Allison room complete

Here's a look at Peter's handywork. He'll be available for hire soon!

Son??

Nathan ever the comedian. This is him at Reagan's Birthday Party. He had a blast. Swim class seems to be working. He is jumping off the edge of the pool on the deep end, however, much to our amazement manages to keep his head dry when he does it!!

Allison Graduation 2007

Allison & Mrs. Sherry
Allison and Adam
Preschool Graduation

Allison a Quarter & The ER

Allison successfully swallowed a quarter this afternoon. She had gotten a handful of change earlier in the day and I saw her put it in her mouth. I fussed at her and took the change away. Well apparently about an hour after that she found them on the counter went into the bedroom and put them in her mouth. She came to me all red faced and mouth open not saying anything for the longest time and then she started coughing and crying and saying she was so sorry so sorry..... I initially though she'd squished the hamster. But after a while she told me she swallowed a coin and her chest hurt. She screamed about her chest hurting all the way to the ER. . X-ray confirmed the diagnosis.... Quarter lodged in the esophagus...
Anyway 3 hours and a hand full of $250 crackers and apple juice later we're home. ( $50 copay to the ER plus $200 deductible........ "priceless") Tired and defeated.. All is well. Allison, the accident prone one..

PS Nathan got a hamster with His birthday money.. what a cutie he is... Nathan named him... Fur Bob.. Pictures to come later. Have a great week

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The Lizard Story.

If you have raised kids (or been one), and gone through the pet syndrome including toilet flush burials for dead goldfish, the story below will have you laughing out LOUD!


Here's what happened:
Just after dinner one night, my son came up to tell me there was "something wrong" with one of the two lizards he holds prisoner in his room.
"He's just lying there looking sick," he told me. "I'm serious dad, can you help?"
I put my best lizard-healer statement on my face and followed him into his bedroom. One of the little lizards was indeed lying on his back, looking stressed. I immediately knew what to do.
"Honey," I called, " come look at the lizard!"
"Oh my! Gosh," my wife diagnosed after a minute. "She's having babies."
"What?" my son demanded. "But their names are Bert and Ernie, Mom!"
I was equally outraged.
"Hey, how can that be? I thought we said we didn't want them to reproduce," I accused my wife.
"Well, what do you want me to do, post a sign in their cage?" she inquired.(I actually think she said this sarcastically!)
"No, but you were supposed to get two boys!" I reminded her, (in my most loving, calm, sweet voice, while gritting my teeth together).
"Yeah, Bert and Ernie!" my son agreed.
"Well, it's just a little hard to tell on some guys, you know," she informed me. (again with the sarcasm, you think?)
By now the rest of the family had gathered to see what was going on. I shrugged, deciding to make the best of it.
"Kids, this is going to be a wondrous experience, I announced. "We're about to witness the miracle of birth."
"Oh, gross!" they shrieked.
"Well, isn't THAT just great! What are we going to do with a litter of tiny little lizard babies?" my wife wanted to know. (I really do think she was being snotty here, too. Don't you?)
We peered at the patient. After much struggling, what looked like a tiny foot would appear briefly, vanishing a scant second later.
"We don't appear to be making much progress," I noted. "It's breech," my wife whispered, horrified.
"Do something, Dad!" my son urged.
"Okay, okay." Squeamishly , I reached in and grabbed the foot when it next appeared, giving it a gentle tug. It disappeared. I tried several more times with the same results.
"Should I call 911," my eldest daughter wanted to know. "Maybe they could talk us through the trauma." (You see a pattern here with the females in my house?)
"Let's get Ernie to the vet," I said grimly. We drove to the vet with my son holding the cage in his lap. "Breathe, Ernie, breathe," he urged.
"I don't think lizards do Lamaze," his mother noted to him. (Women can be so cruel to their own young. I mean what she does to me is one thing, but this boy is of her womb, for God's sake.)
The Vet took Ernie back to the examining room and peered at the little animal through a magnifying glass.
"What do you think, Doc, a C-section?" I suggested scientifically.
"Oh, very interesting," he murmured. "Mr. And Mrs. Cameron, may I speak to you privately for a moment?"
I gulped, nodding for my son to step outside.
"Is Ernie going to be okay?" my wife asked.
"Oh, perfectly," the Vet assured us. "This lizard is not in labor. In fact, that isn't EVER going to happen... Ernie is a boy. You see, Ernie is a young male. And occasionally, as they come into maturity, like most male species, they um.... Um.... Masturbate. Just the way he did, lying on his back." He blushed, glancing at my wife.
"Well, you know what I'm saying, Mr. Cameron."
We were silent, absorbing this.
"So Ernie's just... Just... Excited," my wife offered.
"Exactly," the vet replied, relieved that we understood.
More silence. Then my viscous, cruel wife started to giggle. And giggle.
And then even laugh loudly.
"What's so funny?" I demanded, knowing, but not believing that the woman I married would commit the upcoming affront to my flawless manliness.
Tears were now running down her face. Laughing "It's just... that... I'm picturing you pulling on its... its... teeny little..." she gasped for more air to bellow in laughter once more.
"That's enough," I warned. We thanked the Vet and hurriedly bundled the lizards and our son back into the car. He was glad everything was going to be okay.
"I know Ernie's really thankful for what you've done, Dad," he told me.
"Oh, you have NO idea,"
Closed mouth, my wife agreed, collapsing with laughter.
1 - Lizards - $140...
2 - Cage - $50...
3 - Trip to the Vet - $30...
4 - Memory of your husband pulling on a lizard's winkie..... Priceless
Moral of the story - finish biology class - lizards lay eggs

Happy Birthday Nathan

Lucky number 7.

I cannot believe I have a child that old. Everyone seemed to have a great time bowling.

The Boat

We've upgraded..

This is Peter's new BABY, ( not the kid, the boat)

Kids

This picture taken on Nathan's Birthday Wednesday. Allison was feeling "lovable"
I guess. Anyway I thought it made a pretty good snapshot of the two of them. I don't get those moments very often. So I thought I'd share. We finally got some time to go to the lake Friday and begin breaking the boat in. It's real nice. Peter is in hog heaven. Nathan & Allison spent the night at Preston's house and the boys had a "camp-out" in the back yard. Much to my surprise they slept outside all night. I think when we were smaller we attempted it several times but never made it all night. Nathan really enjoyed himself. Now if Peter thinks we're gonna do that for real in a tent in the woods with the kids and me boy is he mistaken!
The weather here has been great. Peter has been busy working on Allison's upstairs "addition" and it is coming along beautifully. I'll take a snapshot of it when it's done. I am very impressed at how quickly it is coming along.

Spring Break 2007 (Mason, OH)

We took our Spring Break this year in a different direction than usual. Peter had heard of this place called Great Wolf Lodge. It's an indoor water park with constant warm temperatures regardless of the temp outside. They had a wave pool lots of water slides a lazy river hot tubs the works! We had lots and lots of fun and our fill of chlorine and "pooling" to last us I think until the summer. We're glad to be home and we had a great time.

Toofless

Nathan finally lost that loose tooth. He pulled it out himself with a string.

Happy Valentines Day!

Did I hear someone say "SNOW DAY??"

Well Nathan is now a believer in the power of prayer. He prayed real hard for two days. Got his wish. They've been out of school since Thursday.

Gotta Job

Well I got a job. It's about 10 hours a week. I work for the Real Estate agent that we bought and sold our houses from. Good thing about it is that she lets me set my own hours. She's flexible and it's been something for me to do on my mom's day out days that does not include spending money! HA

Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.

Total Cholesterol down significantly to "Borderline High"

I dropped my bad cholesterol 34 points! ( Thank you Quaker Oats)

Good HDL up 10 points... (Olympic Gym membership....priceless.....)
WHOO HOO.......

Who am I and how the hell did I get here?

Christmas 2006...I know I know only a Month behind!!

Just Be Happy!

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Martha Washington (1732 - 1802)

Cedar Hill Farms

So I took the kids to the Farm for the Annual pumpkin pickin hay riding thingy we always do. They had a blast, I tried to & despite the way I felt it was a beautiful day. We did the usual. Pony Rides, feeding of the goats and cows, face painting hayriding....They had a great time. I went to the doctor that morning for cough sore throat thing like I had last year but refused to go to the Dr. until I got the walking pneumonia so I figured what the hey, better safe than sorry. He gave me the usual dope and I am feeling much better now.
That's pretty much it. Peter got the $boat$ motor in should be up and running by the end of the week...(in your dreams!)
Looking forward to seeing the tail lights of that money pit leaving this quaint little town.
Will let cha know how that goes. I am giving this little project a cuss factor of about 8.5

It's Fall YALL

Well finally seems

to be Fall here in Hernando. The weather has been beautiful. The kids are having a great time decorating stuff at Grancy's house. School started off to a shaky start with Nathan but finally seems to be getting the hang of "paying attention." His reading ability has improved due to the fact that I've been doing flashcards with him everynight for about an hour. I hope this is not an indication of things to come.! Jeez.

We took the kids to the Midsouth Fair last night. Sorry I fogot the camera. The kids had a blast riding all the rides. I think we got our money's worth (paid 40 bucks) for wristbands but the kids rode enough and we went under budget. HA! Allison got to get cotton candy but Nathan had a fit with the wrong person and left the fair without his. Needless to say it was heartbreaking. Poor baby. I hope he remembers the fun he had instead of the lack of sugar...

Miss you PaPa

Harnett Gerard Rabalais, Sr.

9-12-16

9-1-09

He made our lives so special. . I am thankful that he was here to spend time with his great grandchildren and that they got to know him and love him too. I miss him terribly and I wish he could have been here for more but I keep him alive in my heart and the memories of him flood me often.

Love you and miss you, Papa

Allison got her ears pierced

Well after a week of begging me I took Allison to get her ears pierced. I went this morning but there was only one person working and I wanted them to do both ears at once. She said that she'd have someone in at 1:30 Well we went back and the girl went to lunch so I said "what the heck... Do it anyway one at a time." Allison didn't seem to think it was a big deal. She was anxious to get it done I couldn't wait around much longer since Nathan would be home from school shortly. She didn't even cry. I told her it would hurt a little but she said that was ok.. She wants to be just like mommy.