Spiders in the bathtub

Bath crayons are a wonderful thing. I don't know where my two silly girls came up with the idea but they went on a spider drawing kick one morning during bathtime.
My favorite is that each spider has a different facial expression. Here we have the happy go lucky.

Watch out for this one, he looks a little crazy.

Here is a flirty, sly little vixen.

This poor little guy is lost, sad or confused.

This girl looks friendly. I know it is a girl because only girl spiders have eyelashes. That is what Breckyn taught me.

Definitely worried, or maybe confused.

My kids make me laugh. A lot.

Simone, let's talk about your big 'but'

I just have to post these pictures on the off chance that one of my brothers looks at my blog. They will think I am so cool that we live 10 minutes away from the Pee Wee Herman dinosaurs. That's right. Be jealous.

Imagination

It was the middle of the night. I hear screaming. Go check on the girls. They are both sitting up looking like they just saw a ghost. Kyra solemnly tells me they have seen a humongous giraffe coming out of the ceiling fan. I say, "Oh honey, that was just your imagination!" Her eyes widened as she thought about that for a moment. They seemed okay with that and so I tucked them in, kissed their cheeks and wished them good night.

Next morning: I go in to say good morning and Kyra exclaims, "My 'magination' didn't come back! Maybe it is in the closet!! Will you check?"

I've tried to explain to them what their imagination is but it has been burned into their little minds that their imagination is most definitely a giant giraffe coming to get them.

They've never had a night light, but with their imagination on the loose we decided now might be a good time for one. It has been several weeks since we purchased this pink, princess nightlight and I am happy to report it has successfully kept their imagination away.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We love Valentine's Day. It is a great day to remember how much we love each other! Valentine traditions for us include creating Valentines, baking cookies to share with loved ones and ordering in a heart shaped pizza. Ryder has been perfecting the wet, open mouthed kiss and loves to plant them on us all. Share the love :)

Don't eat sticks or this could be you...

At work we pulled a 13" stick out of a puppy. I don't know how, but somehow the puppy managed to swallow something that long. Part of the stick was stuck in his esophagus and the other end was pushing his stomach way back in his abdomen toward his tail. Talk about indigestion! This is a picture of the stick as it was being pulled out.