something funny

i must copy.

A new mom of twins from Hoboken
Whose husband was blue from no
pokin'
Heard him say that she should,
It would make him feel good.
She said, "What the hell are you
smokin'?"

from Brain,Child
by jen andrews

ha..ha...ha.....

out of the mouths

while decorating my parents christmas tree cora wanted to know what the fabric draped over the chair was for. my mom said "that's the skirt for the bottom of the tree" and cora says "YES, the tree will always be a girl!". then the other day at our house, she wanted to put water in the thing and said " i have to water the tree so it can grow". yes, i will have a giant christmas tree in my family room in a few months. oh, have i also mentioned that she now believes she is a cat? it is off and on though because of flack from the older brothers. they remind her that she loves dogs and dogs hate cats. it drives them crazy when she goes off on a cat tangent.

some friends, the harris's just had a baby. a little girl. my friends lisa is having her sixth probably this week. several people we know are adopting. baby craze. i had a pang. it was a very short pang. i mean elias IS only 6 mths. old! it's just that he's such a happy baby. is it crazy to think about having more? some moments i totally would and others i want everyone 5 and up. i try really hard to trust God on this issue. my fear is that HE/SHE might think we COULD handle a bunch more!! sometimes i just want to enjoy the ones i already have. i don't want anyone to get cut short. on the other hand, i want tons! lots! i want to adopt AND give birth to a few more. i can't imagine saying that's it, no more. and i can't imagine having more! oh well, time will tell.

on another note, my two year old has basically potty-trained herself. that is the thing with having alot of kids, it gets easier because there are older ones to help. i think she basically observed what everyone else was doing and decided to do it herself! i laid underwear in her room one day and she put it on and never looked back!

well. times up. the baby needs to go to bed.....

whew...

life has been a crazy whirlwind. we were in atlanta for the week of thanksgiving. yeah! we had a lovely time. hanging with good friends...shopping at ikea....making good food. we drove back in 7 1/2 hours because we left after dinner saturday night. it was great. everyone fell asleep and slept the whole way. thank god for the drive-thru starbucks half way home. they're good for some things....

okay, i've decided my kids aren't brats. i was just having a momentary lapse of reason. they are great kids and you're right sharon..extremely passionate. today cora told me that i hurt her feelings and she felt like i was on everyone else's side. this verbalization is amazing to me. especially at age 6. i would have never been able to put in words something like that to my parents at that age! i still can't at the age of 37! so, for her to be able to say that to me very calmly was fabulous. i love being able to apologize to them for things i do wrong. i love that they get on my case because i cuss too much. i love that daily at least one of them makes me some kind of craft. my life would be SO dull without them in it.

we got a christmas tree today and i must go put the lights on it or there will be a revolt. they are waiting to hang ornaments!!