...Puppet Shows...

Now then, can you even believe this?!!?!? I dragged Emma home from her friends house, grabbed D from dance, threw a sandwich and a water bottle at Ethan in the back seat, and drove all the way to Orem to watch Sabrina's little class puppet show. It started at 12:30. I walked in the room at about 12:34 and my friend had a teary expression on her face and mouthed to me that I had missed it. 12:34!!!! Of course. It had to be Sabrina. She said oh, it doesn't matter...then the first thing she said to Richard when he got home was that I did not come to her puppet show. I feel like such a jerk. The darn teacher could have asked if anyone wasn't there yet - or Sabrina could have just volunteered the information - that I was coming. (Obviously, it was a VERY short puppet show, not a huge deal, but I have a feeling this will be mentioned often during those lovely little "you don't love me moments"...with the team of therapists my kids will have when they are 30.)

Incidentally, her teacher said, oh too bad you missed it. I will send you a photo. (Seriously?) I will post it if I get it.

...Bad attitudes...

Ethan told me tonight: "Mom, I have a bad attitude."

I was laughing and wondering where this little tidbit of truth came from.
We got the "old" version of the "Karate Kid" for the kids to watch this week - for a little family movie night. Apparently, Mr Miyagi tells the Karate Kid, those "boys have a bad attitude".

Smart little dude. He is a boy. So apparently, he has a bad attitude.

...What ever happened to the rules...

This is how the conversation went... (Between Rich and I)
RICH: "I went in to buy guinea pig food, and saw the most adorable baby guinea pig".
ME: ARE YOU CRAZY?
"No, really, she is SO cute. She is like, as tiny as my hand."
That's nice. No way.
"She is one of those that has the crazy hair. She is so small and soft."
Ohh, I bet she is cute. Forget it.
"But maybe it would be so GOOD for Sabrina".
Nice try. I do not want the huge cage/expense/etc.
"Really, she could have the responsibility. She would clean the cage, everything."
Oh yes, like Emma. Roll the eyes. No.
"Okay, we can talk about it tomorrow."
Tomorrow:
"So I was thinking of running over to the pet store today, want to come...Sabrina will be with you?"
(I see now, that was where I went wrong. )
The next day...
"I am just going to run over there since they were out of food the other day, what do you think?"
I think pretty much no.
"Well, I will just go see if she is still there."
Right, then we will decide. Call me so I can say NO again.
35 minutes later...
Welcome home Frizzi. Meet the family!

...Drinking really pays off..

I finally got my reward from "Coke"!
A long time ago, my sister got an awesome diet coke T-shirt. Which, reminded me of a t-shirt my mom had when we were young. I thought it was so cool. I wanted a coca cola T! The best part is, she got it free from coke rewards. So - I started entering in the reward codes from 12 packs. (YES! I know you can just buy them for $10, but that is not any fun!) They didn't have the shirts for a while, so I looked around and saw this necklace made from recycled coke bottles - back when they were a little green. Well, in a nutshell, as lame as it is, I have now entered 190 coke codes and I got my necklace Friday!! Here is my shout out to my fantastic family members who guzzle the stuff, and shared their rewards! It would still be 3 years away without you!

I will take a picture soon...

...Orange floats and hula

Just a quick post on our weekend so far. We went to a fund raiser tonight that was a mom and daughter thing - with a Hawaiian theme. There were various booths and all that, but they also had entertainment. As is, at least in my experience, commonplace, they invited the kids in the audience to come and learn a hula. You would have thought that Sabrina had a spring on her chair she was climbing on the stage so darn fast. It was absolutely awesome watching Emma and Sabrina try and swirl their little hips with the pros. (Where was D? She is farrrrrr to cool for that!)
Ethan has been dying for two days to go get an orange float with his dad. Have I mentioned the orange obsession? He saw the picture on an ad he pulled out of the mailbox. They were sitting in the restaurant and some jiggy 50's tune came on the radio and he hopped right off his seat and started doing his dance moves in the aisle. Then started up the Darth Vader song. Loud. A little grandma started talking to him, asking about Star Wars and how old he was and telling him he was really talented. That put an end to the dance. He will do anything in front of strangers, until they start talking to him.

...A rare date...

A couple weeks ago Rich and I went on a date to see his friend in the Tabernacle Choir. We were downtown and I was thinking mexican, so we went to what used to be our favorite place - The Red Iguana. Oh man. It was super tasty.
The choir and the walk and all that was nice also.
I blog - because I actually had my tiny purse camera in my purse!

...Star Wars, Star Wars...

Dum. Dum. Dum. Dum-da-dum-dun-da-dum. Happy Star Wars Day! Thanks to Auntie Beth for informing us of this lovely holiday! Who even knew that there was such a day! We, meaning Ethan, are totally obsessing over Star Wars lately, so this is perfect. He walks around singing the "Darth Vader Song" all day long, and so insanely loud, and on pitch also. Crazy. He fights his light saber duels in front of the fireplace so he can watch his reflection. We are watching Star Wars...and eating popcorn with candy stars. I had grand plans for some new fangled official Star Wars treat, but half of us were bawling, and the other half were whining - so it is just star popcorn. The other day Ethan was talking about O-B-Wan-Tickle me. I was like - what was his name? Now he won't say it again. He already got it right. Darn. The girls are huge fans also. Sabrina and Emma especially. They are such awesome girls.

"Will someone please get this big walking carpet out of my way!"
"This bickering is pointless!"
"We're fine, we're all fine here, thank you, how are you?"
"Traveling through hyper space ain't like dustin' crops boy!"
"Your powers are weak old man!"


"May the force be with you."