The Ninja Turtle and the Princess

The Witches of Gardner Village

Today Brooke's preschool had a field trip to Gardner Village to see the witches. I was able to go along and here are some photos I took.

What Mom Would Wish For

Last night for Family Night we did a "How Well Do You Know Your Child" quiz from an anti-drug booklet Luke brought home from school.

Jason and I took turns asking each other the questions about the kids and then checking with them to see if we got it right. I began asking the questions to the kids to see what they knew about us.

Things got interesting when the Jason asked Luke the following question about me:

Q: What would Mommy wish for is she saw a shooting star?

Luke’s A: “For me and Brooke to go away.” When Jason burst out laughing, Luke looked at me and said “What?? That’s what you always say when we wake you up!”

Stitches Count

Today's stitches count: 3

Curious Find

While perusing through the children’s music at the library, I flipped by a cover that made me think of another album I own, so I flipped back to give it a closer look.

Upon closer inspection I found out why it looked so much like my album. It was a remix of a bunch of The Cure’s songs called Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Cure . They styled the cover to look like The Cure’s album Wish. Here is the description from the back of the CD: “Rockabye Baby! transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies, sending your little one to a slumberland of sweet dreams. Delicate instruments such as the glockenspiel, vibraphone, mellotron, harp and bells create a soothing atmosphere of sound. These charming recordings are sophisticated enough for everyone to enjoy, yet gentle enough for your little angel. This is cherub rock for a new generation.”

Other albums they offer on the Baby Rocks website:
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Metallica
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Coldplay
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Radiohead
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Tool
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Pink Floyd
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Beach Boys
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Queens of the Stone Age
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Eagles
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of U2
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Ramones
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of No Doubt
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Bob Marley
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Björk
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Green Day
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Rolling Stones
Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Christmas Rock Classics

(Click on any of the links to hear samples of the music)

100

Recently Luke has latched onto the number one hundred. He uses it in almost every sentence these days…

“Mom, I haven’t played on the computer for 100 days! I’m going to get on it now.”

“We haven’t looked at the toys in Wal-Mart for 100 weeks! Can we go tonight?”

“Mom, I haven’t eaten in 100 years!!! I’m starving and if you don’t give me something right now, I’m gonna die and you’ll miss me!!!”

School Picture Day

Ugg, today is school picture day. The battle began at 7:30 am. Son would not get up. Son didn't want to go to school. Son wouldn't choose shirt. Son wouldn't eat. Son has scratches on face and needs haircut. Son goes to school without money for photo because Mom doesn't want to waste money on school photo of pouting, scruffy child.

One hour after school starts: Dad answers phone call from school. Son has refused to have photo taken. Has also told substitute teacher that he has made diarrhea in his pants. Dad goes to get Son.

Dad returns sans Son. He hasn’t had an accident just knew that the D-word would get him out of school. Dad talks him into staying as the only other option is staying in his room all day. Dad is told photo can be re-taken later today. Dad says Son must have first school photo taken. He will supervise the process when he goes to pick Son up from school.

Mom writes out check to photographer and prays for the best.