Irreplaceable

This is what happens when your colleague starts randomly tossing around the Father's Day gift your son made you not knowing it was special....

....how in the world am I ever going to replace a paperweight made entirely of Play-Doh and sequins???

Video Games

Whoever says video games are making our kids lazy hasn't played video games with Amelia....

Bribery

It was just me and the kids tonight while Meggan went on a girls' night.  Let's just say I'm not above using donuts to bribe them for good behavior....

Stages

Amelia and Everett are going through some different stages right now. She is turning into such a big, helpful, sweet girl....and he is turning into some form of feral 3 year-old animal that now smiles like a crazy person....

Breaking Point

How do you know your daughter has hit her breaking point? I'm guessing it is when she is standing 20 feet in the air at the top of the water slide bawling her eyes out and begging to come down while the line of kids behind her, the lifeguard, and half the pool stares at her. Amelia came so close to overcoming a major fear of hers today. We're proud of her for climbing to the top and almost taking the plunge.  However, she's disappointed, embarrassed, and being far harder on herself than any 6 year-old should be.  Ahhhh, the joys of growing up.

Off Week

For probably the 10th time in a row, Meggan's week off from work has been pounced on by misfortune. Her week of getting some alone time, working on home projects, and generally doing whatever her heart desires got off to a rough start with me getting sick. It didn't get any better when Amelia decided she didn't want to go to camp anymore.  It took its final hit last night when Amelia went down with a fever and nausea.  Luckily, today, we all woke up happy and healthy. Here's to hoping she can salvage the final few days and get some much needed relaxation.  Otherwise, she's going to have to stop telling us when she takes vacation so we can't find ways to sabotage it.

Cheater Cheater.

Warning: Do NOT play Headbandz with this man. In this game, everyone gets a picture on their head and they ask questions like "Am I an animal?" to try to get clues so they can guess what is on the picture. Everett, however, always cheats and steals a peak at the picture and asks only 1 question - "Am I [insert picture on his head]?" and then he celebrates winning like he cured cancer.  He doesn't get any better when you ask him questions. He just answers your question by describing the picture. "Am I pink?" gets answered with "Noooo, you're brown like a kangaroo" if you indeed have a kangaroo on your head. His cheating makes it hard to beat him. It's almost like 3 year-olds aren't mentally equipped to play board games.



"Uhhh, am I an airpwane??"