Tuesday Owenisms 8

Setting the stage:

My mom sold our childhood home and bought a new one right after my sisters graduated from high school. My sisters lived in her new house with her during the summer before their freshman year of college, one sister again during their sophomore year, and then both of them for their junior years until the present. My mom moved out of the house for a portion of this time, for the better part of 5 or 6 years I believe. 

Sunday afternoon, our family is driving from Turner's basketball game down to my mom's house, where she lives with my sisters.


Me: We are headed to Grandma's house! Dad and Mom are going to drop you guys off to hang out for a bit while we go see some friends. Anna and Leslie will be there to hang out with you too.

Owen: We're going to GRANDMA'S house?

Me. Yes. Well, Grandma, Anna and Leslie's house.

Owen: Yeah. It was actually Anna and Leslie's house before. And then Grandma....she kind of stealed it, and she moved in....and...and...then she moved in and made it HER house.

Me: Mmmmmkay. I can see how you think that.....


You better believe I told my mom she stealed her house. Anna and Leslie backed up Owen's story.

Monday Mumbles 15

1. I'm late but it's still Monday! Long day at work, and should be a good long evening at home watching...of course....you guessed it...The Bachelorette.

2. Don't judge. It's my guilty pleasure in the way of reality shows. I justify this show (compared to my usual practiced rant about reality shows) because they are all adults and for the most part I still believe that half to three fourths of the contestants are still signing up for the hope of love. Neurotic I know.

3. We have worked really hard to get Owen to stop being infatuated with private parts in time for him to start attending school where a majority of his classmates are acting inappropriately and touching his bum. *SIGH*

4. The more that Hubs and I talk to parents with teenagers, the more convinced our kids will be "those kids" in school with "totally uncool and unfair" parents who are holding out on giving out cell phones. The stories I hear are all due to inappropriate access that, no matter how many restrictions you provide, they're getting hold of information they don't need to have.

5. And when I say cell phones, I really mean cell phones, ipods, ipads, their own computer, and anything else that would be theirs to carry, tote, or use away from the surge protector in my living where the family PC sits.

6. How terrible is it that I'm banking on my kids' cuteness to keep them out of the COMPLETELY UNCOOL AND NERDY group? I mean, I don't mind if they cross into Nerdville a bit. Heck, I did. But sports and their cuteness will hopefully set them up for some sort of decent social scene.

7. Saturday morning, Evelyn and Owen got up at an unmentionable hour. Instead of waking me to get them breakfast, which they need immediately after waking, Owen chose to get out the cereal and pour both him and his sister a bowl of dry cereal so they could snack on it.

8. Did I mention last week that Sissy got a talking Dora doll for her birthday? And that she wouldn't touch it? Day 11 = success. She finally held the doll and giggled as she laid her back and forth, watching her eyes blink open and closed.

9. I'm happy the NBA is over. I'm happy that hockey is nearly over. Although I am a sports fan, these two just don't do it for me.

10. Any other The Paris Wife readers? Em, I know you and I have talked about it. Tracy, did you get it for your recent road trip? Next up for me is getting The Hunger Games series and book 5 of Game of Thrones series, which I've mentioned before and still angrily waiting for it to hit paperback. Damn it.

Monday Mumbles 14

1. Lately my boys have been on a weenie kick. And I don't mean eating hot dogs. They always eat hot dogs. Lately, they are always cracking jokes about their personal, private weenies. And it's just plain annoying.

2. I am secretly so excited that Turner loves almost any sport. We can sit and watch and talk sports all year long. He may not even really like or want to play the sport but we get excited watching them when they get exciting.

3. Now we just need to work on Owen. He fluctuates between wanting to be LIKE Turner and be completely opposite him. We just tell him to be good and have fun. It's the "be good" part he struggles with daily.

4. I realized this weekend, however, he looks at me after he does something "bad" and I know he knows that I know he's not trying to be evil, he's just trying to get away with things. This, of course, equals the fact that I love him so much and while he gets on my last damn nerve he still cracks me up on the inside.

5. If anyone else reading this knows that Robin Thicke has a new song out, I love you. It rocks. I dance in my car seat every time.

6. I just finished The Paris Wife and I sat on the kitchen floor as I completed it Friday night, crying. I was mad. I wanted to live with them a bit longer. I wanted to both read Ernest Hemingway and burn a book of his at the same time. I love when books make me FEEL something. Think something.

7. Duck Dynasty has a lot of good, wholesome lessons. It really does. It doesn't mean I enjoy The Bass Pro Shop anymore than I did last year.

8. Turner is currently annoying me flipping something around the living room. And then he just said, "Woah! I can flip these FAR! Grandpa taught me. He's awesome!" He's forgiven.

9. The Royals are one game under .500. For those of you who don't know what that means, move on to mumble #10.

10. I love you anyhow. Despite. Good day and good week!

Funny Face Friday 8

Miss E did NOT want to be part of the Tea Party birthday photo shoot

Avatar the Last Airbender, Diego, Dora at the Hollywood wedding shower

Clark Kent and Louis Lane (my little brother Jimmy and his fiance Rachel)

Sissy and me posing in the firetruck on display at the Thomas the Train event

I love this photo of the kids chasing bubbles, all in different directions and focused!

Owen and Grandma in deep discussion as Thomas the Train rumbles along

Being harassed by her big brother while she tries to enjoy the train ride

She finally made it! She's officially a train rider!

Sporting some new shades from her aunts

As the wind blows from behind.....

Stache glasses. Oh yeah.

Playing at the park

Playing at the park

Playing at the park

Monday Mumbles 13

1. I skipped a week. I'm sorry. In between then and now, I traveled to NYC for work, got the family put together for a themed wedding shower, prepped for and attended a second wedding shower, completed another week of work and managed to get Evelyn's birthday handled this past weekend as well as attend a Tea Party birthday for another little 3 year old beauty.

2. Okay, so technically my 3 year old beauty wasn't 3 this weekend, she is 3 today. At noon. So give her a silent "woo hoo" while you're munching on lunch.

3. At the Tea Party birthday, my gal pal even had her regular photographer come into her home and set up a mini studio and did a fancy dress up photo shoot. Guess which toddler guest refused to have her mug shot?

4. Have I mentioned here that every year at her annual "it's been another year so mom dragged me to JC Penney studios" photo shoot that she cries? As in sobs? She hates it and I don't know what to do about it.

5. Jim, consider this fair warning for your wedding. We are already starting to chat with her about getting her picture taken for you guys and that you only have ONE chance and she better not mess it up by crying. (Is it possible I can be the one shooting some of those pictures?? That might help.)

6. Wow, five mumbles about Evelyn. It's her birthday after all, but truly, she's a pretty cool chick. She even chatted with one of the other little tea party guests...all about how her daddy drinks beer and it can make you fat.

7. Yeah, that was her.

8. On a happy note, she received a Dora doll for her birthday! Grandma found a great Dora doll whose eyes open and close (when she lays back), talks and sings, and even has a brush for her hair. Evelyn's reaction? "Get her out of here!" Sorry Mom...talking toys freak her out a little bit. I thought you figured that out after the talking Elmo and Cookie Monster kitchen. (We'll work on her.)

9. After we road Thomas the Train Saturday, we went to Lawrence for pizza and presents, and then we hit up The Toy Store downtown so Evelyn could use her giftcard. She chose a baby stroller so she could push around the less "freaky" doll she received. We then proceeded to the nearest park so Dad could fly his new kite (that would be my dad, not Evelyn's dad). After that we marched back to downtown so we could view a red dress that Evelyn's Grandma and aunts found as a possible "wedding/flower girl" dress. It was adorable so I took her to the fitting rooms to be certain which we wanted. She promptly burst into tears and refused to put it on. Consider this another fair warning, Jim. Ice cream did work as bribery however, so we'll hold out hope.

10. One of the best parts of Sissy's day, I am certain, is that she had "her boys" with her all day long.