Friday, May 15, 2009

Ants in Our Pants



This past month we encountered our first large black carpenter ant scurrying across our floor Linus named him "Togo," and was quite sad when he disappeared. Unfortunately, our new friend not only wore out his welcome but invited about 150 of his closest friends and family to the party. We soon found ourselves in a covert war of vacuum cleaners, exoskeletons, and tissues. At first we carefully caught and released each ant outside, but as the inundation continued and grew more troubling, we started vacuuming them up in mass. My favorite technique while the boys were looking on involved smashing them in a tissue and then pretending to take them outside "to be with their friends," and tossing the tissue in the garbage.
After about two weeks of ant killing I think we can officially declare VICTORY! Take that you unnaturally large creepy ants...and if you ever come back....

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Dam Fish Hatchery

We found a new dam good spot to stop on our trips between Bend and Eugene. We never realized there was a fish hatchery on the other side of the Leaburg dam. You have to drive over the dam which is exciting for Linus, who loves a good bridge (and a good dam for that matter). They also have a pond full of the biggest Sturgeon I have ever seen in all my life. Seriously, they were probably bigger than me. The boys loved throwing stinky handful of fish pellets into churning clumps of oddly aggressive fish. And I enjoyed a break from being stuck in the car with them.

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The Joys of Traveling with Boys

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Saturday, May 9, 2009

Quote of the Day

Linus: I've got a great idea Daddy...
Andy: Oh yeah what?
Linus: Let's go to Mexico today after later
Andy: Why?
Linus: To get some donuts.

Happy Mother's Day to ME!

My newest boy couldn't wait until Mother's day for his surprise. This morning I had both boys in my room with me. Linus was watching a show and Owen was crawling around the bed, and I must admit I was trying to read just a few more pages in a Jane Austen biography. Owen got a little fussy so in an attempt to buy myself a few more minutes of respite, I handed Owen a sorry excuse for a Pride and Prejudice sequel. I don't know if he was trying to throw it down, or trying to hand it back to me... all I know is that I saw a flash of light, and felt a whole lot of pain.
I got out of bed and went down to show Andy the bump and little red mark on the side of my eye. It really hurt but I thought I was just being a wimp. I iced it for a few minutes, but the ice gave me a head ache, and again I thought I was just being a wimp. Really, how much damage can a paper back book do in the hands of a one year old.
I continued on with my day. No giving my eye another thought. I happened to pass a mirror about two hours later...
And this is what greeted me. I can't wait to show my face at work. I am certain there will be no end to the wife beater jokes.




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Mother's Day in Florence




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