Wednesday, September 24, 2008

And So The Story Goes...



Last night I got a desperation call from work and headed in for half a shift. That left Brett in charge of 3 little kids. Not that big of a deal considering he gets to put them to bed within 2 hours of me leaving. T-man went to bed pretty easily. Princess and the little one seemed to give him a little more grumbling and mumbling in his attempts. He finally got Princess in bed, looking at a million books, only to sneak down to cuddle up with him on the couch for half an hour or so. He put her back to bed, again, and I am sure threatened her with the removal of her bunny or blanket if she got out again. A few minutes later he heard her out of bed. Time passes by and he decides to go check on her. He is furious, fuming, and ready to lay into her, when he comes around the corner and finds the princess covered in my make-up. He can't help it, he becomes hysterical with laughter. She is a little embarrassed as she looks at herself in the mirror and says, "Dad, I wook wike a cwown." He took a few snapshots for me to enjoy and told me these are minor compared to what she looked like before she wiped the lipstick off. She asked me recently if we would see a Princess at the upcoming Circus, and I told her there wasn't Princesses at the circus, but I think I need to retract that, because apparently there ARE Princess Clowns.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

And We Made Fun of Ms. South Carolina, Teen USA

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_garbles_Depression_history.html?showall
Biden garbles Depression history
Joe Biden's denunciation of his own campaign's ad to Katie Couric got so much attention last night that another odd note in the interview slipped by.
He was speaking about the role of the White House in a financial crisis.
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the princes of greed," Biden told Couric. "He said, 'Look, here's what happened.'"
As Reason's Jesse Walker footnotes it: "And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, 'Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?'"

Wow. We want this guy 2nd in command to our country???

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Duck, Duck, Goose Revised




This little one is such a tease and so much fun when she isn't being sassy. I had to take advantage of this laugh, but I was too late to catch her wacking us on the head and then tackling us to the ground thinking she "caught" us.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

More Champion Swimming



T-man finished up his swim lessons today. He worked really hard the last two lessons to get the butterfly and breaststroke down. I can't actually claim that they are "down", but he has the idea. I will have to practice with him some over the next couple of weeks. Anyway, he wasn't quite as excited as little Princess was to "earn" his medal and ribbon, but he definitely deserved it. I had to sneak a few pics of little Miss in there because she put up with going to the lessons.

Roastin' Away




We headed up to the Canyons last week again for Family Night. I just love, love, love the mountains. It was actually relaxing despite the 10 kids that were there. It was just a beautiful night and we had a great time making s'mores again and again.

Monday, September 15, 2008

SUCKERED

I agreed to train for a half marathon. I am a sucker for a challenge and a competition. It is in January, St. George. So until then wave as you see me waddle by.

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Who's Counting?

GRAY. WIRY. ON. MY. HEAD.

DEFLATED.

I THOUGHT I HAD 82 MORE DAYS UNTIL I FELT LIKE THIS.