I'M SURE...

I'm not the only parent that wishes they could choose their children's friends...probably even more so when that friend is imaginary. Yes, Sully's nonstop story telling has resulted in a very elaborately woven friend named Alexandra. Alexandra is a boy. He lives with two sets of parents. I'll break them down for you this way-

Dad- Bob
Mom- Rosemary
3 Sisters- Rose, Fire and Fiber

Dad- Chocolate-Covered
Mom- Nanny
803 children- (I didn't ask their names)

Lucky me- Alexandra sends a lot of emails to Sully. One was a breakfast recipe that he insisted on making. It was two eggs, one tablespoon of brown sugar and one tablespoon of water. It tasted like French toast without the bread and syrup. And now I practice my court reporting skills:

Today Alexandra grocery shopped with his mom and his dad (I didn't ask which ones), got a Bakugan named StormWind that was awww-awwwsome with a grey face, blue eyes, and he's red clear, he went to the mall with his mom and his dad and got a Boba Fett and Jango Fett ship and two more things- he got a Christmas tree at 2:40 and he made ornaments. He didn't have any ornaments, but he had a huge-mon-go manger scene that is 18 feet tall. He did four more things. And today was his second birthday. He turned 22. Is that a big number? And on March-April he's going to turn 20 hundred. Three more things- he is getting a new table at the store. Two more things- he got stockings for his family and for his dog and his cat because his dog liked his cat and his cat liked his dog. One more thing- he got a chain gun.

And so it goes...and goes...and goes...I think Alexandra is a shopaholic. I just wish he would spend less time in the stores and more time watching the food network so he could share better breakfast recipes...

DURING MY 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS, HERE'S WHAT I GOT TO SEE..

12 alien appendages

11 sized shoes10 at the manger

9 Bakugan balls

8 pyrotechnics

7 silly strings

6 Morello match-ups
5 rolls of tape

4 gifts to open

3 texting teens

2 tempting toys

And one show idea for Mike Rowe!

clean-up is a dirty job, but somebody (hmm...maybe Bob?) has to do it.
Merry Christmas!

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY...

Macey-Mace came home.

NOAH AND THE DOG...

another weekend and another instance of me taking on way more than I should. but, as is usually the case, it was worth it. here are harrison and carolyn at an acting workshop. harrison was so stoked to have lines and carolyn was excited just to be on stage. harrison was noah and carolyn was a dog, water, and a narrator. it was cute and they really enjoyed it...

tiffany, troy, and sully went to medieval times for morgan's birthday...but no pictures. I'm still kicking myself for not getting the santa with a motorcycle sleigh at the varsity on grandmother's birthday. oh well... it was a great weekend and I'm sure we'll recover just in time for Christmas. and by some odd stroke of luck (I could never plan this well), bob and I were able to slip away for a lebanese dinner alone in the middle of all the craziness. :)

AN ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING...

I'm not a big fan of nightlights, but Sully was relentless in his begging. So I finally gave in and between the nightlight and the Christmas lights...his room looks like the Vegas strip. Tonight he kept getting up for crazy reasons. My favorite was that he had to tell me that salt dissolves in water. Anyway, here is how our last conversation transpired:

me: Sully if you get up one more time, I'm going to take the nightlight out of your room. I think it is keeping you awake.

sully: It's not the nightlight keeping me awake. It's my brain. It can't control what I'm doing. It's missing a tube.

He must have found the tube because he didn't get up again...

MORE FAMILY PARTIES...

hope you guys are not sick of them because here they come again...

The big Local 72 party was last weekend. It's very much like a family reunion for us. Not surprisingly, Grandmother was caught comparing jewelry with an elf... and Sully wouldn't leave Santa's side without making sure he had everything listed that he might want for Christmas before going to college...
Did I mention it was a big party?
Sully wants a baby sister because his friend has one. ummm no. I took a picture of him with Reese. He thinks she is really cool and loved getting to hold her. I have a feeling that wouldn't be the case if she was old enough to take his toys.
On AFV they play a game called "Head or Groin?"...or something like that...where contestants get to guess if the victim is going to get hit in the head or groin. I think we are going to have a mypunkinpies version called "Sticks or Wrestling?"

so

what

is

your

guess?


if you choose wrestling, you were correct!

~
Later that night, we went to Rere's surprise 50th birthday party. Dalton's band played. There was dancing...

and kids checking out the flamingo toilet cake...

There was a time in high school when I quit telling stories about my family. I would paint them with a broad brush and just leave out the details because someone made the remark once that I had to be lying. When asked what I did that weekend, I would say something like- "went to a bunch of little league football games, went to my Granny's and Grandmother's, babysat and watched HA!, did people really laugh at Love American Style?..." But now I have this blog and can just show you pictures so you don't have to question the validity of a flamingo toilet cake.

anyway...

Rere suggested I hang out of Rylee's window and get a shot of the whole crowd...

It was a great party. I wish I could have stayed longer and blown everyone away with my rendition of Me and Bobby McGee. oh well... maybe next time... Bobby will still be looking for that home and I hope he finds it...yep, it's stuck in my head...better than the theme to Love American Style...I'll stop now...

A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY...

It is a period of Christmas celebrations. Dad, striking from his office, has won a victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the battle, Mom decides to take the children (or Rebels) with her to a party at the neighborhood nail salon. The Rebels manage to select a polish...that is blue glitter so I would look like Star Wars. And the funny part is I'm the only person I know that still wears flip-flops this time of year. Oh well... I guess that's what happens when you let two boys "pick color"...

NOVEMBER-O-RAMA!

November was such a fun month, that I couldn't move on to December without one more post...and what a post is it!

I tried to keep it short. :)

First we have Alexander's 8th Birthday and a couple of my favorite boys-will-be-boys pictures...

I really can't believe these guys are turning 8!
then on to the fall festival at Harrison's school.
Sully is waiting in the driveway for Bob to get home so we can go! This is the high-back booster he bought with his birthday money...Harrison's face when it started to rain...
but we were able to move under the pavilion to be
sprayed and, of course...
Sully was close behind...
just thought this was cool...
from the haunted house.
SUGAR!!
I love watching this activity. I almost wet my pants every time.

The leaves were really incredible this year, too...

One Sunday, we went to church with the cousins.

and Uncle Pat was baptized.

after lunch with Grandpa and Sassy, we went back to Lolly's house to feed the horses...

and cats...

I know you have already seen the cats, but people have given Lolly a hard time about helping out these kitties. Why people choose to criticize for someone is doing something in their spare time, with their money, that doesn't harm a soul, is beyond me. A Lolly that would let an animal suffer, would not be our Lolly.

Next we move on to Uncle Wes and Emilee in Florida for some lemon picking... and stick hunting at the Suwanee River...

have I told you my boys like sticks? sticks with freshwater muscles shells are even better.

and shark fishing... ok...there are not sharks in the river, but the weather was too cold to take the boat out. so we told Sully there was...

and then he was so sad when it was Harrison's turn and we never caught a shark...

on to Cedar Key, lunch at Frog's and the best playground on the beach!

I just love this place...

we stayed for the sunset...

and the bird chasing...

oh...to be there now...

so we left Cedar Key and headed for...

B-B-Q!

we said good-bye to Uncle Wes and Emilee to get ready for...

THANKSGIVING!!

Here is Chief Brave Strong Tree...

There was lots of baking this year...

and at my best count, Diva at 17 mini pumpkin muffins...

the boys all dressed up for lunch with the family...

and here is the family!
it was very nice for the S.C. folks to make the trip!

and then lots of wrestling to work off the goodies...
and they were good!

I just had to share this one. Harrison's homework was to illustrate what he is doing at 7:00 pm. Notice how he is wearing the ace bandage (like in the photo from the previous post) and that Bob is signaling "time out". love it!

and we ended the month with a little rocking around the Christmas tree!

So you see November was a wonderful time with family and friends. And for that, we are very thankful!!

Now bring on December!