tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264533727964066702024-03-12T20:02:59.679-04:00Buncha Blue-Eyed MonkeysKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-10419185534119682972010-03-21T23:55:00.034-04:002010-03-22T00:52:44.249-04:002009...A Year in Review...Some fun pics from the year I didn't blog...Sledding parties...yes, this is the hood of a car being pulled by a snowmobile...that's how we roll!What? I don't look badass? Even with the carseats behind me?!The Twinkeys began outgrowing their highchairs...And lost them this day, after I left them in their own highchairs to blowdry my hair...and returned to them in the same one:We learned some Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-76001980925572510472010-03-19T00:30:00.005-04:002010-03-19T00:47:24.668-04:00World's Largest Nerf Party for MasonMason is celebrating his defeat of cancer by having The World's Largest Nerf Party! (Friday, March 19th), Kristen is hosting a virtual party, so please go here to link picture(s) of your kids, neighbor's, friends or yourself nerfin' it up! We did!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-48275093715012571592010-03-17T09:22:00.005-04:002010-03-17T09:40:57.982-04:00Top 'o the Mornin' to ya!!!CuriousGeorge (age7) came downstairs wide-eyed this morning:"MOM! Do you know what Phoebe told me?! She said if you wear green today,you get a kiss (with the girls-have-cooties face);and if you don't, you get a pinch."I giggled as I shielded my eyes from the blazing orange outfit he was wearing.After explaining the higher probability of getting pinched by all the boys in his class,he came out of Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-68717368611729692522009-06-23T22:15:00.001-04:002009-06-23T22:17:14.537-04:00Well, I Try... ;oDNURSE: Are these all your boys?!?!ME: Yup...all five.NURSE: But you look so SANE!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-44006526165552948612009-05-03T13:12:00.004-04:002009-05-03T13:15:34.887-04:00"Well, you told me to share, Mom..." I probably shoulda waited for Wordless Wednesday, but I couldn't resist :o) Maybe I'll link it up if I don't get back on before then...I'm gonna try tho!!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-40025346845050473182009-04-11T14:38:00.004-04:002009-04-11T14:55:11.327-04:00SpiderMonkey & Mommy at Playhouse Disney LIVE!For some alone time, I took SpiderMonkey to see Playhouse Disney LIVE! on stage. We signed up for alerts from Ticketmaster and got to use a code to purchase tickets early, and we had floor seats, Row G, so only like 25-30 feet from the stage. The show was amazing!!! Most of the Playhouse Disney characters were there. We've been to Dora before, and also Bear in the Big Blue House, but this one Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-29105090219665282092009-04-07T22:40:00.006-04:002009-04-07T22:49:00.345-04:00Wordless Wednesday--They Look So Innocent, Don't They?!They look so innocent, don't they? Look at all those monkey ears as they watch the puppies play out back.Yes, innocent indeed... Until you ZOOM OUT! Naughties.:op Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-68780684756951750622009-04-06T20:24:00.004-04:002009-04-06T20:51:16.717-04:00I'm not all American Idol all.the.time...I'm not all American Idol all the time, really, I'm NOT! It's just this thing I'm doing to avoid laundry and dishes right now. It's fun, and it takes up two nights a week I could be going to the gym, but can't cuz I'm so busy blogging Idol (not that I make it any of the other five nights...), but my days are filled with raising my five boys, wiping noses, butts, counters, and tears and trying to Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-52958394485126974022009-03-25T00:04:00.003-04:002009-03-25T00:11:55.817-04:00Wordless Wednesday Dear Summer,Please hurry up and get here!Signed, My Washer and DryerKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-12107117008659123662009-03-23T18:51:00.008-04:002009-03-23T19:28:35.596-04:00My (Many) MenI prefer candid pics to posed, but Olan Mills had a $15 deal, so I thought what the heck. I went there without ANY hopes of getting a pic of them all smiling, let alone looking at the camera! It only took 30 seconds to get this one! :-O MonkeyButt, age 8 and CuriousGeorge, age 6SpiderMonkey, age 2.5 MonkeySee and MonkeyDo, age 1.5Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-39759328227792174212009-03-08T15:34:00.005-04:002009-03-08T15:40:46.767-04:00There's Something I Never Thought I'd Say To My 2yr Old!There's something I never thought I'd say to my 2yr old:"Stop milking the dog!!!"Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-15298675951932430562009-03-03T01:11:00.004-05:002009-03-03T01:13:35.273-05:00SPOILER: The Bachelor Rant!Don't read if u haven't watched or don't care lmao...and if u are about to watch, just skip to After The Final Rose...you'll see the whole 2 hours in 90 seconds neway!!!I started painting tonight while watching the Bachelor Finale but got to the 2nd Seattle visit and couldn't wait another 85 minutes to see who Jason chose (and more importantly...how much they cried!) so I blew my DVR a kiss and Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-78967148890056686242009-03-02T09:48:00.004-05:002009-03-02T10:27:37.462-05:00Busy, busy, busy!Another snow day on the books for New England...how am I supposed to get anything done around here when I'm so busy refereeing baby/kid wrestling matches?! I've already taken 4 excedrin and now I'm enjoying a breakfast of coffee and chocolate chip cookies, so if I'm rolling on the floor convulsing, it's prolly not a seizure, just all the caffeine in my system, m'kay?I've been doing a lot of Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-65807145835512915712009-02-26T22:03:00.002-05:002009-02-26T22:05:18.709-05:00Aaaaaaaaaah!I'm freaking out a little bit right now. As you know I'm blogging AI episodes for our local radio station (as I bombard you with a couple of them every week!)...well tomorrow morning is my first on air "interview." Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Just wanted to share.Please excuse me now, I need to go find a paper bag to breathe into!:opKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-79295327164968407572009-02-02T10:23:00.004-05:002009-02-02T10:29:50.220-05:00How Rude!We took the monkeys shoe shopping over the weekend and while at a double-laned stoplight, waiting for the green light, we heard another car rudely honk his horn (a MAJOR pet peeve of KingKong)...KingKong (as he turned around to look behind us): What the F? Whojust tooted??!!MonkeyButt (from the backseat): Me.Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-79968782214823428182009-01-29T12:57:00.003-05:002009-01-29T13:07:40.116-05:00Check Me Out!! :opObviously I played with paintshop a bit, but you get the gist :o) Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-40413888708458582402009-01-26T23:24:00.002-05:002009-01-26T23:29:26.166-05:00I do <3 me some American Idol!My facebook status today has said LadyKong (ha!) is suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper excited!!!'Cuz I am!First, CuriousGeorge was on AFV, and now, I've been given the opportunity to be the American Idol Blogger for a local radio station here. I'm still awaiting details, but can't wait to begin!!Yay!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-5593833394533942522009-01-15T22:57:00.003-05:002009-01-15T23:08:23.203-05:00(My son) CuriousGeorge is gonna be on TV!!!I just got the phone call an hour or so ago...CuriousGeorge is gonna be on America's Funniest Home Videos this Sunday at 7pm (eastern) on abc!!! The clip is on my old laptop, or else I'd post it...but you might as well just watch it on Sunday :o) So be on the lookout for this cute little man. You can't miss those dimples!! He'll be sitting at a kitchen table, looking at a laptop and getting aKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-81953051281266129172009-01-08T12:55:00.006-05:002009-01-14T17:08:22.550-05:00There's One I've Never Heard Before!KingKong whines complains. Kind of a lot. He gets bummed that we never can do a lot together. It's either I run to the store alone, or he does, and dinner is always drive-thru take-out, and if we're out with the kids, usually one of us runs into Walmart to grab the bare essentials while the other sits in the car with the crazies kids.I honestly can't remember a sitdown meal in a restaurant that Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-48969777577291034772009-01-08T10:02:00.004-05:002009-01-08T10:22:11.438-05:00You Think Kids Say the Darndest Things???.......Well,......Just wait 'til they put it in writing and get graded for it!!!I was going through the mountain stack of school papers CuriousGeorge and MonkeyButt put on the counter last night and found: "About Myself" by MonkeyButt.**'' **duh, name change.Chapter 1, How Old: I am seven years old and have one sister and five brothers. MonkeyGirl is my only sister, and MonkeyBoy is my teenage brother. Then Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-2000661984970761292008-11-04T22:13:00.017-05:002008-11-04T22:51:19.335-05:00How Appropriate...and WW picsI just realized we had a mini monkey theme in our halloween costumes this year...*snicker* How appropriate, eh? SpiderMonkey and MonkeyDo were...monkeys (duh!), and MonkeySee was a banana.Playing at Nana's, pre- TOTTaking a break while Trick-or-TreatingThe car ride home...sockless and sticky with pop tarts...mmmm.And CuriousGeorge and MonkeyButt were obviously not into the whole monkey theme thisKatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-41940855865376228842008-11-04T11:00:00.003-05:002008-11-04T11:03:58.480-05:00Cellular Phone Commercials, much?KingKong had the older two boys outside kicking the soccer ball around. CuriousGeorge was blindsided by a groin shot from his dad. He was not impressed. CuriousGeorge to KingKong..."That's it. You are SO outta my Top 5."Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-59185393640032806232008-10-26T11:24:00.003-04:002008-10-26T11:45:12.761-04:00Grilling Goodness (?s, not food)I was catching up with UTMomof5's posts and decided to take part in Grilling Goodness... a weekly meme of random ?s created by Tina at Golden Goodness. If you decide to participate, she has a Mr. Linky up! What's better than someone else coming up with some material for you on a weekly basis? Chocolate, obviously...but this is good, too!!1. The World Series has begun...do you watch it? (and do Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-62162485881224618342008-10-14T23:08:00.006-04:002008-10-14T23:24:17.028-04:00(Not So) WW--I'm Working On It!!I think I might be purposely subconsciously avoiding blogging lately, because I have quite a task ahead of me. KingKong purchased a new laptop for me, as the other was literally hanging by a thread...the wire that goes from the screen to the processor was the only part attached (oops).Anyhow, before I can visit your blogs...ALL your blogs...I have to enter them each by url and save them to my Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1526453372796406670.post-15740760232163260052008-09-29T10:36:00.006-04:002008-09-29T11:15:35.470-04:00Why Is It......every time I try to sit down and blog, someone spills something or needs a nap or is about to get up from a nap or requires a diaper change? I have some posts floating around in the abyss that is my brain...but naptime's almost over and I've got to find and wash soccer jerseys and matching socks, because we wouldn't want to be uncool playing soccer in one white sock and one black one, now Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168533140261674250noreply@blogger.com5