Out of the Mouth of MY BABES

No Longer is Rudolph the MOST famous Reindeer:

My son was in 1st grade and it was the Christmas holiday season. He always loved the name Jack (not sure why). He came home from school one day with a brown paper bag turned puppet of a Reindeer. I told him it was a cute and that I loved his Rudolph puppet. That is when he replied that his reindeer was not Rudolph but he named it Jackolph. You can imagine the horror in my face when I thought of him relying this name to others. It is one of those moments when as a parent you scramble to 1-try not to laugh and 2-explain to a 6 yr old why he can't name his reindeer Jackolf.

Dentures Story:

Our neighbor across the street has dentures. She is not very fond of them so doesn't wear then when she is at home. My daughter, Chloe, spends a lot of time at her house playing with her grandchildren. My neighbor does wear her dentures to church on Sunday. Apparently, my five year old daughter didn't realize this until a couple of Sundays ago. The encounter went something like this:
Hi Grandma. You got your teeth back!
It is a good thing that my neighbor has a good sense of humor and laughed hysterically.

Hunchback Story:

This morning I was struggling with Chloe to get her dressed. She did not want me to put her shirt on her and Carter, noticing our struggle asked Chloe if she wanted him to put her shirt on her. She replied, yes, of course. As Carter is helping put the shirt over her head, it gets stuck on her head and she starts to whine. Carter told Chloe "Don't cry....You are the hunchback of baby dom! This was a pure Carter moment...he always keeps me laughing! He was 11 and Chloe was 4 at the time.

Breast Story:

Cassie was about 10 years old and I had a friend of mine who's sister-in-law had been diagnosed with breast cancer. I had mentioned to Cassie that she was going to have to get a mastectomy. She didn't really understand what that was so I was trying to explain it to her. I told her the doctors would go in to remove her breasts to gid rid of the cancer and then they could give her new one through implants. A couple of days later, This conversation took place:
Cassie: Mom, you know that friend that has to get new boobs?
Me: Yes
Cassie: Who's did she get?

My Halloween Movie List

I love movies! I don't have a lot of time to watch them, but if I did here are the ones that I would watch this month. I like scary movies but not so much the typical "Halloween" or "Friday the 13th" type of blood and gore. Here is my scary movie Halloween list :)



The Shining (1980)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
The Uninvited (2009)
Gothika (2003)
Hide and Seek (2005)
The Amityville Horror (2005)
The Others (2001)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Signs (2002)
I Am Legend (2007)
Knowing (2009)

Halloween Poem

When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
‘tis near Halloween.~Author Unknown



There is just something about Halloween that is magical. I don't know if it is the wonderful colors of black, orange, white, purple, and green or if it is the creepy skeletons, pumpkins, ghosts, and the like. I think for me it has always been about the excitement of yummy treats, the creativity of costumes, and the crisp season of autumn. It is the one time of year when you can be creative and transform yourself into something scary, funny, mystical, or unique and you don't get stared at too long (at least not in a bad way). It is the one night that the world transforms into something extra ordinary, something fantastical, something exciting for kids and adults alike.



Here is a easy Halloween treat that I like:













Forked Eyeballs
from FamilyFun Magazine



These scary-good Halloween treats, prepared and eaten on the same fork, begin with a doughnut hole dunked in white chocolate.


RECIPE INGREDIENTS:
2 (11-ounce) bags white chocolate chips
12 doughnut holes
Semisweet chocolate chips
Tube of red decorator frosting


1. To coat a dozen doughnut holes, melt the white chocolate chips over low heat (and keep the chocolate warm while you work). With a fork, spear each doughnut hole and submerge it in the melted chocolate to coat it, then gently tap off any excess. 2. Stick a semisweet chocolate chip with its point cut off onto each doughnut hole, cut end first. Place the forks (handle side down) in a mug and allow the chocolate coating to harden. 3. Use a tube of red decorator frosting to add squiggly veins radiating out from the pupils.

How do you know when you are suffering from teenageritis?

Symptoms:

You cannot hear your self think over the screaming guy that your daughter/son thinks is music.

At night, you count ear and lip piercings instead of sheep.

You daughter thinks carrying mascara, eyeliner, and lip gloss are just like carrying a first aid kit.

You go through AcneFree like you do milk.

You frequent homes of other teenagers that drive you nuts.

You buy a Minivan equipped with a special viewing mirror designed to view the backseat.

You talk to what you think is your son, but your not really sure, because you can only see his face from the nose down.

You try separating your daughter/son from their cell phone and it is like performing conjoined twin surgery.

You understand that "I.C.P" stands for Insane Clown Posse and that "Superman your Hoe" has a meaning far beyond that of the marvel comic.

You wake up at night with nightmares about your daughter/son driving.

You understand that OMG, BFF, BBL, LOL, JK are abbrevations for actual phrases.

You know that when you sync your daughters iPod with a second computer it wipes the thing clean, so you do it frequently.

Treatment:
1-Suffer through the next 6-8 years
2-Say "one day you will have a teenage just like you" a lot
3-Invest in Excedrin
4-USE birth control next time