Isms

Hazel: Mom- Dragons can walk and they can fly.
Me: That's right. But dragons are pretend.
Hazel: No! They're real.
Me: They are just something that is on cartoons or movies.
Hazel: And sometimes they are in Georgia.



Owen: Hey, Mom! An airplane is like an RV that flies!

A Few of Her Favorite Things...

One of Hazel's favorite things is the Lion King. She has loved that movie for a long time, but has recently been OBSESSED because of the new characters that G-Mommy found for her at a garage sale. She lines them all up on the table and watches the movie while holding the appropriate character for that scene and quoting his/her part.

Another one of Hazel's favorite things is the word dumb. Everything is dumb right now. For some reason she thinks this is better than the word "stupid" which we are not allowed to say. She gets corrected for saying "dumb" also, but this hasn't stopped her yet.

An example of what Hazel finds dumb:

(Hazel) "I hate our big blue car. It's so dumb. I want a pink car with flowers on it."

Which brings us to another favorite. Flowers. Everything with flowers is beautiful, and she thinks the ONLY way something looks beautiful is if it has flowers on it. If I say something is beautiful, she will say "No it isn't- it doesn't have flowers on it."

Hazel also loves her big brother. They fight like crazy, but she does and says EVERYTHING he does, so I know she thinks he is pretty awesome. She is very into copying him right now and it drives him insane. I can't wait to find a place to live where they will have their own rooms again. Owen says "When I have my own room, I am putting a sign on the door that says no girls can come in here" and Hazel says the same thing about a sign to keep out the boys. :) We'll see how long that will last.

Snacking Delight

My dear friend Lorna decided to put her delicious shortbread cookies into these cute little 100 calorie packs. It's just a precious idea, but I'm not sure I understand the point since I'm pretty sure they were made specifically to dip into this blissful creation:

Anyway- thank you Lorna. And thank you, Laura, for introducing me to Nutella. And thank you, Meredith, for teaching me that once you rip off the gold seal, you can dip almost anything into that jar and make your life complete.

I guess the three of you are to blame for the fact that I can't lose those last 10 lbs.

STALKING YOU

Okay- if your name is Maury Harris and you are reading this blog, I feel like I am your stalker. I even looked up your number on whitepages.com and it was your old number. This is the only other way I can think of to contact you!!!

We are trying to invite you to a tour of the firestation on Friday. I thought your boys would love that. Let me know if you are up to it. Email me at lind_will@hotmail.com

Thanks,
your stalker,
Lindsey

Forget the portrait studio!

My sweet friend Emily posted some pics of her daughters and I just had to try to copy her "photo shoot" idea. It's okay- she is used to me copying her- I've been doing it for the past 20 years. Mine didn't turn out near as good as hers, but I will keep working on it. Maybe I should have ironed my sheets first. HA!

Anyway- these are my two favorites.

My kids are such good sports. :)

Two For One

My kids are obsessed with back scratches. And of course, if one of them asks, the other demands, so I am often found in this position. A two for one. Please ignore the fact that I look like an angry beached whale in this picture.