August

Well another month has gone by and I'm still here. The school thing is on the stretch run with the end in sight. Jimmy is obsessed with baseball. Its his every thought and action. I dont need to check espn for the scores and story, he has got it in his own little way. Laura cant decide what she wants to be for Halloween and this is causing her great distress. Catherine has again gotten into the habit of getting out of bed after being tucked in. Jack is finally sleeping through the night. This is a very recent thing so we are just enjoying sleep for about the first time in six years.
Catherine is also peeing in the potty on a regular basis now.
so instead of using the toilet as a toothbrush cleaner she's understanding the concept.

Last week was New Hampshire week. We went up north and landed in Santa's village and eventually storyland. It was very hot but the kids had a blast. Catherine was surprisingly well behaved and Jack was our star. I took over 400 pictures and will have to upload them as I go.

Hot July

Well, the year has just flown by hasn't it? Jimmy finished his first year of kindergarden and Laura finished up another year of pre-school. He has become addicted to baseball over the summer. Its all he does and thinks about. From the second he wakes up he has to know if the Red Sox won and if they dont he tells me about how much they stink. He's a true fan.
This weekend we got a large water slide for the yard. Catherine loves to put her bathing suit on but she just cant build up the nerve to go down just yet. She's sleeping a little bit better but she still puts on her daddy radar to know just the right time when I am utterly and completely exhausted.
School started up again last week and this is it! got the big push for the bar...stay tuned
Last week all the buggah's were sick except for Jimmy and Mommy. We brought all of them into the doctors office on Friday. They love to see us coming. I'm surprised they havent fired us as their patients. Catherine had the highest temp and Jack was close behind with an ear infection.
I went to the Red Sox game the other night and sat through a 2 hour rain delay. Third row from the field next to the dugout. Pretty good seats. yeah, they lost. I couldnt tell Jimmy that I went because he would have been mad that I didnt bring him. I'm bringing him next month. Just always something about seeing that big green wall in left.

sickly week

Well, this week the sick cycle finally hit me. I lost ten pounds the last four days but am finally feeling much better today. Laura woke me up last night at four in the morning to show me some drawings she had made for me. What do you do at that point though...So with one eye open I loved them dearly. I thought maybe she was sleepwalking but she remembered this morning as soon as she woke up. I'd like one night for them to sleep till about 7am. Might be too much to ask. They are cute though, I cant say that I've ever gotten mad at them for waking me up.

Happy New Year!!!

Well, the new year started out with a bang. Went to Topsfield for a wedding and took all the kiddo's. I had nothing left in me by the time we sent the kids back to the hotel. Little Catherine had been just into every little thing. When we walked into the hotel to check in, the whole place gasped and covered their ears from Catherine's screaming. She didnt stop either for a long time.
The wedding went as planned, all that planning over in 6 hours. The rehearsal dinner was fun. There was some restaurant in the middle of nowhere Massachusetts, I think it was Ipswich. Kara asked me to say a couple of words...well, the aunts were sitting in their own table with the rosary beads nearby no doubt when i went front and center. I told everyone the blah blah's about what a wonderful couple Aaron and Joanne are and how we are grateful that the 2am drunken phone calls will stop....and then I told everyone about the phone call i got from Aaron after he proposed to her.
Aaron asked me about married life, specifically sex after marriage...now he really didnt, but that doesnt matter, it was my story. Anyway, as soon as I got the first line in the counsel of aunts let out a collective 'oh my god'. So I told them that married life brings out a whole sort of new experiences but sex...well sex is almost every night....(There were sighs, they are getting used to me though).......almost on a monday, almost on a Tuesday, almost on a Wednesday...........
New years eve after the kids left the wedding I ended up tying one on. We had an after-party in somebody's room......I really dont know who...I was sitting at a table, drinking $150 a bottle champagne and for no reason i yelled out "jane you ignorant slut" (an old saturday night live skit).
Anyway, later on I was put to bed and the next morning, with little to no sleep, started this whole madhouse all over again.

2006 photos are in.....click on the link

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Santa Showed up

I was spent by the time the morning rolled around. Normally, I wake up first and run into the kids room waking them up. This morning Jimmy was in the hallway outside of my bedroom as if he didnt know what might be in the back room. As always it was cute as hell to see the little legs scurrying under the Christmas Tree. I had to go to work after all the chaos. lucky me.
Christmas went awesome. Laura and Catherine had been sick most of the week, pathetically sick I must add, but the spring in their legs came back to life when Santa showed up. Jimmy ripped his gifts apart as soon as he greeted them, Laura was a little more methodical and Catherine likes to adore the gifts after I open them for her. There were so many gifts I almost feel bad. Jimmy got his X-Box 360, Laura got her GameGirl, Catherine got anything and everything with Barney and Dora. We didnt forget litte Jack, he just smiled most of the time like he was up to something. Laura had remembered to ask Santa Claus to get me some socks, Isnt she sweet. I got them.

Is anybody out there healthy???

finals time has come and now its gone. Every one of us have been in and out of sickness for the last three weeks. I think I just might home school the little buggahs but I'd hate to see what the curriculum would be, probably recess all day long. Ever wake up in the morning with the little one standing about 5 inches from your face just staring at you?? Happened to me again yesterday. I wonder how long Catherine was standing there. I made the mistake of opening my eyes at 5am and the barrage of a 19 months verbal tirade began. She wasnt mad, just non stop blabber.
Jimmy and I have been going to the Coffee shop the last couple of weeks. We have our coffee parties as opposed to the girls tea parties. Mostly we sit around for a while, him drinking a forbidden Sprite and me with my decaf coffee. We played checkers the last time. He starts yelling when he jumps my man. Little stinker I say.
Christmas is coming and once again we have everyone coming over for Christmas Eve. I am getting ready for my after holiday diet. My new years resolution is to get in shape. Got to have something for the chickies to look at.

Next Edition is in

Okay i've returned to the world of blogging. Anyway, here comes a new baby into the world, Number four in five and a half years. How life changes so quickly. I feel so damn old at times. Yesterday, my Laura went to a Teddy-Bear tea party in Boston. Times like these are happy days, the reason why you have the kids in the first place. She was so happy to be going, and still high as a Kite last night at 10pm when she wouldnt go to sleep. What the hell else is there in life. They are my reasons for living and what a good reason at that. Some little dirt crawlers were trying to tell Jimmy (5yrs old) that there was no Santa Claus. I believed very long into my childhood and hope to keep him in the same way. My Catherine is now 18 months old. I taught her how to do the "old John Broddilin" dance by the wiggles. She's not all there. She slaps her thighs and goes with a rum tum tattlin, old John Braddlin, hey what funny folk we be.....She is an entertainer for sure.
I've included the Halloween Picture. I dont know what the neighbors thought, but then again it really wouldnt matter either way.

Its a Million Dollars

Jimmy, Laura and I have this little routine we have been going through for some time now. They are very huggable kids so before they go to bed and before I have to go to work daddy gets hugs and kisses. One day, i was hugging the both of them and became especially aware of how much this little piece of happiness is worth. They both whisper secrets to me, saying "Daddy, I love you". I looked at them and asked them if they knew what that was worth. So now, everyday when i ask them what its worth for a secret, they tell me "It's a million dollars". Jimmy has it up to a trillion dollars now. Its the truth, How much could someone pay you to take that away??? Still not enough dough.
When Catherine sees us going through our silliness in the morning, she gets jealous and I have to go to her little saucer and give her a great big hug and kiss too. They wonder why i'm late for work all the time.
Since Jimmy was a baby, we have had our special time every night before he goes to bed. It usually involved his rocking chair and two or three songs. It got that he knew most of the words to Sweet Baby James (James Taylor). Laura came along and got her 'House at Pooh courner' song included. They've graduated to getting a story every night now with minimal songs, except for Wiggles entertainment at night. Catherine still gets 'I hope you dance' song. I tried singing that song one night at Karaoke and they shut me off at the bar. Catherine is a better audience.
I actually tried to publish this post a couple of months ago but while I was looking around this site realized that I must have screwed it up.

Snow bunnies 

My First Blog

It has been forever since I wanted to start keeping a weekly diary of the little monkeys and the goings on in their life. I keep thinking that I will go back and write about the little nuances that were unique to each of them. So now and again I will do just that.
Today, Jimmy is 4 years old, Laura is 3 years and Catherine is 10 months old. Jimmy is learning how to play baseball and loves his trains. Thomas the Tank Engine, of course. Laura is my feisty one, the most like dad. She has to get her way. Yesterday she was the superstar in school and got to ring the bell for clean up time. She told me this about 6:30a.m. this morning. I knew she was in the bed for some time and i'm sure she waited for me to wake up to tell me. Right before work Laura grabbed her elbow, went running into mommy's room and told her that I gave her an elbow strike. Too much power-rangers i think. Anyway, Little Catherine is like a candle in a dark cellar. Something about a 10 month old greeting you with a smile in the morning and right after work that makes a daddy giddy. She greets me like Hitler would with a salute, I think she's trying to blow kisses. Well, lets hope this is the first of many blogga's going on. Go with Buddah!!