Twohoneymooners With Kids

02 December 2009

Today

Accomplishment of the day: 5 loads of laundry, all ironed and put away. Exciting, no. Still an accomplishment.

"What the?" of the day: Calling Daniel a 'bossy boots'. Did I really say that out loud? Yep. Sure did.

01 December 2009

Grandma Lowen

Today is Dec 1st, my Grandma Lowen's 90th birthday. Her and Grandpa JUST moved into a duplex in a retirement village a few months ago. They moved out of the only house I'd ever known them to be in, but they are still living independently and seem happy - not weighed down by the demands of a bigger house, so that's a huge plus. Happy Birthday Grandma, I wish I could have been at your party yesterday, we love you so much!

Oh, and forgot to mention that she and grandpa have 4 kids, 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandkids!!!

27 November 2009

Thanksgiving

Well I am American after all, aren't I? Today is thanksgiving in the States, and I am thankful...

* for time and healing

* for close family relationships

* for the ability to travel (even though I'm sick of packing!!)

* for Andrew and everything we share

* for these 3 little kids who rely on me to love them

* for a little bit of time and space to myself, starting tonight for 2 nights!

18 November 2009

Character-building or bribery?

Laura and Daniel and I went to meet Aunty Sharon to help with a video for a church event. Kids were excited about it. But Laura changed her mind when it all started - didn't want to smile or be helpful at all. Hmmm. Took her aside, did the whole "do you want to choose to be helpful to Aunty Sharon and have good manners or do you want to choose to be difficult?" Yep, straight in the eye, she says to me, "I want to be difficult." Okay, what now? "Well Laura, if you choose to be difficult, then when we go for a hot chocolate (which before that moment wasn't planned) with Noah and Veia later (who were also helping out), your choice to be difficult means that you won't be having a hot chocolate, but you'll be sitting by yourself." Magic. It was bribery, I know, I was desperate! No lectures please... :)

17 November 2009

Songwriting

You would think when the kids are in the backseat singing together, creating a made-up song, it would be totally cute. Well maybe, but also kinda worrying when it goes something like this: "Miss Mary Mack sat on her back in a big big pack of bumblebees... and one got in her mouth and she choked and she choked and choked and choked, and then she was dead." I wish I could have recorded the tune and the rhythm, it really did bring the lyrics alive!!!!!

11 November 2009

Always up for a good joke

Laughing feels great.
So here's a laugh courtesy of my nephew Chris.

This is verbatim from my sister's blog.
Too funny!

Chris: Mommy, Grandma. I have a joke for you.

M&G: Ok, what is it?

C: What is the difference between roast beef and pea soup?

(Jake chimes in: Oh, No Chris! Not that one!!!)

M&G: Uuuhhh. We don't know, what?

C: Everybody can roast beef but no one can pee soup... (total look of anticipation on his face)

M&G: (laughing hysterically)

C: Was that funny?

M&G: (still can't answer, laughing too hard!)

05 November 2009

What?

So you're telling me that tiny chip in my computer called my hard drive is FULL and I can't put any more photos on it?? First it blows my mind that our computers can hold this much data, and then all of a sudden I can't get my head around it being full. What is that about?

So while I've been trying to get to 'clearing it off', or having a techy friend over to help minimize the space it's using, Andrew announces that he's sick of his Mac (after converting me he's returning to the PC world, whatever), and I get his, which has eternally more hard drive space, and which I might add (with my well-used smirk) I suggested should have been mine in the first place, since I 'do' the photos around this place. :)

So new Mac = more space = more blogging. Sister E (read: eldest) is blogging every day. Yeah right, I can't even get to showering every day.

21 October 2009

Like it?

One of my sisters made up this catch phrase (not sure which one cause both their kids say it), and I love it: "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." Truly a well-thought out statement that could only come from calm, rational parenting. :)

Well, I made up my own calm and rational catch phrase today: "Whiney voices don't get choices!" I have high hopes for its effectiveness... LOL...