MY SWEET BABIES

Is this not the sweetest picture you've ever seen??? Okay, so maybe I am biased, but aren't they cute. This picture was taken on our vacation in Lancaster Pennsylvania over Easter weekend. We had such a good time. These are the tracks that the Strausburg Railroad runs on. I told the boys when I was little, my parents took me here and we put quarters on the track and the train would stretch the metal and rub the raised parts right off the quarter. They did not believe me, they wanted to try it. My husband thought we would derail the trains. Oh, you non-believers. Do you think I make this stuff up??? So we went, and it worked and mommy was the big hero. I don't know why that is so surprising to them. Anyway, we had a wonderful time and there are plenty more pictures to come.

Odd questions

Why when I drive up to the ATM are the key also in Braile. How many blind people do you know that drive to the ATM???

Why when people call my office and they do not have the right attorney do they ask me if I have the number for the other attorney??? This is not directory assistance.

When the boys were little people used to ask me "how do you tell them apart?" They look different, how do you tell your kids apart???

I'm sure I'll come up with more, but I was thinking about this stuff tonight.

What are your odd questions??

I've been tagged - Part II

Ok, I have additions to my weird stuff list. It seems that once you start thinking about your own weirdness, you can't stop.

1. My Niece Jenn and my nephew Jake don't call me aunt Carol. Jenn is my Goddaughter, when she was a baby she couldn't say Carol, she would say Goggle. Then when she was older and could say my name, if she was talking to me and I wasn't paying attention to her, she would say GOGGLE. Jakey has called me Punkin since he was little. PUNKIN, not pumPkin. There is a huge difference. Jake will tell you it is punkin, not pumpkin. Jake is 14 years old. I will be Punkin for the rest of my life. Jake's sisters, Jamie and Jessie, they call me punkin. Jakes friends call me punkin. When I used to pick Jake up at preschool, the little kids would say "Hi Jakes Punkin"

To these two who I love with all my heart, I will be eternally Goggle and Punkin.

2. I eat my birthday cake with a fork. Not sliced up, just with a fork. The best birthday I ever had, I spent the night at my best friend Karen's house. We made my grandmom's spaghetti and got a little cake from Shop Rite. We sat there and ate it with two forks. From then on, I've always eaten my cake with a fork. My kids think I am the coolest mom ever.

3. I figured this one out at work when we were discussing our weirdness. When I raise the volume on the TV, the number has to be an even number. How's that for weird???

I'm sure the list will be ongoing.

The School Bus

Robbie told me about his bus tonight. This must be the party bus of the first grade. First of all, Justin S (as opposed to our Justin N) is a fascinating boy. He apparently is an extremely good at burping. "Mommy, Justin S. can burp the whole alphabet, all the way up to won't you sing!!!" isn't that cool. Oh yeah, I'm impressed. Then they apparently have burping contests and if they don't want to burp anymore, they have crying contests. To the point of having the bus driver think that they really are crying. Then there are the little demon kindergarteners who ripped the little skull face right off of Robbie's Pirates of the Caribbean back pack. There is also Taylor, the mush mush girl, who apparently loves my sons. Note to me - have lllllooooonnnngggg talk with the boys about the evils of girls.

Good Lord, they are only in the first grade. I am terrified to see what happens in middle school.

We're goin' on vacation!!

This is where we're going on vacation!!!! We haven't had a real "away" vacation since 2004. We're going away for Easter Weekend to Lancaster, PA. This is the Howard Johnsons. They have an indoor water park. How cool does that sound. We're doing all the railroad stuff for Justin, we're having Easter dinner at one of those smorgasboard places. I'm so excited. Seven days and counting!!! Lots of pictures when we come back. Best part it is only two hours away so we won't be trapped in the car for 9000 hours with to seven year olds saying "are we there yet" as soon as we leave the driveway.

I've been tagged.

My friend Meghan, (whose blog i read every day, it is so funny) tagged me. I love these things. I like to read other people's answers, it makes me feel not so weird.

1. Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with ten weird, random things, facts, or habits about yourself.
2. At the end, you choose five people to be tagged, listing their names and why you chose them to be tagged.
3. You can't tag the person who tagged you.

So here we go:

1. When I eat jelly beans, I don't bit them in half, I roll them around in my back teeth crunching off all the coating and then I eat the middle.

2. When I eat Johnson's popcorn, fiddle faddle, crunch and munch, I will pick out all the peanuts and then I don't want it anymore.

3. I come from a family of italian cooks. Putting my hands in baked ziti or macaroni salad to mix them up does not bother me. If I get a drip of honey or jelly on my fingers it makes me nuts.

4. I hate when people leave the water running when they brust their teeth. Waste Waste Waste.

5. I do not like loose teeth or teeth that have just fallen out. The boys love to show me their wiggly teeth or when the tooth when it falls out because they know it skeeves me out.

6. I am with Meghan, I don't like my food to touch. Mixing mashed potatoes with corn. YUCK!! and yes, I do know that it all goes to the same place, but while it is still in my mouth, I don't want it mixed up.

7. I can roll my tongue. Something that would gross my mom out, so I guess grossing out your mom is a generational thing.

8. I talk to my sister every day. Sometimes 5-6 times a day. About what you ask?? Usually nothing.

9. I am a chapstick junkie. I can't help myself. If I see a flavor that sounds good I buy it. I must have 10 tubes.

10. Good night or Goodbye, I kiss my husband 4 times. How's that for TMI!!!

OK, I tag:

1. Karen - cause I know you'll do it
2. Mairi - cause I know you'll have good answers.
3. Jenn - cause Goggle says so.
4. Alice - you're family, no reason to admit my weirdness alone.
5. Dawn - cause you're my friend.

I've been tagged!!

What really is there to say??? This is what I live with every day.

Yes, I am proud to say that I gave birth to these children. These are the pictures I find on my camera when I download the pictures. Apparently, these boys have WWWWAAAAYYY too much free time.

The Quest for the Wii - Part II

I ROCK!!!!! I am the best mommie ever. I have this on good authority. Robbie and Justin told me. I went to bed at 2:30 a.m. last night. Really, 1:30, but with the time change it was later. I woke up at 7:10 after dreaming about fighting old grandmom type women for the last Wii. I was going to go to Sam's, but they didn't open until 10:00 a.m. Then I got the brilliant idea to check to see what time K-mart opened. 8:00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I called, they had them in stock, so I dressed (I even looked presentable for getting dressed in about 20 seconds flat) threw some mouthwash in my mouth, (hey, I was on a mission, brushing teeth uses up valuable Wii quest time) and drove like a bat out of hell to get to K-Mart. I was so nervous that I would see the person who got the last one walking out as I was walking in. But no, I was TRIUMPHANT!!! I got one of the last five they had left. They only got 18 in. Had I stopped to properly brush my teeth, who knows what would have happened.So see, just a lesson, sometimes not brushing your teeth has its advantages.

The Joys and Tribulations of 7year olds

The boys are 7. This is good because they can get their own cereal and milk, although Robbie puts everything on the floor, he can reach the counter, he just prefers to eat his breakfast off the floor. Whatever, he makes it himself, so who am I to complain. Justin says I Love You Mommy all the time, mostly to make sure I'm still in the house ( like I could get away without them finding me!!), but it is still nice to hear.

They can choose their own clothes. A good thing?? You would think so, wouldn't you. But yet, some days NO. NO NO NO. They either come out of their rooms looking like Happy the Clown or like today Justin had on sweats with a hole in the knee. We told him to go change because we were going to the mall. He changed like we asked him to. To another pair of sweats with holes in the knee. "Mom, I did change like you told me too, these are blue. The other ones were gray." Sorry, my mistake.

Also, apparently if you WRITE the words I hate you, it does not have the same impact, nor does it earn the same punishment as it would if you said those words. If Robbie is mad at you, he won't say I hate you, he'll write it. I wouldn't take him to Burger King (he wanted one of those stupid plastic ipod dogs) so he wrote on his leapster "I hate mommy". That was bad enough, then he had to keep poking me with it to make sure I saw it. Bob did something to tick the kid off and he wrote I hate Daddy on a piece of paper and taped it to his bedroom door. Bob takes offense at this. I take it as one less person who will be talking to me while I am trying to do something. Glass half full /glass half empty.

Some days I wish the glass was either half full or half empty of a nice chocolate martini!!!

Our Quest for a Wii

Oh my gosh, what is with this game. I promised the boys that with my income tax return, I would buy them a Wii. Much easier said than done. I called 12, yes TWELVE, different stores today. Many of them said that they went on sale tomorrow morning. Meaning that they have them in stock, they just won't sell them now. You have to stand in line with 8 million other parents to grab and claw their way to the Wii's when the store opens. CRAZINESS!!!! By the time I get it, I may be too old too use it. Shouldn't these cute little faces have a Wii???

Stay tuned..I'll keep you updated on our Quest for the Wii