"The smile on your face lets me know that you love me. There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me. A touch of your hand says you'll catch me whenever I fall. You say it best when you say nothing at all."
-Keith Whitley-

That's how I really feel about them. (Especially now, when they're asleep and looking so sweet and angelic!)

April 18, 2001
I'm going to do it!! If things don't straighten up around here, I'm going to place this ad in the paper.

I'll keep Jackson, he's been pretty good. The older two though...Ugh! I don't know what to do with them. Can I still blame it on Spring Fever? Somehow I'm just sure it has something to do with something I'm doing wrong. I don't know what though. I go out of my way to try and make them happy. When they're good, they can be so sweet and loving, but when they're bad...they are oh so bad.

Everyone knows that I'm new to this whole weblogging thing right? Reading other weblogs has become a favorite pastime of mine (and we all know how easily I get addicted to anything related to the internet) and now I've found another portal that makes this even easier. Ageless is the brain child of Joe Jennett's who wrote "So - I was thinking that I've gotta be the oldest friggin' blogger on the planet" and "...the personal, creative side of the web is diverse and ageless".
...If I still own my kids in a couple of years, maybe they can start weblogs of their own. Can you imagine a 7 year old building a web page? I can.

April 17, 2001
I received this in an email yesterday (thank you Dawn). Read it and then I'll explain why I felt like I should share it with you.

A 5 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom. "You know what?" says the 5 year old. "I think it's about time we start swearing."
The 4 year old nods his head in approval.
The 5 year old continues. "When we go downstairs for breakfast I'm gonna say "hell," and you say "ass." OK?"
The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm.
The mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 5 year old what he wants for breakfast.
"Aw hell Mom, I guess I'll have some Cheerios."
WHACK! He flies out of his chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor, gets up, and runs upstairs crying his eyes out. The mom looks at the 4 year old and asks with a stern voice, "And what do YOU want for breakfast young man?"
"I don't know," he blubbers, "But you can bet your ass it won't be Cheerios."

Hmmmm...How strange that I would get this yesterday after hearing Gabe cuss like a sailor all day! A three year old SHOULD NOT be able to use shit, damn, OR son of a bitch properly in a sentence. Gabe did and did often yesterday. I have been trying very hard to watch my mouth since the whole Thomas calling Mark a horses ass thing, so I'm not really sure how this all came about with Gabe, but I don't like it. It's kind of hard to punish him when I know that he's heard it elsewhere. And to make matters worse, every time he said something bad Thomas would repeat it, "Mom, Gabe just said shit...Mom, Gabe said son of a bitch again!" Ugh...I don't want my kids to have potty mouths!
On a brighter note, our Easter turned out beautifully! We opted for the indoor dinner as opposed to the cook out since the weatherman was calling for nasty weather. It ended up being nice out though and they had their Easter egg hunt outside. Grandma brought over about 60 plastic eggs filled with toys and candy and the boys (and cousin Maddisyn) had a blast finding them all over the yard. They had help from Uncle Denny and cousin Craig...I don't know who was enjoying it more, the kids or the grown ups.
Now today I wake up at 5:00 am to find the ground covered with snow. I've given up where the weather is concerned. It's Michigan, the weather is unpredictable...I need to just get over it.

The Weekend-April 14&15, 2001
HAPPY EASTER!!! I'm off to enjoy a nice holiday weekend with my family, I hope you all do the same. I won't leave you emty handed, here's something new. Courtesy of ME.
Please enjoy my list of 101 Things To Do With A Hard Boiled Egg. So it's only 39...at least I tried!!!

April 13, 2001
Yikes...I didn't realize that it was Friday the 13th until just now. Now that I know, something bad is sure to happen. Pretty uneventful around here. The boys are trying hard to be on their best behavior so I don't have to call the Easter Bunny. It's nice to have something to threaten them with. They sure are excited about easter. (Egg-cited!) We went shopping the other night for Easter supplies. It seemed like Christmas shopping. We never got presents for Easter. Just a basket with candy and eggs. Not these spoiled children. I don't know how this all got started, with them getting gifts and all, but I've got a pretty good idea. And it wasn't us that started it.
Nonetheless, they're looking forward to it. The big Easter egg hunt looks like it will have to be held inside though. Weather man is calling for yucky, rainy, cold, weather for Easter. I guess it doesn't really matter as long as all of the hard boiled eggs that are hidden get found.
I guess since I had my big "rant" with my so-called friend yesterday, I owe you two egg decorating ideas today don't I? Here they are:

Kids Exchange has tons of ideas that include natural dyes, crepe paper dyes, waxed eggs, marbled eggs, and even sponged painted eggs!!!
Have you ever heard of tie-dyed eggs? Apparently it's possible.

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P.S. Lee I'm glad you enjoyed the Mrs. Beasley link. I had a Mrs. Beasley too. Now you have me wanting to dig through old photos and find one of my own. Did you wear her glasses? Who would've thought that they would be in style in the 90's?

April 12, 2001
Okay...so I know that I'm obsessed with Survivor...I've admitted it. But this tops the cake. My friend thought she was being very smart and cute...do you think this is funny? Apparently she did....

All I can say is...paybacks!!! Aren't they a bitch?

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