Shwim Fish Shwim!

You know how each and every store has knick knacks at their registers? The reason they put them there is because of me. I always throw something extra on the conveyor belt... gum, mints, chapstick, Wet wipes, batteries.Anything that looks as if I couldn't live without it! Well, Sunday was no different.

Jax & I went to Albertson's for some grocery shopping and of course I pick the SLOWEST line EVER! This always happens to me too. Why do I always choose the slow cashier, or the customer who argues about the price of every item in her cart? Anyway, so we are in line for about 5 minutes when I notice a package of "Magic Crawlers". You know the ones where you put them in water and they grow. How fun do those sound?? I made the mistake of showing Jaxon and telling him when we got home we'd put them in water and watch them get bigger. Immedietly Jax says, "Fish shwim watah." (Fish swim water). So for 10 minutes (yes the cashier was that slow!) we talked about the fish swimming when we got home.

We get in the car and there were about 5 cars behind me so I couldn't back up (why wouldn't there be when Jaxon is so anxious to get home?). Jaxon says, "Mama! Moove tar! Do!" (Mama! Move car! Go!).

FINALLY! We get home. I hand Jaxon the fish and he RUNS to the backyard and throws the fish into the fountain.

Can you tell how happy he is?

Not exactly what I had in mind. I was thinking putting them in a jar. Oh well, he wanted those fish to swim. OMG! He was sooo excited! "Mama! Watch. Shwim fish shwim." Then our party pooper daddy comes out and says, "Uhh. There's all kind of bacteria in that fountain." Oops! That was fun, getting all of the fish out and Jaxon trying to put them back in and screaming because the fish had to swim. He eventually was pleased with the water in the jar (after he drank from the extra water spurting out of the outside faucet while I was using the hose to fill up the jar).

Guess where he's going?

Yup, to the forbidden, bacteria infested fountain!

Dumping out the water so he could drink from the faucet again.

Can you see how wet his pants are?

Only TWO days left of NaBloPoMo! I can do it!

PS I just want to say that it is seriously hurting my heart to know that my baby will be turning TWO in a week! UGH! Can't believe it. It make me want to cry.

Get A Grip

Brian & I have gone into business! Ok, Brian has gone into business. All I've done is make address labels & stuff envelopes.

In December, Brian was looking to fix the counter top at one of our rental houses in Tucson. One of the places he called was Get A Grip Resurfacing. Apparently, these people had a great product, but crappy customer service. For some reason, that I will never understand, Brian called the owner and asked if he could buy the Tucson branch. I'm not kidding. He thought he could do a better job of running the business so why not buy it? Again, not kidding! So after many phone calls and lots of discussions, Brian and his oldest brother became the owners of Get A Grip Resurfacing in March! Mike, Brian's brother, is the tech and Brian is the everything else.

Mike & Brian

Get A Grip resurfaces countertops, tile, laminate, cultured marble, fiberglass & porcelain.

Get a Grip’s Countertop Resurfacing features multi-color fleck designs, which give the look and feel of stone or granite to kitchen & bathroom countertops. They also specialize in porcelain refinishing, which means bath tubs & showers.

So, if someone used your countertop as a cutting board and left knife marks or if your bathroom is an ugly turquoise color, give Brian a call! (520) 742-2228 or go to website www.getagripinc.com, go to search states, type in Arizona & look for the handsome Pearson brothers! Make sure to mention you heard about them through the blog! Did I mention, they only own the Tucson branch?

What is With this Kid??

I swear Jaxon wants to be a Smurf or an Avatar! You remember a few weeks ago when he took a bite out of the blue sidewalk chalk? Well, yesterday we were painting and I turned my back for ONE SECOND! Literally, one second, I bent down to pick up a crayon and when I came back up he looks like this!

Don't you love how you provide a ton of paper and they still choose to color where they shouldn't!

A work of art!

When do kids stop putting EVERYTHING in their mouths??

J-A-X-O-N

I only have 5 days left of NaBloPoMo!

Ami gave me the idea of doing an acrostic (I think that's the word) of Jaxon's name. Fantastic

J umps on the bed

A dorable

eXcited about animals

O nery

N o is his favorite word

All I have to say is that I'm glad he only has 5 letters in his name!

Puppy Has a Brother!

I have introduced you to our beloved "Papi" in the past and you all know how I have been on a mission to find an identical blue puppy with no success.

"Papi"

During that mission I did buy a blue puppy that Jax wanted nothing to do with.

The Impostor!

One time my mom tried giving the impostor to Jaxon and he would throw it at her as if to say, "That is NOT Papi!". Well, we have kept the impostor on his shelf in his bedroom for months. Yesterday he came across him, brought him to me and said, "Mama, noder Papi" (Mama, another Puppy). "Yup, that's another puppy, Bud. What's his name?" Jax looks at the new puppy, considers for a minute and says, "Broder. Papi's broder." I am assuming he means brother. So now, Papi has a brother that Jaxon carries everywhere! The kid needs to be an octopus. We has way to many things to carry.

"Papi" & "Broder"

I am mostly amazed with his naming the impostor puppy, Brother. Where did he learn that word? It's not like we ever talk about having a brother or even what a brother is! I'm sure it's from Frances' house. His little brain amazes me. He is such a smart little boy (at least, his mama thinks so!)

Sleeping Toddler

I am running out of ideas for postings!! Thank goodness there are only 7 more days after today! I was looking through pictures to find some inspiration and came across these 2 pictures.

Too funny.

Bad Parenting Skill #15

I have to do a very quick post tonight. The kindergartners are performing their Three Piggie Opera in an hour. I know I will be too tired to blog after the performance.

Bad Parenting Skill #15: Letting your child swing a golf club inside.

I know, this is a bad idea. I mean all kinds of things can happen- broken TVs, holes in wall, blah blah blah. Oh well! No one has gotten hurt yet.

This video is of Jax practicing his golf swing. After watching the video, I notice that Lucy kinda steals the show! She is such a little theif and persistent little dog that it became kinda comical after I watched it a few times.