we were outside this morning and joaquin was playing with bugs (what's new?). he was going to stamp on a small beatle and i hear ben say "no joaquin! don't hurt it, that's one of God's creatures!!" then, ben proceeds to thwack joaquin over the head.

oh the irony.

ok. this is soooo true. (if you're a mom/parent) i can't even begin to describe how accurate this is. except ben doesn't tell me "i don't like you". he tells me "you're not my friend anymore!". yikes. on more than one occasion that's almost made me cry ( Read more... )

I think my favorite all-time song just may be Phish's rendition of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice".

It makes me smile.

I need help!

Now that it's finally cool enough to wear pants, I've had a huge problem finding pants that fit Ben. a 4T will fit him perfect length-wise, but are too big in the waist.

a 3T fit him perfectly in the waist but, are waaaay too short.

I need help! Does anyone know where I can find slims or talls? He's in dire need of pants...asap.

as i was walking to the bedroom earlier this evening, ben's light was on. i stood by the door and peeked in. he was laying in bed 'reading', what is a bellybutton?. i'm actually quite impressed how much of the technicalities he remembers from us reading it to him ( Read more... )

the boys and i were on our way to get groceries and gata was looking up into the rafters of the patio...meowing as if she was eyeing a bird. she's already killed 2 birds in the past 2 weeks. :( it's no fun to see them dead on your doorstep and a trillion gazillion soft floaty feathers all over the damn place ( Read more... )

yum!ok. after this confession you may not think of me as the sweet pristine woman you know and love. but, i like to watch hbo's taxi cab confessions. even worse, i've tivo'd the newest hbo's america undercover special about hookers in atlantic city ( Read more... )

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a quick movie from some video of the boys this past month. because of the compression settings the audio is tin-ny and the video is crappy...but, i still wanted to share ( Read more... )

( ben and his ass :( *kinda icky* )