Handy Bit of Info...

Did you know that garlic is a natural antibiotic? Shane had a chest infection and I loaded him up with a dinner of minced garlic with a side of spaghetti noodles and sauce and put garlic drops in his ears and he totally cleared up. No doctor visit or meds! Works for me every time too - as long as we don't eat any form of sugar because that will counteract it. In fact, one of the best ways to keep an immune system up is the absence of sugar and the presence of a great multivitamin and minerals. Also the best way to avoid asthma attacks for asthma sufferers - no sugar. Cool thing to know I thought so I wanted to share.

No Way! After 9 years of marriage, Shane's college degree, 3 houses, 2 kids, vacations and work, we are finally out of the red. We did our balance sheet yesterday and we actually have a positive net worth! It may only be 863 dollars which I could easily blow celebrating our new financial status, but for now I have to celebrate in the blog world first. Ok, that's good - I'm going to Banana Republic now.

My Cuz... It's so great to live close to Shane's sister and her fam. This is Reese, Ellie's cousin who lives a stone's throw away - they're getting into the purse and doll stage and I couldn't be more ecstatic . I've been through all the boy stuff over the last 7 years and am ready for a little estrogen based play. See how Reese is somewhat backing away from Ellie in this top picture? That would be because she never knows if Ellie's touch will be a soft or let's wrestle one. Ring around the rosie frequently turns into "we all fall down and oops i fell over on you".

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Fall is coming....we've had some hope of fall with a couple cool days and nights here and there. We are so blessed to have some great neighbors to play with in the cul-de-sac. Here's the kiddos on our neighbor's Jeep. That handsome little Mini-Shane figured out how to make the Jeep peel and do pop wheelies. In fact, him and the neighbor girl flipped it before these pics...hence the helmet. Luckily, he drives very carefully with Ellie on it.

So the other day I put Ellie down for her nap and after I leave she gets out of her crib, sits on the rocking chair with some books and decides to take a nap there instead -seriously, she's totally out for almost two hours like that. When she woke up, she decided to decorate the room with baby powder - is she 2 or what?

Pigtails and Mommy's Glasses...move aside Britney Spears (the pre-friekshow Britney). All I've got to say is God bless the people who created bendable frames. I can't believe she hasn't broken these yet.

After two and half years of not wanting a binky, she finds it in the drawer and decides she's now fond of it. Right at the age everyone else is giving them up - crazy girl.

Chewspitlimia
First, there's the Throwlimia - you know, where they grab the food from their plate and throw or drop it on the ground. Then, there's this fun stage where they chew and spit it back out. I'm thinking of forming a support group. Anyone else want to join?

My little trendsetter. Simply take a Princess pull up and insert both legs into one leg hole ...et Voila! A Princess miniskirt!

Now that's just bordering seductive - has she been flipping through my fashion mags at night?

Tale of a camera-boy waking up his little sister.....the pictures say it all I think.






The camera-boy extrodenaire...

A little tale of a mom and a son....

It all happened on a muggy July afternoon. A mother and son were having our daily "Mommy/Son time". This is where Son gets to choose whatever he wants to do with his Mommy while Sister is sleeping. This particular time, Son chooses Knex - these microscopic little pieces of plastic that you configure together to create something unique and interesting....at least that's the goal. So Son, being highly skilled in this area (definitely inheriting it from his father) proceeds to create a fighter ship fully equipped with 7 guns, rotating pieces, multi-dimensional shape, etc (seen in photo on left). Mother is both impressed and intimidated by it. Mother knows how to make pretty music or dancing, not put together battleships. Mother commences an attempt to at least equal Son's efforts. She puts together a hot air balloon (seen in photo on right). At which point, Son says, "Mom, it's gotta be something interesting like mine. Yours doesn't have an engine. It's gotta have an engine and yours also looks like a sqeaky toy." The moral of the story...when Sons get to be 7, they have high expections for Mother/Son time.....do your homework first.