Under the Weather

Today, well it was really yesterday that Little Lion was sick. (Being the good rule follower, it has not been 24 hours since his last toilet time, so I stayed home with him from church.)

My sweet friend, Magnum, called to check on us. Little Lion answered the phone:

Magnum: Are you under the weather today?

Little Lion: No, I'm under my house.

*lol* Too funny! He is feeling much better; in fact you wouldn't know he was "sick." We're looking forward to eating a real lunch (his favorite noodles) and seeing how that goes!

I have one Little Lion who really wants to make it to Cubbies tonight! *smile*

Sibling love and Monday fun

My mom gave Little Pumpkin this sweet dress that was perfect for a "Valentine" Sunday. I had the kids stand outside before church and I actually got this great shot! Can you believe it!?!


I am so blessed at how well they get along. (They have there moments.) But for the most part they love each other and play so well together. Little Pumpkin is always asking for "brudder" (brother). And I'm afraid we will have to start enforcing a kissing/ hugging rules upon them. Especially Little Lion. . . I don't think the other little boys in Kindergarten are going to appreciate his enduring love!

Monday was President's day and our friend Alligator was out of school. So she and Little Lamb came over to play for the morning! I didn't get my camera out soon enough, so this is the only pic I have of the group.


The girls were just about to leave and they love getting gumballs out of the dispenser, so that's why their cheeks are a little "swollen"! Thanks so much for coming out to play. . . we had a great time. That's another area of our lives we feel so blessed in ~ great friends!

AWANA Crazy Hair night - Take TWO

So, the real crazy hair night was last night! Last week I had my sister go with me to that scary store in the mall to get the hair color spray. I love her! They did not have any red (which is what he really wanted b/c "red's my favorite color you know"). So we opted for blue. At least that's what the cap looked like. . .

Prepare to be sprayed!

Daddy let it over spray a bit to get the eyebrows too. Which was no big deal, right!?! Last time we did this and the stuff washed right off . . . you know where this is going.



Little Lion's reaction to seeing himself in the mirror! He loved it!!! Wanted to keep it on his face for Cubbies. Don't think so . . .


Well, okay, some of it will stay. Only because apparently "teal" is a little hard to come off than green!


Little Lion with Alligator before AWANAS. The teal was a little more Gothic than what we were shooting for, so against his fair skin . . . well don't you think he looks a bit like "Eddie Munster"!


Little Lion with Ms. S. They look like they came out of the 80's!

Well, the story doesn't end there, unfortunately. At bath time we scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed some more. Most of it came out of the hair, there was just a blue tint to his scalp and face still.

I being the ingenuous mom that I am, remembered that I got sharpie of Little Pumpkin's hands and my tile floor with a magic eraser. So off to the kitchen to find it. However, unknown to me this was a Scotch-Brite erasing pad. Apparently there is enough difference that you should not use it on your child's face!

Yes, my poor son looks like he got into a pretty rough fight. No pictures, I don't won't to remember this at all. SO if you see my son out and about, don't call CPS. I even walked him into school today so I could explain to the teachers. Can you even imagine how it would have sounded from Little Lion!?!?

The blue is all gone now. Just waiting on the remainder of his battle wounds to disappear! Lessons learned the hard way. *grin*

AWANA Crazy Hair night - Take ONE

Sunday was a bit crazy . . . our whole weekend was a bit packed, as you probably gathered from the many trips to and from church! Anyway, Sunday night was crazy hair night:


At least according to the schedule!!! URGH! Apparently the decision was made to move it to the next week, so stay tuned for some more crazy hair! *smile*

Little Lion decided he needed to share this joke with everyone while taking pictures of our crazy hair!

Courtesy laughs are well received and greatly appreciated! *wink*

What's On?

It's not that Mommy Lion doesn't live with us anymore . . . she's just busy. Digital scrapbooking. Learning PhotoShop Elements 5. She'll be back someday, probably.

In the mean time, I'm eyeing the old computer in th attic again! The kids are watching "Magenta Comes Over" (if you don't know what that is, the question below will probably not be answerable).

We've started looking at Sattelite TV, may Dish Network, maybe Direct TV, they're both just more expensive than we want right now. Each one has multiple tiers with more and more garbage thrown in. Here come's the question.

What do your kids watch? I mean that you're proud of! Maybe I ought to say it this way: What shows do you like your kids to watch? If it's PBS, we can get that with the base package, plus $5 for local channels. If it's Noggin, we'd need to pay a bit more, and I just don't see it happening. Depending on the provider, Nickelodeon is in the bottom tier, but I'm not really sure I want my two year old watching Nick. From what I see of cartoon network, I'm not usre it's for us either.

What channels do YOU get that we should try to get for Little Lion & Little Pumpkin? Is it defininately worth it to get a premium package so that we can get THAT channel?

Recently Overheard . . .

It was missions weekend at church the last three days.  Little Lion & I were driving to men's breakfast Saturday morning and passed a skunk on the side of the road.

Little Lion: Daddy, what's that Smell?

Daddy Lion: It's a skinky stunk.

Little Lion: I didn't see him?

Daddy Lion: He was sleeping back there on the side of the road.

On the way home . . . 

Little Lion: I see that skunk daddy, laying out there in the sun.

Daddy Lion: He sure does stink.

Little Lion: Oh, I think he's just happy.

Back again for missions night . . .

Little Lion: Hey Mommy, did you smell that skunk?

Mommy Lion: Yeah, he was stinky!

Little Lion: He's been sleeping there all day.

Daddy Lion: Shhhhhhh, you'll wake him up and then he'll spray us!

To church this morning . . . 

Little Lion: Hey Daddy, I don't see that skunk anymore.

Daddy Lion: Yeah, but I can still smell him.

Little Lion: Still sleeping I guess.

Home From Church . . . 

Little Lion: That skunk's got a real problem.

Daddy Lion: Yeah he's been sleeping over there since yesterday.

Back to church tonight . . .

Daddy Lion: Hey Little Lion, do you smell that skunk?

Little Lion: Uh . . . , yeah . . ., and daddy?

Daddy Lion: Yes?

Little Lion: I think he's actually dead.

I thought it was too funny not to share.

"Pot" belly . . .

This morning we are hanging low at home . . . lots of sickness, that I don't want to get, going around. So it's a Pajama day! The kids were playing well, and I was getting some deep cleaning done in the kitchen - yuck!


Blake walks in and says "Hey mom, check out my pot belly."


The funny thing is, he was being quite literal:

Male Bonding

So, last Saturday some of the guys from our small group headed to a central hockey league game. For some reason, still unbeknown to me, Daddy Lion decided to take Little Lion! I'm so glad he went against my better judgement! Little Lion had a blast and from the sounds of it so did everyone within 3 rows of them! *wink* Of course the camera got left at home, but I couldn't resist snapping a couple of shots of the way I found him when they arrived home (11:30pm on a church night!).



I love that I'm not "wasting" the tickets from the game and now I can throw them away without feeling guilty! Digital scrapping is so awesome. And I don't even know how to do 75% of it!