Our children have not quite grasped the concept of measurement. It is fun to record some of the various confusions of time, distance, weight, and volume.
"It took me fifteen miles to finish my frosted flakes."
"I think we only have two cups left in the movie."
"We need two more minutes of muffin mix, I'll get another box."
"It will take me about an inch to finish this."
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Payback
A couple of years ago, Ami would find great joy in waking up siblings who were sleeping near the edge of a bed or a couch by pushing them off the edge.
What goes around...
Susanna could not resist the temptation of grabbing her by the pants and pulling.
It's called a "kick" in the movie "Inception", and it definitely works for waking someone up, although it is not always the fall causing the rude awakening, as much as the hard floor.
Susanna is stronger than we thought.
And she laughed and laughed.
What goes around...
Susanna could not resist the temptation of grabbing her by the pants and pulling.
It's called a "kick" in the movie "Inception", and it definitely works for waking someone up, although it is not always the fall causing the rude awakening, as much as the hard floor.
Susanna is stronger than we thought.
And she laughed and laughed.
Monday, January 17, 2011
It's all in the name.
Is there any question parents get ask more than "Why?"
The only one that I think comes close is "What's for dinner?"
At the end of a long day, we decided the college stand-by noodles in a bag was all we had energy for.
"What's for dinner?"
"Secret ingredient noodle soup."
"LIKE FROM KUNG-FU PANDA!?!?!?!?!... AWESOME!... (Later) This is the best secret ingredient soup ever!"
Whoever pays the big bucks for good advertising has known something I just learned. It's all in how you package it.
The only one that I think comes close is "What's for dinner?"
At the end of a long day, we decided the college stand-by noodles in a bag was all we had energy for.
"What's for dinner?"
"Secret ingredient noodle soup."
"LIKE FROM KUNG-FU PANDA!?!?!?!?!... AWESOME!... (Later) This is the best secret ingredient soup ever!"
Whoever pays the big bucks for good advertising has known something I just learned. It's all in how you package it.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Want a better Christmas Gift?
This post ignores completely what Christmas is all about and is petty and worldly.
Soooooo...
I got some really good gifts for Christmas. Shirts, a tie, some books, a cd... a lamp (yes, my wife got me a lamp. I got her 5 pairs of pants, two shirts, a skirt, a jacket, and I got a lamp and a cd from her... probably how it should be.)
Then I "accidentally" left my phone in my jeans.
Family policy is that the person who puts it into the wash checks pockets, but we will ignore that and I'll take the blame anyway.
After the final rinse cycle: Voila! No working phone. It's like magic.
(We did the whole dry it in rice thing, but Samsung intensity puts a lock on the phone to prevent warranty abuse where if a part of the phone gets wet, it locks you out. And they want to make money on us, for which they will account for in the afterlife...)
Sooooo, for after-Christmas I got a new phone! The Fascinate - hello Droid, my little friend. It tells me where to go (Lola a la "RV"), checks my email, finds restaurants, weather, texts, and movie times, tells me when the Cougs and Manchester United are winning so I can celebrate, transfers all of my 500 contacts as notes instead of phone numbers (what the !?!?), deletes emails from my gmail contacts at random (what do you mean "contact not found" I'm looking at it right here!), simplifies my life (after 13 hours of reentering all the information properly), scans my groceries and keeps a list, takes my temperature, lets me know if I have cancer, etc.
With phonezoo I can upload all the ringtones I want and assign them to my family and friends. Yea! Guess who got "Bella's theme" Thayne? Anyone wanna guess who got "Unicorns I Love them?"
We were asked to simplify our lives this year. Fortunately I got this done before the new year.
And then they double charged me and sent me a second phone in the mail. (Return to sender!)
I don't think I'll wash a phone again.
Soooooo...
I got some really good gifts for Christmas. Shirts, a tie, some books, a cd... a lamp (yes, my wife got me a lamp. I got her 5 pairs of pants, two shirts, a skirt, a jacket, and I got a lamp and a cd from her... probably how it should be.)
Then I "accidentally" left my phone in my jeans.
Family policy is that the person who puts it into the wash checks pockets, but we will ignore that and I'll take the blame anyway.
After the final rinse cycle: Voila! No working phone. It's like magic.
(We did the whole dry it in rice thing, but Samsung intensity puts a lock on the phone to prevent warranty abuse where if a part of the phone gets wet, it locks you out. And they want to make money on us, for which they will account for in the afterlife...)
Sooooo, for after-Christmas I got a new phone! The Fascinate - hello Droid, my little friend. It tells me where to go (Lola a la "RV"), checks my email, finds restaurants, weather, texts, and movie times, tells me when the Cougs and Manchester United are winning so I can celebrate, transfers all of my 500 contacts as notes instead of phone numbers (what the !?!?), deletes emails from my gmail contacts at random (what do you mean "contact not found" I'm looking at it right here!), simplifies my life (after 13 hours of reentering all the information properly), scans my groceries and keeps a list, takes my temperature, lets me know if I have cancer, etc.
With phonezoo I can upload all the ringtones I want and assign them to my family and friends. Yea! Guess who got "Bella's theme" Thayne? Anyone wanna guess who got "Unicorns I Love them?"
We were asked to simplify our lives this year. Fortunately I got this done before the new year.
And then they double charged me and sent me a second phone in the mail. (Return to sender!)
I don't think I'll wash a phone again.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Caught...
...helping with the laundry.
What a great helper, removing wet towels from the drier.
When we're helping we're happy! And so is Mom.
What a great helper, removing wet towels from the drier.
When we're helping we're happy! And so is Mom.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Christmas Ninjas!
We made Gingerbread cookies for about eight hours on Saturday, some of the fun was making gingerbread ninjas.
At least they were fun until people mistook them for sleeping people, three-legged dogs, aardvarks, and body casts.
Oh well, they are confusing from some angles.
Ami practices her ninja skills by attacking the head first.
Melissa goes buck-wild with the cutter.
Tim gets out of "time-out" for the fortieth* time during the process. "We are not having a food fight just because we are making ninjas."
You might have grown up on 8-bit Nintendo if you just thought "double dragon" upon seeing those two.
Happy Holidays to all of our family and friends. Thank you for reading the blog and keeping up with what is going on in our lives.
*under-estimate.
At least they were fun until people mistook them for sleeping people, three-legged dogs, aardvarks, and body casts.
Oh well, they are confusing from some angles.
Ami practices her ninja skills by attacking the head first.
Melissa goes buck-wild with the cutter.
Tim gets out of "time-out" for the fortieth* time during the process. "We are not having a food fight just because we are making ninjas."
You might have grown up on 8-bit Nintendo if you just thought "double dragon" upon seeing those two.
Happy Holidays to all of our family and friends. Thank you for reading the blog and keeping up with what is going on in our lives.
*under-estimate.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Daddy Date Fail
This week was the monthly daddy-date week. When it was finally Ami's turn there was no question on what she had planned.
*Close Car Door*
"How are you Ami?"
"It is going to be a lot of fun to ride the elephants."
"Excuse me?"
"I would like to go to the zoo so we can ride the elephants. That is the most fun date ever."
"I don't think we get can do that at the zoo."
"Why not?"
"Let's do something else! How about looking at toys?"
"Dad, I think you should know I like elephants."
"And I like BMW 335s, but we don't always get what we want kiddo."
*Close Car Door*
"How are you Ami?"
"It is going to be a lot of fun to ride the elephants."
"Excuse me?"
"I would like to go to the zoo so we can ride the elephants. That is the most fun date ever."
"I don't think we get can do that at the zoo."
"Why not?"
"Let's do something else! How about looking at toys?"
"Dad, I think you should know I like elephants."
"And I like BMW 335s, but we don't always get what we want kiddo."
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Look At The Moon!
Part of Maggie's current schooling has been learning the phases of the moon. In the evening before bed, she sometimes goes outside to check what phase the moon is at. Tonight she went outside and noticed it was snowing...
... five minutes later she and the other kids came in to report that they could not find the moon.
... five minutes later she and the other kids came in to report that they could not find the moon.