Meet Happy, the Snail

Meet Happy, the world's ugliest snail. Seriously, he's totally hideous, however, he does a fantastic job at cleaning the tank. Jake named him Happy because he's yellow LOL I find him disturbing, especially when I have the light on in the tank (which is on my desk) and catch him at work. Henry, the betta, loves to attempt to fight Happy, however, Happy, it appears, likes to live up to his name-he never fights back. He usually just goes into his shell and falls to the bottom. He's a lover, not a fighter :p

Tuesday-The New Mary Lou

Liv had her first gymnastics class today. In true Bulloss fashion (or maybe it's Glave? I'm the one w/the pea sized attention span lol) she had some issues, BUT for the most part, she paid attention and had a good time. At the end, they get to climb the climbing wall. She went all the way to the top (with help) and had no problems.

Monday-I Learned 2 Things Today

1) Never offhandedly say to my 2 yr old it's ok to sleep in the bathtub when she asks because she will attempt to and 2) my 7 year old likes to lick his knee caps while he's sitting on the potty trying to poop. Who knew?!?!?!

Yep, so I had to drop my car off @ the dealership today because one of the sliders won't work properly. On the way home, I was telling Liv it was bath night. She wanted to "swim" in the tub. I told her no problems. Then, she started telling Josey she was sooooooo tired and wanted to sleep in the bathtub. So, I turned to her and said "You want to sleep in the tub? You can't-you'll drown" so, then she started saying "But I wanna" SO I said, fine, whatever, thinking she'd forget. Why in the world would I think she'd forget? This kid has the mind of an elephant, I swear it. So, we get home, I'm unloading the car, and I told her to get in the house and get undressed because it was bath time. I get everything unloaded, and come in to check her progress. She was completely naked, had her binkie in her mouth, her blanket, and started dragging her pillow to the bathroom. I was going to stop her, but then decided I wanted to see how it'd go down. So, I waited then checked her progress. Here's the video I took:

Friday - Chillin Before School

I was working Friday morning and it was quiet...I decided to turn around in my chair, and this is what I saw, so I had to snap a pic. They were chillin, watching Diego. Thank you DVR, because Liv wants to watch Diego ALL THE TIME. Thankfully Jake, though he complains initially, settles down and gets into it as well.

Thursday-Grandparents Day @ Jake's School

Every year, Jake's school has Grandparents Day. They get to come, watch recess, then they have the school version of a Thanksgiving dinner (what? Do they think that's all old people eat or something?!?!? Guess corn dogs may not be a seller for the older set...but I digress...) My parents love it, and so do I. Jake is still looking alot like Dad. The height predictors for Jake say 6ft4-6ft6...The rate he's growing, I can see it!

Wednesday-My Super Speller is at it again!

Another new year has started, and Jake is already acing his spelling tests. He's the bomb!!

Tuesday-Potty Training Take 1

So yesterday Liv decided she wanted to potty train. I think alot of it had to do with M & Ms. Both my kids are in love with them. They are great bribe tools. Yeah, I know, all the books say don't bribe, blah blah blah, but I'm old school and I'm a single mother. I will do what it takes to not have to change diapers anymore and bribing is part of that, well then, so be it. Of course, here's just a little exerpt from my facebook wall post this am:

"Liv's decided she wants to potty train, which is FANTASTIC, however, she was in the potty and I was teaching Jake to double knot his shoes-I could SEE her. I hear her pee, look up to tell her good job, just in time to see her pull her hand from the potty. She looks at me and said "Mom, I just peed in my hand" ARGH!!!"

So, though she's peeing in the potty, she's also peeing on her hand. Isn't life grand? I'm just thankful the pee is in the potty. How it got there is relative, right?!?!?!?! lol