Will Pee for Chocolate

So Mikey is all over the new behavior plan too, unfortch he doesn't really do anything major yet to get rewards/penalties for. He took matters into his own hands tho, to make sure he got to visit the treasure box. He peed and pooped on the potty about 20 times yesterday (mostly dribbles but hey the guy is def. trying) and headed straight to the TB after each time. Luckily for us (the prize buyers), he thinks he has to put a prize BACK every time he gets a new one. Today he was all about the horrible 'organic' chocolate bars Lorraine bought at Christmas and NO ONE would eat. But he happily munched on a square of carob/wasabi something or other in exchange for removing his diaper, pants, shoes and socks in order to sit on the potty!

For Susna...

Who knew my big sis was gonna become a tattooed babe?!

And We're Off!

Lorraine and I are instituting a great new behavior program for the boys, with lots of recognition and rewards for desired behavior. The boys were all over it this morning, doing chores and earning prizes and points for special treats. You never saw three little guys working so hard!

Alex was the first to visit the 'treasure box' and he chose the old favorite balsa wood glider. We had a great time putting it together (then putting a lot of tape on it to keep it together) and flying it. It mostly crashed nose first, but still it was fun.

Happy Birthday Lil Sis!

My best pal/worst enemy during our childhood years of sharing a room is a tiny bit older today, but as fabulous as ever!

Here she is during her 'courting days', when Bob Davis was wooing her. Lucky guy, he won her heart even though he was totally rocking the porn stashe and some kinda crazy hairdo...

B, I love ya! Who else would consent to being the dog, Ken or Midge when I was forced by Mom to let her play with me? Who else saved up her allowance money and bought her own fancy-schmancy bike (The White Rose, I still envy you for that even tho I was too retarded to even RIDE a bike at the time)? Who else asked Dad every week for $10.00 and finally got it, much to our disbelief? Who else truly earned her nickname "Beaner Cleaner" by virtue of being the white tornado when it came to housework? And finally, who else could have talked me into impersonating some sort of mafia hit woman/process server in order to get the world's worst renter out of the Frontier Village ghetto house???

Happy happy birthday!!!

Separated at Birth?

I've been watching "The Kid", a silent film with Charlie Chaplin and a very young Jackie Coogan (you may know him better as Uncle Fester).

When I saw this picture of Jackie, then the picture we took of Michael yesterday, I just thought they were a perfect pair! Call me crazy (as I'm sure you will cuz I love silent films), but these two are adorable little Tough Nut Scrumpys!

Finally a Finished Project!

I don't seem to have finished any knitting projects in quite a while! The hazards of having too many things going on...

I did finally finish the Mystic Light Shawl and it's beautiful! Not that you can really tell by the picture, since I had to use the camera phone. The colors are more subtle than the picture shows. A fun lace project and now I have to find somewhere to wear it!

Tough Nut Scrumpy!

Here's Michael with his new Big Boy Haircut! Doesn't he look adorable!? He was so happy to get rid of the chicken feather baby hair. Mom was a trouper too, only looked like she was going to faint a couple of times ;-)

With all the 'lice in your child's classroom' letters we've gotten from school this year, the buzz cut is the only way to go.