A very sad story

I'm having trouble uploading my pictures so the other posts I was going to write will have to wait. But that's not the sad story. This is:

Once upon a time there was a girl who really, really liked chips and salsa. She liked it so much that it could be called an addiction. She ate it all the time while growing up and even after moving out and living on her own her mother still gave her some. After being married a few years, the girl, now grown up of course, needed to start making it on her own and actually did for a couple of years. But then she was either pregnant or recovering from pregnancy for over two years and just didn't have the gumption to make the beloved salsa. She tried many a store-bought brand but nothing would suffice. The only thing that was just as good, albeit in a different way, was an aunt's fresh salsa recipe, but that meant making it everytime she wanted salsa. Well, a kind mother would occassionally give her some jars of salsa and she was able to make them last and satisfy her cravings.
Then she started to crave it more and her great mother gave her three jars of salsa. Then the salsa ran out a few days ago and the cravings have been very strong, especially late at night. So the now-grown-up girl is sitting here typing this post while just imagining the delicious taste of the salsa as all of it's flavors merge with the tortilla chip and create an oh-so-satisfying feast for her tongue.
The end.
(No, Mom, I'm not saying you should give me all of your salsa, just commenting on my current predicament, feeling sorry for myself, and looking forward to making some this year.)

What does it mean to be a mom?

I totally stole this from another blog but thought it was funny.  Maybe you've seen it before but I hadn't seen this particular one. 

Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions:
Why did God make mothers?
1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out when we were getting born.
How did God make mothers?
1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring.
3. God made my Mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.
What ingredients are mothers made of ?
1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.
Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?
1. We're related.
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.
What kind of little girl was your mom?
1. My Mom has always been my mom and none of that other stuff.
2. I don't know because I wasn't there, but my guess would be pretty bossy.
3. They say she used to be nice.
What did mom need to know about dad before she married him?
1. His last name.
2. She had to know his background. Like is he a crook? Does he get drunk on beer?
3. Does he make at least $800 a year? Did he say NO to drugs and YES to chores?
Why did your mom marry your dad?
1. My dad makes the best spaghetti in the world. And my Mom eats a lot.
2. She got too old to do anything else with him.
3. My grandma says that Mom didn't have her thinking cap on.
Who's the boss at your house?
1. Mom doesn't want to be boss, but she has to because dad's such a goof ball.
2. Mom. You can tell by room inspection. She sees the stuff under the bed.
3. I guess Mom is, but only because she has a lot more to do than dad.
What's the difference between moms & dads?
1. Moms work at work and work at home and dads just go to work at work.
2. Moms know how to talk to teachers without scaring them.
3. Dads are taller & stronger, but moms have all the real power 'cause that's who you got to ask if you want to sleep over at your friend's.
4. Moms have magic, they make you feel better without medicine.
What does your mom do in her spare time?
1. Mothers don't do spare time.
2. To hear her tell it, she pays bills all day long.
What would it take to make your mom perfect?
1. On the inside she's already perfect. Outside, I think some kind of plastic surgery.
2. Diet. You know, her hair. I'd diet, maybe blue.
If you could change one thing about your mom, what would it be?
1. She has this weird thing about me keeping my room clean. I'd get rid of that.
2. I'd make my mom smarter. Then she would know it was my sister who did it and not me.
3. I would like for her to get rid of those invisible eyes on the back of her head.

I Won't Blame You....

I won't blame you if you come to visit and don't want to sit on my couch.  I will understand completely.  I'm seriously considering getting one of those clear plastic covers like Marie has on Everybody Loves Raymond.

Since everyone else was napping, I decided to try to take one too.  I think I maybe slept for half an hour total.  Austin then came up asking for "agua" so I got up to get him some and saw this:

Oh, great, I thought, as well as, What in the world is that? 

Here's a clue:

Three boxes worth.  And some smashed up townhouse crackers.

The end result:

Apparently it was a "tower" and it was sleeping.

 

The punishment:

I'm not really sure it was a punishment because they really like to vacuum. 

Pool Therapy

Zach started pool therapy today. It is an added on service through the Early Intervention program in our area, Kids Who Count. The therapist is the same physical therapist that comes to our house. We have to go to Payson though because that's where she is able to use a pool. It's in the brand new physical therapy and rehab area of the hospital down there.

I'm really excited and hope that it will help him strengthen his trunk so that he will start to sit unsupported. I think it will also help strengthen his arms so that he will support himself more when on his tummy and try and lift up more and not just lie there like he likes to do.

I was a little nervous sometimes because she gets his face right by the water so that he will pull up and learn to not just "flop" down and not try to do anything. He wasn't very impressed as you can see in some of the pictures. He actually wasn't too happy at all to start and really didn't like the half-ball thing but was happy most of the time on the board unless he got too close to the water!

All My Boys

 

Here they all are, hanging out on the couch. 

Not everyone was willing to smile every time.

Oh well.

I love them all!

Silly boys

 

Austin was putting on his boots and gloves and hat to go outside and play but he only had one boot and glove.  By the time I got my camera, he no longer had the glove but he wore his boot and hat for a while inside.

 

 

Have you ever...

Have you ever looked at you posts and got excited because you saw there was another comment and when you clicked on the comments, you realize that the "other" comment was your own response to someone else's comment?

Long time, no blog

Here are a few of the things the boys have been up to:

JAIDEN

Creating funny poses for pictures:

Building lots of houses like this one (Heaven help me):

AUSTIN

Showing me what he was doing to Zach to make him cry:

Refusing to take a nap and then falling asleep in Zach's chair-thing.

ZACHARY

Newest trick in the blog below.

Bath Time

Because Zach can't sit up well, I had just been giving him baths while he was lying down and with just a little bit of water in the tub. We do have a baby tub but he still falls forward and it's just hard to keep him from falling and keep the other boys from whatever they might do to him. So I was just lying him down but I felt bad because he didn't play in the water or splash or anything like Jaiden and Austin have. The other day, Carlos bathed him in the baby tub, sitting up and taught him to splash and play and he loved it! It was so cute!

Well, I mentioned the baths to his physical therapist yesterday and she said that they had a bath chair that he could use to help him sit up and be able to play in the water. His occupational therapist brought it by this afternoon. Curious, I asked how much something like that cost if we wanted to get one....$400-$500!!! It's a good thing we can use this one for as long as we need! Seriously, we could probably make something with some PVC pipe and something for the chair.

We tried it out tonight and I think he really liked it. The boys were really cute, showing Zachy all of the toys and helping him to play.

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