Saturday, March 23, 2013

Sing, Sing a Song Saturday

I started doing what I call Sing, Sing a Song Saturday.  I'm going to post one song on Saturdays that the boys or I like. 

The song may be part of a movie, a kid's video or just a song we like. I'll try and include why we like it and/or the history of the song/singer.

This week I'm covering someone that most of you will know. Well he was popular, then he decided to disappear for awhile. I don't really blame him. Being a star would really take it's toll on someone I would think. His previous stage name was Cat Stephens. That is before he changed his name to Yusuf Islam.

I wondered if he would would still have it. Sometimes people loose a little bit of something if they haven't sang in awhile. He went on a road to peace and happiness. He wanted to find those things within himself. I heard he returned to the music scene, but I didn't much give him a shot.

Here's an Interview with Yusuf Islam.


Peace Train

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Drop Box

A sad story.

Customer or Custard?

We've had an electrician at our house for a few days. We're getting our fuse box switched over to circuit breakers. We had to do this for a new insurance policy we have. Plus we've been wanting this done for safety reasons for awhile. We had a few problems with things not being {code} worthy. Our box was too far from the outside wall, a few wires were too thin, our outside plug in box was loose and our plug-ins in the kitchen weren't up to code. What can I say? We have an old house. I am glad we've gotten this work done. I feel safer! Some work he did for free because our electrician didn't see this, or that when he gave us our bid. A new light in the laundry room was one of the things! I can see much better now!

What about you? Have you had an electrician come out before? It's expensive, but not as much as I thought. To me it's worth it. Electricians have one heck of a job to do. Their lives are at risk. They have to know what they are doing!

With no power and my husband having to be at home off and on to be with the electrician, meals have been challenging this week.

Daddy took the boys out once for lunch because the power was out for a few hours.

Then we went out to dinner one other time.

The boys got a free custard with their meal instead of a toy. What's the difference between custard and ice cream anyway? I honestly do not know. They were so happy because custard and ice cream is not a treat we give them on a regular basis.



Mica's manners were not what they should be. If he didn't turn them around his free custard would not have been give to him.  I said, "Why are you being like this?" Mica said, "Because you told me to be like this when you were pregnant with me." I shook my head and said, "WHAT?" He said, "When you were pregnant with me you told me to have bad manners. I remember things really well Mom! Really!" Daddy and I both started laughing and I said, "I did not tell you that. Even if I did you would not remember anything from when I was pregnant with you. He smiled. Then he shaped up. He even used the words, "Please" and "Thank you" a few times.



When Isaak got his custard he kept saying, "This customer is sooooo good!" He said it a few times. Daddy looked at me, Mica looked at me and we all started cracking up. Isaak looked at all of us and innocently said, "What?" He really didn't know the difference between the words, "Custard" and "Customer". We're raising a cannibal for a son. He eats customers instead of custard.



Tuesday, March 19, 2013

WW: Green {Linky}

I made green Crêpes with sliced bananas and chocolate sauce The morning of St. Patty's Day. The sides were: spinach, almonds and a banana, flax seed, peanut butter smoothie.


Then the boys wanted their hair sprayed green. That was Mica's idea. 







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Monday, March 18, 2013

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Drunk After a Roller Coaster Ride

Isaak and Mica were watching roller coaster videos on YouTube with Daddy. They are totally NOT my thing! I've just heard about too many stories where cars fall off the tracks. It freaks me out when Mica wants to go on rides like that. I don't mind water slides and alpine slides. There is just something about amusement parks; I just don't feel trusting.

All the sudden Mica said, "WOW I'd be so drunk afterwards!"

Isaak said, "What do you mean Mica? What's drunk?"

Mica said, "You know...it means you're laying on the ground, and can't do anything."

Isaak said, "Oh I didn't know that Mica."

Mica said the whole, "I'd be so drunk afterwards!" a few more times. Finally Daddy said, "Mica don't talk about things you don't understand. You don't know what "Drunk" even means.

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Emerson the Super Hero

I got this onesie for Cousin Emerson last year for his birthday. It still fits, sort of, gut and all. He just got done with his last chemo treatment last week. He'll get a scan soon to see it his tumors are gone. We're pretty sure that they are. His last scan showed that they were over 60% gone.

It's Trisomy Awareness month. Trisomy just means an extra of a chromosome. The most popular day that is celebrated in the month is on the 21st of this month. That's celebrating for Down Sydrome. Little Emerson will celebrate tomorrow. He has Trisomy 18, Edwards Syndrome.

Emerson doesn't sit up all the time alone. Here he is though:


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