TWO KIDS AND HOSPITAL TALK

Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on stretchers
next to each other outside the operating room-------the first
surgeries of the day.

The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in
here for?"


The second kid says, "I'm in here to get my tonsils out
and I'm a little nervous."

The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about.
I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and
when you wake up they give you lots of Jell-O and ice cream.
It's a breeze."

The second kid then asks, "What are you here for?"
The first kid says, "A circumcision."

Whoa!" the second kid replies. "Good luck buddy. I
had that done when I was born. Couldn't walk for a year."

 

CHRISTMAS 2007

Our youngest grandson is 7.

We found the magic of Santa again when the grand children came along.

Now, we must find the magic in a different way.

BUT........

Santa......I STILL BELIEVE!!!!!

ML

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ...JORDAN

Today, our grand daughter is 13 years old!

11 years old

We watched her being born and held her when she was minutes old.

Now, we hold her in our hearts....13 years later!

She has grown up to be a beautiful, caring and loving person.

I am priviledged to be called....

Her Grand Mother!

I love you, Jordan!  

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY!

Bama

THE IMAGES OF MOTHER

 

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE Y My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE Y  My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE Y My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE Y Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either!
16 YEARS OF AGE Y Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE Y That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE Y Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE Y Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE Y Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?
65 YEARS OF GE Y Wish I could talk it over with Mom. . .

 

My Mom died when I was 36...Oh, how I wish that I could talk with her tonight!

 

ML  ( Bama)

 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY "MEAN MOMS"

Mean Moms

Someday when my children are old enough to
understand the logic that motivates a parent,
I will tell them, as my Mean Mom told me:
I loved you enough to ask where you were going,
with whom, and what time you would be home.

I loved you enough to be silent and let you
 discover that your new best friend was a creep.

I loved you enough to stand over you for
two hours while you cleaned your room,
a job that should have taken 15 minutes.


 

I loved you enough to let you see anger,
 disappointment, and tears in my eyes. Children must
 learn that their parents aren't perfect.

I loved you enough to let you assume the
responsibility for your actions even when the
penalties were so harsh they almost broke my heart.

But most of all, I loved you enough to say
NO when I knew you would hate me for it.

Those were the most difficult battles of all.
I'm glad I won them, because in the end you won, too.
And someday when your children are old enough to
 understand the logic that motivates parents, you will tell them.

 

Was your Mom mean?  

I know mine was.

  

We had the meanest mother in the whole world!
While other kids ate candy for breakfast,
we had to have cereal, eggs, and toast.

  

When others had a Pepsi and a Twinkie for lunch,
we had to eat sandwiches.

 

And you can guess our mother fixed us a dinner that was
different from what other kids had, too.

Mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times.
You'd think we were convicts in a prison.

 

She had to know who our friends were
and what we were doing with them.
She insisted that if we said we
would be gone for an hour, we would be gone for an hour or less.

We were ashamed to admit it,
but she had the nerve to break
the Child Labor Laws by making us work.

 

We had to wash the dishes, make the beds, learn to cook, vacuum the floor, do laundry, empty the trash and all sorts of cruel jobs.
I think she would lie awake at night
thinking of more things for us to do.

She always insisted on us telling the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

  

By the time we were teenagers, 

she could read our minds  

and had eyes in the back of her head.

Then, life was really tough!

Mother wouldn't let our friends just honk
 the horn when they drove up

They had to come up to the door
so she could meet them.

  

While everyone else could date

when they were 12 or 13,

 

we had to wait until we were 16.

Because of our mother we missed out
on lots of things other kids experienced.

None of us have ever
been caught shoplifting, vandalizing other's
property or ever arrested for any crime.
It was all her fault.

Now that we have left home, we are all educated, honest adults.
We are doing our best to be mean parents just like Mom was.

I think that is what's wrong with the world today.
It just doesn't have enough mean moms!

CHILDREN'S VIEWS ON ANGELS

 
Children's views on angels:
  
I only know the names of two angels: Hark and Harold.
 
      Gregory, 5

  
Everybody's got it all wrong.  Angels don't wear halos anymore.  I forget
 why,  but scientists are working on it.
     Olive, 9
  
It's not easy to become an angel! First, you die.  Then you go to heaven,
 then  there's still the flight training to go through. And then you got to
 agree to wear those angel clothes.
      Matthew, 9
  
Angels work for God and watch over kids when God has to go do something
 else.
      Mitchell, 7
  
My guardian angel helps me with math, but he's not much good for science.
      Henry, 8
  
Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from holy cows.
      Jack, 6
  
Angels talk all the way while they're flying you up to heaven. The basic
 message  is where you went wrong  before you got dead.
      Daniel, 9 

 When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten.  And when
 he  lets out his breath, somewhere  there's a tornado.
      Regan, 10
  
Angels have a lot to do and they keep very busy. If you lose a tooth, an
 angel  comes in through your window and leaves money under your pillow.
 Then when it  gets cold, angels go north for the winter.
      Sara,6
  
Angels live in cloud houses made by God and his son, who's a very good
 carpenter.
      Jared , 8
  
All angels are girls because they gotta wear dresses and boys didn't go for it.
      Antonia, 9
  
My angel is my grandma who died last year. She got a big head start on
 helping  me while she was still down here on earth.
      Katelyn, 9
  
Some of the angels are in charge of helping heal sick animals and pets.  And
 if  they don't make the animals get better, they help the kid get over it.
      Vicki, 8
  
What I don't get about angels is why, when someone is in love, they shoot
 arrows at them.
      Sarah,7
 

SOMEONE ELSES GRANDCHILD

A woman told this story to me the other day about her grand daughter.

She had given her grand daughter $10.00 and taken her to the dollar store to buy gifts for her family.

On the way home, the little girl started to cry because she had forgotten to buy the most Important gift of all, she said.

The grandmother asked her what gift she forget to buy? The little girl replied, big fuzzy, warm boots.

Big boots, the grandmother said as they turned around to go back to the dollar store!

Why in the world would you want to buy big boots and who are they for?

The little girl said; Grandma, every time I see Jesus in a picture, he has on sandals.

I want to get him big warm fuzzy boots for his birthday so his feet won't get cold. 

      It's mighty cold in December!

CHRISTMAS

The Grand children will all be here for Christmas!

They will arrive on the 27th and our Christmas will be the 30th.

I learned early that Christmas didn't have to be on the 25th of December.

Christmas is when everyone can be together.

All 7 Grandchildren will be home!

I'm looking forward to their excitement, paper flying and laughter.

Bama   AKA   Mary Louise

AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT FROM LAUREN ( 8 YEARS )

Mom… Lauren brought this home from school on Friday…  The assignment was to write about someone they wanted everyone in the school to know about!  Lauren chose you! 

Melissa

 

 

 

What a wonderful gift!!!! THANK YOU, LAUREN

BAMA   AKA   MARY LOUISE

THANKSGIVING

We will have 4 of our grand children coming here for Thanksgiving.

I wish they could all be here but they will all be home for Christmas.

We had such a good time on our family cruise in October. Everyone wants to do it again!

My focus is now on Thanksgiving dinner and getting ready.

I love the holidays even though they are a lot of work for me.

Thanksgiving is very special to me because "The Real " Santa comes to town at the end of the Thanksgiving parade in New York City. I still feel like a kid when I see Santa arrive.

The sight of Santa signals that it is time to get ready for Christmas!

I do have one gripe though.

What happened to his sleigh?

The big Swan just doesn't do it for me.

Now, it is time for Thanksgiving and I do give thanks for my wonderful family!

Bama

VOTE TODAY

BIRTH TODAy HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIEANNA!

Just talked to my sister a little while ago. She is at the hospital with her daughter and her family.

Her daughter is having a baby today. Brieanna should be here before dinner time tonight.

Brieanna is a month early and the pregnancy has been a very difficult one. It has been a high risk pregnancy. 

Please say a prayer today for Beth as she delivers and for little  Brieanna who is barely 5 pounds.

ML

 

 

WEE FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Saturday, we saw grandson, Cameron play football.

It was so cute.

He followed the coaches up and down the side lines in hopes of being put into the game.

He is 8 years old and played the game with as much purpose as a college player.

He looked so much bigger in all of his football gear.

Wasn't it yesterday when he was born????

Bama

FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN

GRANDSON, CALEB HAS BEEN SO EXCITED ABOUT STARTING KINDERGARTEN.

TODAY WAS HIS FIRST DAY.

I TALKED TO MY DAUGHTER TODAY AND SHE SAID THAT WHEN CALEB CAME HOME FROM SCHOOL, HE DROPPED HIS BOOK BAG AND SAID,

WELL, ANOTHER HARD DAY OF WORK IS DONE!

BAMA

WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN? I HAD TO PASS THIS ALONG!

What does Love mean?

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?"


"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore.  So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."
Rebecca- age 8


"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4 (I love this one)


"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.

Chrissy - age 6


"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.

>Danny - age 7

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired
of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more.

My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss".Emily - age 8


"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
 


"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with
a friend who you hate,"

Nikka - age 6

(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
_

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."
Noelle - age 7

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are
still friends even after they know each other so well.
Tommy - age 6


"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine-age 5


"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left
him alone all day."
>
Mary Ann - age 4


"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her
old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

Lauren - age 6

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)

Karen - age 7


"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't
think it's gross."

Mark - age 6


"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.


Jessica - age 8


And the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked

about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.



The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was
an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife.


Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's

yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little

boy said,

"Nothing, I just helped him cry"

THE BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN

I thought this article was ...right on!

Enjoy,

Bama

BIRTH ORDER OF CHILDREN
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN confirms your pregnancy. 2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.
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Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing didn't' t do a thing.
3rd baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
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The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can't they?
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Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical swing.
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Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
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Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain about the smell or you see it  sagging to their knees.
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Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
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Going Out:
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees blood.
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At Home:
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
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Swallowing Coins (a favorite):
1st child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital and demand x-rays.
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his allowance!
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Pass this on to everyone you know who has children . . . or everyone who KNOWS someone who has had children . . (The older the mother, the funnier this is!)

GRANDCHILDREN:

God's reward for allowing your children to live!

 

THE MONSTER MACHINE AND BAMA

I am the envy of all of my grand children today!

I had the priviledge of riding in a monster earth moving machine yesterday!

We went to Indian Lake to check on the building of our lake house.

We stood out of the way of the big machines as they passed.

One monster stopped and a nice guy walked over to my husband and me and asked if I would like a ride!

I climbed the 6 steps into the cab, high above the ground and watched as the sleigh being pulled behind the machine scraped up the earth for a water canal.

What a thrill...

As the Grand-children would say...

It was awesome!

It was totally Sweet!!!!!

Bama

THE OLD DAY'S

UNFORTUNATELY...WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD TODAY!  BAMA

 

 TO ALL THE KIDS

WHO SURVIVED the
1930's 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's !!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no child proof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.


Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.


We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.


We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and

NO ONE actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank koolade made with sugar, but we weren't overweight because .

WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING !

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the street lights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.

And we were O.K.



We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computer! s, no Internet or chat rooms.......
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,

made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and kno<SPAN class=spell id=sp-5 title="Click here to replace with: caked, deck, cocked, kicked, necked, pecked" style="PADDING-RIGHT: 2px; BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; PADDING-LEFT: 2px; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://sdk.webmail.aol.com/sdk/20050527/images/bg_spellingErr.gif); PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px; CURSOR: pointer; COLOR: black; PADDING-TOP: 2px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x; BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow" _backupTitle="null"> on the door or rang
the bell, or just walked in and talked to them!

Little League had try outs and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned

HOW TO

DEAL WITH IT ALL!

If YOU are one of them . . . CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives

for our own good

And while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave (and lucky) their parents were.

FOOTBALL TIME

GRANDSON, CAMERON!

IT'S FOOTBALL TIME IN OHIO!

 

BAMA

FUN WITH DAD!

MIKE, MICHAEL, LAUREN