Balloons, Dr.'s, bullies and witches (oh my)

I have a whole lotta stuff for you today!!

Okay, lets get all of the detail issues out of the way first.

• Happy bosses day to all you bosses out there. Springsteen included. If you don't know who that is, I don't want to know about it. 
• The giveaway for the two Halloween DVD's ends tonight at 11:59 pm. ENTER HERE!
• It is official, we have started getting entries for the costume contest! Either email me your picture, or post a link to your blog and post your picture there! ENTER HERE for this.
• Badgermomma is REALLY wanting those pumpkins, so if you want one, you better enter the costume contest above or the pumpkin giveaway HERE.
• I am announcing a new giveaway Monday Yeah!!
• Last detail thing-today is Friday, which means they give away extra swagbucks all day. So either search, or sign up HERE.I have found that early morning and night searching gives me the most points. 

And now the fun stuff!!!!


So, I am sure most of you have heard about that little boy who may have been told to accidentally let his parents little balloon invention thingie go flying away in the air yesterday. (go HERE to read the story if you were living in a bubble yesterday) I don't know all the details, it seems it is all up in the air (ha ha) and there was video of the kid getting into the thing, but conveniently not back out of it. And they sure did tell the kid to come out find that kid suddenly. I guess making themselves look a little crazy on wife swap wasn't good enough.My blood boiled a bit when I heard the dad say that the attic in the garage was one of the kids hiding places.Uhhhh, well gee, I think the second I found out my kid wasn't in the balloon, that would be ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES I LOOKED!!! I sure am glad my tax dollars are going to a search for a boy that was never missing since it doesn't appear they are going to make the parents foot the bill.Or even part of it.

Speaking of t.v. drama, have you seen Dr. Phil from the other day? The one about SAHM vs. working moms. That lady was crazy. I was surprised her husband let her put her shoes on and get out of the house for the afternoon. If she is that gung ho, made me wonder where her kids were that day. The things that make you go hmmmmmm.

Speaking of Dr.'s (hey, lookie there, worked twice, maybe I am not as random as I thought!) I need my own personal one. I have had a split lip for like a month now, and if I get one more behind-the-eyeball headaches, I think I am going to die. And yes, I have tried chapstick. My crazy husband went to Sam's and bought me like a bazillion. However my son somehow got it in his head that if he puts "papstick" on then he is a man. So he puts it all over. Then he looks at me and says "now I am a man and you are sir". Think we have him confused?

Ahh, three times is the charm....speaking of the little man. I am desperate. No, not the whole potty thing again. Now it is sibling rivalry. Well, not rivalry since baby girl isn't doing anything. More like sibling bullying. He is so stinking mean to her, it makes me wonder where I went wrong. I desperately want my kids to be super close, like Brenda and Brandon from 90210 (ugh, but if she were Brenda I may have to beat send her to therapy). If he isn't biting her, he is hitting her. If he isn't hitting her, he is pushing her down. Or running over her with his "car". Or body slamming her (this one is almost humorous. He seems to think that if she knocks her over without using his hands and just using his belly, it doesn't count.) So then he gets yelled at, and he looks at me with his sad eyes, bawling that "you are a bully mommy". And then he goes to tell his daddy how mean I was to him and that I wouldn't go to time out. Sigh. Help.


Well, if you are still here, I guess I may as well throw in today's craft and head over to catch up on all of you. I think we will keep with the witches theme, since we did the hat yesterday. So today here is my paper plate witch.

Very simple.
Materials

• Paper plate (appetizer size)
  
• green paint
• Three yellow chenille stems
• black foam
• glue of your choice
  
• green foam
• yellow foam
• hole punch
• scissors
  

DIRECTIONS
1. Put three hole punches on each side of the plate, directly across from one another, in the lip of the plate. Cut the rest of the lip of the plate off, as well as a straight line across the top. Okay, it is six in the morning and still dark out. See the picture to make sense of what I just said!
2. Cut a witches hat, two small circles for pupils, and mouth out of the black foam
3. Cut two ovals for white parts of eyes and a small half oval for a tooth out of the white foam.
4. Cut a round nose and to half circles for eyelids out of the green foam.
5. Cut a small rectangle out of any color of foam for witches hat.
6. Cut each chenille stem in half and curl around a pencil. Wind the top part of each piece through a whole.
7. Put all of the items where they go. If you are my son, this may mean that the nose goes in between the eyes.
8. You have yourself a witch!
Sorry about the glue under the hat, little man got a little glue happy.