our life in a comic strip:

(1)

mom: I say we just shave it all off....who's with me?
(2)
heart: Ugh, I hate this TV show! Really, it's so stupid!
Where's the channel changer?
mom: It fell on the floor under the table.
heart: Actually, it's not that bad. It's growing on me.

the idea continued....

"I have mo-re!, I have mo-re! nah, nah, nah boo boo....that's not nice to say, that's teasing. That wasn't martin luther king junior's plan for the idea, that isn't nice....that's not the idea"

Refer to the 1/20 post to learn more about "the idea

global warming?....really?....it's currently -11 degrees in minneapolis.

'stumbled across this today.....soooo sweet....

e: I have a rug-burn in my froat (throat), mom

m: a rug-burn???

e: yep. a rug-burn.

m: oooh, that's too bad. I hope it gets better soon.

vocab update.

Grant can say "apple" now....
woohoo, one word closer to getting mommy off the "I think my little boy has a speech problem train."

y'all.

Today grandma and ella were watching paula dean (??) on the food network...ella was irritated by paula's southern accent. Grandma told ella that G'ma was born in Kentucky, and in Kentucky they talk like that....ella responded with "I've been to Kentucky, when I was sixteen I went there. I took a submarine from my house to the airport and then took an airplane to Kentucky."
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So, apparently in Ella's former life she lived on an island in which you would take a submarine to the airport to get to Kentucky. very cool, 'hope to hear more about it soon....stay tuned.....

"Mommy, my voice is a little rusty this morning!"

the grand idea.

Ella: "Mom, did you know that Miss Becky (music teacher) has a friend?... his name is Martin Luther King Junior....yeah, he's her friend....yeah, and he had an idea. Do you know what his idea was mom? His idea was that all people no matter what color their skin was-they could all be friends....yeah, yeah, no matter if the friend has yellow skin, or brown or peach or grey or purple or white skin...all the people could be friends........oh, and you know what else mom? Martin Luther King Junior has brown skin."

Mom: Yes, and wasn't that a great idea he had? It's a good thing he had that idea, because wouldn't it be boring if all of our friends had peach skin like us....
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Now, if only everyone could keep in mind "the idea."

Why didn't I think of this??

empathybelly

There's nothing like doing a little house work
in your birthday suit!

Look how that hand is so strategically placed!...and yes, his legs are really that short.

mommy never wins!

Ella and I just played a game of Chutes and Ladders. I swear, she ALWAYS wins! She got every ladder and I got every chute. She tries to cheat sometimes at games, but when she doesn't cheat she still always wins!

shhhh...don't wake the babies....

Right now I'm making pulled-pork for 20 while diligently catching up on my non-profit Board Presidential duties, checking on ebay, cnn and people.com here and there (no, Pamela is not pregnant and Brit just left for vacation) thinking about how I really should clean my house since those 20 pork eaters will all be here tomorrow evening.....all this going on whilst this is going on in the middle of the family room:


....and Ryan said when I got home "I NEED to work out tonight!"....yeah, right, nice try. They're cute none-the-less.

I'm thinking of something...

Tonight at dinner we played "I'm thinking of something" (aka, 20 questions) as we do most evenings, and ella said this:
"Ok, ok, I'm thinking of something....Mom, it's something you r-e-a-l-l-y like....but no, mom, it's not wine..."

Is she saying I have a drinking problem????

....for the record, the answer was mustard. I do really like mustard, but I'd prefer a cheap shiraz over french's.