last month when he was sick, so he's been gone since early Friday morning and won't be home until after dinner tonight.  It's been... interesting to say the least.  The biggest problem is that I can't pick up Raph (he's obviously heavier than the baby, so that' ( Read more... )

Somebody on a moms website that I'm a member of asked about the cutest thing that your kids do right now, and I thought I'd copy my answer here for posterity's sake (aka, because I have a horrible memory and don't want to forget these things).

My 7-year-old got the idea (from his friends, I think) that it's not very masculine to say "I love you ( Read more... )

Leo: "Did you know that dandelions are the most vicious of all the plants? See, they take water from all of the other plants around them, and then the other plants die because they don't have any water. Really, dandelions are like vampires, because water is the lifeblood of plants."

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Mikey: "Can I have more pretzels?"
Me: "You can have one ( Read more... )

Well, we are sick here.  :(  ( Details that you prolly don't want to know... )