And to think I wanted a Thanksgiving Apron...

I believe I'll wear this instead....

Poxy Jude

It's Jude's turn to have the chicken pox! He felt really great yesterday, but felt itchy today. I have him some Benadryl, and evidently, it knocked him out! He and I had a long nap, all snuggled up in the recliner. He's up now, playing Candyland with Allen, Laney and Zane. He's good, now, but he's really covered!

It's a good weekend to be at home. Lots of good football, cold and windy outside. We do miss friends, and I really, really miss church. It will all be over soon, though, and it really hasn't been bad at all.

Cute little poxy boy! The pictures of the front of him were out of focus. It's been awhile since I've used my other camera. I'll get one of the cute front of him tomorrow!

Shrek Juice

One of my favorite things are green smoothies. This one makes us laugh, because it's so green! That's why we call it Shrek Juice!

We drink these a lot, but especially when we're having a bad dinner. This smoothie has fresh pineapple, frozen mangos and peaches, plain yogurt, rice milk and orange juice. Then you add fresh spinach. You really, really can't taste the spinach. This smoothie tastes like the old Orange Julius orange shakes. Or the orange push up pops from the ice cream man. Man, I loved those!

Or other favorite smoothie is the strawberry and banana smoothie. Still has plain yogurt and rice milk, frozen strawberries and a banana. I put honey in it too. Then the spinach. You can use romaine lettuce or anything green and leafy. This smoothie is mostly pink, but a little green.

The other one we do is the berry mix. I love the blueberry/raspberry/blackberry frozen mix bag from Costco. It's organic and pretty cheap. This smoothie most disguises the spinach. It's just a purple one!

Even though it's cold outside, we still drink these up. Hopefully they'll help keep us well through the winter!!!!! They're good too. Trust me!

Veteran's Day 2008

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

American Village

Make a Smilebox greeting

More funnies to rememer

Laney was telling me how excited she was about Christmas coming. I suspected why that was. I reminded her that Christmas is about celebrating Jesus and His love for us. About spending time with family, decorating and baking yummy goodies to eat. Looking at houses all decorated for Christmas, and time off from school. She listened patiently, and then replied, "Well, that's what grownups say, but all kids really care about is the presents."


Not one of my proudest parenting moments. Shall I give her credit for honesty???


Literally two seconds later, Jude, who was sitting beside Laney at the table during this exchange, said, "Hey mama, why did the chicken cross the road?"


I said, "Why Jude?"


He said, "So he could get to the other side."


I laughed and said, "Is that funny, Jude?"


He totally deadpanned, and replied, "No, not really." Serious as can be. I wish you could have seen his face...

We have the pox!

And yes, it's a good thing! It's a shot that we knew we wouldn't get, and if you want to know reasons why, I'll be glad to give you that info. Otherwise it's incredibly boring! Anyway, I always hated the idea of exposing them on purpose, but God took care of that! We got it from our friends at a play date! I did take Zane back to the friends house, to make sure he was exposed, because my fear was that he would get them after the older two did.

Laney is fine. She's laying on the couch, eating and watching movies. This is mild compared to some of the stuff we've dealth with. I'm not sure the anything will ever be as bad as the 9 day throw up virus. That beat even the pneumonia. I also have a homeopathic arsonal that I'm about to start using!

The boys have no spots yet, and I'm hoping the get them soon or we're going to be doing another one of the 10-21 day quarentines again waiting for them to get it. But then at least we'll be done forever! And this is a good time of year to be hanging around the house. Great weather, no obligations, good baking weather. I'm hoping to get the door and last bathroom painted too. We actually love staying at home! Oddly enough. We're just weird that way...

And we are having fun too! This is Zane, dressed partly as Spidermun, and party as Dora. Oh me. Just never, never a dull moment. He even followed me into the bathroom this morning, and I said, "Zane, will you please close the door so Mommy can have some privacy?" He was glad to. He came right into the bathroom and closed the door. Then he tried to sit in my lap. Bring on the teenagers, man. I know they're tough, but won't I at least get to go to the bathroom by myself? I'd do a lot to be able to pee alone. Maybe he's just figured out that I hide in there sometimes. He's a smart one, that one. Dang it.