[J_9]

Oh, we love monkeys!!

[alkalineangel]

Lol... I would think it would be very scary for his age, but then I don't know your son well enough... my nephew wouldn't flinch, but my son would... lol. It's a very dark book.

[J_9]

He isn't too scared of movies, just things like clothes. LMAO he was scared of his Pirates of the Caribbean shirt he got at christmas.

[alkalineangel]

Lol... someone once compared me to a lemur (long story don't ask) and from then on , I have never lived it down, my friends still use it as a nickname of sorts... im very fond of the lemurs.

J- well each kid has their thing. My son is afraid of dump trucks... he thinks they will pick him up in their claw. LOL... whichever you do will be fun IM sure!

[Synnen]

/yawn

I got contacts last night, and today I can't stop blinking.

[alkalineangel]

Giggle... takes some getting used to doesn't it...

[Synnen]

I've worn them in the past, but he gave me a new kind, some sort of silicone stuff. They're comfy, and they breathe well... just feels weird.

[Allheart]

Morning all - and hugs

I had to take out my belly ring last night. It was hurting like a tooth ache. It has been 5 months and the darn thing hurt the entire time. Hubby, said, that's it... take it out. So out it came :(. Can't say I miss it. I think I was cleaning it too much, and it actually got a chem. Burn. Oh well. I can at least say I had one :). They do like pretty when they heal. Just not on me:(.

Much love and many hugs to you all.

[Synnen]

AH.. /hugs. I think mine hurt the entire 1st 6 months too, and I still haven't worked up the guts to change it ever--and it's been 2 years!

Most of the time mine drives me crazy, and I want to take it out--but then I really like it for belly dance performances! I just need to lose weight so that I'm not having it push against the snap of my jeans all the time.

[alkalineangel]

I had to take mine out when I had Connor and it never went back in. now I have a horrible looking scar hole thing, but I can't put a ring in anymore, it sealed up. I may have it re-pierced after this baby...

This made me laugh this morning... I think this may be the long lost twin of my son, who just last night had an in depth conversation with me in the bathroom about penises and vaginas... (which I was totally unprepared for) LoL:

A 3-year-old tells all from his mother's restroom stall. By
> > Shannon
> Popkin
> >
> > My little guy, Cade, is quite a talker. He loves to communicate
> > and
> does it quite well. He talks to people constantly, whether we're in
> the library, the grocery store or at a drive-thru window.
> >
> > People often comment on how clearly he speaks for a
> just-turned-3-year-old. And you never have to ask him to turn up the
> volume. It's always fully cranked. There've been several embarrassing
> times that I've wished the meaning of his words would have been masked
> by a not-so-audible voice, but never have I wished this more than last
> week at Costco.
> >
> > Halfway, through our shopping trip, nature called, so I took
> > Cade
> with me into the restroom. If you'd been one of the ladies in the
> restroom that evening, this is what you would have heard coming from
> the second to the last stall:
> >
> > "Mommy, are you gonna go potty? Oh! Why are you putting
> > toiwet
> paper on the potty, Mommy? Oh! You gonna sit down on da toiwet paper now?
> Mommy, what are you doing? Mommy, are you gonna go stinkies on the potty?"
> >
> > At this point I started mentally counting how many women had
> > been in
> the bathroom when I walked in. Several stalls were full.. 4? 5? Maybe
> we could wait until they all left before I had to make my debut out of
> this stall and reveal my identity.
> >
> > Cade continued, "Mommy, you ARE going stinkies aren't you?
> > Oh,
> dats a good girl, Mommy! Are you gonna get some candy for going
> stinkies on the potty? Let me see doze stinkies, Mommy! Oh .. Mommy!
> I'm trying to see in dere. Oh! I see dem. Dat is a very good girl,
> Mommy. You are gonna get some candy!"
> >
> > I heard a few faint chuckles coming from the stalls on either
> > side
> of me. Where is a screaming newborn when you need her? Good grief.
> This was really getting embarrassing. I was definitely waiting a long
> time before exiting.
> >
> > Trying to divert him, I said, "Why don't you look in
> > Mommy's
> purse and see if you can find some candy. We'll both have some!"
> >
> > "No, I'm trying to see doze more stinkies. Oh! Mommy!" He
> started to gag at this point. "Uh oh, Mommy. I fink I'm gonna frow up.
> Mommy, doze stinkies are making me frow up!! Dat is so gross!!" As the
> gags became louder, so did the chuckles outside my stall. I quickly
> flushed the toilet in hopes of changing the subject. I began to reason
> with myself: OK. There are four other toilets. If I count four
> flushes, I can be reasonably assured that those who overheard this
> embarrassing monologue will be long gone.
> >
> > "Mommy! Would you get off the potty, now? I want you to be
> done going stinkies! Get up! Get up!" He grunted as he tried to pull
> me off. Now I could hear full-blown laughter. I bent down to count the
> feet outside my door.
> >
> > "Oh, are you wooking under dere, Mommy? You wooking under
> > da
> door? What were you wooking at, Mommy? You wooking at the wady's feet?"
> More laughter. I stood inside the locked door and tried to assess the
> situation.
> >
> > "Mommy, it's time to wash our hands, now. We have to go
> > out
> now, Mommy." He started pounding on the door. "Mommy, don't you want
> to wash your hands? I want to go out!!"
> >
> > I saw that my "wait 'em out" plan was unraveling. As I
> sheepishly opened the door, and found an open sink, I thought, Where's
> the fine print on the 'motherhood contract' where I signed away every
> bit of my privacy?
> >
> > But as my little boy gave me a big, cheeky grin while he
> rubbed bubbly soap between his chubby little hands, I thought, I'd
> sign it all away again, just to be known as Mommy to this little fellow.
> >
> > (Shannon Popkin is a freelance writer and mother of three. She
> > lives
> with her family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she no longer uses
> public restrooms.)

[J_9]

Shannon is a great gal!! (I grew up in GR)

I love that story, it is always great for a laugh.

[alkalineangel]

I was rolling at it this morning...

[J_9]

Oh, I LOVE it.

I don't know Shannon personally, but she has a big following in GR.

[alkalineangel]

I bet. I love hearing stories about other people's kids (im sure that isn't only what she writes about) it makes me feel less embarrassed about mine.. LOL.

[startover22]

Good morning guys, don't have much time to catch up. Hope all is well. It is going to be 100 degrees again!

[alkalineangel]

Woo wee hot! We had a cold front move through so I think we are sitting at 75/80 right now. But it is also raining... lol

[J_9]

100, where are you again start? It will only be in the mid 80s here, that is unusual for Tenn, but we have rain here too. I guess we won't be going to the zoo today.

[Synnen]

It's cooler here today... only 80 for a high.

I'm in a turtleneck and jeans here at work, though... the AC blasts at about 50 all day!

[J_9]

I hate it when the office is so cold you have to wear winter clothes in summer.

[startover22]

Yes, I remember working in our office in Alaska and In the winter I would have the fan on full blast and the summer I would wear 10 layers. "just in case"... Sorry Synnen.