Birthday Bash

Tonight big L had a belated birthday celebration with some friends. The evening was full of fun--complete with pizza, soda, ice cream, video games, and NOISE!

the birthday boy. . .

the pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."the leader"

the blue man group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the dog

Though I have protested and then unenthusiastically accepted the presence of video games in my home, I must admit that the Wii has won me over. It was a great evening, and everyone left looking like they had just participated in a track meet!

When I got them together for a group picture, after the first shot one of the guys said, "Turn to the right". Couldn't resist taking a couple of group mug shots after that!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG L!

Where does she get this stuff?

I know I need to blog about the boys, yet H continuously keeps herself in the spotlight.

Tonight at supper, I asked H to eat her asparagus. Her reply: “It tastes like swamp.” My ever-so-lame-mother response: “Well, eat your swamp. It’s good for you.”

The Elf Daughter

Well, material for a blog entry has presented itself much sooner than I expected. I’m not sure why it surprised me—I do live with H.

Today, her daddy and I have decided that she must somehow be part elf, maybe a distant relative of Buddy.

As I was working on school plans, the youngest L came to inform me that H was, and I quote, “drinking syrup”. I decided to defer the matter to JRR, who went to talk to her. He emerged from her room with an empty bottle of chocolate syrup (which had been over half full). L’s eyes widened at that sight, and I immediately knew it was not chocolate syrup that he’d meant. I asked, “Were you talking about pancake syrup?” He nodded.

It seems that after polishing off the chocolate syrup, she moved on to the maple, but had her plans foiled by the little brother. She only managed about an inch of the latter.

After receiving news of the consequence (no going to spend the Christmas gift cards tonight as planned) and moping around the house with an exaggerated frown, she delivered this note to me:




I hope you can read the note, but just in case, it says: Dear Mom, I am sorry I drank the syrup. I am Really Really Really Really sorry. The face in the bottom corner is crying.

Life is never dull, and sometimes it's just downright funny. And, for the record, this incident does not exactly shock her seasoned parents; after all, she ate an entire 12 oz. bag of milk chocolate chips last week.

How can I be angry? At least she is sticking to one of the four basic food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.

Colorado 2007 Video

Instead of posting all of our beautiful faces on YouTube, JRR has uploaded the video to his Mac web gallery. Click here to view or download it.

Fun With Photo Booth

While hanging out at the CO cabin, the nephews had a ball with Photo Booth on the MacBook.

Colorado 2007

We returned yesterday from a family trip to Colorado. Although we have been many times, I've never seen as much snow as this time. The views were spectacular, including from our cabin.

These pictures were taken from the front porch at twilight--everything really did look that blue!

We had plenty of time hanging out in the cabin playing games, went one day to "Bongo Billy's" (the local coffee spot-a favorite of mine and JRR), and found some excellent sledding spots. When JRR edits some video, I'll post the sledding adventure. Here are a few highlights.








Though the baby of the family could not yet tackle sledding, he did an excellent job of opening his own Christmas presents!

Despite the difficulty of leaving such a beautiful place, we find ourselves glad to be ringing in 2008 at home. Our trip went very smoothly until a blow out on the way home Sunday night. We had hoped to arrive home in the wee hours of Monday, but had to stay overnight in Amarillo. Thanks to AAA membership, things went as smoothly as could be expected, and we arrived home the afternoon of New Year's Eve in time to hang out and celebrate with the kids.

Happy New Year!

New to Blogging

After much resistance, I have entered the blog world. However, I make no promises. I hear others teasing and complaining about infrequent posts, so I will say upfront that I have no idea how often I will post. For your reading amusement, JRR will also add posts here, but you will still find his typical rants on his own spot.