The Things I Have Found Around the House

Hi everyone :) I know most of the time I write for my own amusement, but I've actually gotten complaints that I haven't updated this in a while...so I have decided to feed into the whining and put up a new post! Nothing really exciting has been happening lately...so I have decided to do a special edition Crazy 8 post called "The Things I Have Found Around the House." These are random things that I have found from or ON the little Lucianos...Enjoy!

#1 The Moustache

I found this little surprise on Joshua as we were waiting for his bus a couple of days ago. I have often become concerned when my hair grows about my lip, butI had never even thought a 5 year old would worry about the same thing...then I met Josh's hairs.

That's facial hair y'all

#2 The Letter
I found this while cleaning my room, it is from Jenna to my little cousin Leah. Apparently they were playing casle? Jenna needs a little bit of hoked on phoniks if you ask me...

For anyone who cannot decipher...the letter is from the grand DOUCK (aka duck, dook, duke?)

#3 The Butt Shaking Asian
My little sisters have found a very questionable pastime which can best be called "youtubing." They spend countless hours searching for their favorite songs and watching semi-inappropriate videos much to my mother's dismay. Their latest obsessions have ranged from Lady GA-GA to Katy Perry to Justin Beiber...all of my favorite artists (Gag me!) I have often found them making up synchronized dances to these songs, but the other day I encountered something even more alarming than cheesy dance moves and fist-shaped microphones...I found Jenna shaking her butt in front of the computer screen.Think i'm lying?

Think again. THIS WAS NOT POSED!

#4 The Folder
My mom showed me this as she knows I like nothing more than a good laugh out of my siblings innocence. First thought that passed my mind...why why why exactly would a child need a folder for physical education? Second thought, why why why did my sister fill out the folder title by herself? Third thought, what is this so called Fizz-Ed and do they offer it as CSU? I shall have to check into that!

The Laser

The other day while I was babysitting with Sam, we decided to take the kids down to Walgreens. I had to pick up some pictures, and I had promised Josh a while before that I would take him there so he could pick out something he wanted since he had been good. That was probably the worst decision of my life because it was utterly impossible for Josh and Sara to pick out something they wanted. When Josh came upon anything that was even SLIGHTLY interesting he would let out a noise which resembled a person hyperventilating. He would then SHOUT the name of the product at the top of his lungs so everyone in the store could hear what he had discovered. The phrase "kid in a candy store" took on a whole new meaning, and this is Walgreens i'm talking about.

After about 15 minutes of Josh switching between 100 things he wanted, I finally found something that he showed actual interest in. It was a wand-like figure which lit up upon the press of a button. Josh shouted..."REE! IT'S LIKE STARWARS! IT'S LIKE A LASER FROM STARWARS!" He then proceeded to hold the wand like a sword and swing it around in every direction possible, claiming to be able to CUT ANYTHING! This probably was not the best thing to get him, but the excitement on his face was so contagious that I bought one for Sara too (they were 2 for $5! How could I possibly pass that up?)

After I had checked out, I gave Josh and Sara their "lasers" and Josh shouted once again..."LOOK AT MY LASER! I CAN FIGHT ANYONE!" He then proceeded to make a laser noise (which probably translates best to the sound peeeeeeeeeeeew) and point his new wand at a man walking by who gave us a pretty unpleasant look...

The light up laser was the hit of the night. It held Josh's attention for about 20 minutes which is actually pretty good considering his personality!

Josh's New Laser! "ITS SO COOL REE!"

When we got home, I was putting away the things from the store, and I didn't really pay much attention to where Sara and Josh had gone, but it certainly didn't take me long to find them. I looked straight and saw the lights in our office turned off. This was strange? Then I noticed the soft glow of 2 wand-like structures swirling around from one end of the room to the other.They had actually turned off the lights and were running around swinging their wands at each other and laughing. It was pretty darn adorable!

Josh and Sara and their new Star-War lasers.

Anyone looking for a way to entertain their children, great deal at Walgreens right now! Just try and keep your kids from swinging them at strangers :)

The Sleeping Arrangements Part 2

Good news everyone, Josh has decided to sleep in his BED! It's a miracle! It's so exciting! He is somewhat normal :)

But unfortunately everything is not uphill from here...

So, last night I was at my friend's house pretty late, and when I was getting ready for bed I was in my bathroom (which is right across from Josh's room) and suddenly, I heard a loud noise that was a bit scary. I was reluctant to go in in the first place because I didn't know what to expect, but I decided to venture in and find out the meaning of the mysterious noise. I found out the source (Joshua's obnoxious snoring) but all of that meant nothing when I discovered 5-6 things that were even more alarming than the original shock of the noise.

Once again, I will lay this out in pictures to better explain myself.

I walked in and found this:



Let's analyze this picture with a game of ispy! I spy a few books, a couple blankets, a flashlight, a weird red clencher thingy, and a HUGE plastic sword amongst a sleeping boy


Oh NO! Sleeping boy has awoken! Sorry Joshy! But wait! I also spy a sing-a-ma-jig, Spongebob slippers, and bear-bear!

I started heading down the ladder, and noticed something else that had caught my eye. It was Josh's bag of Valentines from a few days before! How precious!

I reached inside to see what I could find!


I found a variety of Valentine's! How precious! But...what's that? A Pokemon card? Those things are STILL around?


Geez Josh! I thought you had better judgment than this...



I decided to leave the sleeping boy alone and I headed to my own room for a good night's sleep. On my way, I could not help but notice Jenna's sleeping arrangement of choice which she often decides to undertake. Tell me how THIS could POSSIBLY be comfortable...

Yes, that's a chair. Let's think back for a second to Sleeping Arrangements and remember the large bed which Jenna has waiting for her every night...but no. She decides to sleep on chair.















Looks comfy?


I will conclude this blog post with a new segment I shall call..."Wait, What?" It's for those times when the children say things that make me a little bit confused and a lot more speechless.
This Wait, What? Comes from our awesome babysitter Danielle. She shared this story with me the other day...
(While driving in the car, Danielle mentioned St. Patrick's Day which is quickly approaching)
Danielle- St.Patrick's Day is coming up you guys! Josh, do you know who St.Patrick was?
Josh- Yeah! I know! That's Spongebob's best friend!
Wait, What?

The Sleeping Arrangements

So first of all, sorry I haven't updated this is a while! I've been crazy busy and I haven't even had time, but don't worry...i've still been snapping pictures of all the Luciano events. There's been everything from new workout regimes to spelling errors to updated sleeping arrangements...which is what I will focus on today.

So, let's just lay out my house for all of you who are unfamiliar. We have a total of 4 bedrooms in my house, one of which is my parents. That means that we have 3 bedrooms for 8 kids. But since my brothers are at school full time they don't really use their rooms, and my parents converted our old playroom into a room for me. So really, we have 3 bedrooms for 5 kids. Ever since we moved to our new house we have constantly been moving rooms around because no one can decide where they want to sleep at night. When I left for school in the fall, my parents used my old bed in Jenna and Sara's room, leaving Josh in a room by himself, and Erin and Kate in their room.

Let's just say that Erin, Kate, my parents and I are the only "normal" sleepers in our family. We have chosen to lay their heads down on nice comfortable beds at night in order to obtain the best sleep possible. I don't know if it's something to do with comfort, or something to do with the "adventure" of sleeping somewhere different, but the youngest 3 kids (Jenna, Josh, & Sara) have chosen different options. Let's just lay it out for you in pictures to make it more clear...

Josh's 1st sleeping arrangement:

I walked in and saw this...

Josh laying on the ground

Josh laying on the ground next to a bed

Josh laying on the ground next to two beds

Josh laying on the ground with two waterbottles, a flashlight, and his sing-a-ma-jig under a blanket

Josh sound asleep on his bearbear...on the hardwood floor

I was confused (to say the least) after seeing this, and I have to admit it took me a little while to take it all in...but the next night...I found something even more alarming. It seemed that Josh's obsession with the hardwood floor had spread to two of the other children. It also appeared that Josh was no longer satisfied with the middle of his floor for his "bed of choice." It was time to switch it up.

Josh's 2nd sleeping arrangement:

The abandoned hardwood floor :(

A bird? A plane? No...it's Josh sleeping in his closet.

All snuggly in the corner of the closet

What. The. Heck?

I was in utter shock. Why? Why doesn't the child sleep in his bed? I just didn't get it...then I walked into Jenna and Sara's room.

Jenna & Sara's Sleeping Arrangement:

An empty bed. Besides Lily (my cat) who obviously knows what beds are used for as opposed to my children who don't.



Jenna on one side of the bed.

Sara on the other.

Okay, so let's just get this straight. We have one child who chooses to sleep on either his floor or his closet at night, and two girls who sleep on either side of their huge bed. Honestly, I would say more...but I...I..I'm speechless.

The Tooth Fairy

Because of the harsh winter air, Joshua has been getting a lot of nose bleeds, especially right before he goes to bed. The other night, I heard him crying from his room and ran in to see what was wrong, and found out he had indeed gotten another nose bleed. I cleaned him off and calmed him down because he was scared. As he started to settle down, he started telling me about random things from his day, like how he had nachos for a snack at school and how I had promised (so long ago) to take him to drug mart so I better take him soon. I'm so used to his randomness it didn't even phase me. But then he told me some very exciting news...

Josh- Ree! I lost my first tooth today!

Me- Omg you did! That's so awesome let me see! (He smiled widely and displayed a hole on the bottom row of his teeth) WOW! You really did lose your tooth Joshy!

Josh- Yeah! And the tooth fairy is gonna come tonight and bring me PRESENTS!

Me- She is?? Well is your tooth underneath your pillow so she can get it?

Josh- No.

Me- Well, where is it?

Josh- Um, I ate it.

Me- HAHAHA WHAT? You ATE it? Now the tooth fairy can't come and get it!

Josh- Yes she can Ree. She's coming tonight.

Then Josh proceeded to tell me more about his day, then asked if I would please take some pictures of him before he went to bed. I wasn't even surprised by this odd request, so I took some shots of him sleeping on the cold hardwood floor which he claims is "SO MUCH MORE FUN" and "MORE COMFORTABLE" than his real bed.

Honestly, I will never understand this kid but that doesn't mean he's not the funniest thing ever!

Josh just before bed with his hat, bear-bear, and his sing-a-ma-jig. Classic.

Vegetarian

Recently, I stopped eating meat. I still will eat it as long as I know where it's coming from...but that's really a different story. Anyways, I've been throwing around the term "vegetarian" a lot. The kids have NO idea what being a vegetarian means nor did I think they cared or even payed attention when I talked about it...but I was very wrong.

Today I was cleaning my room and I was hanging up all the clothes on my floor while Sara sat on the bed watching me and paying close attention to everything I was doing. After about 10 minutes of watching me, she decided to go into her own closet (which is right next to mine) and look at her clothes that are hung up. THEN, I heard something that made me pay a little more attention to her...

She held up a hanger with a cute sweater on it and said.....

"Mmmm, Vegetarian!"

At first I was like, what the heck? Why would she ever say that when holding up a piece of clothing? Then it clicked. She associated the word vegetarian with whatever she thought was cute...IT WAS THE MOST ADORABLE THING EVER!

I asked her what she said, and she got all shy, but then admitted she had said vegetarian and giggled like a little Guatemalan. She honestly gets cuter every second.

"Mmmm, Vegetarian!"

I Feel Sick!

My leetle brother Joshua

So about a week and a half ago, all of our four kids were home sick from school. Jenna had strep, Josh was throwing up, and Kate and Sara had fevers. It wasn't fun for any of us, but my mom did a great job of taking care of all of them and avoiding as few messes as possible.

There was just one problem, Joshua, the little monkey, always thinks that when he's sick...it's the only thing that matters. From anywhere in our house you might hear him yelling from his room things like..."I FEEL SICK!" or "MY NOSE IS BLEEEEEDING" or "I'M THROWING UP!" (which causes my mom to run up to the room as fast as she can with a garbage can. It's weird because he YELLS these things as loud as he can, but he doesn't really do anything about them, he just kind of sits there and waits for someone to come help him, which gets annoying when all of us just want him to go to sleep for a little bit so we can rest and restore our energy.

Anyway, one day when Josh was still pretty sick we were all hanging out in the living room and Josh was continually announcing his sick status...but a little confusion on my part turned into a lot of anger on his....

Josh- I feel SICK!

Me- (I could've sworn he said this) You like yogurt?

Josh- NO REE! I feel sick!

Me- Omg, I don't really like yogurt, but what's your favorite kind?

Josh- REE! STOP IT!

Me- Vanilla? Yogurt? Do you like Strawberry?

Josh- REE! STOP IT! I SAID I FEEL SICK I DON'T LIKE YOGURT!

Well, I was glad that confusion was sorted out because I didn't think it was that normal for people to just announce their favorite snacks while sitting around.