super mega growth turtle

Day 1 of our Super Mega Growth turtle ("grows 600%!") Summer 2011 Like · · Share · June 25, 2011 at 6:37pm via mobile Elaine Dittmer likes this. Teresa Unger Kling Then you need a bigger container right? June 25, 2011 at 7:12pm · Like Ashley Derrington omg makenzie is obsessed with those grow thingys- the coolest one I found was at dollar tree- it was a little fish tank you ad water in and the fishy grow- no little hands dipping in and out of the glass of water- it had a lid LOL June 25, 2011 at 8:11pm · Like Sue Ann Andrews Ok, I took pictures for days 2 and 3, but since I put the turtle in a bigger bowl, he looks the same size on camera. btw, he did NOT grow 600%. Maybe 150%. Maybe. June 27, 2011 at 5:17pm · Like

Save the world

Andrew: Mom, Sarah has my Buzz Lightyear gloves. Me: That's ok, Andrew. She can wear them for a while. It's her turn. Andrew: But MOMMM! I need them to save the world! Like · · June 24, 2011 at 6:49pm Cindy Childress, Elaine Dittmer and Melanie Palmer Mims like this. Elaine Dittmer Who can ever argue with THAT, for Pete's sake????? June 24, 2011 at 6:54pm · Like Pamela Schultz Gma's little super hero. Kisses!!!! June 24, 2011 at 8:49pm · Like

what's a *slurpee*

Rearranging the kitchen cabinets and found myself WOL (whooping out loud) b/c the Margaritaville machine isn't too tall to fit where I wanted it to go . . . looked over my shoulder, arms up in the air holding a marg machine, to find both my kids looking at me in puzzlement . . . "Our . . . uhhh *slurpee* machine fits in this cabinet. I'm happy." The kids, skeptically . . "what's a *slurpee*?" Like · · June 23, 2011 at 4:55pm Cinthya Cerda, Elaine Dittmer, Jennifer Gibson Eager and 2 others like this. Jennifer Gibson Eager Just saw a recipe for pimiento and cheese bacon burgers in my new Southern Living...thinking it would go down easy with some "slurpees" June 23, 2011 at 5:09pm · Like · 1 Elaine Dittmer ahhhh well you can show them a slurpee I guess. June 23, 2011 at 7:56pm · Like Jack Taylor Slurpee machine = good summer! June 23, 2011 at 8:57pm · Like

ultimate weapon

They started with a bag of pastel pipe cleaners . . they made monochrome wads of tangled fuzzy wire . . when I asked, Sarah said she was "making girl/boy babies" and Andrew said he was making "churbibabas or schmalabaes" or whatever other word he could make up. But when *Dad* got home, Andrew revealed his plot in full detail, "Dad! I'm taking Sarah's babies and training them into guns. I'm making my ultimate weapon." Like · · June 22, 2011 at 8:13pm Elaine Dittmer, Kirsten Ahmann DiDonna and Patricia PA Frey like this. Pamela Schultz The last time I saw my grandkids they were babies. What happened? June 22, 2011 at 8:17pm · Like Jennifer Gibson Eager ‎(snorting wine through nose) bah ha ha! June 22, 2011 at 8:31pm · Like Elaine Dittmer Okay these kids need "gender neutral socialization", I can tell. Or maybe even "gender re-education". :-) June 23, 2011 at 6:23am · Like

laughing in her sleep

I love hearing my daughter giggle in her sleep. I hope she's dreaming of daffodils and cupcakes, rather than plotting her revenge. Like · · June 21, 2011 at 7:46am Melanie Palmer Mims, Patricia PA Frey, Mandy Blumenfeld and 3 others like this. Elaine Dittmer ummmmmm, ponies, rainbows and bubbles. June 21, 2011 at 8:24am · Like Jennifer Gibson Eager I'm betting on revenge....ahhh sweet Sarah! June 21, 2011 at 9:20am · Like · 1

moving the rug

Me (after A kicks S in the face): NO! Andrew, no kicking! Time Out chair! Andrew: I wasn't I was just I was just . . . I was moving the rug with my foot. Me: the rug your sister is lying on? With her face. Andrew (lightbulb): Yea! Like · · June 21, 2011 at 6:44pm Jennifer Gibson Eager, Elaine Dittmer and Cinthya Cerda like this. Cinthya Cerda YOU ARE SO FUNNY AND YOUR KIDDOS ARE ADORABLE!!! LOVE YOUR POSTS! June 21, 2011 at 10:42pm · Like · 1

where's the vomit

Another thing I never thought I'd hear myself say out loud: (while inspecting a barfed-upon bathroom rug I had carelessly thrown into the laundry room 2 hours earlier) "Where's the vomit?" Like · · June 20, 2011 at 9:06pm Hollie Wood Blair It could be worse...you could be sniffing around saying "I can't smell it"...lol...hope it was an animal and not a kiddo :) June 20, 2011 at 9:12pm · Like Elaine Dittmer oh, the places we'll go and the things we'll know. June 21, 2011 at 7:21am · Like

Happy Father's Day

This morning at breakfast: Andrew: Dad, were in Granny's tummy? Dave: Yes, that's how all of us come into this world, Andrew. Andrew: (pause) And then did you blast out of her face? I think that's male code for "Happy Father's Day." Like · · June 19, 2011 at 8:49am LeAnne Stevenson Torzala, Lisa Anselmo, Teresa Unger Kling and 3 others like this. Elaine Dittmer OMG, Josh thought babies came out of the tummy button. And he would have a baby come out of HIS tummy button. Sheer disappointment when told "boys don't ever have babies". Well maybe some day, who knows? Right. BLAST, gotta love Andrew. June 19, 2011 at 9:16am · Like Lisa Anselmo nice June 19, 2011 at 10:54am · Like Hollie Wood Blair hahahaha - that's awesome June 19, 2011 at 11:25am · Like

Sonic Tots

Tried a recipe for Sonic Tater Tots . . . have some suggested edits for the author: Ms. Devlin, Please consider deleting steps 1-4 (I know, there are only 4 steps. Just do it.). Replace with the following: 1. Get your car keys. 2. Drive to Sonic. 3. Tell the talking box how many Tots you need. 4. Drive home and place them in a pretty bowl. 5. Smile pretty! : ) Like · · June 19, 2011 at 7:29pm Kate McPartlin, Patricia PA Frey and 2 others like this. Elaine Dittmer duh June 19, 2011 at 7:54pm · Like