Deflating Balloon and Elephants

June 12th 2014

Monkey #3: "Hey mom, how soon after you have the baby do you deflate?"

Gotta love her.




June 13th 2014

I ordered a maternity bathing suit that came in the mail today. As I was opening it I was saying to my husband, "geez this should be as flattering as an elephant in a bathing suit." My youngest who happened to be in the room at the time watches me hold the bathing suit up to myself and then says, "Do you think it's going to be big enough."

A trip to Yosemite with monkey #3

June 2014
Wes and I took a trip to Yosemite with monkey #3 for two days. It was an amazing time but in true Caitlynn style she kept it amusing too.

Monkey #3: "Maybe those two deer I saw were going on a girls night out. And those two boy deer you guys saw are on a guys night out and they are going to meet up somewhere."

Monkey #3: "Hey mom, is Yosemite named after Yosemite Sam?"

Survival Training

March 3rd 2014 9PM

Me talking to my husband: "I don't feel so well. Maybe pesto pasta salad and sushi on the side wasn't a good combination."
Him: " It was that crap pesto salad you bought, it was bitter tasting."
Me: "Nah, you just needed to add salt to it."
Him: "No you needed to spit that shit out. I don't know about you but when I took survival training they taught us to spit anything that tasted bitter out."
Me
Him: "You think that's funny? 'Cause it's true!"
Me: "No I'm laughing cause you think I took survival training."

And we're back...

As I was putting together some photo albums about a year ago and I was finding myself having to refer to Facebook for dates and stories behind the photos, it got me thinking about all the little things that go on day to day in our lives that I'd like to remember somehow...so here I am.

 Yup I'm one of those "blogger people!"

Michelle, Kamey...can I get my cupcake now?

It's not just my kids...

My friend Dara shared this story the other day about her witty daughter Dori:
"Yesterday my seven year old and I were standing at the screen door watching my husband trying to pull a cracked limb out of a tree with my truck (using a tow rope). I looked down at her and told her how beautiful she was. She said, "Mom! Really? Right now?". Then followed that up with, "Actually, this is the perfect time to tell me that because we might all die"!!!!"

Tales of work

Stories from working at the newspaper:
Me: "Miss O may I ask why you wish to cancel your services?"

Miss O. "we just don't do things like that"

Me: "things like what may I ask?"

Miss O: "ya know things like read the paper or watch the news, ya know that kind of stuff"

Me: (to myself of course) uh yeah I wouldn't be admitting that kind of stuff OUT LOUD to people!

And we wonder why people are so ignorant!
Mr X "I just recieved a bill from you all and I don't why 'cause I'm not due till May"

Me: "Uh sir...I'm not understanding what the problem is"

Mr X (raising voice) "well this is the 11th and I'm not due till May why are you sending me a bill now"

Me: "sir that's your bill FOR May---most bills are sent a week or two before they are due. Seeing as today is April 11th we've mailed that bill to you now so you can pay it for May"

Mr X: "oh"

Craziness

April 9th 2011
Me: "Caitlynn why did you throw Meaghan's stuffed animal at the wall?"
Caitlynn: "Because I have throwing issues."

April 4th 2011
Meaghan and Charlie and being their typical selves and fighting like two wild banshees! My solution? They each pay me $1! I've never seen such a reaction on their faces...I may be onto something here!

April 1st 2011
Made rice krispie treats with the kids...wasn't exactly the loving moment they show on TV...it was more like this:
 "wash your hands"
"oh, good God don't put your finger in there"
and my favorite..."if you lick the spoon you'll burn your tongue...told ya so"

March 30th 2011
Caitlynn: "mommy I've been practicing my whistling. But I can only do it through my nose."