Mermaid Talk

I was getting dressed this morning and Ethan came in and said "I was talkin' to a mermaid on the phone." This was a normal thing to happen in my house so I went along with it. Here's his end of the converstation: "I talked to the mermaid. She said 'where your parents?' I said 'I don't know.' I said 'I three.' Mermaid said 'emergency'." At this point I asked him if he was on the phone to a mermaid, he said yes. I saw the message light blinking and played the message. Here's what it said: "This is the police. A child around the age of three called from your house and said there was an emergency. When asked for a parent to be put on the phone the child refused. When asked what was the emergency the child kept saying mermaid. We are now sending two officers to your home to verify the welfare of the child."

Now, let me just say that I have never taught Ethan about calling 911...for this very reason. This morning he was playing with the phone and just happened to dial it. He probably only said emergency because the dispatcher said it. A few minutes later two police officers showed up and were looking in the window...to see Ethan standing there alone in his underwear. I ran to the door to show them I was there. I apologized and said that he was playing on the phone and we were fine. At least they were nice about it. After they left he started crying for Daddy because he thought he was in trouble. I guess it was a little scary to see police officers at the door knowing they were there because he was the one who called them. I'm sure this won't deter him from continuing to play on the phone. Beware, some of you may receive a phone call from him in the future!

Ethan's Bedroom Disaster

You can't leave these two alone for one second! Ok, maybe it was longer than that. This is what they decided to do while I made them breakfast this morning. Oh well...at least it kept them occupied for a long time. And it was an easy clean up!

Sorry Mom

Here's my public apology to my mom: sorry for talking so much trash over the years about the lack of info in my baby book. According to my baby book, I had no first Christmas, no first birthday, and I only had one friend (you were the lucky friend Summer). For years I've given my mother a hard time about it and she always said it was hard to keep up with it after the third kid (me). I vowed that each of my children's baby books would be filled cover to cover equally. Well, Caleb now has four teeth and none of them are documented in the baby book. I have the papers from his last two pedi visits in the book but nothing is actually written. The lock of hair from his first haircut is still sitting in the kitchen in an envelope with all the bills. So, sorry mom....you were right. :-)

How Much is That Baby in the Window?

This has been a pet peeve of mine for a long time...people knocking on the window of the nursery when they are looking at a new baby. After 6 years of putting up with it I thought I'd speak my mind. People seem to think that a baby will look at them or enjoy hearing the constant knocking on the window or think the baby can actually acknowledge that they are being waved at. Seriously people, it's annoying! The baby is sleeping soundly then "bam bam bam" they're scared out of their mind and screaming and people outside are taking pictures and saying "Ahh, look, the baby is crying." Uh, big suprise...you just scared the poo out of them. Now I understand why pet stores have the signs up that say "please do not tap on glass". Those poor puppies are probably exhausted by the end of the day from that constant noise of window knocking. Here's a tip: babies don't like it and neither do their nurses. So for pete's sake...stop banging on the window!

Bucca Di Peppo

We recently tried a new restaurant with the kiddos. It's called Bucca Di Peppo in Southlake. It was a great Italian place. They had great customer service which is a must for Mondo and I. They serve large family portions and we had tons of food to take home. It was a good family oriented place. After that we went to Southlake towncenter to play by the fountain...which unfortunately was empty. We had fun anyway...how could you not when there is ice cream involved?!

This was at the beginning of the meal...when Caleb was happy.

They gave the kids pizza dough to play with while we were waiting on the food. How fun is that?

Caleb played with is...until he took out his paci and tried to eat it. He wasn't too happy about it being taken away.

This would've been really cute if there was water in the fountain.
He had to make a funny face.This was his "pose".
He met these kids at the fountain and said they were his cousins. He got that from the "Bee Movie" where they say all bees are cousins. Now he thinks everyone we meet is his cousin.


This was the face I got when I called his name. "Huh?"

Yummy...Mommy's ice cream!

Ethan had to enjoy some too...even though he had his own.

Caleb's First Haircut

I thought it was time for Caleb's first haircut since his hair was getting a little out of control and making him hot. We took him to the same person that does Ethan and Mondo's hair. He did way better than Ethan did at that age...I think the paci helped. The pics are pretty self explainatory.

Look at that crazy hair!



It actually looks cute in the pic with it brushed to the side. But, most of the time it lays flat on his forhead and looks like the chili bowl hair cut from Dumb and Dumber. Poor thing. I think it needs to grow back out a little more. :-)

Fire Hydrant Fun

Several times this summer, the fire hydrant has been opened for hours for some reason. It's a super fun thing to play in on a hot day! Ethan and Tyler played in it for about an hour. Caleb had a little participation too. :-)

Caleb needed to cool off his thunder thighs.

I don't remember what this look was all about.

Looks like he's at the beach!