Slider the snake has been a member of our family for about 4 months. I am terrified of snakes and so is Russ but the kids love him and believe it or not he really is an easy pet. It's been a great learning experience for the kids to feed him and to watch him shed his skin. In fact the day he shed, Lukie totally freaked out because he thought Slider was throwing up. It's kind of been like a Science Lab in the garage. We have a new edition to our family thanks to Bailey Bug Taylor. I don't know what it is about that girl but she seems to find every injured, helpless animal within a 20 mile radius and wants to bring them home and love them back to good health.(one of the many things I love so much about her) I took the kids to the park about a week ago to have a picnic and play on the play ground, we hadn't been there 15 minutes when Bug runs out of the bathrooms in tears because there was a salamander curled up in the corner that she absolutely had to save. She grabbed my McDonald's cup, threw out my ice and coke and marched back into the bathroom - the rest is history and now we have a beautiful, healthy salamander named Barbie, who eats very small crickets that I have to go buy at Pets Mart once a week:)
You're a good Mom. I've hit my pet limit with 1 dog and 1 fish (who we haven't officially named and we've had him over 3 years now). You earn extra Mom points.
To discipline our children Russell and I both use the "Naughty Chair" approach. We put which ever of the kids is acting up on the bar stool in the middle of the kitchen and set the timer on the stove to how ever many minutes the child is in age. Bailey is 5, she gets 5 minutes. Luke is 3, he gets 3 minutes. Anywho the other day Bailey, my usually perfect child, was acting up. I told her to go put her little bum on the naughty chair. She hung her head in shame and walked into the kitchen pleading over her shoulder, " Ok mom I will but please set it on Lukies age."
I think Bailey is missing Grams The other day while at the mall we walked past the perfume counter and Bailey says to me ,"Mom, heaven must be really close cause I can smell Grandma Faye."
"I'm so DECIDED!" Translation - I'm so excited!
Bailey asked me, "What kind of Spanish do they speak in Indonesia?"
"Wakey wakey, eggs and bacy!" - Get out of Bed!
"It's a Sun shiny Day!" - Not Necessarily sunny but just feeling happy (So cute, I love this one!)
Bailey calls anyone that she considers a close friend her "Cousin"
We had just discovered a crack in the bottom of our dishwasher and it was leaking all over the kitchen. Hot water was spilling out everywhere and Bailey, quite upset cries, "Oh no mom, now where are we going to live?" Can you say Drama Queen????
"What you said?" - What did you say
Target has become "The Pretzel Drink Store"
Lukie-isms
Luke calls a Cheeseburger " A Handgerber with Cheese"
Luke told aunt Lynne at Christmas, "I am a Big boy but I still sometimes pick my nose."
Luke calls a group of boys, "The BRO"S" and a group of girls, "The BRA'S" (thanks to the teachings of Russell Taylor)
Russ asked Luke the other day if he was interested in going hunting with him next year. Of course Luke said sure. Then Russ asked him what he thought they were going to hunt and Lukie says, "Um, either a cow or a horse."
Lukie on the pony ride at Thanksgiving Point, "Where's the seat belt?"
Luke calls Spaghetti - Skabetty
Lukie dressed himself and I kindly tried to tell him that his shoes were on the wrong feet, to which he replied, "No mom, that's just your inaginations."
Lukie calls "Boobies" - "Elbows"
Luke on the Potty Chair, "It's not Working"
"I want two ones" Translation - I want more than one of something
"Mom, pops my jacket done." Translation - Mom do the snaps up on my jacket.
Luke calls Blueberries - "Rolly Berries"
Luke goes with Russ to Home Depot so much he tells people his daddy works there
Slider the snake has been a member of our family for about 4 months. I am terrified of snakes and so is Russ but the kids love him and believe it or not he really is an easy pet. It's been a great learning experience for the kids to feed him and to watch him shed his skin. In fact the day he shed, Lukie totally freaked out because he thought Slider was throwing up. It's kind of been like a Science Lab in the garage.
We have a new edition to our family thanks to Bailey Bug Taylor. I don't know what it is about that girl but she seems to find every injured, helpless animal within a 20 mile radius and wants to bring them home and love them back to good health.(one of the many things I love so much about her) I took the kids to the park about a week ago to have a picnic and play on the play ground, we hadn't been there 15 minutes when Bug runs out of the bathrooms in tears because there was a salamander curled up in the corner that she absolutely had to save. She grabbed my McDonald's cup, threw out my ice and coke and marched back into the bathroom - the rest is history and now we have a beautiful, healthy salamander named Barbie, who eats very small crickets that I have to go buy at Pets Mart once a week:) 
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You're a good Mom. I've hit my pet limit with 1 dog and 1 fish (who we haven't officially named and we've had him over 3 years now). You earn extra Mom points.
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