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...

i always thought that the whole "parents embarrassing their children" thing expired when you became an adult. i was so wrong! dad and i took our vehicles to be inspected saturday morning. as the inspector guy was finishing up, dad looks at me and says "we'll go home the blah blah blah way and i will buy you a tank of gas at the kroger." i smiled and said thanks and the inspector guy says "what a nice dad!" or something to that effect and my dad looks at him and says "how do you know i'm her dad? she could be my mistress!" oh my heck! dad? are you serious?? i covered my face with my hands...the inspector guy wouldn't make eye contact with me anymore...dad is just standing there, laughing. the guy says "that's a good one sir." i am so very glad that i do not live in georgia.

happy birthday kaely!!

kaely turned 9 today :)
we went to cici's pizza for dinner.



and then we opened presents.

and finally cake! woot!

i was called a pagan

my rock collection has grown. for a while i was lining them up, then i started grouping them. the other day, i decided to put them in a circle. i was called a pagan. heh...

i'm sad, though, because today they are gone. my boss said that she overheard conversations today about how awful it was having a stone circle there on the first day of spring.

sigh

heh

oh my

it's 4:44

the party has begun and there are many giggles...

what was i thinking?

6:56

they have been playing and watching tv. only one friend was able to come, but kaely does not seem too upset by that.

we made pizza.

laugh all you like at the cake...my decorator tips didn't fit the frosting tube :( but kaely is pleased...

getting ready for an indoor egg hunt...

8:19

so the eggs have all been hunted. i had the girls put one hand behind their back...to make it slightly more challenging.

then we had a "worst singing ever" contest while we sang happy birthday to kaely. i think i won that :)

8:36

unscheduled pillow fight

oh man

7:45 AM
woohoo! everyone was asleep before midnight :) now they are waking up slowly. breakfast hasn't even been mentioned...