kaely and elise went on their first "surprise suitcase weekend" trip with the children's fellowship at church. parents are given a list of what the children need and the time to drop off the children.

right before the church van pulled out of the parking lot, we were given a sealed envelope with the agenda :) the girls were so excited!

lilli and i had fun taking care of the grandson of one of the choir members (she is quite ill and in the hospital). so i lost 2, but gained 1 for the weekend :)

it is weird (kinda) taking care of a baby. he's a good baby, but the girls are just about to smother him with attention. it's cute and stressful!

the letter this week is "o"

at the preschool, lilli has to bring in something for show and tell that starts with the letter of the week. we usually put a couple of things in the little bag. this week, we found her little ostrich from the little people set and then i remembered that i have a great ostrich picture

so we looked for it. couldn't find it :( it's obviously saved on the computer, but i didn't have time to print a copy. meanwhile, lilli noticed this picture

and oohed and ahhed over the kitty. i told her it was a picture of papaw, and papaw is grandad's daddy...he's old. wait! old is an "o" word! i asked lilli if she wanted to bring the picture as show and tell and she did.

heh

of course, she forgot who was in the picture and why she even brought the picture by the time show and tell rolled around, but when i picked her up, i explained it to her teachers and they found it all as amusing as i do.

so, i want to share this with my grandparents. i called mom to run it by her...i don't want my sense of humor to offend anyone (you knew i had to throw that in there, liz). mom thinks it will be fine, but i may have to water it down and leave out the "old" part.

i just posted a link to the photo album from the cave that dan and i visited. it was pretty cool :) i even let dan hold my actual camera and take his own actual photos...whoa. the whole trip was fantastic and i can't wait to visit again :)

knee slapper

elise was fussing about the fork i gave at dinner. she said it was a baby fork, i disagreed. as i was walking out the door with the trash, i said "quit it and just eat your dinner...it's a fork..."fork" goodness sake"
heh

heh

when i walked in, kaely said "mommy, knock knock"
i played along, thinking she was going to mimic me..."who's there?"
"fork"
"fork who?"
"fork goodness sake mom! quit telling such bad jokes!"

oh man, i'm still laughing...