We all have our strengths...

We have been trying to wrap up the whole potty-training thing with Ben (incidentally, I would not count potty-training children as being one of my strengths). A lot of people are trying to help out...he gets lectures more than a few times a day about how big kids and grown-ups poop on the potty. Ben poops on the potty too...it's just a guessing game to figure out which day of the week he's going to bless us by doing it. Needless to say, it's on our minds these days.

So the kids were in the car with Ma and Pa last night and Ben asked the following question:

"Pa? Does Jesus poop on the potty up in heaven?"

Hmmmm...

While Pa was contemplating how to answer this one, Patrick chimed in with his two cents:

"We're going to have to ask Gigi about that. She knows everything about Jesus. Grandpa knows everything about tennis, but Gigi knows everything about Jesus."

So there you go. We all have our strengths...

Tagged again--The Bucket List

UGH. I, like Jennifer, cannot resist. So here's another one. But I bet if you look back a year or so, it's already on my blog...

Subject: The Bucket List--Something Different

Hit forward and place an (x) by all the things you've done and remove
the (x) from the ones you have not. No need to explain...remember--no one really cares.

(x) Been to Europe
( ) Been on a cruise
( ) Gone on a blind date
(x) Skipped school
( ) Watched someone die
( ) Been to Canada
( ) Been to Mexico
(x) Been to Florida
(x) Been on a plane
(x) Been lost
(x) Been on the opposite side of the country
(x) Gone to Washington , DC
(x) Swam in the ocean
(x) Cried yourself to sleep
(x) Played cops and robbers
( ) Recently colored with crayons
( ) Sang Karaoke
(x) Made prank phone calls
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
(x) Caught a snowflake on your tongue
(x) Danced in the rain
( ) Written a letter to Santa Claus
( ) Been kissed under the mistletoe
(x) Watched the sunrise alone
(x) Blown bubbles
(x) Gone ice skating
(x) Gone roller skating
(x) Gone to the movies
(x) Own your Favorite Car

1. Any nickname? Becks, Bexter
2. Mother's name? Gloria
3. Favorite drink? water
4. Body Piercing? ears
5. How much do you love your Car? when I bought it, it was my favorite car...now notsomuch
6. Birthplace? Hartford CT
7. Been to Hawaii? no
8. Ever been to Africa? No
9. Ever eaten just cookies for dinner? undoubtedly...probably of the girl scout variety
10. Ever been on TV? yes
11. Ever steal any traffic sign? no
12. Ever been in a car accident? yes
13. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle? 4-door
14. ?Why is this question missing?
15. Favorite number? 9 or 11
16. Favorite movie? see a few posts below
17. Favorite holiday? 4th of July
18. Favorite dessert? chocolate cake
19. Favorite food? all foods
20. Favorite day of the week? who cares
21. Favorite brand of body wash? who cares
22. Toothpaste? who cares
23. Favorite smell? puppy breath
24. How do you relax? Facebook
25. How do you see yourself in 10 years? hopefully not much different than today
26. Furthest Place you will send this message? perhaps someone on the opposite side of the world will read this post.
27. Who will respond to this the fastest? uh, I'll put the pressure on SANDI

Tagged--Fourth

Scintillating stuff here...this is Luke teaching CPR to one of the faculty members at work. What else can I say? When you ask for the fourth picture in my fourth folder, well...this is what you get. Mandy's was much more interesting. No harm done, it's just my turn to pass on the fun. :)


I'm supposed to tag four people. I can't do that because I'm a self-appointed blogging loser and I don't have four blogging friends. Mandy tagged me, Andrea's already done this (and if I recall correctly, she tagged me and I ignored her), Jennifer's all but done blogging, and well...that leaves Sandi. She needs a tag because she's a newbie and has nothing yet. So Sandi...you're it (and Jennifer if she reads this). Hope it's something good. :)

Swim Lessons

Since the Christmas rush is over and it is the dead of winter and the mercury is falling to all of 55 degrees outside, we decided it was time for Patrick to get busy in some kind of extracurricular sport again. We settled on swimming, a good choice if you ask me. Patrick taught himself to swim this summer, driven by the sheer desire to be able to do it. I didn't want him to forget over the school year, and I also wanted him to learn basic strokes, so we signed up at the YMCA. It turned out that no one else signed up for the Monday/Wednesday class, but instead of canceling it, they just offered a private one-on-one lesson for the price we already paid, so that was good. Anyway, long story short: he's enjoying it.

Better late than never...

Here are some Christmas pictures...we have ones from Christmas at Gigi and Grandpa's house, Christmas at Ma and Pa's house and Christmas Eve at our house. We must be in like flynn with Santa. He came to our house while we were at church Christmas Eve and left a note telling us to open everything that night since Daddy had to go to work early the next morning. Anyway, here's pictures from all three Christmases...

A little side note here...I reconsidered opening my comments back up but decided against it for my own personal reasons (and also because no one would comment anyway), but I did add an e-mail widget to my side bar, so if you feel the dire need to say something to me concerning my blog right this very second...well, there you go.

Also, I have started another blog, just for 2009. It's only for this year, so get it while the gettin's good--ha. You can find it in the newly reinstated (but very small) links section in my sidebar.

Happy New Year!