What movie do you want to see?

Yesterday Dewy informed me that he really wants to go see Diarrhea of a Wimpy Kid. Then walked around asking everyone if they want to see Diarrhea of a Wimpy Kid. Well do you?

Hang ups?

I have discovered that being a mom has it's advantages and it's disadvantages and sometimes they are one in the same. For instances as a mom I have learned to ignore being constantly tugged and pulled on. This week I was in the bathroom getting ready and Dewy was yanking and pulling on me and I was ignoring him. Did I notice when he hung a child's hanger on the back of my pants? No. Did I notice it was there as I walked around the house cleaning and watering the garden? No. Did I notice when I got in car to go run errands? No. Did I notice when I went into my place of employment to pick up my paycheck? No. As I got back into the car, I sat on something and it was all caught in the seat. Dewy was dying laughing. He had obviously seen me get in and out of the car with a hanger hanging on my bum. He said, "I put a hanger on your butt." Thank you, son for keeping me grounded.

Eat That!

Cricket
Who refuses to eat vegetables came home from church to find lunch at the table for her. She promptly sat down and started to gobble it up. What she didn't know was that I had pulled the old switcheroo! What she thought were mashed potatoes was actually mostly cauliflower. I sat happily gloating. Just as she was about to take the last bite, I dropped the bomb. She gave me a very dirty look, dropped her fork, and pushed her plate away. Victory at last!

Dewy
The doctor gave him a new round of anti-boiotics for an ear infection we can't quite kick. They must be really gross because every time we go to give it to him, he freaks out and says "It's dog medimus."

Tilly (reverse Eat that)
I picked her up from her friends house last night and I hadn't driven ten feet before Cricket said Tilly was going to throw up. I pulled over and she just made it to the door. She started to puke and all she could say between heaves was "I'm not going to church." (You have to admit, you have thought it while puking)

Dewy-isms

Jimmy John's= Jenny Jon's (for obvious reasons)
Queen or King= Quing (it simplifies things if you think about it)
Medicine= med-i-mus
Butterscotch= Butter crotch (kind of gross when Jon brings home Dilly bars)
Fertilizer= turdilizer (also makes sense if you think about it)
Underwear= Wonderwear
Basketball= Base-ketball (think baseball and basketballed mixed)
Fruit Roll-up= ChuLaLa
Chorus to I am a Child of God= Lead me, Guide me, Broccoli inside me

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Green Pancakes for breakfast and corned beef for dinner. Can you tell Asha was having a bad morning? She wanted to trade shirts with Cricket.

A Boingy Game

Last week I had a talk with Tilly about recess. Sometimes when I am at the school, I see her with Cricket and her friends so I just wanted to make sure she was playing with kids her own age. She said she doesn't have anyone to play with because they all play a "Boingy Game" and she doesn't want to play that. I explained that sometimes you have to play what your friends like to play. On the way to school she was talking to Cricket and said it was a horse game. The next day I talked to Katie and she said Asha has been playing it too and she said it is "a game of midgets and horses." The whole story: they divide into two groups. The midgets pull the bottom of their shirts down as far as they will go and walk around squatted down. They ride and take care of the horses. The Boingy Game is all the rage at their elementary school. Who needs jump rope and four square, right?

What???

Okay so I haven't posted in a while and I doubt it really matters too much, but this blog is supposed to be my journal. In truth that says a mouth-full. I wish I could say I would to better, but the truth is I probably won't.

I just thought I would take a minute and write down the conversation I heard in the car yesterday.

Tilly: Mom guess what we saw at the park today? There was this tortoise that was best friends with two wienie dogs. They were just snuggling and playing.

Cricket: No Tilly. It wasn't a tortoise. It was a desert pig.

Tilly: Yeah I know Cricket. That's what a tortoise is- a desert pig.

-I guess I need to take my kids to the zoo so Tilly can see what a tortoise is and I can figure out what a desert pig is. And no I am not sure this happened at the park and not on tv.