Five For Friday

What... what!?  I'm back bitches.  I've been away for a little while.  Boy, do I have some stuff to tell ya.  Crazy stuff... but Ima space it out and make it real slow like.  We'll start here with a little Five for Friday for ya.

1.  Probably... no wait... I KNOW it is not as exciting for you, but Coop lost his first tooth.  Now if you've followed the saga of the wiggly tooth, you know I was a bit worried about the thing.  Here's a review: My Little Crooked Tooth 

 I took the following pictures and posted them in real time on Facebook... because I just KNEW the world was as fascinated as I was!...  It all began when The Hubs was tinkering with the sewing machine we found in the garage.  I was in the shower as the whole thing went down, but apparently he began badgering Coop with the string and grandiose plans of slamming doors.  After much hemming and hawing, Coop gave in.

Now, little teeth are slippery suckers so the little toothy nerds moved on to floss. 

What I loved most about the situation was his determination.  He never gave up.  (And this whole feat lasted like 45 minutes).  By the time he had wiggled it so much with the floss, the little tooth was practically hanging out of his face... good thing he didn't give up.  I don't pull teeth.

Finally, Coop's weapon of choice, the dry rag, did the trick:

And POP!  We were done.

So proud of himself!  Now, aren't you glad you went along for THAT ride.  Moving on.

2.  Ready...  drum roll...  I chose a science curriculum.  Phew.  Done.  Doing it.  Sick of thinking about it.  Ugh.  Here's what I went with:  Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day

Yes, it mentions both Creation and the Fifth Day in the title, but it really is quite a great book.  Coop digs learning about water creatures and it is chock full of experiments and activities.  Its been a little rough getting all the foundational stuff done... currents, salt water vs. fresh water etc.  He wanted to jump right in and learn about the animals.  Being a public school kid myself, it still feels a little weird talking about God in a science book, but this book doesn't slap you in the face with it.  It even includes water dinosaurs while reminding the reader that many parts of science are still based on theory.  I can deal with that.  I like it for early elementary school.  We'll probably switch gears for later elementary.

3.  Goodwill loves us.  Or not... depending.  Obviously I think whatever we've given to them is crap, but 3 trips to Goodwill with 2 being without the seats in the van and packed to the brim... I'd say we're finally decluttering like we've wanted to.  We're currently working on another load.  Sadly, this one load alone comes just from our bedroom closet.  I'm not going to get too far into this one because I've come to realize organizing shit and getting rid of crap can be a psychological journey.  I'll tell ya more about it next week.

4.  You gotta see this:  VBAC Baby Doll.  What's wrong with the world?  Wait. Don't answer that.

5.  I think we're still trying to get back to normal around here.  The Bro visited for two weeks and it was nothing but fun.  I know the kids miss him and the fact that our schedule wasn't as ho-hum.  At least they had someone fun to wrestle with instead of their ol' mom who just wants to school, school, school all day and do chores.  (I'd like to think I'm cooler than that, but I'm sure that's how they see it.)  It's always really sad to me when life gets back to normal after a visit.  I do like being back on top of the housework though!

Well.  Amazing, right?  Worth the wait?  Well, it is what it is.  Have a very happy weekend.  I need coffee.

Seven Lies

I know you haven't heard from me in awhile... and you will soon, I promise...  but...  you totally need to watch this.  I just LOLed all over the place.  Happy Hump Day.

Five For Friday

I have been asked today where I've been.  Where's Five For Friday?  Where did you go??  Well, readers... I did say I was taking a little time off... But let me tell you, it's nice to be missed.  I mean, I am constantly missed, constantly needed...  by people who need their butt wiped.  So, it's nice to be needed or missed by you fairly normal types.  (If you too need your butt wiped however, you have more serious problems that will not be solved here in this blog.  Know what I'm saying, g?)

Back!  ...by semi-popular demand...  Five For Friday.

I will do the best I can.

1.  The Christmas mess is up.  Sorta.  ...As much as humanly possible??  I had but a few hours to look around and take in my living room.  Had it really always been so big??  Before this happened:

...and BAM!  Living room gone again.  They've all enjoyed the jumpy-jump... complete with 100 balls to pelt at people and pick up daily.  The grown ups have enjoyed the fact that their little hairs stand right up like little electricity balls when inside.  ...And when these grown ups scruff their feet along the floor and around the jumpy-jump, they can get a pretty fun jolt out of each little tyke.  Muahahahahaha.

2.  I am up late looking into science curricula.  This deserves one big ridiculous UGH.  I've been here so many times before and I've never made a dang decision.  I grew up in public school.  Therefore I learned evolutionary theory, big bang theory... all that ...stuff.  I always took it as theory.  I went to church and I learned those religious ideas too.  There's plenty of room in my brain for both.  When home schooling however, it would seem that there is only room for one thing:  7 days and 2 peeps in a garden.  I am searching for a happy medium:  all things come from God, but because we do not want to be ignorant of the ways of the world, here are some theories.  How's about that??  I haven't seen this yet.  It is confusing and infuriating.  So I continue on.  One of these days Ima just do it and be done with it.  This kid eats science... loves the stuff... thrives on it.  He wants it.  I may just have to give up some reservations.

3.  Twice this week I've gotten partially out of my mom uniform (pony tail) and heard, "Wow, I had no idea your hair was so long".  I've been growing this crap forever it seems and I'm so glad to finally have gotten over the hump.  I've gone as short as

this before.  Only an inch or two at the longest.  (you should know that as the Hubs was 'trimming' my Z's long locks for the first time, he let the little-bit run in and surprise me with only the front cut.  He was, in fact, business in the front and all party in the back.  We call this a mullet in the South.  This would be my aw-hell-no-not-a-mullet face.)

I digress.  My hair continues to grow ass-bound 'til I get a eh... wild hair.

...It's longer than this now.  But you won't be seeing that because, hello... I have acne.

Anyway.  Someone asked me how long I would let it grow.  I jokingly said I was going to dread this shit.  They laughed and said I wouldn't and if you know my personality, then you know it means that I just might.  hmmm....

4.  We've been 'off of school' for 2 weeks now and these children are driving me nuts.  What these heathens don't realize is that while their little smooshy faces say they are glad they don't have to 'do school', their behavior says they need their freaking schedule back.  dang it.

5.  Yesterday after speech therapy was complete, the speech therapist (who I still believe may suck, but now I like her on a personal level, so this is my problem) asks, "Do you think Max has actually become less intelligible?"  Sigh.  I replied, "yes." and that I was glad she just asked because that makes it truly objective.  We mamas have a way at nit-picking any situation because we are worried.  So we continue to work... even harder.  He's a pretty tough nut to crack.  Lola sits in on his therapy sessions with me and I am beginning to wonder if she will soon have more words under her belt.  She's catching up and it makes my heart ache for Max.  We'll get it, but I have never been accused of being patient.

Well there you have it.  BOOM.  Submitted before midnight.  There's your Five For Friday.  Happy Weekend.  Don't forget to vote for me.  (wink, wink)  ...and vote often.  (please.)