My Wacky Pets

I have to admit my dogs are always on point when someone has food. They remind of that Snoopy cartoon when Snoopy is on top of his dog house and has his tilted down doing his vulture impersonation. Or maybe Chance from Homeward Bound moving food must follow. My poor kids are main target. In the morning they will be sitting their eating their poptarts and they hold it just a tad to far away from them and it's gone. Then I hear MOM Skeeter or King or Nadia Ate my POPTART. The frustration or sometimes exasperation is right there in their voices. I just tell them get another and don't feed this one to the dogs. They fire back with I didn't give it to him he took it. I just laugh these day might not happen every day, but if there is food there are the dogs. Even when I'm cooking anything in the kitchen here they come to try and lay under my feet in hopes I drop something. Where would we be with out the undying love of our pets, or is it the hope of a free hand out.

Comming soon The tennis ball relay

Well Skeeter and King invented a new game the tennis ball relay. Here's how it works mom takes the chuck-it complete with tennis ball and fakes throwing the ball. Skeeter falls for it every time. (He kinda reminds me of the dog from the movie Over The Hedge) when he gets down in the yard he looks a little lost cause he can't find the ball. He looks back at me and I throw the ball. Well I bet you can't guess what happens next He chases it and gets it and doesn't bring it back. So I end up yelling for him to drop it every time and he does. Poor King at this point is still standing next to me the second it hits the ground he is off. He works his way down to the area where Skeeter dropped the ball. When he gets it he has to dodge Skeeter and work his way back to me with the ball. So we can do it all over I guess it is a combination of relay and keep away. Anyway I plan on bringing this to you soon in the form of a video clip. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

single parent

Some day's you have to wonder how you survived. I am a single mom with two great kids although sometimes I wonder about them. I know every parent out there has those days. But as a single mom it is tough to fill both sets of shoes needed by your kids. You try to juggle work, family time, homework time, and still if your lucky alone time for mom or dad. I know its rough out there. The job I currently have I have 2 days a week that I'm at work 15hrs a day. I work 4 days total and I'm going to school full time. You add kids to that and it's real tough, but possible. I know single mom's with 2 jobs. Heck I give them a thumbs up. I'm sure someone else has it worse that I do. Keep on trying is all I can say.

My six year old son has recently started on a new approach that he thinks will keep him out of trouble. It's called flatter mom when she yells at me. I think it's kinda cute but it doesn't work the way he wants it to. Especially after he hits his sister with a monster truck. I mean what was he thinking right. My 8 year old daughter sets her brother up as the fall guy every chance she gets. By now I've figured it out if she instantly claims innocence and her brother did it all she probably started it. I love the moments where they do those crazy things most kids do when they shut their little brains off. Your sitting there scratching your head asking why. For example my daughter at times can be a bit of a flake, but we were watching NCIS the other day on dvd and the one episode "See no Evil" was highlighted she reads it to me then asked Mom how do you spell evil. I just looked at her she's joking right. So I had to ask why did she need me to spell when she read it to me off the tv screen. So she points to the words and again reads the title and still wants me to spell it. My 6yr old promtly starts in E.V.I.L can't you read that. We all laughed after that but I do wonder why.