silly boys

Watch how Carter gets up on things nowadays. He certainly doesn't do it the easy way or what makes the most sense! This was a couple weeks ago for Family Home Evening.

If you throw a silly Dawson into the mix, he runs in front of the camera while you're trying to snap it, resulting in the "deer-in-headlights" expression.

Another funnyism:

This morning Ryanna exlaims in a panic, "Mom! We totally forgot to leave Santa cookies and milk!"

Wow, now that was delayed.

my own little calvin

I have to entertain from the hours of 3pm-8pm. From the time she gets home from school until the time she goes to bed; I have to entertain my own daughter! She gets bored very easily and can drive me crazy. She can read any book (up to the Harry Potter range) and does that every afternoon for a couple hours. It doesn't seem like a long time...but it can be.

Last night, it wouldn't do. She could no longer entertain herself. When Ryan got home from school, he and I were catching up on our day together. Ryanna kept wandering into the kitchen where we were and kept asking for someone to play with her.

Us- "Ryanna, we've already played for today. Go play in your room with your brothers because you don't have very long until you go to bed!"

Ryanna- "But I don't WANT to! I'm bored, you need to play with me."

Us- "No, we've already played today. Now it's your time to go play."

Ryanna- "Oooooookay, but I'll just go get into more mischief!"

It wasn't a warning, it was a threat!

did you know?

I'm stuck thinking about one hundred. One hundred. That is a substantial amount! I think it's cool because:

-it's the square of 10
-it's the atomic number of fermium

(seriously, who doesn't know that?)

-it's the boiling point of water at sea level in Celsius degrees

-it's the sum of the first nine prime numbers
-it's the number of days until Ryan's graduation from law school!-it's also an 18-gonal number
-it's the emergency number to call police in Greece, India and Israel
-it's the name of one delicious candy bar

Only less than 2,400 hours left until we see that legendary diploma that we've been working for nearly a decade to get!

The countdown begins...

will he or won't he?

I love Groundhog Day and the movie and everything that surrounds today! However, I do NOT love winter, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for NO SHADOW!