Baby Steps

This is a post for my sister.
Your blog has stagnated.
Please come back to blog world.
Take one small step, post you are alive.
Next post lots and lots of pics.
I looked for a blackmail pic of you but there were none on my computer :(
So yes I am on the verge of issu.....

Oh my goodness Phone !!!!
She is alive and has posted.
We must have some special connection.

Gotta love sisterhood.

Picture Train

A box of wonder. Makeup galore.

BahhhBeee

Plug still intact.

This is fashion at its best.

The wrapping team.

Trouble what trouble.

I don't feel a thing.

Boy those Tylenol were tasty :)

Basement makeover.

Fake windows, courtesy of recycled torn window shade and craft paints.

The red caboose at the end of the train.

Time Flies

Fall was here.
The kids enjoyed it the few moments it stopped by.


Devonae raked this pile of leaves all by herself.
She was so proud of herself she told the neighbor who just got home from work to come and see it.
I don't know this neighbor and neither does she.
When she did not show up on our backyard after 10 minutes Devonae wanted to go knock on her door to remind her about her tremendous pile of leaves that just could not be missed.
I convinced her that while her pile was special the neighbor had other things to do.
She was consoled with a picture of the historic pile and the promise to show it off to family.

So here I am keeping my word.


Fall left and in came Winter.
Winter likes to stay for a long time here.

We interrupt this winter weather to bring you Christmas.

Christmas has come and gone and soon this year will be gone also.

Time flies.

I wonder if it ever lands anywhere?

Merry Christmas Marme

So it is not wrapped.

It might not be finished.

It is certainly late.

One of the sheep have wandered off.

But at least it is spelled correctly... I checked and rechecked.

We all know it is near impossibe for me to spell things correctly and Marme has no qualms about displaying my short comings on her walls.

I love you Mom and I will finish it and go find that lost sheep soon.

Do do you understand?

Flash card time with Devonae.

Sometimes I have her use a word she read in a sentence just to check that she understands what she read.

The word: DO

The sentence: Silly do do dolls.

Lots of giggles and laughter followed.

Big Brother is Watching

Jesse is sick.

He is on sick leave from work. I volunteer to go get his prescription filled and pick up a few necessities at the grocery store... Diet Mt Dew mainly.

Karist was sleeping and Danny was playing on the computer so I took Devonae and Elli with me so Jesse could rest.

Elli had a major meltdown in the store.

Fussing, whining very loudly.

Climbing out of her seat. More fussing and whining, this is loud enough to be heard all across the store.

What she needs is a good spanking ... but not in Walmart.

Get to the checkout line I am left with the decision of taking her out of the cart which she insists she wants or a possible trip to the ER.

Out she goes.

What she really needs is a good spanking...but not in Walmart.

She starts playing with a toy camera in the line and Devonae helps me by staying near her while I pay.

Cashier takes a good look at me and asks to see my credit card and checks my signature.

All paid up I can go home and be done with this horrid trip.

But noooo Elli is still in the checkout line playing with the toy camera. I tell her we have to put it back time to go. She refuses.

I tell her we have one at home that is much better.

She refuses.

After several minutes of trying to get a bit of cooperation I pry it from her hands and put it back.

What she really needs is a spanking... but not in Walmart.

I pick up the flailing, wailing child and do my best to carry her out and push/pull a full cart.

Things are not going well.

Get stopped at the door they want to check my receipt to make sure I paid for the new shoes that the tantrum throwing child is wearing.

I imagine that they were really trying to get a good camera shot of me just in case they needed to report a child abduction/child abuse situation to the police.

Elli is yelling things like, "put me down", "let me go" "don't take me"

What she really needs is a spanking... but not in Walmart.

After posing for my potential America's Most Wanted clip I leave only to be followed/escorted to the van by a cart corraler.

This is no easy task for him or me because there was a lot of stop and go trying to carry Elli who was doing a greased pig impersonation and pushing the cart was beyond difficult. After she almost falls struggling I set her down and tell her to walk. No go. She tries to bolt back to the store to get her toy camera, I grab her and then she sits down in the parking lot. Since Elli is prone to her elbow popping out of socket I can't just drag her along and have to be careful not to injure her when restraining her and this is getting very difficult.

What she really needs is a spanking... but not at Walmart.

Under the watchful eye of the cart man and probably all of Walmarts exterior cameras I loop my arms around her waist and carry her to the van arms flailing in front feet kicking in back screaming the whole way. I put her in seat and she pops out and tries to jump out the door.

I stop her.

What she really needs is a spanking... but not at Walmart.

I am sweating by now and remove my coat to prepare myself to wrestle her into the car seat and buckle her in.
I win, I get her buckled and safe in the seat. I did not lose my cool.

The cart guy continues to watch me as I load up my car. You can still hear Elli yelling even with the van doors closed.

She yells the whole way home.

I start to unbuckle her so Daddy can take care of her while I unload the care she fights me so I stop and leave her in the seat while I unload the van.

That done I have to finish getting her out because she risks strangling herself with the seat belt.

She fights me the whole way.

She hits and scratches me on the way into the house.

I go to the couch bend her over my knee and spank her well padded behind.

So she got her spanking... but not at Walmart.

The police have not called.

I am not on the news.

She did not get injured despite her many attempt to do so.

Jesse is going to the store next time sick or not.

Politics

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First.

Register to vote. http://www.rockthevote.com/

Second.

Check out issues and candidates

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http://www.mikehuckabee.com/

It only takes a few minutes go check it out.

Work in progress

Home improvement pics coming soon... here is a preview

Getting ready for some heavy duty painting.

The choas seems to have created a drinking problem for Karist.

Drinking and home improvement is not reccomended.

Trick or Treat

In the car getting ready to go...Karist princess minus crown, Devonae with self designed crown with Grandpa's help... and Danny the spooky ghost.

Here is the part of Devonae's costume I whipped up with shower curtain remnants, dollar fabric, and a stained turtleneck.

TREAT

Elli front shot of her princess skirt... next to the unfinished kitchen floor :)

TRICK

Back view of princess skirt/apron. The back of the skirt is velcroed to the backside of the front to enable the wearer to get dressed quickly without any mommy help.

So I guess you can say I am once again back with the pics of scantily clad people and gratuitous butt shots. It can't be helped, I don't even take these pictures this is just what I have to work with.

Still no pics

Sorry I have been busy fighting off naked toddlers, painting the naked toddlers, and other stuff in the bathroom too, pacifying a hubby about to go on home improvement war, that is an ANTI home improvement war, and all other types of crazy stuff. We also had our mandatory trip to Lowes. This all would be so much easier without all these constant hindrances not just things that go wrong with projects but the whole people aspect of it. The whining, complaining, harrumphing, sighs and all are getting to me. See now I am complaining.
So what have I learned today?

Don't personally get involved with any kind of project or I will have to nurse Karist.

Most defiantly do not start any new project at all or Jesse will go chop wood in anger... now if he only would lay kitchen tiles when he got angry boy would we be making progress.

Tools you need are no where to be found...

It is possible with considerably effort to keep one and only one room clean and habitable

having doors on your bathroom is nice... especially when you have overnight guests

There is still tons more stuff to due but it is so nice to finally get something off the to do list.

While a picture is worth a thousand words I have none so my few hundred words will have to suffice.

A Hectic Halloween with NO Pictures....Yet

Hopefully y'all don't just com here for the nudity ( naked baby pics) and gratuitous Butt shots, and other dirty pics (I have 4 kids hence the very dirty house). I would like to believe that it is because of my witty take on the chaos that is my life that keeps you coming back for more.

In-Laws are in town so we are tackling the home improvement demons that abound in the house. No, the kitchen floor is still not done. Some demons are more powerful than others. So what is done you ask... well The main bath room sink is in and the counter tiled, The main bath floor is tiled, the hall is painted, the baseboard is up in the kitchen, the carpet strip thingies are down, new toilet #1 is installed and yes we have a #2, 5.3 more kitchen tiles have been layed, 234789797948 trips to Lowes has been made, and lots of prep for other projects has been going on.

Hopefully we will have all of upstairs done by next week. Except the kitchen floor of coarse :) .

I made costumes for the kids and took them trick or treating amidst all the chaos and have managed to survive. The dining room did not.. it is a dirty pic waiting to be taken.. got to go hide the camera. Kids had a blast and I was pleased with how the girls costumes came out and so were they.

I do plan on posting pics and hopefully they are of of fully clothed individuals and a clean house with completed projects to show off.

My little helpers

Yes, I know that Jesse is not quite "little" but emptying the dishwasher sure helps out. Especially due to the extra help provided by the munchkins.
Karist will hand you one piece of silverware at a time "herego" "herego" and Elli jumps in to help too. It is a job I don't like and since I have to load it with the above "Help" it is nice to have a break.
Note that some of the dishes get thrown out of the dishwasher and end up in the floor.
To those who are concerned about the kids eating off the dishes in the floor don't worry. The dishes have been washed twice...and no I don't pre-rise them when loading that is why we bought a good dishwasher for. The kids remove them as I load them and lick them...yes, it is very gross. So I am trying to out pace the kids while I load, smacking hands that approach items that I know will kill them if they ingest the aging remains of goo or whatever is on the dish. Speed and distraction is the key. Go fast, super fast, drop a semi clean item in the floor so they can hand it back to you meanwhile get the rest of it loaded in 2 minutes flat or they will die from poisonous goo.

Karist loves to "help" me vaccum too. She stands in front of the vaccume while the filtered air blows her hair. Let's just say that progress is slow and at times I seriously thing about running her over. This happens while all the kids are screaming at the tops of their lungs and all but the immobile Karist who is modeling in front of the vaccume while the wind blow through her hair are running around like crazy people.

Progress truly is made by 2 steps forward one step back... just have to be careful not to run over anyone, or back into Karist who probably has a knife she stole from the dishwasher.

Silly Giggles

This pic was taken by the kids...

This pic was put on the rotating screen saver by Jesse...

Giggles ensue every time it appears on the monitor...

Ok even though I am embarrassed by a non flattering photo of my tush It is amusing.

The time it came on bouncing all over the screen was funny.

The time when we walked in and Karist was on my desk with both hands on my Butt was funny.

Who knew a Butt could be so much fun.

I plan on deleting it some day so now is your chance of getting in on the fun :)

Picture day

I thought I would try to get a pic of all the kids together but 4 just seems to be an impossible number.
Perhaps I should say that #4 was impossible... she is fine for the solo pic but tends to wander off during group sessions.

Best of the group just missing the escapee...

This picture summerizes it all

Karist poised to run....

Elli putting her head close to Danny so it fits in the pic... but facing the wrong way.

Wouldn't you know it the camera batteries died...

Bumper Cars

We seem to have a problem in my family with bumping cars.

This problem is accompanied by a hit and run problem.

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It all began several months ago when my Grandma Purtell bumped into my mom's car on the way to a wedding. After the wedding my mom noticed new damage to her new-to-her car.

The next day Grandma told her her vehicle was involved in an accident , Grandma backing into it.

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No biggie. Or so we thought.

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It appears that bumping cars runs in the family.

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So mom gets a call from the police (hence the above pic)

"Bad boys, bad boys what you gonna do when they come for you"

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Leaving a meeting she bumped another car then drove off. For shame.

She did not feel the bump so she was a bit surprised to find out she was wanted by the local sheriff.

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No biggie insurance will cover the damage, she wasn't hauled of to jail, and more importantly HER NAME WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE PAPER.

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In time this would have been forgotten until this post has immortalized it forever in blog land.

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Good thing I live so far away I can sense the impending death threats. (which are against the law like leaving the scene of an accident, Mom)

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Here is the biggie.

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Am I next? Is it my generations turn. Should I put my keys away forever for fear of bumping another vehicle and then giving in to the urge to run?

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No biggie. It was not bumper cars it was a game of Tag your it. Grandma tagged Mom's car.

Mom's car is IT not Mom.

Mom's car tags mystery persons car... Mystery person's car is IT.

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Hmmmmm..... Drivers beware a Mystery IT is driving around Galesburg, Il preying on unsuspecting vehicles....

Kid Pic Day

You all know how talented my kids are with the camera so here is a blog posting of some of thier more recent work. Girl in the Bathroom....neutral tones

Bear and a Butt

This is how Devonae appears to herself without her glasses... really.. look she has no glasses on

The wet look... hmmmm in a bathroom.... wonder if the lid is down

Danny as he appears to Devonae without glasses.... see he is not wearing glasses :)

Room Evolution

So Jesse was gone for a week and I cleaned out the Library/Junk room.

Devonae promptly claimed it as her room.

Room cost Free.

So red was just not working so we did a bit of changing.

Room cost 20.00

Devonae is such a wonderful help to her mommy so I decide to let her help choose decorations for her new room. After tears about painting walls bright purple, caution yellow , and barbie pink we settled on green. Hey I may be selling this house in 6 months.

So here is what we ended up with for about 120.00

While I was on a room changing spree I painted my Living room. I LOVE the color.

Crappy Day

It has been one of those days....

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Cast: Ellianna... Young toddler aspiring nudist with some potty issues

Karist ..... Younger toddler with an abundance of curiosity

Mom... Stressed, Tired, seems to always be in lose/ lose situations

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Scene: hallway with fresh poop on the floor. Ellianna has stepped in it and is making the mess bigger.

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Dilemma: What to clean first? Poop in floor or Poop on Elli

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Choice: Elli because she is wiping it all over her and the floor. Move Elli to the bathroom and put her in the tub.(Devonae is watching her) Grab toilet paper and go to pick up poop mess in the hall.

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Disaster: Karist is finger painting. Don't read this next part. Karist true to form has tasted the stuff on the floor. I told you not to read it.

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Grossed out mommy puts the younger toddler in the tub too. Cleans up the even bigger mess.

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Everything is clean everyone seems to have survived.

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5 minutes later mommy picks up her freshly cleaned Karist only to find her decorated with chocolate brownie... At least she smells yummy.

The longest parade ever

Rome has this celebration called Honor America Days which has a parade.
Our church had a float in the parade and the kids were excited about going.

We went to the parade last year and knew it was long so Jesse set us up at what he thought was the mid point.

The kids had a great time but around 12:30 candy wasn't enough to keep away the hunger monster.

We never did see our church.. they did not start marching until 12:50... The parade starts at 10:00.
We thought this was one of the best floats... it was the hospitals "there is no place like Rome" float.

After several hours of the longest parade ever the Morgan family was defiantly thinking that there was no place like home... so that was where we went.

Signs of Life

Ok, I know it seem that I fell off the face of the earth but I am alive and well.

The above pic is from our vomit vacation. Elli passed out at the mini golf place that we went to during a lull in the barfing.

This so far is classed as my worst vacation ever....

The company was great ... the accommodations were great... lots of fun activities...lot of yummy food...

Too bad sick sick kids are enough to ruin all that.

A word to the wise... If you rent a cabin make it one with a shower...if you rent a cabin make it one with HOT water.

Home again Home again....

Doing a jig.
There is no place like home.
To Market to market to buy for fat piggys.

It is so nice to be home from the grandparent tour.
My house is a mess now but we have food in the fridge.

Wouldn't you know it I woke up this morning with what appears to be the flu.
Welcome home to me :(

Morgan's from head to toe

Those fat rolls can be none other than Karist. Isn't she adorable?

The toes of Devonae. This pic shows how tall she is getting.

Come on! What are you thinking... this is NOT a butt. This is a self portrait of Ellie. Well her thighs anyway. Guess it is just too hard to take a pic of your own butt, at least for a 2 year old. Please no one email me Butt pics to prove me wrong.

This is not me. My legs are not quite that hairy yet. Jesse in his relaxation pose.

Here is me and my beautiful elbow.


Now this is a butt. Danny's that is.

The end.