Mommy's little Helper

I spent the afternoon cleaning the house and I told my kids that they could help or they could play outside while I cleaned. Kaytlyn was at a friends house and the boys wasted no time getting out the door. But Kenna decided she wanted to be my helper. So she picked up, and threw away trash, and then spent quite a bit of time dusting furniture. More specifically she spent alot of time dusting the kitchen chairs. When her dad sat in one of the chairs and "made noise" like dads sometimes do, her reaction was total disgust as she said to him, "EWWWW, DAD, I just cleaned those!" I love this age!!

Kenna's moves!!

All my kids like to dance around, but Kenna thoroughly enjoys bustin a move! Here is a small portion of her dancing skills that leave our Grover family laughing hysterically!

Kenna's Moves

Like OMG...LOL!!

As most of you know I spend some time at the public schools interacting with students on a daily basis. Today was no different from any other day, except that I had a little down time while I was waiting for some kids. I was sitting next to a group of girls and this was their conversation...
"Like, OMG, can you believe that teacher! She was so rude!"
"LOL, I can't believe you got kicked out of class again."

I am pretty up to date on the texting business, I send an occasional text myself, however the more I thought about this converstaion the funnier it got. When I was a teenager and I thought something was funny, I laughed out loud, but these teens resisted that urge and instead said "LOL" Teens today speak in code...so much code that I don't even begin to understand. So in an effort to become more hip and in the know, I did a little research on text messaging abbreviations. Here are some of my favorites...

YTG--Your the greatest...this is what I will be telling my husband when he makes dinner.

JAM--Just a minute...this is what I will be telling my kids when I am trying to go potty in private and their need for a snack is more important than my need to relieve myself.

MNC--Mother nature calls--pretty self explanitory

YWHNB--Yes, we have no bananas--my reason for going to the grocery store

KUTGW--Keep up the good work--What I will be telling my students at school

YYSSW--Yeah Yeah Sure Sure Whatever--What I will be saying when my students at school tell me that are all caught up and getting straight A's

WDALYIC--Who died and left you in charge?...This is the code I will use for someone being extremely bossy...if I say this to you, I am sure I don't mean it...

WOMBAT--Waste of money, brains, and time...What I am currently thinking about my decision to go back to school.

UDS--Ugly domestic scene...This code will be used to describe my house on a daily basis.

TNSTAAFL--There's no such thing as a free lunch...I'm not entirely sure when to use this...but I am SCHID that there is even a code for that...(See below for definition of SCHID)

SMHID--Scratching my head in disbelief--This is the code I am using to describe the fact that there are literally hundreds of uncracked codes left to be researched on http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

SNERT--Snot nosed egotistical teenager--Well with my job I'm sure I will find a good time to use this one.

and my all time favorite...

SWMBO--She who must be obeyed...I am thinking of having my children refer to me by this instead of mom, who knows I may get more results!!

Trashed

So I missed a great photo op with this story...you will all have to use your imagination. Picture a clean kitchen, with the dishes done and the food from dinner put away...have you got the picture yet? The lights are off, and the kids have finally gone to bed. The only things stirring in the house are myself, and my "sweet" dogs. I was sitting in my comfy chair browsing facebook, when I heard a loud crash come from the kitchen....a crash I have heard many times before, it is the sound that the garbage can makes when it hits the floor. Why do you ask is the garbage can mysteriously tipping over by itself...did gravity fail?...No...I jump out of my chair, stumbling in my fury and thinking to myself as I march into the kitchen that I better slow down before I fall, but too mad to listen to reason. I am on a mission..a mission to spank a very naughty white male dog. I am certain that it is him that has tipped the trash and ran out the doggy door seeking safety from my angry stomping. As I fling the door open, I call his name so he can have moments to regret the tipping...but he is no where to be found...no, instead I am horrified by the sight before me. Picture a small shitzu poodle, trying to look innocent while her snout is stuck in the hamburger wrapper that she pulled from the trash can debri. And as I sit there, staring at my very naughty dog, Koda, the dog I thought had caused the commotion, comes out the door and sits on the step looking at me as if to say.."Well, its about time you figured out who is causing all the trouble in this house."

Plankton, Kenna has the crabby patty recipe...

Watch out Plankton, here comes Kenna!! It was a typical day in Fredonia, when Kenna was sent outside to play instead of watching Spongebob..(not really a fan of the yellow sponge) A few minutes later she returned with a big smile on her face and a wadded up piece of trash in her hand. When I asked what she was doing the following conversation occured:

"Kenna, why are you back in the house?"
"Mom, you are going to be soooooo happy!"
"Really, why?"
"Because I found you a recipe. Now you don't have to worry about dinner."
"A recipe huh, let me see."
At this point my daughter handed me the wadded up piece of paper. I opened it and saw nothing that resembled a recipe, but decided to play along. So I said:
"What is it that we are making? What is the recipe?"
"It's for crabby patties."
"Crabby patties, I've never had those before. How do we make it? You read me the recipe."
So Kenna took the "recipe" from me and stood looking over the paper very carefully and then she said...(Pay attention Plankton, here is the recipe you've been dying to get your hands on)
"Well, you need bread, and turkey, and cheese, and lettuce and tomato. Then the cheese formula is bread to bread, turkey to turkey, cheese to cheese, and bacon bacon. It will be sooo yummy!!"
Needless to say, we went shopping and had "crabby patties" for lunch the next day!!