Quotes from my Kids

Eliana: (she had a cold this week): "My nose is running out!"
AJ: "Something smells in here."
Eliana: "Maybe my bum?"
Eliana: (while looking in her Bible) "Mom, I want to be Jesus."
Eliana's version of the Barney song: "I love me, you love me".....yes, little Jelly Bean everyone loves you!

Happy Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving! The family, the friends, the parade, and oh did I mention the food? Since eating is always high on my priority list (gotta feed that tapeworm!) here's a run down of all the food we served today:
Turkey
Homemade Stuffing and Gravy
Potatoes
Butternut Squash
Green Bean Casserole
Corn
Applesauce
Salad
Homemade Bread

And for dessert....all homemade.....
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Pumpkin Cheesecake

Do you get the feeling that I don't like things from a can or box? More and more I feel we should be making things from scratch, minus preservatives and all that other unnecessary foolishness!
But more about that in another post soon!

I Beg You Mothers out There...Please,Please Breastfeed!!!!!!!!!!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_he_me/infant_formula

I Won!!! I Won!!!!!!

Check out the new pair of earrings I won from my friend Sandy's giveaway on her blog. She made them herself, aren't they gorgeous? A little birdie named Tanya left me a message to make a visit to the blog and I was pretty clueless as to why until I saw them again and realized I must have won. Being the ultra competitive, hate to lose, love winning type of person I am, I was overjoyed!!!
http://www.sandstone-sandstone.blogspot.com/

Sigh...Jack is Back!

Was anyone else glued to the television for the 2 hour "24" movie that was on tonight? Feeling much safer now that Jack Bauer has once again come out of the woodwork, saving the lives of the helpless and defending our freedom!

The much requested loose tooth story....

During the summer AJ's mouth and Eliana's head collided, resulting in a loose top tooth for AJ and a headache for Eliana. We called the dentist and they said there wasn't much we could do, if it was going to fall out it would. So it didn't and everything seemed fine until a couple of weeks ago. AJ informed me there was a bump on his gums above the loose tooth and sure enough there it was all gooey and infected. This time we actually go to our dentist (no longer our dentist any more, you'll see why in a minute) and they suggest antibiotics for 7 days and then do a polpotomy,where they go in their and clean it out and seal it so there will be no more infections. This requires local anesthesia. Fast forward a week picture Jonathan and AJ sitting in the chair while the big needle comes toward AJ's mouth. Yeah like that was ever going to happen! So they leave and it doesn't get done and we're supposed to have another round of antibiotics. Fast forward 1 more week and we are at a pediatric dentist who actually has a clue and AJ does much better there. However she takes an x-ray and says "I'm surprised they suggested the polpotomy, that would be an effort to save the tooth and the root is 2/3 gone so it would not have helped. Oh and he doesn't need the antibiotics for another 7 days,that would be too long!" Can you say malpractice? I was so upset at those other dentists! All that aggravation for nothing. Our new dentist suggested instead that the tooth be pulled but it didn't have to be done immediately but that we should keep an eye on it and if the abscess came back and made his mouth swell we should be more aggressive about removing it. So Dawn and Gail (AJ's Sunday school teachers) now you know what he's been talking about for the last 2 weeks!

Quotes from my Kids

AJ: (while getting parts out of the back of Mrs. Potato Head) "Mrs. Potato Head just pooped out a flower."
Eliana: (after Daddy snapped her with a dish towel) "Daddy slammed me!"

Question of the Day

Why is a local radio station playing Christmas music 24 hours a day and it's only the beginning of November?!?!?!?!!?