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Mommy, Can You Sew Up Puppy's Butt?

Yes, you read that correctly. You see Puppy Max used to be a puppet. Miss M wanted me to perform surgery today to close her up and be just a puppy. So, here are some post-op photos of both patient and "mom," all happy faces now!

My life Is never "normal."  I was in Kenya 5 days ago, today I sewed up a stuffed animals butt! Now, that's funny.

 

This is funny! Thanks @RyanSeacrest for the link!

What a Five Year Old REALLY Wants and Needs

Two Four Year Olds Making Lunch

The elder of the two learned how to make sandwiches this weekend.

So in the spirit of "doing for yourself so I don't have to do it for you" I'm letting her make lunch from now on!!

It's good to be me right now!! I love independent children!!

Have You Heard of Secondary Drowning?

I hadn't heard of it either until summer of 08'. Our Little Miss S had a mishap in a kiddie pool that summer and went under for a few seconds. One of the Mom's at the pool had told me the story of 10 year old Johnny from South Carolina. We were "On Watch" for a few days after that. Here is some info on secondary drowning. Please take a few minutes and read.

 Secondary drowning is a condition where water, or other fluids, has entered the lungs but the person may be conscious and not fully aware of what has occurred. This also sometimes happens with a near drowning victim. That is, prior to being pulled out of the water they inhale fluid into their lungs.

The general warning signs for secondary drowning include: coughing; trouble breathing; pain in the lungs or chest especially when taking a deep breath; and a feeling of swallowing or inhaling water.

 It is vital that this person get medical attention as quickly as possible. As the name implies, the person can drown even several hours later as the fluid in the lungs impairs the breathing process. Water also will damage the inside surface of the lung, collapse thealveoli and cause a hardening of the lungs which will reduce the ability to exchange air.

 A recent case in the US brought secondary drowning to the attention of the general public. Johnny, a 10-year-old, spent 45 minutes splashing around in a pool. He had arm bands on and was watched by an adult throughout the time he was in the pool. A few hours later, after returning home and taking a nap, Johnny's mother found him unconscious and foaming at the mouth. Unfortunately, Johnny died of a heart attack on the way to the hospital. A preliminary autopsy showed the cause of death was asphyxiation due to drowning.

According to a spokesman for American College of Emergency Physicians, "Johnny would have only had to inhale four ounces of water to drown, and even less to injure his lung enough to become a victim of secondary drowning.*"

Why am I writing about this tonight? Well Z Man went under for a few seconds today at the pool. He came up coughing and he was just fine. Nothing to worry about, right? Well, the story of Johnny continues to haunt me when I see a kid choke on water in the pool, any pool. It could be so easy to breathe in waterthat is just being splashed at you. So please, please, pay attention. If your kid has taken in any water that day, please pay attention to them for 48 hours afterward. Remember these symptoms:

   1. coughing
   2. trouble breathing
   3. pain in the lungs or chest especially when taking a deep breath
   4. feeling of swallowing or inhaling water

Z Man will be sleeping in our room tonight. I just want to be able to hear him breath. I just want to be able to hear him if he has trouble breathing. It's just one night. It's worth it!

So, please, please pass this information to all your friends and family. Post it, repost it, Tweet it, Retweet it, just please tell everyone you can. I feel empowered just knowing this information.


*Found at First Aid Topics

Things About Girls I Just Don't Understand

I let Miss M do her own hair this morning. This is what happened! Hey Julie, your bows are still a hit!

Way Too Funny

Has it Been that Long?

Summer with the kids took up all my time. And I mean ALL my time! I'm thankful that summer vacation is over and I can concentrate a bit on me. Sound selfish? Maybe, but I don't care. I'm looking forward to quiet mornings, maybe going to the gym (which I still have yet to do), and working on MFFO (which I have done a TON of work so far!) I've been a stay at home Mom now for over 12 years and I'm looking forward to doing other things that feed my soul!

As for Muthahood? I've been absent here, I know. But it was a pretty good darn summer! My eldest started High School, and four more are in elementary school. I am thankful for that. I'm thankful that I have one at home this year. Just one. JUST ONE!!! We've enjoyed each others company. It's nice to have that one on one time with her. I just can't believe she will be heading to Kindergarten next year. 

So right now, my mornings are filled with getting kids ready for school, listening to Dora in the back ground as I plan, blog, and tweet about Mothers Fighting For Others and the Inspire the Child program. I do puzzles, count to 100 (that's getting really old BTW), and work on phonics with Little Miss S. The three and half hours go by really fast before the new Kindergartner gets home. Then lunch, then the rest of the crew starts dragging in between 2:00-3:30. Oh, the homework. That's an entire other post. I'm not sure how I am going to be able to handle helping, guiding, correcting homework for grades K,1,3,5, and 9. Oh yeah, dinner time! Dinners, showers, cleanup, reading time, wrangling kids to bed... I'm tired now just thinking about it. But man, I sure do love it.

So if I'm not here, you know what I'm doing. And I'm sure I'll be happy and very tired from doing it!!

Teaching Them To Separate the Laundry

Let me start off by saying, "I don't like doing laundry." It's mindless and, like dishes, it is done daily. That is my life. So now and again, I try to come up with new ideas to make my life easier. I mean, come on, aren't we all?

With that said...

It occurred to me last week that all of my kids were old enough to separate laundry, even my two four year olds. They know what is white and what has color in it. I figured it was about time to make my life that much easier. So, I took out the big laundry basket under the desk and replaced it with two trash cans that I had NOT been using downstairs for the same purpose. (And yes, I do not separate dark and color clothes, deal with it)

I am happy to say that it has worked like a charm. The cool thing is one full bucket DOES equal one full load. It's nice and easy to ask the older ones to carry down a full basket and dump it in the washer. I think I may even type up an instruction sheet on the wall so they can start the laundry themselves without having to ask me ANY questions. (If I do, I'll post later!}

So there you go. The latest thing I'm doing to make my life and laundry just a little bit easier! Do you have any ideas for me? I know I could use all the help I could get!!!

Another Funny Video From My Man