last night was, umm, interesting. we spent the evening doing all our activities by candle light. someone who always harps on my about my finances and not being able to pay everthing has now had (in the span of a week) two unpaid bills resulting in something in the household being turned off. the land line was turned off late last week. (she said she doesn't care about that one cuz no one uses the damn thing anyway except bill collectors.) the electricity was turned off yesterday. so when we got home last night we lit every candle we could find. that provided some light but it sure got stuffy in there cuz they wouldn't open any windows. (ya know, my parents are really damn stubborn sometimes.) and for dinner, well that was made on the grill. it's got a burner on the side so we put a pot on there and cooked chicken strips on the grill. actually, dinner wasn't too bad. it was kinda fun if you could get past the grumpy attitudes of the parents.

you never realize how loud the items in your household are until they stop. wow.

oh, yeah, for all the siblings and people who have contact with mother, don't say anything to her unless she says something to you. i got yelled at last night for almost telling my sister when she called me. she doesn't want anyone to know. *rolling eyes*

hmm, more words that he likes now....

boke (broke) - we have a snowman that when you plug him in he has pretty lights, but he makes lots of noise so we don't plug him in, mikhai wanted to know why, so we told him it was broke. now he has to let everyone who will listen that it is broke. and he tells you about ten times.
baby - another snowman has a baby snowman that pops out of his hat, mikhai likes to wait for it and then giggle when the "baby" pops out.
juice - EVERYTHING is juice, milk, soda, water, apple juice, etc.
pretty - we are learning about pretty stuff lately with all the lights. this past weekend we drove around and mikhai was so excited about seeing all the lights (that is until he passed out from so much excitement...lol)
shoes
sock
pone (phone) - he LOVES to answer the phone. even if it's not ringing.
ello, bye bye - i have a saved message on my phone from when they called while i was at work. it's so cute!

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he now knows how to open doors. or rather, he is now tall enough to open doors and he delights in being able to get them open. locked doors don't even faze him either. example....our front door is almost always locked. mikhai, this past weekend, decided that he was going to try to escape. (this is the second time i have caught him doing this, but grama saw it for the first time and had a small cow) but he pushed a kitchen chair up to the front door, stood on it and was trying to work the locks on the front door so that he could open it. i am in soooo much trouble with that boy!

(i told MI about it yesterday and his comment was "if i had a mom like you, i'd try to escape too" after i got the shocked look on my face he laughed and said he was only joking. butthead)

look how big the monster is getting!!!!