STRIKE!

A few weeks ago we took the kids on their first ever bowling escapade. Grandparents Goshorn came along for the laughs (and the check - THANKS!) and everyone had a good time. We went to Star Lanes on The Levee and I highly recommend it - this place was so nice my kids won't know what to do when they go to a normal bowling alley!



Getting some tips from Dad.

Little Miss "I can do it myself!"

Will's crazy - worked for him- form.

Jack trying to master the split.

Mommy showing how it's done!

And whatever you might have heard, Will certainly did not beat me. Really.

GO DAWGS!

We will be watching.
And cheering.
And screaming.
And taping...because the game is on too late for the boys to watch.

Come on Dawgs...win so the boys can watch on Saturday!

Love This!

So I am still trying to figure out the picture upload for our new computer. Hopefully will get caught up soon. Until then...my newest love -


When we get in the car my kids say "Mommy - can we listen to Adele PLEASE?!"

If you have not heard Adele's new album "21" you are missing out. LOVE this.
And LOVE that my kids are diggin' it, too.

And you should see my daughter sing "Rollin' In The Deep." Adorbs!

The best part?! A break from Alvin and The Chipmunks and Imagination Movers. And teaching my kids early to appreciate music.

Could be a Mother of the Year nomination...just sayin'.

We Are Still Alive

Our new fancy computer ain't fancy enough to take my memory stick and I can't find my USB port for my camera so I have had no pics to upload. And we have had some fun times, like our first bowling trip. Some day....

I have been working like a mad woman. Gone the last 3 weekends in a row. Now I have 2 weeks off until my last 2 back-to-back shows. We will all be happy when show season is over.

I left last Thursday for Louisville. Brooke puked before I left. Nice. Will had a fever all day Friday while I was gone. Double nice. And now Jack is asleep on the couch with a headache. Triple Nice.

But Brooke just informed me that she was going to her room to play. If I needed her, I could call her cell phone. Alrighty-then.

So...we are still alive...just barely.
Hope you are, too.

Maybe I Shoud Rethink This....

I have always thought it was no big deal that my kids partake in my daily escape to Genoa City for "The Young and the Restless." I mean, I did it as a kid and I am no worse for it...right?!

Well...maybe I should rethink this. Although Will has always been my lover, so sweet and always ready with a kiss and a hug (hell, he kissed Sam goodbye on the lips today at McDonald's!) and I DON'T want to change that about him...

Today he asked me for 2 gumballs (his fave afternoon snack). I said I would need a kiss first.

Will proceeded to put his arms around my neck, close his eyes, turn his head to the side and hold me tight while he kissed me and moved his head in a swaying motion...ala Nick Newman, if you catch my drift.

After that big smooch I asked "Will...were you kissing me like the people kiss on The Story?"
With a big smile, Will responded "Uh-huh!"

Well...maybe I should rethink this...
Or maybe I am already training my son to be the best kisser IHM has ever seen!
LOVE this kid!

Wednesdays with Wilbur

My little Will...he has always had some bathroom etiquette issues. Including just flat-out not wanting to go in the bathroom until he was 4. Ugh.

He needs firm reminders - a lot - to wash his hands and put the toilet seat down. When I ask him if he has done this after using the restroom, most of the time he says "Oh. I forgot." Sure.

This morning I was vacuuming (do you know how much house cleaning I get done in the morning while they are eating and watching cartoons? AMAZING!) and when I turned it off I heard the toilet flush and then the scampering of little feet running back to the kitchen.

I yelled "Wilbur! Wash your hands and put the seat down!"

I heard him say ever so quietly...

"Oh man! She got me!"

Oh yes...I got you now, little Wilbur, I got you now.
And you will never know how much I love what I got!

Only A Woman Would Understand

**NOTE**
This post is a little TMI so read with that in mind.

So...Aunt Flo is making her visit this week and it reminded me of an "Oldie But A Goodie" by my daughter.

A few months back when that b*$#h Aunt Flo was visiting again, Brooke caught me in the bathroom with Aunt Flo's friend, Tammy-Pon....

...Because, I have not gone to the bathroom alone in approximately 6 years...

Brooke looked at me, bent down and looked at my bottom, looked at me, looked at my bottom, and then said,

"Mommy...you got a boo-boo down there?"

Reminds me of when I was younger (around 11 - yes, I was a young bloomer) and my brother Jayson (10)

- yes, my mother had the same condition as me -
Natural-Family-Planning-Equals-2 or 3-Kids-Under-2-Itis -

walked in on me putting a pad on (look, 5 kids and 2 bathrooms...it happens, okay?!).
He looked at me and said,

"Don't you think you are a little young to be doing that?"

He also asked me how to put a pad on. I told him you put the sticky part on your underwear.
He said,

"Good. 'Cause I thought you put the sticky part up and I knew that would have to hurt."

Only A Woman Would Understand...
and one day, Brooke will too.