Ambitious April

Our Pets

Scamp the best Hamster EVER! Never bites or anything.

Chubs our 4 year old Tabby Cat-he loves to sleep anywhere he can get some peace and quiet.

Chloe and Onyx our new kittens. In teh first picture Onyx is sticking out her tongue-that pretty much sums up her attitude. She is a champion mouser and is sweet enough to always share what she catches with her sister Chloe. Gross, but sweet.

This is Shooter our Chesapeake Bay Retriever, he loves to go down to the river behind our house and swim.

Levi is 30 today!

Today is Levi's 30th birthday.He was home so we had a quick party for him. Each oth the kids got a piece of cake with a cherry on it-We made sure to buy one with enough cherries to go around. He even licked his candles after,proving you can never get too old to lick your birthday cake candles.

YouTube for Kids

TOTLOL

My dear sweet well meaning nieces who are 13 and 15, introduced my children to You Tube. And although some of the content on You Tube is fun and worth watching much of it is uncensored and just plan dumb. I don't like them on it just because you never know what they might click on. I was so excited and they are too that I found TOTLOL.

Totlol is a video website designed specifically for children. It is community moderated. It is constantly growing. It is powered by YouTube.

All videos were submitted, screened and rated by parents. The selection is huge and if you like, you can participate too.

Totlol is literally Video-on-Demand, and if you have kids, you already know. The video part is easy. It is the demand part that is hard. Are you ready? Here it comes: "Daddy, Mommy More Video!"

Ian Singing

The Big 11!

Josef turned 11 on October 6. We had just moved into the new house in Weiser, so we were so busy and didn't get a party planned. We finally had a little party for him when Levi was home this weekend. It was just a family thing though, we usually plan bigger parties with friends and extended family, but this mom was pooped out. We let him pick his favorite restaurant to eat lunch at-which was Carl's Jr. We got some Indiana Jones Cupcakes...with Crystal skull toppers-a big hit with the boys and it was fun trying to put the two 1 candles into one cupcake. Then we took him to Walmart for the gifts he really wanted,an Action Replay for his Nintendo DS and some special Pokemon card pack. He was a happy camper.

Can you believe my baby is 11?? I can't

BFS # 118 All You Add Is Love (Purina Dog Chow)

This was this month Blogger Friend School assignment, since I already did this same questionaire earlier this year I'm just reposting.

I copied this questionaire from my friend Emily's bog-it is so cute. This is what my kids said about me-no editing.

About Mom!

1. What does Mom always say to you?
Josef- I love you
Ian- I love you
Kaleb- It's time for school
Oliver- Car

2. What makes Mom happy?
Josef- Watching Movies
Ian- Me hugging her
Kaleb- Printing out school pages
Oliver- Me

3. What makes Mom sad?
Josef- Me, when I don't do school
Ian- Me not hugging her
Kaleb- Me not cleaning up my room
Oliver- Me

4. How does Mom make you laugh?
Josef- I don't remember
Ian- I do, when I say something funny
Kaleb- Tickle me
Oliver- Make funny faces

5. How Old Is Mom?
Josef- 26
Ian- 40
Kaleb- 30
Oliver- 20

6. How Tall is Mom?
Josef- 5 feet 6 inches
Ian- She can touch the ceiling fan
Kaleb- 75 inches
Oliver- This big (raised arm up tall)

7. What does Mom like to do?
Josef- Play the computer
Ian- Make costumes
Kaleb- Talk to people on the phone
Oliver- Drive the car

8. What is Mom's job?
Josef- To feed us
Ian- doing school with us
Kaleb- Teaching us school
Oliver- To Drive the car

9. What is Mom's favorite food?
Josef- Pepsi
Ian- Speghetti
Kaleb- Olives
Oliver- Chocolate Milk

10. How do you know Mom loves you?
Josef- Because I'm her son
Ian- Because she hugs me
Kaleb- She helps me
Oliver- She's good