.: angilou and tucker too :.

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new car!

just got a new car!  well it's used, ahem, i mean pre-owned, but it's new to me!  my parents' van needed replacing, so we did a little switcheroo - they got my car and i got a new one!

finally, i have a sunroof again!  all is right again in the world...

Older women need 1-hour workouts to fend off flab

That was the headline of an article that popped up on the news.  Greeeaat, just what I want to hear...Even better, the url/filename is "...middle_aged_spread.htm".  WONDERFUL!!!!

bonden's nick names

we seem to be pretty big on nicknames.  everyone in the family, including trixie, has multiple nick names.  here are bonden's:

1. putter <- cal's nickname for his "brudder"
2. sai lo <- cantonese for "little brother"
3. putt
4. el demando
5. b-boy <- grammy's nickname for him
6. bondie <- melissa's nickname for him
7. bon bon<- popo's occasional nickname for him

what do the boys look like now?

i noticed that my last post was in august of 2009.  time to at least post some new pictures of the boys.  we also got a flip video camera which has been GREAT.

first is a video of the boys singing "the troll song".  it's from dora, and you can hear the original here, but of course i think the tucker boys' version is better:

 

and then, here are some pics from christmas:

sad & hungry

i always comment that each day, the boys do something funny that cracks us up.  sometimes it's laughing from pure amusement, and sometimes it is schadenfreude.  regardless, i would be re-miss if i didn't make note of it.

last night, cal goes through his evening ritual of not being able to fall asleep and coming up with every possible excuse.  this time he started to get a little more creative and manipulative.

cal: ma-ma!
me: yes, what is it sweetie?
cal: i'm hungry.
me: well, this has happened before and we talked about this, remember? you need to eat more at dinner, so you're not hungry at night.
cal: well, i'm hungry now.
me: ...or you could fall asleep really quick and when you wake up, it will be morning, and you can have waffles and eggs!
cal: noooo, i'm hungry now.
me: well, buddy, i'm sorry, but you either have to eat at dinner or at breakfast; no eating at bedtime.
cal: (petulantly) that makes me sad!
me: i'm sorry it makes you sad cal, but no eating at bedtime.  maybe this will help you remember to eat more at dinner.
cal: so you want me to be sad and hungry????!!
me: *sighing*do you really think i want you to be sad and hungry?