Kevin is torturing me by watching Jackass 2, though he did actually ask if I minded. Why did I say no?? OMG, the movie is sooo stupid. The worst part? I can’t stop laughing.
Author: jclawver
Are you there Mom? It’s me, Jen.
I need my mom to come mother my youngest because he’s doing things that are annoying (like asking for a specific food to eat and then changing his mind after he gets it) and things that are sad (like crying about going to school). Eeep.
Things you need to see
1) Holy cow, look at this cake! I can’t tell who is crazier, the bride or the groom.\
2) Dexter, the acclaimed Showtime drama about a Miami forensic specialist who also happens to be a serial killer, is set to premiere on CBS on February 17, in an edited format. Check it out! Then let’s discuss, okay? This is totally one of those shows that you should watch from the beginning, as it has a season-long storyline.\
3) OMG OMG, Look: the can organizer of my dreams. Last year I got it into my head that I NEEDED to buy my MIL something like this for Christmas. For months and months I looked and Googled, but was unsuccessful. Somewhere on the internet sold building plans for a can dispenser, so I asked Steve if he could/would build it for me if I bought the plans and supplies. He said he could build it without the plans, so yay! Anne and Monica are now the lucky owners of the homemade version of this (but those aren’t adjustable. Look, this one even holds tuna cans!) When I saw this today, I immediately bought it even though I was looking for something else entirely. Woot, the internet is awesome! Is it wrong to be this excited?\
And for the Mormons in your life (or survivalists): large organizer.\
4) I’m not going to mention Britney, but read this about mental illness.\
5) This woman is strictly following the advice of Oprah for one year as a social experiment. Kind of neat. Let’s check back with her in about a month or two, yes?\
and, last, but not least,\
6) Just for fun: my favorite Brians.
To brag or not to brag?
SQUEEEE! Kevin gave me diamond earrings for Christmas! They are beautiful and sparkly and perfect. Just like he is. Sappy sigh. I put them on immediately and two days later when Kevin saw that I still had them on, he said, “Oh, you’re still wearing them.” Hell yea! I am tempted to have these babies soldered on!
OMG I hate school!!
After only one day in big boy preschool, Brian woke up vomiting in the middle of the night and it continued through the afternoon. Ugh. Stupid germy kids. Kevin was a super trooper and cleaned up the bedding while I cleaned up Brian and aimed him at the toilet.\
While rocking Brian last night, I was stuck watching middle-of-the-night tv since my tivo is empty and my dvd player broke. There is a show on the WE network called My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding, where people spend around a million dollars, give or take a few hundred thousand dollars. The one episode I watched was about a couple from New Jersey. It was like watching an episode of The Sopranos. The groom isn’t a mobster, but he is the boss of a successful company and his office also services three or four other guys, all of whom seemed to act as his lackeys, exactly like Paulie, etc from The Bada Bing. It was hysterical.
OMG I love school!!
While Brian was in school today, I:
- Cleaned and mopped the tv room.
- Started dinner.
- Made some phone calls.
- Cleaned the mirror and toothpaste junk from the bathroom.
- Did the dishes.
- Cleaned most of the kitchen.
- Put away toys.
- Ate lunch.
- Blogged about our holiday vacation.
- Goofed off.\
YAYAYAYAYAY!!\
Brian’s first day of school went really well for him too. No peepee mess (which was my biggest worry). He didn’t pee at all in school, which is ok too. When I got there to pick him up, they were having music time and he was dancing and doing all of the motions to the song. It was cute. He is a head taller than the other kids, which is really funny to see.\
This month Brian has preschool everyday because I am keeping him enrolled in his old school, which meets T, W, Th, and added his new school, which meets M, W, F. (We’ll skip old school’s Wednesday classes). Since it is winter, which means no playground time with mommy, this seemed like a good idea. In February and on, I was going to just have him go to the new school. I have to admit though that after only one day of getting a heckuva lot done, I am tempted to keep him in both programs. Mwuhahaha.
Holiday Highlights
This is just the fun stuff. I am leaving out all of the fevers, vomiting, face implosions, second-degree burns, and tears:\
We left for my parents’ house in Mississippi on the Friday before Christmas, a day earlier than we had planned, because Max kept nagging us about wanting to be there already. The drive really was better than I expected, but I had to pull out a DVD about three hours into the second day’s drive. That kept everyone happy until we got to town. Yay. We got to Miss about 1 pm. It was so nice to see my parents. I just wanted to hold hands and sing “Kum By Ah.”\
While there we went to the zoo and had fun having a sing-along with a dancing, singing Santa statue and dropping coins into the spinny, twirly donation bucket. Yea, that isn’t a ringing endorsement of the zoo, is it?\
My parents took the kids to see the chipmunk movie and they both loved it! (Which is difficult to achieve with their age gap.) While they were doing that, Kevin and I saw Charlie Wilson’s War. Woot!\
On Christmas Eve, we drove to this little town, Tylertown, to see a Christmas lights display in the town’s park. One hundred miles round trip for a 13 minute drive through the park. Do I know how to prioritize my resources or what?\
My dad had fun taking the kids for rides on the trailer attached to his riding lawn mower. That is our version of a hayride, I guess.\
One of th gifts Brian received is a Barbie, because he’s been asking for one for ages. My mother-in-law let him play with one at her house and said that he just loved it. Well, I am not sure exactly what was going on there, but all Brian wants to do with his new Barbie is “smell her butt.” Yes, he’s three.\
My mom invited a friend over for Christmas dinner. She is a gifted educator. We talked for awhile about Max, and she kind of spurred me on to do more about Max’s schooling. It’s been really hard to find out answers here and I keep getting the run around. Boo.\
My dad and Kevin took the kids fishing for the first time. Apparently everyone had fun. I only have one picture though because the adults were too busy keeping the fishing hooks out of the kids’ eyes and keeping the kids from falling into the lake.\
The town had a fund raiser by selling giant fiberglass swans to businesses and organizations. It was fun to drive around town and spot them. Think of the painted cows in Chicago and you’ll get the idea.\
Probably the highlight of the trip, and isn’t this sort of sad, was watching the USA-version of The Forty Year Virgin with my parents. No F-words, but all the raunch. That movie is hysterical. For some reason, let’s blame the eggnog, it was so much funnier the second time around.\
I was really intent on trying all the yummy regional food: fried catfish, shrimp creole, bbq ribs, and Krispy Kremes (heh). Add all of the holiday food on top of that and I need to eat salad for the next month to cleanse the body.\
We left a day later than we had originally planned. I needed that extra day with my folks; they just live too far away now that I am hampered by school vacation schedules. Boo. Before we left, we made plans to go down there in June and then drive to the beach, plus my mom said that she and my dad would come up here next Christmas. :)\
There may or may not be pictures posted soon.
Ack!
I just dropped Brian off at big boy preschool. Cries.
HA!
The GOP political candidates in Buffy-speak: Clicky here to see.
Shake It Up
Yesterday was apparently Lawver day at Cheeburger, Cheeburger, the new burger place by Wegman’s. Kevin, the kids, and I went there for dinner last night. Their onion rings were so OMG!delicious, Kevin was really happy with his burger, and I was really happy with my salad. The highlight of the place, though, is the drinks. They have over 50 shake flavors, and you can mix and match more than one to create something unique. I didn’t order a shake with my meal thinking that I would get one to go before we left. (I remember rushing my order during my first visit to Cold Stone Creamery last year and how I was horribly disappointed with my choice- plain chocolate and nuts. What was I thinking??- and spent the rest of the visit trying to snag tastes from other people.) This time I knew to take my time. I spent all of dinner going over the awesome shake combinations: raspberry chocolate marshmallow, strawberry pineapple upside down cake, mango coconut cream pie, peppermint smores, caramel banana cheesecake. There are just too many awesome ones to name. They need a little taster menu of three tiny shakes. 🙂 They also had tons of other old-fashioned drinks, like floats, ice cream sodas, egg creams, and sodas. It was too much! I was paralyzed with indecision. I ordered water and didn’t get a shake to go after all. HA!\
Earlier in the day, Kevin’s mom and sister went there for lunch. Heather waxes poetic about their burgers but completely neglects to mention the shakes! Silly girl.