This is a MUST watch.
It is a lot funnier if you have cats. It's funny even if you don't.
ENJOY!!!
BTW - T&M thanks for the video! Yes I stole it!
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Dragon Girl's Dragon
I promised Dragon Girl that I would post her latest project. She is sooo AMAZING!! I handed her 17 pages that made up the dragon and 10 pages of instructions. I also handed her a glue stick and a pair of kid scissors. This is what she did with all of that:
I took a bunch of pictures as she went along. It has been about 1 1/2 weeks (poss 2 weeks) since she started. That "thing" called school seems to get in the way. LOL
The Head - Front View (it's not finished - this was at the end of day 1)
The Head - Side View.
Finished the head and started in on the neck.
Front claws done and some of the belly.
More of the body has been finished. You can see Tinker Bell wanted to be in the pict. She loves her big sister!
Back legs and claws are now done.
DONE!!!! Isn't that just awesome!
Top View -
3/4 View -
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This is not her first project. Her first one was a tiny Iguana. She never finished it's tail or the platform. She likes to play with her creations when they're mostly done and has a hard time finishing. The Iguana ended up being squished a bit and we never got decent picts of it.
My husband just handed her the first project to keep her busy (she was bored). We never thought it would actually turn out right. We've had to pick up our jaws many times with this little girl. She received NO help from anyone. Not even help reading and figuring out the directions.
I took a bunch of pictures as she went along. It has been about 1 1/2 weeks (poss 2 weeks) since she started. That "thing" called school seems to get in the way. LOL
The Head - Front View (it's not finished - this was at the end of day 1)
The Head - Side View.
Finished the head and started in on the neck.
Front claws done and some of the belly.
More of the body has been finished. You can see Tinker Bell wanted to be in the pict. She loves her big sister!
Back legs and claws are now done.
DONE!!!! Isn't that just awesome!
Top View -
3/4 View -
_________________________________________________________
This is not her first project. Her first one was a tiny Iguana. She never finished it's tail or the platform. She likes to play with her creations when they're mostly done and has a hard time finishing. The Iguana ended up being squished a bit and we never got decent picts of it.
My husband just handed her the first project to keep her busy (she was bored). We never thought it would actually turn out right. We've had to pick up our jaws many times with this little girl. She received NO help from anyone. Not even help reading and figuring out the directions.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Snuggles
I have to share a conversation between Jabber Box and my husband tonight (Sunday).
(When putting the kids to bed, often times my husband will climb into bed with one or each of the kids in turn and snuggle with them for a little while. My husband started doing this to get Power Ranger to quiet down when he's too riled to fall asleep. Once, some time ago, Jabber Box asked to be snuggled too and so the tradition began.)
JB: Daddy, will you come snuggle with me tonight in my bed?
Daddy: Yes, JB, I'll come snuggle with you.
JB: You have to snuggle with me every night. Every night until I die, OK?
JB: Well... every night until you die, OK?
~
(When putting the kids to bed, often times my husband will climb into bed with one or each of the kids in turn and snuggle with them for a little while. My husband started doing this to get Power Ranger to quiet down when he's too riled to fall asleep. Once, some time ago, Jabber Box asked to be snuggled too and so the tradition began.)
JB: Daddy, will you come snuggle with me tonight in my bed?
Daddy: Yes, JB, I'll come snuggle with you.
JB: You have to snuggle with me every night. Every night until I die, OK?
JB: Well... every night until you die, OK?
~
Monday, September 8, 2008
Nick Names
Ok... seems that most people have nick names for their kids. I do get tired of using initials or just saying "my oldest..." blah blah blah. So, I've finally come up with nick names for my kids. I've run it past them and they are cool with them. Well... most are cool with them.
First let me introduce you to Jabber Box and Dragon Girl.
Jabber Box LOVES to talk. He is a very happy kid and loves to lead. He is a HUGE help around the house and is eager to live life.
Dragon Girl loves Dragons and dinosaurs. She is VERY creative and is always making her own craft projects. For several years she has wanted to be a Paleontologist when she grows up. I'm interested to see what she ends up being.
(FYI: Dragon Girl is older by 4 minutes)
Next... I'd like to introduce Power Ranger.
Power Ranger loves... well.. you guessed.. The Power Rangers. He can be bigger than life. He has a scream that can be heard on the moon. He also has a certain amount of screams that must be emitted every day. He never misses getting them all out. LOL. Some of those screams are pure joy... others are expressing his disagreement with how things are playing out in front of him. Power Ranger keeps life very interesting. When he's happy his eyes dance and my heart overflows with love.
Finally... I'd like to introduce you to Tinker Bell.
Tinker Bell LOVES pretty dancing dresses. Especially ones that look like Tinker Bell's dress. She is my girlie girl. Loves her baby dolls and dancing around the house. Her speech blows me out of the water. I never knew a 2 year old could talk like her.
Well... There are my little cuties. They entertain me and keep me on my toes. I LOVE who they are and am eager to see who they will become.
The twins have overcome HUGE obsticles... born 11 weeks early, all the "joys" the NICU can provide, various bouts with infections - Dragon Girl has had lots of pneumonia and Jabber Box has had countless ear infections / surgeries (tubes, adenoids, tonsils etc..).
Power Ranger was born with a condition called: microcephaly lymphoedema chorioretinal dysplasia. Google it if you want to know more. He's the first one diagnosed with this at the local children's hospital. It's a pretty rare disorder and no one really knows that much about it. We're kinda like gunnea pigs in the genetics department. He's already exceeded the levels that genetics thought he could achieve. He's in the special needs program at school. He has really come a LONG way during the past school year. I'm soo excited to see how far he gets this year. Last year he finished the school year being able to read his name, cow, dog and cat. He can sorta write his name. It looks like a bunch of circles but we know what he's trying to write.
Tinker Bell is our first full term babe. Only 3 weeks early. Her ability to form complete sentences at her young age keeps me amazed. I've never had a child her age be so easy to understand what she wants or doesn't want. She is a total gift.
First let me introduce you to Jabber Box and Dragon Girl.
Jabber Box LOVES to talk. He is a very happy kid and loves to lead. He is a HUGE help around the house and is eager to live life.
Dragon Girl loves Dragons and dinosaurs. She is VERY creative and is always making her own craft projects. For several years she has wanted to be a Paleontologist when she grows up. I'm interested to see what she ends up being.
(FYI: Dragon Girl is older by 4 minutes)
Next... I'd like to introduce Power Ranger.
Power Ranger loves... well.. you guessed.. The Power Rangers. He can be bigger than life. He has a scream that can be heard on the moon. He also has a certain amount of screams that must be emitted every day. He never misses getting them all out. LOL. Some of those screams are pure joy... others are expressing his disagreement with how things are playing out in front of him. Power Ranger keeps life very interesting. When he's happy his eyes dance and my heart overflows with love.
Finally... I'd like to introduce you to Tinker Bell.
Tinker Bell LOVES pretty dancing dresses. Especially ones that look like Tinker Bell's dress. She is my girlie girl. Loves her baby dolls and dancing around the house. Her speech blows me out of the water. I never knew a 2 year old could talk like her.
Well... There are my little cuties. They entertain me and keep me on my toes. I LOVE who they are and am eager to see who they will become.
The twins have overcome HUGE obsticles... born 11 weeks early, all the "joys" the NICU can provide, various bouts with infections - Dragon Girl has had lots of pneumonia and Jabber Box has had countless ear infections / surgeries (tubes, adenoids, tonsils etc..).
Power Ranger was born with a condition called: microcephaly lymphoedema chorioretinal dysplasia. Google it if you want to know more. He's the first one diagnosed with this at the local children's hospital. It's a pretty rare disorder and no one really knows that much about it. We're kinda like gunnea pigs in the genetics department. He's already exceeded the levels that genetics thought he could achieve. He's in the special needs program at school. He has really come a LONG way during the past school year. I'm soo excited to see how far he gets this year. Last year he finished the school year being able to read his name, cow, dog and cat. He can sorta write his name. It looks like a bunch of circles but we know what he's trying to write.
Tinker Bell is our first full term babe. Only 3 weeks early. Her ability to form complete sentences at her young age keeps me amazed. I've never had a child her age be so easy to understand what she wants or doesn't want. She is a total gift.
Friday, September 5, 2008
sick kids
Quick post. I've been very busy trying to remember who got what when. I've been dishing out the tylenol, motrin, benedryl etc.. like it was water. Runny noses (4 of them), fevers (up to 105.5) and general crankiness have been the main reasons behind the sudden drugging my my children.
I have labeled all but one of my kids "healthy" so far. Shoved whomever I could out the door and into the hands of patient and gifted people put in charge of making them smarter.
I hate looking at a worksheet with vague directions on it and try to figure out what in the world my daughter is supposed to do with it. I'm talking about the homework that gets sent home while she's out sick. Sometimes I can figure it out on my own.... others I have to beg her twin to come over and please try to explain what's going on. (the clueless teaching the clueless).
These have been the first of MANY days lost to germs.
I have labeled all but one of my kids "healthy" so far. Shoved whomever I could out the door and into the hands of patient and gifted people put in charge of making them smarter.
I hate looking at a worksheet with vague directions on it and try to figure out what in the world my daughter is supposed to do with it. I'm talking about the homework that gets sent home while she's out sick. Sometimes I can figure it out on my own.... others I have to beg her twin to come over and please try to explain what's going on. (the clueless teaching the clueless).
These have been the first of MANY days lost to germs.
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