• 5yr olds fav stuffed animal is a three legged dog (one arm came off) that he named Gweeky. He lost him two nights ago and finally found him #
• Mom quote: “The toilet plunger is not a sword boys, nor is it a light saber or any other type of dueling mechanism” #
• to quote Donkey from Shrek “I’m making waffles!” Except I made pancakes this morning. It’s the same batter just flatter. Hehehe #

• it’s a good thing it’s after Christmas - top strand of lights on the tree inside died. time to pack it up…. #
• had potluck new year’s eve party - now have so many bags of chips need to have another party w/ 5 gallons of dip to get rid of all the chips #
• watching National Treasure: Book of Secrets - and it’s way past my bedtime… #

• spent the day with the 5yr old who wasn’t feeling too good chilling in a recliner watching a looney toons marathon. he’s a momma’s boy… #

• Happy New Year everyone!! #

It’s the first day of the new year and I barely set foot outside today. I spent the larger part of the day vegging in the recliner with the Little C who hasn’t felt well lately. We reclined, covered up and watched Cartoon Networks’ marathon of Looney Toons. However for the first four hours of the day I built a gift Z Man got from Santa. Yes, that’s right FOUR HOURS. I finally agreed to put together his K’Nex Double Dare Dueling Roller Coaster and all of it’s 1,054 pieces. Casey J patiently hung by waiting for me to finish so he could be the first to give it a try. I can’t believe I’m going to say this but it was grueling work. I’ve got a hunch back to go along with my sore butt. It is actually a really cool toy and pretty darn creative, it also has some alternate designs but at four hours of build time on this one I’m not sure I’ll take it apart. Problem is it’s over three feet tall and takes up a fair chunk of space. They don’t have a lot of space in their room especially with the large Millenium Falcon taking up a good two square feet of room. I’ve got a nice little box for all the pieces to be put in, I’ll let them leave it out for a few days before deciding what on earth to do with it. I put together a little montage of the coaster track in action. Enjoy!!

K’Nex Coaster Build from Kim Moreland on Vimeo.

• Another lovely book keeping Tues. done. Going to return some clothes for my kiddoes now. Hopefully no one else is doing the same thing. #
• 6yr old: Mommy I despise commercials. Me: Where’d you learn that word from? 6yr old: You. You know how you said you despised bad drivers… #
• Loves finding highly talented, hardly heard of musicians who are absolutely amazing. #
• 6yr old pleaded to purchase this at the grocery store.. He wanted to “smell good for the party tonight” http://twitpic.com/ybv8 #