DAMNIT

This is one of Lanie's favorite words. And the sad part is she knows how to use it correctly.

Veronica with her Harmonica

Upon many requests here we are updating. Lanie is a MESS!!! I do not know how I can stress that enough. She is 2 and I have no idea how else to explain it. She is a jumping bean....Mommy Weady my dumpin....

In my hopes to make her a pageant girl, I do believe I will fail. She HATES!!! them. But what does she know? I have thought of a way though to hopefully make her like them. She loves to watch princess so why not tell her when she is in a pageant she is a princess?

I have decided though if she refuses to do the next few pageants we are going to move on to gymnastics...Maybe

She likes to play her harmonica. Mom and I are trying to teach her to tap her foot while she plays...It is too cute

She can say her ABCs, and even adds in the ending part "Now I know my ABCs..."

Although her L,M,N,O,P is ba-ba-ba-ba-be.....

Lanie is wonderful and I love her...She is a stinker who needs to have her head smacked =)

The innocence of discovery

I think I have just witnessed the sweetest and sadest thing I have ever seen. Lanie requested that I set up her pop up tent. I set it up and then she sat in it for a min and then was done. She said she wanted to eat so I got her some little rice cake things. She poured them on the floor. I went in the other room and came back and her and her snacks were gone. I peeked in the tent and saw her sitting there, chewing, legs stretched out and crossed, and her hands over her ears. My heart broke because I was not playing her with her. Was she scared was she sad did she wish I was with her. Then I though that maybe she was just discovering what chewing sounds like. My heart is broke.

This will last a while. Just count to salmon

Ok so I have not been on here in forever. We have had Destiny and even though dad does not believe me I have NO time when she is here. By the time the end of the day is here I am exhausted.

Lanie is talking a lot more and has started to count. Here is how it does

One...Two...Three....Four...FiKe...Salmon...Nine...Ten...

Every once in a while she will add in the six but never the eight.

She said her first cuss word today. ASS...That is the magic word. She asked me to sit in her seat with her and I told her I could not because mommy was a fat ass....ASS she says. Yes Lanie....

So I think that will put an end to my potty mouth.

On a whole nother subject I cannot stand Kate Gosselin. I think she is very materialistic (like stupidly), and she is just selfish. If you do not believe me watch this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjohryb6xAU

Someone commented on there that she could not give one kid water without the rest wanting some and then they would be running into the interview time. Well who cares...if your kids are thirsty they are thirsty. If she had not asked for water herself and then drank it right in front of Mady (who was "dehydrated") then it would be ok. I mean hell I have told my kids they will have to wait for a drink, but while they wait so do I. I just can't stand her.

Also if you watch Cake Boss then you will understand this. First off let me say I am like my sister and I am all about a cake. Really the only part I am about is the fondant (just like her). I have never had it and every time I do to walmart I walk by it and debate if I should buy it. This year I was determined to make my kids birthday cake just so I could cover it in fondant and eat some. That didn't happen, maybe next year. So anyways I love the way the Cake Boss says fondant. Well on tonights show there is a bride who comes by to see her cake. She tells him it is ugly and is very bitchy about it. He walks away and she covers it in all different color icing. Part of me thinks this was a set up just for the show but who knows. He came back into the room, found the cake, and told her she needed to leave. She said she did it so she could show him what color was and give him inspiration. She just wanted a new cake. So what does he do. He makes a new cake. HELL NO I would have delivered the cake she decorated and said to hell with losing some customers. I would have gone to him just for taking her the fucked up cake.

TACKLE...I am tackling it. If you have no idea what I am talking about you have not been to my house.

Tomorrow

Ok so tomorrow is the big day. I have two photo shoots. OMG I am so nervous and excited all at the same time. I hope I do well. I took Lanie outside the other night so I could practice. Here is the shot I got that I love. I am not thrilled about the outfit but what can I say, we were in play clothes. Please let me know what you think of the pic and how I am doing.

Rosie...1 more

Lanies new obsession is ring around the rosie. We did it so much this morning I thought I was going to puke and pass out. But Lanie could have kept on going. I told her we would do it one more time and then we were going to take a nap. We went to lay down for her nap and everytime I thought she was ready to go to sleep my phone would ring. So I said F*** it and we got up. She later went to sleep at 4. So anyways tonight she wanted to "rosie", as she calls it. When we finished her little finger came up and she said "Mommy, one more". OMG it was so stinkin cute. After dinner she went into the bathroom with Simon while he was taking a bath. She told him she had to go potty so he took her shorts and her diaper off. She sat and then got up and ran around the house. After about 5 minutes she came to me and said Eeewwwww. I asked her what was Eeewwww and she took me into the bathroom. She pointed to her toilet to show me this small piece of poop. WOO HOO!!! My child pooped on her potty tonight. Now did you notice that I said on and not in. It did not make it in but it was on the rim of her training potty. I could not be happier. We made a big deal out of it and went back in the living room to get our butt cleaned before we took a bath. Lanie then pointed out to me that there was some more poop on the floor. As I got a baby wipe to clean it up she took one and ran to the bathroom. She cleaned up her poop too. What more could you ask for. A 2 year old that will poop on her toilet and then clean it up after she is done. I love her. She came back, showed me the poop on the TP and again said Eeewwwww. We cleaned all the poop up and then got in the tub. That is where I found more on the bathroom floor. YEAH!!! I didn't care. I wouldn't care if it was smeared all over the house. She pooped on her potty. She gets it. She is ready. It is time.

Her vocabulary is growing everyday and she is just amazing. I love her so much.

Goodbye Kindergarten and have you ever wondered how those big wet spots "magically" appear in the middle of the sidewalk?

SO yesterday was Destinys graduation. OMG was it sweet. She sang a few songs and then walked across the stage to accept her diploma. She was so cute. Here are the few pics that I got.

Then we proceeded to dinner at Mullins for my mothers birthday. It was very good but the service sucked. I still have not gotten my ranch dressing damn it. When we left there we all walked back to Gamz (except dad) and that was when I decided that my niece is ready to start teaching at Harvard. I still have no idea how her and my nephew are so smart. It is actually pretty scary. After we got to Gamz the kids wanted to "wing". Well we "wang" as A shouted "C'mon big trucks". As my sister and her husband were getting ready to load the kids in the car the two ran toward the street and my sister leaped after them in a panic. A shouted at her that their kids were not olympic sprinters. I laughed so hard till I fell on the ground. Then I heard a noise. Here is what I found.

Folks those "magical" wet spots that just appear in the middle of the sidewalk....like this one....are not magical. In the words of Lanie they are "Eeewwww" Someone who shall remain anonymous decided that the sight of me falling to the ground in laughter over the olympic sprinters was to much to handle. When I heard that noise I looked up and all I saw was pee flowing down and hitting the concrete. Yes someone peed there pants. You all know it wasn't me, because again, I was on the ground. If you know me and my family though you know who it was. I am sorry to be airing out your dirty laundry (no pun intended) but this was to funny to not share.

All in all it was a good day. Congrats Des on your big day and Happy Birthday Mom....