Giddy up!

Lilly's school Halloween party was today. She's a cowgirl and she has a horse but she didn't want to take it to school.

Today while they were eating their cupcakes, Lilly got frosting all around her mouth and kept making her friends watch as she waved her arms around and giggled, "Look at my mustache!" SPOTLIGHT!

I don't know, but I'm kind of impressed with my photography skills. Email me and I'll do your wedding for cheap!

Lesson Learned

This is what I get for talking on the phone.

A Horse is a Horse of Course of Course

Lilly LOVES horses. And unicorns. In fact, she's either one or the other for most of the day. When she neighs at me and I say, "Oh hi little horsey" but she's actually a unicorn then I'm in BIG trouble. I haven't learned to distinguish which neighs are horse neighs and which ones belong to the unicorn breed. There must be very intricate differences. So anyway, on to the real story...

We took the kids to the pumkin patch located in a casino's parking lot and let them play around and ride the ponies. Lilly was in heaven.

I'm sending out an SOS to the world

Dear Mother-in-law,

Last time you visited you said something that concerned me a bit and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. You see, you said Abe reminds you of Kelly when he was little. Now, Kelly is a fine man now and we have a jolly time together, but to be honest, I haven't heard one nice or pleasant thing about him as a child. I've heard about the time he was shooting moving cars with a BB gun and then ran from the police. I've heard about when he invited all the neighborhood kids to watch him as he planned to soar over a huge, wide cement drainage ditch with his big wheel. I've heard about his countless girlfriends (oh! have I heard about those) from a very young age. I've read an old letter from his grandmother noting that the only time he ever sat down was when he was watching TV. But you see, Abe won't even watch TV. One of my favorites is when Kelly was trying to cover up an actual hole in his neck with a bandaid. And of course you remember that Kelly had to be on a special all natural diet to help with his hyperactivity.

So, when Abe spits on us, wipes his boogies on my cheek and then laughs devilishly, bites my hand (like this morning) because I tried to hold his hand as we walked across the street, screams bloody murder when he doesn't get his way, tries to jump off everything (mind you, Abe's way of jumping is just sliding off an object, he doesn't actually propel himself away from the thing he's jumping off of), kicks me and pulls my hair everytime I try to put him in his carseat, runs away from me and into the street as we take walks, tortures his sister, and the list goes on and on, I get a little scared at what I may have "to look forward to."

So my question is not how do I make Abe be civilized and calm, but really, HOW DID YOU SURVIVE?

Love,
your daughter-in-law

Poor Bug is Dead. Poor Lady Bug is Dead

'Twas a sad day in our home today. Lilly had a pet lady bug for about five minutes and then it died. Today was the funeral. Look at the poor dear so distraught.

Abe was a trooper and helped dig the grave.

Rigamortis had already set in, as it had actually died several days ago, but Lilly held it so lovingly in her hand pre-burial.

A little rock tombstone was placed at the gravesite in remembrance of the dead bug. Too bad the backyard is getting dug up next week.

So what! I'm still a rock star!

I wrote this post several weeks ago, but I'm just posting it now so it may have lost some of it's pizzazz. Talk about procrastination!

Okay, so yesterday I had several errands to run while Lilly was at school. I HAD to take Abe so Kelly could work on his physique. No big deal cause I only had a gazillion stops to make in about an hours time. Well, we rushed out of the house and I knew Abe had on Lilly's mary jane shoes, but I didn't think much of it (Abe is always contained in the stroller when we go run errands) until we pulled up to Lilly's school. That's when I realized that Abe only had Lilly's shoes to wear. Oh well, only a little bit embarrassing. I've seen and done worse.

I showed the picture to Kelly when he got home and said, "Hey look at what Abe was wearing in front of masses of our peers when I got Lilly from school!" He didn't think it was as funny as I did. And so I say (or did I just think it?) "Don't be such a stick in the mud." And I can totally say that because 1.) I love him and 2.) it's a FACT.

Where Oh Where Has My Little Girl Gone?

Lilly stuck her tongue out at me today in sheer defiance. Even though her naughtiness made me laugh she was sent to her room straight away. I do NOT put up with such things! I also overheard her saying to herself (she often talks to herself), "It was so fun. Like, it was so fun." WHAT? Hello 1985! Like where'd she get that from? She also keeps referring to her rear end as her butt. My mother taught me never to say such a word and I've passed that on to Lilly. I like bum better anyway. It's just a little more lady-like. Then while in the car snacking on some red vines she says "Look mom" and she then proceeds to puff on it like it's a cigarette. Well, great. Even though I remember doing that with pretzels as a youth, she's just FIVE! She then says "I'm drinking coffee, too!" Okay, well I guess we need to do a little review of the Word of Wisdom. Pa-lease! She also was talking about her cousin's friend as his "girlfriend" and then informed me that she had a "boyfriend." My head started spinning but before I passed out I asked her what a boyfriend is and she plainly stated that it's a friend that's a boy. THAT I can handle. However, it was just too much for one day. So I definitely took the time to adore her little face tonight as I put her to bed. Too many days and nights go by when I don't take the time to enjoy looking at her big beautiful eyes that seem to change color, her little nose, chapped lips from the dry weather, soft cheeks (which I kissed over and over again and she even asked for more!) and just the sweetness of her. It's good to be reminded that these little ones grow up so quickly!



p.s. I just had so much to say that I wrote another post below. Don't you feel lucky?!?!