Metal Mouth

Well, I finally got them-braces! I had to wait a long time, but I decided now was a good time for me to get them. When we moved to Tucson, I took Eric and Erin into the orthodontist to get them started with braces. But our ortho said he doesn't do Phase I and Phase II anymore. He wants to wait until they have lost their baby teeth to start ortho treatment. Since they have to wait, I decided to get them myself. I have been lucky so far and the orthodontist is trying to just put them on my bottom teeth. He said he doesn't think he will have to do the top since they look great, but he isn't positive. It depends on my bite in a few months.

So, maybe by time I get mine off (Christmas 2010) Eric and Erin will be able to get theirs. I am thinking maybe we should hold off on Erin getting them. Maybe when she is about 16 and starting to date, then we should get her braces. Maybe that will discourage any potential suitors.

Disturbing photos

Mario and the kids are having a lot of fun with my new imac and its photo booth features. I find these pictures disturbing and to make matters worse, each day I wake up to a new photo as the background on my computer. What happened to my picture of a white sandy beach?

Extra Large Underwear

My kids are always cracking me up. They do and say some of the craziest things. Zachary heard a story a while back that talks about extra large underwear. So now when we are out, he occasionally gets the urge to embarrass the family by yelling "extra large underwear."

One day I took the boys to Ross. We walked out without buying anything. But as we were walking out into the busy parking lot, Zach asked me "Mom why did you steal that purse?" Of course, I didn't steal my purse. But then he said very loudly, "Mom, why did you steal those panties?" I was shocked. I don't even use that word. I always say "underwear" which probably stems from having 3 boys and only 1 girl. I am sure everyone outside that store must have been looking at me and wondering if I really did steal panties from Ross.

Anyway, Happy Father's Day Mario. This post is for you. Mario keeps asking if I talked about this in my blog. I think he wants to make sure we never forget it so we can tell his girlfriend/fiance about it and maybe she'll think twice about this silly guy she is dating/marrying.

Anyway, having Nathan and Zachary really add to the craziness at our house. Eric and Erin really enjoy all their shenanigans. (Mario loves that word)