Excitement

What is it that having a houesful of kids this weekend has me more excited than if I were pregnant?

What makes thunder & lightening?

Yesterday morning we had a bad thunderstorm roll through our area. With a flash of lightening and boom of thunder JJ tells me "Storm did that." Yes, JJ, a storm sometimes does that. I know Mommy, Storm from the Xmen did it. My kid doesn't have the cutesy answer that its angels bowling, nah, its all about the superheros.

Simple girl

Yep, doesn't take much to make me happy, just a movie night with friends!

End of summer....

What marks the end of summer better than school starting? Bran went back today and when he comes back again he'll have already started his sophomore year. Only 3 more years to go, 3 short years to enjoy weekends, holidays, and 1/2 the summer. Of course not nearly enough time. Is it ever enough? I always hate the last summer visit, we enjoy the long summer time together. And its catching, today JJ asked where Bran was, I told him in PA, he said he didn't want him there, he wanted him here in Maryland. Yeah, we all of course do. Least we have the long holidays to look forward to!

4 months to go

I'm late, as usual, but I ordered my 1st Xmas present tonight. I feel so behind from where I used to be, made worse by the fact that I also have JJ's birthday just 4 weeks before Xmas to think about as well. But, at least its sorta productive, got something done. Now, off to look at Halloween costumes online.

Shooting stars

I have a thing with stars, from many different starting points, but they are 1 of my obsessions, just like ladybugs. I have 3 stars on my foot representing Bran, JJ, and the baby I lost. I call my closest friends my stars because of the quote on a true friend being like stars, even when you cannot see them they are still there. People tell their kids all the time they love them to the moon and back, I tell JJ I love him to the stars and back (its farther.)

But, tonight, thanks to our annual meteor shower, I will sit outside, and watch the shooting stars, just like I did each year growing up with my Dad, just like I know he will be doing all those many miles away in FL. Who knows, maybe we will wish on the same one!

The boys

Had the boys pics done since I missed doing it at Xmas like I've done all other years. Loved how they turned out, even though JJ was being a stinker and playing around.

Scooby-Doo

Scooby-Doo is not going out of style anytime soon, as proof there's a new show coming out this year! He's 40 this year, and still going strong, as evident in our own house! We took a trip out to the Shorebirds last night just because Scooby was there, JJ talked about it the whole game (and of course about Sherman.) It brings back the memories of Brandon at Kings Dominion and Universal Studios getting his pic with Scooby!

My son talks like Yoda

I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but that, along with Indiana Jones, were the only movies I was allowed to stay up late to watch with my Dad growing up, so they do hold a little bit of nostalgia for me. But, if you've watched any of them, you know the curious speech pattern of Yoda. Such things as "Named must your fear be before banish it you can" and “Not if anything to say about it I have” are prime examples of his word play. Now, JJ has only watched The Clone Wars cartoons, but it makes me wonder if he's picked up a little on it when he asks "Almost we are home?" Is it possible to be a word dyslexic?

Told you I was a super-hero

When I was little I used to love running & sliding down the hall, in my under-roos with the tell-tale blue star bottom and red top. Now, its finally a dream come true for me, JJ has decided I am now Wonder Woman to his Batman. Well, I always thought she and Superman were the more likely crime-fighting duo, but I guess a hero has to take what they can get!

tomorrow

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Can you figure out what we're doing tomorrow? Just hope the possible Baltimore storms don't happen while we're in the nose-bleed bleachers rooting for the eternal underdogs! Go Orange & Black!