Zips and glitter

I love how kids say such funny things.

Orin calls McDonald's "Nick-Donald's". He calls litter "glitter". We were at the mall the other day and they were doing construction and there was garbage all over and he said "Look at all the glitter, people shouldn't glitter."

Eadie calls getting a sip of a drink a "zip". She'll say "Dad, can I have a zip of your water?"

I have to record these things and this is basically like my journal so you all get to be privy to it.

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to a great lady. I love you!

More adventurous

People have always known that I like to change my hair. It's one of my hobbies. But I had gotten a bit bored so I decided to try something a little bit crazy. I had purchased some hair dye that I was going to use as streaks in my hair but instead decided just to color it. So a few weeks ago I told Justin not to be shocked when he came home. He said "what did you do to your hair?" He figured I had cut it a lot or something but actually I had colored it blue.
It was so different and so fun. After the blue faded I colored it purple. So I have had funky hair for about a month now. I get some pretty strange looks at church sometimes but that's okay. I don't mind.
You should hear the things that Eadie's kindergarten class said about it when it was blue. I had to laugh. Eventually I'll go back to more traditional colors but for now I'm really loving it!



While I was working on this post Teya came in and said "I like the color better in real life. It looked more blue. It looks more gray in the pictures". So there you have it. You can't quite capture the real color from pictures. (I don't have any pictures of purple yet. When I get some I'll post them.)

"The" talk

Teya asked me the other day how girls get pregnant.
I was taken aback at first.
I wasn't expecting it at all.
I have to say, that was one of my proudest parenting moments so far.
I was totally honest with her and she seemed to handle it fine. I wasn't sure how to tell my kids about the "birds and the bee's" but I guess you just deal with things as they come. That's what parenting is all about.

Miss Saigon

For my birthday my Mom bought me tickets to go see Miss Saigon at Pioneer Theater Company. Justin and I went on Monday to see the show. It was AMAZING! I was introduced to the music at 15 and have loved it since. It was so awesome to finally see the show. We had a great time!

Thanks Mom!

Blanket

Every year at the girls school each classroom fills a basket with different items that go with a theme. Then they auction them off to earn money for the school. The theme for Eadie's class' basket is "baby", so Justin suggested that we each crochet something to put in the basket. He said he would make a hat and I could make mittens. I decided I didn't want to make mittens because they would be so small they would be hard. I decided that I would make a blanket. I have been working my butt off all week since it had to be turned in by Friday and I only started it on Sunday.

My Dad taught me how to crochet when I was 14 but then I didn't do it for about 17 years. At the end of last year I retaught myself how to do it and have made many many things since then. This is the first blanket I have finished. I am very proud of myself and thought it turned out great so I wanted to post it.

After making this it has given me a greater appreciation for my sweet sister-in-law who made me a blanket a few years ago for Christmas. Thanks for all the time you put into my gift Angelic!

By the way honey, how's the hat coming?

"Baby in the sea" makes you want to shake your booty

Yesterday we cleaned out our basement. We found a box full of CD's that Justin decided to go through. While the kids were getting ready for bed they starting looking through the box. Orin found Nirvana's album nevermind and started calling it "baby in the sea". He took it into his room and turned it on. Alton was just standing there calmly holding his blanket and sucking his thumb (I think I cursed us in my last post. He has been walking around sucking his thumb lately). As soon as the music began he started dancing around like a crazy person. I have never seen him dance with such exuberance before. It was so funny. The kids were all dancing around and laughing and having a great time. It was fun to watch.

Ever since last night Orin keeps asking to listen to "baby in the sea". It makes me smile.