Naughty Kitty!!!

Woke up this morning to:

MEOOOWWW!! MEEEOOOWWW!!!! HISSSSS!!!!! MEEOOOOWWW!!!!!!

And this was all about 20/30 min. before the alarm was going to go off!!! So I pop up wide awake knowing my cat was in trouble (I responded like I would have to one of the kids, Lol)! I found my cat outside (she is an indoor cat!) in the back yard having a cat fight w/ a neighbor's cat!!!!! Dam her taking advantage of the open windows and great weather while we are asleep!!! She can now pop out screens!

Meet Gray our beloved cat!!! Grrrr..... Our Naughty Cat!!!!

New idea to keep the kids writing all summer....

So I have a "NEW IDEA" (light bulb over my head idea)

for the kids summer vacation which is like month away....

(really only about a month away were did the school year go?)

They are good about doing their big work book I get them every summer, they love doing the math and tolerate the rest but when it comes to getting them to write it is like pulling teeth!!!

And getting Cole to work on spell....

Since they love mommy's blog I have set them each their own little blog

under my account and my name, everything from getting on to proof reading before they hit

publish goes through ME! Any responses they may get (I have yet to get one so not to worried about it) I will see first and can delete if not appropriate.

They are very excited about this idea and if it gets them writing more which will help

with spelling and typing skill (which I don't think the school is teaching)

I think this will be great!

And I can change the topic of what they write like:

~write about your day

~write about the book you just finished

~make up a story

~write about this picture

and so on.....

So what do you think? Is this a creative way to get

them to write since writing on paper is

BORING!!!

Cole's Frog

R.I.P. Cole's Frog

Poor, poor Cole is so upset =( He had this little frog that we got as a tadpole a couple months ago... he fed him 2 days ago (and b/c he lives w/ a lot of water he feeds him crickets in another container otherwise the crickets would jump in the water and drown before the frog could eat them )... tonight Cole fond his frog in it's feeding container all dried up =( it only took 2 days.... And Cole is so upset... feels like he killed him b/c he forgot to put him away.... and well he did.... how do yo let him know it is ok.... it is not like he is not use to pets dying we have tons of fish that die all the time!!! And we have had other pets die but he feels that this one is all his fault =( And it is... but.... all I can do is tell him it happens and I love him and if he wants I will get him a new one (I know I am a sap)

10 minutes till 11pm

It is 10 minutes till 11pm and my little Lady Bug who has been running a fever all day has woken wide awake!!! So as Daddy and brothers sleep Lila and Mommy are playing with puzzles (even though Mommy would rather take her shower and start getting ready for bed)!!! Oh well crackers and juice, potty break, and puzzles!!! I guess the baby medicine has kicked in!!!

????? Jellyfish ?????

Sooo..... Again there is something new in one of tanks! In the Baby Bengali Cardinalfish nursery we have a ton of fluttering things! They look like the parachutes on dandelion seeds!!! So...... ???? Not sure what they are!!! Justin thinks that they could be Baby Jellyfish!!! What do you think????

a house wife's day

Wow another hard morning and I wonder why I never want to get out of bed! It started with a headache, I think it was the same one I went to bed with last night. Then there was a cereal fight!!! Trying to get the boys to pour less in their bowl (the newer bowls are bigger then the old ones). Cole doesn't alway eat the giant bowl he pours and the cereal is going so fast I am having a hard time keeping it stocked up!!! (I may need to find something else for quick easy cheap breakfasts!) Then there is Lila who want a bowl of cereal but doesn't eat any of it!!! The girl eats so little it is a wonder that she is growing at all!!!

Then there is getting Cole out the door to go to school! The boy HATES SCHOOL!!!! & I understand, most of us did not like it at one point or another!!! But that doesn't change the fact! He has to go! Maybe just maybe if he did not push my buttons, listen to me better, just maybe I could homeschool him but b/c that is not something I could do for him and he would be so bored w/ no kids to play w/ it just would not work!!! So we fight about it most mornings!

I did take Lila to the park, it is beautiful outside, not to hot not to cold! Sun out w/ a nice breeze! But Lila is off today, maybe tired. There weren't many children out this morning, we were at the park for 30/45 minutes before another person and a child came for a little while then they were gone after about 30 minutes! Then it was another 15/20 minutes before more children came! Usually Lila is ok w/ playing by herself but today like I said she was off... she complained about being hungry, no surprise since she did not eat breakfast but usually she not hungry till 11. And she keep wanting to go home to get a snack but when I asked her to help me pick up the sand toys she would drink some of her water and started playing again! She did this like 4 or 5 times! So finally right before 11 I pick up the toys by myself and by this point she was ready to go home. She ate great for lunch which is normal for her, pick little at breakfast eat great for lunch and nothing for dinner! And yet she grows like a weed!!! But that is a 2 year old for you! Soon to be a 3 year old!!!

So now she is napping I get a couple of hours to myself before I have to pick up the boys and we (meaning Cole and I) fight about homework!!! Then I make dinner.... feed the dog and cat.... get everyone ready for bed.... do the dishes... feed the fish.... I get ready for bed, yet I can't fall asleep till 12am or later since my brain wont shut down..... then I get the headache and finally fall asleep.... only to wake up in the next morning still tired w/ the headache!!! And it starts all over again!!! (and I have not said anything about the cleaning I did or was suppose to do! Which I am going to start now and get what I can down before Lila gets up and we have to get the boy from school....)

Poor Lady Bug and her Caterpillar

(Lila and her caterpillar in a jar)

My poor Lady Bug found a caterpillar yesterday so we put it in a jar and she carried it all over the place, even wanted to sleep w/ it!!! When she got up this morning the caterpillar was in its cocoon! My poor Lady Bug =( now she has to wait till it turns into a moth!!!