So Says my Girl

Funny words from A's mouth:

- (back on the ear piercing thing) - She's still talking nonstop about what it would be like to get her "ears appeared." I LOVE IT!

- asking about when were were leaving for today's field trip to the arboretum - "Mom? when are we going to the importance?"

Fancy Princesses

Our dear friends, the Roberts family, spent the day with us today, and as usual, the kids picked up right where they left off and played together like best friends. Maura and I had our first babies together in Maryland, and then our second ones came along together, too, so they've been good buddies for a while. Maura now has 4 little ones (yes - SHE is the awesome mom who drove a van full of kids from VA all by herself just to spend the day with us! How great are you Maura!!), and they are such fun kids.

A came home from a week at grandparents' houses to find a new Little Mermaid costume waiting for her, and she's worn it every day since then. When Katelyn arrived she couldn't wait to show it to her, and within minutes this was the scene on the stairs:

A was so nice to share her new costume with Katelyn. I LOVE it when A dresses up, because she doesn't do it that often, and I think this is the most blinged out I have ever seen her! They switched dresses back and forth all day, playing so nicely all the while having epic battles with the boys - zapping them with their wands and hiding from them under the covers. They went from being pretty princesses to wicked stepsisters and back again. Just too funny! She didn't want Katelyn to leave so she could play princess all the time.


side note - A saw an older girl getting her ears pierced at Claire's tonight, and she went in and asked her if it hurt. Then she fingered a rack of earrings, picking out which ones she liked best. Is this something in her future? I would bet not, but with A you just NEVER know!

what i think

is that there should be a way for moms to call in sick sometimes - like today!  ugh, it is no fun feeling so horrible when the kids all feel fine and want to do everything business as usual.  hopefully tomorrow i will be feeling better.

uh-oh-spaghetti-o

Lesson Learned: DO NOT put that half pound of cooked spaghetti noodles that you found hiding out in the way back of the refrigerator down the garbage disposal in the kitchen sink. I suppose I might have done the same thing, but I'd like to think that if I had been present when this decision was being made, I would have said the garbage can would be a better option. :)

While dear husband G is fantastic at his day job, household repair is just not something that should ever appear on his resume. So when he called me into the kitchen and I saw this:

I was sure that I would spend today waiting for a plumber to arrive and put the pipes back together and me explaining 1) why in the world a half pound of pasta was stuffed into the pipes and 2) why in the world my husband took the sink apart himself.

Quotes from G, our happy plumber:
" ooooooh yuck!"
" these pipes are really grimy"
"there's a chance I'll be able to put this back together"

" how far could it [the spaghetti] possible be? I mean, how far can spaghetti go?" [after taking off piece after piece of pipe and not finding the clog]

"the noises and sites associated with this are very similar to those of vomiting."

I'm happy to report that G DID get the pipes reassembled and the drain now drains and the water seems to be flowing without any leakage. I was amazed, and G was beaming with pride all evening! Who knew he could he so handy?

Dee - Dee - Dee?

She is missing her big brother and sister. Over the past couple days she keeps walking up to pictures of A&K saying "Dee-Dee-Dee?" (her word for big sister's name) and pointing to them. It's cute and a little sad, too. Today I pulled a picture down for her to look at and she pointed and talked to the pictures for a while. She'll be happy when they get back home tomorrow.

"where's my big brother, Mom?"

Another one!

ooh - this is WAY too much fun!

My first storyboard!

OK, the subject matter lacks variety, and the colors are odd, but I was just playing around trying to figure some things out and voila! My first storyboard! I'm so excited - endless possibilities! My poor kids will have my camera in their faces all the time, and my poor husband will never see me again now that I have my new software... ;)