We got our new toilet in. It's a little too fancy for us and Naissa is somewhat afraid of it. Instead of a handle it has two buttons in the form of a circle on the top. (see picture below) Apparently the smaller side is for flushing pee and the larger side is for flushing poo or you can push both at the same time. I guess it is for saving water, but frankly I feel more comfortable just pushing them both at the same time! (too much information I know....sorry)
This is just a typical find in the Loper household. Soap with toothpaste squeezed out on it. What makes me laugh is that this particular bar of soap has been used to "wash out the mouth" of a particular child. (yes, it's from bath & body and it's scented cucumber melon...not exactly your everyday Zest or Dial but you make do with what you have) I have talked with my kids about having minty fresh mouths, by brushing their teeth but also by speaking "clean" words, words that build up not tear down. So I find it funny that there is minty fresh toothpaste on the soap that was used to "remove" the unclean words said by my child. 
Poor Crush! He has had to put up with so much. The latest turtle trauma happened two nights ago while I was on the phone. It was a short phone conversation but apparently not short enough. I hung up the phone and sat on the couch not really thinking much about the fact that Naissa and Isaac were not in plain sight. Only after I heard the sound of water splashing did it dawn on me, that something was not right. I turned toward the turtle to find Naissa and Isaac with their hands in the tank (Eeewww!!) with water dripping down the outside of the tank and onto the floor. I jumped up and hollered, "What the French Toast???" as the look of horror crossed both my face and theirs. "Salmonella! Wash Your Hands! Get Out of the Turtle Tank! Where's the poor Turtle?? What are you thinking?? WHY?? What the French Toast??? Wash Your Hands....and Arms and Faces and Clothes!!" The tank has a filter but it's rather temperamental, and does not work as it should. Therefore the tank is always on the verge of yuck! Well, not only did they have their hands and arms in the tank splashing the water all over the place, they also thought the turtle might like to join them in a game of "Perfection". Most of the pieces from the game were sitting on the bottom of the tank, along with 2 Tonka cars and some shredded toilet paper. I still don't know why the toilet paper. Poor Crush just hid out under the basking platform, thank goodness he didn't try to eat one of the game pieces!!
Most of the time Naissa can be so sweet, cute, funny and JOYFUL....other times I blame Jim. (hee hee!) I often think of the old poem that my granny used to recite to me! (Hmmm?! I wonder why?) There was a little girl who had a little curl,
right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good she was very, very good,
but when she was bad she was horrid.
Jade and her friend Rachel walked to Walgreens, where Rachel bought them both a HUGE stuffed Valentines Bear (on clearance). The only problem was having to walk back home carrying the bears in their arms for 1/4 of a mile.
When we bought this house it had been sitting without care for quite some time. Many of the plants didn't make it. We have this little tree-like bush in our front yard that I've never given much thought, just assuming it was a leaf only tree. I was wrong! The old saying, never judge a book by its cover, goes for plants and trees too. A few days ago a friend of mine made a comment about my rose buds. I looked at her puzzled and asked her what she was talking about. She pointed to the "plain leaf only tree" which now had several buds as well as an open rose on it!! What Joy!! 
1 comments:
good stuff today, loved those pictures. Somehow i always miss those moment. Glad i have you to help me not miss them
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