Thursday, July 16, 2009

Better late than never....

...right??

4th of July pictures:

The BEST tradition since fireworks: Homemade root beer:


I wasn't the only one having a blast:



We love dry ice:



We also love fireworks:


I love this picture because she looks closer to her soul's age than her actual age:



Kind of excited:


No pictures of the fireworks show. I love fireworks too much to think about holding a camera while they're going off.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

What do you do with paper, crayons, tape, and a stick?

The girls wanted to be TRUE princesses, and decided they had to have fancy fans to accomplish it. At first they wanted to buy them, but I convinced them (go, MOM!) that they could make their own fans.


The party was out of this world....

Here's a link to the only existing pictures of Than's birthday bash.

OK, they're simply the only pictures I'm aware of. Enjoy!


Love notes

We've been finding little notes around the house lately...

This one was on my desk:



And these were under our pillows:





I know it's illegible. It says:

Dearmomanddadiloveyouihopeyougivemeuquarter

(We give quarters as rewards for good behavior - evidently it works.)

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Limerick madness returns to California

Me, my sister, my mother, Lance, and Mandy played the limerick game (each of us wrote one line of a limerick and then passed it, wrote the next line, and so on, until all five poems were finished). Great group!! We came up with some gems:

A blowfish came out of the sky
When a starfish hit him in the eye.
The blowfish cried "Ow!
The rules don't allow
for eye hits," he said with a sigh.

Dress ruffles collect all the crumbs
So do beards and pockets and gum.
When I shake out my shirt
And start my dessert,
My day's collection goes into my tum!

This one is my personal favorite:

The two girls wanted to bake a cake
With lots of sprinkles, for goodness sake!
Sugar high was the goal,
For the night, as you know,
Is sweet when you spend it awake.

Great stuff!

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Lunch preparations...

Angela: I want to help you!
Me: OK, do you want to wash the grapes?
Angela: Umm...Actually, right now, I need to dance...

Elizabeth: I want to cut up the strawberries!
Me: Umm...
Elizabeth: [reassuringly] I'll use a butter knife.
Me: Oh, alright. You can cut them up into quarters like this.
Elizabeth: No, I want to cut them another way. Now they're all going to look different.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Some of my favorite clips

First, this amazing one, which you have to watch closely, or you'll miss the best part:




For Josie, one of my all-time favorite Flight of the Conchords songs:




Alright, I love Muse. I think this is really funny, sheep and all: