Mystery of the missing credit card...

This morning I opened my wallet to use my credit card and to my horror found it missing. I don't know about you, but I get that queasy oh no feeling in my stomach - where could I have left it?? was it stolen?? oh no, I will have to redo all the bills that are attached to my card - argh!!!

I kept my cool, used my debit card and went home. I thought about all the places I went - Target, Lucky, Boswells (party store), called them all - no Visa card. I thought about the last time I used it and remembered that I took it out of my wallet to order pizza to be delivered (Mason wanted that for his Birthday dinner) on Thursday. I never used the card on Friday, which means it HAD to be in the house. Looking high and low - could not find it. I even went through the trash, which is absolutely disgusting, but shows my desperation.

I asked the boys during all my searching, but they didn't have any idea. Then I got REALLY smart. I told them that I would buy a toy for whomever found my credit card. This definitely got them interested. They wanted to see what it looked like (thankfully I could show them Brooks'). We have a Southwest Visa, so there is a big airplane on the card - this the boys can recognize. All of a sudden Grant says "I think I know where it is". I run after him to see where he is heading and low and behold! It is right where it should be..... stuck between the refrigerator and the wall. Grant put it there and apologized for doing so saying he would not do it again.

SO.... does he get the toy for finding me the card? or does he get in trouble for hiding it in the first place? I'm going with..... he gets the toy. I am glad he came clean - life would be a LOT worse if he never showed it to me at all. I have learned a valuable lesson - ALWAYS put the card back - NEVER leave it out!!!

As usual, if it's not one thing, it's another. Never a dull moment around here.

The Dragon Karate Brothers

The video really speaks for itself - just a snapshot of what my day is like - the two of them are non-stop motion, but it is SOOO much nicer when they actually get along :)

Pay it Forward

This is how it works... The first three people to leave a comment on this post will receive a gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to receive your gift, you have to post this on your blog first. (Which means that sometime during this year, you'll send a gift to three people as well!)Get it? So, the first three people to comment will be the lucky ones! Good luck!
A big Thank You to Tammy Jones for starting this! What a wonderful idea!!

Let's talk teeth...

First of all - to keep everyone up to speed - Mason lost his 2nd tooth Friday the 13th (yes, it was over a week ago). He seems to always lose them when we are NOT at home. This makes things a little tricky for me. This last time I almost lost it!! I put it in a zip lock baggy (the tooth is TINY) - but it was recoved in the nick of time.

Second (and most importantly) I have had some concerns about how thouroughly my children brush their teeth. I have found a solution. There is a product out there called Agent Cool Blue (it is by Listerine). How it works is you swish it around in your mouth (it premeasures itself which is fantastic) and spit it out, all your teeth are now a bluish color (they call it a Pre-Brush tinting rinse). Now, you get to brush your teeth, but have to brush all the blue off! I know they are brushing longer and better. I always have to "smell my breath" when they are done (their breath, not mine). The first day I brought this home (I purchased it at Target) I think they each brushed their teeth 4 times. The only downside is that it is kind of pricey (over $5 for the bottle and regular kids mouthwash is about $2) and they use a lot of it. Hopefully this will create good habits! Oh, btw, my kids don't like really "minty" type flavors - they think they are spicy (yeah, I know "spicy" - huh?) so we get the Bubble Blast - they think it is fantastic!!!

Friday the Thirteenth - good things do happen

Sometimes good things do happen on Friday the Thirteenth - we were thrilled that Mason got his cast off! I don't know how I expected, but I didn't think our wonderful doctor was going to bust out with a saw!!! Mason (who isn't scared of ANYTHING) was a little concerned. At one point he jumped. It didn't help that we had Grant with us - who found the buttons on the back of the chair and at one point during the sawing process the chair started moving upwards (scared the you know what out of Mason and the doctor). I'm telling you - never a dull moment!!!


The stinky dirty cast - it reeked!!! And no, we did NOT bring it home with us.

Update on the broken arm

This picture was taken after the whole process was done - look at that smile! He was so proud of himself. He found it very interesting how the cast got really warm while they were putting it on (the chemical reaction in the fiberglass while it is hardening). The whole thing never phased him at all!

The doctor didn't give us many cast color options. She started with: hot pink, purple, red (which I think has a possibility of being a little pink) and then blue. Thankfully Mason was very happy with blue.

Check him out - he has one arm behind his head - totally relaxing and a huge smile on his face the whole time.

We get the cast off this Friday (it will have been 3 weeks). I think he's happy about it. He hasn't complained much about the itch - more about the smell (YUCK). I am looking forward to him thoroughly washing his hand though. It is DIRTY, seriously dirty.

I have to say though, it was really funny how at first he was very excited to tell everyone how he broke his arm, but then he got really irritated with people asking him, and didn't understand why everyone wanted to know. That was a little hard to explain, but told them they cared about him and wanted to know how he got hurt.

I'll let you know how the removal goes - do they use a saw?