On Tuesday the 10th, Dixon called me from work and said "Buy plane tickets for tomorrow" He had just been told he was going to be sent to Utah to help someone re-qualify in the F16, and he was leaving the next day. So I bought tickets for the same commercial airplane that he was riding and we all flew together. Dixon only had to work on Thursday, so Friday and Saturday we just played! Dixon got a great day of skiing and I got a (wonderful!!) massage at the Homestead resort. We stayed at the Kidtrap (Dixon's parents house in Midway) and had a great time. We got to visit with old friends and spend some good family time together. I love family trips!!!
On Saturday we went to Soldiers Hollow. ( S.H. is sledding hill with a sled lift to pull you up the hill on your inner-tube) It was the first time that Titan has gone sledding. Boy, did he hate it!!! First, he scared to sit on the inner-tube and be pulled up the hill. Then he was terrified going down the hill! Poor little guy :( He is usually so brave and dare-devilish that I was shocked to see him be hesitant about something! Maybe next year he will like it! We made up for the horrible experience by taking him to "Train Burger". (T.B. is a hamburger shop with a train theme decor.) It has a electric toy train going around the restaurant and lots of pictures of trains. Titan loves trains!!!!
On Sunday, we returned home to find that the neighborhood girl who was taking care of Rocky (our dog) had let some friends into our house. These kids had gone through the house and spat on our walls and furniture, ate our food and skateboarded through the house and let their skateboards slam in to the walls and put holes in them. We were (still are) FURIOUS!!!!! After getting all the information from the girl about what had happened, Dixon was able to go talk to all of the parents of these kids, and one by one, was able to get the parents to make the kids come and work off their misdeed. (except one set of parents believed their lying son and said he did not have to come work it off with the rest of them. Fortunately for us, his friends told him that he better come or they would not hang out with him anymore) So on Thursday Dixon had all of the boys and the girl at our house pulling weeds, digging a trench for our (soon to be) garden and picking up dog poop. These boys knew that we had already called the cops and that if they did not do what we asked then we could still press charges, so they did the yard work. It helps to have a strong, military husband who can intimidate punk kids and get them to own up to their actions.
On Friday Dixon's sister and her family came for a visit. We had lots of fun with them. We went to the zoo with them, played dominos, went to the Children's Museum, and went to a spring training game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland A's. They left today, Wednesday the 25. In a couple of weeks we will have more guests at our house. Some military & church friends are in a middle of move. They will bring their kids to our house for a few days so they can get the house settled. We will have 4 children under the age of 4. They are good kids so I am not too worried. Last time they were here they played together very well.
Cute and Not So Cute
Titan has recently been interested in using the toilet. Not just playing in the toilet, but sitting on the toilet and "going potty". I don't think he is quite ready for toilet training yet but I think it is pretty cute when he sits there, fully dressed, with a big grin on his face, then gets off and "wipes" the front of his pants and then flushes the toilet. So, in the meantime, until he is ready, I am starting to teach him the sign for "poop". Since he has learned to sign "poop" he has been saying it a lot. We went a petting zoo the other day and Titan pointed to the poop on the ground and then signed it again. And he will point to the ground in the back yard and sign poop cause he knows that is where Rocky does his business. A couple of times he has also told me that he just pooped and then tries to pull his diaper off. He is getting very close to potty training time.
Titan's newest words are "Papa", "pop" (which sounds like "bop"), "cookie" (which sounds like "geekey"), "ball", and "dude". Titan likes us to sing songs when it is time for bed. A couple of songs we sing are "One bottle of pop" and "Pop goes the weasel". Titan always gets to sing the "POP" in the songs.
Goal Update!
Last month I did not fast. But I will this next Sunday.
I did go to the cannery and got a good supply of food. Now I just have to find more recipes to make with the stuff I canned. I have been making bread with the wheat grinder we got for Christmas. (Yeah for me!!)
I have not sewn anything. I need to get started on that one. My first sewing project will be to put a border on my too short drapes. It will just be a straight stitch but it will be a start. Those of you who commented on my "you can win" post will get something sewn........I just don't know what it will be yet.
I have been meeting and talking to more people around the neighborhood (not just the punk kids who went into our house). The house next door to us is up for rent and I have gone over there every time I have seen prospective renters outside, and talked to them. I have also signed up to play "CRUD" with the squadron wives. (FYI: crud is a pool table game that fighter pilots play)
As for cooking?!?!?! Well.... lets just say we have not starved.
(Now, come on guys! I really need you to help me reach my goals. Please! Please! Please post comments on my blog to make me stay accountable! . . . . . . . . . THANKS!!!)
