There are two reasons that I have been working so much (13 days straight):
1. Boys are stupid.
2. I'm going to New Zealand and am discovering that "gear" is really "expensive."
There are two VD-related festivities happening at our house:
1. Valentine making party this coming Thursday. Sharpen you wit for this one, folks!
2. A "Blood and Wine" party on the big day, the fourteenth. We will watch a slasher movie (particular film as yet undecided) and drink wine. The way I see it, Valentine's is generally a lose-lose situation. Because, unless I get a card that reads "Blah, blah, blah, you are the most amazing person I have ever met. With undying love, Adrien Brody" I'm going to be a little bit disappointed. However, if you take any potential for romance out (after all, it's the "maybe" that gets me every time) and replace it with death and alcohol, well, then you have a winner.
I worked two jobs today:
1. 6:30 am to 6:15 pm, the Soumokils. Three kids, one dog, one cat. Some time around four I had finished washing some dishes and turned off the faucet to discover that the house was completely silent. This is never, ever good. Except for this time! The oldest yelled down the stairs for me to play the first song on the CD, and "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid blasted through the living room. The kids came running down in their bathrobes. I said, "Please tell me you're wearing clothes," and they threw the robes open and danced around in their swimsuits. Then threw the outerwear on the ground and laid out beach blankets and put on sunglasses, shimmying around like sizzling bacon. Then they brought out their kickboards and pretended to surf across the carpet. This was all the summer I needed, and this is why I love my job.
2. 6:30 pm to 10:45 pm, the Comic Book Family. Two kids, TiVo, best Geek collections (and connections) you'll ever see. Dashiell: screams for Mom every forty-five minutes. Elliot: "I just ate your brain! I just cut your arm off! You're bleeding and you have no head!" I sang "Baby Beluga" three times, "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Sally the Camel" each twice. Lengthy discussion with parents afterwards on how to best build a fire and why I now consider myself an expert in children's literature.
My two favorite children's books:
1. The Big Red Barn - Margaret Wise Brown
2. Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup - Cynthia Rylant
1. Boys are stupid.
2. I'm going to New Zealand and am discovering that "gear" is really "expensive."
There are two VD-related festivities happening at our house:
1. Valentine making party this coming Thursday. Sharpen you wit for this one, folks!
2. A "Blood and Wine" party on the big day, the fourteenth. We will watch a slasher movie (particular film as yet undecided) and drink wine. The way I see it, Valentine's is generally a lose-lose situation. Because, unless I get a card that reads "Blah, blah, blah, you are the most amazing person I have ever met. With undying love, Adrien Brody" I'm going to be a little bit disappointed. However, if you take any potential for romance out (after all, it's the "maybe" that gets me every time) and replace it with death and alcohol, well, then you have a winner.
I worked two jobs today:
1. 6:30 am to 6:15 pm, the Soumokils. Three kids, one dog, one cat. Some time around four I had finished washing some dishes and turned off the faucet to discover that the house was completely silent. This is never, ever good. Except for this time! The oldest yelled down the stairs for me to play the first song on the CD, and "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid blasted through the living room. The kids came running down in their bathrobes. I said, "Please tell me you're wearing clothes," and they threw the robes open and danced around in their swimsuits. Then threw the outerwear on the ground and laid out beach blankets and put on sunglasses, shimmying around like sizzling bacon. Then they brought out their kickboards and pretended to surf across the carpet. This was all the summer I needed, and this is why I love my job.
2. 6:30 pm to 10:45 pm, the Comic Book Family. Two kids, TiVo, best Geek collections (and connections) you'll ever see. Dashiell: screams for Mom every forty-five minutes. Elliot: "I just ate your brain! I just cut your arm off! You're bleeding and you have no head!" I sang "Baby Beluga" three times, "Twinkle Twinkle" and "Sally the Camel" each twice. Lengthy discussion with parents afterwards on how to best build a fire and why I now consider myself an expert in children's literature.
My two favorite children's books:
1. The Big Red Barn - Margaret Wise Brown
2. Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup - Cynthia Rylant
posted by Missi at 11:19 PM
4 Comments:
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Wish I could be there for the Valentines slasher movie. Sounds fun.
Not ALL boys are stupid.
Nope. MY boy is not stupid.
My favorite children's book is Peel the Extraordinary Elephant. I'll sing you the song sometime.
I will put my vote in for any children's book written by Rosemary Wells or Mo Willems. Those and the one about Ferdinand The Bull.
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