I’m not trying to disrespect, but I can’t stop giggling at this story: Corpse kept upright for 3-day wake in Puerto Rico Did you see the pictures? There’s something very “Weekend at Bernie’s” about the whole thing. Not to mention his whole, “Sup, Holmes?” stance.

Dressed in a Yankees baseball cap and sunglasses, Pantoja was mourned by relatives while propped upright in his mother’s living room. His brother Carlos told the El Nuevo Dia newspaper the victim had long said he wanted to be upright for his own wake: “He wanted to be happy, standing.”

Hey, I’m all for it, if it makes his family happy. It’s a tragedy that the guy died so young, so I hope his family is comforted by the idea that they fulfilled his last wish.

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I saw this little Yo Gabba Gabba guitar yesterday at Target and I just had to have it! Pablo and Mallory are having a birthday very soon, so that’s my excuse. It’s just so cool, though! Each little button plays two songs from each character, and it has a little whammy bar too. The kids are going to love it. They may be a little old for this type of toy, but they love Yo Gabba Gabba so much, it doesn’t even matter. So cute!

Ohhhh, this reminds me! Kayley just HAD TO HAVE a little plush Brobee, too, and she promised to pay me back for it. PAY UP, GIRLCHILD! You owe mommy seven bucks.

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The kids were playing in my van Saturday night, while Paul puttered around in the garage. When it was time to rustle everyone back inside, I told him I thought the interior lights had been switched on. He said, nooooo, just give them a minute, they’ll turn off. I was skeptical, but he said he’d come back out later and check on it.

Well. Guess who has a dead battery today? The one who said, “I think the lights are on in the van.”

And I had my heart set on returning that loaf of moldy bread to King Soopers! Actually, not so much, but I WAS looking forward to shopping with the little girls while brother and sister are off at school. People keep telling me that Target carries a bunch of Yo Gabba Gabba toys now, and I need to go see for myself. Pablo and Mallory are turning 5 in a couple of weeks, and they’d love some little Gabba goodies!

I’ve got the battery charging, but holy cats, man. It’s taking FOREVER! It’s been stuck at 71% for about half an hour now.

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“MOM! Mom? Mom, I need you!”

“What is it, sweetie?”

::tsk:: “Not YOU, Mom! We’re PLAYING.”

…………

“Moooom! Mommy! Mom! Stop ignoring me! I need some help!”

“What’s the problem?”

“Mommy!! NOT. YOU. We’re PLAYING!!”

:::bangs head against wall:::

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It’s called UpTheAssItis. All day long, they’re hanging off of me, telling me our house is boring. They don’t want to live here anymore; they want to move in with Karsyn. Legos are boring; we’ve seen this same episode of Dora a hundred times; why can’t we go to the park; we want to go play in the garage. I don’t think I can pull anything else out of my hat! They’re jaded. They’ve seen it all. They’ve done it all.

Thank GOD school starts tomorrow!

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I saw this commercial the other night and laughed my ass off! I keep watching it over and over, just so I can see the cockroach driving by and casing the house. Haha!

But then I found this commercial on YouTube right now and I think it just might be the funniest commercial ever:

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Fally? Fall-ey? Okay, it’s a made-up word. But, yeah! I’m feelin’ it! After our record-breaking heat wave, we’ve got the most amazing forecast coming up for the weekend. On Friday, we’re supposed to see a high of 68. That’s thirty degrees cooler than it’s been lately! Ahhh! And, I even heard mention of SNOW in the high country? Crazy!

Besides the cooler weather (even if it’s just going to be cooler for a minute) the kids start back to school on Tuesday. Ahhh! I’m all for year-round school, but I think it’s pointless to start school, go for three wees, and then track off for three weeks. We were just getting used to arising at o’dark-thirty, and now we’re back to being slackers who sleep until 8:30 every day. It’s going to be a rough transition, again.

And then! Another week, and Miss Kayley goes back to school, too! Watch out, underclassmen. Kayley’s now an 8th grader. (What the HELL, man? I was just remembering when she broke her ankle the week before school started, thinking that happened last year. It was TWO years ago! She’s going into her last year of middle school!)

Now, if I could only get some decent apples at the grocery store, I’d be a happy chick. Isn’t it supposed to be apple season? Too early still?

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Folks, it’s happened. One of my offspring has started blogging. Check out her blog at KayleySays.com if you’d like. Just click the button there. And hey! She posted pictures of her birthday party. Fun stuff.

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This is my littlest baby, Nikki. She’s the clown of the family, always making us laugh with her silly faces and funny expressions. She’s the bravest out of the bunch, always first in line to try something new. She was the first one to scale the big slide and stand up on top of it, ten feet in the air. (Ack!) She was first to learn how to pump her legs while swinging. She’ll jump from the top step, from the back of the couch, and from the kitchen table. She loves music, and she loves to sing. Nikki is a constant source of entertainment for us - she says and does the funniest things.

Nikki regularly cleans things up without being asked. I think she’s got a little bit of her dad’s enginerd qualities. Many times, she’ll call me in the room to show off what she’s done - sometimes she’ll arrange all the shoes up in a neat line, or stack all the books neatly on the shelves. Just this evening, she picked up the whole living room, and she was so pleased with herself afterward. I love that I have at least one child who inherited the neatness gene, because I’ve always worried I was going to raise a family of slobs like myself.

Nikki works hard, plays hard, and then crashes hard. She’s like a wind-up toy - running around crazy, full of energy, until she finally hits the wall. She’s the only one who still naps regularly, and I never have to put her down for a nap - I just always find her holed up somewhere, cuddled up with her thumb in her mouth, snoozing away. We’re trying to break her of the habit, but honestly, it’s still so precious to me to see a sleeping child with their thumb in their mouth. I need to get over that, I guess, so my child doesn’t mess up her teeth.

I just wanted to post a few things about my children here, because people keep asking me lately what it’s like now that two of them are in school. And my answer: it’s a lot of fun! Three and a half is such a fun age, I think. It has such a bad reputation, three. But I just love it - kids do so many cute, precious things at this age. Every day, I find myself just smiling when I see the girls playing together, making up elaborate pretend scenarios. It’s really cool, this parenting thing. I recommend it!

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This video is proof that my children have terrible parents. If you can’t figure it out, it’s Lexi and Nikki singing the theme song from Family Guy - and adding a few of their own words in.

Edit - I didn’t realize that you can’t see the word balloon caption thingies unless you’re on the YouTube page - so, maybe you should click on the video and go view it there! That way, you definitely won’t miss them saying, “Butt!” and “Boobies!” at the end. Teehee.

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