Ethan loves Oreos!

Amber went out with her sisters and mom tonight, so I had the kids. Amber dropped them off at my office and then I took them over to the new Chipotle. Needless to say, that was my choice, not theirs - but they each ate a cheese Quesadilla and for $0.80 a piece - that's a lot cheaper than McD's. On our way home, we stopped at a pet store - just for fun - to let the kids look at the animals. Ethan is fascinated by birds. Kate wants a kitty or a puppy. Nicole likes the animals as long as they are locked up. When I finally dragged them away, all 3 kids were crying. Ethan was tired. Kate wanted to take a pet home, and Nicole was crying at the simple idea we might ever have a pet. I know I'm the idiot - it was a lose, lose, lose situation from the beginning. When we got home I did a little swamp cooler work (the stupid thing started leaking again and I'll be visiting Home Depot tomorrow, hopefully only once, to buy some supplies to attempt to fix it) Swamp coolers are the biggest pieces of shiz in the world. I hate my swamp cooler more than the devil himself. Anyway, Ethan didn't eat much of his quesadilla, so I started feeding him some mandarin oranges. Kate started crying because it was our last cup of mandarin oranges. So I gave her an Oreo to shut her up. Well, I had forgotten that Ethan LOVES Oreos. As soon as he saw it, he immediately wanted nothing else. Here is the video for you to enjoy...


Then, I'm not kidding - 30 seconds later, Kate has gone upstairs and put on a Cinderella costume:

Nicole put a dress on, and they started playing Trick-or-Treat by taking turns being inside the pantry and handing treats out to each other as they knocked on the pantry door.

Then I look over at Ethan and he is a mess from his Oreo.




Then he starts grunting and pooped what seems to me like a world record quantity. I've tried to train him to do this only when Mom is around, but I got stuck with it this time.

These are the joys of having kids!

Kiddie Kandids

Since Ethan and Kate both had Birthdays in the last couple of weeks, it was time for pictures to be taken at Kiddie Kandids. Here are the best of them...

Picture Post

Okay, so I think I can put a few pictures in the same post. I'm really getting good at this. Here are a bunch of pictures:

This one here is a picture of Ethan sleeping on top of me. He must have been super comfy sleeping on top of his soft pillowy Dad.

Here are our 3 kids driving their pink Cadilac Escalade. When Ethan is old enough to drive, I will be spray painting it and having it "murdered out" just like Big Black's Pinto.

Here are Colo and Kater-Tots getting ready for Kate's water birthday party for her friends. They are eating popsicles, because those popsicles are not allowed in the house.

Here's Mom (Amber) and the two girls riding a space ship to outer space at Disneyland. Kate is classic, everytime the ride went up, she would ask if they were in outer space. Just like when we took off in the airplane on our way to California, she kept asking when we were going to "Blast Off!"

Nicole is our ballerina. Here she is preparing for her recital. It's funny to know that about 30 seconds before this picture she was bawling about who knows what, but as soon as I pulled out the camera to get a picture of her being a baby, she immediately put on a big smile and show for the camera.

While Ethan and I were waiting for the girls in the princess shop, I put this "Prince" crown or whatever it is on him. He smiled for about 2 seconds before ripping the thing off his head. Kudos to Mom for capturing this picture while he still had a smile on his face.

Here is me and all the kids on the teacups. I don't know if Ethan was supposed to be on the ride or not, but I snuck him on and he loved it. Nobody even threw-up! You should note that we are, of course, riding in a pink teacup. I wonder who requested that?

Lastly, here are my 2 princesses with their favorite princess, Cinderella. This would be like me hanging out with Emmitt Smith or John Stockton. They sure had a fun time.