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BuzzBall

This is a great comic strip. Remember the days of electronic football....

Poo Poo Platter

This comic strip reminds me of Stephen. I love this on about the POO POO PLATTER

I want some of these drugs!

Last night I heard Caitlyn laughing her head off watching this video. The poor kid is gonna be famous. I want the drugs he was on.

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a happy thanksgiving. Here is a comic from Being Five that I thought was classic. Click on the image to get a better view.

Onesie - Gotta Love It!

This may be a geek thing. If I showed this to Kathi, it would not be as funny to her. But, I don't care, the next person I know who is having a baby is getting this.

Haircut bro....

Tonight my son decided to be nice to his little sister and put in some hair clips she wanted in her hair. They were being so sweet to each other, it was a nice scene until he could not get one out of her hair and found a pair of scissors to cut Chloe's hair......

It's not a competition!

My son loves to make everything a competition with his little sister. From who can run up the stairs faster, kick more soccer goals, ride a bike better, brush his teeth faster. You name it, he can turn it into a competition.

I can be competitive and for the most part turn it off. We try to explain to our son that everything does not have to be a competition.

Well, the other night he turn the tables on me.....

My son wanted to do sit ups before he went to bed. I think this was triggered because when he was 3, the only thing that calmed him down was bedtime "Yoga". It was really just stretching...

Our nightly routine goes something like this "The kids brush their teeth, we read books, I tuck my baby girl in, and sneak off to my sons room so he can do sit ups. This was the routine most nights for the last 2 weeks. We would take turns and do 3 sets of 10. I was impressed he could do them. Well, one night we completed our sets and he wanted to see how many he could do. He did 54 sit ups (on top of the 3 sets of 10). I was amazed and as father would do, I started doing sit ups to show him how many I could do. Well, after about 30 (on top of 3 sets of 10) I struggled. As he held my legs for me, he said "Daddy it is not a competition you can stop if you want..."

Talk about funny. He not only showed me up in sit ups, but used my own lecture on me.

Don't steal my grill

A few weeks ago I cleaned the grill to start the grilling season. Some friends came over for a BBQ only to discover my grill would not go over 200 degrees. I had to bring the burgers inside and cook on the George Foreman grill...

Later that night I tried to figure out what was wrong with it. No luck. The next morning Kathi called for me. As I entered the deck I found myself engulfed in the smell of propane. It was BAD! If a spark or cigarette went off, the deck would have exploded.

With that wonderful event in mind, I decided to get a professional to look at it....
I finally got around to loading the grill onto my truck the other night. The grill store was around the corner and I planned to drop it off on the way to work. I guess in the middle of the night I woke up because of a bad thunderstorm. I remember jumping up and yelling "Their gonna steal my grill" while running to the window to find my grill on the truck safe and sound. I scared the crap out of everyone including the dog. Who the hell wants that old grill anyway.....

At the grill store they looked at my grill and explained NOT to turn on the propane fast or some safety value reduces heat to only 200 degrees... But, as he investigated more, he could smell the propane leaking out. He ran some test but could not find a leak. Finally we check the burners, only to find the one burner I never use (the one off to the side like a skillet) was on..... DUH!!!!

So the grill would not heat because I turned it on too fast...
The leak was from the skillet thing being on.....

In the end I felt stupid, but very happy that my house did not blow up, my grill was working, and I could turn something on fast.

Talent

I saw this and thought it was funny. Takes talent too. What would make someone decide to do this? I got to try it.

A kid and his tools

Last Christmas grandpa gave out tool boxes to the grand kids. Inside of the tool boxes were random items like a screw driver, hammer, golf balls, file, and tubing.

One day my 6 year old wanted to fix some things while I was at work. I hid the tool box in the garage and explained he could only play with it when I was around. A few days later I came home to find tools everywhere. He was building some contraption. He had his Home Depot apron and a baseball hat on. I freak out when I could see his butt crack while he bent over and demanded I hand him a screw driver. Maybe he will be a plumber...Ironically, later in the day I was putting a wagon together and had to borrow his tools to get the job done...

I think he will be better off then I am when it comes to repairing things. When he was 3 years old he unscrewed child safety locks and even took hinges off the bottom of a door. On the other hand around the same time, he stuck a fork in the outlet and got shocked :)

Put the kids in the fridge.

Below is an email trail of a conversation I had today. While Kathi is in Florida for a funeral, I have been in a hurry working and trying to give Chloe attention, . This email clearly shows I am not sane..

>>>Friend>>>
I left eggs on your desk. if you're not here I'll put them in the frig down on your end of the hall...let me know.

>>>James>>>
I am at home, Kathi's grandmother died and I am trying to figure out what to do with the kids for the next 3 days, can you put them in the fridge? THANKS

>>>Friend>>>
Who, the kids? Read your message over, that sentence is too funny.
I'm sorry about Kathi's grandmother.

Beaver

We signed up for Play School Disney. For $30 a year you get access to online games, educational stuff, and printed crafts for the kids. The cool part is the computer games are full screen with no ads and each week it is refreshed with new content.

Here is a craft we printed out and made. I was all excited to make this damn thing, took me forever to cut it out. When I was done the kids could care less. But hey, I was proud of my red beaver....

Jesus and Santa

We were coming home from church tonight and Stephen mentioned he knew why Santa Clause was magic. He said that "Santa must know God because only God gives magical powers out. Santa and Jesus must know God and thats why they are magic. Did you know that Jesus is the only person to ever come back from the dead.."

He seems to have a fascination on where God lives and even told Chloe he punished people and sent a bad storm. Chloe's stomach was hurting around the same time and she cried out "God put a storm in my belly!!!"

OK, so how in the heck do you explain this to a 5 year old and 3 year old. I did what any mature self respecting parent would do. I laughed!

I think I am gonna pray tonight that God does not put a storm in my belly. That could be a good country song.

Moms Rock

I found this video on You Tube. It really is funny/true. I remember my mom saying this stuff all the time and Kathi does it now too. Moms are hero's and they rock!!!!

Credit Cards in my CD player

Update 11/30/07:
I wanted to see if I could take apart my Mac Mini, before buying the Super Drive. So tonight I took it apart using a video I found online. Once I got the Super Drive out, I found ANOTHER card, this time it was a library card. So here it what I found in the Super Drive:

1. Kroger Discount Card
2. 2 nickels
3. 1 penny
4. Library card

It looks like following the video I can replace the drive. So Monday I plan to order one.... Maybe I will upgrade the memory while I have it open.
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Update 11/25/07

As you know from my previous post, my dad and brother broke the news to me that while here on Thanksgiving, a CD got stuck in my computer and I have to replace it. We found a gift card in the slot. A day later I was messing with it and found a credit card in there as well.

My 2 year old daughter was watching me pull it out and looked very interested. I asked her if she did this and she admitted to it. "I am sorry daddy, I put 2,3,5,7 them in there". When I asked her why (silly to ask a 2 year old but I had to) she just gave me a looked, hugged my leg, and said "sorry daddy, I love you".... Guess I will have to deduct it from her allowance :)

Pure Bliss

I have to say Chloe's face in this picture makes me remember how fun it was as a kid. Just pure bliss.

Not much else to say, we are starting to pack and get ready for the adoption party. Stephen wanted to know if it was gonna be more fun then seeing the judge. I told him a lot more fun.... We are looking forward to seeing family and a boat load of others my parents invited.

Caitlyn got her drivers license and has started to drive to work. We are looking for a car now, so if anyone has an old clunker they want to sell at a good deal let me know.

A lot of thoughts have gone through my mind I wanted to post, but it is late and I have had little time to get them in the blog. More to come after we get back from Florida.

Here is a picture of the new tree house. Slide, climbing wall, and a few other gadgets. The dog even climbs up to take a peek of the neighborhood.