Fleming Friday Folly

I am in love with the most under appreciated household object - THE PAPER TOWEL
For all of my green friends, I am your worst nightmare! I can only imagine how many paper towels the 4FLEMZ use on an annual basis.

For all of my peeps in the the paper towel gang - this one's for you!


So, for all you peeps who leave the last paper towel on the stand for someone else to change, be kind and replace a roll for us paper towel lovers. <3
Have you ever been right in the middle of something and went to reach for a paper towel or toilet tissue and realized you were left with nothing on the roll? Happy Friday!

The Sandlot

We are in full swing of baseball season. This week the 4FLEMZ will be tasked with trying to juggle schedules and make three, yes I said three, baseball games and one skills competition all before the end of the week. On top of it all, our team mom is trying to organize a Friday Night Under the Lights game in May so our team can experience how the major league teams play. One of her requests was to ask each player some personal information so the announcer for the evening could share a little something about each boy. So, this morning I had to pose each question to Tommy that was on the list and capture his response. The conversation went something like this...

Me: Tommy. Tommy! (Now I finally have his attention) What would you like your nickname to be?
Tommy: Sponge Bob.
Me: Are you sure you want the announcer to introduce you as Thomas 'Sponge Bob' Fleming?
Tommy: OK, how about 'Squidward' instead.
Brian: How about 'T.D?' (Of course!)
Me: What about 'Shorty?'
Tommy: Fine, 'T.D.' is fine.
Me: What's your favorite color?
Tommy: Yellow
Me: What's your favorite food?
Tommy: Chicken
Me: (mental thought - isn't he sick of eating chicken?) What do you want to be when you grow up?
Tommy: A baseball player
Me: What's your favorite song?
Tommy: Tick Tock

So, I head into work and shoot off an email to our team mom indicating Tommy's responses. At this point, I have to disclose that his favorite song choice, Tick Tock by Kesha, is all because his mom listens to Top 40 hits in the morning and now realizes that her son is actually paying attention!
Gotta love him! Put him in coach, he's ready to play! 

Tommy would like to know what your favorite baseball movie is?

Spring Cleaning

As most of you know, I am a reality show junkie. I fill the DVR to the max with all kinds of reality drama and it drives one of the 4FLEMZ crazy. :-P
Today, I was reminded of a show called 'Hoarders.' If you have never seen the show it is aired on A&E on Monday's and it's a fascinating look into peoples lives who have the inability to part with their belongings. Well, all 4FLEMZ should have been cast for their own episode of 'Hoarders' today.
We decided to take on some spring cleaning in the kids' play room. How's that for some Saturday fun?! I knew we should have called in the professionals for this organizing event. You could only imagine what we found during the process. The list of items included:

• a dried up orange peel behind a doll house (eewww)
• a used band-aid (double eewwww)
• a vending machine tattoo of a sailor chick on an anchor (I think both males got a kick out of it)
• and countless toys from one end of the room to the other

We spent 1/2 of our day going through everything and parting ways with a lot of items. For the kids, it is out of sight out of mind. For me, I start recalling the memories associated to the items. (I AM A TOTAL HOARDER...I wonder where I get that from?) For the man of the house, it is all about getting down to business... it's on the list, let's get it done!

In the end, I will say we were able to control our hoarding tendencies to a minimum and I believe we all have the strength to recover and move onto the next room - the garage!!!
I respectfully did not post any photos of today's events just in case we get a call from A&E for the inside scoop. Do you enjoy spring cleaning? Have you ever stumbled across something unique during your cleaning process? Tune in next week for the newest reality show...Keeping up with the Flemings.

Fleming Friday Folly

So what happens when you put safety scissors (a total oxymoron) and a 3 year old in a room together...

A nice new HAIRCUT!

One of the 4FLEMZ thought it was a good idea to be frugal and pass on a visit to the local salon for her own version of a bang trim. One less errand we have to run this weekend. Any wagers on how long this may take to grow out? Have you had any safety scissor incidents in your home?  Happy Friday!

All in a days work

Well, it's official!

This is the FIRST post to our family blog. For the most part I (Lisa) will be writing on behalf of the 4Flemz. On occasion, *fingers crossed* we may have a guest blogger (Brian) chime in every once in a while or I may write what the kids want to express. We are hoping to capture the everyday life of our family in it's rawest form. This blog will be made available to family and friends so they can keep up with our hectic lives and leave comments for us to ponder. We hope you all enjoy the content and come back for more. My intention is to at least post once a week if not more. So, stay tuned folks...