she and i...

 
 

So it is pretty obvious which of us she resembles but I can assure you...her infatuation with shoes is ALL Ryan!

The other one informs me today that he knows "everything about everything." In fact, he knows too much for school but will probably go anyway. "To teach the other kids." I make the mistake of inquiring as to everything he knows. "Well, Mom! I know how rocks grow and about outer space. I know everything that is extinct. I know that all living things die eventually and I know all about reversible change." I demand to know how to SPELL reversible change. "I don't NEED to know how to spell, Mom." Well...SORRY for doubting you kid (and a shout out to Sid).

still laughing...

So I am browsing Jim's Facebook profile while my 15 year-old student completes a math evaluation. She leans around my shoulder, peeks at the attached picture and exclaims, "OMG! YOU know Regis and Kelly?!" Hoo hoo ha ha...



It is really a great picture of you two!!! Krystal does resemble Kelly (Lucky woman!) and Jim...well! Just couldn't pass up the opportunity to poke a little fun at the guy who gets kicks out of plastering mass snow on unsuspecting and completely innocent snow boarders! And NO! I am not guilty of copyright infringement either. One more reason you gotta love Facebook. The possibilities are endless...

Honey? Ryan inquires. He has that tone and so I know whatever is to follow has something to do with money. The bank called to follow up on some suspicious activity in our checking account.

Really? I ask, concerned.

Yeah. Apparently someone made a deposit. And then he laughs at himself for a really really long time.

I wonder if he is pleased to have the wife bringing in a consistent income again. I'm just not sure. And I'm trying to decide if I'm glad to have him home again. I'm just not sure. :-)

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more cute stuff...

Ryker, you are so spoiled.
Yeah, Dad. I know.


Ryker: Why does it feel like I'm the only one cleaning up this mess?


Emerson: Me? Me? Me? Me?
I noticed tonight that Tim has taken to calling her "Mimi". Hope that one doesn't stick! :-)


And election night...Ryker wanted to know which one was Barack Obama. Our President Elect was standing arm in arm with his running mate and I pointed to Barack. You mean the one in the black shirt and stripey tie? Ryker asked. Hmmm. Makes me happy...

Thanks, all, for joining us and bringing goodies. Mom, Chloe and Bets...thanks for doing the bulk of the work! The kids loved decorating cupcakes and Mom's pies were outstanding as usual. Somehow Grandpa Tim got stuck handing out candy. I hear this is his usual gig. I keep apologizing for posting so many pics but I'm obviously not sorry. I just love all these outstanding kiddos...

The group...minus Tyler, Owen, Landon, Brant and Rex. I hope my camera and I caught up with those five later...

 

 

 

 

Are you sure, Mom, that we won't die if we eat these? As though I frequently prepare fatal foods. Daddy's carved pumpkins turned out almost a great as Mommy's roasted pumpkin seeds! No time for more so will post party pics later...

 
 
 
 i had a great idea once...to buy bags of candy and freeze 48 cupcakes to be decorated on a whim. five weeks and 40 cupcakes later (decorated two at a time, mind you), i've spent too many hours to count on my knees cleaning cupcake crumbs, candy and sprinkles from the floor. a good idea in theory i suppose but can't recommend it!

 tee hee. so some of you may already know that ryan leans a little to the right and i lean a little to the left. fortunately neither of us is too far left or too far right that we can't occasionally meet in the middle. this meeting in the middle, however, has become increasingly more challenging since the purchase of the king bed and two little ones who always manage to...wait...i was talking about political preferences, wasn't i? anyway...i have a little something to say to dr. laura fleshenbeater. it is entirely possible to change your husband after the nuptials! i did. yep! he voted obama. if you don't believe it...email him, call him...whatever. just ask him and he'll be proud to tell you! that said, ryan still gets a kick out of sending me disparaging emails regarding anything a bit "lefty". i quite enjoyed this one and hope you do too. happy trick-or-treating, all!

today...

hey mom, guess what! i farted when i was in the bath and it came up through a big bubble and still smelled gross. is that cool, or what?

and just the other day...

mom, let's do sid the science kid, okay? he dances like this. so we're getting our groove on in the grocery line when ryker notices a cute girl about his age smiling at us. mooom! he complains (and loudly). you're embarassing me!

sigh. i fear my time's about up.