When the devil attacks!

After the Fair, I took Ellie and Gabe back to my house so that they could go potty and get "un-sticky"

before I took them home.

Ellie came upstairs, went potty then Gabe came up after.

I told Gabe that he needed to potty but he said that he didn't have to...he stood there for a minute , looked up at me and said, "Well...I do have to poop" . So he sat down on the toilet and I went into my room to get something, came back out and he was still sitting there. He was bent over with his elbows on his legs and his head in his hands and this is the following conversation:

Gabe: I hate the world!

Me: Why do you hate the world?

Gabe: Because the world has the devil in it and he makes bad things happen!

Me: Oh Baby, what has the devil done to you?

Gabe: Well. for one thing...He won't let me poop!

For the love of pineapple

Pineapple is my favorite fruit and Fresh pineapple is to die for!

I've finally perfected the art of cutting a pineapple and it's so simple.

If you're like me, I use to think that the outside is so daunting to look at that it was'nt worth the trouble to try to cut one....But I was oh so wrong!

It's totally worth it!

First twist off the top



Then cut in half

Next...quarter it





Next cut in eighths





Now the messy part.... cut the core off of each piece

Cut off the outside skin



Enjoy!









The Pirate and the Princess

After posting about Maggie's Birthday, I just realized that I totally missed putting anything about Gabe and Ellie's last birthday. So....here's a few pics from each.

Gabe's 4th

Can you guess the theme?

Ellie's 3rd

This girl is non-stop energy!

Maggie's Two!

Maggie turned 2 on May the 20th.

Here's a few pics from the party.

Christmas 2010

All about the Grandkids!

In the Beginning...

Gabe: Granby, Did God say, "let there be light?"

Me: "Yes he did"

Gabe: ...And then it just became light.

Me: Yep...it just became light.

Gabe: So....God just said it and it did it?

Me: Yep!

Gabe: Yep....."He's The Man!!!"

The Waiting Game

I called Sam yesterday to let him know that I was going to Walmart to pick up some propane for the grill and I would be home later, while I was there, he showed up to drop off some prescriptions. Well...I felt bad for him because he was so sick so I told him to take the gas home and I would wait for his medicine. And Wait I did......

When it was dropped off they said it would take 30 minutes...well, I can't stand to just wait in line so I go browsing....I thought that I would make Sam a homemade Red Velvet Cake to make him feel better, so I go get the flour, buttermilk, cocoa, food coloring, etc... I then go and get in line at the pharmacy(30 minutes are up), wait in line another 10 minutes only to be told "It's not ready, give us 30 minutes)!!!!

Sooooo....    I go browsing again, this time I find myself in the craft section and I decide that I'm going to make my Granddaughters a Tutu. I get all the material needed and head back to the pharmacy. I wait in line another 10 minutes only to be told...guess what? you got it...."it's not ready, give us ten more minutes."

I was LIVID! I also decided to just wait at the counter because...quite frankly, I just couldn't AFFORD any more " Browsing".

Finally got the prespriptions, paid for them and all my other goodies and headed home. I hate to wait but...

Sam got a Red Velvet Cake

and the girls each got a Tutu!