Flashback Friday

October 8, 1951

A young Airman rushes home from an Air Force Base in Mississippi and arrives late to his wedding.

{Grandma and Grandpa with the Pastor Who Married Them}

Just Happy to be Together

October 8, 2001

Grandma spends her day driving me up to the Cities with Mom, returning me to my new husband at an Air Force Base in Texas. I flew home to Minnesota for the first time since moving away to celebrate Grandpa and Grandma's 50th Anniversary.

October 8, 2007

Grandpa and Grandma spend their 56th anniversary hanging out with their granddaughter and two great-granddaughters.  Grandpa was on time.  And I didn't have a flight to catch.

{Grandpa, Grandma, Abby, and Lauren}

Just Happy to be Together

October 8, 2010

HaPpY 59tH AnNiVeRsArY, Grandpa and Grandma!

[Wish we could be there to celebrate!]

Thank You Thursday

1. I'm thankful Lauren has such a big heart.  Tonight she earned a sticker at gymnastics for conquering a maneuver she's struggled with for weeks.  She knew right away what she was going to do with that sticker that says 'Perfect'.  "I'm giving it to Sean," one of the boys who shares her affection at preschool.  Okay, so I wish she'd tone down the boy craziness.  But you gotta love her heart!


2. My mom was right. People who do wrong by others do get what is coming to them.  It may take years, but it always comes back to bite you where it hurts.  I hope this is not a lesson lost on the girls.  It's my motivation to raise them right.  Thanks, Mom, for the wisdom.

3. Thanks to my mother-in-law for the fun magazine subscription that fills me with so many new clever ideas it makes my head spin!

4. I'm thankful for preschool jokes. Today I told a little boy to stick it. He knew what I meant: stick your back to the wall. You can translate anything said at a preschool into something naughty.... sometimes it's the laughter that keeps you afloat when you're swimming in body fluids.

5. I'm thankful another week of gymnastics is over.  I used to look forward to gymnastics: watching the girls learn & enjoy themselves, and digging into a good book. Now I cringe at sitting amongst the catty moms.  Can't stand it!  I've got to find a solution to my suffering.  I've got two weeks to mull it over.  Thanks, Geoff, for taking over next week!

Stop, Drop and Roll

Our resident junior fire fighter would like to remind the masses it is Fire Prevention Week.

Please view the following public service announcement, created by Lauren herself, as a gentle reminder of what to do if you are caught on fire.

{Don't forget to pause the play list in the right column so you do not compromise the audio in the instructional video.}

Ten on Tuesday

1. Going to the commissary makes my blood boil.

2. Going to Kroger would be worse, only somehow the people at Kroger are slightly more in tune with the world.

3. Last week at Kroger Lauren asked if a fellow patron was Santa. Embarrassed, I shushed her.  He waited a moment, then turned around and said hello to my little lady.  I was secretly hoping she knew Santa was watching her.  I was also still embarrassed.

4. Damn this blog for making me want a cupcake: www.thecreativecrate.blogspot.com/2010/10/candy-corn-cupcakes.html.

5. It is pretty funny to think of one of my classmates giving my mother a speeding ticket. Geoff and I are pretty sure she and her co-pilot were flying down Elm Street Dukes of Hazard style.  Only they were doing it in a Pontiac in Steele County.  Way to go, Mom!

6. Thank heaven for tough grandpas!

7. I woke up this morning with big plans for the case of canned pumpkin my brother-in-law picked up for me.  What isn't weird about that sentence?!

8. When you stop and think about it, it is a little strange that Hawaii is part of the United States.  I wonder if any of those people ever long for a week in the Midwest.  On second thought, I really have never wondered about that before.  Now I'm thinking....

9. Can I get my dishes done in 9 minutes before Dancing With the Stars?  Am I admitting that I'd like to beat the clock?  Yes.  What a nerd!

10. Bigger nerd: I got a coupon for a Snuggie online.  My first thought, Shucks, Geoff could have used this to buy my birthday Snuggie.  What was I thinking?!  First of all, I don't want the damn Snuggie.  Second, I already took it back.  And third, it was only for the Varsity Snuggie.  What next!

Lauren's Letter Name

Okay, so she's got the ABCs down pat. Sounding out words.... well, let's just say we've got some work to do.

*Remember to pause the play list at the right side of the page to hear the video.

Let Me Translate

Abby and Lauren have their own way of posing the world around them through the English language.  The following is a collection of some their unique terminology.

hi-tootsies: open-toed shoes....

Why? Because when you put them on you can say
'Hi' to your tootsies!

bye-tootsies: close-toed shoes....

'Bye, tootsies!'
Chinese chips: chow mein noodles

 

{Exclusively Abby}

 

 

Bullseyes: Buckeyes

commer or commy: comma

 

 

{Uniquely Lauren}

 

 

 chubbies: cheeks
wristests: bracelets

hanimoni: manicotti
hotdog on a stick: corndog

Snuggly or Snug: Snuggie
Onions: Indians

Pia-a-light: Pedialyte
hunna per sen: 100%
the loops: Fruit Loops

tupan: tampon
Tuluf: Duluth
enemy: mummy

poler: fishing pole

a drink bird feeder: hummingbird feeder 

knucklers: finger puppets

Flashback Friday

The Evolution of Sisters