Elmo!

Well, after stressing about what to do for Michael's birthday party he revealed a favorite!! ELMO!! He adores him! Everytime he sees Elmo he lights up and gets happy! So a natural choice. It will be lots of fun too! I did a little research and discovered that Elmo loves Pizza and bananas soooo there's the food!! I think I'll let the kids make a pizza and we'll have bananas with peanut butter and chocolate with banana shakes to drink....and of course Cake!! Trying to find some Elmo games more than likely I'll get the help of other Sesame Street characters for that. Like a paper clip game for the older kids...thanks Bert!

And it wouldn't be an Elmo party with out Dorothy!! So We'll have to adopt a goldfish. Don't think Brent would mind too much And lots of crayons!! I'm already excited about it!! And it's not until December!! but anyways! if any one has any ideas about Elmo parties let me know!!

Magical Me!

Well, I'm fighting the urge to wrestle Brent for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book that we are sharing!! I'm really using my kindergarden skills and sharing really nice!! He is like 3 chapters ahead of me only because he stole it from me this morning!! And he's hogging the TV!! I think I'll have to put in the 1st movie and watch it while he reads the latest intallment. I did at one point remind him that I stayed up till 1:30am to get the book that he is reading!!! But so far what I have read it's GREAT!! and holy cow!! She didn't waste a single letter messing about! It's a ride from the beginning! But I just wanted to vent about having to share the Harry Potter book!! nox

6 Months till Christmas!

Well I just noticed that we have 6 months till Christmas today!! And it's all going by so fast! I started shopping earlier this year....I know I'm wierd. But living over seas I learned that if you see it just get it because it may not be there the next time!! But it also spreads out the cost as well. Spending $10 here and $20 there instead of $1000 all at once.... And with Christmas coming it also brings Michael's 2nd birthday!! Then mine and Philip's 4th birthday!! I can't belive it!!

I'm still stuck on what to do for Michael's birthday party. He really doesn't have a favorite character, other than Lola of Charlie and Lola. And they really don't have party things for them. He does like Mickey Mouse and Little Einsteins. I could do a Baby Einstein party like we did with Philip's 2nd but would that be fair? Do you think he would care or should I do something different all together?? Philip is having a pirate party, and we are going to take 8 kids to the new Veggie Tales movie the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything and after we will have cake and a treasure hunt for the 'loot' bags. It's horrible I have Philip's party all planned and I don't have a clue what to do for Michael's. Well...I'll figure it all out. I do have 5 months to figure it all out....

Wicked

I FINALLY finished reading Wicked!! Around the 7th or so!! It was a great read and I enjoyed it a lot!! I have 'Son of a Witch' the sequel to Wicked. Will start reading that more than likely after I get thru 'The Devil Wears Prada' only been reading that one off and on since we moved. Brent and Philip bought it for me at Heathrow Airport in London....so I have a lot of reading to do but it's good.
Summer tends to be a good reading time! Hopefully I can get it all in!! Happy Reading!

Children & War

So I got an email from a friend the other day...one of the many forwards everyone sends!! But this one really go to me! I have deleted it because it upset me so much but I'll give you an overview of what it said. Basicly it was a mothers account of her husband explaining to thier 9 year old son, NINE year old SON....why we are at war. It was very graphic describing his neighbor dragging his wife outside and killing her infront of the neighborhood- the man is Saddam, the wife is Iraq, the neighborhood is the world. Then asked his son what he would do if he saw that, the CHILD said that he would call the police, so the police is the UN and they 'Don't care' Then the man goes around and kills others and the little boy is overwhelmed and decides to close the blinds so he can't see. But the his dad says open them because he's at our door and wants to kill your mom, sibilings....and that innocent CHILD gets so much rage that he starts to cry and shake and yell at his father that he's 'gonna kill him! he hates him, he'll protect his family'
Now.....I may not make any friends by this posting but I don't care! We all have our different opinions.
First of all....WHAT was that Mother doing letting her husband give thier CHILD nightmares like that!! I would have STOPPED that description dead in it's tracks!! People don't realize how quickly children lose thier innocence these days! They (kids) want to grow up so fast and these Parents have just done that for thier baby!! YES, we are at war and our children have to live in these times. I don't know what I would say to my (almost) 3 year old if he asked me why we are at war. I would have to discuss it with my husband first. Something I don't think this family did. But the best thing for us to say would be 'the only way the bad people win is for good men to do nothing!' How could a NINE year old grasp the concept of a man killing his wife infront of him!! We are a blessed people that live in the greatest country in the world and don't have to see such things in our front yards!! I know there are places that this happens but we aren't there!! Why would we expose our CHILDREN to things like this!!? Yes they will be curious at some point but to push a CHILD so far to the point that it fills him with RAGE and HATE is terrible!! We should teach our children LOVE, Patience, Charity, PEACE! There is a whole world out there that will try to undo the good that the family instills in a child why would a parent do that!! How confusing for the little boy. Hopefully someday we will all be at peace and we won't have to tell our children that we are at war and babies will not have to lose thier mommies and daddies who defend and protect our country, but for now let the children be children. Innocence is something that is almost a lost concept to us, why not hold on to it for as long as we can!
Ok, I'm done.

3s

I was looking at my profile on Myspace...and noticed that on Philip's ticker there was a really cool thing that will never happen again!!!

TODAY: Philip is 3 years 3 months 3 weeks and 3 days old!!!!!!!!!

Just a golly gee wiz!

I did it and I want my medal!

Well after almost a week of constant conversations and annoying questions I have quiet!!! I felt like I had 3 extra kids that are 5 times more demanding than Philip and he's NOT that demanding. I had Michael to field and Philip to corral. And all the while keeping them to a dull roar because Brent was sleeping. The worse was I didn't get a 'break' because by the time Brent would get up I was in such a mood that I didn't want to talk or be nice. And he would be here long enough that we didn't have time to do all that much. I didn't have a menu for the week so we would just make whatever...by the end of the day I didn't even feel like cooking. I went to bed at midnight or later every night just to lay in bed because Brent wasn't there. If I stayed up he would just keep talking!! I acutally tried to do some of my bible study and put a movie on for background noise and he kept talking like I wasn't doing anything and got annoyed that I wasn't anwsering him and all of the questions. And the topics that he picked I really feel strongly about...ie his failed marriage and his alcholism (sp?). I just don't understand the whole concept of trading one dependency for another. You never over come it. But then like he said "you 'normals' can't understand us drunks" All I really wanted to say to that was "NO duh, your speech is impared!!" But I fought the urge.

AND I really got SUPER angry when he would correct Philip after I would!!! OHHH!!!! And then constantly get on to him over and over and he actually told him that he was acting like a "brat"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanted to launch an all out war on him!! But I calmly (as I could) told him that we don't call the boys negative names and WE DON'T TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE BAD!!!!!!!!!! What kind of psychological damage did he do to his own kids??? I really don't want mine to doubt thier self worth. The worst that we'll say is that they have really hurt our feelings and that they are acting naughty (naughty being temporary) When you label a child a 'brat' or bad they actually think that they are. Think about it...a long time ago when I was a teenager someone called me 'fat' (I was like 130) Boy was I SO NOT FAT!! but after a while I really thought I was!! And guess what now I really am....is there a connection? (I thought I was so why not really be) Plus for every negative comment you give a child (or even adult) you have to say 100 positive ones to cancel out the negative one. I have a lot of 'good' talk to do. To cancel out the visit. I won't even go there about the 4 letter words that came out of his mouth every 5th word or so.....But mark my words if Philip or Michael says just one........

Yesterday Brent got like 4 hours of sleep and I got 6 but I was the one competely drained and exausted!!! And being the sweet hubby he is he let me take the nap. I wanted to cry I was so tired. It was just so demanding and yes I want a spa break complete with massage and target practice (lol) and then I want a medal!!!!! A big shiny one!!! Because dang it! I did it! And I am the best wife there is!! I endured an excersize where Brent worked nights, the boys and our day to day lives and his father and constant talking and gas!!!! So if any of you want to send me letters of congratulations please feel free!! And if any of you know of a good resort let Brent know!!! :0)