Thursday, December 29, 2011

Facebook posts about Tayshaun in 2011

While munching on a lemon, T: "eeeww my taste bugs are not liking this!"

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Oh no! My son just shaved parts of his eyebrows off. He won't let me take any pics.=(

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T: (burped in my face) Me: don't do that! (flicked T on the head) T: don't hit me like that. Me: I will hit you like that! T: (smiling) then our relationship is over. Me: (giggling) T: and you remember our first kiss, don't you?

.....(oh the girls are in sooooo much trouble.)

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My son ran away last night (630pm) after being sent to his bedroom for back-talking. I let him run away in the dark and turned off the front porch lights. After about 10 minutes, he didn't come back so I went to the neighbors to see if he'd gone to play with his friend. Nope. As I was returning home, I saw a shadow walking from around the block. WTF (oh yes I was thinking much worse than that language!) After he came out of timeout, I asked him why he ran away. He said, he was sticking up for himself which essentially means he doesn't think he needs to be disciplined anymore. so I'm giving away my son so someone can knock some sense into him for me. Then I'll take him back.

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T: what you doing in there? Me: what do you think I'm doing in here. Seriously Tayshaun can I have a moment to myself? T: ok, I'm just making sure you didn't fall in the toilet?

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A visit to the mall....T: (looking around at the lingerie posters with a smile on his face) Me: Hey stop peeking at those sexy undies? T: mom, don't say the 's' word. Me: why, what's sexy mean? T: you know - (in a whisper) china. Me: china? T: well ok, I'll just say it....bagina. Me: (giggling) sexy doesn't mean that. T: it does in Germany.


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T: do you want me to make you coffee tomorrow morning? Me: awwww,that's nice. T: what flavor do you want? Pumpkin or cRappuccino? (*serious face*) Me: hee hee hee

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Me: what day is today? T: hmmm, what was yesterday?

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T: Let's have a romance dinner tonight, Mom.  Me: romantic dinner?  T: right, right, romantic.  Me: ok, how u gunna set up a romantic dinner?  T: I do not know.  Me: (giggling)  T: well, I know that it's "a" classy.  Me: do you mean, it's classy?  T: well, yea!  Me: so what does classy mean?  T: I do not know. 

...my lil man is gonna be a heartbreaker  :-)

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‎(For yrs I've had Tayshaun convinced that I was a race car driver in a past career. So this morning....)
T: mom, so did u ever come in 1st place in any of your races. Me: umm, of course, babe, l won lots of times. T: 1st place? Me: Sure. T: well that's just strange. How come u never come in 1st place in Mario Kart?

....(I wonder if I can get one more year of Santa Claus from him.)

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T: Mom, every time I kiss you I gotta get a drink 'cause my lips burn.  You're just so hot!  Me: nice try, there's OJ in the fridge at home.

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Last night while I was looking thru baby pics to remember the day Tayshaun was born, Tay says "those were some good times Mom, good times." LOL! The ole soul :-) Well, thank my lucky stars, we made it thru another year! Happy Birthday to my lil man!!!!!

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(Last night just before Tayshaun jumped in the shower....)
T: mom, look, I grew a ponytail! (He runs downstairs naked & laughing and starts galloping around) Me: huh?! I don't see a ponytail in your hair? T: no, mom, I'm the pony! Then I notice the long toilet-paper tail hanging from his tush!

....BOYZ!!

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Me: take those brownie to gramma's tomorrow.  T: why?  Me: so I stop eating them.  T: I want you to keep eating them so you get chubby.  Me: thanks a lot!  T: seriously, Mom, chubbiness makes you look good.  Me: (thinking....was that  compliment or just the ugly truth?)

...I'm starting another diet on Monday.

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T: how bout we celebrate my birthday early this year?  Me: why?  T: because I've never had my very own birthday and then it could be all about me.  Me: when isn't it all about you, mister?  T: hey, you don't have to be cranky missy. I'll still share our birthday when it gets here.  Me: ummm, yea right buddy, nice try.

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T:  Mom, you're right, I'm half Mexican and Black.  Me: well, yea, you already knew that.  T: yea, but I realized when I noticed that my right arm is Black and my left arm is Mexican.  Me: oh, yea?  T: yea see, the right one is darker and up on my shoulder it's Mexican again.  Me:  :-)

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(Tayshaun came home from a couple of days at grampa's)
Me:  didja have fun?  T: yea, we went biking, went to the park, played wii, got new shoes.  Me:  wow! sounds like a lot of fun.  T: Mom, it just wasn't as much fun without you.  Me:  :-)

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went on a bike ride with Tayshaun and had to remind him that I didn't need his pointers on the basics of riding a bike.... its bad enough he tries to tell me how to drive my car. the boy thinks he needs to put in his two cents worth at all times..the little creep!!!!!

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(After school, today.....)
T: Mom, why aren't you helping me experience this country? Me: huh?! LOL

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(While in Vegas, Tayshaun notices all the girlie magazine ads...)
T: What are these magazines, Mom?  Me: well ummmm those are ads for shows where girls dance (really how do you explain to a little boy?)  T:  I wanna go to that show!  (smile on his face)

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Jaxon: wanna see a picture of an ugly girl?  Tayshaun: sure. (And Tayshaun looks down at Jaxon's DS to look at a girl with what looks like a beard.) Tayshaun: well, does she know how to cook good?

.......I swear he's a man in a lil boy's body.

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(Had a Harry Potter movie night, last night.  It was late when I suggested we should watch just one more.)
T:  mom, you didn't read the dvd cover did you?  Me: no, what's on the cover?  T: "Warning: do not watch Harry Potter after dark.  It will give little boys nightmares."

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While at the grocery story, T asked if he could get some candy and chose Ice Breakers.  When I checked out his selection he told me "don't worry, it's not gum."  I said, "yea, but why breath mints?"  With a big smile, he said "so the ladies will love me!"

...this boy never ceases to entertain me.

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(Was fighting with Tayshaun to write his spelling words.)
Me: never mind don't do them. Better yet, don't do the test. Don't even try. Whatever. 

(After school...) 

Me: how was your day? How'd you do on your test?  T: I didn't get any right.  Me: You didn't even get ONE right?  T: no. I didn't even write down any answers.  Me: OMG! You turned in a blank page?  T: yea, You told me not to try.  Me: WTH?!...

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Me: darn! I think I left my phone at home. T: well, Mom, better safe than sorry. Me: (laughing) are u sure u know what that means?  T: yea, look both ways before you cross the street or you'll be sorry. Mom, u shoulda looked for your phone before we left cause now you're sorry you didn't, right?

 Thanks Gramma for waiting in line with Tayshaun for Santa.  It was worth the wait.


I busied myself positioning my camera so Santa's helpers wouldn't shoo me away.  New rules have been posted for the past few years to not allow pictures because they offer their own pics with Santa.

I didn't want to be on my feet for too long.  I wasn't even supposed to be up and about yet, so soon after surgery but I was able to sneak in some cute shots.


Unfortunately I wasn't anywhere close to Santa and Tayshaun so I didn't get the details of the wishlist that Tayshaun provided.  And when Gramma and I asked what he asked Santa for, he wasn't sharing.  Gramma had helped him with a handwritten wishlist, a few days earlier so I had some idea.
 Unfortunately Santa really screwed up this year.  He was misinformed and realized that tooo many boys had asked for longboards this year so he was backordered.

Tayshaun didn't his longboard until 2 days after Christmas because of Santa's backlog.  He did leave Tayshaun a long note, an ipod touch, and a full sock of LOTS of fun games and stuff.  The note asked Tayshaun to watch for the postman because he would be delivering his longboard shortly after Christmas.  Priority mail and Christmas rush are not a good mix.

However when the longboard arrive, it wasn't the exact model that Tayshaun had secretly requested.  I think Tayshaun was testing the Santa theory, this year.

This may be the year that Santa retires.
 What a beautiful day to take these boys longboarding.  I was having a fabulous time until we left the skate park and tried the neighborhood hills.  Then I was frightened for their lives!!!!
 Why to boys/men love the thrill of speed?  I didn't last more than 20 minutes with all the "what ifs" nagging at me.  Now I realize what these boys have been doing while longboarding in the neighborhoods.
 Tayshaun has new ground rules now.  Stay lower to the ground....start lower DOWN the hill.
 Never go more than 15 miles per hour!!!!!!!
 Tayshaun...,the showboat!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Chillaxing after turkey dinner in our Jammies

Tisha had to work on Thanksgiving this year so we opted to skip Lisa's family Thanksgiving and have a later dinner so Tisha and JazLyn could join us. Tayshaun suggested we have a pajama party...so we did.

Gramma watched some tv recipes and made an awesome turkey this year.  Keep that recipe, Gramma, so we can have another scrumptious turkey next year.  I should have captured that turkey in photo - I usually only record the disasters.

Tyler was a surprise visitor so he wasn't given notice of our dinner attire but personally I'm thankful of that because I'm not sure that I would have been able to take pics if he'd come in his pjs. :-)
JazLyn wore her onsies!

Gramma made the best turkey ever. 
Our little stud muffin!!!!




Tyler didn't get the notice about our dinner attire.


The Spongebob family were the winners of the jammie contest.  Darling!

You little Monkey!

Shalyse made herself in charge of the menu and pretty much instructed the rest of us to make traditional dishes....and ended up bringing new (non-traditional) appetizers.  I vote we make her appetizer a tradition.

As always, we had a contest...pajamas.  And since Madison asked me a 100 times who won the contest, we defaulted her darling spongebob family the champs!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011

Carving pumpkins

i couldn't stop snapping the camera tonight. It was a tight squeeze, few soup bowls, lots of pumpkin cut outs, tutus, buck teeth, Halloween spirit all around,
Tayshaun & I got started early because I knew my masterpiece would take lots of concentration. It's hard to multi-task when I'm being the hostess.  So we painted our first pumpkins yesterday.  Carving will have to performed tomorrow.
 Last minute, I made a rule for everyone to wear a Halloween accessory while carving our pumpkins. And everyone was game. Loved it!
 I had to take a break from stirring the tortilla soup for a photo shot.







 Then we all got down to business, carving. With the hope for 1st prize, competition was strong.

 Some of us tried not to break a tooth from grandma's carmeled apples. They were yummy but hard.
 Elena hogged all the pumpkins. As you can see here, she kept her design a secret. We never did find out what she was doing to that pumpkin.
 Cutie pie Carter didn't know what was going on. He kept getting passed around like a bag of potatoes. He looks a little dazed here.

 Jazlyn surprised us with some jello worms. Creepy and tasty!
 It was a bit squishy in my little house but we all found a little working space.
 Passing the boo boo around.  When Elena realized there wasn't a grand prize, she threw in the towel.
 We should have lit up some of our pumpkins for a pic.  Here's a few masterpieces.
 Here's another of Tayshaun's masterpieces.  Was this the fourth one Tayshaun?  good Job!!!