The Mighty M Family

Welcome to Aloha Friday!  If you want to play along visit An Island Life ! Two weeks ago I asked what time you go to bed (and there are a ton of night-owls out there). So, my question this week: What time to you usually get up in the morning?   My alarm is set for 5:10 am.  I get up to read blogs and exercise before my children get up (and before my husband leaves for work).  My alarm rarely goes off.  Most days I usually wake up around 4:45.  On the weekends I “sleep in” until sometime between 6 and 7! 

It all starts innocently enough. I might be walking along, minding my own business, when I see the signs all around me: “This is the perfect opportunity to scare somebody.” And by somebody I mean my husband. It’s not like I get these impulses in public, ready to pounce on the next unsuspecting shopper who dares enter the toiletry aisle I happen to be loitering in at Target. That would be wrong. And a little mental. So cross “scare stranger in public places” off the list. And I probably certainly won’t try to scare my children. So, my husband it is. Take this weekend for example. I was walking downstairs, early in the morning, with absolutely NO intention of doing anything other than heading towards the coffee. But, ahead of me, I saw it. The perfect opportunity. My husband had gone outside to get the paper. He left the front door open. I was pretty sure he was unaware I had gotten up and was headed downstairs. So, without thinking much about the p...

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Hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

If you need a laugh check out this website: Awkward Family Photos Let's all aspire to have our own family photos posted here. :-)

16th picture folder 28th picture or August 2008 {my 16th picture folder} 28th picture August 16th, 2008.  MOVING DAY!!  On this wonderful day we moved to our new home.  I am not sure why Hannah is wearing jeans because it was one of the hottest days of the year (perfect for moving lots of stuff, right?). 

Welcome to Aloha Friday! If you want to play along, visit Island Life ! My question for this week is very selfish of me, but here goes: Will you please click this link and vote for my son (by simply clicking on the stars)? Thanks to all who already voted, and if you want to skip this and move along I totally understand! Hope you all have a beautiful holiday weekend!!

I submitted a photo of my son to New Parent and they picked him as their baby of the week! Please go check it out, and if you’re willing, vote for us!! If we get enough votes he could win the cover baby contest later this year! And I for one think he’s worth it. ;-) Here is the link!! You have until Sunday to vote! http://newparent.com/featured/elliot/

Two tickets to see “Elmo’s Green Thumb”: $50 Popcorn: $5 Balloon: $10 The look on my daughter’s face when she thought Oscar might come down to the front: Priceless. “I DON’T WANT THE GRUMPY PEOPLE TO COME DOWN HERE!!” Spending quality alone time with my daughter: Priceless.

9th picture folder or September 2008 18th picture September 2008 – My sister and her family were up visiting and we went to a nearby farm/park.  I love this picture of me and my little guy, who was about 5 months old here. 

Anyone else fighting a losing battle trying to access unread blog posts via Google Reader? Or is it just me?? --------------- My daughter and I were discussing safety and what to do if something happened to one of us, and she was telling me if I got in trouble she would run and find help. So I asked her how she would describe me if she needed to and the first thing she said is: "well, she has a round head...", which I suppose would really help single me out from all the square, triangle, and rectangular head-shaped moms out there.

Welcome to Aloha Friday! This is a great chance to get to know each other by doing a little Q & A. If you want to play along, visit An Island Life ! Here is my question: What time do you typically go to bed? Most nights, I am in bed between 9:15 and 9:30 and I usually read for about 30 minutes (if I can make it that long!). Hope you all have a great weekend!

This photo was taken in Hawaii.  Eli had just gotten up from his nap and we were getting him ready for some family pictures.  Fortunately he woke up in a good mood and was amenable to some belly tickles!  Visit I Heart Faces for all of this week’s fabulous pictures!

Cute! LOL! Great pictures!! :-) ;-) Beautiful!! Love it!! Too funny!! Haha! !!!!!!!!!!!!! Every day I read and comment on a lot of blogs.  I like to think I can come up with creative, witty responses.  And sometimes I do.  But often my comments consist of and/or include one – or more – of the above.  With LOTS of exclamation points!!! After all, I AM trying to convey my excitement and/or interest in your post.  Sometimes I want to challenge myself.  “No “cutes” today!”.  But it hasn’t happened yet.  Because truly, many pictures I see out there are just too darn cute.  But I have my trusty thesaurus nearby so don’t be surprised if I suddenly start spouting phrases like: “Why, that is simply delightful!” “What a charming post!” “How quaint!" “That is one awe-inspiring story!” “Your images are breathtaking!” “Impressive!” “Wow, your words were just spine-tingl...

I am not exactly positive what our new cats name is. I thought I was told “Tessa”. But I have also heard “Tessie”, and “Tess” thrown around. My daughter has taken to calling her “T”. This has been T’s base of operation for the past week: Our guest room. See that little lump? Yep, that’s the cat. And now, her debut appearance: I was actually worried about how our other cat would react to T, but Tawny could care less. Tess is actually the one hissing and running from Tawny. But I am sure they will become friends, eventually. The dog also has no problem with either cat and proceeds to ignore them both as much as possible. Tess is coming out to visit much more often. She is very friendly. Baxter got his staples out today!! I am thrilled to be done with the cone head – he just could not figure out his new “width” and was constantly hitting things with his cone head. He has knocked over my kids more than once! And I can’t wait for him to have a bath!!! Baxter’...