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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Just not sure...

Well,  I need a change.  I'm not thrilled with Xanga.  If I wanted to pay to keep the blog running I think I'd like the look of it but since I want to blog for free I think I need a change.  So I'm trying this:  http://chanoligang.blogspot.com/ 

I don't like the name.  The web design is cute but  ??  And what in the world do I do with all of these lovely posts here?  I'm so computer illiterate that it's scary so any input is helpful.  So feel free to wander over to the new place and enjoy if you can... 


 


 

 

 

 


Tuesday, December 30, 2008

I don't want to forget...



She's three.  With both my girls on the day they turned three and one day old things changed.  Whoever coined the phrase "Terrible Twos" must have not had a three year old at that point...  :)  We are managing.  We will survive this and Lord willing we'll survive it well.  (Insert a number of prayers for us here_____________). 

HOWEVER.  In the mist of her threeyearoldisms this little gal is a hoot!  Oh, my - she keeps us rolling with laughter at some point in every day.  Her facial expressions alone make us grin.  But then when she starts in with telling us a story we will gaffaw no matter how much we try to stiffle it...  While I can't recall all of her stories there are a few words I can remember that she won't pronounce properly as she just likes them that way.  Trust me, she CAN say them but she won't.  See?  She's a three year old!  Here's the list:

Gad guy - bad guy (My favorite is when she says, "The gad guys will come and get me"!)
Raggalie Rand - Raggitty Anne (We've been over this many times -
                                                          "Say ragg..."
                                                          "Ragg"
                                                          "Now say itty"
                                                          "Itty"
                                                          "Now say Raggitty...."
                                                          "Raggalie!")
                                                          :)
Big Hannah - Nana (many have tried to convince her to call her grandmother by her Nana name but she prefers this)
Little Hannah - her cousin
Spiedbock - sidewalk
Silly cup - sippy cup

Another one I mustn't forget and something I subject you hundreds of readers to ;) is her enthusiasm for a bathroom run.  Picture this:  A cute three year old comes running to me holding, well, herself and while leaping about says, "Mama, I hafta go tinkle"!!!!!!  Then the race is oooon!  I'm required to run just as fast as she and we weave our way thru the house to the watercloset where I hafta remove clothing and get her on the potty while we exchange excited yelps about whether she's gonna make it in time and how best to not get in the wrong position and who's doing the wiping and so on.  If I could have picked a different middle name for this child it would have been Excitement.  In all things she is that! 

When she wants to she can play so lovingly and nicely with her brudder and sister.  The girls love to role play mudder and daughter games but when she's done with it you know it.  :)

I do have one more story to tell.  The other day I lined the kids up to cut their hair.  I went in birth order which I regret now.  Number 2 has long hair and it had tangles and there was some crying.  Therefore, when it was time to sit Silliness on the stool for her turn she had to cry too.  I told her she didn't need to cry because it wouldn't hurt her - she just didn't know haircuts as she had only had one when she was a little, little girl.  Wrong thing to tell her!  She then proceeded to cry the entire haircut and repeat over and over, "I don't know haircuts!  Mama, stop!  I just don't know haircuts!" 

Lastly, I've not known any small girl to be so fashion concious!  She takes note of all that you are wearing and how your hair is styled and is sure to comment on what she thinks of it.  She's turning in to a pretty good dresser herself which sometimes really surprises me. 

I think the hardest thing right now is realizing that she's our baby but not really a baby anymore.  I know, I know she gave up babyhood a while ago but as the youngest I've held on to her baby title.  I'm looking forward to having older kids and all that we can do with them and for them but, oh, I am missing that baby!!!  I guess this is why we look forward to having grandkids.  In, like, 20 years :) 










Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Hunting and Merry Christmas...

A few weeks ago Chuckles asked to purchase an item so he could help daddy in his hunting adventures.  You see, where we recently moved to there are *cough, cough* flies.  Yes, lots of them and they have a knack for sneaking in the house unannounced until you bring out the food and then they like to gross you out by landing on it and rubbing their creepy little arms together as they sit and contemplate their next move. 

Papa Chanoli will have none of it!  With in a few hours of moving in he was at the hardware store to purchase a fly killer.  Because he's Papa Chanoli the killer of choice must involve batteries.  So he got the electric swatter that looks like a tennis racquet but has a button that you push and it zaps the little suckers.  Now if you think you need to go and buy an expensive Wii for the family I suggest otherwise.  Get yourself an electronic fly swatter and open your front door.  Papa Chanoli never got so much excersize hunting flies!  There is swatting and yelling and running and cheering when they get zapped and our favorite is when they spark and sizzle for a moment! 

Now, not one to be left out, Chuckles runs alongside his daddy shouting and pointing to each fly so as to aide his father in the hunt.  But you know he can't really handle the fly killer yet as there is some coordination involved.  I myself may have mastered it but I'll let you know by summer....  So the dear darling saw the old school model of fly swatter at the store recently and how could I refuse his 99 cent request? 

He's a fly hunter now, folks!  And it would figure that at this point and time the flies are dead from the frost and we don't leave our doors open for long.  So, this kid had to "make do" as we call it 'round these parts.  He decided to have a photo session:













He's happy as a lark and it looks like the swatter is living it up too!  For now I guess this was my long awaited for Christmas greeting ~

Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good (Fly Free) Night!






 




 





Tuesday, December 16, 2008

You knew it was coming...

So, you all have to know that this post would happen at some point ;)  I thought I'd share with you a special delivery that made it to our house a month or so ago...

What could it be?






Hmmm.  I wonder if it might be something that will fit here:





Well, what do you know - it is!!!  Here they are in all their white washing and drying glory!!!!  With a shoe dryer on top....






Here is the first load in the washer:





Here we have the washer and the dryer humming along together for the first time....






And they continue to hum along quite nicely!  Boy, am I grateful for the tools to make my work so much easier.  Yippeeee!  Is it wrong that I want to go and hug them right now?















Monday, December 08, 2008

He's a funny one alright!

Just a few shots of what really goes on around the joint with this guy :)

Here's Chuckles with his ever popular head gear:



But look he's got a new recruit:



Here's Papa Chanoli clearing out our weed patch and Chuckles decided to "help"...



Oh, you don't see Chuckles?  Well, here's where he decided to "help"...



I don't know if you can see him but daddy is outside with a chainsaw and Chuckles just wasn't sure that ear protection would be enough.  Frankly, at the start up of the machine he bolted indoors...



In the next photo op we see how he is still sure there might possibly be a loud noise at some point:



I don't know about you but it looks very uncomfortable to sleep with those puppies on...

And here we have Santa's little helper. 



Although the elfin outfit is 5 1/2 yrs his junior.  Yes, he's wearing an outfit for a 6 mo. old!



He is so not bothered by that fact...

Lastly, I leave you with this.  I've had the kids take turns with the camera - letting them give an account of what they see.  Here you would think that Giggles is just taking a beautiful picture of Silliness but in the background you can see Chuckles and I doing his schoolwork: 



I love the long sleeve shirt with shorts and the ever present vest.  I love the protective eyewear confirming his need to always wear something on his head.  Oh, and the blue fishing cap - the one he picked out himself and has hand shaped over the last couple of years.  And, of course, the umbrella!  Who doesn't love trying to teach a kid while sitting under that?!?

So, see - he's a funny one! 







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