03.27.10

Our Last Night with the Colorado Folks

Happened to Fall on our

Regularly Scheduled Night of Nacho Munching-

We Munched Away!

And Watched a Grody Movie about Caves

that Showed Us the World's

Largest Pile Of Bat Dung.

Thrilling.

03.26.10

Five Boys vs. One Girl

03.25.10

Today.

I was SICK All Night,

So Come Morning, I was Exhausted.

I Sat Like a Weak, Drowsy Bum on the Couch

and Watched JoMama

Exercise Her Extremities Off,

and Man the 6 Kids.

Then I Took a Hot Shower

until My Fingers Were Wrinkly

and Felt MUCH Better.

Then We Made Some BROWNIES:

{But There is MORE Than Meets the EYE, Here}

These are Made with BLACK BEANS.

[You Know, Those Things that are GOOD for Your {HEART}]

Using This Recipe

We didn't Tell the Kids What was in them,

and They BEGGED for More.

We Agreed

They are VERY Good.

We Give them

4.5 Stars

[and Have a LOT Less FAT and CALORIES]

Score.

One of the Best Things

About Visiting My Twina Sista,
Is Raiding Her Closet!
It's Like I've Just Walked into a Speciality Store,
Where Everything is MY Size,
and Way Cute!

I Always Love Going Through

Her Purse Collection!

{I Guess That Comes from Living in}

{New York City}

{For Several Years}

and

{Meeting ALL the Her Guests' Requests}

{for a Trip Down to China Town!}

And Her Shoes.

She Always Has the Cutest Shoes!

Me. Raiding Her Closet.

{I was Digging Those Shoes!}

03.23.10

Tuesday.

03.22.10

We've Gone On a Little Trip

to See the Folksies in Colorado.

Besides Wonderful Things Like Delicious Homemade Pizza, Blueberry Pancakes, and My Sista's Darling House that Looks Like it Would be Found Next to a LAKE, We Also Enjoyed Some Lovely SunShine!

Monday.

C's Pondering

At Church,
During Sacrament Meeting,
We TRY to Encourage Listening to the Speakers From Our Kids.
We Write Down Four Words,
and Each Time They Hear that Word,
They Can Mark a Point.
We also Allow them to Draw or take Notes, as They Listen.

While Cleaning the Clutter Out

Of My Church Bag,

I Came Across C's

Note Taking Paper,

and It was Apparent

to Me,

What HE Was Pondering About.

Can YOU Tell?

The Stick

Stuck in This Pot,

Is NOT Merely a Stick, Stuck in a Pot.

It is a Work of Art.

{By B}

Titled: The American Flag

March 17. 2010

When Irish Eyes are Smiling

{Me and Me Lads}

Because We have a Wee Bit of the

LUCKY

Irish Blood in our Veins,

We Like to Celebrate Big

on GREEN Day

at Our House!

The Lads Look Forward to it with

Lots of GREEN Excitement!

Usually the Leprechauns Come

During the Night and do Silly Tricks,

and Leave Nonsense Irish Notes.

One of their Favorites Tricks?

Taking Bites of Me

St. Patty's Day Cookies!

Aye, the Lads, think a GREEN

Breakfast Tastes Better

and are Fans of the GREEN Milk!

The Dinner Menu?

Me Beloved

GREEN Ham and Potatoes,

For Certain.

One of Me Favorite IRISH Tunes:

When IRISH Eyes are Smiling,

Sure, 'tis like the Morn in Spring.

In the Lilt of IRISH Laughter

You can hear the Angels Sing.

When IRISH {Hearts} are Happy,

All the world seems Bright and Gay.

And when IRISH Eyes are Smiling,

Sure, they steal Your {HEART} Away.

[Chauncey Olcott and George Graff]

Luck of the Irish, to Ye.

PS. To Be IRISH, Is LUCKY Enough!

I've Been Wanting

to Re-Decorate My Bathroom,

For the Longest Time-

[Without Re-Painting it],

[Or Spending a Heap of Money].

So Now,

That I FINALLY Got it Done,

My Favorite Parts, Are As Follows:

[I Decided to Put all those Pictures and Seashells]

[from Our Seaside Retreats]

[to EXCELLENT Use].

03.12.10

Family Stay-Cay,

[Just Down the Road].

Highlights:

One Car WASH

TEN Bags of Carefully Selected Bulk Candy from Winco

Three Orders of Chinese Food

One Ride On the Carousel

FIVE People in the TINY Photo Booth

TWO Splish-Splashy Swim Sessions,

and

One GINORMOUS Banana Split

Weather Prediction

Was Never My Strong Suit

{Yesterday}

[Today]

[All Day]

"I Wish...

We Were Rich,
So We Could PAY Someone to Go to Work,
So DAD Would NEVER Have to Leave."

As Said By B,

[With One More Hug & Kiss for Dad].

3.10.10

In Celebration of Relief Society

Dinner,
THIS CLIP,
And,

{A Humanitarian Aid Project}

Hand Puppets

The Family Tree

Comes for a Visit

03.06.10

My Sister's Family

Came for a Short Visit,

and Opted to

Gather 'Round the Troops,

While They were in Town,

and

Bless Baby Sam.

Our Family Tree was Nearly

All Present,

and it was Might Leafy.

PLUS

My Brother in Law has the

Sweetest Family,

and We Were Glad

They Could Be Here, too!

{The M Family}

{Munchers Down Under}

*

Shhhh.....Don't Tell,

But After the "Party",

WE

[My Sista Branches and Graft-Ins],

All Stayed Up WAY,

Too Late,

Eating LeftOvers,

Playing Rock Band,

and Laughing Our Heads Off.

{The Twins}

Today

I Finally Got the Area of Trim painted on Our Main Level, that had yet to be repainted, but was driving Me BONKERS, Every time I looked at it! And Even Though it Looks Awesome with a Fresh Coat of Paint on it, I'm Sure NO ONE Will Notice. I suppose that's the thing about Trim. It looks Preee-ty Good When its Done. But Unless You Rrreeally Look, You Won't Even Notice.

*

This Evening the Boys Went Out to Play,

In the Spring Like Weather.

It was Welcome.

Then They Decided to Plant

an Apple Tree.

Ummmmm....Yeah.

We Don't Currently,

have an Apple Tree

That Needs to be Planted.

From the Recovery Room

Today 7yr Old B

Says to Me,

"Mom,"

"I'm Glad You're MY Mom,"

"Because When I'm Sick,"

"You Clean My Throw-up Bowl,"

"Bring Me Cold Water,"

"Ask Me if I Want to Eat Anything,"

"Check My Head,"

"and Help Me Carry My Stuff"

"Up and Down the Stairs,"

"and You're Always Nice to Me."

*

{ah, Melt My Heart}