They say the darndest things

When I told him the reason a coworker was sad was because some people said some things that were not very nice he asked me if they said "ashes" with their tongue sticking out.

At bedtime when we were praying for a friend (with a brain tumor that I did not explain - just told him she was not feeling well) he asked me if she had a spladder infection.

One of my favorite pictures

If you don't like the weather wait 10 minutes

I never knew that phrase applied to Kentucky too. After last week's bitter cold that followed the ice storm of the century, this 70 degree weather is almost creepy. Hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, ice storms, and record setting temperatures all in the span of a few months in the middle of KY make me think there's more going on than global warming.
I think we're in for some flooding later on this week - not that we need more mud (the melted ice saturated the ground so much that The Prof tracked in 19 pounds of mud even after taking off his shoes).
I guess we'll keep the generator for the next time we experience a weather wonder. I don't think we could sell it now even if we wanted to. There are several ads in the paper for generators "used only one time." I'm really thankful that the boys are back in school and life is back to almost normal.

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Doc

I love this picture. I wish he'd play this year but I'm glad too, that we'll only need to juggle three instead of four schedules.

Some Questions I hope to have answered

Why is bed time always so stressful?
Why do third graders have so much spelling homework?
How many times do you need to launder dark wash jeans before they stop turning your legs blue?
How do you motivate an unmotivated 12 year old?
Is the possessive of "Cates" "Cates'" or "Cates's" (it's only been my last name for forever)?
Is that the correct use of quotation marks? - I'm thinking NO.
How can we successfully avoid the concession stand during baseball season? - Doc has been asking already - he's NOT playing this year.
Does any one want to buy a generator?
Why, oh why do the schools feel compelled to torture parents by packing them in the gym like sardines and making them endure entire grade level performances when the temperature outside is 72 degrees in FEBRUARY and the staff can't figure out how to turn the heat off after serving a chili supper?
How do you convince a 14 year old that setting off a "works bomb" in the back yard with his 3 little brothers in attendance is "a big deal" even if nobody got hurt?
Will anyone else read this blog besides you?

Introducing the rest of the clan

#1son showing off his braceless teeth

The Prof

Tator and DaddyO

And Doc

There's a first...

I finally did it. I've been thinking about starting a blog for a long time - I follow many (though I only lurk? - I guess because I didn't have a blog myself to link to - no excuse). There are so many things that I get caught up in but never follow through with so this may go by the wayside soon. I'm not very articulate and my thoughts are random and usually not so positive. I do though, have many boys that keep me entertained so they will be the primary focus of this blog.
Welcome.

This is a bad picture of DaddyO in California last January.

I'll try to add more pictures of the boys in my next post.