Know thyself

Having read The Great Gatsby, and having had listened to a few Jay-Z songs in my time, I would have thought I'd score better on this quiz. (I expect better from Mimi)

Jay-Z or Gatsby?

Worst Idea so far this week.. er month? Maybe year.

You know what's worse than having to use an almost too short step stool to clean off that spot of sauce on the kitchen ceiling?

Realizing, after having scrubbed that little spot,

 that that dingy grey is in fact not the color of the ceiling and now that you've washed that little area,

 it is totally obvious that the ceiling is white and the rest is just... dirt?

Yeah, dirt sounds the least bad.

 Let's go with that. 

Now, with that little spark of ambition, 

you've bought yourself a whole afternoon of washing the kitchen ceiling!

The whole experience was worse than it sounds.

 At some point I actually felt the need to wear gloves because it was getting gross. 

Next time, that spot of sauce is going to stay there. And next time you come over, I suggest you politely ignore said sauce. 

Distractions

I am trying to get caught up (bwaahahaha) on posting, but until then let me distract you with some videos and pictures of the girls from the last couple months.

Clean Kidlets!

First veggie!

Realizing it's actually winter

Starting to Babble!

Rasslin' Up some Candy

Halloween seemed to happen suddenly here, even though we had been looking forward to it for some time. We carved a giant (!) pumpkin and a couple small ones... it was the first year that M wanted to help and had an opinion about the face. 

 We had some fun with decorations....

Aunt Mimi had a little get together at her house so we could see all the kids in costume, including the one she made for Ripples. I'll say it again, I have the best friends.

M looks cool as a cucumber in her cowgirl costume...
Ripples is not too sure about being dressed as a
Candy Corn and  left on the bench... those kids will eat anything!

Getting individual pics of the kids wasn't too hard.

Brad and Oz, dressed in his lederhosen.  

Getting them all together was another story...

Our best attempt at getting Gus (Monkey), M (Cowgirl), Ripples (Candy Corn),
Reno (Lion) and Oz (Accordion Aficionado).


Latter, M was willing to ham it up a little:





Daddy was in charge of her costume this year and did a great job!
Trick or Treating went better than before, with M being interested in candy now. She didn't try to eat every piece right as she got it and she didn't try to go into anyone's house. But her favorite part of the night was still answering the door and giving out candy, which is good because I've been looking to delegate that job for a long time now!

What's another word for clever?

Walking to my class, I saw this on the bulletin board:

I love working on a college campus. 

A Whole New Level

So my mom finally convinced us that we needed the new freezer she's been wanting to get us...

This was her reasoning:

I've been pumping and freezing milk to take to Ripples' daycare, and let's just say the supply has been good.  It's been slowly taking over our regular freezer. Which means there isn't much room for other stuff. 

Now that we have the new freezer, all I can say is, "Mom, we're going to need more Otter Pops too."

Didn't think it was possible

Could anything be more cute than this?:

How about this?

Adding a hand knitted sweater (by one Nancy Smith - master knitter no less..) adds cuteness to any situation.

 It even came with a hat. I can't wait for the weather to get cooler so we can use it more! 

Ripples says thanks Nancy!