To Arizona, With Love

 

 

 

 

 

The One About A Sunny Sunday

It's a beautiful day.

Just us? I'm bored.

Hey, come over here.

 Hold on.

 

 That's better.

 How about oldest to youngest, biggest to littlest? 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

But I'm bigger than you.

 

 Uh-Uh. I'm bigger. See?

K, how about by siblings? Little sibling, big sibling.

 

Okay, we're done.

 

 

The littlest boy.

 He's watching you.

 

 He'll do what you do.

 

So watch what you do.

Because friends are the family you choose.

 Something was really funny. But what was it?

 

You will sit here and you will take a picture with your family and you will like it.

Because it's Easter and I said so.

Because It Was Requested

I will oblige.
But it may get long and full of nonsense. So beware. And pace yourself.

My parents were visiting over the weekend and on Monday we took a little road trip to Rensselear to Greene's Amish furniture and the big antique store. Zach had picked up a few little fliers and was filling them out on the way home. He asked how to spell our street name. My dad was sitting next to him but didn't really hear the name so well. (Actually, who knows what he heard. He doesn't pay attention much.) He was spelling something and when he was done Zach said, "Grandpa is stupid!"

Did your mom ever correct your grammar as a child? I recall being corrected every now and again (read: always). Like when you answer the phone with, this is her. This is SHE! And so it goes. Well, my mom said something to Zach about such and such, do it quiet. And I said, you mean quietly? And she stared at me an evil-excuse-me-are-you-kidding-me look. And I laughed and laughed because it was funny and she laughed, too. And I continued to learn her in the correct grammar of action words. Let me tell you about LY (lee). LY likes action and doing things. Run quickLY. Close the door softLY. Walk slowLY. And now I've done learned you all as well.

In January Eli fell in the snow and instead of helping him up, I took pictures of him. Because it was funny.

Zach tested in January and is now a black recommended belt. In three more test cycles (generally 2 months each cycle) he can test for his black belt.

I made these pjs for the boys. Eli generally has this "dude, seriously?" look on his face whenever Zach is doing something weird.

 

I've been spending some spare time making a few little items for Slightly Askew. I love leather and have no problem killing animals for my fashionable pleasure. Honestly, I would wear head to toe zebra if it was socially acceptable. But ostrich, snake, and stingray are good, too.

During the rest of my spare time I clean. Real cleaning. Like crazy cleaning because you never know where someone may look when checking out your house when you're not there. I absolutely love my house looking like this. I only wish I had the attention span to keep it like this for always. I took lots of fantastically clean pictures for the house for sale blog.

And, what else? I was shampooing the carpets in the above bedroom the other day. It was night, the kids in bed, J at work. J calls me and asks if the doors are all locked. Well, make sure they are. What's your problem? Well, if you have the vacuum going and are in the bedroom you won't hear anybody coming in. Uuuhhh...? So, to ease his anxious mind, I pulled out my 9mm (from above safe) and stuck it in my pants. I don't know why, where would you put it? Then I continued about my shampooing/vacuuming business.

I took this picture the other day when we were out driving in the boonies looking at houses.

 And I took this picture some other time.

Let me think what else... I made these really great molten lava cakes and they were wonderful. And they are so fast and easy you can make them quickly after the kids are in bed before watching your 9:00 show. And today I made this cake for a little dinner get together. It tasted nothing of Dr. Pepper, yet, it was still very good. While making it, Zach claimed he would not like it because of the soda. (What a smart little boy I have calling it soda and not pop. I have done well.) But later tonight he told me it was the best cake I ever made.

Eli was enjoying going down the slide on his tummy.

Here's my dad and my boys. It was such a nice day out that we went outside to play. My dad carved little wooden animals for Zach to paint. He cut his finger while doing so, but that's expected when my dad handles sharp objects. J and I have decided we will paint this swing. I just don't know what color yet. Maybe red or just white. And the wood parts of the fence in the back there have received a nice new coat of paint. Don't you feel better about that?

 

Don't mind Zach's odd ensemble. He's 6 you know. Here he's showing off two of his little wood animals.

My dad is actually very talented in wood carving. Here is what he made me the past two Christmases.

Well, I suppose that's about all for now. Did you actually finally make it to the end of my long-winded ramblings? Perhaps you had to come back later to finish after a nap. I often have that effect on myself.