Date with Daddy

We have been learning about the moon this week in school, and my friend Greta told us about the "moon show" at Roper Mountain Science Center. Four daddies and little girls went on a group date to Pizza Inn (where Ryan ate enough food to feed a small country) and then to see Starry Nights. Kate was so excited about her date with Daddy! Hopefully it will be my turn soon!

This picture makes me laugh! Ryan said she made a face and was trying to look like someone else. 

Kate, Abby Fowler, Ella Fuller and Hannah Espinosa. The dads sat in the back and goofed off while the girls tried to understand how the stars were formed by bears and horsemen arguing over seven sisters. Might have to do some damage control....

Jesus Is a Friend of Mine

I can't believe this is real. Tonya posted this on her Facebook page and I just had to give everyone a good laugh. Even Kate said she did not like the song, and this from a kid who thinks the song "Poop in the Potty" is a jaunty little tune. Plus, I finally figured out how to put the videos directly on the blog, all by myself!! Yeah me!

The Day Goes to Pot(ty)

Coconut Lime Verbena lotion from Bath and Body Works is one of my favorite scents. Not because I am the type of girl that dreams of sunny days on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere drinking a lime-y girl drink on the beach - if they could put Florence (Italy, not SC) in a bottle I'd buy it); it's mainly because I don't encounter coconut or lime or verbena during the day, and it's nice to smell something besides dirty diapers, dirty dishes or a dirty dog. It also comes in handy for keeping me from smelling like a dirty dog. 

Apparently Nancy thought that not enough of my stuff is covered in spit up, kitchen, or doggy smells and stains. Isn't anything sacred? I wonder if she's trying to tell me something. 

At least I don't fit in the potty. 

Belated Disclaimer

After a few raised eyebrows and a phone call from DSS (who sounded a lot like my mom), we decided assure everyone that yes, Kate really loves the beanbag game, asks to play it all the time, and laughs wildly when she bounces off the sofa onto the floor. This video was not previously rehearsed. Really. (Nancy is crying in the background because she only understands "ice cream", not "let's go get some ice cream", and she likes to watch herself on the camera, eg. "baybeee")

And for those of you who have created your own version of the Beanbag Game, we'd love to see some video!

Why??

Why in the world do they make the packaging on kids stuff so impossible to get into?? Little parts, I understand to an extent: gotta make the Princess Polly Pockets look as exciting as possible in the bag! (even though mom will get it home, untie all the twisties holding Sleeping Beauty's hair still, cut through plastic as thick as acrylic and bend cardboard until it shreds all over the carpet only to have the toy dumped into the huge and cumbersome "convenient carry bag" where the parts get tossed around inside and all jumbled up and eventually lost every time said bag is opened...have you seen Polly Pocket's shoes??)

Tiny stuff, fine. Chalk it up to a choking hazard prevention. But sippy cups?!? The kids are going to put the things IN THEIR MOUTHS! There is no place to pull apart the plastic and the circumference of paper around the cup is so narrow that I can't even get the scissors to grip it and cut it! Why do they even need plastic around it anyway??? Just so they can hang it on the hook at the store? The hook that is eye level with my 5 year old, who conveniently chooses the cup that is $6.99? It should not take me 4 minutes to open up just one Dora sippy cup. I bought 5 today. That's 20 minutes. That's another nap! 

Cabin Fever

"Lemme 'splain": It rained for 4 days in a row here in town. Very welcome, considering the drought, but it's hard to stay in for 4 days with 2 kids...especially when I am one of those weird homeschool moms. I am with my kids ALL DAY LONG.  We all had the "fever", and Daddy time at the end of the day was so fun because Ryan would be silly with the girls and help them get some energy out and I just got to sit and stare at the wall Goldie Hawn-style in Overboard "bah bah bah bah....". This is the game that Ryan and Kate made up one day and played again recently. It looks cruel, but she actually thinks it's as hilarious as we do. I swear.

In preparation for the Game. 

GO TIGERS!