Quote by Caleb...

After brushing his teeth he informed us
"Hey my tooth paste tastes like buggle-gum!"

Germ Boy

I thought you would like to get an up close and personal look at GERM BOY!
This was a week ago, don't be deceived by the beginning of the video Josh will make his appearance.
click on the picture to watch the video.

I have to say this phase is fading, thank the Lord.

Parent Teacher Meeting!

Today we met with Mrs. Mitchell, Josh's Kindergarten teacher. Its report card time and parent teacher meeting as well. There wasn't too much to say. I do get the feeling she knows him pretty well. The one thing that surprised me was she stated that he is quiet, if you know Josh you know he is anything but. Ryan explained to me that there are many similarities he noticed that him and Josh have, especially after hearing how he is in a classroom setting. Very independent, doesn't care what others are doing, has his own goal in mind, polite, quiet and right on target academically. All of Josh's wee college teachers will be very surprised by his quiet disposition I don't think they have had an opportunity to see this quiet side of Josh.

Around the World in Three Days!

Today we picked up David from school, as he comes in the house he begins to tell me that the next three days are sure gonna be busy! Now you have to picture a small 6 year old standing infront of you with his head tilted to the side smiling with his very new toothless grin and stating how busy his life is going to be these next few days. Do you kinda get the picture? It was priceless! His Mom has a work related conference the next three days so he is being picked up by various relatives and having playdates here and there. I asked David why he thought it would be so busy and he told me, "well I am going to go around the world in three days!" He is quite proud of this and seems pretty excited too. You know he will be East Maple Ridge to West Maple Ridge back to East Maple Ridge and ALL the way to Coquitlam in this short time, I know not many of us have traveled such lengths in such a small time frame! On the way to pick up his cousin and brother from their preschool, I told him he should write a book about such an experience, and that I understood that he pretty much will be around the world in this quick oh yes BUSY three days! I am sure we will all be able to pick up a copy of "Around the World in Three Days" by David Buzza aka noble steed (kinda an inside joke between me and my nephew) at a local book store near you! I'll keep you posted on this great adventure in a small 6 year old boys life.

Little Man

We finally made it to the studio today. Our call time was 1pm. And holding true to the filming caos we sat and waited for 5 hours to do 1.5 hours of work. We arrived hung out for a bit then Josh had his first experience with hair and makeup. I have never seen anyone look more awkward in my life getting their nose powdered you would of thought they were pulling teeth. His hair was a bit better he ended up getting a trim which was great a day of work and a haircut who could ask for better multi tasking! Then back to the set where we hung out. As you can see in the pictures it is quite the set. Very colorful and fun, all the kids played together and that made the time go by extremely fast. Finally just before 6pm it was time for wardrobe all the kids got on their outfits and had a touch up of hair and makeup and were sent to do there diddy. Of course they changed the whole routine on the spot which made it a bit confusing for Josh. Now do you remember reading about Josh have you all been able to get a bit of a grasp on his personality...cause their is a whole lot of it and trust me a WHOLE lot of it came out today. They practiced the number a couple times and decided to role film. Meanwhile I do NOT know where Josh was, yes we could see him physically standing there but his head was somewhere else. He found every known distraction to man on that stage. The poor boy beside him was asked to help Josh, I think little Johnny now has an ulcer. As I stand behind the lights and cameras I am watching this poor 10 year old boy point Josh to his spot, tell josh to keep his hat on his head, remind him march and so forth all while trying to do his routine and smile. Josh had about every facial expression humanly possible covered in the first five minutes of filming. But the moment that took the cake was when Odessa the choreographer had to come and get me to explain to Josh that it was ok to hold hands with the other kids that there germs were ok! Ya that is right GERM JOSH is back. At this particular moment he was in full force GERM FREAK! You will be able to see on the video I took of them practicing that the kids hold hands and do a ring around the rosy kinda deal. Well once the camera was rolling, Josh decided he wouldn't hold hands with the kids unless his hands were tucked in his sweat shirt. All you see is two kids grab his sleeves in desperation to complete the task at hand. I of course am on the side lines chewing my fingers off, started with my nails but there is nothing left at this point. It feels like all the directors, camera guys and wrangler are upset or frustrated but when the scene cuts I have people coming up to me telling me how hilarious he is. So I guess they all understand. He had everyone in stitches cause you just never know what he would do next. We took a little break and the kids did a conga line which he was successful with thank goodness and one other routine which he did great too. Movie comes out in May 2006 "little man" Waynan brothers film. Josh's scene will be on the tv within the movie, a Barney type video D-Rex! I will be completely surprised if he is seen at all, he had a serious case of Sillys going on. What an experience. All in all I think he had fun, he said he is done dancing for awhile though. Lets just hope this hand washing germ thing fades soon!!!




THIS IS A VIDEO CLIP...JUST CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO WATCH IT!!

Gonna be a ROCKSTAR!

Ok so not really a rockstar but maybe a movie star? Josh is working on a movie called "Little Man", he has been in rehearsal for two days learning a dance number. Well if you can call it that. The movie is about a little person who makes really bad choices(my mommy lingo coming out), and to prevent being caught he goes into disguise as a baby! It is a Waynan brothers film, need I say more? Anyhow the small little part that Josh is working on is a Barney type video that will be playing on tv in a particular scene in the movie. Or at least that is what we are at right now everyday they say something different. Josh has a wardrobe fitting on Thursday followed by rehearsal where they learned their little dance routine. They were called back for Friday for more rehearsal and we are suppose to go back on Monday to the set to film it. The dinosaur is suppose to be Rob Schneider but of course we just get his double. And there was talk of the actor a nine year old little person being in the routine with the kids on Monday. Hence why I am not really sure what role this will have in the movie. The nine year old is the body for little man and one of the Waynan brothers is the head.


It has been hilarious to watch josh attempt these little moves and trust me he will need all the help he can get. He is the youngest kid there! There are a couple 6 year olds and the rest are 8-10. I will keep ya posted on what Monday holds for us, as we will be on set and it is suppose to be extremely colorful we saw a picture of it.

How Sweet it is to be Loved by YOU!

This morning Josh woke up all by himself and hustled about came in my room and announced that it was time for me to search for my surprise. I thought oh how sweet Ryan must of hidden something with them for me this morning...ry was up and outta here before the sun had risen. So I asked Josh oh did Daddy help you do a surprise he said nope. So I followed Josh and he had me look in one toy bin, I told him I don't see anything, had me look in another that he suggested, still nothing, than he encouraged me to look in the car racing toy...and there it was! Josh had hidden a chocolate for me two days ago! He had taken one of the chocolates from the ones we put on his classmates valentines and hidden it. How Sweet is HE! So then he informed me that he had hidden one for daddy too, his dad doesn't know yet but when he comes home from work he too will have to go on the hunt for his Valentine's Day chocolate from his eldest son!





Quote of the week....by Josh of course!

Yesterday I was calling for Caleb and asking him if he could do me a favor, I needed the juice cup picked up off the floor. Yes it was right in front of me...but I was holding Abby and really they should pick up their own things off the floor. Josh replied with this....
"You know Mom Caleb is not your slave!"
immediately I snapped back where did you hear that? And of course he informed me that it is I who has said that,"you know Mommy is not your slave". Oh isn't it grand hearing your own words fly back at ya!

Cute Pictures From David's Birthday!

you try getting four boys to stand still for a picture!
Abby got to wear the halloween costume her brothers did for there first halloween, I will have to dig up the pictures and show you how similar they all look.
Ya our three year old can grow facial hair!

At Our House Right Now!!

I was in the office checking my email and if you know me at all, you know that I am a hmmm lets just say frequent email checker! As I was sitting at the computer Abby was walking up and down the hall with her walker giving me big smiles and looking oh so proud of herself. I ran to get the camera as quickly as possible, and when I went into the kitchen there was a bit of a surprise. Caleb had completely redecorated all the kitchen chairs are lying flat on the ground and he has his stash of hotwheel cars lined up on the table working on a game of checkers with the place mat. Of course by the time I got to filming abby the moment had passed so it isn't' quite as cute as I had hoped!

Two Odd Little Ducks....

This past Saturday was a busy day! We started our morning off with Soccer. If you are in need of a daily pick me up or just a good laugh you should really come watch. You never know what you may see and Josh, well he is what he is:) The highlight of the game was him deciding to be in goal (um at this age there are no goalies) but not only did he decide to take on this awesome responsibility he decided to be a goalie for the other team! Don't worry we still cheered him on. As you watch the kids run from one end of the field to the next in hopes of touching the ball even for a second you may start to wonder oh where is Josh? I can't really tell you where his mind is, but he typically can be found in the middle of the field hangin out! Like I said never fear the douglas are here for your comic relief!





But wait this isn't even the story that goes with my title "two odd little ducks"! I am referring to Caleb and his sidekick Connor! This week you could find the two of them chillin in the baseball diamond next to the soccer field. They were busy playing Buzz Lightyear! Ryan headed over to check on them and inquired as to what they were playing. Ryan was informed that they were playing Buzz Lightyear, so curious to know how they worked out the odvious conflict of who gets to be Buzz, ryan asked who they were! Now lets just think for a moment of a few of the characters from that movie, we have buzz, woody, zurg, jesse, bullseye even a dinorsaur for goodness sake! No our kids they had the best characters lined up!




We had Connor as Lil' Bopeep







And Caleb Jackson as Ham!

It's All About.....

If you were to enter our house these days you would be bombarded with the following....Shrek 2 xbox details beyond belief, did you know that when you hit the y button little red throws her apples...now ya do! Facts about Narnia, have they read the book-no, have they seen the movie- heavens no but yet there is an endless supply of knowledge that they have miraculously (their Nana) obtained that we hear about. And of course there is still the old stand by Star Wars which is hanging on by a thread these days but none the less still holding fast:) You gotta love these phases and really can't help but be amazed at how much information they can retain when they are fascinated!
Tonight I was putting Josh to bed and his biggest concern was getting past a particular level in Shrek 2. Now Josh knows he is only allowed to play for a certain period of time on certain days. As I am tucking him in he is pleading with me that when him and Caleb go to sleep that Daddy and I will finish the level, he has it all worked out in his mind. You will never see two children go to bed more peaceful and quietly then these guys, knowing that their mommy and daddy are downstairs beating that particular level. I guess the saddest thing is that we actually are playing their game after they go to bed, but the stinkin thing is sooooo addictive!
Abby doesn't share to the extent the passions of her brothers, but don't get me wrong she is right there alongside them banging on the tv screen, yanking on the controllers as her brothers fight prince charming in Far Far Away. Cheering and chanting to get any attention she can. Abby has started her own new tricks. We have been working on teaching her to communicate with us in a more pleasant manner then her current squeals, grunts and screams. We have attempted to teach her how to say please in sign language (we got this tip from my sis, worked for her daughter). Anyways Abby seems to be getting the concept the pounding of her chest (the sign for please) has so far been accompanied with the squeals, grunts and screams but eventually she does the sign and we reward her greatly. Tonight was quiet funny though, she seemed a bit confused right before bed she wanted her sue sue, so I was holding out waiting for the please signal, after the stare down the noises of discontent she broke down and said please. I clapped and cheered made a big deal out of her achievement. Well for the next 15 minutes before bed that is pretty much all she did, patted her chest and smiled waiting for her audience to applaud. Even when I laid her in her crib she continued to do the please signnon-stop with a big smile on her face.... well she may not get the concept but she can obviously do the sign!!

Friday Night Date Night!

Tonight was date night at the douglas house! Josh and Ryan are off to a giants game, and Caleb and me decided to go swimming. We brought Abby too, she was our third wheel:) We hustled our way over to the rec center which took me FOREVER! We had lots of phone calls, lots of missing bathing suits, lots of turtle like movements from Caleb but we finally managed to get ourselves in the van and on our way to the pool. By this time it was 7:15pm which is a wee bit late as bedtime is 7:30/8pm but a special date we can make exceptions right? We got to the pool and were at the front desk I paid and the man mentions "oh there is a birthday party here tonight for 8pm so it will probably get kinda loud in there, just so you know". I said "oh no problem thanks for the warning." We hustled on our way to the change room. Now I am not sure exactly where my thinking was at, but I did not bring a buggy for abby I carried her had Caleb by the hand and the bag over my shoulder. When we got to the change room it was a tad awkward but I managed to get everyone changed without letting her touch the ground(I have issues with pool floors eewwww)and she isn't' standing on her own so it would be her crawling around yuck even the thought. Finally we are in the pool everything seems great, it is a bit busy but it is Friday night. Lots of young teenagers around but still I didn't' think too much of it. The night was off to an exciting start as Caleb has been working through a variety stretching exercises and unique forms of pilates in order to grow faster to meet the height requirements for the green slide. Well guess what people, tonight was his night, all his hard work paid off he is officially TALL enough for the green slide. He rode that thing at least ten times, we swam, we jumped, we splashed it was all going excellent a bit crowded for my liking but still manageable. Until......8:00 struck! Something odd began to change in the pool. I began looking around and the place was JAM packed full, but one of these things was not like the others, one of these things just did NOT belong....And yup it was me! 8o'clock hit and there were no more people found over the age of 16, and no one younger then the age of 10, yet more people then you have ever seen in a pool. Oh but wait there is still MORE! the lights were turned down, a DJ started to blare some tunes and over 100 teenage girls began to scream. You would think after 10minutes or so into the event the screaming would stop but let me assure you it DID NOT! So me and my dates attempted to tough it out and not let this EVENT stand in the way of our swimming, we stuck to the baby pool. My head was pounding the music was HORRIBLE, my kids were LOVING it. I have Abby dancing to 50cents "take me to the candy shop" and Caleb cha cha chaing to black eyed peas "My humps". It was time to go! We gathered our things just as a life guard comes over to me and says " oh you picked the wrong night to come, fridays are not always like this but the third one of each month is teenager night" AHA, so to all you unsuspecting parents wanting to head over to the leisure center for a swim mark your calendars the third friday is NOT the night to go!!!! Now our evening is still not over remember I mentioned I chose not to bring in a buggy, getting changed was an Olympic event but I promise you Abby did NOT touch the floor!!!

You feed them eyeballs for lunch and you end up with one silly afternoon!

these are videos' just click on the pics to watch:)

Shrek Eyeballs!!

If you know Josh and Caleb you must know how much they are into their Shrek 2 xbox game. I can say without exaggerating that Josh lives and breaths this game these days. He has a Shrek 2 book which has a recipe in it, that he has been dying to make. So today for lunch at the douglas house we ate Shrek Eyeballs! I mean really what else could we do:)


this is a video just click to watch!

Quiet can be Good!

It was really quiet in the house, I was in the kitchen getting supper ready and the kids (all three) were upstairs playing. I was so impressed at how well the three of them were playing together no fighting, screaming or car throwing(you would be surprised how painful it can be getting hit in the head from a flying hotwheel). After I had supper all ready to throw in the oven I began to worry....maybe a good thing wasn't so good after all. When I went upstairs I couldn't find them! I was calling their names and of course no answer. So I did my check, our bedroom, the bathrooms, abby's room-nope no kids. So still not hearing anything I wandered down to the boys bedroom where I found all three of them huddled around the radio, listening to a book on tape. It looked so cute! Even Abby sitting right in between her brothers listening to the story.
As I looked at Abby closer I noticed she had some new clothing on! Josh had decided to dress Abby up he put one of Caleb's vests on her. I have no idea how he managed to get her to sit still to put it on let alone zip it up but he managed. Of course by the time I got the camera the huddle around the radio was over but Abs still had the vest on.
I had to share this little moment with you all because I think it is the first time it has been quiet in the house with all three kids home and awake that hasn't ended in fire, flood or destruction!

Abby's First Date!

Who said bowling wasn't a good idea for a date?

Abby and Aidan workin' it out.

Christmas Snaps!

Happy New Year!

Can you believe it is 2006! I just can't wrap my brain around it at all. 2006 is a big year for me....the big 3-0 and our ten year anniversary...wow hey! Did you all have a great New Years? We sure did. As the kids get older it is fun to celebrate with them. Our church had a disco bowling event planned so we bowled from 7:30-9:30, which was perfect for them, as that is pretty late. So they were pretty done by 9:30. They were tucked in and asleep by 10ish and that left the grown ups to have some fun! We invited a few couples over to ring in the New Year. We had a great time matching the new years resolution to the person, good luck with that spelling Shane-o, and of course playing games and a balloon popping countdown! Fun fun. As I reflect on the past year so much has changed for me and Ryan and we both sit stunned at all the blessings in our life. God truly is good. January always feels like such a fresh start, so here is to a year full of life, love and happiness.
In Everything.....Give Thanks!

Old video clip!

I just came across this clip of josh on his second Christmas...It is pretty cute hey?
ps man he really grew into his lips hey...holy cow his lips were big!