Tongue biting

I want to remove the voice box of one of my neighbor's dogs.

He barks and whines the entire time he is left home alone.

He barks and whines for the extended length of time they leave him outside.

His barking is causing me quite a bit of anger.

My quiet time is being interrupted.






I no longer care for my neighbors and I am not going to be able to hold my tongue much longer.

Talking Tuesday - Hooker Edition

Kinsley was eating some Jake and the Neverland Pirate fruit snacks and pointing out what each snack was.
Kinsley:  "Mom, it's a hooker!!!"
Mommy:  Mouth dropping on the floor  "Huh?"
Kinsley:  "Yeah, it's Captain Hook's hooker."


Eligh playing with squinkie cars.
Eligh:  "Mom, Santa bought me these car squinkies, except the talking ones."
Mommy:  "I didn't know they talked."
Eligh:  "The CARS squinkies.  You know Holly Shitwell, those ones."

Case of the non-pink eye zombie children

Last Tuesday Kinsley woke with a very red eye oozing yellow boogers.  Gross, huh?  I called right at 7:00 when the appointment line opens and was able to get her an appointment, all preparing for the doc to tell me she had pink eye.  WRONG!  The doc says drumroll please........


"IT'S A VIRUS!!!"

Anyone else sick and tired of the term "virus?"  I swear this is the same thing we hear over and over again and I think it is a cop out.

Doc said she was good to go to daycare if she was in daycare and that it was like any other virus and continue hand washing.

Each day the eye had more boogers and then spread to the other eye and then she looked like a dang zombie.  She did NOT act sick at all, but looked like crap.  Yesterday her eyes looked nearly normal and then today, bam both are red again (like if she had her eyes open when swimming in a chlorine treated pool red).

Add in that Thursday after nap, Eligh woke with a crusty red looking eye.  He, too did not look as bad yesterday and then today his eyes are blood shot in each corner of both eyes.

I don't know what to do!!!!  On Friday when I talked to the nurse about it now attacking Eligh she said the doc still believed it was a virus.  How many days with red eyes is considered ok?

Motorcycles

Eligh:  "Mommy, if I get big you have to buy me a motorcycle."
Mommy:  "No, Eligh.  I will NOT buy you a motorcycle.  You will have to buy your own motorcycle when you get bigger."  
Eligh:  "How am I going to get it out of the store?"
Mommy:  "You will drive it."
Eligh:  "I can't wait to get a motorcycle.  I want to vroom it every where."  



**I really hope he NEVER buys a motorcycle.  They freak me out!  But, for now I'll let him dream, right?**

BMI

Last week I had to take the trio in for yearly sports physicals.  The twins were healthy and Addyson was battling a nasty flu bug.

The nurse seemed alarmed when reporting Eligh's BMI to the doctor.  A whopping....0%.  Thankfully, the doctor looked at his chart more thoroughly and saw that Eligh is simply on the smaller side and has been tested and screened for a variety of things.  He is well and healthy for him.

But, the past few days this boy has eaten seconds and thirds of many of his meals and when he asks for more I jump with excitement and load up his plate.  I am sure this will only be a phase, but I can only hope that he will have a growth spurt and pack on some weight.

Magic Kingdom - Goodbye

On our fifth day at the parks, we decided to head back to Magic Kingdom.  The kids can ride the most rides and still had not seen all of the characters they wanted.

We arrived at the park at opening time and headed straight to Tomorrowland.  We rode Astro Orbiter (way faster than I thought) and Buzz Lightyear.  We did the Laugh Floor and Stitch (waaaaay too scary - as it was pitch black for several minutes).  We then headed to Fantasyland and rode Ariel.  I went to go stand in line to see Merida nearly an hour early, and was the second person in line.  Cody took the kids on the tea cups while I waited and after about 15 minutes the photographer came out and said Merida would not be here at her scheduled time, but if we wanted to come back at 9:55 the lady and myself could skip the line and be the first two to see her, since we were the only ones already waiting for her.  I verified one more time before meeting back up with the family.  We went ahead and rode Ariel and then I decided to take the girls to meet Ariel (twenty minute wait) and Cody took Eligh to Tomorrowland Speedway. After meeting Ariel, my mom and younger sister met the girls and I and we went to go meet Merida.

After our pictures, we headed to ride Peter Pan and then hit up Frontierland.  We rode Aladdin, saw the super long line for Thundermountain, walked through the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse (not that exciting), and let them pick one more ride before leaving for the day.  And, they chose It's a Small World.  I dug out three pennies and as we rode our last boat ride through Small World, the kiddos all made a wish and threw their pennies in the water.

We let all the families know we were leaving and headed back to the campground.  We grabbed lunch, ate at the campground, and the twins went down for naps.  Addyson stayed up and worked on her newest Lego purchase.

Around 3:30, I decided to hit up Downtown Disney one more time, as I still had not found a zip up sweatshirt that grabbed my attention.  I browsed the store for a while before my mom and younger sister met up with me.  We all finished our shopping, grabbed some hot dog buns and chips and headed back to the campground to have an easy dinner.

The visit ended perfectly.

We left bright and early the next day, got stuck in some traffic, met up with my some long time friends/family for lunch, and finished our drive to Tennessee where we met up with my parents at a hotel.  The next morning we left around 7:30 and finished our road trip back to Missouri.

It simply could not have gone any better than it did.  The kids still ask weeks later when we can go back.

Magic Kingdom - 2nd Visit and the day of the picture

Our main goal today was to ride as many rides as we possibly could before the rush of people would hit the park (typically right after lunch).  Since the night before was New Years Eve, the park was not nearly as packed as it had been the previous visit.  We again let the kiddos wake up on their own and made it to the park just as they were opening for the day.  Our first stop was to hit up the new Ariel ride at Fantasyland.  The rest of the day is somewhat of a blur, but I know we rode the following rides:  Ariel, Dumbo, Tea Cups, Barn Stormer, Small World, Peter Pan (another ride that you need to ride early or get a fast pass for early) and Winnie the Pooh.  

Around 10 a.m. we met up with my parents, younger sister and husband and grabbed the train and took it to Frontierland.  We asked all the kiddos if they wanted to ride Thunder Mountain, which Addyson said she did not.  My mom opted to sit out with Addyson and took her to meet Jessie while my dad, Cody, younger sister, brother in law, the twins, and I all headed for a thirty minute wait to ride Thunder Mountain.  Eligh wanted to sit between me and daddy and held our hand the entire time.  Kinsley declared that she LOVED the ride and wanted to ride it again, which we did the rider swap and my mom and dad took her again and were able to bypass the line and went through the fast pass line.  

Since there was a short wait for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, we all went on that ride together as well.  Addyson cried and did not care for the ride (mostly because it was dark).  Since it was now lunch time, we hit up a Mexican quick order spot, and everyone really enjoyed their meals.  After lunch we went on the Aladdin ride, and then had to meet up with the rest of the families to take our massive family picture with our matching shirts (pictures to come as soon as I have the cd).  After the picture, Cody and the kids swapped their pants out for shorts and we caught a show at the castle before going back on It's a Small World.  After the ride, we decided our day was done.  The kids got to ride all the rides geared toward them and a relaxing afternoon sounded perfect.  

My older sister and her family also left (but they had to head back to Illinois the next day).  I cooked up some leftover spaghetti for our two families and had my niece over to play with the girls.  Soon after dinner, the kiddos were in bed, and I worked on some packing knowing the next day was our last and I did not want to have to be running around worrying about packing.