Legos Rule

My son loves Legos and he loves to build things. I think I have a future engineer on my hands. He asked me to post some pictures of his creations.... This is Demolisher from Transformers 2.

This is Devastator from Transformers 2.

I think he's very talented! And cute!

Books

The Giving Tree is very beautiful.

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series is very funny.

The Pigeon Series cracks us up!

My kids and I have something in common. We really love books. The other day while waiting for my husband to get back from somewhere (I actually don't remember where he was) my kids and I decided we would go to Barnes & Noble for a bit to kill some time. We took some time to look through the shelves and pull a bunch of books that seemed good. We also pulled some of our favorites. We spent a good 2 hours in that place and we probably would have stayed longer but figured we'd better move on. I think we'll make hanging out at bookstores a priority on days we don't have a lot to do.

Halloween 2009

My son is the one without the mask on.

Halloween was a lot of fun. The kids dressed up and, although, the weather was less than perfect it was still very enjoyable. We've got a lot of candy and if we eat it all we will surely die. My daughter dressed up as Hannah Montana and my son was Jango Fett from Star Wars. Looking forward to next year already.

Who Can You Trust

My son is learning what it's like to be disappointed by friends. Unfortunately, I can't always be there to protect him and he's going to have learn through experiences. He takes things that happen very hard and becomes extremely emotional and withdrawn. I hope to be able to teach him that he will be okay and stronger in the long run. It makes me sad to know that I can't protect him from all the bad stuff. He will be okay, though.

Finally

My daughter finally had her surgery on Friday. It was so difficult for me to witness her so anxious and afraid. She had to have general anesthesia because she needed an extraction and some cavities filled plus she was supposed to be fitted for a retainer. The days leading up to the surgery were filled with nervous anticipation for all of us. I couldn't mention the word surgery without having her tell to me please not say that word. Everything went well but took longer than was expected because she felt pretty sick after she woke from the anesthesia. She needed to sleep it through and finally felt well enough to go home. She's now happy and running around and wanting a lot of ice cream.

Kids!

Tonight as we were sitting around the living room watching tv and playing a board game my daughter came up to me and says very matter of factly, "Mom, I think you should give my brother some Motrin?" So I ask her why wondering if he is in pain. She says, "He needs it so he can fall asleep and not bother me so I can sleep in peace." My husband looks at me and just laughs. I tell her Motrin doesn't help you sleep but she's convinced it does. So I should sedate my son with some Motrin so he won't talk my daughter's ear off as they're trying to go off to sleep. My daughter is one funny kid!

P.S. She's getting her surgery tomorrow and I'm sure she's worried. I feel so bad about this because I know she thinks it's her fault because she may not be doing a good enough job at brushing. It's not her fault but maybe I should run with it so she takes really good care of her teeth.

Watch out for feisty 7 year olds!

Today on our way home from our local library my husband and I were discussing how incompetent some of the librarians are and how we tend to avoid one of them every time she is there because we can never get a straight answer from her. All along my seven year old daughter is listening quietly in the back while we have our conversation. As soon as we both think the conversation is over and we are now quietly driving along my daughter chimes in from the back seat and asks, "Daddy, did you give her an upper cut!" We both just looked at each other and started laughing. She really is something else.