johns-junk: Self Control, What Self Control?

CRAZY things that come out of Kennedy's mouth

**Mom, do you think old people are just cute as a button?
**These snow pants make my panties shrink
**My pinky toe smells weird. In fact, my whole foot smells weird!
**Mom, when I turn 18, will I be an old cripple?
**She was wrestling with Colton and I heard her yell "bring it on, butterball"
**At lunch in Leavenworth, we were talking about the small portions. A few minutes later Kennedy says, "this is a small lunch, indeed!"
**We were at the grocery store and she was riding in the cart. Whitley was trying to get in with her and she was freaking out. Landon asked her why Whit couldn't get in with her and she said "because I have space issues!"
**I told Kennedy to roll up her sleeves so that she didn't get them in her food. She said, "No because then I'll look like an Irish leprechaun"
**"Dad, you don't respect my cultures!" "What does that mean?" "It means you don't respect me as your boss!"
**Kennedy just told me that if she had medium brown skin and a black mole on her upper lip, she'd be the most beautiful girl in the world!
**She was trying to tickle my feet, and I kept moving them and she said "just take it like a man-I want to year you laugh"
**We were driving home from gymnastics, and talking about Whitley's upcomgin meet, and out of nowhere Kennedy yells from the back seat "Hey mom, can babies crush bananas?"
**She was helping Colton pull his boots off, and they wouldn't come off. She was leaning back and pulling as hard as she could and she yelled "I'll never give up on you, buddy"
**At breakfast this morning, after taking a big swig of milk, Kennedy declared "milk is my passion"
**She came to me in the middle of the night, sort of whimpering, and said "mom, I'm almost crying".
**Today she called Whitley a desperate peanut thrower!

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Self Control, What Self Control?

The kids had a half day today, like they do every Wednesday and we had a couple of Valentine errands to go run. My kids were less than excited about running errands, even though it was stuff for them! So like all good mothers, I bribed them. I told them there would be a "special" treat involved for those who came with me, didn't fight, and didn't cause me any grief!

It worked like a charm. They asked me the whole time what the treat was going to be, if they'd ever had it before, etc. After we finished our jobs, we stopped at this yummy little cupcake shop. Now Landon and I have been there before, and it's dangerous! But I had never taken the kids there. They were stoked! We all picked out a cupcake, and then I saw that they had a few 6 packs put together already. They were day old, and marked half price. Well, I'm a sucker for a sale AND a cupcake! So we got an extra 6 pack for tomorrow! YUMMY- After dinner we inhaled them, and they were worth every single calorie. I've been thinking about that 6 pack in my fridge all day, and wondering since there are only 5 of us, who gets the extra one. Oh yeah, that will be me around 9pm tomorrow tonight I just know it! Good thing I've got my trainer on Friday

4 comments:

Kelly: If you ever find out what self control is or how to use it, please let me know. Especially when it comes to food!; February 12, 2009 at 7:44 PM
Pandy: I love cupcakes!! I discovered this great place for cupcakes at the Harvest Festival in October. They had a booth. I've since found them in one of the malls here. My favorite is the cream cheese frosting...regardless of the cupcake flavor.

I rationalize eating them by convincing myself that they are "portion controlled". That is if I don't eat 4!; February 12, 2009 at 7:49 PM
Liz: Nothing like a good cupcake!!!! Yummy.
I'll call you later today, thanks for the call!; February 13, 2009 at 8:20 AM
brooke: If they were half price that means they are half the calories too. I'm with Pandy--cupcakes have built-in portion control--it's not like eating an entire cake!; February 13, 2009 at 8:56 AM