Still in THAT Mood
Posted on March 22, 2009 - Filed Under Kids, Mom Stuff, Personal | 3 Comments
It just doesn`t end. And nothing of interest has occurred around here to fascinate my readers with, so you`re stuck with yet another boring blog post made up of random assortments of . . . well, you`ll see.
First off, I just want to thank everyone for their prayers, Dorian woke up the next morning fever-free and bouncing off the walls. I think we can safely say (knock on wood) that Mama with her eternal cough is the only semi-sick person around and truthfully I`m not even sure I`m sick or if I`m just doomed to cough my life away, since both my dad and my grandfather do the same thing. Anyway.
I`ve been trying to snap decent photos of my kids for a week now . . . you know, to send to the grandparents and wow people here on my blog. This is what I`m getting.
In this last picture, the boys were sitting next to each other all cute like and as soon as I aimed the camera at them, this is what they did. I swear, they`re cameraphobic. Or maybe they`ve realized that I fully intend to use those cozy shots as blackmail when they are older and hate each other.
I did, however, get a great shot of Dorian`s new car.
When my sister comes down, someday in the future, I`ve asked her to bring some metal cars because these cheap (30 cents) plastic cars fall apart in ten minutes and then I spend five days trying to explain how I don`t have magic plastic melding powers in my fingertips, even though I AM Supermom. Then I throw it out when they aren`t looking. And then they find it in the garbage when they`re looking for things to play with or tossing banana peels and decide that I broke it just to throw it out . . . I must remember to only toss toys on garbage day. You can see why metal ones would be a little easier.
For the first day of spring, we did nothing. Then, at like 5:30, the boys decided they really, really wanted to paint. Not my favorite right-before-bedtime activity. But you know, it was the first day of spring, so I contained the mess by having them paint egg carton caterpillars.
Dorian takes his art very seriously. He was actually overjoyed to be painting and loved his final product, but you`d never know it from this photo that looks like he was forced to create a million caterpillars while being held captive in a Guatemalan prison. And if you`re wondering about his wonky ribs there . . . that`s from the colostomy surgeries, he`s actually got a big scar on that side that isn`t visible in this photo.
Dante was too busy squishing his caterpillar and eating its googly eyes to stop for a photo. Here I made him hold still by grabbing the caterpillar, but his mind was already on the next part of the house to devastate.
That pretty much sums up my week . . . how was yours?
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“Mum’s posed to take pictures.”
“Quick! Fall apart about the same time as the shutter speeds!”
Glad to hear that everyone is getting better, and that you’re only semi-sick as oppose to being fully sick.
Dante’s caterpillar must be an army issue, he’s settling on a camouflage design.
What you don`t see, Gloria, is the extensive paint on the INSIDE of the caterpillar. He stippled the outside and then put all his attention on the inside part, he did a good job of painting it all green.
Glad to hear the boys are doing better – and hope you do too, and soon. My hubby has been fighting a chest/cough thing for 2 weeks now. He stayed home yesterday. I told him not to come home sick today unless he sees a doctor first. Sometimes, you really do need to go get the antibiotics.
I love the catepillars. Looks like a good Easter activity, and since my kids are home on Spring Break, I may have to show this to them