Caught Red Handed!

The Soda Thief strikes again! Don't you just love the look on Jilly's face? It's like she's saying "What do you mean I have to ask first?" She's just too cute for her own good.

Daddy's on His Own Today

Like most weekends, I had to work, so Adam was on his own to take the girls to a birthday party at The Andersons' today. Emily (on her own) and Jillian (with a little help from Mommy) picked out their outfits and carefully set them out the night before so that everything would be ready. I sent Adam an e-mail with a couple of things in case I forgot to tell him the next morning as he was coming in from the Shop and I was on the way out the door to the pharmacy.

Anyway, the party started at 1:00, so I told Adam that if he wanted me to fix Emmy's hair to bring her by on the way out and I would do it. He didn't, but did pull her hair back into one big pony tail. I'm sure it looked very nice, but by the time I got home from work, it looked like she'd slept in it (if you've had the privilege of sleeping with her, then you understand what I'm talking about).

I'm almost glad it's time for Emmy's ballet recital. After that, she gets her summer hair cut - hooray!

I've Peed in My Pants

Figuratively, that is. It's the middle of the night, and I know I should be counting some type of mammal, but I've just visited Blue Girl's Blog (http://bluegirlredstate.typepad.com) , and found a thread entitled Just Having Fun With Bush. Scroll down and find the post entitled Expert Advice From Our Nation's Leading Speechalist. Check it out if you have a free couple of minutes. It's good for a laugh or two.

The Soda Thief & The Princess

It is understood in our house that if Adam has a diet soda, then it is fair game for everyone. We've tried giving the girls their own cups, but everybody ends up drinking from Daddy's cup - the abandoned cups sitting on the coffee table in puddles of water condensed on the outside from the melting ice. Here's tonight's prime example of The Soda Thief...




Emily likes to dress up, but not in the normal way most kids like to play dress up - she likes to dress up like several things at once. Tonight, she is a Ballerina Princess Kitty Cat Butterfly (although the order of her title is likely to change at any given moment). Here she is posing for the camera.

Day Two for Adam

It's Day Two of NutriSystem for Adam. So far, so good. He's alredy lost 7.5 pounds (so he reported after getting off the scale).

Keep up the good work! WE LOVE YOU!!!

Sisterly Love

I think I may have opened a can of worms with breakfast this morning. Since most of the breakfast items we have in the house are quick and easy, I decided to do something a little bit fun - I asked Emmy if she wanted to help make 1, 2, 3 Biscuits this morning. Of course, she was all into baking, so we turned on the oven and got a can of biscuits out of the fridge.

Each biscuit had to be rolled out. Emmy carefully chose which number cookie cutter to use. She (with a little help from Mommy and Jilly) cut out the buscuits and placed them carefully on the cookie sheet. The cookie sheets were put into the oven until they were just slightly golden.

While we waited for the buscuits to cook, Emmy showed Jilly the proper way to cut numbers out of playdough. The dough had to be rolled out just right, and the cookie cutter had to be positioned just right on the playdough. In the end, this is what Sisterly Love looks like...

Let's Get Walking

Kimmie suggested that we start walking together. I'm all for it. The more folks we can get to walk with our group, the more accountable we all will be. How about tonight???