Ah. Fall...

It is that time of year where we have one million leaves to rake and only a small period of time in which the city stops by to suck them up for removal.  Thankfully this year we have extra helpers with the leaves!

Our lovely Maya Papaya - is ready to rake and having a good time.

Sammy - well I think he likes the job of supervisor - notice that he does well holding the rake and assessing the situation!

Mary - she just likes to play with the leaves - throw them up in the air.

Pia - well - she just likes to inspect the leaves.

I have just realized that with the additional help (supervisor, thrower and inspector), we are quite possibly in a large amount of trouble and wonder if there is a magic wand to make the leaves disappear?

After all the hard work was done - we tried our hardest to throw all the children in the leaves and take a cute group picture.  Our resident photographer was out doing homework with friends - so amateur "mom" had to try to be creative.  So, after three attempts - I said "f*#K it" and so here is what you get!

My lovely assistant "DAD" was standing to my right trying to get everyone's attention - I am screaming at him "just clap - be loud - yell at them - something" - yeah - well forget it!  That did  not seem to work!   So,  I am trying to use my free hand to "snap" to get them to look up together!    And then - right before "I said f*#K it"- It dawned on me that we are dealing with 4 untamed autumn souls - who are being ONE with nature.  And there was no way in HELL that we were going to get any results.

Nature 1

Parental Units 0

Okay - so we lost.

We will be back!

The funny part of it - is that they slept like the dead and here is the morning scene:

Pia - 

"seriously - try to get me out of this bed!"

Mary-

"holy shit that light is bright"

Sammy -

"can we play in the leaves again???"

All in a days work.

I seriously do not remember how quiet our lives used to be!

Love to all

Zoltan OUT!

Shoot - where does the time go?

I logged in today to blog and noticed it has been one month since I have blogged.  WTF?  I mean seriously, where does the time go?   In fact, I am not sure - but it only feels like last week when I sat down to blog (or maybe it feels like last year - just depends on the moment, I guess?)

These Babies have kept me hopping - that is for sure.   They are now headed for the light - yesterday I left them alone to just use the stinkin' bathroom and upon my return they were all pulling a poltergeist on me!  Carol Anne - run to the light!  As you can see - totally all the Boy's fault!   Caught Red Handed.

In any case - all the babies have returned from TV land - and snacks all around.

(Thank you Carol and Jimmy for the new table - 

which converts to an Easel for future artistic work)

As the winter months are beginning to creep up on us - we are starting to worry about being stuck inside - so we got all dressed up and went to Costco.

I mean how stinkin' cute can these guys be???

Cute until the terrorize they dresser and pull out all the diaper pail garbage bags!!

As you can see by the picture - they are having a conversation about who is going to take the blame for the mess that they have found themselves in

Sammy:  "shit - i am in the drawer - she is going to blame me"

Mary:  "dude - i told you not to get in the drawer - yea you are busted"

Pia: "ha! serves you right - you talked us into doing it in the first place"

Sammy: "so if we just all look at each other - do you think mom will go away?"

Note to readers:  

All children were blamed for incident - 

and bags have been relocated.

Damnit

As I am picking up the bags - 

they relocate themselves to another place they are not suppose to be:

The couch

Are you guys really freakin' kidding me?

Note to readers:  

All children were blamed for being unable to 

remember that they can not use the couch as a jungle gym 

& the couch has been relocated.

Double Damnit

Very soon the room will be empty.

Just a few pillows and blankets on the floor.

Like a padded cell.

I will just place the food tray under the door.

They will be fine.

They have access to a bathroom.

Hmmmmm.

Love to all.

Zoltan OUT