The things mom's do

When Karson poops it's like a little party in the bathroom. 

He wants me to stay in there with him. So, Kamden naturally has to come in and make sure he isn't missing out on in anything.

The other night while Karson was doing his business, I got tired of waiting (the kid has a way of making everything as drawn out as possible).  I went into the kitchen to mess around until he was finish and , uh-hmm, needed my assistance.

Karson started screeching and Kamden comes running out of the bathroom.  I go in to find Karson flipping-the-fuck-out. 

Kamden had dropped a golf ball and a car in the lovely pee-poop soup in the toilet.  G-R-E-A-T! 

I get Karson cleaned up and consult with Dustin on what to do next.  All the while Karson is just losing it over his stuff in the toilet. 

I told him it was his fault for letting Kamden throw it in.  Mind you Karson was sitting on the toilet when said objects got thrown in.

Dustin wanted to use kitchen utensils and I said no way in hell are you using something we eat off of to dig in the toilet.

So, Dustin goes downstairs to rig up some tool craziness to get the toys out of the pee-poop soup in the toilet.

While he's down there I say screw it. 

Get this.

I reached in and grabbed the golf ball and car!!!! 

Luckily they were on top of the mess so it wasn't so bad.

You can give me the Mom of the Year Award now.  Thanks!

Dustin was so pissed I didn't let him prove his tool manliness to get crap out of the toilet.  Don't worry honey I'm sure this is only the beginning.

Would you help Noah?

For Christmas Karson got the Spark Bible that goes along with his Sunday School curriculum.  At first we would just open it to a page and read that story.  Then, I decided it made more sense to get a bookmark and read it from cover to cover.

Which takes us to last night.  We were reading about Noah and the flood.  We talked about animals, boats, and rainbows.  At the end of every story there is a question that correspondse to the story.  Last night went like this:

Me: What would you think if God asked you to build an ark?

Karson:  I can't.  I've only got one hammer.

Me:  Well, would you build a boat if God gave you another hammer?

Karson:  Yep.

Me:  What would you say to God?

Karson:  I like rainbows. 

The conversation was much funnier than this, but that's all I can remember. 

Then, there's Kamden.  This kid is going to give me a run for my money.  Karson has an attitude and is dramatic, but Kamden is just crazy.  He's going to be my first broken bone and stitches.  Kamden climbs on everything.  Which wouldn't be as big of a deal if he had any coordination at all.

Kamden's latest favorite hang out. 

Yes that's the sub-woofer he's standing on. If I put anything on top of it he'll toss it across the room. And while you're looking at this, should I paint that wall behind him brick red? I've had a paint sample taped to the wall for 3 years. The rest of the room is a taupe color. This is the only room in the house that hasn't been painted.

 Kamden figured out that he can use the baseboard to get himself up into the window seat.  Then, Karson showed him that you could hang from the window.  Awesome.  I pulled the blinds up when Kamden started to climb up there.  Now I have to pull them all the way up or they rip the slats (this was before I realized I had to get them way out of their reach).
 

And a video of me telling Kamden to get down.  He obviously knows what I'm asking of him.

Everyone must be doing it...

I just attempted to make a new blog under a completely different name and email. 

Every. Single. Name. Is. Taken.

I thought I had a super creative name and it was taken. 

So I racked my brain some more.

Taken.

Then, I tried random things. 

Taken.

Poop.  STFU.  Mamalamadingdong.  Lynsey.  Chyma (this was great, she's an asian hooker).  Clevernamehere.  Anonymous.  Re-diculous.

They all exist.

I was going to start a new blog with complete anonymity.  I just wanted to write about completely random things.  This blog isn't searchable.  The new blog would have been.

This blog may become what that blog would have been.  I may just start writing about whatever I'm thinking about on any given day. 

Don't judge. 

This may become a celebrity gossip blog.  Who knows.  LOL

Or maybe a cloth diaper blog or a crunchy blog.  Or dare I say a coupon blog.

I'm going to try to take more pictures and write about more stuff.  Not just kid updates, although you'll still see those too.

I really want to be brutally honest about stuff.  I like those blogs the best.  I want to show my house in all it's nasty-ness.  My kids at their worst, me at my worst, my marriage at it's worst.  All those things at their best too.

So hold on.  This could get intersting.  It just depends on how brave I get.  Woot-woot!

Humpday Happenings 1/5

 Some pictures from our Christmas adventures::

Christmas morning, not sure exactly what is going on here.

This one is mine it says Karson, it has a K and an O.

Typical Kamden, bottle and a blanket (this bottle habit is a tough one to break).

Hamming it up.

 Take a picture of Victor Mom! This is the one toy he really, really wanted for Christmas.

 Candy Cane fun at Gma Chyma's

Post candy cane. Clean face, crazy sticky hair.

  Our first back-to-normal-day after Christmas...A week and a half later.

 I thought we might get our first stitches yesterday.  The bleeding stopped after while thank goodness.

Hope you enjoyed your Holidays!!!

Crazy day at the Chyma's

We put a new roof on our house this summer.  The old roof was only 9 years old, yet was leaking.  We thought it wasn't vented properly so we fixed the roof, added sofit and vents, and thought the problem was solved. 

Fast forward to cold temperatures.  We turn the furnace on.  Dustin notices ice on the furnace exhaust pipe on the roof.  Ruh-roh.  Dustin climbs up in the attic to see what the problem was.  Dun-dun-dun.  The furnace is venting into the attic!!!  Turns out all along the furnace was the problem.  So, now we're scrambling to fix the problem so we don't have to re-do the roof again.

We decide to convert to all electric.  Electric furnace, electric water heater, electric dryer.  This will solve our venting problem, hopefully save us some money in the long run, and we can stop worrying about carbon monoxide.

Today is install day.  The furnace is going in this morning, the dryer this afternoon, and the water heater today or tomorrow.  Whew.  What a fun thing to be doing three days before Christmas!

Wait.  What?  Three days!  That's all that we have left?  I'm so excited!  Presents aren't wrapped yet, but that shouldn't take to long.  They are all organized and ready.  I'm going to try to get them done on my lunch hour today and tomorrow.  Then, the only thing I have left to do is make reindeer food.  I actually feel prepared this year!

Merry Christmas!!!

Joe Toots McGee

Meet our elf on a shelf...Joe Toots McGee!

Karson named him Joe.  Dustin and I thought that was boring, so we talked him into a middle and last name.  He picked them out we just gave suggestions.

Elves can be naughty little creatures.  We found Joe in the fridge yesterday.  Nobody knows where he'll show up each morning, but that's half the fun.  In the future, I believe Joe will have a marshmallow fight with the toys, pee (green) in the toilet, and dye the milk green.

I think it's hilarious that all I have to do is say, "Joe's watching you" or "Do you think Joe likes that attitude?" and Karson will look at Joe and then behave.

Kamden is my daredevil child.  I keep finding him on this table in the toy room (Karson jumped on the table when he realized I was taking a picture).

I think Kamden is trying to get toys off the shelf, then realizes he can't get down, so he just stands there until I come rescue him.

The boys have been playing together a little more.  Karson still doesn't like to share "his" toys, but they like to sit by each other.

Breaden got to come over on Saturday.  Woo-Hoo.

Then we got to go see Santa again.  The boys are still not so sure about him.

Maybe I'll do an actual post soon...

My kids don't play...

They destroy!  This is what the toy room looked like Monday night.

I busted Kamden in the pantry.  He's learning naughty tricks from his brother.

Karson had to come join the party in the kitchen.

Kamden is such a goon.  He had M&M's all over and everytime I tried to take a pic he made this face.

This Santa was not good with kids.  He held Karson like this while he talked to him.  Awkward...

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving.  We sure did. 

The Christmas decorations are up.  Most of the Christmas presents are bought.  Life is good.