MINK update...

He showed up in our garage a few hours later!!!  Yeah for Animal Control!! 

 Did I mention that it stunk up our garage.... UGH!!!!

Because I live here...

I don't like to type where I live (just a safety issue), but only here!!  (and please don't comment the name of our hometown)  These are pictures from this afternoon - this little guy was going up the steps on the elephant slide.  And it is not a cat!

That's a MINK!!!  Animal control came out within 15 minutes, and he had disappeared into thin air.  So, neighbors, be on the lookout for a slide-loving mink!

Some of our favorite things...

Danny with "Bear"

All of Danny's beloved friends. 

 (He really did bring them all to breakfast one morning)

Cole with his blankie and thumb.
Wait, did I just say blankie?  Yeah, his first blankie was lost - and well, I thought it was a good break-up.  Well, he informed me later that his blankie just "grew up" since the Spider-Man blanket became the new favorite.  

Year of the Flies

Check out our newest decor. At one point, Cherae was checking it out thinking it had been part of our creepy Halloween decor.... No, we just like having dead flies hanging around ALL THE TIME! UGGHHHHHHHH! And might I add, one benefit of our weather taking a turn to the cold is the reduction of flies - the only benefit, really.

A stick of chap

this our conversation in the car the other night between Hunter (H), Cole (C), and Me (M) (for mommy of course).

H: I think I have a chap on my lips

M: well, you don't get a "chap" on your lips - chapped is a description for the way lips are. Either they are chapped or not, but you don't get a chap.

C: What is chap?

M: Chapped is a description of dry lips. You'll see little white flakes and they hurt.

H: I definitely have chapped lips.

C: So, why do they have sticks of chap?

M: what? I'm confused.

C: Then I'm never going to use chapstick again.

H: What, why wouldn't you use chapstick? It helps the chapped lips go away.

C: No, it sounds like it is a stick of chap. Why would I want a stick of chap? I'm never using chapstick again. I don't want my lips to be chapped.

M: giggling and thinking, this is priceless. And I KNOW I'll never think of Chapstick the same way again.

First snow

This happened BEFORE Halloween - I'm just completely out of order now. Danny was the first one to get outside and play in the snow. Good thing he did it first thing that morning, by the afternoon the snow had melted!!

TV dinner

A regular spaghetti dinner... this is what I'd expect to see on everyone's plate.

BUT, whenever we have spaghetti, my boys want "spaghetti tacos".... a meal they picked up from one of their favorite T.V. shows. WEIRD!


But they eat them. And well, I'm glad when they eat something I make. It doesn't always work that way around here.

I'm back

Obviously, I've worked out a few kinks - but honestly, I wanted to quit the blog these past few days. HOW FRUSTRATING! I had to download Firefox to get Blogger to work again. Evidently, it doesn't work with the newest version of Explorer. So be FOREWARNED... don't do upgrades on Explorer! Anyhoo - I think it has been resolved for the time being. Thanks for letting me vent.