Friday, September 26, 2008
How Do Small Boys Learn These Things?
1. Picking up your legs and hanging when adults are holding both of your hands.
2. Putting rocks in the back of a toy dump truck, "driving" them to a new location, and dumping them.
3. Swinging on the bar that separates check out stands (often encroaching on the space of the neighboring cashier).
4. Turning on a power drill and "fixing things".
5. Putting on his daddy's shirts and shoes and clopping around the house.
6. Tackling.
7. Growling.
8. Taking things apart.
9. Locking and unlocking the car door (from the outside... he can find the right key on my chain).
10. Saying "Why?".
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Smart Thinking
Maybe all of you have already figured this out. I just did.
My mascara has been running low, and I keep forgetting to get more. Every morning for the last few days I've found myself scraping the sides to get enough black on to look like a person. Then I had a brilliant idea. I ran the mascara tube under hot water. Horray! The remaining mascara in the tube became much more usable.
I'll probably be able to forget to shop for another week.
My mascara has been running low, and I keep forgetting to get more. Every morning for the last few days I've found myself scraping the sides to get enough black on to look like a person. Then I had a brilliant idea. I ran the mascara tube under hot water. Horray! The remaining mascara in the tube became much more usable.
I'll probably be able to forget to shop for another week.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Cool Grandmas Catch Lizards
This one had a long blue tail. He was a fast runner.
This one is a little horned toad. He felt like sandpaper.
This one crawled on my tummy.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
$5 Dates
These are great family activities or Friday night dates.
1. Dollar menu. I prefer Wendy's to McDonald's.
2. Dollar movies.
3. Gelato and a bike ride.
4. Walk to the nearest coffee shop for italian sodas.
5. See who can get the coolest present for the other person at Wal Mart for under $2.
6. Hike a nearby waterfall. (This could cost more than $5 in gasoline to get there.)
7. Redbox and banana splits.
8. Have an SUV? Drive to a remote location, put down the back seat, and watch a movie on a laptop.
9. $5 pizza and a game of H-O-R-S-E at a local elementary school.
10. Visit a museum at a local university. BYU has a cool life science museum and the University of Utah has a great natural history museum.
11. Bake brownies and play a favorite board game. We like Scatergories and Ticket to Ride.
12. Drive to a nearby lake for a picnic. Skip rocks.
13. Snow cones. I recommend coconut syrup.
14. Go on a run. Eat popsicles afterward.
15. Get a yummy treat at from a local chocolate shop and read your favorite children's books.
Please comment and add your favorites to the list.
1. Dollar menu. I prefer Wendy's to McDonald's.
2. Dollar movies.
3. Gelato and a bike ride.
4. Walk to the nearest coffee shop for italian sodas.
5. See who can get the coolest present for the other person at Wal Mart for under $2.
6. Hike a nearby waterfall. (This could cost more than $5 in gasoline to get there.)
7. Redbox and banana splits.
8. Have an SUV? Drive to a remote location, put down the back seat, and watch a movie on a laptop.
9. $5 pizza and a game of H-O-R-S-E at a local elementary school.
10. Visit a museum at a local university. BYU has a cool life science museum and the University of Utah has a great natural history museum.
11. Bake brownies and play a favorite board game. We like Scatergories and Ticket to Ride.
12. Drive to a nearby lake for a picnic. Skip rocks.
13. Snow cones. I recommend coconut syrup.
14. Go on a run. Eat popsicles afterward.
15. Get a yummy treat at from a local chocolate shop and read your favorite children's books.
Please comment and add your favorites to the list.
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