anxiety.....a family "dis"order

so i have been a little lame on the blog side of me

well i have been preparing for a visit

not one that i have mentioned

for fear that letting it out...into the blog world

may jinx it

now the afore mentioned visit

has taken place i feel safe in

saying

MY FAMILY IS HERE

my 'rents & bro's

blew into the emerald city

SATURDAY AM

!!!!!HOOOOOORAY !!!

before the big visit i felt

the urge to

CLEAN

i gotta lot of cleaning done in the 11th hour

the house was beautiful and ready for the visit

here is what you could expect

if you come to visit

SEATTLE

a little welcome package filled with your favorite treats

bet you want to visit now

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da BOYZ

the Mr. has been teaching the boyz

the art of chess

they really get into it

and it really gets them out of the kitchen whilst I prepare our Sunday Meal

unfortunately the boss isn't occupied so easily nor

does he under stand WHY

i cannot have children in the kitchen while I cook

so he just crumples up the freshly folded kitchen linens during dinner prep

Check h e r e to see what i was making in the kitchen during this photo shoot

ahh the JOY of COOKING with children

while cooking dinner & dessert

The Boss

found the powder sugar

he was tickeled with himself for finding such a sweet treat

he spent the rest of the cooking hour licking it off the floor

(it's okay, i have 4 kids eating off the floor is just a part of life now)

then Emme got into the chocolate cake I made

finally dinner was done

Asian Soup

delicious

until the boyz said

"MOM this chicken doesn't taste like chicken"

(yup, they just figured out the difference between tofu & chicken)

**all is well they still like Tofu...they just figured out that it isn't chicken**

Click here for recipe & tofu pressing directions

Monday Funnies

Angelo was in a meeting with this big wig from corporate, and the guy kept calling him Antonio

( i know what your thinking-his smoldering good looks reminded the man of Mr. Banderas)

No matter how many times he was corrected he still called him Antonio, so in another meeting before it started the women came and asked Angelo if his name was really Antonio.

this is not the end to his Name woe's he has been having trouble on the phones

the guy's on the other end get stuck on his name and don't listen to the rest of what he is saying

so

the other night

he was trying to come up with

Name alternatives

except it is hard to find one that he can say clearly...that we like

we tried

Paul......sound like Pull

Bob...to much like BUUB

and the list goes on

i guess he will just have to work on pronouncing his given name

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

YOUR TURN

how does this thing work???

i am notorious for my non-participation in these

tag your it things

but since SHE asked

i guess I will give it a shot

1. if given the choice between dessert & dinner --i would rather dessert than dinner, I know I know i seem like the healthy type and I am I just really dig dessert

2. i love popping pimples ( gross, for sure)

3. i feel guilty every time my kids watch a movie ( yet they watch at least one every day)

4. i am extremely jealous of anyone who can sew ( you know who you are)

5. i truly think everyone should buy clothes & everything they can SECOND HAND

6. I HAVE a MAJOR case blenvy

7. I watch the Hills every MOnday

TAG

LISA

TAMI

CHELSEA

EMILY

JACKI

JAMIE

AMS

table dance anyone

the boss

loves to finish the others breakfast

while sitting on the table

he has recently added a new trick

{in progress}

{complete}

He is trying to join the biped world

welcome little man

soon you will be running & i will be longing for another baby

I LOVE this AGE

HE is a JOY!

a bloody begining to October

it's 1:15 am

the Mr & I had been dreaming of

well....we were in dreamland

when

a knock

at the door to our room

another knock

awakened and heightened the senses

then a LOUD BANGING

MOM---OPEN THE DOOR

i open the door to find

the second son

covered

and dripping BlOOD

from the

NOSE

down

Why wasn't I horrified

because I realized it is about

that time---yep it's been awhile since our last

bloody nose fiasco

the MR. and I got to work

the Patient was the least of the worries

bloody nose night comes once a month

(at least)

the child

with the nose disorder

seems to think he should travel

throughout our home

before

getting the blood stopped

which means.......

i digress

so.. we clean the the patients

nose--the blood stops

he says

"MOM, i'm tired , I'm goin' to bed"

"okay sweet heart, I love you"

which means

the Mr. and I will now spend an hour

(at least)

cleaning blood drops

the red nosed babe left for us

he peeks out from his room

"hey mom, I turned around a few times by your door"

"yeah right there"

"K goodnight"

after cleaning the result from his late night

blood nosed frolic

I go in to kiss him

( mainly to make sure the blood hasn't returned--because worse than nose bleed night is double nose bleed night)

I lay down next to my little guy

give him a kiss

and a hug

then I just stay there

too tired to move

"hey mom"

"get off my bed please"

"i'm really tired-i'm trying to sleep here"

a bit saucy for a child who just caused 2am carpet cleaning don't you think

HAPPY OCTOBER

HAPPY HAUNTING