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

Here is the deal... Elections are around the corner and now is the time to start taking action.

First.

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

Second.

Check out issues and candidates

http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer

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.