We're back.......and I'm exhausted already........

More later.....maybe tomorrow.....maybe the next........you never know with me.......I'll report on our trip and show you the picture of Levi sitting on Clinton's lap. I'll give you all the in's and out's of our weekend......when I have time to download all of the photo's and get my thoughts in order......ouch.....that could take awhile. In the meantime, were you all good? Anything juicy happen whilst I was away that you can't bear to keep to yourselves any longer?

Yesterday my baby decided he wanted to sit on the twirlet. (Baby jargon for toilet.) Now, I've been around the block a time or two with my older punks so I knew not to get excited and think that potty training is in my babies immediate future. It just doesn't happen that way.

So, knowing that this was just a "I want you to know I'm still in control mom and I'm gonna make you think you're in control but in fact I am cuz I aint gonna actually go in the potty" situation I played along and perched my baby on the edge of the twirlet.

He sat there for awhile jabbering away about this that and the other and then looked at me and said, "it's not coming out". I asked him where "it" was and he pointed at his belly button and said, "it's in dere". I told him to push "it" out. He pushed his belly button and said, "it's not working"!

Darned malfunctioned button. I wonder if there is a warranty on it........mine seems to have the opposite problem. I think the button is stuck half way so "it" is always leaking......

Blogcation

Suitcases are packed.......we're ready to go!



See this punk?



He's kind of obsessed with this guy. Clinton Anderson........



See what I mean? So, since Clinton is going to be in town....well.....reletively speaking...in country rural living terms.........Levi and I are headed down to Hurricane to spend the weekend getting Levi's fill of Clinton.

In the meantime, y'all be good. Mind your p's and q's and if anything juicy happens while I'm gone hold onto it until I get back! Cuz you know me......I just go bout my way mindin' my own business......sniff! Talk to y'alls when I get back!

After two days............

this..........turned into




85 pints of this........

Fall! My favorite time of year

The temperatures start to cool off and the COLOR!




Abundance. Pantries and food storage shelves full.





And punks like these have happy full tummies.

Who's the handicapped one?

I'm sitting at the table chopping peppers. It's that time of year. Salsa canning time........Levi is watching a movie when he says:

Levi: Mom, you go get me my pillow.
Mom: YOU go get your pillow.
Levi: No YOU go get my pillow (with a grin on his face.)
Mom: You go get your pillow. I can't, my hands are dirty.

Pause in conversation as Levi continues to watch his movie and I chop peppers. A few minutes later Levi comes bouncing up into the kitchen and grabs the wet rag and brings it to me and tells me to:

Levi: Wash your hands mom. (He walks off to watch his movie and turning looks over his shoulder and says) Mom, go get my pillow!

Mom doubles over laughing and congratulates Levi on a pretty good thought out thought process. Mom washes her hands and goes and gets Levi's pillow cuz my mentally handicapped son just out smarted me! The punk........

I have a confession to make.......

See this man?




I'm kinda madly in love with him.



Especially when I see him in moments like this. Moments when he is taking care of our baby. Look how protected our baby is with his daddy's arms encircling him.



When he wraps us up and enfolds us in his strong muscly arms that make me melt........sigh....swoon........nothing makes me swoon more than when I see him holding our babies.

P.S. I'm squishing a bug.......

What in tarnation is with the sexy pigeon goin' on toes? I'd like to think that it is from my every being pointing to my baby girl on her special day. All things point to her......or maybe I was subconsciously practicing first position only it looks backwards cuz that mirror image thing is goin' on.....or maybe I am discreetly squishing and killing a disgusting bug so that it doesn't get to my baby girl's cute little bare feet........ I really wish I knew the reason because I find this photo quite disturbing and like some gross growth on the side of my nose, I CAN'T STOP LOOKING AT MY FEET! If I had skies on I wouldn't give this position a second glance but I'M NOT so I think I am going to go with the bug squishing one.

Announcement: I realize this photo looks strange but there is an explanation. Reason for weird feet position. I am protecting my baby girls cute bare feet from a poisonous blood sucking venomous bug by squishing it discreetly lest I scare her with sudden movements. It's the mamma in me. You know.....protecting my young. It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.