Six Word Saturday- Drugged kids are funny.

Ever played Six Word Saturday? Well, play along in the comments below, or join Cate at showmyface.com and play there.
Todays SWS:

"I can hear my finger bopping."

Mimi had a fun day last week--

We were all finished family prayer, and Will and I sent the kids to bed, saying we'd be there in a few seconds to tuck them in. Still on our knees, Will and I started chatting about our day or something.

Until Mimi starts crying. Not a screiking cry-- just a cry. Bear starts yelling at LL, and there's a bunch of commotion in the other room. All I hear is Bear state to LL, "No! Don't touch her- She's hurt!!! She's hurt!!"

Will and I look at each other. Annoyed. Aren't they in bed YET?!

We walk into Bear's room, where Mimi is sitting on the floor. Attached to her shirt is his brand-new, two-sided fishing hook. Attached to the other end of the fishing hook, is her finger.

The hook being the whole way in!!!!


As Will removes the hook from her shirt, we realize that we can't take the hook out without seriously damaging her finger, so we head to the emergency room.
Where the on-call Doctor wonders what the heck to do.

They didn't have wire cutters, so Will's Dad, Grandpa Paint, decides to come by the hospital with some.

After a really good drink of some sort of drug (for Mimi, of course), she and I recited our ABCs while Will and Grandpa Paint pushed the hook THROUGH the other side of her finger, exposing the barb and snipping it off.

Poor Mimi screamed a banshee scream, her eyes popping out!!!! Then I heard *snip*. And then she giggled. The hook was out. Daddy and Grandpa were heros!

Lucky for us, she remembers NOTHING.

But we got her home, and our loopy little girl was quite entertaining. She raved about her Dora bandaid, and then, turning to Em, stated "I can hear my finger bopping."

"you can hear it?? Or feel it?"
*puts finger to her ear* "Hear it.".


mmmmkay, kiddo!

Six Word Saturday-

All the kids are shipped off!

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Em is at a graduation party that started last night and went ALL the way through the night. Good thing I am related to the hosts, as I wasn't worried about her moral safety! She only fell asleep a few minutes ago (maybe 6 in the morning?) so she's pretty much done for the day. And, it's a Saturday. And she's 15. So, the likelihood of her accomplishing much more than sleeping today wasn't really EVER in the plans, was it?

LL is in a parade with her Brownie/Guide group today down in Warner. She won't be back until dinnertime. I have never seen a girl SOOOO excited to be walking in a parade of a town of LESS people than here in Mo-town! No matter, it's giving her something to do. Maybe she's more excited that I spent hours last night sewing on all of her newly-aquired badges (patches, for all you Americans) and she's thrilled to SHOWOFF her fully-bejewelled sash!

Bear is doing his usual Saturday thing- fishing with "Grandpa Paint." The two of them LOVE fishing, and are found on the lake EVERY week. Like usual, Bear catches something. He's a good fisherman and always has been.

And Mimi? She's here. But she was up so late last night, watching movies and then sleeping in the fort-o-blankets the kids made that her and Em will be content to just chill on the couch all day.

So... that leaves Will and I.
We may go for a 10k run.
We may go gopher hunting (don't knock the country girl in me- I tried it for the first time just recently, and have a GREAT shot. So, if you mock me, prepare for me to shot you and cut your tail off! :) )
We may head off to 'the big city' to shop.
We may head to the USofA to pick up appliances for the kitchen reno.
We may head off to the mountains to fish.
We may not even leave the bedroom, ifyouknowwhatImean! ;)

But never fear, we WILL be enjoying the day sans kids!

NOT ME Monday- Naughty Knots

NOT being a holiday Monday, Motown is NOT covered in Canadian Flags, and the stores down main street are NOT all quiet! A whopping two shops are NOT open: the LDS bookstore and the grocery store/gardening centre. And, the local minor soccer league is NOT having a full day of make-up games from our snowed-out games earlier this season. So, I'm NOT off to soccer with the three littlest kids from 1 until 6:30!!!


In true NOT-ME fashion, this is my conversation earlier. Getting Mimi ready for her soccer games today:


Mimi: OUCH!! My hairs has lots of knots!
Me: yes it does! (giggles) You could have been less NAUGHTY and brushed it this morning, Meems.
Mimi: I don't like knots.
Me: No. They hurt. They are not very fun, are they?
Mimi: NO! Knots is KNOT fun!

There are worse places to be left behind!

Just a quick note.

Back to 'borrowed time' on a computer, as the one we recently purchased was seriously a piece of junk. So, it's BACK at the store, and a new one is on it's way. Again... I sit at home, computerless and out of touch with the world and blogosphere. Hopefully none of you are deathly ill and waiting for my witty comments to brighten your day. (cough. Right)

Will turned 40 last week. :) He IS pretty cute for an old man! ;)

And I start acting in The Sound of Music this week. If you want tickets to see Will and I dance on stage, and me in a nun's habit, lemme know! ;) I'll try to remember to take some photos for this once in a lifetime experience!

Anyways, off to be a mom. The kids are home from school... and, lookie here, I'm NOT! oops! Good thing it's Motown, where, when your 4 year old daughter is left at church yesterday, a random stranger to me will drive her home. Um. yah. I don't even know who the lady was, but apparently she knew Mimi was my kid, and knew where we lived.

Just so you know, I did not LEAVE my child at the church-- she kinda ran off. I would NEVER leave a child somewhere--- my parents did it to me MILLIONS of times, and I learned the hard way what that feels like! ;)

(kidding. Love you Mom and Dad. I turned out alright. (cough). And Happy birthday to my wonderful father, too!)

Things We Do For Fun

Oh, welcome back to another tour of Mo-town. Mo-town isn't just ANY Mormon Town. Nope-- Mo-Town has a LOT to offer.

Like, free family skating. I don't even LIKE skating, and have found myself enjoying it more and more each time we go. Will loves skating, and, if I didn't know he was currently working right now, I'd expect him to be outside babying his backyard hockey rink. He's BORN for the ice. Me... not so much.

But, Bear is just like him. Heads outside in ANY weather, and wants to be JUST LIKE Will. Even cut his hair like him recently.

LL and Mimi don't skate as proficiently, but in just a few tries, Mimi will let go of his hand for a few minutes. To pick her nose, but whatever. I personally think she just would rather skate with Daddy Will because Mom-- well, Mom isn't that helpful! :)


And Em skates well. She's USUALLY with her friends who just so happen to MAGICALLY show up (by themselves during FAMILY skate time) and distract her. Not that I hate that.

But, either way you spell it, family skate time is one of those things that us Mo's enjoy here in Mo-Town. Not because it's pretty much the ONLY thing to do, but because we actually like it.