Tell Me Tuesday

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Last weeks TMT: Ok I must admit I have totally switched out sets too. I never thought of doing it until one day I got home and went to put on a new outfit I just bought for Tornado and to my surprise the top was size 4 and the bottoms size 6!! I never knew people did that before than. LOL When ever I do switch out the sizes I feel guilty SO I try to stay away from sets. Also, after that incident I ALWAYS check the sizes before putting it in my cart.

Here is my question this week:

What do you do when a telemarketer calls? and after you say you are not interested and they still don't get the point what do you do than?

Say No To Crack!!

Every time Hubbys butt crack is showing in just the tinyest way Tornado yells out "Daddy STOP!! Butt crack!!" and he goes running across the house just to pull up John's pants/shorts. LOL I am just waiting for the day he does it when we are out in public!! LOL I am not sure where he got this from but it sure is cute when he does it!!

Friday's Funny!!

My Dad emailed this to me and I just couldn't resist but to pass it along to all of my bloggy friends

Broccoli Casserole

A woman goes to her boyfriend's parents' house for Sunday dinner.

This is to be her first time meeting the family and she is very nervous. They all sit down and begin eating a fine meal.

The woman is beginning to feel a little discomfort, thanks to her nervousness and the broccoli casserole. The gas pains are almost making her eyes water. Left with no other choice, she decides to relieve herself a bit and lets out a dainty fart.

It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard the poof.

Before she even had a chance to be embarrassed, her boyfriend's father looked over at the dog that had been snoozing under the woman's chair, and said in a rather stern voice, 'Skippy!'.

The woman thought, 'This is great!' and a big smile came across her face.

A couple of minutes later, she was beginning to feel the pain again.

This time, she didn't even hesitate. She let a much louder and longerrrrrrip.

The father again looked at the dog and yelled, 'Skippy!'

Once again the woman smiled and thought 'Yes!' Afew minutes later the woman had to let another rip. This time she didn't even think about it.

She let a fart rip that rivaled a train whistle blowing.

Once again, the father looked at the dog with disgust and yelled, 'Skippy, get away from her, before she shits on you!'

Hope you all got a good laugh!!

Calgary Zoo ~ August 8 2010

We went to the zoo thinking it was just a chance of showers...well it rained the whole time we were there. It is ok though cuz we had umbrellas and well we are not made of sugar so we were not going to melt. LOL Very few pictures were taken though because I didn't want my camera to get wrecked. A little excited to see the bears!!

Just relaxing!

Tornado's First People Art!!

We are all sitting on the couch and Tornado comes up and picks up my paper and pen and starts to draw. He tells us he is drawing Monsters and we smile and say ok. This is the outcome!! He shocked the heck out of us!!

Tell Me Tuesday

First I must say I hope that Canadian Mama doesn't mind me following lead on her idea. If you find yourself with a little time please check out her blog~ http://www.canadianmama.com/2010/08/tell-me-tuesday_24.html

So onto my question for the week:

How do you feel about the parents that switch out the sets of clothes so that the top and bottoms are fit for their children but not yours?
Example. Size6 top with size 4 bottoms

My Shopping Adventure With Tornado

Today we go to Wal-mart to pick up a gift for L, he is turning 1 tomorrow!!! He is just having a BLAST playing in the toddler section with all the toys. He is telling me he can help L do this and that and he can be the mail man for this toy etc. I can't help but giggle to myself. I tell Tornado "You know what buddy you are going to LOVE being a big brother!!" I can just picture him now playing with all the baby's toys with him/her and it puts the hughest smile on my face!!
We than make our way to the baby section, to pick up good night boxers. What a mistake that was!! LOL Tornado is trying to buy the whole clothes section for the baby. I explain to him we can't start to buy clothes until Sept. 25th 2010 when we find out if it is a boy or a girl. He says it is ok we can just buy this and this and this. LOL What a cutie!!
He is going to be such a good big brother!!

Wednesday Nights Dream

Last night was the worst sleep EVER!! I was having one of those dreams that kept waking me up with a jump and my heart was pounding. It was one of those dreams that always started out the same but the ending was always different.
It was about a man breaking into our house from our back door. He would smash the glass at the top and side, which is funny because there is no glass on the side. (At one point I was on the phone with John and other times I was not) I would run up the back stairs and lock the upstairs door and grab Tornado (this is where the endings always altered) : run outside to our neighbors house or run downstairs to my father-in-laws locking three doors behind me hiding under the stairs or in the laundry room or hiding behind my couch cover with a blanket and the endings go on and on. The guy was out to hurt me and it freaked the crap right out of me!! The cops or John got here in time. Than the next day the guy was attempting to break in again. (like how the heck was he already out of jail from the night before) So the dream continued. In one of the endings the guy was working for our neighbours and that is how he decided to target our house. This dream was very freaky!! I tossed and turned all night long and at times layed in bed with my eyes open trying to clear my mind and focus on other things but it just didn't work. In my dream I was not pregnant and I couldn't even tell you how old Tornado was. You would think I would know every little detail after having it so many times. LOL
Than my phone starts to ring, in real life, and it was John saying he wasn't sure if he had locked the back door this morning and that he wanted me to check because there have been lots of break and enters lately. My heart just started to pound and I couldn't get out of bed fast enough. Well sure enough it was locked but that was it I was NOT going back to sleep now!! Instead I sat on the couch with many lights on in my house, so bad guys knew I was home and up, and analyzed every sound I heard.
So that is how my Thursday started out.

Tornado and His Attitude

Ok so I am confused on this matter and now I have turned to my bloggy friends for help.

My son, Tornado, is 4 years old and OMG the temper on that child is unbearable at times.
Here are some things that he does:

• Not getting his way for a t.v. show ~ gets up screams at who ever is there, throws something that is near by and than stomps off to his room yelling and screaming. He used to slam his door but I have a stopper on it now so he can not.
• His game is not working properly or the way he wants it to ~ he throws the controller across the room.
• He does not want to eat what we make for him ~ he yells, he pounds the couch, he runs off to his room screaming and at times yes he will throw something.
• We say something he does not like ~ he comes up to us and tries to hit us.
• His toy does not go his way ~ yep you guessed it all of the above but lately he thinks he can just break the toy.
• oh the list does go on and on

Now I must add at the end of this list we do not let this slide. He does get into trouble. He does get things taken away from him. He does get time outs. But none of this seems to phase him. It does at the moment but an hour or so later we are at it again. :( Also, I must point out he does not see this around our house so I am at a lose as to where he learns it. After talking to other moms that have boys I think it is a boy thing but this boy of mine is taking it to another level.

One day this week I was at a lose for words and well that rarely happens (anyone who knows me in real life will agree with that one). Here is what happened:

He up and hit his friend because his friend was trying to help him out. Well I don't stand for anyone hitting, so into time out he went. YA RIGHT that was a battle on it's own. He was not going into a time out he was not listening he was the boss, or so he thought. I finally got him into time out, after a lot of kicking and punching and screaming. He than proceeded to throw a hard toy across the room. So off to his room he went because I am not going to have him hurt his friends. There he screamed forever, at least it felt like forever. Than he calmed down and came back out and said sorry to both me and his friend. SUCCESS is what we all think but NOPE. Than he decided him and his friends were going to play his game cube in his room. Ok no prob. I say. Well he throw his controller across the room. So out went the controllers and I told him he lost his games because he had thrown the controllers and now he could have a time out. So out to the living room go his friends. He than decided to pick up his controller for his T.V. and throw it at me, so the T.V. gets unplugged. I say ok you lose your T.V. now, we don't throw things that is bad. YEP another long battle of screaming and throwing things. He than says he is really sorry and I say ok but I still need you to go into your room and have a nap so your attitude changes. Well he was not happy with that at all...he grabs a handful of his lite bright pegs and throws them at me. OH I am so MAD right now. I tell him to get his butt back to his bed and we don't throw things!! So away goes his lite bright now. I have never had to take so many toys away from him in less than a few hours!! Why is he not getting it? What have I done wrong? How can I fix this? AHHHHH!!! It was a long battle. In the end he did change his attitude but WOW!!

Now you all may think I did it...I made it through to Tornado...not a hope in hell. He started again this morning after only being awake for a few hours. This needs to stop before he hurts himself or someone else but how? As long as things go his way or he hears what he wants it is all fine and dandy and well that is not how life is. LOL I told him he had to understand he was the kid and we are the adults and the adults are the bosses!! And please don't think my son is horrible or misbehaved all the time because he is not...but lately this anger is just getting in the way. We love him very much and I think this is why it bothers us so much.

So any parents out there that have gone through this or have advice it would be greatly appreciated. :)

August 20 2010 Prenatal Appointment

Ok so it is confirmed my doctor is still a QUACK-A-DOODLE-DO!!
First things first blood pressure good :) weight 53.5 :) That is about all he told me.
Than I had to ask if the ultrasound came back ok...like should I really have to ask this?!?! I think not!!
Than he says ok lets see if we can hear the baby's heart beat BUT I don't think so I think you are not far enough yet. In my mind "ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME??? I AM 14.5 WEEKS ALONG!!!" OMG what a useless doctor!!! Turns out SURPRISE SURPRISE he can hear the heart beat. 142beats/second :)
And this is what I waited for 45minutes for. That is it that is all. I can not wait to be able to go to a baby doctor!!

Sicamous Beach BC

So here is how we ended up at Sicamous Beach...

We originally canceled the last 3 nights at our hotel in Revelstoke and booked a room in Kelowna BC (after lots of research on the hotels). Than we go out for dinner and I am trying to find out the air quality in Kelowna (because of the forest fires) and to my amazement I come across a site that says the beaches in Kelowna are closed!! OMG I look at John and say "Ummm it says here the beach is closed in Kelowna" So he phones the hotel we made the reservation and sure enough the beach is closed. OMG we told Tornado that we were going to the beach and now what are we to do. How do you explain to a 4 yr old that the beach is closed?!?! So we decide ok I guess we just pack up and go home tomorrow, this is Thursday and we are supposed to be there till Saturday SO super early. The next morning we pack everything up and check out and than start to chat with the lady for our hotel and well she tells us about Sicamous Beach that is only 30minutes away. SWEET!! We decide to go there and see if we can get a room and go to the beach!! LOL the only nice looking hotel had a room for I think it was 250.00!! That is double the rate of our room back in Revelstoke that has the jacuzzi tub!! So after debating we call back the hotel and see if our room is still free, it is!! :) So we spend the day at the beach and than head back to our same hotel in Revelstoke. It was a fun filled day!! Can you see where you are aiming?

LOL Tornado has no face LOL

Last year Tornado was scared of the water BUT this year he just bolted for it...kinda scared John cuz he was going in so fast. LOL I guess the swimming lessons paid off :)
It was the same depth all along and that was the deepest :)
Just look at the joy on his face!! I LOVE IT!!

We also played in the sand but my camera got put away so it would not get wrecked!!

ps. If we had come home this day our van would still be in front of our house. LOL But it was a blast at the beach and I am glad we did it!!

What Cancer Can't Do!!

WHAT CANCER CAN'T DO

It cannot cripple love,

it cannot shatter hope,

it cannot corrode faith,

it cannot eat away peace,

it cannot destroy confidence,

it cannot kill friendship,

it cannot shut out the memories,

it cannot silence courage,

it cannot invade the soul,

it cannot reduce eternal life.

it cannot quench the Spirit.

Our greatest enemy is not disease, but despair.

Fear not!

Be cheerful, and know that people care.

My Auntie Kelley had this posted on her facebook page and I had to share it with all of you. We recently found out that my Grandma has lung cancer and my Auntie Janice has a very rare cancer that they do not know much about. We have had many people in our lives that have had cancer, some concur it but some are unable to win the battle. This is for everyone that has known or knows someone with cancer.

Waterfall Pit Stop On The Way To The Enchanted Forest ~ Revelstoke BC

Dad and Son on their way to the waterfall!
Father Son Moment :)
I just love this picture :)

Look at Tornado's Face ~ LOL

Look very close they are out there

I had to zoom in to prove it LOL
Now it is Mom and son's turn
I am wearing sandals and pregnant very interesting combo!!
We did not go very far...but it was still nice.

This is the same waterfall we stopped at last year!! So it is really neat to be able to reflect back and see how much Tornado has changed.

SkyTrek~Another Part Of Our Vacation

This was he second favorite part!!
Everytime he took a step there was a little jump in it :)
Other kids would not go past this part because of the gaint spider! LOL

Switching from sandels to running shoes so he can go play!

He was very uneasy in the beginning but each run he got better and better :)

He was very upset his first round because he missed out on this cuz he had to go pee! But he made up for it :)

This place was AMAZING!! Well worth the money!! It is located right beside the Enchanted Forest...they have a web site if you want to check it out!!

The Enchanted Forest

Right where he belongs!! LOL
Tornado LOVES knights lately :)

See no evil

Hear no evil

Speak no evil

He LOVED the little houses this year!!

LOL!! John looks like a gaint trying to get out of the house LOL!!!

ARGH MATEY!!

He thought it was neat to be able to go into Pooh's house :)

Giddy UP!!

Are you spying on us?!?!