jessica

heelarious

even though i'm pretty sure i've never owned heels myself, i think monkey girl needs some of these. what do you think? for more visit the  heelarious website.

kidversations

robbie came over to play with the J-man after school today.  i just love listening to their conversations.  i changed monkey girl's blowout diaper and looked for something to dress her in after i cleaned her up.  in the meantime i left her in just her diaper in the company of the two eight year olds...

J-man:  ha ha ha! isn't my sister  chubby!

robbie (who also has a baby sister): nah. all babies look like that.

J-man:  but she's fat! isn't she fat?!

robbie:  they're supposed to be fat.  that way when they grow they can stretch all that fat out and look like us.

you can't make stuff like this up!

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the handbook and the countdown

this just silly. i didn't know that companies with two home based employees needed an employee handbook.  especially good is the section about harrassment and fighting.  yes, it talks about fighting in here.

also. on the cover, it proclaims:  "Employee Manuel"  -- uh.  are we getting a new coworker from mexico?

two weeks til the official "notice" is turned in.

we survived the meeting. only one of us got knocked down by the unruly dog. and we stopped to shop at kohls on the way home to celebrate.

in other news, the hubs has done laundry today. pretty dang impressive. i'll rent him out, girls. he also makes a mean grilled cheese.

my sister ate my homework

the J-man absolutely adores his baby sister. and who wouldn't?  he thinks she is the bomb. the first thing he wants to do when he walks in the door from school is kiss her. he wants to carry her to every room he moves to in the house. he thinks she needs to watch him practice piano, toss his football,  play rock band.  she returns his adoration completely. she also loves to eat things.  or at least put them in her mouth and gnaw and chew until whatever she's started with is a drooly, unrecognizable mess. her absolute favorite is paper. which she does end up eating if you let her. J-man thinks this is extremely funny. one night she got ahold of his homework, which was sitting on a chair. and she's all over pulling herself up on whatever's close and swiping anything within reach. she let herself fall back onto her butt and  started gnawing. as she was tearing and munching, instead of grabbing it away from her, J laughed as if it were the funniest thing he'd ever seen. i told him he better get it back from her before it was completely destroyed. between giggles, he asks  "mom, can i tell the teacher my sister ate my homework?"

here's a photo of her practicing her favorite activity. not that you didn't believe.  i think here she is actually eating the reply envelope for the electric bill. the diaper hat is just a bonus. that's how we roll here.

p.s. kel - recognize the sweater?

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another J-man funny. let me set the scene.  it's the other night. he has just been playing hockey for two and a half hours and is dripping sweat, just out of his nasty hockey equipment.  on our drive home:

Me: ok. so when we get home, what are you going to do first?

J-man: (he knows the drill)  sigh. hang up my jacket.

Me: then what?

J-man: um. i don't know.

Me: shower. or take  a bath. your choice.

J-man: (groaning) do i have to?

Me:  YES. there is no negotiation here. you are stinky.

J-man: no, i'm not stinky. and i don't care.

Me: (in a desperate attempt to further persuade him that it's just a good idea in general)  when i was in school there were kids who didn't bathe on a regular basis and they got teased. do you have any like that in your class that get teased?

J-man: in my class being stinky is funny. kids fart and we laugh at them.  and besides. in my opinion, being stinky just means you're tough.

Me: sigh. well, you're going to shower. no tough guys in my house.