Lets wrap this up !

There is a TON that I wish you wanted to read.  :)  but come on people we gotta stop livin' in the past.
I won't be talking about where I was the last 3 weeks.  No, I wasn't in some psychiatric clinic, tied to a bed with anxiety medication being fed through an IV the size of a McDonald's staw.  Who told you that ?  I have NO idea what you are talking about.
ahem

I just wanted to share with you my itinerary for the next 2 days.
Friday
3-5 pm check-in at the Hilton
5-7 pm Welcome Reception
6-9 pm Shop ! Shop ! Shop ! (we already did this part so we are going to a movie)
9-11 pm Desserts and Drinks  (oh and did I mention that there is an open bar all night)

**We will be accepting your gifts to be wrapped from 5pm-10pm

Saturday
8-9:30 am Breakfast
10 am More shopping
11- 1pm Lunch
3pm Late check-out and final wrapped gift pick up

Is that not the BEST IDEA EVER !  They wine and dine you and then wrap your Christmas presents for you.
J was invited through her work to participate.  
Babysitters (check)
Presents loaded in Bav's to be wrapped (check-check)
I hope to be tied to a bed and fed anxiety medication (alcohol) through an IV the size of a McDonald's straw :)  hee hee

Wanna see something cute ?  my kids.   OF COURSE !
Me and my neighbor  friend ;-) took my kids to a local farm and got some pictures for Christmas cards.
I think they turned out great.   I can't decide which ones to use but I have lots to choose from. 
Trying to get them in a picture all together you ask ?  NO WAY!  Not this year thank you.
Here's a sneek peek.

I have a post coming....down with LBD (lesbian bed death) ya you know me....stay tuned.  ooh ooh ooh I also have some dramatic footage to post.  

Peeking....(whispering) has it been a month yet ?

Dang people.  Don't EVER let me do that again.    
It took 1 week before I stopped composing posts in my head.   and like a television series that's seasonal I kept wondering and thinking about all of my blogger peeps. and what was happening, going to happen.
GOOD HELL I've missed a lot. 

I'm not going to go back and catch you up on my waltzing.  but I will say that it is NOT bloggers fault that my children are terrible.
In fact.  I found out that the only difference to my being glued to the computer while the kids go at each other or my physically coming between them is me being kicked and hit while splitting them up.
You know...so that someone else doesn't make the same mistake that I did.     You do not...I repeat..DO NOT have to be present for your children in order for them to behave well.   Oh shit.  alright.  There can be a happy medium.  I'm sure I didn't need to take a month off to figure that one out.  
I suppose I just did it to prove to myself that I could.  well like the healthy eating diet....it's over. and here I am...all fat and happy ! 

Going to spend some time reading my "tivod" blogs :)
Missed you.

Talk to you in a month.  I am going to dance with my children.  I have proven time and time again that I cannot blog and dance at the same time....they win.

3 things and then I'll stop.
In no order of importance although I think they all reach high security levels at my house.   We are up in arms about each and every one of them.

1- Nathan has been giving me a run for my money today.   Well make that EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY CHILDREN.  for about a week now. but Nathan has been extremely fussy and needy and whiney and clingy and waking up when sleeping and aaaaaaaaah aaaa huuuu huuuuu.   No fever, but today he was pulling on his ears more than normal and covering them up and crying and crying so I made an appointment with our new ped to have his ears looked at.   
Now remember.  This is the same doctors office that I took Syd to with her "broken" ankle.  The same appointment in which she laughed and played and jumped up on to the table and down from tables and made me look like a crazy mother.   (in my defense it was swollen and bruised and she couldn't walk on it before we got to the doctors office )
So we get there, check in, sit down.  Nathan sits and talks and babbles and flirts and smiles and points and acts as if he hasn't a care in the world.
Great !   GREAT !  I almost walked out.
Luckily for him I didn't.  Double ear infection.  prescription for amoxicillin.     

2- Charlize Theron kissed a woman for 20 seconds for the small fee of 140k.  My wife is upset and is currently laying down with a cool cloth on her forehead.    I tried to explain that she did it for charity but J was too distraught to hear anything I had to say.  

3- Rosie and Kelly split up.   I can't take the break ups.  I can't.   I know that not everyone stays together forever but it doesn't make it any easier when they make the decision to finally split.    
All I can say is that I hope they work it out. 

Big Boy Pant!es !

                   You better work...coverboy...work it boy...give me a toy...do your thing...on the runway.

What's cuter than that you ask ?  How about a close up !!

His brother wasn't up for runway tonight.   All he needed was his baby brothers train and some wood to drive it on.

What's more powerful than that you ask ?  How about the calf muscles on this kid !

This post would NOT be complete without a little Village People. 

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A...

The underwear is more of a prop right now...but OH MY GOSH are they cute in them.  Such cute little tooshes. 

MacDeath !

Me and the wife went to see MacBeth.  (the opera)  last night at Capital Theater.  
I gave J the quick synopsis right before it started.   We shared a bottle of wine at dinner (again, cheaper than by the glass although we should have stopped after 1 glass) and were both a little fuzzy.  I personally thought it made it much better. 
J wished someone would have ripped her eyes and ears off of her head and replaced them with  high resolution plasma panels and a satellite dish.    She was miserable.  
Did you know that they now have subtitles at Opera's ? (did you know that I just spelled Opera, Oprah, oh good hell)   I have to say that it made ALL the difference in the world.  I knew the story of MacBeth but would have been a little lost at parts had there not been subtitles.   I will say that Lady MacBeth had an amazing voice.   We didn't stay for the suicide and murder of the MacBeth's...we had high school babysitters and it was a school night. but I did enjoy myself.  again, I think the wine played a big role in all of it. 

can someone tell me....didn't the story only have 3 witches ?  there was a stage full of them singing last night.

I pulled Syd's 2nd tooth out.  It was slightly wiggly and I just kept messing with it.  I finally pushed it towards her tongue and we both heard the crackling of roots being ripped away from the tooth and her gums.   She gasped because I'm sure the sound was amplified 10 times in her head and then realized that it was hanging on by a thread.   She squealed with delight and told me to finish the job.   Like before, I grabbed a wet wipe (for better grip) and pulled.
She got a dollar, a new toothbrush (much needed), toothpaste and floss (no more dinosaurs...she wants the adult kind :)  from the tooth fairy this morning.  oh and the best part of all, she goes back on track Monday and will have such great stories to tell. 
Now we CAN sing the song as it was written.   All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth.  my two front teeth.....yadda yadda yadda.   I know they are referring to the 2 top but it's not specific and so we are going with it.

Pumpkin's are for patching.

We had some friends over Saturday for pumpkin patch, painting, pizza and playing.
It was a lot of fun.
I feel so blessed to have such great friends who we can share these experiences with.

This is the only picture I can get uploaded.     There was a corn maze and hay rides and wheelbarrows and tractors and chickens.  and then there were these hay barrels sitting in front of corn stalk.