On the phone

I truely LOVE talking with my mom on the phone. We have some of the best conversations. She has been my best friend for a long time.

Now that I'm a mom with a few years of experience under my belt our conversations have changed and become even more colorful. I think I have helped her come out of her shell a bit. Very few topics are off limits. I think I have single handedly taught her to laugh at potty humor. Well.. when you've had as many years of failure at potty training as I have had I find that I have to laugh about something.

We recently had another of our side aching conversations. Topic had something to do with kids and the silly things they do. (One of my personal favorites). I often times bring up when I had the same "rational" mode of thinking. Of course.. I've always been the smartest, sanest, most rational person in the room regardless of age.

After getting off the phone I sat and wondered why can't I get a ripping conversation on my blog? I've read my blog. It's not always the most exciting thing to be alone in a room with.

I think my biggest problem is I don't have anyone to talk to. I'm great at responding to someone.. I'm horrible at starting up a topic.

I seem to have a plank loose on the bridge between my talking voice and my writing voice. I'll see if I can find it and tighten a bolt or two.

The "in box" is open for suggestions for future topics. In the meantime I need to go strap on my tool belt and find that plank.

Gravity

Gravity - you can't touch it, taste it, smell it, or hear it rustling in the trees. Some say it's HUGE while others make claims that it is nothing.

Most people feel it's effects in the same way while others seem to live outside the "laws" that scientists claim are connected to it. Take Shaun White's recent performance in the half-pipe at the 2010 Olympics. Shaun seems to be able to pick and choose when it will have an effect on him and to what degree.



There are some who seem to be effected by it's pull more than others. Adults seem to be pulled back down to the Earth with more force than children. It also seems to effect humans more with greater age. Take my father for example. When I was a child he was up and down a lot. He would climb up stairs with ease, ladders were not even a thought and even being thrown in the air by a bucking bull seemed fun. But, in the years he gained the label "grandpa" gravity seemed to pull harder upon his frame than before that title was bestowed on him. I found him sitting or reclining in a chair far more often. He would put off taking an item upstairs to his bedroom until he could combine it into another necessary trip up the same mountain.

Even though it is a force that cannot be measured itself, it is something that scientists can measure the result of it's existance. Some have coined the phrase "What goes up must come down". It makes things fall to the Earth... snow, rain, hail, confetti, vomit (thank goodness), leaves and even people. It does seem to have a greater effect on humans when they are doing a task that requires some skill: walking on a slippery surface such as ice, stepping over something or simply walking down a flight of stairs.

I have recently been privlidged to experience the effects of gravity with all its force while performing a task that required some skill. This brings to mind a possible future topic for discussion: "Bruises, why we get them and can they really be fun?".

Baby Boys...

This is the funniest thing ever!!! You MUST watch!

Sharing

Sharing...

–verb (used with object)
3. to divide and distribute in shares; apportion.
4. to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc.,

–verb (used without object)
5. to have a share or part; take part (often fol. by in).
6. to divide, apportion, or receive equally.

Sharing is generally a good thing. As children we are taught to share our toys. We are told to share our food, a seat, a table. As adults we hope others will share the wealth, share the love, and get our fair share.

There are times when sharing is not appropriate.
- Sharing answers for a test.
- Sharing the blame when only one person is guilty.
- Taking a share of credit for work that you did not do.
- Sharing your ABC gum
- Sharing your opinion at inappropriate times




My 3 year old LOVES to share.
She is doing her best to share every cough and sneeze her little body can produce.

Thus far she has sucessfully shared with her older brother.

Let's see if he knows how to share like she does.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Valentines Day.... 1994.... Hubby and I got engaged... on a small iceburg.

When he proposed he gave me a beautiful ring that I (of course) forced on my finger. It wasn't too extremely difficult to do so... I was completely frozen and forgot that things tend to shrink when at that level of cold.

When I got back to my apartment I felt a painful throbbing in my finger. I looked down and noticed that it was looking quite swollen around the sparkly indention in my finger. Oh.. I mean the ring. I grabbed some shampoo - poured some all over my finger and began to pull and twist until I was able to remove the ring. I was quite nervous that it would have to be cut off since it took me about 30 minutes to remove it.

Meanwhile my roommates were watching me rather closely. See.. my husband was a complete dork. He insisted that I NOT tell anyone that we were engaged. Not until he said that I could tell people. I had to act like nothing happened on Valentine's Day... when they see me trying to extract a diamond and ruby ring from my finger for half an hour.

I actually played along with his idiotic plan for a week and a half. I finally said that either we were going to tell people or I would. (He didn't have much of a choice at this point). He gave me "permission" to tell my mom. I did.. the next day I told my roommates and everyone else who would listen.

Yeah, he was a dork.... still is... but I love him.

Lunch prayer by my 3 year old...

It's lunchtime. Peanutbutter and Jelly sandwich cut into 4 squares.... 3 cookies for dessert and a Minute Maid Juicebox. Squeaky (the baby) is napping, Daddy is in his office working, 3 older siblings are at school. It's alone time for Tinkerbell and mommy for lunch. Normally Tinkerbell asks Mommy to say the prayer. Today she decided to say it herself.

[imagine the cutest little girl voice you have ever heard]

Tinkerbell: "Dear Heavenly Father. [A bunch of mumbling due to her praying with her arms folded over her face and her face bent low into her raised knee. Mommy then taps her on the shoulder and says that she can't hear Tinkerbell's prayer.] Please bless Jesus to come to our house after we clean it up. Please bless everyone to be healthy so the germs go out of their tummies. Bless me to eat my lunch so the germs will go out of my tummy so the food can go in and make me healthy. We ask this, in the name, of Jesus Christ, Amen."

[Mommy is currently gritting teeth and holding her breath trying to hold in a giggle]

Tinkerbell: "Mommy, I love Jesus!"

Mommy: "I know you do. I'm glad you do."

[Mommy walks away quickly so she doesn't hear the giggle from the cuteness of the prayer]

Elmo's bedtime lullaby

This is one of my favorites! You have to listen to the words!

"Bring on a horse, bring on a pig, because in Opera we like things big!"

Kermit News And Boston T Party

A little history lesson...

Outdoors with Jason Mraz

This song makes me wish it was Spring already!!

Preschool Musical

Spin Doctors Of Two Princes With Zoe, Telly, And Elmo

The Goo Goo Dolls and Elmo Sing Pride

I wish someone would give me a job at Sesame Street!!! I would have LOVED to have been on set this day:

Celebrity Lullabies

This is sooo AWESOME!!!