I know I've been putting up some lame blogs of nothing but filler but I've been pretty busy with work and the kids. I've got a bunch of pics from Easter on my phone but I can't find the card to put them on the computer. I'm making better efforts lately to get to work earlier and not fall back to sleep in the morning after Devin gets his bottle. So, I don't know if i had mentioned it earlier but last week we met with Alyssa's teacher for parent teacher meeting night. Alyssa is doing great, she said she's her most active student and is not lazy about learning. I can't believe how well she is doing with reading, she works very hard at trying to sound out words that she doesn't know and you can tell she uses the pictures in books to help her figure out what the page says. We just got our library cards validated in Wallingford which is good because they have a much better library than the one here. Altho, I haven't had as much time to read lately, I just finished "In the Dark of the Night" by John Saul and still have "the taking" but they are due on the 11th of April and I know I won't have time to finish it, Koontz books always take me longer than anyone else for some reason. Heather's grandmother just brought over a huge bag of books so maybe I'll look into those first before I start taking books out again.
Devin is also doing well, he just had another well-baby visit and weighed in at 16lbs. He's a big boy for only 4 months, but he's now getting to the age where he laughs and smiles and talks alot more than he used to. He's been pointing lately to where he had a tooth coming in altho you can't really see it yet he knows it's there. so that's about it nothing else I really feel like commenting on right now, there is stuff going on in the news that I could talk about but I don't really feel like it right now, I'll just end with an oldie but a goodie



Goodbye winter, till next year

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341574,00.html

Think before you speak... Here are six reasons why you should think before you speak - The last one is great! Have you ever spoken and wished that you could immediately take the words back? Or that you could crawl into a hole?
Here are the Testimonials of a few people who did....

FIRST TESTIMONY:
I walked into a hair salon with my husband and three kids in tow and asked loudly, 'How much do you charge for a shampoo and a blow job?' I turned around and walked back out and never went back. My husband didn't say a word...He knew better.

SECOND TESTIMONY:
I was at the golf store comparing different kinds of golf balls. I was unhappy with the women's type I had been using. After browsing for several minutes, I was approached by one of the good-looking gentlemen who works at the store. He asked if he could help me.

Without thinking, I looked at him and said, 'I think I like playing with men's balls'

THIRD TESTIMONY:
My sister and I were at the mall and passed by a store that sold a variety of candy and nuts. As we were looking at the display case, the boy behind the counter asked if we needed any help.

I replied, 'No, I'm just looking at your nuts. My sister started to laugh hysterically.

The boy grinned, and I turned beet-red and walked away. To this day, my sister has never let me forget.

FOURTH TESTIMONY :
While in line at the bank one afternoon, my toddler decided to release some pent-up energy and ran amok. I was finally able to grab hold of her after receiving looks of disgust and annoyance from other patrons. I told her that if she did not start behaving 'right now' she would be punished. To my horror, she looked me in the eye and said in a voice just as threatening, 'If you don't let me go right now, I will tell Grandma that I saw you kissing Daddy's pee-pee last night!' The silence was deafening after this enlightening exchange. Even the tellers stopped what they were doing. I mustered up the last of my dignity and walked out of the bank with my daughter in tow. The last thing I heard when the door closed behind me, were screams of laughter.

FIFTH TESTIMONY:
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times? My three-year-old son had a lot of problems with potty training and I was on him constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch, in between errands It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco, I smelled something funny, so of course I checked my seven-month-old daughter, she was clean.

Then realized that Danny had not asked to go potty in a while. I asked him if he needed to go, and he said 'No'. I kept thinking, 'Oh Lord, that child has had an accident, and I don't have any clothes with me. Then I said, 'Danny, are you SURE you didn't have an accident?' 'No,' he replied. I just KNEW that he must have had an accident, because the smell was getting worse. So, I asked one more time, ' Danny did you have an accident ? This time he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over, spread his cheeks and yelled 'SEE MOM, IT'S JUST FARTS!!' While 30 people nearly choked to death on their tacos laughing, he calmly pulled up his pants and sat down.

An older couple made me feel better, thanking me for the best laugh they'd ever had!

LAST BUT NOT LEAST TESTIMONY:
This had most of the state of Michigan laughing for 2 days and a very embarrassed female news anchor who will, in the future, likely think before she speaks.

What happens when you predict snow but don't get any! We had a female news anchor that, the day after it was supposed to have snowed and didn't, turned to the weatherman and asked: 'So Bob, where's that 8 inches you promised me last night?' Not only did HE have to leave the set,
but half the crew did too they were laughing so hard!

I never do this but this is too good, I've never made a subject out of one of my readers or family members but I think it's a good story and brings up some good material for you all to comment on. Bill Cosby said this is one of his stand up acts "When you have kids, your parents aren't your parents anymore, they're just old people trying to get into heaven"

Now let me tell you a little story my family likes to call "The Popcorn Incident"

I must have been about 5 or 6 years old, much like my daughter. And we were at a dog show up in the Better Living Center on the fairgrounds in West Springfield, MA. In this building they have a little food stand/restaurant that sells hotdogs, hamburgers and most notably popcorn. I was walking with my parents and noticed that everyone in the place had popcorn and I didn't, and I mean everyone, it seemed that every where I turned I saw popcorn and even over all the smells of dog, all I could smell was popcorn. Now, I must say that I was a very patient lad and calmly and politely asked if I could get some popcorn, now my parents who at the time were my age and heading in their thirties must not have heard my very quiet request for some popped corn so I again declared my desire for pop corn, again no response. (Looking back I think they did respond but it wasn't the answer I was looking for therefore I didn't hear them), so I decided to make my request well known, perhaps if the other people saw how badly I wanted popcorn they would point it out to my parents and they would be forced to give in to my demands, so I slightly made my demand a bit louder, and as the answer of 'yes' was not coming I again raised my voice and made my demand louder. At some point this plan totally failed as I was carried out by my father some would say I was kicking and screaming, but I was simply stating that I would like some popcorn.

Now...lets fast forward about 21 years, and I'm 28 and have a 5 year old child, who upon visiting my parents house to see their puppies begins to cry as we leave because she wants to bring one home. Now to be fair to my parents I must state that the demand for a puppy didn't become great until after we left their house, so I can't blame them for falling for such a pathetic attempt to get one's way. My mother, the one who told me (as I'm sure your parents did too) to cut the crap when I cried for fell for it hook, line and sinker. As I read the email saying they did have some that weren't spoken for, and Alyssa could have one I laughed out loud...is this my mother or as Bill Cosby said merely an old person trying to get into heaven. As I'm writing this I'm already imagining what she's going to say to me in response and even at 28 I think all people still fear their mothers, which is why I did second guess writing this, but I'm sure having a sister 13 years younger than herself she can think of times her parents were easy on Trudee for something when she would have feared to do as a child.
So anyway we left my parents house and the crying/nagging didn't stop until we got to Les' for ice cream to try and cool the situation. Almost immediately after finishing her chocolate dipped chocolate cone the demand for a puppy continued. And continued, and so on and so on. Now, I know that my parents are both laughing at this situation, and I know it doesn't compare to the 'popcorn incident' and it won't take on the name the 'puppy incident' but it's the closest I've got, so far.
So good intentions by my mother in offering to help the situation and it is appreciated but it leads one to think....what will happen to me when I have grandchildren???

Happy Easter to everyone out there in blogland. I just put Alyssa to bed, she had one busy weekend. And there are a bunch of people downstairs and I'm taking this chance to hide out a bit cuz I hate having alot of people in a small space.....it bothers me alot. So I'll go into all the details later for now I'm heading back downstairs. yah