Fashionista

Lucy loves clothes.  On a typical day she goes through more costume changes than a Broadway production.  I decided to keep the camera handy, and today she kept it down to a mere half-dozen outfits.

It's eight in the morning and we are looking fine in purple jammies and bed hair.

By about nine we are accessorizing with winter gear.

Jammies are all the rage this season.

The layered look is also "in".

We go casual (more casual than pajamas?) and suddenly get camera shy.

After a long day of looking fabulous, we go back to our old stand-by, the purple footie jammie, and retire for the evening.

Savage Chickens

I just love these "cartoons on sticky notes".

If you have a few minutes to spend, check it out.

Have you ever found a Lego imbedded in an onion?

Neither have I.

Until today.

Tomorrow's Forecast

Much warmer... highs around 30.

The funny thing? I'm excited!

Overheard

5-year-old boy: "When I grow up I want to marry Mommy."

12-year-old girl: "You can't marry Mommy. She's too old."

Bad Vet

Written by Raechel:

Here's a little song for you,

From the old days to the new.

Let me tell you so you won't forget,

You are a terrible vet.

You put bullet holes in the dogs,

You decapitate the hogs.

You bruise the legs of the deer,

Oh, my gosh, I hate it here.

You eat the turkey for dinner,

And you don't feed the animals so they get thinner.

You munch abundantly on chicken legs,

In place of them you give them pegs.

That was a song for you,

I bet you enjoyed it; I did too.

Today I could

loose 30 pounds by drinking tea; eliminate wrinkles with botox; get a long-distance degree; be a lazy Google millionaire; have perfect makeup; find singles in my area; clean my colon; and work from home with no shows, no selling, no calls and no obligation.

All I'd have to do is reply to the SPAM in my inbox.

I know, I know

I remember I said I'd stay out of politics, but I thought this was too funny not to share.

Obama may have at one time been a "blob of tissue"? Who would believe it...

Doing Laundry

Boy One: "Is this your shirt or mine?"

Boy Two: "It's yours."

Boy One: "How can you tell?"

Boy Two: "See? It's a left-handed shirt!"

How we spent a good part of our morning...

laughing at this....



...and the "dramatic chipmunk".

Carnivore Baby

video credit goes to Raechel

Post-It Fun

Onward Christian Soldier

Thomas, to the would-be "robber": Halt, in the name of the Lord!

I can always tell...

...when my computer time is up.

A Strange Question

Dad, doing a double-take in the direction of the living room: "Where did the couch go?"

Be Forewarned:

In a house full of comedians, if you fall asleep like this:

You may wake up like this:

And your mother will take pictures.

Too good for her own good

As Raechel carries the chess board and pieces back to their shelf, with a heavy sigh she says, "If only I had a worthy opponent, like Daddy."

Soporific Taters

If I had known sooner that they could be nap-inducing, I'd have been giving her a potato every day!

Poetry by Raechel

daredevil
I will crack my skull
to see you smile,
to hear you giggle I
will swim over the
Nile!

schoolwork
I'd sooner eat alien
eyes, then do my schoolwork
with big surprize. I'd sooner
jump off a 12 story building,
than do my homework
and earn a gulding.
(a gulding is a piece of money)

Math

math is fun! it

is sweet, like gum!

[Raechel was inspired to write this poem after scoring very well on a math drill after only the second try.]

Mary
Mary is cute,
Mary is nice,
Mary is full of sugar and spice.

Summer
an announcement to the world,
summer is here
put away your sleds,
open your ear!
Do you hear the birds singing?
in the park, do you hear the children swinging?

Winter
in winter we all
play in the snow,
until we get killed
by Ron's plow. in winter
we all sled down the hill, why,
we're doing it still!
[I feel I should explain the reference to "getting killed" by the plow... our neighbor plowed for us over the winter and it was a game the kids made up to "dodge" his little plow. If he came at a pile they were standing on, and they got knocked over, they were "killed". Trust me- it wasn't as dangerous as it sounds!]

Mary had a little lamb

Mary had a little lamb with shiny little eyes.
The lamb snuck up on Mary and it was a big surprise.

Mary had a little lamb, with fleece a soft, clean black.
The lamb said "baaa" at Mary, so Mary "baa"-d right back!