Man vs. Machine

I was moving a Washing Machine today at work. Now when you hear washing machine most people think of your standard top load washing machine. This was a Front Load High End machine that weighs 281 Lbs (Pictured Below). Unfortunately in a fight the washing machine will always win. It landed on my big toe and here was the results. (Not a pretty sight beware). It also didn't feel very good. But I learned a very valuable lesson, Never leave your feet in the way of a 281lb machine.

If your so morbidly curious as to what happened to the other toes to make them look like that post a message and maybe I'll tell the story.

Daddy Daughter Date

Cenna and Ariana Seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to doing things with Mom and Dad. Usually because they aren't old enough to do the things Alex and Ben want to do. So today I took Cenna and Ariana on a Daddy Daughter date. We went to the Build-a-Bear workshop where Ariana built a koala bear and Cenna built a High School Musical bear, they had the time of their life picking out the clothes and giving the bears a bath under the fluffing machine. We also went to lunch there in the mall at Sabbaro's Pizza.

It was then off the the games where they rode a couple of kiddie games one is a simulated roller coaster. They enjoyed jumping up and hitting the red light on to of the ride whenever Dad wasn't looking.

Baby Fun

I found this list and thought it would be fun to share.

FIRST BABY: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy.
SECOND BABY: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
THIRD BABY: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.

PREPARING FOR THE BIRTH
FIRST BABY: You practice your breathing religiously.
SECOND BABY: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't do a thing.
THIRD BABY: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month

THE BABY CLOTHES
FIRST BABY: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, colour co-ordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
SECOND BABY: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
THIRD BABY: Boys can wear pink, can't they?

WORRIES
FIRST BABY: At the first sign of distress -a whimper, a frown - you pick up the baby.
SECOND BABY: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
THIRD BABY: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing

PACIFIER
FIRST BABY: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and sterilise it.
SECOND BABY: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
THIRD BABY: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.

DIAPER CHANGING
FIRST BABY: You change your baby's diaper every hour, whether they need it or not.
SECOND BABY: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
THIRD BABY: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.

ACTIVITIES
FIRST BABY: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
SECOND BABY: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
THIRD BABY: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.

GOING OUT
FIRST BABY: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
SECOND BABY: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
THIRD BABY: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.

AT HOME
FIRST BABY: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
SECOND BABY: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
THIRD BABY: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.

SWALLOWING COINS
FIRST CHILD: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
SECOND CHILD: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
THIRD CHILD: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!

1/4 year old

Officially Cassidy will not be One until 2012 so today is her 1/4 birthday. Here is a couple of pictures from the 1/4 celebration.

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Ben's Problem

We had a small accident at school today I say one thing happened but Ben tells a different story, So we are leaving it to you to choose.

I say his girlfriend hit him.

He says he fell down on some wood chips.

Leave us your comments and tell us which story

A - Sounds cooler
B - Seems more likely

Phone Fun

Cassidy found one of Ariana's toy phones and quickly fiqured out how it was supposed to be used, She hasn't wanted to put it down which sparked a lovely fight between her and Ariana. Oh well I guess they'll work it out in the end.

Wii Fun

When Becky and Ryan came down to watch our kids they had some fun Playing Rockband on the Wii. When Elann and I got back we played a little with them.

MTC

Elann's youngest brother entered the MTC about 2 weeks ago I tried to post earlier but have been having issues with blogger and my computer.

Anyone else remember the little red dots

Scott is going to the Mexico, Cuernavaca Mission

Alex and Ben got to go to the MTC and see him off they were very excited

Dancing with the Stars?

After a long night dealing with a sick 1 year old I awoke to find that Ariana had gotten herself dressed and ready for a day of dancing.

I had to put some music on just so she didn't get dressed for nothing. Unfortunately the camera man forgot to turn the camera on. So sorry no video of the dance just picture a little girl in a purple outfit dancing to Pet shop boys and UB40.

Night on the Town

I was informed at work that I had to use my vacation time or loose it by the end of the year, for Lowe's that is the end of January. So I put in my request for a week off and started making other arrangements. I managed to get a hold of Becky and last Friday after I got off work Becky and Ryan came down to babysit my kids. I had talked with a coworker and found out his wife worked for Holiday Inn Express. Without informing me he arranged with her to get a room overnight for us. It was the first night in 10 years that we have had no kids (not counting when Elann was in labor). I can't say thank you enough to Ryan and Becky for babysitting for us we really needed the night off.

This isn't our hotel but it looks just like it. We went to a movie and dinner for those interested. We saw Paul Blart : Mall Cop a very funny movie.

December rundown

Many things have happened over the last month and I keep finding myself unable to keep up with the updates so here is a final post for December just showing some things that happened this month.

Ben had a choir concert for Christmas

We had a Family Portrait taken

The kids got new Sunday clothes for Christmas and wanted to show them off

We took a trip to Grandma and Grandpa Barlow's for the Honey Christmas party and Ben showed us all how nimble athletic he can be.

Christmas

Here is pictures from our Christmas morning.

The Project

For the last 2 weeks or so I have been working on a "project". This project quickly became bigger and bigger as it developed. Anyway here is some pictures of it as we started going.

Obviously I had some assistance with this. Here is Chris doing his best to figure out our roof pitch so we could cut it and put it on.

This was after we finished for the night and had the basic structure built.
After getting it home I use a can of primer that I used to coat the whole thing.

This is the completed upstairs (Kitchen and living room), Our couches had feet at one point but they refused to stay on. I figured the shag carpet made up for it.

The bedroom, this was going to be a nice beige carpet but I miscut it and had to use another one.

This is the bathroom. I originally wanted to build all of the furniture but had to give in when it became apparent that I was never going to finish. ( I also couldn't figure out how to make a toilet)

This is a view of the whole house I didn't get a picture of the sides but they are a light green and the roof is a dark green.

This is my pride an joy. I spent more time than I should have on this fireplace but I think it turned out very well.

I should mention that this has also been wired for lights. That would be the copper tubing that you see in the bathroom and on the ceiling of the living room. There is a small switch on the side of the house to turn them on and off. Ben saw this before I finished and the first question out of his mouth was how do they get downstairs, Apparently I should have installed a set of stairs.

Ben Award

Ben recieved a special award in school for being a good citizen. This is the second time he has gotten it.

Here is a picture with the principle

And one with his teacher

Cenna 5

I know it's late but here is a picture from Cenna's 5th Birthday

Riddles 2

Chris got most of them right however he borrowed 2 answers from Becky. Here are the answers no one guessed #3.

1. The third room. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead. That one was easy, right?
2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it, and hung it up to dry (shot; held under water; and hung).
3. Charcoal, as it is used in barbecuing.
4. Sure you can name three consecutive days, yesterday, today, and tomorrow!
5. The letter E, which is the most common letter used in the English language, does not appear even once in the paragraph.

Hope you enjoyed I'll do another later

Riddles

I found these riddles and had fun with them so I thought I would share. Leave your answers in the comments and I'll post the answers next week.

1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?

3. What is black when you buy it, red when you use it, and gray when you throw it away?

4. Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday?

5. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!

Cassidy

Just some fun pictures of Cassidy

What a Smile

A fun video of cassidy dancing in her chair to christmas music.

Birthday turning 3

Yea exciting times Ariana Turned 3 on December 1st we celebrated while we were in Mt. Pleasant for our second thanksgiving.

The Cake it took 3 try's to get all the candles out. One blow for each candle.

She got a new book from grandma Barlow and Grandpa was happy to read it to her.

Here she is with her books and her finger puppets.
Both are presents from grandma Barlow.

Here she is trying to unwrap her presents.

Ariana gets to celebrate again on Sunday down at grandma Romney's house.