car conversations rock!

On the way back from picking up Master of Disaster at half-day camp.

MofD: Jess who has sharper teeth an alligator or a shark?

Me:  I don't know

MofD:  Tell me Jess

Me:  I don't know...it's a mystery.  Who do you think does??

MofD:  I don't know. . can you tell me?

Me:  No I can't because I don't know

MofD:  Alligators have very sharp teeth!

Me:  Yes they do.  Sharper than a shark?

MofD:  I don't know.  Sharks have sharp teeth too. . .I think a shark has sharper teeth

Me:  Ok

MofD:  Or maybe an alligator

And then we continued to talk about how sharks and alligators don't actually live in the same areas so it's very hard to compare.  But of course, because need to tell them the truth about everything, I proceed to tell him that sharks and alligators will bite you if you go near them.  But only because they think we are food, not because they are being mean (duh!). 

MofD:  If a shark nibbles on me, I'll be ok because I'm rough and tough.  I'll just go get a band-aid.


On the way to get Whiny Magee from full-day camp

MofD:  You know that my dad saw on the news???!!!

Me:  What?

MofD:  They are putting fries AND apples in there now!!! (luckily I'm somewhat current with news and knew he was talking about McDonald's)

Me:  WOW! That's so cool

MofD:  Yeah they are building that right now!!

Me:  Building what?

MofD:  I don't know

perks of nannydom

So today during nap, I was on FB and I saw that Dollop-a local cupcake shop-had free passes to the sneak preview of The Change-Up.  The movie was tonight at 7.  The first person I thought of was my friend BC.  She is the most bargain-y person I know and is *always* getting free stuff.  She also is very giving with her free stuff and I have been on the receiving end many many times.  So away I texted and lo and behold she can come tonight (her husband is great like that).

I wake up the Master of Disaster and BabyGirl (early I might add) and off we go to get cupcakes and a free movie pass.  I love that I have a job where that is possible. 

I'll be seeing you tonight boys!

nicknames

So I think I may hove come up with some nicknames for the boys.  I think from now on A will be referred to as Master of Disaster and J will be Whiny Magee.   Do these names seem a tad mean?  I don't want to be the mean bossy nanny but those names fit very well with the kids' personalities. 

as my mother would say Holy Craparoni!!

I am in for a world of hurt!! 

One of my current favorite naptime time wasters is Rants from Mommyland!  It's a hysterical blog about the joys of mommydom (as if you couldn't've figured that one out on your own).  I just read this post. . . and OMG.  I knew once BabyGirl became mobile life, as I know it, would be over.  Thankfully she has no desire to start crawling yet; so I'm safe. . .for now. 



*  spell check suggested "agglutinative" and "goaltenders" for couldn't've.  Now I'm going to look up agglutinative. 

*ag·glu·ti·na·tive adj.

Concerning or characteristic of agglutination (really?? that's the definition??)

*agglutination
1. the action of an agglutinant substance.

2. the process of union in wound healing.

3. the clumping together in suspension of antigen-bearing cells, microorganisms, or particles in the presence of specific antibodies

blue

The boys and I were playing Uno today.  I will say that playing Uno with a 3, 4 & 5 year olds is really fun and I suggest anyone who has the chance should *totally* take the time and teach young kids how to play.  It's not hard to teach at all.  It's really a lot like crazy 8s.  Be prepared, most kids play open handed (with all their cards out on the floor) so it's really hard to decide if you should A) cheat to win or B) cheat lose to booster esteem.  I have found a nice middle.  I usually don't cheat to win but I do play the best hand I have but I also guide the kids through their hand.  J has learned to play with his hand closed, A is just figuring out how to play. 

A only has two cards left: a wild and a yellow.  He has a red card to play on. 

Me:  Ok, you have a wild and a yellow. . .what do you want to do?  What card can you play?

A:  puts down the wild and looks at me

Me:  What is that card?

A:  a wild

Me:  good...so what do you get to do now?

A:  pick a color?

Me:  yep. . . what color do you want to play

A: blue! (that's his favorite color)

Me:  A,  you have a wild and a yellow, what do you want to play?

A:  a blue

Me:  A. . . do you have a blue?

A:  no

Me:  so can you play a blue?

A:  no

Me:  What can you play?

A:  a yellow

Me:  so what color should you play now?

A:  yellow

Me:  good job


Eye-i-i

* if you try to teach Uno make sure to take out the "special" cards:  skip, reverse, draw 2 and draw 4....it makes it hard to teach but once they get really good at Uno you can start to add them slowly on "special" card type at a time.

chiropractor Wednesdays

A: Jess your back is hurt-ting (that's how he has hurting) very badly

Me:  ummm no it's not

A: well sister is very heavy

Me:  Yes she is

A:  She's just a little baby

I think he was implying that I'm a wuss.

end of vacation

I have been on vacation for the past 11 days.  And I am anticipating tomorrow being awful.  However that's not the reason for this post.  I want to give the boys nicknames to use in my posts.  I am tired of writing A and J. Sometimes I get confused when I use A because I read it as "a" and then the sentence doesn't make sense so I know you guys might be confused.

Any suggestions are welcome.  I know my bosses sometimes call A the Master of Disaster; so that is a possibility.  I'll keep you posted with my ideas and see what you think.  And since only Michelle, Celeste & Erin  have ever commented on my blog I'm not expecting much. 

*I'm not really sure why the back ground to the words are white.  But I don't really feel like trying to fix it...sorry