New Pets

So, the week before we moved we came over to the new house to get some measurements and just check it out one more time before we moved in. Lyric and I were walking around outside and I saw a snail. I picked it up and gave it to Lyric to look out. We commented on how cool it was and how we should read up on snails on the internet to see how hard they are to take care of. We brought it home and Daddy got on the internet to do a little "research". You have to remember my husband is the kind of man who screams like a girl when a bug is anywhere near him, but who will go out of his way to keep from harming anything. Like tonight there was a bee in the kitchen. He is terrified of bees, but when I attempted to kill it with the dishrag he was mortified, so I gently wrapped the bee in the dishrag and set it free outside.

Anyway, so he ended up spending like an hour on the internet reading about snails. He then became very obsessed with this snail we found. We needed to go to the pet store the next day and get an aquarium for it. We needed to get a cuddle bone, because they need calcium or they will eat their own shell. We had to get some spring water to spray the cage. We needed to get some vegetables, but they had to be organic because many pesticides are specific for snails. WHAT? Are you kidding me? So the next thing you know the girls and I are out buying all of this crap, I mean stuff for this freaking snail that we found on the ground!

We get the little guy all set up in his new home and of course the girls want to look at it and carry around the little cage because it is their new pet. Daddy can hardly stand to see the way they carry it around and mess the cage all up, by moving it around. He really worries about the snail that we found on the ground, that I could have easily stepped on!

Well, we had the one snail, Sheldon. Lyric picked his name out all by herself; isn't she cleaver! A couple of days into the move we found two more snails. Story named one Snaily and Daddy named the other Morton. We are now the owners of three snails who get sprayed with spring water and eat organic carrots.

Here is a close up of one of the little guys. I'm not sure which one it is.

Here is one of them having a snack:

They are actually really interesting to watch!

There is only one problem with having three snails... they poop a lot. So, Daddy got back on the internet and found out we should put some worms in the cage to eat the poop. The girls had a really good time picking out the two worms who were going to go in the cage. I think Lyric was the only one who would touch them.

She LOVED them. She would take them out and talk to them and play with them. One of them had to be released in the dirt because he was being mean to the other worms.

Cadence became a little obsessed with this little guy. He got himself stuck in the picnic table and she kept watching him saying, "Stuck, stuck!" He finally worked himself loose.

Story was just being Story. Having a good time as usual!

We put two in with the snails. I am not sure if they got names or not. I know at one point Lyric was calling one Longy and Story was calling one Shorty.

Too soon to tell if they are going to eat the poop. I will be sure to keep you updated!

Still Here

No, we haven't fallen off the face of the Earth! We are still here. Things have been crazy busy! We moved last week and are still attempting to get things back in order. We moved from an approximately 1,800 sq foot house to a 1,000 sq foot house. That means there is A LOT of stuff that has to go! The closet in this house is 1/18th of the closet I had at my other house. It is so tiny that on both sides where the walls are the hangers will not even go in straight. We have like 10 things in it and it is about full. Devon's clothes have been laying on the couch for a week until tonight when Story decided to use them as a blanket. They are now in the floor, yes, we plan to find them a home... somewhere. There are some extra cabinets in the kitchen, um... maybe that would work.

Despite the square footage loss and the really small closet we really like the new place so far!

Those who know us well know we want to live on a bus someday, so we just see this little place as a stepping stone to living in under 500sq feet. If we could make it work this is what we would be living in traveling across the country. I will try to not be such a slacker with the blog; maybe I can even get some picts posted of the tiny closet:-)

Tax Day for Miss Lyric

Lyric walked up to her pretend keyboard set up on her easel today. She said, "Oh, let me look at my taxes!" She then started typing away. I was sitting nearby at my desk, "Are you getting any money back?"

Lyric, "Well, I'm getting six dollars back, but I really need seven!"

All I have to say is be glad you didn't owe anything Miss Lyric!

Weekend at Grammy's

The girls and I spent the weekend at Grammy's. Lyric requested hamburgers on Friday night. Grammy being the awesome grandma she is, let the girls help make them! I let the girls help a lot in the kitchen; usually more than I actually want them to, but hamburgers would have been one of those times when I said, "No, this is something you can help with." Not Grammy! Aren't the three of them cute in their aprons!Lyric was proud of her burger.Story showing off her burger still in the wax paper.Miss Lyric set the table and even did the napkins "fancy" wrapping them around the forks.After the big girls were done with their aprons Baby Cadence had to give it a try. She didn't do much cooking, but she sure looked cute!Taking a break from all of the playing to have a fudgesicle on Saturday. YUM!

Cadence decided she didn't like hers, but it didn't go to waste.

On Sunday, Finley and Faith Meadow came over to play. The girls had a tea party with tea, grapes and animal crackers.

The biggest event of the whole weekend (and I didn't even get a picture of it): Miss Lyric learned to swing by herself! We were outside and I was pushing her and Cadence on the swings. I didn't realize that I had stopped pushing her and she was doing it all alone. After a while of swinging by herself she nonchalantly said, "I'm swinging by myself." I was shocked and then I realized that I had only been pushing Cadence the last few minutes. I didn't know if she was ever going to be able to do it and now she can Yeah, Miss Lyric!

Sheestee

Today I dropped my cell phone and said, "Sheestee!" (It is a word I made up and don't recall ever using it before.)

SB was near me when I said it.  She asked, "Why did you say sheestee?"

I said, "I don't know.  I dropped my cell phone, so I just said that word."

She said, "I know why you said it; because shit is not a nice word."

Yes, SB you are right shit is not a nice word!

Best Dad in the World!

My children are SO lucky to have their Daddy. I was trying to go to bed early tonight because I got up early to sub today. Miss L came in and was moving around in the bed, so I couldn't sleep. I walked into the living room and saw my nutty husband standing over the waffle iron at 9:30 at night.

I said, "What are you doing?"

He said, "Making waffles."

"Why?" I asked.

"Because SB wanted some."

"Why didn't you say, SB, we don't have any waffles?" I questioned.

He said he tried that and she begged him for waffles, so he decided to make them for her.

Now, I know you are thinking 'How sweet, What a good daddy' But he didn't just make her waffles. We didn't have any waffle mix, so he got on the computer and found a recipe for waffles, then he made her waffles from scratch at 9:30 at night. And he did the dishes! Boy, are we lucky to have him!

Baby, Gorilla, Snake...WHAT?

This afternoon the big girls told me they were having babies and they needed me to be the midwife. They laid on the bed with their bulging bellies.We were getting ready to "deliver" when we looked over and saw that Baby C was also expecting. Much to the surprise of their midwife Baby C delivered a snake.SB popped out a gorilla,

Miss L actually had a baby.

It was a busy afternoon with three births, but I am happy to report moms and babies are all doing well!

Can You Guess What This Picture Is?

Gotta guess?

Yes, it is a towel on the floor, but look a little closer.That is my little SB asleep on the bathroom floor completely covered with a towel. I was subbing today and so I got up early to take a bath. A bath is a luxury I enjoy, but rarely get to enjoy by myself! She woke up without me in the bed and found me in the bathroom. The light was too bright, so she covered herself with a towel. Before I knew it she was fast asleep. What is really funny is this is not the first time she has fallen asleep on this rug. Anytime anywhere, if she is tired she is going to sleep!

Baby C Goes Potty and Her Goose Egg

For a few weeks now Baby C has been intrigued by the potty. She will go into the bathroom, open the toilet, put the Dora potty seat on and insist she needs to go. She will then sit on the potty and ask for a book. I had about decided that she did all of this because she knew it would result in us sitting and reading with her. The poor kid doesn't get much of that (she is the 3rd child, you know).

She did this whole routine the other day with Daddy and he got tired of waiting on her to "go", so he got her off the potty and a few minutes later she peed in the floor. This afternoon Miss L and I were going to Target. I heard Baby C dragging Daddy to the potty. We headed out the door and a couple of minutes later I had to come back in for my phone. I heard Daddy in the potty saying, "Did you do that? Did you go potty?" Baby C actually pooped in the potty! We were shocked she actually did it! I don't know if this is the beginning of a potty training adventure or if it was just a fluke I guess we will have to wait and see what happens!If you look closely at these pictures I am sure you can see the big goose egg on Baby C's forehead. Apparently she thought she needed to climb on the back of the potty so big sister SB decided to help her. That part went okay it was when Big Sister was helping her off the potty that they ran into trouble.* *No they were not home alone. Mommy and Daddy were both home. Mommy was watching The Biggest Loser and Daddy was working on the computer. The next time I hear the two youngest children playing in the bathroom I will not assume they are brushing their teeth.

Fried Tomatoes

Tonight while I was doing the dishes SB walked in and said she wanted to cook me something in her kitchen.

Me: What are my choices?

SB: We have hot dogs.

Me: That doesn't really sound good. Do you have anything sweet? You know, like peach cobbler or cake?

SB: We have two choices: hot dogs or fried tomatoes.

Me: I've never had fried tomatoes, what do they taste like?

SB: They taste like fried tomatoes.

Me: Well, of course they do! I'll take some.

So she made me fried tomatoes.