Bad Words

So, I love my kids. They are the best, and they have the best intentions...

Lately the word "poop" in our house has become a bad word. It simply was being used in way too many ways and names that Abby and Collin were calling each other. Thus it became outlawed! Sent to the land of bad words. Well the kids understood this and agreed that we shouldn't say that word anymore.

Last week one day that Logan came home from work they excitedly met him at the door and Abby said, "Daddy, daddy guess what I didn't say poop all day, I didn't call Collin a poop head, or poopy, or poopers, or anything. But baby Evan did poop a lot today. But even then I didn't say poop. But Collin said poop once today. But not me, I didn't say poop even once. Did I mom? Did I say poop?" After that Collin agreed and found all the ways that he hadn't said poop also, by using the word as much as he possibly could.

At this point Logan and I are almost in tears trying not to laugh. They were truly so excited that they were being obedient.

Looks like we have to work on that one a little harder.

An Engineering Mind

So I went to school with this guy named Todd who now works here at NI. A couple of weeks ago we had a conference for work (which I'm guessing no one who reads this blog cares about) where they showed videos that he had put together and posted on a blog called An Engineering Mind. I didn't get to see them for whatever reason, but watched them during lunch today at my desk, and laughed out loud. Perhaps it's just because I'm an engineer, but I like to think that with comic education steeped in Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Tommy Boy, Scrubs, and the Office, I can't be alone in thinking these are funny.

Engineering Bedtime Stories



Dealing with Bullies



Superman is no Engineer

There ain't no bugs on me!

So there's a couple of commercials out there of this puppy that sings "There ain't no bugs on me!" We saw one this evening and Collin shouted out "Me want dog that sings! Me want dog that talks!" It was awesome.

Let me explain...

So just a couple of things that I (Logan) thought I should explain. First, I got jealous of Brant and Chris and their playlist on their blog so I copied them and added it to this hummer, but I wonder if I'm the only one that ever wonders if other people wonder "What the heck" when they hear some of the songs. So here's my reasoning behind a few:

"Cry me a river" - not the normal tune for me, but when I was teaching seminary, and would ask the kids to do something that the moaned about (which is pretty much every day for teenagers), I would often say, "As J.T. says, 'Cry me a river'." in the same high pitch that he sings. I thought it was funny, and I think just maybe, the kids thought it was funny too.

"Save Ginny Weasley" - Well if you're a Harry Potter nerd like me (my computer name is HPvsTMR - if you know what that is, you're probably a nerd too), just listen to the song a couple of times. It's just awesome. I found it when I was looking for soundtrack clips from the movies, and just added it to the list.

"Particle Man" - This dates back to the days of Tiny Toons, but it recently came back when I found that Evan smiles a bunch whenever I sing to him. I don't know why he smiles so much, but it's definitely not a fluke. I can get him to smile every time - perhaps I'm like one of the American Idol contestants that you can't help but laugh at. I seriously doubt it though - I'm awesome...

Six Great Years

Yesterday was our 6th anniversary! We copied Kristina and Dan a little and looked through a bunch of wedding pictures and pictures throughout our marriage yesterday and it was a ton of fun. Here are a few photos that we have to share.










We had intended to do a slide show, but Collin has been feverish for 9 days now, so I just haven't had the time. Yes I have taken him to the Dr. and ER, and the Dr. has been calling each day to check in on him. They say it is just a really bad virus that has given him fevers of over 105 degrees! (Anyone that has had a similar experience and has any advice please comment.)

Slowly But Surely!

Well after two long weeks, all the tiles are cut and set! We have been working at night once the kids go to bed for 3-5 hours. (It would be a little easier if Evan would consistently sleep through the night, but he is our little miracle child and I have nothing to complain about.) We still need to grout and put new baseboards on. I don't think we will quite make it by our anniversary on Saturday, especially with Logan's work participating in his work's huge expo this week called NI week. But it will be close and it will be beautiful! Oh, Amelia asked what areas of the house we are tiling. It is basically all of the main areas. The entry, the dining room, the family room, kitchen, and breakfast area. Our only carpet is now in the bedrooms and a little hallway between the playroom and a bedroom! We hope to even replace all of that carpet with new carpet in the near future. Already it is so much nicer to clean up after the kids and know that it is all clean. Evan's spit up is a simple wipe up instead of hauling out the carpet cleaner each and every time to scrub at the carpet only to have it look ratty and stained after it dried.


Our First Night of Tiling


One of the many really hard cuts Logan was able to do without even splitting the tile!


The Kitchen with most of the tiles cut and set. Baseboards and grout are soon to come!