Bad Hair Day!

My sister, Jeri, was slightly disappointed (she called me "evil" over the phone and via e-mail) that I posted a not so flattering picture of her back in November. So this one is deditcated to her. Here is picture of me after a bad hair day. This is what happens to moms who lay on their belly to read their kids books...My kids sat on my back and messed with my hair. I had no make-up on and had worn sweats all day, so here is what I looked like after a long day of being walked all over and sat upon.

Mom Goes Ice Skating!

Mom got to chaperone BriAnna's 3rd grade class on their winter field trip. First we went to the Seven Peaks Ice Arena, the cool thing about there was they held Olympic events there in 2oo2! The first pic is of our group together, Mariah, Sadie, BriAnna, Joy, Keana, Chloe!
The next is a picture of Miss Harris' class. The teacher, on the far left, isn't much bigger than the kids.

This was the first time ice skating for both mother and daughter. We fell a few times, but had so much fun! Anyone wearing ankle socks (Joy included) discovered that was a poor choice for ice skating. Thankfully neither Marsh came home with blisters.

Here's our little group at BYU's Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Everyone calls it "The Bean Museum", but of course there aren't any beans there, so that can be deceiving!

Lyndsay's School Program

Lyndsay was in a program at school, they danced and sang songs, it was a toe tapping fun time. All my pictures were dark and blurry in the auditorium except for this close-up of Lynds when she was one of the kids that circled the audience to sing. We loved it Lynds, thanks for the great performance!

Harry Potter Helps with Housework

My favorite way to work around the house nowadays is listening to my books on tape. I just love Harry Potter, but I don't have time to sit down to read. I have a house to run and people to feed! The books help with all those boring tasks like mopping up baby made food splatters and scrubbing sticky dining room chairs. Over the fall when I had so much canning to do, Harry helped with that. Right now I'm listening to the Order of the Phoenix.
Blogging friends, leave a comment about how you pass the time or perhaps your favorite books to reread.

My kids have been marketed to!

I am truly opposed to commercials. I love TiVo because you can skip right past the marketing. But recently I discovered, with a slight frown, a good use for one of those TV ads. I purchased some name brand toilet paper for a great price and my children noticed the difference.

"Mom, is this Charmin?"

"Yeah, let's make it last. Just use a little bit to do the job."

"Okay, you don't have to use as much if it's Charmin."

All these years I have been trying to make the TP last! To think all I had to do was advertise to my children and buy Charmin. I'm glad I got that figured out. Now we won't run out of TP so soon!

Mixed Media

I recently introduced my kids to the classic "The Princess Bride." Naturally they thought it a smash hit right off. After only watching it once they were trying to quote Inigo Montoya. But that's a tricky name so BriAnna threw in Skippy Jon Jones. "Hello, My name is Skippy Jon Jones. You killed my father, prepare to die." The affect was hilarious, perhaps Count Rhogan would have laughed too. So it must be, Inigo is more serious sounding, so good can prevail against evil six fingered men!

Can't Let Go of Christmas

My little Emily is so funny, she just loved Christmas. Everyday she gives me a hug and smiles and says "a Christmas hug." Last week she sneezed and I said "bless you" and she laughed and said "that was a Christmas sneeze." She was so mad when the radio stopped playing Christmas songs and I put away our CD's. I love Christmas, but am happy to put it away, and reclaim my house.