Micheal...you know you liked him back in the day.

Not many words needed to describe the video that follows. Is he a weirdo who perhaps vicariously has lived his life through the eyes of children in his playhouse/themepark home. Sure, why not. But admit it folks. Yeah I'm talking to you. Back in the day when he was the "man" you listened and you LIKED it. So here's another blast from the past and one of my Micheal Jackson favorites. Yeah I said it. Unless you've got some dance moves like his I suggest you keep any comments positive :)

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Pictures of the Week

Here are a couple pictures I just have to post that I took this past week and a half. The first picture is Andrew after I had dried his hair. He is not one to have any camera shyness so he eagerly gave me his biggest smile. William on the other hand is being camera shy at the moment so that is the best "smile" I could get from him. Finally, we went to Gatti Town on our weekend trip to Dallas the weekend before last and Jordan got her face painted. Oh and did I mention she cut her own hair for this current style?

In Sickness and In Health

I never made that promise when I started this blog. Thank goodness. We spent about a week and a half with someone being sick in our family. A stomach bug, sinus infection, runny nose, fever, headaches....you name it we had it. It's funny how after illnesses run their course and everyone is well again I look around the house and realize only half the battle is done. Because of course during that week and half my focus was the kids and not so much the house so now I have a laundry backup, dishes piled high in the sink, and mess everywhere! Enough complaining though. Our house is back in ship-shape and I can write again without having a guilty conscience. This past Saturday we went to Tim's grandparents' house to celebrate all the August birthdays in the family. I love how this particular picture came out of Andrew with his great-grandparents.

Bye Bye Job

So the week before last I found out my entire department is being layed off. Did I mention I had the perfect job? I worked from home, watched my kids and took care of our home all at the same time. It's been great. I'll still get to work until Oct 1st so I guess that is a blessing, but unfortunately it doesn't make it any easier. They said our position are being transferred to our headquarters, however yesterday the Dilbert comic of the day may have divulged the real reason for their decision. If you have trouble reading the small print, just click on the picture and it will open in a new window. :)

Muppets....need I say more?

I wore my muppet shirt today so the boys were pointing at all the characters right away asking me who they all were either verbally or in Andrew's case, with his very ellaborate facial expressions. It made me start singing the theme song and later in the day I obviously HAD to find the song so the kids could hear it. Not only did I find the song but a video no less. Be sure to check out the guest star on this particular episode. Memories...

Blue Bell Factory Tour

I should rename my blog "The Forgetful One's Blog". I don't know how I didn't post about this memorable day on July 9th. I had been wanting to take the kids to the Blue Bell Ice Cream Factory in Brenham, Texas. William was actually excited when I told him about it and we barely made it to one of the last tours they had that day. They started the tour with a short "film" about the history of Blue Bell and then we were taken through the building where we could see into the factory where the ice cream is made and packaged. It was pretty amazing how much ice cream is made and also baffling how although they obviously have to keep the factory and the ice cream frozen and cold, behind the window where we stood there seemed to be absolutely NO air conditioning whatsoever. Besides the heat down all the hallways, our lovely tour ended with a free scoop of ice cream and about ten flavors we could choose from! Yum! Andrew was a bit cranky this day but we made it through the tour and the kiddos got to enjoy their ice cream out in the 90+ degree weather. Right about then we were wishing we worked INSIDE the factory!

Doctors + Babies= Fun??

This past Thursday and Friday were bad days for Andrew. He had to go see the doctor because of a scratch in his eye from the dog jumping on him, he had his 18 month checkup, and a follow-up visit for his scratch. On Thursday the doctor checked the scratch by putting an eye drop in his eye that turned neon green and then shone a type of black light in it. Jordan and I thought it was pretty cool so I asked the doctor what kind of light it was and he said "It's just like the kind you see at clubs." I have 3 kids, a teenager, a toddler and a baby....when does this doctor think I've been to a club recently? I digress.
Friday the doctor said his scratch was completely healed (yeah!), but he was due for 3 vaccinations :( Since we had been there the day before Andrew knew the drill and was NOT happy to be there, period. The nurse came and she and I had to basically hold him down while she gave the shots(not fun!). He stopped crying relatively quick so William decided that was the prime time to say, "That was fun!". Ahhh, to see things through a child's eyes. Somewhere in that chaos of seeing weird neon green oozing out of Andrew's eye, seeing him held down while he got shots, there was fun to be had. Wish I could have said the same. I was exhausted! Jordan luckily came with me to both visits so she was a great help with William. In the end we left with one less scratch, three new shots, and four yummy lollipops for all of us!