Leaping Lizards Bat Man

Went to Amy's today and to a pet shop to see how Caleb and Katie would handle a small puppy. Caleb had to kiss every one of them. So cute. Course I washed his mouth off when we got back to the car.

There also was a lizard there. Not the little kind but the kind that grows to four feet! This particular one was the size of a football, not counting his neck/head and tail! Caleb was facinated with it and would stoop on the floor with his chin in his hands and watch it. Now a few months ago Caleb had several nightmares in one night and after the fourth one we got out of him that snakes were getting him, so sad it was. Well smart me decided to pick him up and let him look over into the cage the lizard was in right at the exact moment the lizard decided to stand on its hind legs and try to come through the screen on top of the cage, and at the same time stick its snake like tongue out! Needless to say Caleb went bonkers. I hope he does not have nightmares about this. Mimi can be so stupid sometimes. Thank goodness when we left I asked him what was his favorite thing in the pet store and he said the 'wizard'. I sure hope it was not because it scared him the most! There was also a snake there but it was in something like a hollowed out log and you could barely see him (it was a brightly lit cage and he was a bright readdish color) no scary at all.

They have decided to get a six week old chocalate cocker spaniel. All three kids are spending the night with me Saturday night, so I guess I'll have a puppy here also. Can't wait.

Which one would you choose?

Kindergartener's are so funny

Jacob's dad Kevin, ate lunch with him at school last Friday. While listening to the boys and girls talk he carefully kept a straight face.

Seems, Jacob's friend, Barnes, said he did 50 push ups every morning. Not to be outdone, Jacob said “That’s nothing. When I wake up in the middle of the night and can’t go back to sleep, I do 100 push-ups."

Barnes being clearly impressed said “Really.” Jacob kinda did his head back and looked down his nose at Barnes and said “Huh huh,” while nodding his head and blinking real slow. Kevin had to bite his tongue not to laugh out loud.

I worked with four and five year olds for two years a long time ago. I loved everyday of it. Now that my grandkids are at that age I love my life to pieces. I love to just sit a talk to them or especially listen to them talk with each other. So much fun. You NEVER know what is going to come out of their mouths.

Today's my mother's birthday

Daddy and Mother 1939

Today would have been my mothers 86th birthday. She died five years ago last Novemeber at 80 years old. She had a massive stroke while on the phone with her Sunday School teacher. It seems just like yesterday that I got a phone call from my brother telling me to come to the hospital and it did not look good. She never regain conciousness so no one got to say goodbye.

My mother was a special lady. And lady is what she was. She was one of 10 children that grew up during the depression years. Well she didn't 'grow up' during the depression, she was born in 1922 so she was eight years old in 1929. I remember her singing the 'bugle boys' song and dancing the jitterbug.

My mother was a character as a child, teenager and all the way up to her death. Everybody that knew her liked her. Enjoyed being around her. She was the fun of any gathering. Her favorite actor was Lucille Ball and she was a lot like her. She got into some serious/silly hair raising situations. By the time she was 12 she had fallen off of a railroad trestle and cracked her skull, been bitten by a rattlesnake and swallowed an open safety pin! But she lived to be 80!

The first year after she died I had her five surviving sisters over for dinner. We really had a good time listening to the stories they told us that Mother never did. Like the time she had made a date with two boyfriends for the same night. She had planned to go out with the one that got there first, but they arrived at the same time. My grandmother was supposed to handle the situation, but instead she sat down and had a lively conversation of her own with them. Finally one of them left, it was not the one that became my dad, he waited the other one out. My aunt telling the story was the oldest of all the siblings and said it was very funny at the time. They regaled us with story after story of Mom and we all laughed till we cried.

I miss her. She used to tell me when I did not call her often enough that I would wish I could call her someday and she was so right.

My father died when I was only two years old and mother raised five children by herself. She did a good job if I have to say so myself. All of us are born again christians. All of us have been married to one partner (no divorces) and we have all raised our children to follow Christ. My mother did such a good job that I really did not feel that I was deprived of a parent. She was mother and father and did a great job.

My twin sister called me this morning and we sang happy birthday to her. We know she is in heaven singing with the saints and would not come back if she could!

We have no doubt we will see her again someday.

Such a sweet smile for MiMi

I was feeling sad today, and decided to do something about it. So I went over to see Jacob, Katie and Caleb. Not feeling sad anymore. They were so surprised to see me. I picked Jacob up at school. I also took them a chocolate cream filled donut. Nothing like a little bribery is there?

Just look at that face! How can I feel anything but good?

It rained all day today. I love rain.

I love you Caleb so so much.

Finally taking the plunge

Well I finally decided to take the plunge and start me a blog! I read others blogs all the time and have really found some good ones; and have wanted to start one for the longest time now. So here goes....

My blog will be mostly about my precious grandchildren. Since they are the light of my life. The reason i get up in the mornings! And oh that is so hard for me to type grandchildren versus grandbabies. See my two oldest are now six already. They are Jacob and Myles. Then there is Katie who is four and Grace who is five. Then there is my youngest and maybe my last grandbaby, Caleb and he is two, so I can technically still call him a baby. But don't let him hear that, he thinks he is as old as the rest of them! And buddy he can keep up with them in a heartbeat too! He is tough as they come. Gives the phrase 'All Boy' a new meaning. Blonde blue-eyed angel. Can ya tell he tugs my heartstrings.

Jacob, Katie, and Caleb are brothers and sister. They belong to my daughter Amy. Myles and Grace belong to my son Jason and are both adopted from Kazakstan (sp I can never remember how to spell that).

Amy and her whole family has had the flu, and yes they had their flu shot. I got it from them too. Jacob and Caleb has had it really bad. Katie said she wasn't going to get it, but she did. I think she is so smart that she knew if she waited long enough before she came down with it she would get more attention and not have to share that attention with the boys. She is a very smart girl. She can count all the way to a 'mousand' and that is a lot!

I am retired now for going on three years from civil service. That is I worked for the government for almost 20 years. I love staying home and being able to go see my grands, three of which live within 30 minutes of me :-)

Tonight had the most beautiful lunar eclipse. I wish I had a better camera to take a picture of it with. As it is I have a black picture with a large blurred reddish white dot.

I have at least a mousand pictures of the grands that I want to start seriously scrapbooking. I want to learn how to do it online too. I have joined SIStv and hope to get over there and take some of their classes.

Isaiah 41:10