So in my last post I mentioned feeling guilty for something that was out of my control. It’s been in the back of my mind nagging me to talk about it more. I was thinking that there have to be other that deal with this stuff and maybe could give some insight. My oldest…Mister Man. Hasn’t seen his bio Dad in over three months. It’s nothing I’ve done. Not like I’ve cut him off or anything. He’s just missed every visit. Cancels at the last minute, Makes excuses. Or sometimes just doesn’t even show. The usual excuse is money. That if he would make the trip it would take food out of his kids mouths. Um. Last time I checked Mister Man was his kid too! *insert heavy sigh* Yeah this is where the frustration and guilt kicks in. I know deep down there’s nothing I can do about it. Nothing I can do to change it. I can’t FORCE Screwball1 to come see him. But it’s a once a month visit. You would think he would want to see his son. This is where the guilt really kicks in. The Little Prince sees his Dad all the time. (we have a screwy custody schedule and yes I have two kids with two different Dad. Took me 13 years to figure out I deserved a non abusive man :p) So Mister Man watches his brother here come and go and talk about seeing his Dad. Hell Screwball2 talks to Mister Man more then Screwball1 does. I’m at a loss now. Thanksgiving is supposed to be Screwball1’s holiday. But when he tried to change the plans that were already made and I told him no…he hung up on me. Before he even talked to Mister Man. We called back and he refused to answer. That was almost three weeks ago. We haven’t heard from him since. He won’t answer his phone or return calls. Even if Mister Man leaves a message. I am BEYOND frustrated now.

So I completely shot NaBlo since I couldn’t seem to get out any pre written posts. Oh well. There is always next year. My parents were here this weekend which is always fun, The kids had a blast. I went shopping with my Mom, my Dad took Mister Man to his golf lesson. He even went on a golf field trip with Mister Man and his PE class on Friday. My Mom and I took the Little Prince to a birthday party on Saturday too. Saturday night we played Chicken foot with the kids. Again they had a blast. Granted the Little Prince let go of a domino a little sooner then he should of and it went flying across the table and nearly hit my Dad in the forehead. After we were sure Dad was okay we all started laughing. Kids went to bed and parents, Big Daddy and I watched a Hall and Oats special after the kids were in bed. My god can that man sing!

All in all it was a good weekend but I just can’t seem to recover. I’m still exhausted. Even with going to bed early and nodding on the couch. I hope I’m not getting a cold or something.

…so little time it seems. This week we have a PTA Sock Hop at Mister Man’s school that the whole family is going to. The kids should have fun and hey…it’s a free dinner. My parents are coming this weekend which means I need to prewrite some posts for my blog while they are here. They are getting in about 9:30 Thursday night. My Dad is going on a field trip with Mister Man and his gym glass. They are learning about golf right now. It should be fun and Mister Man is excited that his Poppy if going to school with him. Saturday while Mister Man is at his golf lesson I need to take the Little Prince to a birthday party. I wish it had been the one he went to this week since I know that kid’s Mom and like her. I don’t know this kid’s parents. I’m sure the Little Prince will have fun though. It’s laser tag. What little boy doesn’t have fun with that.

Mister Man’s Birthday is fast approaching. We asked him tonight what “theme” or cake he wanted. He wants a dragon. Yeah this should be interesting. The only Wilton pan that had a dragon was done in 1984. I found it on ebay…but it’s 60 bucks. Yeah that’s not happening. So it’s time to get creative. I’m debating on if I’m going to attempt fondant again. My last adventure with it left me more stressed then I should have been. Hopefully we will get it figured out though. I’m sure with Big Daddy’s help it will come out awesome. Granted if it does I’m sure the Little Prince will be asking for one for his birthday too. The only other thing he’s asking for is Dragon Snot Punch which I made last year. The kids loved it. It was green sherbet, sprite and dry ice. They all through the bubbling and smoking was awesome. Now to come up with crafts for the kids to do.

So while we were carving pumpkins last week the boys got on the subject of vampires. I don’t remember exactly how it started but the conversations went something like this.

Mister Man: If an old person is turned into a vampire to they get fangs?
Big Daddy: You mean like if they had lost all their teeth?
Mister Man: Yeah would they still have fangs.

They both look at me as if I have the answer to this and the discussion went like that and down the road of prosthetic fangs and any other random through that the three of them could come up with.

Me looking at them all: You do realize I’m going to have to blog about this right?
Big Daddy: Somehow I figured.

Okay well technically it’s tomorrow but because of scheduling we are going out to dinner tonight. After running around with the boys lessons and everything we are going to go to the same place we had our “reception” a year ago. Sunday is our one year wedding anniversary but we decided to make it a family anniversary. It was actually Big Daddy’s idea. So we’ve told the kids that we are celebrating out first year together as a family. They seemed to dig the idea…Could be just because they like pizza…maybe? Yeah I’m thinking that’s what it is. Doesn’t matter though because they are happy and we are happy.

So Friday night Big Daddy and I begrudgingly excitedly took the kids to the State Fair. We went with my Sister in law, her husband, their three kids, my mother in law and my father in law. It didn’t start all that great. It took over an hour just to get there. It should have only been 25 minutes tops but of course the line to get into the parking lot extended several MILES down the road. I spent the majority of the time telling the kids to relax since the Little Prince kept asking if we were there yet over and over again and texting Sadie to try and keep my sanity.

We finally arrive, parked in BFE and walked (okay everyone else walked. I crutched my happy ass) up to get our tickets. Let me tell you. Crutches at a state fair. Suck big time! We walk in and there is a booth giving away glow sticks so each of the kids got one of those. The next booth over was Cherokee Indian items. They were dancing and the kids were enamored. Only one of my pictures didn’t come out really blurry. I did get a short video though of them dancing.

After that we wandered through one of the buildings that was full of sheep. The flash dance sheep apparently. Don’t believe me? Just look at the pictures…

Now I know it was a little chilly as the night went on…but blue and pink leotards with sparkles? After that we walked into another building that had some beautiful quilts in it but they have a little donut stand and the kids stood there watching the machine squirt out the dough and fry up the donuts. The booth had palm trees in front of it and they just HAD to have their pictures taken in front of it. I introduce you to Belle, Ariel and Buzz. Ariel is the one with the glasses.

After posing with plastic trees and pelicans we headed to get something to eat. All that great greasy fair food you know you shouldn’t eat but do anyway. After we ate we headed over to get a seat early for the pig races. (Yes instead of sipping sangria with a group of lovely women I got to watch pigs run in a circle. The last race I got a little video of because we couldn’t stop laughing. They were Asian pot bellied pigs and there was no running.

After that we walked over to the ferris wheel and amazingly enough the Little Prince wanted to go on it. He went on with my sister in law and Ariel. No one else was brave enough. It wasn’t long after that we headed back to BFE to find our car and head home. I was paying for it the next day…my legs were killing me.

All in all it was a good night though. Everyone had a good time and there was only one meltdown by Buzz and that was around 9:30pm and they were all really tired at that point.

So yesterday I shared two stories of some of the things that has been coming out of the kids mouths lately. Today I have two more for you…

The first week of school was pretty uneventful I have to say. My parents came to visit and so on Friday when it came time to go pick up the Little Prince my Mom went with me. We went in and picked him up and as we were walking back to the car my Mom is talking to him about his first week of school.

Nana: So how was school today?
Little Prince: Good. Nana I have THREE girlfriends!
Nana: I know! Mommy told me. Don’t you think you should get it down to one? I mean what are you playing the field or something?”
Little Prince: (Looking up at his Nana clearly confused) No Nana I was playing by myself.

Do you know how hard it is to stay upright on crutches when you are trying that hard not to laugh?

So during their visit the Little Prince wanted to play the Wii and show his Nana how good he was at one of the games. So he’s playing. I’m in the kitchen, Big Daddy is on his computer and Poppy has Mister Man off at his golf lessons. (Yes my 11 1/2 year old plays golf. It’s all my parents fault.) Out of no where we hear the following coming from the living room.

Little Prince: I’M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!
*queue record screeching to a halt*
Nana: I’m sorry what did you say?
Little Prince: (Looking at her clearly confused as to why she seemed upset) I said I’m gonna kick his ass Nana.
Nana: (not sure if she should laugh or scold him at this point) Well that’s not a very nice word. You shouldn’t say that. Maybe try I’m gonna kick his butt…or I’m gonna kick his hynee
Little Price: (very large heavy sigh) It’s just not the same

Yeah it was one of those moments that you don’t know if you should laugh…or yell. Needless to say we had a talk about words he shouldn’t use. Now to wait and see what else comes out of their mouths

So lately around here some of the oddest things have been coming out of the kids mouths. And it’s been about the weirdest things too. I’ll give you a few examples.

The second day of school the Little Prince was home with us and he, Mister Man and I were sitting around talking about their days.

The Little Prince: Mommy guess what. I have THREE girlfriends (he’s holding three fingers up for emphasis)
Me: Wow! Three whole girlfriends. You know when your brother was in first grade he had seven girlfriends.
Mister man: (Who is leaning back in his chair trying to look cool) Dude…you need to step up your game.

Yes my 11 1/2 year old just told his six year old brother that he needed to step up his game. The next day the Little Prince and I are sitting in the car waiting in the drop off line until they will let us let the kids out talking.

Me: So tell me about your girlfriends. What are their names?
Little Prince: Oh they are Girlfriend one, Girlfriend two and Girlfriend three
Me: Well those are really pretty names. Tell me about Girlfriend one.
Little Prince: She’s brown.
Me: You mean her hair is brown.
Little Prince: (shaking his head) No she’s brown.
Me: You mean like Uncle Knucklehead (don’t like the guy he’s a friend of the exes)
Little Prince: (nodding) Yeah like Uncle Knucklehead
Me: (smiling at his blunt honesty) Okay well tell me about Girlfriend two
Little Prince: She’s blond like me.
Me: And what about Girlfriend Three
Little Prince: She’s blond like me too
Me: Well what color are their eyes?
Little Prince: (Looking at me like I’ve grown another head) Um Mommy why would I look at her eyes?

Yes it took every ounce of strength I had to not fall over laughing in my seat in the car. Needless to say the car line finally started moving and I could drop him off. I promptly called Sadie and shared the story.

Stay tuned tomorrow for another few stories that we’ve accumulated this month with what the kids have been saying.

And a manic Monday it has been. Okay not really…I guess it just feels that way. Going with the always loved and adored bulleted list today since my brain is all over the place

1. *Charlaine Harris I can seriously read one of her books in a day..I can’t put it down.
2. *Hubby thinks it’s Vampire porn for women
3. *He’s probably right
4. *No I’m not obsessed with the show at all
5. *Okay maybe a little
6. *Anyway…
7. *It’s picture week here is the Rose household. Before it was so easy. I could pick their clothes out and it didn’t matter. Not so much now. Mister Man is in Middle school now and Mom helping just isn’t cool anymore. The little Price at the ripe old age of 6 has three girlfriends (post on this coming soon) and he has to look nice for them so he’s picked his shirt out.
8. *I have had a headache for several days now and it just won’t go away. It’s right behind my right eye and I seriously want to pluck it out.
9. *Being a responsible adult SUCKS ASS (post coming on this too)
10. *Big Daddy and I are fast approaching our one year wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe it was a year ago that we finally got our shit straight after 15 years. I look back on posts like this and can’t believe how time has flown by.
11. *I’ve gotten my ass back in gear on my knitting. I wanted to have three blankets done by Christmas for our two nieces and one nephew but I’ve been lazy and haven’t worked on them…so it’s back to knitting. Thankfully the one I’m currently on is basic squares for part of it so I can read blogs and knit at the same time.
12. *If you think about it light a candle, say a prayer, whatever it is your beliefs dictate and keep Hannah and Andrew, From Type A Momma in your thoughts. Little Andrew is here and is absolutely beautiful but they still have a long road ahead of them

That’s it for now. Right now it’s back to knitting and laughing my ass off at the tweets coming from Meghan and Amy

So as I said before Mister Man’s Dad canceled last minute on his visitation with him. His father’s parents however asked to take him out for a few hours on Saturday. So they picked him up Saturday morning and Big Daddy and I just hung out here for a little while. Out of the blue Big Daddy asked if I wanted to go to a movie. A movie? Seriously? With no kids? And a movie that requires you to be at least 18 to see it?? Hmm let me think about this….HELL YES!!

So yeah I got to go on a date with my hubby on Saturday afternoon. We went to see the Dark Knight. (Yes Big Daddy is a geek just like me…hey if you are a geek and want the marriage to work you have to marry within the geekdom…trust me…i know. But that’s a completely different post) I had been kind of avoiding the movie not because I knew it was going to be really dark…but it’s that whole watching the guy that just recently died thing. I was the same way with The Crow.

Needless to say the move was AWESOME!! Everything a Batman movie should be. True to the comic and the Batman universe. If it’s one thing I think they finally learned is these few facts about the Batman comic book movie franchise.

1. Batman’s alternate name is NOT James Bond. You cannot change the actor like they did in the first few attempts.

2. No where in the Batman universe is ANYTHING bright and day glow…NO WHERE! Not even with Poison Ivy. Yes she’s green and has a thing with plants but could we please leave the 80’s behind.

3. George Clooney singlehandedly killed the last attempts at a Batman franchise. Batman has not been nor will he ever be cheerful. Um…hello… Say it with me now. The DARK…KNIGHT…

4. Jim Carey should never be put in spandex….ever….period…I still have nightmares.

5. Leave Arnold for the Terminator and running California…him…as Victor Fries….*shudder* Thankfully he will NOT be back.

6. How can any movie with Batman fail when they have Morgan Freeman as his inventor? I mean seriously…

7. Christian Bale = HOT Michael Keaton= mmmm not so much

So yeah we had a really good time the theater wasn’t packed. We had gift certificates to use so we didn’t even have to pay for it….which made it even better. We came hom and we even had Chinese for dinner so I didn’t have to cook. Definitely a good day.