A funny thing happened on the way to work this morning.

Ok. It didnt happen on the way to work, it was at bandcamp. No really, this morning when we were getting the kids ready for daycare, in their bedroom, it happened, and I'm not lying this time.

Mia likes to put the dirty clothes in the hamper when we are putting them in their clothes for the day. She opened the sliding closet door and put her sleeper into the hamper. She then closed the door. A minute later, she sees Wes' sleeper on the floor and decides that needed to be put away too. So, both Wes and Mia walk over together to put it into the hamper. She then closes the door, with Wes still inside the closet. He starts screaming because he is now in the dark closet, alone and doesnt know how to get out. After a few seconds, Mia opens the closet door back up and tells him "out, out, out". Wes just looks at her and then she tells him "get out, get out". Be the stubborn son, he ignores her, so she just closes the door on him again. Pretty funny, might have had to be there. This time though, he just opens it back up and walks back into the room. At least he is a quick learner.

Wes also learned a new bad habit at daycare this week. He will take a swig of milk from his sippy cup and hold it in his mouth. Then after a few seconds he will spit it out and it will run down the front of him and onto him and anything under him. fun fun fun.

A Few Pics to throw darts at (print them out first David)

Potty Mouth

So. It was just a matter of time before it would happen with all the four letter words that fly around this house with complete abanodon. Diane was doing something in the other room and said "SH!T". Next thing you know, Mia comes into the room repeating the bad word. Now that it is part of her vocabulary, there is no stopping it. Now, we are getting a sh!t sh!t here and a sh!t sh!t there, here a sh!t, there a sh!t, everywhere a sh!t sh!t. I've said since the beginning to Diane, "you do realize that our kids are going to have the biggest potty mouths this side of the Mississippi". This is just the beginning of it I'm sure.

So what else is new around the Colorado Tepens house....Allie is still kickin' it, just more tired than she used to be. I'm still working on the basement as time permits. Started putting in the tub this weekend, but things did not go very well. Spent a most of a day on it, but as of right now, I'm right where I started. Decided to wire the bar and smoke detectors today along with an additional floor outlet in the living room. Have a few other projects around the house to get done this spring besides the basement.

What have the kiddos been up to lately. They both are walking and learning new words, yes even the bad ones as noted above. Mia is a climber. She likes to climb up on the coffee table and walk around. First time she did it, she didnt know how to get down and started screaming. Showed her how to get down, and now she likes to go up there to get some alone time away from Wes. He hasnt figured out how to get up there yet. He just stands at the edge and screams. She will also climb up onto the rocking chair. She uses her toy car to climb up onto the couch. She did a dive off the top of it this evening, hopefully she learned that it hurts to do that.

Wes is still a brute. He is learning words too, but doesnt pick them up as quick as Mia does. His favorite thing to do is turn his bottle upside down and bang it on the table. Unfortunately all the milk comes out making a huge mess. His second favorite thing to do is hit his sister.

They both are learning their body parts, they know eyes, ears, mouth, tooth. When you say nose Mia will sometimes stick her finger up the ole nostril knuckle deep and then stick it in her mouth. I think she saw Diane doing that one time.

Diane thinks the other kids at their daycare think Mia and Wes are tasty. They have both been bitten at daycare by other kids. Gives new meaning to the other white meat. Reason I say that is because there is only one other white kid in their class. Hopefully they wont get bit anymore or else we will have to start rubbing them down every morning with tobasco sauce.

It is pretty hilareous to watch the kids dance. They both do a little squat up and down to the beat of the music. Wes also has a little sumo move in his repetoir. He puts his hand on his legs, squats down and stomps around like a sumo wrestler trying to knock his opponent out of the circle.

Last time I was home, my parents had a calendar on their counter in the kitchen. I noticed that there was a big ole advertisement from a funeral home on it. I asked them if it was common for funeral homes to mail calendars to retired people and recruit business like this. Does the best calendar get your business? I didnt flip through the calendar, but I cant help myself now from wondering, what pictures were inside? Was there a nice 6 foot deep hole in one scene, possibly a best of headstones page, nice John Deere backhoe in another or a hearse on another page. Lets see, it would have to have twelve scenes. Up to four, will have to think on it a little more. Sidenote, think anyone has ever pimped my ride to a hearse?

Happy Spring Everyone.

Feel free to visit. Been living in this house for 3 years now and not a single person on my side of the family beside my mom and dad has been out to visit.