I Blame Angel.....

There once was a time when I thought I was going to have a little girl who loved playing with dolls and dressing in frilly little dresses.

I was younger when I was having those thoughts. Then Angel came along and made it a reality.

Here's the deal.

Ever since Miah was a baby, I've sang her those little baby songs that my mom used to sing to me. You know, like the toady froggy one where you bounce the baby on your leg and she's all happy because of the movement?

We all have some song that you sing to babies, right?

Well, Angel would come around and modify these songs and totally screw with Miah's head.

Here's Angel...

"There was a froggy now, sitting on a loggy now, and OH how he could....JUMP MUTHAFUCKA! JUMP! JUMP MUTHAFUCKA...JUMP! JUMP! JUMP! AHHHH!!!"

Now, pair that up with the melody and visuals of a headbanging concert or a mosh pit and you have yourself a nursery rhyme all kids would love.

Which brings us to this. (click on the link, youtube wouldn't let me copy it)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw&feature=related

It was cute and all and she liked the song.

Now, there's THIS:

punk-ska covers - mxpx - barbie girl (aqua).mp3 - mxpx

Miah likes to take control of her school pictures. Especially when it's free dress picture day.

HERE IS one of her school pictures from a couple of years ago.

And, this is what she wore today for her school picture this year.





Gotta love the skulls. Thanks DAD for the introduction that has us hooked!

I hate going to the mall.

Dom has been bugging me FOR-EV-ER about taking him to the mall to go to some store called "Hot Topic" (apparently, that's how it's spelled..with the strike-through because Dom made me correct it)

It took me a LOOOONG time to pry my lazy butt from my bed and just take him. Lucky for me the store was right by one of the entrances to the mall. We walked in and Voila! there it was.

We walked around the store taking in everything because it seems to be geared towards those kids who like darker clothing and skulls...

We fit right in.

Dom found some gloves that he wanted.
Angel and I were teasing Dom about wanting black mesh clothes and zippers last night.
Sure enough...He got zippers.
It's alright, though.

I used to be one of those parents who would see someone else's kids dressed in black and all goth-like and realized when my son wanted to dress the same that it's really....Okay.
I've explained to Dom that I'm not going to care how he chooses to dress...to a point..(still no skinny jeans and he knows exactly why..you can ask him on his blog if you like).


I just had a discussion with him about his 70 in "individual sports" for his grade in school.

I asked him what that class is and he said it's like PE.

He only has it once a week and that he only got the 70 because "he didn't participate".

THOSE WERE HIS WORDS!!

So, I told him that since he chose not to "participate" that he in not allowed to use the cell phone at school anymore.

Geez, these kids have it made.

I mean...look at the position Devyn takes when we get home:


I know that my son is very well behaved and has excellent manners. He does have respect for his elders because he was raised to be able to determine the difference between right and wrong.
How he dresses isn't going to change that. His choice in clothing is just an expression of is personality.


Now, I no longer judge people by the way they dress. Unless they disrespect me.

Besides...LOOK WHAT I GOT!!

It's a patch. I have this pair of jeans that have a rip in the *ahem* crotch area and I was looking for a patch to fix it.

Angel is going to love it.

For my newer readers..I developed a love for skulls after I met Angel. He is/was hardcore heavy metal and I am/was straight-up R&B. I used to think the music he was listening to was written by the Devil himself. I didn't know what I was getting myself into but we have adapted.

Since we've been together I've been drawn to lots of things that have skulls on them.
As I've said before, skulls to us are like any other character. I just like them to be kinda cute. AND...my kids know the difference between cute skulls and the skulls to notify you of poison.

HERE is an example of my love of skulls.

And another..

And one more just for good measure..

We had lunch at the mall. It was nice and the kids were behaving AWESOMELY.

Now, as a mother, I am always trying to teach my children life lessons. I mean, who isn't, right?

We came across this gentleman on the corner:

So, we gave him a dollar. He was nice enough to let us take a pic of him.

Then, the car behind him gave him money and took a pic too. He told us we were good luck.

See...Life Lessoned Learned: Honesty is what pays.

We're taking the kids to the beach tomorrow. Angel isn't going to be working so we will have a good time. I'll take pics.

Uh..no..I won't be in a bikini Honkeie2. I'm waaaay past the bikini stage since I've had my litter of children...( I know, I know....TMI!)

My babies!

First things first.

Here's my current weight. I took it this morning because when I got home from Houston, I STILL had to take care of someone else's unfinished business. It's like I never left at all!!


ANYWHOOO...

Ta Da!

According to the scale: I am down 3 lbs since the last weigh-in.

Current weight: 172.2

I know you all are wondering exactly how I STILL lost weight even though I was on "vacation".

Let's just say...there wasn't much food consumed during those 4 days.

Truthfully. I am planning on taking another trip to Houston in a couple of months. I think I am going to try to visit my friend Lisa every chance I get.

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Valentines Day is coming up and I am already on the ball. I've already purchased some Valentines for Miah and Devyn. Dom is a little too big for Valentines. I will take him to get something special for someone when he is ready. Right now, at 13, I don't think he is passing out invitations with candy attached to them anymore. BTW, he is still posting on his blog (when he gets a chance) check it out.

Check out what I got:

Miah's:

Devyn's:

Alright Jared. I know what you are going to say.....SKULLS? AGAIN?

That's right, baby. Skulls again. Miah loves them.

Also... (J) This is for you too. I know how you like to rag on me about me bragging about my babies and then 2 seconds later...bitch about them.

My "babies" are now 6 months old.

They are huge.

Angel with the girls.

Venus and Serena

These dogs are wild. They are too playful.

This is their "play" mode. It's loud and vicious and people driving by probably think that we are fighting dogs.

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Also, one of the blogs I like to read is from Maternal Mirth.

THIS POST from her is hilarious and I crack up everytime I read it!

Abandoned!

Well, not really but ....yeah.

We had a BBQ yesterday. We had a few of my friends that I graduated from the PTA program over. We made lots of food and grilled corn...also stuffed jalapenos..mmmm. We watched the UFC fights while we ate.
Note to self: stuffed jalapenos should be eaten in moderation.

I'm starting to feel that now...during #2 time.

Miah had gotten an invitation to a slumber party so she wasn't there with us.
Here's what the invitation looked like:

I thought it was super cute. So of course she had to go. The invite said the party started at 6:30pm but she had been watching the clock since 7:30 am. She kept telling me that her little friend (the birthday girl-V) said she could go over early.

I didn't know if that was true. So Miah wanted to call and talk to her friend. I let Miah make the call and I sat by her to feed her her lines. Miah is 8 yrs old, It's time for her to start making her own calls.

I did it with Dom. If he wanted to ask someone something and it required making a phone call...I used to tell him that HE had to call them and ask himself. At first, he would just sit on the phone in silence and I would just look at him....wondering if he was going to say something. The other party would get tired of saying "Hello? Hello?". Then Dom would look at me and say.."What do I say?" Ughhh...used to drive me crazy. Now he knows and it's Miah's turn.

B-Day girl's(V) dad answers phone: Hello?

Miah...looks at me...: What do I say?

Me: Say..Hello is V there?

Miah: Is V there?

Dad: Who is this?

Miah: Her friend.

Dad: V!!!

V: hello?

Miah: Hi

V: Oh hi!

Miah: hi........................... Hello?

V: Hello?

Miah: I can still hear her...

Me: Well...talk to her

V: Hello?

Miah: Um, what time can we come over?

V: Oh!! HI MIAH!!

Miah: hi, what time can we come over?

V: Let me ask:

Miah: ok

V: (in the background of her phone) Mom! (bang, bang,bang) Mom!

Dad: DON'T BOTHER HER, SHE'S IN THE SHOWER! (never fails, huh?)

Mom: WHAT?

V: (yelling through bathroom door) Can Miah come over at five?

Mom: WHAT?

V: CAN MIAH COME OVER AT FIVE?

Mom: YEAH...OK.

V: (back on the phone with Miah) She said you can come over at five.

Miah: Ok

V: It's about time you call me Miah (then she hangs up).

Miah: Hello? ...She hung up.

So this all happened around 4:15. From then until 5pm I got a minute by minute update of the time from Miah.

She was like.."27 minutes.....25 minutes......22 minutes..."

I was like..."girl...go get your stuff together and take a quick shower so you can be ready"

She completed the countdown all the way to the last minute.

I took her and V's mother told me that V had been counting down since this morning too.

Little girls and slumber parties. They can't miss out on that.

I missed her last night (I miss her now). I missed hearing her laugh at Devyn's random comments. Devyn curled up and slept with me last night. Then I put him in his bed.

This morning Angel got the boys ready cause he and his friend were taking the boys with them fishing. As they were loading up everything I started to think....Oh good. Miah and I will have a girlie day and go eat breakfast.

But she's not here. And I pouted for a little bit.

I can't go pick her up early cause she would like to stay til the end. I pick her up at 1pm. It's 8:20 now.

Guess I'll start my countdown.

That's Right Baby!!

Check this out...

I got paid today and went shopping.

I didn't get anything for me because that wasn't my objective.

I got started on the kids summer clothes. My poor babies have been just wearing anything. They are growing so fast it's hard to keep up.

I stopped at my favorite kid clothes shopping place (cause it's SUPER cheap and I think their clothes are passed down from other department stores...don't laugh...or do...I don't care)...and here is what I picked up:

For Dom:

2 pairs of swimming trunks, 2 shirts and a pair of jean shorts.

For Devyn:

2 pair of swimming trunks. 2 shirts and a pair of jean shorts...too.

For Miah:

2 pair of swimming shorts (I will have to find her some tops to go with them), 4 tops, and 2 pair of jean skirts.

Keep in mind..I didn't buy any this as 'outfits'. I bought them as individual pieces randomly around the store.

Here's thing. All of this had a grand total of 80 bucks. That's right..you read right. It came out to 87 bucks with tax.

The white swim trucks I got Dom were only $1.99.

The only thing about this shopping trip is that I didn't have the kids. I hope the clothes fit. Soon as I pick them up I'm going to make them strip and try on these clothes with my receipt clutched in one hand and the shopping bag in the other ready to make a U-y to the store to exchange if I have to.

Anyone want to go shopping with me?

Miah is such a girl.

But she's a lot like her mommy and daddy.

Check out her school pic.


(if you can see her shirt. she has little skulls on it. She sneaks her clothes to school and picks what she is going to wear on free dress day. I send her to school in her uniform)