is greg heffley (from Diary of a Wimpy Kid) LDS?

Owen and i discussed this topic for about 20 minutes. he has some pretty solid arguments. very funny.

#1 it says he goes to church

#2 He says Oh my GoSH instead of the other one.

#3 He prays

i love this kid. characters in books, movies, comics are so real to him. all the time he will ask me if i believe in george and harold. (characters in a book that write super diaper baby) haha

just now he described in lenghthy detail (without calling it by name) flag football. "these long strings hanging from the back...it doesn't hurt when they pull it, i promise."

today, owen got up to put in a movie and said, "ill do the honors."

haha, so funny.

i had simon dressed up in a light blue button up and some tan cords for church and his hair is long and a little shaggy. he reminded me so much of chris farley from tommy boy. i couldnt get it out of my head. too cute!

penny is alternately so cute and so evil. she calls everyone and everything stupid. when shes mad at anything or even a little bit miffed or i say no, or take the gumballs away (awesome green, purple and orange for halloween) she freaks out and says stupid mommy!!

Im not doing so well right now. i hate our living room and i just took the round table out of the house and put chairs there. i kinda hate that too. its not comfortable, not one single section of this house is comfortable. after meeting kat and her cool pad full of thrift store finds, doug flips and says we should look for more of that kind of thing. he had been trying to create a museum (a la flippin aaron ruell)

now im left with a house that no one can hang out in, no kids can play in. just gets messy. I HATE IT!

what do i do? seriously, what do i do???

Yesterday, Owen came out from the bath looking for a towel. he was covering his front and back parts with his hands, one in front, one in back. when i was like, "Owen, what are you doing? go get a towel." He said, im covering my private parts {barely}. the crack is the most inappropriate part of the butt."

i need to stop spending money. i'm spending money we do NOT have. so much in taxes, so much in debt, so much to pay every month!!! what am i doing??? it's being skinny now and not looking cute for 2 years. ive seriously got a problem. and i can't decide if it feels like more because of all the buying and taking back or if it's just more more more!!! its like i'm trying to be something were not. wealthy. dangerous! if i take back the home goods stuff and i send back the dresses. i could even take back a bracelet for the wedding it would more than cover the cost of the boots. sophie is going to die. i buy so much stuff and then make a big deal whenever she wants something. maybe if i let her wear my uggs she will feel ok.

penny is crying like crazy in her crib right now. i don't know why its so hard for her to go to sleep. i wish she would just stop. doug knows how to put her down without any crying going on. tonight i make a fatal mistake. i gave her a bottle with water in it. now nothing less will do. not juice or milk in a cup

just asked owen if he still like his teacher. his response, " well, she's still nice even if she does get a little furious sometimes." at least he doesn't have mrs. clark, caden's teacher. (he wanted me to include that in my journal)

I just bought him some star wars toys on craigslist. awesome awesome ships and guys with light sabers, etc. he loves them. oh owen. i could go on about all my kids. i worry about owen the most right now. he's in the middle and gets lost sometimes.

There has been...

a lot going on the past few weeks. I am struggling to keep the babies alive, meaning just about every second of the day i am pulling them off each other. simon is starting to fight back now or instigate fights on his own by bonking penny on the head in the tub or pulling her hair.

i am feeling the need so strongly to get organized and set up with the right tools in this house. of course this is perfectly terrible timing as doug is going into his first low budget feature this month and then straight onto maladies in nov/december. crazy. if i keep going i will spend all the money that we have. i know i can do it... i feel like ive done it before.

i want to feel like a grown up with nice things, instead of the junk i normally buy. my poor kids. it's so sad that i don't know how to do so many domestic things. decorate, cook, clean, laundry. its super sad.

owen hit his head on the curb yesterday. he fell off his scooter and crashed. came in all dizzy and with a goose egg on his forehead.

sophie is busy, busy as usual. choir, young women, volley ball, soccer, dance ensamble, voice ensamble... she is going for best personality at school for the 8th grade bests.

simon is saying Yes and NO and hello and whoa and yay, dad (with claps after we sing any song)

Penny is penny. feisty and adorable.